The Witch Trial Begins with the OO Buckethead Zombie

Cold water dripped onto the ground, forming a puddle, and the clothes were clearly soaked with moisture.

"!"

Was it Utsunomiya Hoshino who did it?!

Has he finally revealed his evil side?!

Just as Nikaido Hiro felt an urge to rush in, remove the metal bucket, and drag Tsukishiro Yuki back to change her clothes, the commotion in the center of the classroom caught her attention, causing her to stop in her tracks.

A muffled groan, the sensation of being struck, restless footsteps, a low cry of pain.

"Why can't they learn from their mistakes?"

"Is it that they can't understand human speech, or that their brains can't remember things?"

"Of course you can bully me whenever you want when I'm not here."

"But I'm already here, and you're still making these kinds of small moves? Aren't you underestimating me a bit?"

The incomprehensible voice clearly came from the man's mouth, and all Nikaido Hiro could see was that the situation was already over.

Students who had been knocked down were piled up on top of each other, and students were kneeling on the ground clutching their stomachs with distorted expressions.

And Hoshino Utsunomiya standing in front of them.

He made his move.

This is something that can be understood in the instant one sees it.

He beat up the bully.

...Because Xiaoxue was bullied?

Nikaido Hiro was a little stunned.

This was extremely incongruous with the image that should have been deeply ingrained in her mind.

Humans are creatures that tend to judge others based on first impressions.

If a label is formed at the first meeting, changing that image later is much harder than stopping those students from bullying Yukishiro.

But now.

Now, a strong sense of unease arose in Nikaido Hiro's heart.

The initial impressions formed upon meeting the person are beginning to distort the scene observed through spying.

More importantly,

Hiro Nikaido discovered that this scene didn't seem so unfamiliar.

It seems like just yesterday, on the very day she heard the news that Yuki Tsukishiro had been kidnapped by a transfer student, in this very classroom.

It seems that such a scene once existed.

he.

he.

Utsunomiya.

I already beat up these people yesterday...?

That.

I.

Why did I rush up to confront him? Why did I leave school early, climb over the wall, and sneak into the bathhouse? And why was I chased away?

Nikaido Hiro gripped the pen tightly, his thumb pressing down hard on the page, so hard that a bluish tinge appeared on his thumb.

She tried hard to suppress the surging emotions in her heart.

He closed the notebook in his hand for the second time.

A second, thick ink blot appeared on the blank notebook.

"..."

I will come back to see it again.

Nikaido Hiro took a deep breath.

He withdrew his hand.

pat.

A slight, muffled sound, unnoticed by Hiro Nikaido at that moment, accompanied her hand as she pulled it from her pocket.

It landed.

An incredibly lightweight notebook, covered in writing marks, was left on the ground.

—Then someone picked it up.

......

Yesterday's farce is over, and Hoshino Utsunomiya should have started his bullying.

but.

It seems that yesterday's punches weren't hard enough, and the injuries inflicted yesterday haven't been remembered yet.

The first thing I saw when I entered the classroom.

It's like malicious writing on a blackboard.

"You guys really don't get tired of this."

He couldn't help but sigh softly.

Isn't your persistent commotion just trying to divert the witch's dislike for me?

I will not allow such a thing to happen.

To reiterate, he had to be unique, he had to exclusively enjoy the disgust brought about by the bullying, and he had to equate everything that the bullying brought about with himself.

and so.

The tasks are no different from yesterday's.

He single-handedly bullied the entire class!

[Whew, although I can't check the witch's favorability rating for you, host, I believe that after this interaction, her favorability rating has definitely increased significantly!]

Now it's time to press our advantage!

As if it had just woken up, even though yesterday had long passed, the system was only now beginning to recount the aftermath of yesterday's events.

[Let me see what my host has done this time?]

[Okay, okay, after wiping away the vile words on the black screen and elbowing the school bully who keeps harassing Miss Witch, the next thing to do is obviously to act as her protector and help Miss Witch change into a clean set of clothes!]

What can you change? You can't change a single thing.

I already made a mistake by giving her a bath yesterday, and if I come here to help her change her clothes, I'll only make things worse.

How could I have actually gone along with her and given her a bath yesterday?

Rejecting the direction indicated by the system in his heart, Hoshino Utsunomiya raised his foot again and stepped on the hand of the person who had been elbowed and pinned to the ground.

Although he didn't recognize any of them, this guy at least looked like he could be considered their leader.

That's right, the person Utsunomiya Hoshino is currently trampling underfoot is the same student who encouraged him to water Tsukishiro Yuki yesterday.

"So I really don't understand whether she killed your mother or your father to make you so obsessed with her."

"You guys are determined to bully her, aren't you?"

"...How about this?"

"If you insist on letting her be bullied, then do this."

"From now on, I will take over all the bullying work on Yue Daixue. I will do all the bullying work for you."

He said.

Is Chapter 20 really that funny?

"...?"

"..."

"it is good."

Although I don't know why it turned out this way, and I can't understand why it's based on this logic.

But what's equally incomprehensible is...

The ringleader responded in a subtly familiar tone.

He said "okay".

The conditions for the exchange have been met.

Although it's unclear whether the rest of them will accept it, someone has at least nodded in agreement on their behalf.

Hoshino Utsunomiya felt that this should be considered a deal.

Honestly, it would be a huge waste of his life to keep letting him waste his time on these bullies whose names he can't even remember.

It's wonderful that the problem could be solved this way.

Alright, the pesky obstacle is gone.

It's time to start the bullying of the witch.

Let me think of a good way to bully him...

"Pfft hahaha-"

Just as Hoshino Utsunomiya was pondering his next move, a burst of laughter suddenly erupted from not far away.

"Pfft... Haha... What's this?"

"A helping diary, a helping diary again!"

"Does she really think she's some kind of champion of justice?"