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

Having almost been bullied at school as a child, Asahina deeply abhors such things, especially when she saw Ryuen so blatantly provoking the student council. She was furious and urged Sakayanagi to deal with Ryuen's problem as soon as possible.

"Asahina-senpai, please calm down first. Many things are not as simple as they seem on the surface. Chiaki-kun, if I remember correctly, your class often deals with Ryuen. So, what kind of impression does Ryuen give you?"

Seeing that Asahina was at risk of losing control, Sakayanagi quickly reassured her and then turned the conversation to Matsushita.

Asahina, who had almost no dealings with Ryuen, naturally wouldn't know how strange this incident seemed, but Matsushita, who had fought with Ryuen, should be able to see that there were many abnormalities in Ryuen's behavior this time.

"Ryuen-kun? Hmm... To be honest, I haven't had much contact with him, because when Ryuen took action, it was always Tenon who personally stepped in to solve the problem, so I don't have a very deep impression of Ryuen. However, it seems that Tenon has a very high opinion of him, saying that he is a cunning, shrewd, and ruthless fellow."

People who receive such high praise from Amane are extremely rare. Even from these few words, Asahina still couldn't understand what kind of person Ryuen was, but Amane's evaluation of Ryuen forced Asahina to calm down.

The reason is simple: if Longyuan is really as Tianyin described, willing to do anything for the sake of means and victory, then let alone dealing with Longyuan, even protecting themselves would seem rather difficult.

"Wait, I think I understand what Sakayanagi-san means. With Ryuen's proactive personality, he would never tolerate others bullying him in front of his face before thinking about how to fight back. So Ryuen's C-class provocation was to make the other party make the first move."

Longyuan's current actions are like installing an incredibly bright giant light bulb deep in the ocean, all in an attempt to attract attention.

Whether it's first grade or second grade, everyone's attention is drawn to Longyuan's extreme behavior, giving others the first impression of Class C in the second grade as someone who is "not to be messed with".

From the perspective of class management, Longyuan's behavior can be described as quite risky. If the goal is to quickly establish certain impressions in the minds of the current grade and first-year students, this is indeed the fastest way. However, such extreme behavior will also arouse the disgust of the originally neutral party.

For example, this large-scale provocation is because Longyuan has stopped pretending and is practically wearing its intentions on its sleeve.

To avoid conflict with Longyuan, the first-year students became more cautious, and some students who had never been threatened or provoked began to unite due to a sense of insecurity.

This unity is not just empty slogans, but is actually applied to the first-year students. For example, they always go out in pairs, and if they encounter provocation from the second-year C class of Longyuan, the two of them can help each other out.

If one of them loses control of their emotions after being provoked, the other person can pull the out-of-control companion back in time.

This leads to students from different classes having the idea of ​​helping each other, since no one can guarantee that they will run into a classmate when they are provoked by Longyuan's men.

Sakayanagi frowned at this behavior that might promote integration between the other students' grades.

All of Longyuan's actions at this moment are like playing a game with their cards upside down.

You can clearly see Ryuen's every move, but you don't know why he does it. When you realize that Ryuen's large-scale provocations are just to get the other party to make the first move, Sakayanagi's confusion becomes even stronger.

First, Longyuan made the vast majority of people submit blank papers, which will inevitably lead to two directions.

1. It is to put oneself in a life-or-death situation and then survive, cutting off all wishful thinking and preparing to fight the "enemy" to the death.

2. To ensure that the special exam partner suffers some degree of harm before going all out.

After the auction, Sakayanagi Arisu was in charge of assigning personnel. Sakayanagi knew very well that the first-year students from Class D were responsible for pairing up with Class C.

That is, Baoquan and Chen's class.

Although Baoquan is extremely arrogant and overbearing, Class D of the first year hasn't taken any major actions. Even after Baoquan was punished by Tianyin, he became much more obedient. Recently, there haven't been any reports of Baoquan getting into conflicts with anyone. If Longyuan is instigating the students of Class C of the second year to submit blank papers, it's to create losses for the students of Class D of the first year, who are his partners...

Sakayanagi said he could understand the reasoning, since there would be a long interval between battles between classes. If Hosen really clashed with Ryuen, and Ryuen was going all out against Class D of the first year, then this cross-grade joint exam would be Ryuen's only chance at the moment.

Otherwise, once the exam is over, it's uncertain when the two classes will cross paths again, making revenge extremely difficult.

Moreover, even if we were to face each other again in the future, it would be impossible to repeat the precise backstabbing of almost every student in Class D as this time.

It can be said that Longyuan's timing was extremely clever.

The only slightly regrettable thing is that... even if Dragon Garden's plan succeeds, the loss to Class D in the first year is only a three-month ban on the distribution of personal points, which is completely disproportionate to the possibility of them being expelled from school.

This is the only thing that Sakayanagi hasn't figured out yet.

Chapter 48: Help! There's a pervert here!!

"So... Arisu doesn't intend to take immediate action?"

Tianyin confirmed with the person who answered the phone again.

"Yes... President Sakayanagi seems to be hesitant about something, and even rejected Vice President Asahina's suggestion to take immediate action."

After a brief pause, Matsushita began to recount the minor incident that occurred during the meeting. From Matsushita's perspective, she could understand why Sakayanagi had not taken immediate action.

While it's understandable, it seems strange not to take action just because "bullying" hasn't started yet. But if we wait until "bullying" has started before taking action, we'll face entirely new problems.

For example, in this case, Class C of Grade 2 deliberately provoked the students of Grade 1, trying to get the students of Grade 1 to engage in bullying behavior so that Class C of Grade 2 could achieve some ulterior motives.

If this matter were being carried out in secret, Matsushita could accept that Sakayanagi chose to wait and see. However, since Ryuen has taken such a high-profile action, it is clear that they have to speed up their provocative actions due to time constraints. But this is also a provocation against the student council and school rules.

Only by acting swiftly and decisively can we achieve a deterrent effect and prevent victims from being harmed by Longyuan's deliberate framing.

At least in Matsushita's eyes, Sakayanagi's actions were incomprehensible to her.

"I understand. Thank you for your hard work, Qianqiu. It's getting late, so please take some time to rest when you get back."

"It's alright. Actually, there are quite a few outstanding people in the student council, so I haven't been working that hard... So what should I do next? President Sakayanagi asked me and Vice President Asahina to keep an eye on Ryuen while trying to show other students that the student council has already intervened. I have no idea what to do next, so I hope you can give me some advice, Amane."

The reason Matsushita contacted Amane again so late was not only for routine intelligence exchanges, but also because he hoped to get some advice from Amane.

According to Sakayanagi, the student council needs to demonstrate that it has received the report and is investigating and intervening, without significantly impacting Ryuen's plans, in order to prevent Ryuen from abandoning its provocative scheme and thus losing any evidence that might be obtained in the future.

If that were all, Matsushita could have used some superficial methods to investigate the matter. However, the task that Sakayanagi gave him next really put Matsushita in a difficult position.

The other task that Sakayanagi gave to Asahina and Matsushita was much more troublesome: to monitor Ryuen's recent activities.

Frankly speaking, the student council simply doesn't have enough manpower, and surveillance is an extremely difficult task. It's impossible to just send someone to follow someone, especially someone like Long Yuan, which is basically unrealistic.

Moreover, the most crucial point is that the first-year students are still in their internships, so if they are to be sent out to carry out missions, they can only be sent out from the second-year students. It is difficult to guarantee that Ryuen will not obtain this information from within the student council.

This task left Matsushita completely helpless. Although Asahina also took on the task, she usually had to deal with the student council's daily work and had no time to handle such matters. Therefore, it was as if the task was almost entirely handed over to Matsushita.

Amane seemed quite relaxed after learning about the difficulties Matsushita was facing. In Amane's eyes, the problems that troubled Matsushita were all minor issues that could be easily resolved.

"The solution is actually quite simple. Just appoint Kaneda as the head of the investigation team and have him lead Ibuki and Albert from the Disciplinary Committee to investigate Ryuen. All the problems will then be solved."

The suggestion given by Tenon shocked Matsushita, who was on the other end of the phone, causing him to widen his eyes in astonishment.

"But...but aren't Kinda and the others all students in Class C? I find it hard to imagine that they would take the mission seriously."

Matsushita finally understood why girls like Amane and Sakayanagi, who seemed to have completely opposite personalities, became friends. Both of them were the kind of people who could make others feel nauseous just by opening their mouths.

"Sakayanagi only asked you to pretend and monitor Ryuen, not to carry out the mission seriously, right?"

Matsushita was completely dumbfounded. How could such an important matter be spoken of as if it were a joke by the two of them?

What was clearly a serious matter involving several classes and even expulsion seemed like child's play to Amane and Sakayanagi, to the point that the two of them had the leisure to play word games.

"I'm afraid President Sakayanagi will be dissatisfied with my arrangement. Amane, do you have any other suggestions?"

Panasonic tactfully rejected the idea of ​​sending one of their own people.

It would be a miracle if investigating one's own people's bizarre suggestions yielded any useful results.

"Don't worry, Arisu won't be dissatisfied. Chiaki, you only see the surface of this matter. Right now, Ryuen is tearing into several first-year classes like mad dogs. The first-year students, who have never experienced this kind of tactic before, have basically adopted the methods of avoiding battle and reporting to alleviate the pressure that Ryuen is putting on them."

Tianyin glanced at Tianze Yixia, who was sitting beside her in a maid outfit peeling an apple for her, halfway through her sentence.

Tianze noticed Tianyin's gaze and immediately lowered her head while resuming her peeling motion. She had been eavesdropping so intently that she had accidentally stopped, which was how Tianyin discovered her mistake.

After Amaze obediently continued peeling the apple, Amane then began to explain to Matsushita.

"While Ryuen's actions certainly have the intention of provoking the student council, so what? Once the results of the special exam are out on Friday, Class C will receive the punishment they deserve. Now, risking being bitten by Ryuen just to extend the punishment by a day or two, no one with a sound mind would do that, because the effort and the reward are completely disproportionate. The reason Ryuen submitted a blank paper is actually to show their do-or-die attitude. Class C is going to go head-to-head with Class D of the first year. Since they're going to be expelled anyway, what are they afraid of?"

"So Arisu's judgment is quite correct. We just need to wait for the school to make a decision on the act of submitting blank papers. Once the decision is made, the student council can directly go through the procedures to deal with Ryuen to avoid unnecessary losses. In addition... although Ryuen's main target is Class D of the first year, it has also launched an offensive against several other classes at the same time. When the first year is in a state of complete turmoil, the only thing they can rely on is the mediation of the student council. This is an excellent opportunity for the student council to increase its voice among the first-year students... So, Chiaki, if you deal with this matter with normal thinking, no matter what you do, you will not be able to satisfy anyone."

Amane patiently explained the reasons to Matsushita. Matsushita's academic ability was beyond doubt; even in Sakayanagi's class, Matsushita's grades would be among the best.

However, when it comes to power struggles, Matsushita is clearly out of his depth. Asahina initially demanded the handling of Ryuen, but after realizing Sakayanagi's stance, her attitude immediately changed completely.

Perhaps Asahina doesn't like this kind of struggle, but it's undeniable that she's often around Nagumo and has seen through these things quite thoroughly. Only a 'newcomer' like Matsushita would find Sakayanagi's actions utterly incomprehensible.

"It sounds like... that this is an area I can't handle. Well then, I'll follow your advice, Tianyin, and I won't disturb your rest any longer."

……

"Ugh."

Amane sighed softly upon seeing Matsushita's message. Amane realized that Matsushita must have a completely new understanding of organizations like the student council.

But most likely you'll be disappointed.

Matsushita accepted Amane's invitation to join the student council partly to help Amane, and partly because of his stereotypical impression of student councils from junior high school. Matsushita believed that the student council of the high school was no different from those in junior high school, and that they were all established to help the school better manage students and provide convenience for students.

But if you think about it calmly, how could an organization that can modify, formulate, or even propose special exam rules simply be providing convenience for students?

Student council members are essentially students from various grades. After obtaining firsthand information about the special exam, how can they ensure that the information will not be leaked?

The student council of Gaoyu is essentially a group of representatives from each class who manipulate the direction of special exams through internal struggles to bring greater benefits to their respective classes.

But that's the ideal scenario. What's the normal scenario?

The student council president made a suggestion, and students of the same grade opposed it, trying to hinder the student council president. Meanwhile, students of other grades followed the leaders of their respective departments. If the student council president wanted to implement a policy, he had to appease the department heads. The way to appease them was simply to give up some benefits in exchange for their support. Once more than half of the students supported the policy, it was approved. However, problems would arise when it was implemented.

This department won't cooperate, that department will cause trouble for you, do you really expect a group of people whose own interests are at stake to provide you with help?

The only answer Tianyin could give was: Daydreaming.

Therefore, the student council is a place where everyone is bickering. Sakayanagi is already a student council president with a high degree of control. With the disciplinary committee as a sharp weapon, Sakayanagi can say that almost all of his orders are met with little resistance.

Look at the former, former, former student council president, Horikita Manabu.

Horikita's abilities are absolutely outstanding, but because he lost his voice as a second-year student, he abandoned the first-year students in order to prevent Nagumo from taking away his voice as a first-year student.

Even so, Horikita Manabu could not stop Nagumo's influence from continuing to expand, to the point that Horikita Manabu always acted as a peacemaker when faced with disputes and adjudication meetings.

It wasn't that he wanted to smooth things over, but rather that he no longer had the power to make decisions on his own. He had to consult with the then vice president, Nagumo, on everything, which shows how stifled Horikita Manabu was as the student council president.

Maintaining a pure heart in a place like this is not an easy thing.

"The fruit has been cut, please enjoy."

With a flushed face, Tianze Yixia carried a plate of apples that looked like they had been cut into small pieces and crawled on her knees to Tianyin.

It wasn't that Tianyin forced her to do this, but she had tried to resist in the afternoon, and her buttocks were still sore. Kneeling was basically impossible, and as a maid, she couldn't stand and let Tianyin look up at her to talk to her.

In the end, it could only turn into this shameful way.

"Look, isn't it fine as it is now? It seems like you like Yixia quite a bit, so why do you always resist? I haven't bullied you."

Tianyin picked up a piece of apple with a toothpick, put it in her mouth and chewed, then casually turned the engine up to maximum.

As a buzzing sound began, Tianze Yixia suddenly trembled violently all over.

Tianyin knew that Tianze Yixia still harbored resentment towards the little toy she had given her that she couldn't stop using, so she only punished Tianze slightly before turning off the item.

Actually, it was partly due to Tianze's stupidity. Tianyin thought that even if Tianze was slow to react, he would definitely destroy the controller if there were no batteries available for replacement, thus resolving her crisis.

But who would have thought that Tianze's solution was to endure it for six hours until the prop's built-in battery was completely depleted before the crisis was resolved.

As a result, Tianze had to take a day off before he could barely get out of bed.

When Tianyin heard Tianze's solution, she was stunned. She almost couldn't help but ask what Tianze would do if the battery was built-in and there were only a few days left.

However, after seeing Tianze's murderous gaze, Tianyin swallowed her words.

After the third rework and upgrade, this time the prop is a brand new, more powerful version with an ultra-long battery life, and Tianze was lucky enough to become the first user to experience it.

There is absolutely no truth to the claim that losing fifty rounds of rock-paper-scissors with Tianyin forced one to become a trial user.

Everything was done voluntarily by Tianze Yixia and had nothing to do with Miyako Tenon.

You heard what I just said, didn't you?

"Reporting to... Master, I didn't hear anything."

Tianze was incredibly frustrated. She couldn't understand why anyone would use their phone to discuss classified information, especially in her dorm room, about how to fool the first-year students.

What's even more shocking is that in the end, she was punished for accidentally overhearing him.

Is this even being addressed anymore? Is there any justice left in this world?

Obviously, it's hard to judge whether something like Heavenly Law exists, but Tianyin had already gently held her in her arms.

"Good children don't lie! You lied to my face, Yixia, which means you're a bad child, and bad children have to be punished..."

Tianyin's tone gradually softened, but Tianze was so frightened that he turned around and tried to run away.

Help!!! There's a pervert here!!!

Chapter 49: It's all a routine

"So... that means you were completely provoked unilaterally, right? Did you even lift a finger?"

After hearing her classmates recount how they had recently been provoked by Oda and his friends from Class 2-C, Nanase Tsubasa frowned and immediately asked if a conflict had occurred.

When Nanase Tsubasa pressed them on whether they had taken action, the two people being questioned immediately waved their hands repeatedly.

“How could we possibly take action? Nanase-san told us before that we should be patient when we encounter second-year students provoking us, so we certainly can’t act on our own. But just being patient isn’t enough, is it? The things they’re saying are getting more and more offensive. If this continues, I’m afraid the others will have something to say.”

This wasn't the first time Nanase had heard such words, but she was completely at a loss for what to do. Her attempts to report the matter to the student council had all been met with silence.