"I'm not sure whether I can repay it while I'm in school. Class D is too uncertain."
"So... I will write it into the contract. If I cannot repay Points before graduation, then after graduation, I will repay you in cash, and I will never default on the debt."
With cash as security.
This is the last bargaining chip she can offer.
It means that she is willing to bear a huge debt in exchange for the current survival.
Kazehara Tetsu looked at her decisive look.
"Cash... sounds like a good proposal."
He touched his chin and seemed to be thinking seriously, "However, if you turn your back after graduation, or take advantage of loopholes to deny the equivalent exchange relationship between 'virtual Points' and 'real currency', then wouldn't I have no guarantee?"
This is a very real legal risk.
Once the Points transaction in the school leaves the school, it is completely unknown whether the documents will have legal effect.
Faced with this doubt that is almost impossible to prove.
Horikita Suzune did not refute it with a bunch of great principles, nor did he try to modify it with gorgeous rhetoric.
"I wouldn't do that."
Just this sentence.
No reason, no guarantor.
Just a dry "I can't".
Because she is Horikita Suzune.
Because she has higher self-esteem than anyone else.
She will not allow herself to become a villain who breaks her word.
The air fell into silence again.
Kazehara Tetsu looked at her.
"It's so straightforward."
Kazehara Tetsu suddenly laughed. There was no sarcasm in the laughter, but a hint of unexplainable meaning.
"But... this look of being so clumsy that even though you are Desperate Situation, you don't know any tricks to please, does fit your style."
Hearing these words that seemed to have some admiration, Horikita Suzune's heart skipped a beat.
That was the rekindling of the flame called "hope."
Did he... agree?
However.
The next second.
Kazehara Tetsu stopped smiling and returned to the indifference of Outsider.
"But..."
"I refuse, I won't give you Personal Points."
Horikita Suzune looked at him blankly.
But the strange thing is.
She didn't feel as angry as she did when she faced Ryuen before.
"That's right..."
Horikita Suzune lowered his head and raised a self-deprecating wry smile at the corner of his mouth.
"Rejection... is also a reasonable thing."
After all, that is a full 1.3 million Points.
After all, there is no such deep friendship between them that they can trust everything.
After all, this is an unguaranteed, risky and even foolish request.
"If you really agree to such an unreasonable request like mine... then there must be something wrong with your brain."
She didn't pester or beg anymore.
Rejection is a natural reality.
The reality is often so cruel and cold.
"But..."
"I didn't say 'no help' either."
These words were particularly clear in the quiet corridor.
"What do you mean?"
Since I don't give Points, how else can I help?
"Although I won't give it to you Points, after all, it is my 'hard-earned money'..."
"But I have something more interesting than those Points in my hands."
Under Horikita Suzune's puzzled gaze, he raised a finger and shook it slightly in the air.
"I have the handle of Ryuen Kakeru."
"To be precise... it's the decisive evidence about how he carefully planned the 'intentional injury' accident in order to frame you."
At this moment, Horikita Suzune even felt that time around him had stopped.
Evidence?
"You... how did you do it?" she asked subconsciously, but soon she shut her mouth.
It doesn't matter how you got it.
The important thing is, he has.
This is much more valuable than 1.3 million Points.
But...
She is not the kind of silly girl who indulges in fantasy.
If we say that borrowing money can also establish a contractual relationship by "paying back the money", as long as she can make money in the future, she can pay it back.
But the value of "evidence" is immeasurable.
If Kazehara Tetsu takes this evidence and demands a price from her...
Just like Ryuen Kakeru forced her to kneel down, what would this man with her vitals in his hand want?
Kazehara Tetsu seemed to see through the violent thoughts in her heart at a glance.
"It seems you have already reacted."
"Compared to a simple Points loan, the seller has the final say on the price of a non-standard item like 'evidence' if you want to get it."
He lowered his head and brought his lips close to Horikita Suzune's ear.
"Just as you think... ordinary prices cannot satisfy me."
"What I want..."
"It's Horikita Suzune, you."
Indeed it is.
Birds of a feather.
Whether it was the naked violent coercion of Ryuen Kakeru or the fatal control of the man in front of him, there was essentially no difference.
They all want to trample on her dignity and turn her into an accessory.
Anger burned in her chest. She opened her mouth and was about to spit out the word "get out". Even if she wanted to die, she wouldn't...
"Pfft."
Kazehara Tetsu suddenly laughed.
He even laughed out loud.
Before Horikita Suzune could say the syllable of rejection, his words blocked all her words.
"Just kidding."
"I'm so scared to see you, your eyes are killing me."
Kazehara Tetsu retracted his finger, took a step back, regained a safe social distance, and shrugged.
"I will send the evidence to your mobile phone during the afternoon match."
"Huh?"
This huge contrast caused Horikita Suzune's brain to shut down directly.
"Wait... wait a minute."
Her thoughts couldn't keep up with this man's rhythm, "I haven't agreed yet..."
"This does not require your consent. Anyway, I have your contact information. It only takes a few seconds to send an attachment. As for you to read it or not, that is your freedom."
"Then... what's the price?"
Horikita Suzune stared at him.
She doesn't believe there is a free lunch in this world, especially in This School.
"Price?"
Kazehara Tetsu stopped what he was doing and raised his head.
"This kind of thing... is hard to say."
He touched his chin and seemed to be thinking seriously.
"If it's like what you just said, a written agreement stipulating what you must do, or you must obey my orders in the future... That kind of black and white treaty, no matter how you look at it, it looks like a hooligan act taking advantage of others' danger."
"Although I am indeed a bit suspected of taking advantage of others."
"You mean..."
Horikita Suzune's voice was a little dry, "Are you going to... give me the evidence for free?"
This is even more unbelievable than Ryuen Kakeru suddenly changing his ways.
"Of course not."
Kazehara Tetsu immediately denied it, with a bit of slyness in his eyes.
"I'm not a philanthropist."
"It's just..."
He looked at Horikita Suzune and his tone became extremely serious.
"Instead of letting me set the rules, it's better to leave it up to you... Horikita Suzune, what do you want to give me?"
"... Huh?"
"After all, it would be too boring to use a contract to bind a person into a tool that can only execute orders."
Kazehara Tetsu turned around, turned his back to her, and waved.
"And, I believe it too."
"Even the arrogant Horikita Suzune who always says 'one person can do it'..."
"You shouldn't be the kind of ungrateful person who accepts someone else's life-saving grace but can still calmly pretend that nothing happened, right?"
After saying this, he did not look back at Horikita Suzune, but took steps towards Teaching Building.
"Well, see you later. Don't forget to check your phone."
Horikita Suzune stood alone in the empty corridor.
She stared blankly at the corner where Kazehara Tetsu disappeared.
That sentence echoed in my mind.
"I believe it too".
Believe?
How could anyone express such unfounded trust in her?
Give her the power to decide the price?
"This... cunning man."
Horikita Suzune bit his lower lip, his eyes filled with extremely complicated emotions.
However, it is undeniable.
In that abyss, this rope that didn't even require her to pay any set price pulled her up.
Wait...
Horikita Suzune Suddenly realized that he had forgotten something.
She hasn't asked for the replacement Personal Points yet.