Horikita Suzune thought about it again and again, but she found that with what she had in hand, she could not think of a way to break the situation.
However, just because she can't "break the situation" doesn't mean she has no way to deal with it.
So far...
Soon, Horikita Suzune said, "I think there are still many undetermined doubts in this case.
With what we currently have at our disposal, this case cannot be confirmed.
Therefore, I hope to postpone this arbitration and give us some time to investigate. After we have completed the investigation, we will decide on another day! "
Horikita Suzune intends to delay.
It would be best to delay the arbitration until after the midterm exam. In this case, even if they fail, Karuizawa will still be punished, but at least it will not affect the midterm exam, and Karuizawa will not be expelled due to failure.
However, Horikita Suzune's idea is not so subtle.
When she made this proposal, she was immediately opposed by Yonekura.
"I don't agree!
I have a showdown!
Our goal is not as simple as suspending her from school!
That's right!
We just want her to drop out of school!
She's such a violent, scary person.
Since I have reported her, I have offended her.
If she is not expelled, how dare we continue to stay in school?!
We dared to report her at this time because we knew that suspension would cause her to miss exams and drop out of school!
Otherwise, what if she continues to bully Yonekura after receiving the punishment, or even bullies us!
Although she may have taken revenge on us during her suspension and before she dropped out, but if it was just for these few days...
We can live with it! "
128. The fish is coming!
Under the opposition of Yonekura, Horikita Suzune's "drag trick" failed in the end.
However, it was not a total failure.
"I declare that this arbitration is over. Then it will be opened again on the afternoon of May 23 and a final judgment will be made." Horikita Manabu declared, ending this arbitration meeting.
Yes, the arbitration was indeed postponed, but it was not pushed until after the midterm exam. It was just postponed to May 23, the day before the midterm exam.
In other words, although Horikita Suzune and the others successfully bought more investigation time, they still cannot easily resolve Karuizawa's dropout crisis by delaying time. After all, they have to help Karuizawa clear his name.
Thinking of this, Karuizawa's defenders couldn't help but feel anxious.
"Oh~ wait." Karuizawa asked in a voice like Horikita Manabu: "No results? Then how should this be calculated? Do I still have to suspend school?"
"Until the punishment comes down, everything is business as usual." Horikita Manabu replied.
"Huh? Like... as usual?" Karuizawa had a look of "disbelief" on his face. For fear of misunderstanding, he couldn't help but ask Horikita Manabu: "What do you mean?"
Horikita Suzune felt a little embarrassed and couldn't help but help his brother answer Karuizawa's question, "It means, Karuizawa, you have continued to attend classes normally before the midterm exam."
Hearing this, Karuizawa suddenly felt bad and blurted out. "Eh?! That means that my fake..."
Halfway through the words, Karuizawa reacted, quickly stopped what he was saying, and then secretly completed the rest of the content in his heart.
My vacation is gone?!
I originally thought I could take this opportunity to take a vacation, but because the arbitration was delayed and the punishment was not officially announced, the scheduled vacation was once again occupied by boring schoolwork. How annoying!
Don't delay!
Give me punishment!
I want to stop school!
I want a holiday!
"What did you just say?" Horikita Suzune saw that Karuizawa looked very strange and couldn't help but ask.
Karuizawa waved his hands, with an unruly and impatient look on his face, and said, "It's nothing, I just feel that these guys are so annoying. My precious time is wasted by these guys with some boring things, and I feel it is a pity."
"Since you find it troublesome, please be more careful in the future. If you take more precautions and don't give the other party a chance to frame you, you won't be in such trouble!" Horikita Suzune said angrily.
"How about you stop delaying and just stop me from studying?" Karuizawa, like a ghost, couldn't help but express his thoughts.
In order to maintain her character, she still shouldn't look arrogant and forceful when she said these words, giving people a strong feeling of "it's better to be broken than to be ruined".
Karuizawa's "strong" appearance made Yonekura, who had not had time to leave after the arbitration, couldn't help but tremble.
Yonekura couldn't help but worry. She suspected that Karuizawa planned to beat her up and send her to the hospital so that she could not take the exam before dropping out. Then everyone would drop out of school because they failed the exam as revenge.
Thinking of this, Yonekura secretly decided that she would never go out unless she had a few more bodyguards with her these days!
Afterwards, Yonekura subconsciously accelerated his speed of leaving the special classroom, just to get away from Karuizawa as quickly as possible.
After Horikita Suzune heard what Karuizawa said, he subconsciously thought that Karuizawa wanted to break the jar and beat up the person who returned it before dropping out of school.
When he thought that Karuizawa beating others would result in a wave of points being deducted in the class, Horikita Suzune, who wanted to get ahead of Class A and prove himself to his brother, suddenly felt a sense of crisis.
"What do you want to do?" Horikita Suzune cast an inquiring look at Karuizawa, as if he wanted to confirm something from her eyes.
"It's nothing." Karuizawa felt the cold and stern gaze from Horikita Suzune. She subconsciously hesitated and did not dare to look at him. She quickly turned her head away, as if she "disdain to explain" to others.
Seeing this, Horikita Suzune felt even more uncomfortable, and secretly decided in her heart that during the period before the next arbitration meeting, she must keep an eye on this guy Karuizawa as much as possible.
If Karuizawa really plans to do something stupid, Horikita Suzune must stop her in time!
Class points, every point you can keep counts as one point.
"Classmate Bai, Horikita, that guy looks at me wrong! It's so scary! Does she think I've caused the class to lose points, so she wants to hit me?"
While leaving the special classroom, Karuizawa found an opportunity and quickly sent an email to Bai Lan.
Bai Lan replied, "It's hard to say, that guy Horikita is a violent maniac. She dared to hit me before, but she just never did it.
In addition, Horikita's force value is quite high, and ordinary boys probably can't beat her. So, although she can't beat me, she should have no problem beating you.
So, please pay attention to yourself, practice running and calling for help more quickly, so that I can have a chance to save you from Horikita. "
"Ah! Classmate Bai, please help me persuade Horikita, don't let her have the idea of hitting me! Didn't you promise before that you would protect me?" Karuizawa asked Bai Lan for help in an email.
"What I said was, 'You will be protected during this month, and the protection will gradually decrease from next month.' These words were what I said last month, and 'this month' means 'last month.'
And now it is 'next month', the 'complete protection period' has passed, and now it is 'incomplete protection'. If I feel it is necessary or I want to, I will protect you, otherwise, you have to find a way to protect yourself. "
"Ahhh! Classmate Bai, save, save, save..."
Bai Lan did not continue to reply, but put away the phone directly, with an interesting smile on his lips, and then glanced at the people beside him.
While Bai Lan and Karuizawa were communicating online by sending messages on their mobile phones, Horikita, Hirata, and Kushida were walking downstairs while discussing offline how to help Karuizawa solve the crisis of dropping out of school.
After discussion, the final decision was to find out more detailed information about the case, Yonekura, and even the students who "appeared in court" with Yonekura.
Then assign tasks so that everyone is responsible for an investigation direction.
"Kushida, you are responsible for asking about Yonekura and the two girls to see if they have any dirty information. If Yonekura has any previous record of bullying, it will be more beneficial to Karuizawa.
Hirata, you are responsible for investigating those two boys.
I tried to find ways to further confirm the circumstances surrounding the incident, and the most important thing was to find evidence that could prove that these circumstances actually occurred.
Also, Karuizawa, don't give up!
Please think harder and think about whether you and Yonekura left any traces that can represent the basis of their respective words and deeds. Don't think about breaking the jar! "
Horikita explained everyone else's task arrangements one by one. When he got to Karuizawa, his tone became particularly serious.
Karuizawa was thinking about how to ask Bai Lan to help her persuade Horikita not to do anything to her. The next moment, he suddenly heard Horikita calling his name. Karuizawa suddenly panicked:
"Huh? Yes, okay!"
Karuizawa's reaction made Horikita deeply worried, but he couldn't think of a solution for a while.
"Finally..."
Horikita finally looked at Bai Lan: "Do you have anything to say about this?"
From Horikita's perspective, Bai Lan has not been very active since he learned about Karuizawa. He doesn't seem to want to help Karuizawa.
In addition, the statement "Disciplinary Committee member should avoid suspicion" mentioned at the arbitration meeting just now.
Therefore, Horikita suddenly felt that she probably could not count on Bai Lan regarding Karuizawa. Therefore, when she was discussing with others, she subconsciously did not mention Bai Lan, nor did she arrange any tasks for Bai Lan.
However, even so, in the end, Horikita still hopes that Bai Lan can give some useful suggestions.
Faced with Horikita's inquiry, Bai Lan replied, "Then let me say a few words. Because of Karuizawa's incident, someone may come to you in the past few days, especially Karuizawa you."
"Someone is looking for me?" Karuizawa was startled, then pointed at himself with a finger and said, "What are you looking for me for?"
Bai Lan: "No matter what the other party's purpose is, please tell me. Don't refuse in a hurry, and don't agree hastily. Hold off first, and then tell me quickly! This is very important."
After listening to Bai Lan's words, Horikita immediately realized something. "You mean, the breaking point of this matter Karuizawa is the person who will come to us?"
Bai Lan: "Absolutely, but maybe no one will come to you."
Horikita: "I understand what you mean."
"What do you mean?" Hirata couldn't help but ask. At the same time, he also asked the other two people who looked confused.
"Bai Lan means that the other party's real purpose in designing this frame-up is not just to drop out of school Karuizawa.
After all, it was a second-year student who framed Karuizawa.
Karuizawa dropped out of school, what good will it do to their sophomore year?
Since the other party was the one who designed this frame-up, he probably wanted to get some benefit from this matter.
If Karuizawa is expelled, our class will have points deducted, and we will lose some or even all of our rewards due to failure in the midterm exam.
If we suffer a loss, the rest of the first grade class will gain.
From what I know so far, our class was deducted points, and the one who benefited the most was actually Class 1-A, which had nothing to do with the second grade.