A Person in Advanced Nurturing High School Only Wants to Drop Out Section 40

You want to keep everyone by your side, even forcibly covering up conflicts to make everyone get along. You're just—

Dreaming!

Hirata Yosuke! You need to wake up!

In this class, your ideas are impossible to achieve. They'll even end up hating you, you guy who likes to shield 'sinners.'

You might as well drop out with me and switch schools, switch classes...

What the hell!"

Before Bai Lan could finish speaking, he saw a fist suddenly appear before his eyes.

47. Only Business, No Feelings? Hirata's About to Explode

Bai Lan's speech broke Hirata.

Unable to stop Bai Lan with words and unable to endure his mental attacks, Hirata lost control for a moment and threw a punch, choosing to physically "interrupt" Bai Lan's speech.

Seeing the fist suddenly appear before him, Bai Lan inwardly cursed, "What the hell."

What a fast fist!

Facing the sudden combat.

His self-preservation instincts, honed in the wilderness, made Bai Lan instantly raise his guard to the highest level.

As a result, he subconsciously activated [Overlord Body].

Immediately after, Bai Lan took half a step back, crouched slightly, and reached out with his upper body to grab the incoming fist.

With the explosive power boost from [Overlord Body], Bai Lan was faster than the punch, firmly grabbing the fist before him, turning, twisting his waist, and swinging his arm.

Here you go!

Hirata was instantly lifted off the ground and sent flying towards the lake.

Soon, with a splash.

Hirata fell into the lake, sending up several meters of water spray.

A few drops of the spray landed on Bai Lan's face.

The cold sensation stimulated Bai Lan's senses, bringing him back from his state of alert.

Once he came to his senses, Bai Lan looked at the struggling figure in the lake, cupped his hands around his mouth, and "shouted" softly at Hirata, "Hey~~ Swimming is a required course for Japanese high school students, so you should be able to swim back on your own, right? I don't want to get my clothes wet."

Bai Lan had already decided to use helping Hirata resolve this deception and a "prophecy" as compensation for the favor Hirata had shown him.

They had already "settled their accounts."

If he were to fight back, that would be opening a new ledger.

Since the other party had made the first move, Bai Lan's counterattack was only natural.

Therefore, as long as Hirata wasn't drowned, Bai Lan wouldn't feel any guilt.

After struggling for a few moments in the lake, Hirata finally calmed down, stimulated by the cold water.

Hearing Bai Lan's question, he instinctively replied, "Oh, I'm fine. I can swim back by myself."

After speaking, Hirata didn't immediately swim towards the shore. Instead, he lay back, floating on the water, and stared blankly at the sky.

Bai Lan said impatiently, "Hey, can you get out first? Go for a swim after I leave. You were thrown in by me. If you get a cramp and drown in there, it'll be on me."

"That would be fine too. I'm not getting out, and you can't leave. Classmate Bai, can you chat with me for a bit?"

"Chat about what? Forget about heart-to-heart talks. That's something for friends. Like I said, I'm dropping out, so I don't want to form any emotional attachments here," Bai Lan said coldly.

"Actually, you don't have to be friends to chat. For example, just as a companion. Think of it as a transaction. I'll pay you." Hirata said suddenly, lying on the water.

"A transaction? Only money, no feelings. That works too."

Bai Lan seemed persuaded by this reason: "What do you want to talk about? Hurry up, I charge a lot. I'm someone who makes hundreds of thousands per hour."

"I have over 90,000 left, is that enough? If not, next month..."

"I probably won't be able to wait until next month. Over 90,000? With that much money, I can only chat with you for half an hour at most."

"So expensive..." Hirata chuckled, then said, "Actually, what I was planning to do to you just now was the 'last resort' I could think of for my wish.

I had considered that if the class reached the worst possible situation, I would use force to maintain a basic level of stability.

As it turns out, my last resort couldn't even handle you alone.

I can't even guarantee the most basic things.

That means, as you said, my ideas were just unrealistic fantasies."

"Wait!" Bai Lan exclaimed in surprise, "You mean your punch was also one of the means prepared to maintain your fantasy? You originally intended to keep the entire class together, even at the cost of using violence?

You were really planning to go that far? Your 'for your own good' is a bit too heavy. As expected, I should just drop out sooner and stay away from you.

"Actually, it wasn't to that extent. I was just thinking about it. I knew it wouldn't work, so I didn't originally plan to use it."

"Then why did you just now?"

"It was mainly impulsive at the time. When I can think normally, I usually don't resort to such methods. After all, this method can't achieve my goal. It can only keep their bodies, not their hearts. I've tried this before..."

Hirata said sheepishly, "After I calmed down and thought about it, it was because your words shattered my illusions and made me realize that I was facing an unavoidable 'failed ending.' I couldn't accept this truth for a moment and instinctively wanted to show you my 'trump card that guarantees absolute success.'

The result was that even my 'guarantee' couldn't protect the 'lower limit' I had expected..."

Hearing this, Bai Lan's eyes lit up, but his attention was mainly focused on the first half of what Hirata had said.

Bai Lan asked curiously, "You've already tried it? If I understand correctly, you've used your fists to 'keep' the 'people' of the entire class?"

"To be precise, I 'kept' the entire grade. Would you like to hear my story?" Hirata said.

Bai Lan: "Why do you all like telling stories so much? Fine, tell it. You're paying, after all, and it sounds kind of interesting."

Soon, Hirata began recounting his story while lying on the surface of the water.

Hirata's story went something like this:

He had a friend.

A real friend, not himself.

He had a friend he'd known since kindergarten.

In junior high, his friend became the target of bullying.

Hirata wanted to help his friend, but the group atmosphere made it seem like such things were normal, and he was the odd one out for thinking otherwise.

After some hesitation, he unconsciously followed the crowd and chose to look the other way.

Until his friend, unable to bear the pain of being bullied, chose to commit suicide... Although he didn't succeed, it still left Hirata with a heavy sense of guilt.

He wondered if he could have prevented it if he hadn't looked away back then and had reached out to his friend in time.

Before he could figure that out, Hirata noticed that the bullies who had driven his friend to attempt suicide quickly found new victims!

They hadn't shown any restraint at all because of the suicide attempt, and even more "newcomers" had joined the ranks of the bullies!

Hirata couldn't understand.

Even he, who had done nothing, felt so guilty.

But the people who had actually done wrong felt no guilt at all!

This made Hirata incredibly angry, beyond angry, even furious!

Hirata charged forward without hesitation and beat up all the bullies who were tormenting someone.

Then, under the gaze of the bullied person, who was a mixture of gratitude and fear, he also beat up the bullied person.

48. Hirata: What would you do if you were in my shoes?

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In Hirata's eyes at the time, the reason his friend chose to commit suicide was because everyone bore some fault: the bullies, the bullied, and even those who stood by and did nothing, just like he had.

Why did the bullies have to bully others?

They were wrong!

So, Hirata beat them up!

After beating them, Hirata realized that the bullies weren't that formidable.

Upon realizing this, Hirata felt a surge of doubt: "I've never fought before, and I was able to easily defeat so many bullies just by channeling the anger I got from others and venting my hatred.

If that's the case, why don't the bullied people, who have endured far more pain than I have and should hate the bullies more than I do, dare to resist with hatred like I did?

As long as they dared to resist, they would find out that the bullies aren't that formidable.

You dared to commit suicide, why wouldn't you dare to do what I did to the person being bullied?

So..."

The bullied people were also wrong!

With that thought, Hirata beat up the bullied people as well.

He pitied their misfortune, but hated their lack of resolve even more!

Furthermore, those who stood by and watched were accomplices to the bullies and potential future victims!

And so, whenever Hirata learned of bullying incidents in the grade, he would go and beat up everyone involved, whether they were the bullies, the bullied, or even those who just stood by and watched. He beat up anyone he found.

Soon, Hirata, through his own violence, suppressed the entire grade, single-handedly bullied the entire grade, and became the only one in the entire grade with the "right to bully."

The sole bully in the entire grade, the only T0!

No one dared to "overstep their bounds" and bully others anymore.

Even normal playful banter was avoided by students, for fear of being misunderstood.

After all, much bullying starts with "just kidding," then gradually lowers the bar for "jokes," eventually becoming bullying disguised as "jokes."