"You lot, reflect on your actions."
"Yes, Teacher Yaga." ×3
How had it come to this?
Because the three of them had gotten a little too wild the previous night, transforming into outlaws and playing a real-life version of Counter-Strike all over campus.
As a result, the school walls were covered in bullet marks, while the field bore countless craters from grenades and rocket launchers.
The good news: the students got a three-day vacation.
That was because the cleanup crew needed to clear away shell casings and repair the school field and outer walls.
The bad news: Eiji, Satoru Gojo, and Suguru Geto had been rewarded with a full day of standing punishment. Artoria, who had stayed behind to protect the Assistant Supervisor and grab a late-night snack, received no punishment at all.
Standing punishment was quite an interesting thing.
Different people saw it differently, too.
For example, Shoko Ieiri thought the three boys outside had gotten exactly what they deserved and had utterly humiliated themselves.
But in Eiji and the other two's eyes, they were like a Super Sentai team standing onstage beneath the attention of the masses.
Wasn't there a saying?
One person standing punishment: avoiding everyone's gaze in silent shame.
Two people standing punishment: "Of all heroes under heaven, only you and I remain!"
Three people standing punishment: Oath of the Peach Garden. "We need not be born on the same day, month, and year, but we wish to die on the same day, month, and year."
A whole group of boys standing punishment: outside the classroom lay Liangshan Marsh.
In short, it came down to one thing.
Once a second boy joined the standing-punishment lineup outside the classroom, the meaning of standing punishment changed—especially when your best bros were in the lineup too.
"Isn't it perfectly