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

A few minutes later, they arrived at the special teaching building, but the three members of Class C, who did not see Kushida, showed their dissatisfaction. The special teaching building was really hot today, which made them even more irritable.

"Kushida-san won't be coming here. That email was a lie."

Horikita said calmly, "Since we've decided to do it, let's see it through to the end."

"Hey, you're not kidding, are you?"

Ishizaki made a blatant expression of displeasure, but did not do anything about it.

“You are lying about this whole thing. I demand that you drop the charges immediately,” Horikita said calmly.

"What nonsense are you spouting? Have you lost your mind from the heat?" Ishizaki said dismissively, waving his hand at his companion. "Let's go, let's go. Or are you planning to stall us and make us miss the meeting?"

This is of course impossible, because the three of them have evidence on their phones that Kushida summoned them.

In that case, not only Sudo, but Kushida would also likely be punished for interfering with the hearing.

"No, I'm just giving you one last chance. Do you really think I can't produce evidence that you're lying?"

The three members of the Ishizaki group scoffed at Horikita's words.

"If you can produce it, then show it to us."

Horikita sighed, dumbfounded: "Don't you guys even bother to survey the surroundings before you start doing anything? Look over there."

Following Horikita's direction, Ishizaki and the other two looked over and saw a very sophisticated camera in the corner at the end of the corridor, which was swaying left and right from time to time, proving that it was working.

"This, this is!"

"How can it be……"

Facing the three people with their mouths agape, Horikita's mocking voice rang out: "Now you understand, right? The school knew all along that you were lying!"

It's only because the school wanted to give you a chance to reform that they gave you a week before holding the hearing.

Otherwise, do you think the school would deliberately drag things out for a week just because it's a fight?

"No, that's impossible!" Ishizaki shouted anxiously. "Why, why is there surveillance footage here? There aren't any on other floors, it's so strange that there is only one here! Hey, right!"

The moment he saw the surveillance footage, Ishizaki frantically sought his partner's approval.

"We did confirm it before we started," they replied, wiping their sweat. "That, that's what you installed."

Hearing this, Horikita felt a pang of regret. Why hadn't he recorded that sentence? Doesn't it prove that they started it?

"Really? How about we make a bet and go to the student council office right now for a hearing?" Horikita pressed closer, trying to put pressure on Ishizaki and the others.

"Alright, but by then, it will be my turn to bid you farewell to your withdrawal from school, Suzune." The sudden voice made Horikita Suzune stiffen.

A red-haired man with a wicked grin on his face walked up the stairs.

"I don't think I need to introduce myself, but just in case you don't know, I'll say it anyway. I'm Long Yuanxiang from Class C."

The moment Horikita saw Ryuen, he froze on the spot.

Then she immediately thought of the phone call that Ichinose had just made.

'Kamio-kun said that Ryuen might have already seen through your plan…'

Surprisingly, he was right; Longyuan really did...

Chapter 90 Dragon Garden: What's the point of denying it?

Unlike Horikita Suzune, Ishizaki and the others, upon seeing Ryuen, immediately rushed over as if they had found their pillar of support.

However, instead of comfort from Longyuan, they were greeted by his big feet.

"You bunch of useless trash, how could you be fooled by such a stupid woman?"

"What are you doing, Ryuen? Your every move is being recorded by the surveillance cameras." Horikita remained relatively calm, but to Ryuen, her tone was full of bluster.

"Hehehe, is that so?" Long Yuan's face showed a pleased expression. "You really are putting on airs even when you're about to die."

"You'll soon find out whether I'm putting on an act or not."

Ryuen's expression toward Horikita Suzune grew increasingly appreciative.

“Very good. At first I thought you were the kind of obedient girl who only followed the rules, but I didn’t expect you to be the kind of person who would do anything to achieve your goals.”

That feat of creating something from nothing was truly brilliant, but unfortunately, I still managed to outdo you this time.

Although Ryuen was smiling, he was actually quite unhappy inside, because he only thought of this after Kamio Tatsuya reminded him.

Doesn't this just mean I'm not as good as that guy?

"I do not know what you're talking about."

"You're really stubborn. Well then... should I call the student council president over? Let him see what his dear sister has done?"

Horikita Suzune, who had been calm all along, immediately turned pale.

"No, no... don't do this..."

By this point, Ryuen was clearly fearless, and Horikita was at his wits' end. His aloof demeanor was ripped to shreds by Ryuen.

She could only plead softly, but unfortunately, Longyuan had no intention of letting her off so easily.

Horikita Suzune deeply regretted not trusting Kamio Tatsuya's judgment.

If we trust his judgment, then at most Sudo from Class D will be suspended for two weeks and unable to become a formal basketball player for the school.

but now……

Horikita Suzune couldn't imagine what she would face next.

"It's not time to despair yet, Horikita."

Hearing Ayanokouji calmly speak, Horikita couldn't help but look over.

"Ayanokouji-san?"

"Actually, we were just here to test the performance of the surveillance cameras, and we just happened to run into Ishizaki who happened to be here, right?"

At this point, Ayanokouji resorted to the simplest and most direct method.

deny.

Installing surveillance cameras without authorization and then using the school's name to deceive people is a very serious matter and could indeed lead to expulsion.

However, if it's just installing cameras, then it's actually not a big deal, although in Japan, installing cameras in public places without permission is a serious issue of violating other people's privacy.

However, this is a school after all, and the location where the camera was installed is not a very secretive place. In addition, the reason given is testing, so even if the punishment is severe, it will not be too serious.

At most, they will be punished for not reporting in advance.

Unless Ryuen has evidence that Horikita used the school's name to deceive people, at most they will deduct some class points from Class D, and at worst they will suspend Horikita and Ayanokouji for two weeks.

As long as they don't admit to defrauding Ishizaki and others under the guise of the school, the punishment for secretly installing cameras is practically meaningless.

Therefore, Ayanokouji can be said to be fearless at this moment, and is not afraid of Ryuen's shady moves at all.

But Ryuen had seen through Horikita's thoughts long ago; how could he not have considered this? That's obviously impossible.

Ryuen gave Ayanokouji a cold laugh and glanced at him with disdain.

"You're just trying to be clever... Since that's the case, I'll let you die knowing why."

As he spoke, Long Yuan clapped his hands, and then two figures walked up the stairs.

Class C's homeroom teacher, Kazuma Sakagami, and Class D's homeroom teacher, Sae Chahashi, had completely different expressions. Kazuma Sakagami's face was full of smiles, while Sae Chahashi's face was not so pleasant.

Long Yuan has finally learned his lesson. He's making the most of the school's resources; he'll make sure you die knowing why.

Upon seeing these two, Horikita Suzune's mind went blank, and Ayanokouji immediately began to think about how to make excuses to minimize the damage.

He hadn't anticipated this situation, but even so, he couldn't let things continue like this, because Horikita had already lost his fighting spirit.

Without external intervention, she might have become completely discouraged and even been expelled from school.

However, he was wrong about one thing: he thought the person Ryuen called would be the student council president of Horikita, but it turned out to be a teacher.

Does he want to define this matter outright?

No, if we were to define this matter directly, he wouldn't have brought two teachers over at once. So why is that?

"Teachers, you should have heard the conversation just now very clearly, right?"

"I heard it clearly. Horikita Suzune and others from Class 1-D installed cameras without permission and used the school's name to threaten Ishizaki and the others, right, Chabashira-sensei?"

Kazuma Sakagami's face was beaming with smiles.

"Besides, that student named Komiya said, 'I checked that there were no cameras here before I took action.'"

Hearing this, Long Yuan's expression turned slightly displeased. He then glared fiercely at Xiao Gong, making the latter tremble. However, in front of the two teachers, he couldn't reprimand him at this moment.

"At this point, does this matter still matter? Even if it turns out that Komiya and the others started it, so what?"

It's just a matter of confessing to the student council president, admitting your mistake, being suspended from school, and having some class points deducted.

However, I'd really like to know how to handle the fact that Horikita Suzune and that goldfish-feeding guy secretly installed cameras and deceived students by falsely claiming it was in the school's name?

As she spoke, Ryuen looked at her homeroom teacher, Sakagami.

Sakagami immediately explained the punishment for the two students according to the school rules: "Although I am not very clear about the specifics, this is undoubtedly a serious incident, and at the very least, the student who is the mastermind will be expelled."

I will be expelled from school.

Horikita Suzune's face turned pale, while Ayanokouji Kiyotaka secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Thank goodness, having Horikita carry out this plan was the right choice.

Looking at the pale-faced Horikita Suzune, Ryuen Sho felt extremely pleased.

Because no matter what, he's going to win this time.

At first, he just wanted to fulfill a small request from the students in his class—to prevent Sudo from becoming a formal player in Class D.

Unexpectedly, things have developed to this point.

Of course, he had no intention of dropping out of Horikita Suzune's school, because he would get nothing that way.

"...What exactly do you want?"

"Heh, so you did something bad, didn't you? What should you do if you lie and do something wrong? Didn't your teachers teach you that?"

Seeing the hateful expression on Ryuen's face, Horikita bit her lip: "Yes, I'm sorry, I did something I shouldn't have done."

"I'm so sorry to have caused you trouble."

Seeing Horikita Suzune's humiliated expression, Ryuen felt quite pleased. If the teacher hadn't been there, he would have taken out his phone to record that expression.

As for Ayanokouji, he automatically filtered him out; in his eyes, this guy was nothing more than Horikita Suzune's lackey.

It has no specific meaning.

"Hehehe, it's good that you know you're wrong." Ryuen laughed smugly, then pretended to be magnanimous and said, "I originally wanted you to apologize to me with a dogeza, but I'll let you off for the sake of Kamio."

"Then thank you very much."

Kamio Tatsuya's voice came from afar, and then he slowly emerged from the bottom of the stairs, walking up with a reluctant expression.

Behind him followed Ichinose Honami, who looked apologetic.

When Tatsuya Kamio appeared, the people present reacted in different ways.

On Class D's side, Chabashira Sae and Horikita Suzune both secretly breathed a sigh of relief, while Ayanokouji remained expressionless.

Meanwhile, on Class C's side, Ishizaki and his two companions were completely bewildered. Although they knew that they recognized Kamio Tatsuya, they had no idea why Kamio Tatsuya was here.

Meanwhile, the homeroom teacher of Class C had a serious expression on her face, no longer in a good mood as before.

As for Long Yuan, he had an expression that said, "I knew it."

Chapter Ninety-One: Dragon Garden, Now You Can Ask for an Exorbitant Amount

Upon seeing Tatsuya Kamio appear here, Ryuen let out a cold laugh.

"So you did come after all?"

"It's not like I wanted to come here."

As soon as Kamio Tatsuya arrived, he started complaining, while Ichinose behind him had a forced smile on his face.

Kamio Tatsuya was naturally brought over by Ichinose, because she felt that she had abandoned Horikita before the war and felt sorry for Horikita, so she wanted Kamio Tatsuya to handle the aftermath.

There's really nothing to apologize for. You already informed her, but she just stubbornly insisted on going ahead with it, so you can't blame her.

As for why Tatsuya Kamio came over, it was because of what Ichinose said next.

Ichinose agreed to grant Tatsuya Kamio one request, provided it did not harm the interests of Class B, and she would do her best to fulfill it if she could.