"Give me one million Personal Points, and I will ask Kinoshita to withdraw the accusation and admit that it was an 'accident'. How about it? It's a good deal, right? I'll buy your 'innocent' reputation and your right to continue competing in this Sports Festival."
"One million..."
Horikita Suzune was so angry that he almost wanted to laugh.
"Don't even think about getting even a little bit of Points from me."
Horikita Suzune's voice was firm, leaving no room for negotiation at all, "I will never agree to this kind of blackmail."
"Really?"
Ryuen Kakeru seemed to have expected this reaction from Horikita Suzune, and he shrugged regretfully.
"Then there's nothing we can do. Since you want to protect your 'principles' so much, we can only follow the formal procedures."
As he said that, he looked at Chabashira Sae who had been silent all the time.
"Teacher, you heard it too. Communicate Nullify. If this is the case... then please ask the school to intervene."
"Ryuen!"
Kushida Kikyo suddenly interjected, with an urgent tone, "If it's Points... one million is indeed too much. Horikita definitely can't afford it by himself. But... but if I also help and everyone can chip in..."
"Minato? Haha..."
Ryuen Kakeru looked up and laughed as if he had heard some big joke.
"Kushida, did you make something wrong?"
Although Kushida's move of "retreating to advance" is quite perfect, giving Horikita Suzune a seemingly feasible step, but Ryuen Kakeru now wants more than just Points.
He stopped laughing and stared at Horikita Suzune.
"If it's not done by Horikita Suzune alone, and if it doesn't break her muscles and bones, then what's the point?"
"If you can't cut off a piece of flesh from her, how will this proud woman learn her lesson? Will she continue to kick other people's legs in order to win in the future?"
"..."
Silence.
Deathly silence.
The only sound left in the health care room is the slight hum of the central air conditioner running.
Horikita Suzune stood there, clenching his fists tightly and his nails digging into his palms.
"Since you still look like this, there's nothing left to talk about."
Ryuen Kakeru saw that she didn't respond for a long time and lost his patience. He turned around and walked to the bedside and pulled up Kinoshita who was still sobbing.
"Let's go, Kinoshita. Since Horikita doesn't want to be private, let's go to Student Council. I believe Student Council President will give the victim justice."
This sentence became the last straw that broke the camel's back.
Looking at the backs of the two people as they were about to walk out of the door.
Horikita Suzune's psychology Defense Line, finally a crack appeared.
"Wait... wait a minute."
Although the voice was very weak, it was full of unwillingness.
Ryuen Kakeru stopped, turned his back to her, and raised a victorious smile at the corner of his mouth.
"What? Changed your mind?"
Ryuen Kakeru turned around slowly.
I saw that the girl who had always held her head high finally lowered her head at this moment.
"I've never done this before."
Horikita Suzune Every word seemed to be squeezed out from between the teeth, "But... I lost this time."
"I lost to your plan. Whether it was the previous provocation or the current trap... so I need to pay the price, that's all."
She took a deep breath and her body trembled slightly.
"One million Personal Points... I will give it to you."
"As long as you withdraw the charges."
This is surrender.
Kushida Kikyo on the side looked relieved, but there was a trace of imperceptible joy in his eyes.
However.
Ryuen Kakeru did not show a satisfied expression.
He looked at Horikita Suzune with a trace of amusement in his eyes.
"Ha... what a touching confession."
He slowly walked back and stood in front of Horikita Suzune, "You are obviously a bad person, but you still have to completely deny yourself at the last moment, saying that you have 'never done it' and 'lost to the strategy'... Your appearance of remaining aloof even if you admit defeat really makes me..."
"Absolutely disgusting."
His voice suddenly rose in pitch.
"But since you have rejected my 'good-faith' trade proposal..."
"Then now, the price is not just one million Personal Points."
Horikita Suzune raised his head suddenly, "What else do you want?"
"Since it is a second transaction, of course the conditions must change..."
Ryuen Kakeru pointed to the ground beneath his feet.
"Kneel down."
He spoke these two words lightly.
"Here, in front of everyone."
"Kowtow to me and Kinoshita... and beg for forgiveness. Maybe this will change the mood of me and Kinoshita."
"What..."
Horikita Suzune was stunned.
She even wondered if there was something wrong with her ears and she heard the wrong words.
"Ryuen, you have gone too far."
Chabashira Sae, who had been on the sidelines all this time, finally couldn't stand it anymore.
"Points's transaction is still within the scope of the rules, but forcing students to engage in humiliating behavior has crossed the line."
"Crossing the line?"
Ryuen Kakeru turned his head and looked at the teacher who always kept a distance, with no fear in his eyes.
"Teacher, this is a voluntary negotiation between students to reach a 'reconciliation'."
"Whether we can reach an agreement is our own business. Teacher, if you intervene at this time, is it a bit too much?"
"As long as she doesn't want to, I won't force her to kneel down. It's just..."
Ryuen Kakeru looked again at Horikita Suzune, whose face was pale.
"If you don't kneel down, if you don't show enough 'sincerity', then the deal will be void."
"Whatever she chooses, the right is in her hands."
"You..."
Ryuen Kakeru ignored the teacher again.
He looked at Horikita Suzune and saw that her originally straight back was slightly rickety due to extreme unwillingness.
Enjoyed it a lot.
This feeling of stepping on the so-called person in the quagmire and rubbing it, slightly relieved his anger at being humiliated by Kazehara Tetsu just now.
"Before Sports Festival ends, think about it carefully, Horikita."
Ryuen Kakeru left an ultimatum.
"If I hadn't seen your forehead touching the ground by then... and the one million Points hadn't arrived..."
"Then get ready."
"I will take Kinoshita and these evidences and go directly to Student Council to apply for review."
"When the time comes, let your perfect brother see with his own eyes what kind of 'violent maniac' his sister is."
Finished.
Ryuen Kakeru doesn't stay anymore.
He greeted Kinoshita, who was still in a daze, and strode out of the health room.
"Bang."
Room Door Close.
Isolate the figure who left arrogantly.
But the suffocating despair made Horikita Suzune unable to get rid of it.