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

President Fujiwara glanced at Director Mori sitting to her right. Although Director Mori only held the title of Public Relations Director, he was responsible for handling most of the school's affairs. Even though President Fujiwara had the power to make direct decisions, she could not ignore this man's wisdom.

Director Mori glanced at Ryuen, whose expression seemed extremely agitated but whose gaze remained unusually calm, and then smiled.

"I think it's impossible to agree to such conditions."

"Oh?"

President Fujiwara was somewhat surprised that this was the first time she had disagreed with Director Mori. She had originally planned to sacrifice Baoquan to achieve the goal of 'silencing' the issue. This choice was undoubtedly the least costly way to solve the problem for Gaoyu at the moment. President Fujiwara had investigated Baoquan's deeds in advance, and it would not be difficult for him to fabricate a reason for school violence to expel him from school. It would also not affect Gaoyu's reputation.

However, since Director Mori has a different opinion, she felt that she could listen to Director Mori's thoughts on this matter from a different perspective.

“It’s very easy to handle this matter, but some things can’t be set off in a bad way. If Gao Yu chooses to give up on Bao Quan today so that Long Yuan can achieve his goal, then the story of Long Yuan calling on Class 2C to hand in blank papers and ultimately forcing the school to compromise will immediately spread throughout the entire campus… I believe that Chairman Fujimori, you should understand what this means, right?”

Director Mori had a very unique perspective on the issue. Unlike the others, he didn't rush to solve the immediate problem. Instead, he began to think about the consequences of the school's compromise with Ryuen.

Undoubtedly, if the school makes concessions to Longyuan today, it will face endless troubles in the future. There will definitely be people who, whenever they are dissatisfied with anything at school, will call on everyone to use methods such as submitting blank papers or going on strike to resist the school.

This means the school simply doesn't have enough energy to maintain normal teaching order, and Gao Yu will likely become a laughing stock in the education sector.

"Hmm, what Director Mori said makes a lot of sense... Hosen-kun, is there anything you'd like to say?"

Seeing Baoquan's face turn red but he dared not speak, Chairman Fujiwara gestured for him to speak.

After being given permission to speak, Baoquan immediately began to loudly refute Longyuan.

"I absolutely cannot accept the condition of being expelled!!! And most importantly, isn't this reason for expulsion ridiculous? I admit that I may have been a little rough with the students in their class, but I apologized to them that day and they forgave me! What right does Longyuan, an outsider, have to hold me accountable on their behalf? Isn't this a joke?"

Baoquan's rude use of flower language made the board members frown, but they also felt that what Baoquan said made some sense. If the parties involved had already forgiven Baoquan, Longyuan had no reason to keep pursuing the matter.

"Longyuan, have the injured students from Class C forgiven Baoquan, as Baoquan said?"

Chairwoman Fujiwara's gaze toward Ryuen became incredibly sharp this time. If Ryuen dared to use a previously resolved issue as a shield to threaten the school, she would show Ryuen what it meant to lift a rock only to drop it on one's own foot.

"That's right, Ibuki and the others did forgive them back then..."

"Then why are you still—"

"However, we in Class C have not forgiven Baoquan. This school has emphasized the concept of collectivism from the very beginning, so we are all individuals in Class C of the second year. We treat each member as family. Baoquan hit our family members, is it enough to just apologize to them and let it go? Also, the reason I came here is not to discuss how to resolve this matter, but to tell you, as school administrators, that if Baoquan is not expelled this time, I will immediately make the news of Gao Yu's tolerance of school violence appear on the Internet."

A scene that left Baoquan speechless appeared before him.

Ryuen's arrogant gaze swept across the faces of the directors one by one, finally settling on Chairman Fujiwara.

"How dare you! Do you think you can threaten us?"

A middle-aged director angrily slammed his hand on the table and stood up, pointing at Longyuan and shouting loudly.

The other directors also looked on with amusement, seemingly not taking Longyuan's threat seriously at all.

How will you know if you don't try?

"Hey, you've got some nerve. Do you know who I am? I'm telling you right now, go ahead and spread this all you want. If I can find even the slightest negative news about Gao Yu online tomorrow, I'll resign from my position as a director of Gao Yu."

The middle-aged man's powerful speech did indeed carry a certain authority.

But Longyuan was clearly not intimidated by the other party's imposing manner.

"Really? I should remind you first that every word you say is being broadcast live!"

"what?"

Seeing that the middle-aged man was startled, Long Yuan then took out what appeared to be a miniature portable filming device from the pocket of his school uniform. Because the device was painted the same color as the school uniform, no one noticed that Long Yuan had actually punctured a small hole in his clothes and fixed the filming device in the pocket of his shirt. In the end, he openly and brazenly filmed the contents of the meeting.

The constantly flashing red light indicates that this little device is indeed working.

This bombshell news left many council members speechless for a moment. If it had been broadcast live, wouldn't their expressions have already been uploaded to the internet?

For a moment, all the board members sat motionless in their seats, like monks in deep meditation. Why did so many people spend money to buy a board position? Wasn't it to expand their network or to use it as a starting point for their political career? What if they did something that damaged their image or said something inappropriate on live television? Their entire future would be ruined!

Some wealthy businessmen on the board felt dizzy and worried that their company's stock would plummet due to this unexpected public opinion, which would be a complete loss.

“Long Yuan, this is a private meeting at the school, and filming and recording are prohibited. Please turn off your filming equipment immediately.”

Director Mori immediately demanded that Ryuen stop filming, citing that this was a private meeting.

In fact, this statement is a complete trap. If the meeting was filmed without permission, it would not have any legal effect and could at most guide public opinion. However, they could sue Longyuan for filming without permission to punish them.

However, as the saying goes, cleverness can backfire, and Longyuan never even considered the legal aspects.

"Don't give me that crap. Right now, I demand a satisfactory answer from you immediately regarding Baoquan's school violence!"

Longyuan's domineering attitude drew the ire of the board members, who quickly stood up and then... hurriedly left towards the door.

"Sorry, I suddenly have something to do and need to go back."

"Ouch, my stomach hurts a bit. I think I ate something bad. I'll leave this to Chairman Fujiwara..."

……

Those who became directors through connections or money ran away faster than anyone else; even that arrogant uncle from before quickly disappeared into the crowd.

Even more outrageous, one person claimed in front of everyone that his smoke alarm had gone off, possibly indicating a fire, and then hurriedly left without a second thought for the stunned crowd.

School violence has always been a topic that is most likely to cause big problems. If you give a bad answer and get scolded, that's a minor matter. But if you encounter a few extremists, you're really in trouble. So even though they knew that their excuses were really embarrassing, these council members still used their own methods to find their own excuses and left quickly.

In the end, only Tenon and his two companions, along with the seven permanent directors and the dumbfounded Chairman Fujiwara, remained in the conference room.

"It's rare to see someone so stupid, but even Director Mori... Sigh, this is what they mean when a confused mind affects one's thinking, right?"

Compared to those unreliable board members, Chairman Fujiwara appeared much calmer. He even took out a cigarette, put it in his mouth, and lit it with a lighter in full view of everyone.

After taking a deep drag of his cigarette, Chairman Fujimori crossed his legs and leaned back in his chair, looking completely relaxed.

"Fujiwara, what you're doing is damaging the school's image, isn't it?"

Director Sakayanagi couldn't help but speak up to offer some advice.

Actually, he originally wanted to say that smoking is very harmful to girls, but when he thought of the rebellious look of Chairman Fujiwara when he was in Gaoyu, he knew that such persuasion would definitely not work.

That's why Sakayanagi used the excuse of maintaining the school's image to make Chairman Fujii pay more attention to his own image.

"I see. You guys treat me like a child too, right? Hey, Ryuen, you can put your toy away now. I've only ever played with these things since I was in school. If you don't want to provoke me, you'd better cooperate, understand?"

Chairman Fujiwara pointed towards Ryuen with his cigarette.

Ryuen, who was filming with his camera equipment, suddenly stopped what he was doing after hearing what Chairman Fujiwara said.

How did you figure that out?

"Look? No, no, there's no need to look at your tricks. Those people are just panicked because they were scared by your words. If you don't believe me, just take out your phone and you'll see."

Long Yuan subconsciously took out his phone. When he saw the no signal display, he was stunned for a moment, and then shook his head helplessly.

"Did a single oversight lead to failure? No wonder this school's top leader would plant a signal jammer in this conference room beforehand. I admit defeat."

Long Yuan was truly convinced. The reason he dared to take such a huge risk to intimidate those directors was that he was gambling, betting that those directors wouldn't dare to gamble with his student, him, on their own wealth and future prospects.

As a result, Longyuan won the bet, and those damned board members were so scared by a small device he made that could only flash red light that they ran away in a panic.

To Long Yuan's utter surprise, a signal jammer he had never seen before in the entire school was found in such a place.

This means that if what he had was real, the signal would definitely be blocked, but Ryuen always kept the equipment running, which is why Chairman Fujiwara saw through the flaw.

“You didn’t lose to me. If I remember correctly, it was you, Tianyin, who suggested installing a signal jammer in this room, right? I remember looking back at the previous Disciplinary Department meeting room renovation plan, your budget report included a request for a signal jammer. At first, even I didn’t pay attention to it. I didn’t expect it to come in handy at a time like this after so long.”

Despite the explanation from Chairman Fujiwara, Amane recalled for a long time that she had indeed applied for this when she was still the head of the Disciplinary Committee. However, at that time, Amane only wanted to build this conference room into an absolutely safe meeting place.

Tianyin could never have predicted that almost a year later, the school would rent this conference room and uncover Longyuan's biggest trump card.

"Cough cough... It's all a coincidence... a coincidence..."

Facing Long Yuan's murderous gaze, Tianyin could only awkwardly scratch her cheek and try to explain.

"I knew nothing good would come of being with you."

"Slander! Long Yuan, what you're saying is absolutely slander! How could I possibly have known you'd pull off something like this..."

"Of course I know this has nothing to do with you. I'm just a little unwilling, unwilling to fail in a place like this for such a trivial reason! I calculated every step of the way, but! But!! Never mind, if possible in the future, I'd appreciate it if you could take care of Shiina. She's someone who doesn't like..."

"Don't worry, I'll take good care of Hiyori. You can go in peace."

"..."

Tianyin's overly straightforward answer made Longyuan swallow the rest of his words.

Ryuen had originally wanted Amane to stop bullying Shiina, but judging from Amane's reaction, it seemed that Shiina was unlikely to escape Amane's clutches, but that was no longer his concern.

Looking at Ryuen, who had already begun to make arrangements for his 'final affairs', Chairman Fujiwara revealed a half-smile.

"Ryuuen, you seem very certain that I will expel you from school?"

"If I don't get expelled for what I did, that would be unreasonable. Besides, even as the chairman of the board, there are things you can't do, right?"

Long Yuan completely gave up resistance the moment his last trump card was exposed.

Fortunately, the school blamed him for the blank papers submitted by Class C, which meant that everything would be resolved as long as he dropped out of school.

Inciting and coercing classmates, coupled with previous acts of violence, is enough to cause Ryuen serious trouble, not to mention that Ryuen also threatened the board members. Even expelling them ten times would be too lenient for Ryuen.

"Hmph, it seems I was truly underestimated. In this school, as long as I am the chairman of Gaoyu's board of directors, I'm the one who calls the shots. If the chairman isn't given absolute power, do you think those good-for-nothings can make decisions? Heh..."

At this moment, Fujiwara could no longer hold back and began to mock the group of shameful fellows who had fled.

"So, Fujiwara, how do you plan to handle this matter?"

Apart from Onishima, only Tachibana and Sakayanagi had the most say among the permanent council members present. The remaining four, despite having the majority of votes, tacitly refrained from interfering with Fujiwara's decision.

"This incident is very easy to resolve. In the end, it's just a matter of personal feelings. Let Baoquan choose between being used as a punching bag or being expelled from school. Then, treat all the second-year C class students' exam scores as 0 but passing, and the same goes for the first-year D class. Also, punish Baoquan for his school violence and punish Longyuan for inciting his classmates to submit blank papers. That's all."

Chairman Fujiwara flicked the cigarette in his hand and casually drafted a very comprehensive plan.

Tianyin thought for a moment and realized that even she couldn't come up with a better solution. First, she should let Baoquan decide how to handle the situation. If he chose to let Longyuan vent his anger, he would inevitably get a beating. Choosing to drop out of school would be exactly what Longyuan wanted.

In other words, no matter what Baoquan chooses, Longyuan will always be the one to benefit.

Then it was a fair split, with both sides getting their share of blame. Although Ryuen made an excuse about the unfairness of the rules when he handed in a blank paper, President Fujiwara immediately recognized after hearing the rules that Ryuen was not wrong and that the rules were too biased towards the first-year students.

Since the school is indeed responsible for this special exam, the students who submitted blank papers can be exempted from expulsion according to the rules. However, since it was a violent protest, they will receive a score of 0 and can forget about any reward for this special exam. This approach is very reasonable.

Class D in Grade 1 was exempted from joint liability, but since the two were partners, they should naturally share the same fate. Therefore, when all students in Class C in Grade 2 scored 0, all students in Class D in Grade 1 also scored 0, thus exempting them from the special exam reward and expulsion penalty.

It could be said that both classes had wasted their time on this special exam.

With the special exam issue resolved, the next step is to address individual matters. Longyuan was punished again for inciting classmates and Baoquan for committing campus violence against others. This serves as a warning without causing dissatisfaction among other students who participated in the special exam normally.

If all of the above can be done, then this incident can be completely resolved.

After the permanent council members, Longyuan, and Tianyin all understood the core of the plan, they all turned their attention to Baoquan.

Everything depends on what choice Baoquan makes.

If Baoquan had been more assertive and chosen to drop out of school, Tianyin thought she might have thought more highly of him.

Unfortunately, Baoquan chose to let Longyuan vent its anger.

"Baoquan, you didn't expect this day to come, did you?"

"Hmph, I'll let you be smug this time, but I definitely won't let you off the hook next time!!"

Before Baoquan could finish speaking, Longyuan punched him to the ground. Baoquan instinctively tried to get up and fight back.

But when he saw Tianyin warming up on the side, he decisively gave up on the idea.

Long Yuan, relying on Tian Yin's support, punched and kicked him for a full ten minutes before stopping.

Throughout the entire process, Chairman Fujiwara watched Ryuen punish Hosen with a calm expression, seemingly completely unconcerned about Hosen's life or death.

"That's how society is. If you don't have absolute strength, you'll have to endure the harsh realities of society. If you think that someone will help you in society, you're making a big mistake, because no one is obligated to be responsible for your life and actions."

After finishing speaking, Chairman Fujiwara glanced at Amane, who had returned to her seat after warming up.

If everyone could live as easily as Tianyin, wouldn't that be wonderful?

"The specific punishment will be announced along with the results tomorrow. You can go back now. Baoquan, you should know how to explain your injury, right?"

"I tripped and fell by accident..."

"Let's go back."

Chairman Fujiwara didn't even bother to listen to his excuse before waving his hand and urging him to leave.

This made Baoquan feel an unprecedented sense of humiliation, but in front of Chairman Fujiwara, Baoquan dared not show any anger and could only respectfully lower his head and leave.

Having just left the student council's teaching building, Ryuen had originally planned to chat with Amane, but upon seeing Nanase Tsubasa walking towards Amane, Ryuen wisely turned and left.

"Miyako-senpai, are you alright?"

Nanase Tsubasa looked Amane up and down nervously, and only relaxed when she saw that Amane was alright.