In practice, I originally just wanted to be a slacker.

"However, your dodging movements were too exaggerated, making it easy for me to predict your next move. This needs to be corrected."

Kamio Tatsuya nodded helplessly, because he was afraid of getting hit.

“Besides all that, there’s one more very important point,” Horikita Manabu pushed up his glasses, “You got carried away at the very end.”

Staying calm is essential for analyzing the situation. Anger won't transform you into a Super Saiyan; it will only distort your movements, making you vulnerable to your opponent's attacks.

No, Chairman, you watch Dragon Ball too?

However, Tatsuya Kamio also acknowledged what Manabu Horikita had just said.

But after being suppressed and beaten for so long, even a clay figure would have some temper, right?

Sigh, this must be what they call impotent rage.

Indeed, I still have a long way to go.

"Thank you for your guidance."

“No need to be so polite,” Horikita Manabu replied casually. “I have ranks in both Aikido and Karate. Would you like to learn one?”

After thinking for a moment, Tatsuya Kamio chose karate.

Kamio Tatsuya didn't know much about karate, only that its original name was "Tang Shou," which was a combination of an ancient fighting technique from 500 years ago and a boxing style introduced to Japan from China.

However, Tatsuya Kamio didn't care much about these things. After all, fighting is just a contest of strength and speed.

Techniques, on the other hand, make it easier for people to unleash their strength and speed, and for them to become more familiar with their own bodies.

Simply put, it's a technique for generating power and applying techniques to various parts of the body.

If he could do all that, Kamio Tatsuya felt he could also become a martial arts master, at least enough to beat Ryuen senseless when he went berserk.

"I understand. Come here every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from now on, and I will guide you for an hour."

"Thank you." Tatsuya Kamio nodded in satisfaction. "Is there anything I can do to repay you?"

Horikita glanced at Kamio Tatsuya, then shook his head.

"Not now."

Watching Horikita's behavior, Kamio Tatsuya began to maliciously speculate: "Does the president hope that I won't use what I learned from him on his sister?"

Chapter 183 Hirata Yosuke and the New Plan

In Class D, with Hirata no longer of any use, the one who stepped forward was not Horikita Suzune, on whom Kamio Tatsuya had placed high hopes, but Kushida Kikyo.

I don't know who prompted her, but she made a very constructive suggestion.

That means giving up the victory in this sports festival and instead focusing on preventing any student in the class from falling into the bottom ten.

Class D still has quite a few guys who are average in both academics and athletics.

For example, Yamauchi, Sotomura, and Sakura, Hasebe, and others.

However, although it was done in the name of preventing students from dropping out, it was also a helpless measure.

Class D only has 38 people now, and Hirata is still the same as before. It's uncertain whether he can perform to his full potential, so they are at a disadvantage in terms of numbers alone.

Moreover, the guys in Class D are not short of living expenses after passing the preferential treatment exam. Even after paying off the debts of Dragon Garden, each of them still has at least 30 personal points.

However, the students in Class D are clearly not the type to work so hard for fifty class points.

Therefore, the students in Class D were basically prepared to give up at the beginning.

However, after Kushida raised this question, they had to take it seriously.

There's no way around it; although points don't hold sway, dropping out of school is no joke.

For athletes like Sudo, while admitting defeat outright is frustrating, he can accept it if it's to avoid being expelled from school.

Even if they wanted to win, there was practically no hope.

Sudo is now somewhat regretful, regretting that he couldn't stop Ike's actions back then.

However, he was also puzzled as to why Ayanokouji's name was not on the list of accomplices.

Unfortunately, given his intelligence, he probably couldn't have imagined that it was Ayanokouji who betrayed Ike and the others.

In fact, Ayanokouji didn't expect that Tatsuya Kamio would report their behavior directly to the student council.

At that time, protecting Ike was clearly the most advantageous thing to do for Kamio Tatsuya.

As a result, Tatsuya Kamio actually reported them, even though it wouldn't benefit him at all.

Ayanokouji still can't understand this.

Or is he planning to use this incident to attack Class D?

If the goal was to strike at Class D, then this was indeed a success, because Hirata, the core of Class D, is now practically crippled.

He was like a walking corpse every day, as if he had suffered some serious blow.

So what if he dropped out of school and became a voyeur?

As for?

Ayanokouji felt she had to do something, otherwise that unscrupulous teacher would definitely take out his anger over Kamio Tatsuya leaving Class D on her.

Ayanokouji did not intend to confront a woman who was approaching menopause.

Seeing that Hirata left right after school without even attending the class meeting, Ayanokouji decided to start by getting Hirata back on track.

"where are you going?"

Noticing Ayanokouji's actions, Horikita asked him a question.

"I'll go check on Hirata."

"Really? Are you planning to do something for the class? Then I'll leave it to you."

After saying these words to Ayanokouji, Horikita looked at the podium.

Kushida's proposed policy was supported by the majority of the students in the class, and even she had no choice but to follow up. The next step was to decide on the competition schedule for all students in Class D based on Class D's policy.

After leaving the school, Hirata did not immediately return to his dormitory, but stopped in a small garden on the way from the school to the dormitory.

He then sat down on a bench there, completely unaware that a tail was following him.

"Hirata."

Hearing someone call his name, Hirata looked up and saw Ayanokouji standing in front of him.

"Ayanokouji... could you please stop bothering me?"

“That won’t do. I’m here carrying Horikita’s expectations.” Ayanokouji looked down at Hirata, who was sitting on the bench. “Even if you want to run away, it’s fine. I’ll catch up with you.”

Listening to Ayanokouji's words, Hirata sighed, then leaned back in his chair and looked up at the azure sky.

"No need. I'm already very tired today, and I have nowhere to escape from this school."

"Sometimes I think, how wonderful it would be if I could become a cloud, then maybe I would be free from all worries."

Hirata looked somewhat lost in thought, filled with a sense of melancholy.

"Would you mind telling me your story?" Ayanokouji sat down on the other side of the bench. "I want to know what kind of person this individual named Hirata Yosuke really is."

Hearing Ayanokouji's words, Hirata did not change his posture, but continued to look up at the sky.

"I'm sorry, I don't want to say anything right now. I'm not in the mood."

"Why am I not in the mood?"

……

Hirata fell silent, not wanting to react at all to Ayanokouji's hurtful words.

"Why exactly?"

"Of course it's because Ike got expelled, are you satisfied now?" Forced by Ayanokouji to say something he didn't even want to mention, Hirata's face turned ugly again. "Ayanokouji, I didn't expect you to be such a rude person."

"I'm so sorry for being such a terrible person." Ayanokouji's flat tone revealed no trace of apology. "But what I want to know is, what does Ike's dropping out of school have to do with your past?"

Hirata was quite taken aback by Ayanokouji's words.

"This topic has nothing to do with my past, does it?"

“Of course it’s not unrelated.” Ayanokouji began, speaking in a voice louder than Hirata’s. “Ike’s withdrawal from school is indeed regrettable, but ultimately it’s all Ike’s own fault, and no one would think it was a mistake.”

Even Sudo, who was his friend, didn't dwell on the matter, but Hirata, who usually had a casual relationship with Ike, seemed to be severely affected by it.

You even carelessly abandoned the class responsibilities you'd always shouldered. I want to know why you reacted so strongly to Chi's dropping out of school. What exactly did you go through in the past?

Hirata stared blankly at Ayanokouji, then suddenly gave a self-deprecating laugh.

"I never knew you could say such a long thing at once, Ayanokouji-kun."

Hirata's abrupt remark left Ayanokouji speechless, but he quickly regained his composure.

"I just want to know what you've been through to develop such distorted values."

"What good would it do to know? Do you think I would tell you?"

"Of course you do, you really want others to know about you right now, don't you?"

Ayanokouji stared intently into Hirata's eyes, as if threatening him.

If it were Kamio Tatsuya, he definitely wouldn't have done that, because Kamio Tatsuya felt that he definitely couldn't beat Hirata, who was a strongman who could unilaterally beat Ishizaki and the other two.

But Ayanokouji was different. He was very confident in his skills, and through his understanding of Hirata, he knew very well that Hirata was not waiting to die, but was just hoping to be saved.

Based on these two factors, Ayanokouji chose the most brutal approach.

Hirata looked into Ayanokouji's eyes and a sense of fear began to creep into his heart.

“Ayanokouji…you really are a terrifying person. Your eyes are filled with darkness, like an abyss.”

But even in the abyss, if salvation can be found...

Hirata chose to grab Ayanokouji's outstretched hand.

“I have a friend, a childhood friend… a boy named Sugimura.”

When this name was mentioned, Hirata's expression was a mixture of nostalgia and pain.

"We were in the same class for six years in elementary school, so we were always best friends. And because our homes were very close, we often went to and from school together."

This continued until middle school; after that, we were assigned to different classes.

Because I've made new friends, my relationship with Sugimura has become somewhat... distant.

What happened next was simple: Hirata's friend became the target of bullying by delinquent students at school for some unknown reason.

Sugimura himself is the kind of person who easily gets into conflicts with others, so Hirata didn't pay attention to what was happening to him.

"When I noticed, Sugimura had completely broken down and become a walking corpse who would no longer fight back against the bullying."

And I, fearing the harsh reality that I would be bullied if I got involved with him, also chose to sever ties with him.

"How is this man named Sugimura?"

Ayanokouji felt as if he had grasped the key to the problem.

"He jumped off a building at school and committed suicide." Hirata seemed a little dazed as he said this. "Although he didn't die, he's been in a deep sleep ever since. I'm the one who caused him to commit suicide, so I still can't forgive myself!"

"This is not your fault; the root cause lies with others."

"Perhaps, but I think I was undoubtedly guilty as a bystander at the time." Hirata shook his head with a self-deprecating laugh.

"But that's not what I want to know, you understand?"

Hirata nodded, then continued speaking.

“After Sugimura’s suicide, I thought things might calm down and that bullying would disappear from schools. But after that, I witnessed the darkness of human nature.”

"The darkness of human nature," Kamio Tatsuya muttered to himself, hiding behind the bushes.

He had only accidentally spilled coffee on his clothes and was about to go back to change when he saw Hirata and Ayanokoji together in the park.

Moreover, judging from the situation, Ayanokouji seems to want Hirata to return to his former self.

Driven by curiosity, he hid in the nearby bushes.

I never expected to hear such a shocking story.

What happened next was easy to predict. Since Hirata's friend Sugimura, the target of his bullying, had disappeared, the bullies would naturally choose a new target.

Could this person be Hirata?