Just Want to Be a Slacker: Chapter 38

After finishing all this, Kamio Tatsuya immediately withdrew from the Special Teaching Building and headed toward the classroom.

Figuring the timing was about right, Kamio Tatsuya changed direction again and headed for the Special Teaching Building.

However, less than two minutes after turning around, Kamio Tatsuya saw Hirata Yosuke rush past him. He did not even spare the time to greet his classmate.

Watching Hirata Yosuke's retreating figure, Kamio Tatsuya was surprised.

Did I guess wrong?

Was he really the type who couldn't stand seeing his classmates get hurt?

As Kamio Tatsuya pondered this, he strolled leisurely toward the Special Teaching Building.

Following the information Anonymous had sent, Hirata arrived at the third-floor corridor of the Special Teaching Building. Before he even saw anyone, he heard Yamauchi's weak, miserable screams.

In fact, only five minutes had passed from the time Yamauchi started getting beaten up to when Hirata arrived.

The moment he heard that scream, Hirata immediately understood that the anonymous email had not been lying.

"Stop!"

Hirata immediately spotted Ishizaki beating up Yamauchi, as well as Ike being pinned down and beaten by two Class C students not far away.

"Well, if it isn't Class D's nice guy? I've been sick of the sight of you for a long time. Never thought you'd come right to my doorstep."

Ishizaki sneered. "Get him!"

As Ishizaki and the other two approached with ill intent, Hirata's expression visibly grew more and more terrifying.

Chapter 56: Hirata Yosuke... So Strong!

When Kamio Tatsuya leisurely returned to the scene, he could hardly believe what he was seeing.

In his mind, a smart person like Hirata would definitely contact a teacher first after arriving, then speak up to stop Ishizaki and the others.

Of course, there was also the possibility that Ishizaki would beat him up.

But what did he see?

Of the six people present, everyone except Hirata was sprawled on the ground, writhing in pain. Hirata himself was not completely unscathed either, with bruises on his face.

Yamauchi and Ike had definitely been beaten up by the Class C students, but what had happened to the Class C students?

Don't tell me... Hirata took all of you down by himself?

The three of you big guys joined forces and still couldn't beat a skinny-looking Hirata Yosuke?

Ishizaki, what a waste of that big body of yours.

No, maybe Hirata was just really good at fighting.

This is feeling more unexpected than I thought.

"W-what exactly happened here?"

At that moment, Kamio Tatsuya appeared with a stunned expression on his face.

Kamio Tatsuya's appearance immediately snapped Hirata out of his rampage.

Before Hirata could say anything, Kamio Tatsuya did what any ordinary student would do upon seeing this situation.

He took out his phone and reported it to a teacher.

Seeing Kamio Tatsuya's actions, Hirata immediately guessed what he intended to do.

"Please wait, Kamio. Please don't tell the school about this yet."

Hearing that, Kamio Tatsuya stopped and looked at Hirata Yosuke with an uncertain expression.

"Shouldn't something like this be reported to a teacher?"

"Before that, I want to find out exactly what happened."

Kamio Tatsuya hesitated for a moment, then lowered his phone.

Just as Hirata breathed a sigh of relief, a series of footsteps sounded from downstairs.

Before long, Chabashira-sensei appeared.

"Chabashira-sensei, why are you..."

Hirata's expression was clearly flustered. He did not want to make a big deal out of this right now, but he had not expected Chabashira-sensei to arrive so quickly.

"I-I notified the teacher."

Ike, curled up on the ground, slowly got to his feet with the help of the wall.

"W-what exactly happened here?"

After Chabashira Sae arrived and saw the sorry scene before her, she asked the same question as Kamio Tatsuya. At the same time, the corner of her eye twitched involuntarily.

These idiots were causing trouble like this when the Midterm Exam was just around the corner.

Five people were lying on the ground, while two were standing.

Judging by how far away Kamio Tatsuya was standing, she had no idea whether he had been involved.

Irritably scratching her head, Chabashira Sae looked at Hirata Yosuke.

"Speak first, Hirata."

Hirata Yosuke opened his mouth, then showed a bitter smile.

"After school today, while I was tutoring students from the class, I received an Anonymous Text saying that Class C students were beating up Ike and Yamauchi here."

As he spoke, he took out his phone and showed Chabashira the message he had received.

"When I got here, I really did see three Class C students attacking Yamauchi and Ike. I lost my head a little then, and by the time I came back to my senses, all three of them were already on the ground."

Hirata's face was somewhat pale, as though he regretted what he had done.

But that was not what Kamio Tatsuya focused on. What caught his attention was—he had taken down three people by himself.

Wasn't that way too impressive?

It was not only Kamio Tatsuya; even Chabashira-sensei looked utterly incredulous. Still, she had not forgotten what she was supposed to do.

"Hand your phone over to me for safekeeping first. Also, Kamio, why are you here?"

"I just arrived, so I don't know much about what happened here. As for why I came, Shiina from Class C wrote me a letter asking to meet here after school."

"The letter?"

"I can't find it."

Kamio Tatsuya spread his hands helplessly.

Chabashira Sae gave Kamio Tatsuya a suspicious look, then turned toward Ike and Yamauchi, who had helped each other to their feet.

"What about you two? Why were you here, and why did you get into a conflict with Class C students?"

Chabashira Sae directly ignored the three Class C students on the ground. She was only Class D's homeroom teacher, so questioning those three was outside her authority. However, she had already contacted Class C's homeroom teacher and called him over.

"W-We..."

Ike and Yamauchi stammered, not knowing where to begin.

Chabashira-sensei could tell at a glance that something was wrong with these two, and an unhappy expression appeared on her face.

"If you don't tell the truth, you'll be expelled."

The two were instantly horrified. Weren't we the ones who got beaten up?

Why are we the ones getting expelled?

Kamio Tatsuya sneered inwardly. Threatening students with expulsion at every turn—if this was the level of teacher she was, should she not consider early retirement?

If not, she could at least stop being a homeroom teacher. She was simply leading students astray.

"It-It's all Kanji's fault! He insisted on seeing the love letter Kamio got, and said Kamio had deceived Shiina-chan. Then he dragged me here, saying we had to expose Kamio's true colors in front of Shiina."

"Huh? You agreed too, didn't you? And you were the one who took the love letter out of Kamio's desk, weren't you?"

"That was only because you said that love letter wasn't written for Kamio Tatsuya at all, so we had to confirm it!"

Watching the two idiots argue, Chabashira Sae felt her head buzzing.

"Enough! So, you two stole the love letter Shiina from Class C wrote to Kamio, then planned to find Shiina before the two of them met and secretly badmouth Kamio to her. Am I wrong?"

Yamauchi instinctively wanted to deny it and shift the blame, but upon seeing Chabashira Sae's sharp gaze, he immediately shrank back.

Seeing the two remain silent, Chabashira Sae understood what had happened.

These two had actually done something like stealing someone else's love letter. They had truly infuriated her.

After questioning the four Class D students, Class C's homeroom teacher, Sakagami Kazuma, finally arrived late.

"W-What exactly happened here?"

His reaction was nearly identical to the previous two.

"Ishizaki, what happened?"

Hearing his homeroom teacher's question, Ishizaki opened his mouth, wanting to say something. But when he thought of Ryuen, he immediately shuddered and swallowed the words that had reached his lips.

Seeing that, Sakagami immediately realized that Ryuen was involved in this matter.

Unlike a teacher like Chabashira, who did not care enough about her class, Sakagami was practically the opposite extreme. He had never concealed his ambition to rise to Class A.

Moreover, he could see that if Class C wanted to advance to Class A now, Ryuen's strength was indispensable.

But the current situation was far too unfavorable for Ryuen.

"Anyway, you three come with me to the Infirmary first."

Left with no choice, Sakagami Kazuma decided to stall for time. He needed to let Ryuen know about this first, then think of a countermeasure.

Even if this matter was ultimately confirmed to be Class C's fault, they had to reach a resolution today.

Otherwise, Class C might be finished.

In fact, Sakagami was not the only one thinking that way. Chabashira thought so as well. Leaving aside the matter of the three Class C students beating up Yamauchi and Ike—

Hirata had indeed laid hands on the three Class C students.

Even if he had done it to protect his classmates, the fact remained that he had used violence.

So the Student Council would most likely rule it as a mutual fight, and once it was deemed a mutual fight, both sides might be punished.

That was precisely what Chabashira Sae had to avoid.

Chabashira did not particularly care about students like Ike and Yamauchi, but when it came to Hirata, she did intend to protect him.

Chapter Revisions

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Chapter 57: Letting It Go So Easily?

After arriving at the Infirmary, everyone present aside from Kamio Tatsuya was treated by Hoshinomiya-sensei from Class B, including Hirata.

Although he had taken down Ishizaki and the other two, he had not come through completely unscathed.

On the way to the Infirmary, Sakagami Kazuma approached Chabashira Sae directly and said that Class C wanted to settle the matter privately.

Chabashira Sae was actually somewhat tempted by the proposal, because at a time like this, it was better to avoid unnecessary trouble.

"What do you think?"

"If we settle privately... does that mean they'll compensate us with Private Points?"

"That's right. And this incident was particularly serious. Even if each of you asked for five hundred thousand, they'd probably have no choice but to pay up."

"F-Five hundred thousand?"

Ike and Yamauchi were instantly stunned.

To be honest, although they were still in pain, their injuries were not actually that serious. They had not even broken the skin, and all their bones were intact.

If they could get five hundred thousand, it was not as if they could not agree.