Horikita Suzune I don't know how I got out of that room.
"... It's really, really ugly."
She held onto the wall and moved her fingers unconsciously on the wall.
The arrogant face of Ryuen Kakeru kept replaying in my mind.
If you don't kneel down and don't give one million, you will be sent to Student Council for review.
Once there, it's all over.
"What on earth am I... doing..."
She had to admit that she lost to Ryuen's conspiracy.
That man did not hesitate to sacrifice the bodies of his own class members to create this dead end.
What to do now?
Do you really want to let yourself fall into Desperate Situation for the sake of that worthless self-esteem?
Or... kneel down and beg for forgiveness?
No matter which path you choose, it seems to be hell.
Horikita Suzune gritted his teeth and walked towards the exit of Teaching Building.
However.
Just when she turned the corner of the stairs and was about to walk towards the door.
Two figures were approaching from the front.
That's a man and a woman.
The man was tall and tall, and half a step behind him was a girl with smart short hair.
The moment he saw the person clearly, Horikita Suzune's heart suddenly stopped for a beat.
Brother.
Horikita Manabu.
The back figure that she has been chasing and longing for.
Although I had vowed before that I would change and let him see my growth.
But at this moment, looking at him in this state, Horikita Suzune still felt unprecedented panic.
Want to escape.
Want to hide.
Horikita Suzune stopped stiffly.
Footsteps are approaching.
Horikita Manabu stopped not far from her.
Tachibana Akane stood aside and looked at the stubborn school girl with complicated eyes. He wanted to say something, but due to the presence of the president, he just remained silent in the end.
"... What do you look like?"
Horikita Manabu spoke.
"Brother..."
Horikita Suzune lowered his head, "This is just... a little accident."
"Accident?"
"You should be very clear about the current situation of Class D, right?"
"I know very well that although the list has been leaked, I will solve it."
"Don't worry, I won't hold you back."
This is a brave lie.
She had no solution at all.
Ryuen Kakeru's blackmail made her breathless.
But in front of her brother, she must never admit her incompetence.
Horikita Manabu looked at her, those eyes seemed to be able to see through all her disguises.
A long time.
"If it can really be solved, then that's fine."
He said calmly, with no hint of trust or indifference in his tone, "If you insist on it for the sake of boring self-esteem, and eventually lead to irreversible consequences, then that is real stupidity."
After saying that, he was ready to leave.
Just as this breathtaking conversation was coming to an end.
"Hey, isn't this Horikita President?"
A line full of banter inserted here suddenly.
Immediately afterwards.
Before the three people present could react, a figure appeared beside Horikita Manabu without warning.
The visitor stretched out his arms very naturally and hugged Horikita Manabu's neck.
"?"
This scene made Tachibana Akane standing aside instantly widen his eyes and open his mouth slightly.
That's...Student Council President!
In This School, no one has ever dared to be so rude to him, let alone directly hooking up with him!
Horikita Suzune was also frightened.
She stared blankly at the man who suddenly appeared.
Kazehara Tetsu.
He put his arm affectionately on Horikita Manabu's shoulders, tilted his body slightly, and put his weight on the president, with that unpredictable evil smile on his face.
"Bullying your injured sister here is not the behavior of a good brother."
Kazehara Tetsu turned his head and looked at Horikita Manabu's ten thousand-year-old iceberg face, which was very close at hand.
"How heartless, Horikita President."
There was a bit of ridicule in his voice, and he seemed to mean something.
"You know clearly that your sister is in a swamp, but you don't even stretch out your hand... Tsk tsk."
"But..."
Kazehara Tetsu changed the topic and the smile on his lips became more playful.
"It's not that you won't help, it's that it's not easy to help, right?"
"After all, as Student Council President, if I blatantly favor my own sister and get involved in that kind of 'private grudge', I'm afraid I'll be criticized."
"That... you..."
Tachibana Akane finally recovered from the shock.
Her duty as secretary made her instinctively want to rush forward and push away this rude person who dared to blaspheme the president.
Before she could finish speaking.
Horikita Manabu, who had been silent all this time, just stopped her with his eyes.
There is no anger of being offended, nor panic of having one's mind read.
He just turned his head slightly and looked seriously at the familiar man next to him for the first time.
"If you don't prepare well for the next game, what are you doing here?"
Horikita Manabu's voice was still steady and he did not push away Kazehara Tetsu's arm.
"Competition?" Kazehara Tetsu shrugged.
"What? Does President still care about students' freedom to fish?"
"...free?"
Horikita Manabu seems a little unsure about this word.
"You and I are now both members of Red Team."
"Although I don't have much obsession with winning or losing, I don't want to cause any accidents in the overall layout due to the lateness or absence of some of the main players Competitor."
The translation of this sentence is: Don't lose your temper, get back to the game.
"Haha, don't worry, don't worry."
Kazehara Tetsu let go of his arm and took half a step back.
"Am I the kind of person who can slip up? I can definitely catch up."
"Even if I ask you to run ninety-nine meters first, I can pass you in the last meter."
This extremely arrogant statement would definitely be regarded as a lunatic by others.
But after witnessing his series of inhuman performances on the field, no one present could refute him.
"... be the best you can be."
Horikita Manabu was not irritated. He straightened his slightly wrinkled collar and returned to his meticulous posture.
"Let's go, Tachibana."
He gave a faint order, then turned around and walked away without even looking at Horikita Suzune, who was still standing beside him in a daze.
Tachibana Akane glared at Kazehara Tetsu fiercely, as if to warn him, "Be careful next time", and then trotted hurriedly to keep up with the president.
Watching the two people's backs gradually go away.
Kazehara Tetsu did not leave immediately.
He stood there with his hands in his pockets, looking at Horikita Manabu's back, and suddenly seemed to remember something, and shouted.
"Hello, President."
Horikita Manabu's figure did not stop.
Kazehara Tetsu glanced at the Horikita Suzune next to him who was still shivering even after his brother left.
"What would happen to you if I kidnapped your sister...?"
This sentence.
Light and airy, like a joke.
There is no pause in the back of Horikita Manabu.
He didn't even look back.
He just raised his right hand and waved it casually in the air.
That action seemed like farewell, but also like... a kind of indifference.
As if to say.
"If you can do it, then do whatever you want."
Then, the two figures disappeared around the corner at the end of the corridor.
Only two people, Kazehara Tetsu and Horikita Suzune, were left standing there.
Horikita Suzune stared blankly at the direction where his brother disappeared, then turned his head and looked at Kazehara Tetsu beside him.
The brain is in chaos.
"What... did you just say..."
Kazehara Tetsu did not answer.
He turned around and looked at the extremely fragile girl.