I'm in a real religion, why are all the people who confess to me girls?

"Beppu-kun, your Class D has quite the nerve! Do you disregard school rules? Or do you think my Disciplinary Committee is just messing around with you?"

Faced with Sakayanagi's questioning, Beppu tried several times to defend Watanabe, but found himself at a loss for words, since Watanabe had indeed struck first. Helpless, Beppu could only call Kanzaki immediately.

Sakayanagi wasn't in a hurry to let the onlookers continue eating. She sat there waiting for Kanzaki to arrive. If Class D didn't give her an explanation today, she would have to show her authority as the student council vice president.

During this time, Beppu planned to take Watanabe to check his injuries first, but Sakayanagi rejected the idea. Checking the injuries was important, but if the two parties left the scene before the responsibility for the incident was determined, it would cause her a lot of trouble later. Class A was also close to the special exams and had no time to deal with this kind of violent dispute.

However, for the students' safety, Sakayanagi asked Kamuro to inform Hoshinomiya-sensei to come to the school cafeteria to check on the two students' injuries.

"Woo woo woo, Kiyotaka..."

"Don't cry, don't cry, I'm here. Just bear with it for a little while, and Mr. Hoshinomiya will be here soon."

Ayanokouji gently patted Sato's back to comfort him.

Even though Watanabe's injuries looked more serious, Sato was crying so miserably that even Sakayanagi couldn't help but take some tissues to wipe away her tears.

"They've already called Kanzaki to handle this. Do you need anyone else to come over?"

Sakayanagi's seemingly casual question was actually a hint that Sato and the others were also starting to recruit people.

If I were to call Amane over, given her protective nature, I might have to advise her to go easy on Kanzaki so she doesn't hurt him.

There's no doubt that now that Sato has called Amane over, Kanzaki won't dare say anything. However, Sakayanagi feels a bit of a headache just thinking about Amane's fearless personality.

She could even imagine that Amane would go and vent her anger by kicking Watanabe, who had been beaten to tears by Ayanokouji, again in order to get revenge for Sato.

"No need. With me here, there's no need to trouble Amane-kun. Besides, it's an undeniable fact that Class D started it. I don't believe you, Sakayanagi-kun, would side with them just because Kanzaki-kun is here."

Ayanokouji's eyes met Sakayanagi's, and Sakayanagi let out a cold snort from his nose.

"I am now speaking from the perspective of the student council, and I will not favor any of you."

"What's all the commotion about?"

A familiar voice rang in Sakayanagi's ears.

Sakayanagi instinctively turned his head to look, but before he could even see the other person, he was attacked on the cheek.

"Arisu smells wonderful today~"

Tianyin was carrying an exaggerated plate in one hand and holding chopsticks in the other.

It seems that Tianyin, who was eating, was automatically attracted by the excitement.

Just as Sakayanagi was about to criticize her for kissing indiscriminately in public, his expression suddenly changed drastically.

"You idiot, Tianyin!! Don't kiss people while you're eating!!"

Seeing Amane's greasy lips, Sakayanagi quickly took out a tissue and wiped her face haphazardly.

For Sakayanagi, who loves cleanliness, Amane's kiss could keep her from talking to Amane for at least three days. Hmm... three days is a bit too much, one day will do.

"Sorry, I couldn't resist the scent of Arisu Kaori. Let me help you clean up."

Amane took the tissue from Sakayanagi and carefully wiped Sakayanagi's face.

Seeing herself and Amane acting so intimately under the gaze of countless eyes, even Sakayanagi couldn't help but blush.

"Don't do that again."

"Yes, sir! It's all clean now, mua~"

Tenon had just wiped Sakayanagi's face clean when she couldn't resist giving him a quick kiss. After that, Tenon, carrying her tray, turned and ran away without looking back.

Only Sakayanagi Arisu remained, still shouting her name in a fit of rage.

"Miyako Amane!!!"

"I knew you'd be completely fooled by her, Sakayanagi-san. Sigh, let me wipe it for you."

Kamuro, who had just returned, saw Sakayanagi's loss of composure and helplessly took out a tissue to wipe the marks on Sakayanagi's face, but Sakayanagi stopped him.

"Thank you for your kindness, Masumi-san, but... only Amane would do something like this for me."

As she spoke, Sakayanagi took the tissue from Kamuro's hand and began to carefully wipe the marks on her cheeks, using the phone screen as a guide.

Kamuro was stunned for a long time before slowly making a comment.

"If I could, I wouldn't want to be seen showing off my love with you two girls. The thought that even you have a partner while I, who am so cute, am still single... it's just awful."

"Hmm, Kamuro, your skin is getting thicker and thicker. Now you even praise yourself for being cute. You should stay away from Amane in the future."

"I would never fall for that guy who's horny 24/7!! Absolutely not!!!"

Just as the two were bickering, Hoshinomiya-sensei rushed to the scene. Although Hoshinomiya-sensei had given up hope on this year's students ever since Shibata seized power.

But how could a homeroom teacher not worry about the students in their class? It's just that she went from openly supporting them to silently supporting them. But after Class D abandoned Ichinose, the class's pillar of strength, Hoshinomiya completely lost hope in the class.

Since Hoshinomiya-sensei doesn't teach regular classes, she doesn't need to meet with the students in her class every day like other teachers. Therefore, unless there is something important to convey, such as news about a special exam, Hoshinomiya-sensei generally won't meet with the students in Class D.

When Kamuro went to the infirmary to find her today, Hoshinomiya-sensei was actually unwilling to come, but as a nurse, she still followed Kamuro to the scene.

Upon arriving at the scene, Hoshinomiya-sensei's heart sank.

Watanabe's injury appears to be more serious, but how could Hoshinomiya-sensei, who has taught so many classes of students, not notice the problem? If Ayanokouji and Watanabe were both injured, she could assume that the two boys had a conflict, which would at least make sense regardless of the reason.

However, it was Sato who was injured in Class B. Since it was a girl, Hoshinomiya could probably guess the reason without anyone explaining it to her. Therefore, his expression darkened considerably when he looked at Beppu and Watanabe.

After briefly checking Watanabe's injuries, Hoshinomiya-sensei breathed a sigh of relief.

It looks very serious, but in fact, there is no serious damage. However, it will be impossible for him to study normally or take special exams in the short term.

"Watanabe's injuries are not particularly serious, but he will need a long time to recover and will also need to go to the infirmary for further treatment."

After Hoshinomiya-sensei finished speaking, she looked at Sakayanagi. Sakayanagi was now representing the student council, and Watanabe could only leave if Sakayanagi nodded in confirmation.

After hearing what Hoshinomiya-sensei said, Sakayanagi thought for a moment and then asked a question.

"Watanabe-kun, could you wait here for a while? Once this is all taken care of, he can go for treatment."

"No problem, I brought some medicine that can temporarily relieve Watanabe's pain. I hope you can take care of it as soon as possible."

"Well, I see."

After treating Watanabe's injuries, Ms. Hoshinomiya began to check on Sato. Sato was only hurt from the fall and bumps, so she told Sato to rest more and come to her if she felt unwell again.

Kanzaki arrived at the scene just after Hoshinomiya-sensei finished examining Sato's body.

Because Class D had a physical education class in the morning, Kanzaki didn't go to the cafeteria for lunch. Instead, he went straight back to his dormitory to take a shower. Before he finished showering, he heard that Watanabe had been beaten up by someone from Class D. Remembering what Himeno had told him yesterday, Kanzaki rushed to the school cafeteria without even taking a shower.

Kanzaki frowned slightly when he saw Watanabe's miserable state.

With only four days left until the special exam, it's impossible for Watanabe to fully recover in four days given his current condition.

In other words, Class D's objective has actually been achieved.

"What happened here? Why are the students from Class D beating up Watanabe?"

Since Watanabe can't participate in the special exam anyway, worrying about his injury won't help. It's better to find a way to reduce the number of students in Class D as well, as this is the only way to mitigate their disadvantage as much as possible.

"What nonsense are you talking about? Who hit him? He clearly hit me first!!"

Sato, who was lying in Ayanokouji's arms, couldn't help but loudly retort when Kanzaki accused D of beating Watanabe.

"Hmph, do you have any evidence? You don't look injured at all. Do I need to tell you about Watanabe's injuries? You ignored school rules and used violence, causing Watanabe to be seriously injured. No matter the reason, you two should be expelled."

Kanzaki realized that Sato was not a reasonable person, so he thought, "Since you're not reasonable, then I'm not reasonable either."

That's how bargaining works. I'll make an exorbitant demand first, and then you can negotiate. After a few rounds of negotiation, both parties can get the result they want.

Although this wasn't a business transaction, Kanzaki understood the importance of striking first.

But Kanzaki's preemptive strike infuriated Sato. She had to put on a show to frame Class D, but Kanzaki actually wanted her expelled right off the bat. He was even more despicable than her; he was simply inhuman.

"How can there be no evidence? So many people saw that guy push me first. Don't think you can distort the facts just because you don't admit it."

"Oh? Then go and call them over so I can ask them about what happened back then."

All Kanzaki had to do was play dirty and stall for time. He didn't have any trump cards. His purpose in stalling was to make Sakayanagi impatient and thus adopt a solution where both sides would be equally punished.

In this way, the incident is no longer solely the responsibility of Class D. Kanzaki's approach is currently the best solution, but unfortunately, Sakayanagi doesn't buy into it.

"Kanzaki-san, please stop making trouble. I investigated the situation before you arrived. Sato-san and Watanabe-san had a verbal altercation, then Watanabe-san pushed Sato-san in anger, and then Ayanokouji-san retaliated against Watanabe-san, which led to the current situation. From any perspective, this conflict is undoubtedly the responsibility of Class D."

Sakayanagi, as the student council member, issued a ruling on this incident.

If it were someone else, they might have been unwilling to accept Sakayanagi's judgment, but Kanzaki could not agree to it.

Some might wonder why Kanzaki refused to accept Sakayanagi's ruling even though he knew Class D was in the wrong. The reason is actually quite simple.

According to the disciplinary department's regulations, in any ruling involving violence, the class that is held solely responsible or both parties are held responsible will be subject to double penalties, including individual and class points.

The amount of punishment varies depending on the severity of the violent act. This regulation is not problematic, and everyone feels it is very fair.

Anyone who tries to bully others with violence must bear the serious consequences of having their class points and personal points deducted, although deducting personal points is not a big deal.

However, if you lose class points, the perpetrator will likely have a very difficult time in the class in the future. It is precisely because of this rule that incidents of school violence have dropped sharply.

It can be said that this regulation played a crucial role in maintaining the stability of the school.

The problem is that the penalty starts at hundreds of thousands of points for an individual and one hundred points for a class.

In other words, whether it is personal responsibility or joint responsibility, 100,000 personal points and 100 class points will be deducted.

This is also why Kanzaki had to bite the bullet and oppose Sakayanagi's ruling.

Class D can't even scrape together 10,000 individual points, let alone 100,000.

As for those 100 class points, that's even more impossible.

So even though he knew he was in the wrong, as the class leader, Kanzaki had to fight for one last chance.

Chapter 215: Tell me, who do you like better?

"Please wait a moment, I cannot agree with Sakayanagi-san's ruling."

When Kanzaki saw that Sakayanagi had described the situation in such detail, he immediately knew that Sakayanagi must have witnessed the whole thing or arrived at the scene immediately. This left Kanzaki with no room to make excuses or confuse the issue.

His delaying tactics did not seem to have any significant effect on Sakayanagi.

If it were a student council member with a short temper, they might have become impatient after the two sides had been arguing for so long and opted to resolve the issue by trying to smooth things over.

However, it is clear that Sakayanagi is not that kind of person. If we had to categorize Sakayanagi, she would be a pragmatist who would not be swayed by Kanzaki's little tricks. On the contrary, she was very annoyed by such unreasonable and dithering tactics, which is why she announced her decision directly without holding a meeting with the student council or the disciplinary committee.

However, even Sakayanagi probably didn't expect that Kanzaki would have the audacity to disagree with her ruling.

Kanzaki's words greatly displeased Sakayanagi, but she still patiently asked Kanzaki why he disagreed with her decision, though her tone became very cold.

"Kanzaki-san, do you have any questions about my decision?"

"Of course! First of all, although you are a member of the student council, you are also a first-year student, and you are very close to Miyako. Therefore, you cannot guarantee that you can handle this dispute between Class B and Class D without any personal feelings. So I think your decision is not convincing or fair. Even if this matter is to be decided by the student council, I think it should be reviewed by a higher-year student council member or by President Kiriyama. Otherwise, I will not be convinced."

Don't be fooled by the seemingly plausible explanation from Kanzaki; his real purpose is simply to avoid being fined by the Disciplinary Committee. Given Class D's current situation, if they were to be fined 100,000 personal points and 100 class points, they might as well just admit defeat in this special exam.

Because they simply didn't have enough class points to participate.

Moreover, 100,000 personal points might not be a difficult thing for them at the beginning of the semester, but it is a huge sum of money for the impoverished Class D.

Even if the individual points are distributed and paid out next month, it would still take at least all of the individual points from eight people to barely cover the shortfall.

The current Class D is no longer the united, cooperative, and close-knit Class D of Ichinose's era. On the contrary, everyone in the current Class D can be described as quite selfish, so it is impossible for anyone to be willing to pay Watanabe's fine.

Therefore, Kanzaki wanted to avoid penalties related to class points and individual points as much as possible.

"Kanzaki-kun, you're oversimplifying things."

Ayanokouji, who had been silent all along, suddenly interrupted Kanzaki's long speech.

Kanzaki glanced at Ayanokouji, signaling him to continue.

Anyway, he has plenty of time now and doesn't mind spending time here with Class D and the student council.

"It's precisely because you're all first-year students that Sakayanagi-san is so lenient in disciplining you. If this matter were left to the upperclassmen... Kanzaki-san, you might want to guess how they would handle it."

Kanzaki was puzzled by Ayanokouji's words. At most, it would be the same as Sakayanagi's judgment. What other tricks could an upperclassman possibly play?

"How will they handle it?"

"The upperclassmen will definitely make Watanabe drop out of school."

"Hmph, I thought you, Ayanokouji, had some profound insights, but all you've got is slander against upperclassmen. Sato and Watanabe's conflict also originated from a verbal dispute, according to Sakayanagi-san. It's absurd to expel someone just because they got into a fight. How could such a ridiculous thing happen in the world?"

Kanzaki shook his head. He felt that what Ayanokouji said was too exaggerated. Even if the punishment was more severe for senior students, in Kanzaki's opinion, at most they would only get a disciplinary action. If they were expelled for fighting, how many students would be left in the school?

"If you don't believe me, then I'm willing to let President Kiriyama make the judgment. I just hope you won't regret it, Kanzaki-kun."

Ayanokouji's indifferent gaze made Kanzaki's already furrowed brows deepen even further.