Real teaching, hypocritical gray life

"Now your wounds are almost 'qualified'. Have you remembered the other things I told you to do?"

“I remember…”

"Just grasp the key points. I think Mr. Sakagami will explain the rest to you in order to protect the rights of his students. So don't leave any clues for me, okay?"

"Of course, if you choose to betray——"

At this point, Long Yuan stopped the audio, and it was obvious that there was still a large section of content that could not be played. In addition, the extra files on his phone screen also showed that the other party had more evidence about him than what was provided by this dispute.

But knowing this much is enough. What actions did that person take?

"Isn't this interesting? I don't know when someone was planted in Class C to record everything I do."

"Although I failed in this operation, your losses were even greater after receiving this important news. You could have made me receive a severe punishment in one fell swoop, but you just sent the recording to me and threatened me with a large number of points."

"A lot of points..."

"Yes. By the way, I have already transferred part of the points, but even if it is only part of it, you will definitely find out if you check his account."

“What on earth is…?”

"Whether that person is among you or not, you must remember this. I will immediately find out who the rat is in the class and find out your identity. I will also make you remember the feeling of being toyed with for threatening me."

As he said this, Ryuen turned his attention to Ichinose from Class B.

"As for your class B, just be a good little white rabbit, Ichinose. I never thought that your class B would be such a boring class with no merits at all."

"I don't think you have the ability to defeat Class B."

"Just because I didn't try my best and didn't cause any losses to your class, do you naively think you can beat me? If that's the case, just wait and see, Ichinose. Watch as your class completely collapses in the end."

After saying that, Long Yuan left without looking back, and we just watched his back.

Chapter 40: That's all

There was once a story about an accident.

The Pacific Rim was the most advanced ship of the Brazilian Haishun Ocean Shipping Company at the time. However, such a proud ship had an accident in calm sea conditions. The company specially erected a stone five meters high and two meters wide in front of the gate to engrave a bloody lesson.

The reasons for the crash were just some trivial matters.

They bought a desk lamp without permission, did not replace the fire probe in time, tied up the life raft for the convenience of handling life-saving facilities to prevent problems, and performed routine inspections casually... It was these safety precautions that they had taken for granted in their daily lives that led to everything being irreversible when the fire was discovered.

The reason why I remember this case so clearly is because it is a one-to-one replica of the incident. On that day, the entire ship was engulfed by fire and submerged by seawater without being able to send a distress call.

"It's too late now."

Humans often complain about their mistakes after things are over, but this cannot rewrite the facts that have already happened. To avoid unexpected situations, all situations must be taken into consideration.

Think twice before you act, and act with thoroughness. This is exactly what the saying means.

Therefore, I don't resent Horikita's plan to install more than one monitor. Although the plan failed in the end, it was a necessary measure to achieve victory.

Well, so I certainly don't mind this little thing.

Well, all I can do now is silently pray for their victory in the deliberations.

I disassembled the last camera, carefully placed it in the messenger bag with all the previous ones, and then returned the ladder to the cleaner.

I have to be more careful when accepting requests in the future. I don’t want to do this kind of deadly physical work again.

All that's left now is to deliver the goods safely to Ayanokouji or Horikita.

I stretched lazily, picked up my heavy messenger bag, and headed towards the meeting room.

Collect, analyze, design, and evaluate.

Every plan cannot escape these four steps: consider many aspects for success, disregard any consequences for the sake of taking advantage, use any means necessary for survival, and take absolute measures for the sake of victory.

Obviously, changing one's own concept is the most appropriate behavior, but I obeyed his words and lived the life of a student.

Maybe I also feel tired and don’t want to think too much about it.

I am tired of the life of collecting, analyzing, designing and evaluating.

The air here was cleansed, without any turbid dust. The normal temperature could even revive the body from the inside out. The bloody smell could only be smelled when the people around were bleeding, and the explosion-like smoke had disappeared.

If it is my greed in hell, then let me revel in it for a while.

At least let me escape from reality now and immerse myself in unrealistic dreams.

That’s right, I am free and have decided to continue this peaceful and not boring life.

Just as my desires were swirling in my mind, the sound of footsteps in reality could not be ignored. I looked in the direction of the sound and saw Secretary Tachibana-senpai, who I had met once before, walking towards me next to President Horikita.

Now that the chairperson has been chosen, the deliberation has ended. I don’t know what the result will be, but I hope it’s a victory… But if I meet the student council president, do I need to greet him? I know that greeting a teacher on the street is basic etiquette, but if I ask the student council president to do it, I’m in a blind spot…

After thinking for a moment, the energy conservationists told me not to do anything unnecessary, so I just pretended I didn't see anything and passed through their world.

However, it failed.

"and many more."

"......"

I told you, fantasy is an unrealistic development.

We just passed each other by each other, it would be too late to stop now.

"President Horikita, is there anything I can help you with?"

"First-year student Luo Mu, I think I remembered your name correctly, right?"

".......Do you know me?" I tried to find out about this person's past in the meetings I saved, but I couldn't come to any conclusion.

"No, I just know you. We don't know each other at all."

What? Did I do something famous? Could it be that the scandal between Ichinose and I in the class has spread to the seniors?

What should I do? If I get noticed by a senior student, I will definitely be bullied in school.

"Is there anything special about this student, President?" Senior Tachibana looked puzzled, but President Horikita didn't intend to pay attention.

I don't think the next scene will be a confrontation between a secret admirer and her rumored boyfriend, with Secretary Tachibana playing the role of the affectionate one and trying to persuade us.

"Does the student council president need to remember the faces and corresponding names of all the students in the school?"

"We in the student union don't have that much energy to remember the names of little people. You are just one of the few first-year students that I remember."

"Excuse me, did I make any mistake?"

"It's okay to make mistakes, but... you seem to have packaged yourself as unexpectedly weak, or are you just like this?"

"I'm sorry I can't understand what you're saying, could you explain it to me?"

"Don't you understand what it literally means?"

"Weak... I am not a strong person, and there are many people who are stronger than me... I have never met you, so how can you say what you think of me?"

"Not long ago, we were still conducting the student union entrance exam. I think you can understand what I mean by that."

"You mean you asked Captain Ichinose about me? But why did you need to do that? There shouldn't be any reason for me to attract your attention, right?"

"Is it enough to remain calm in front of the student union president?"

"Being calm... I can understand that, but it's hard to accept. Besides, I haven't met with the president alone before, so staying calm is just a conclusion we have come to now, right?" I asked tentatively, hoping to get more information from him.

".......Just barely qualified."

Huh? Was he just doing a hidden test on me? In what ways did I meet his requirements?

"You should still remember the entrance exam." President Horikita gave me some time to think and continued to explain to me, "The assessment for new students to enter the student union is very strict. There are certain requirements in all aspects, and academic ability is the basic assessment. It was also at that time that I found your grades to be very interesting."

"But I haven't participated in the student union interview, right?"

"But this doesn't affect my ability to view the form of freshmen's admission scores. And don't you think the neat numbers of 60 points in all subjects are very eye-catching?"

"Huh? You got 60 points in all subjects. Are you a freak?"

Calling me a freak or something like that right to my face...that's too hurtful.

"It's just a coincidence."

"Don't question it. I have confirmed the situation with your class teacher."

"Energy conservationists—that's what they call it."

Energy conservationist...

It turns out that the so-called understanding of me is only to this extent.

Chapter 41 Since that day——

In front of absolute reason, there are only answers. Because they have already ignored their own existence.

"Hey, is the student union so powerful?"

"The powers of our student union are granted by the school and are used within the prescribed scope. Do you have any opinion on this?"

"I don't hold a grudge against this, I just expressed some emotion. I apologize if you feel I misunderstood."

As I said that, I adjusted the position of the messenger bag. The marks of being fixed for a long time made my arm feel a little uncomfortable. But I didn't expect that this unintentional action would attract the attention of President Horikita.

"........Are you involved in this as well?"

"What are you referring to?"

"Is it fun to act dumb? Are you going to say you didn't know about the fight between Class D and Class C?"

"You didn't point it out exactly, did you? As for my participation... I can't say I participated. I was only responsible for the aftermath. I handled the dirty work that needed to be done regardless of the outcome... I wasn't interested in helping, and I'm still being ordered around."

"Aftermath... I see. You were the one who did the final flip. It sounds simple, but what did you do?"

"The final choice of Class C was made by this boy in front of us?!"

"The final reversal? Do you mean that Class D won this review?" I quickly asked President Horikita the key point, but he politely rejected me.

"You will know the truth sooner or later. Your acquaintances are still upstairs. If you ask them now, you will know the result.... But I have a question that you may not know if you don't ask it now. Are you interested in knowing it?"

"........Is that what I can learn?"

"As for the extent, it doesn't matter if it's just after-dinner gossip. How do you think?"

"If you don't mind."

"In fact, I received a threat email not long ago. The content was that if I didn't pay the points as he expected, he would spread negative videos and recordings about me on the Internet. Do you have any information about the culprit of this incident?" President Horikita nonchalantly told us the threat he received a few months ago.

I understand the darkness of this society and the distortion of human nature, so I am not surprised by such despicable activities. The greater the power, the greater the threat from every little thing. However, Secretary Ju was shocked by this.

"When did this happen? How dare someone threaten the student council president!?"

"Tachibana, calm down."

"Sorry, I'm being rude. But this matter——"

"There's no need to pay attention to it anymore. I've already solved the problem, but I have no idea about the person behind it." President Horikita narrowed his eyes and looked at me like a venomous snake staring at its prey.

I forced myself to suppress the impulse in my heart and swallowed.

"I haven't heard about this incident from my friends... If this incident has spread among my grade, then maybe I can only explain it by saying that I have poor interpersonal relationships."

After that, President Horikita and I looked into each other's eyes. Neither of us blinked from the beginning. I've played this game before, and whoever blinks first after looking into each other's eyes loses. For me, who has experienced many battles, victory is absolutely common.

While we were still engaged in a tense showdown between men, Secretary Ju was confused by the war without the smoke of gunpowder before his eyes.

"Yes, President?"

"what happened?"

"Um... no, nothing."

Damn it, I was disturbed by a girl from outside. Seeing that the situation had eased, I no longer insisted on it and casually looked away.

"Since you don't know, let's just leave it at that... There is another thing I would like to ask for your opinion on."

"Although I don't think I can offer any effective advice, I will try my best to answer."

President Horikita nodded after hearing this and said, "You should also know that students in your class are interviewing for the student council. Regarding this matter, I would like to give the spot to you. I wonder if you are interested?"

"An invitation from the student council? Doesn't Ichinose meet your requirements?"

"It's just that no one is suitable for you. After all, the position of secretary is not something that everyone can sit in."

“Wait, wait! President, you just mentioned the position of secretary, right? Didn’t we just—”