"Domestic Violence Scene"

"Something interesting might happen tonight, want to join me?"

On the way downstairs to buy hot milk, Makoto struck up a conversation with Ayanokoji.

"Interesting... what kind of things can be called interesting?"

Faced with Makoto's invitation, this was the question that came to Ayanokoji's mind.

"Hmm... something unusual, something that sparks curiosity or gets the heart racing, I suppose?"

Makoto said uncertainly, as normal people generally wouldn't ask such questions.

Oh, right, the person in front of him wasn't a normal person.

"Then you yourself should be quite interesting to me. Is that what 'interesting' means?"

Hearing Ayanokoji say this, Makoto almost forgot what the word "interesting" even meant.

"Ahem."

He gave a light cough and quickly paid with his points at the vending machine to buy two bottles of hot milk.

"Didn't you say you were full from dinner just now?"

"I have a second stomach for milk."

"What does that mean?"

Ayanokoji clearly didn't get the punchline of this cold joke, so he asked directly.

The feeling of not having to use his brain to communicate with someone was quite nice, giving him a rare sense of comfort.

"It's just like how some girls say they have a separate stomach for dessert; it's just a playful way of putting it."

"I see."

For Ayanokoji, this was novel knowledge, and he silently filed the concept of a "second stomach" away in his mind.

"So, are you coming with me?"

Time never waits for anyone; the afterglow of the sunset from a short while ago had already vanished, leaving only darkness behind.

"May I ask what specifically is happening?"

"A family conflict between Horikita and her brother."

Makoto's answer was concise and to the point; this was an event he had been looking forward to for a long time.

In this school, people who added each other as friends could view each other's locations. That was how he had discovered Horikita Manabu's unusual movements today, leading him to deduce that the confrontation with his sister would take place tonight.

"Is that supposed to be interesting?"

Ayanokoji asked back, puzzled; he couldn't understand it.

"Aren't you curious about what kind of attitude Horikita will show in front of her brother?"

Makoto tried to entice Ayanokoji.

"Sorry, I'd rather not get involved with her."

Ayanokoji wanted to refuse.

If it were the old him, he might have wanted to glean useful information from it, but now he just wanted to stay out of it.

Chabashira's threat was a lie, so he shouldn't have any reason to keep putting in effort... right?

What was this strange feeling?

Ayanokoji felt confused by it.

He asked it directly.

"Why do I feel a bit strange?"

"Probably because you're still a normal man."

The desire to witness the unknown side of a beautiful girl with one's own eyes—the appeal of such a thing to a man was undoubtedly immense.

Instinct guided Ayanokoji Kiyotaka.

"Then... I'll join you?"

Ayanokoji shamelessly went back on his word, but Makoto didn't mind.

"And then? Are we just going to wait here like this?"

"Relax, it won't be long."

After opening his phone to confirm Horikita Manabu's location, Makoto pulled Ayanokoji into a corner.

The elevator was descending from the seventh floor, and Makoto's breathing involuntarily tightened a little.

"I say, is this really necessary?"

"Then why don't you go out there?"

After being asked that by Makoto, Ayanokoji shut his mouth.

He didn't dare to, either.

The two of them waited in silence for the elevator to reach the first floor.

The elevator doors opened slowly, and out stepped a beauty with fox-like eyes, waist-length black hair, and a long braid tied with a ribbon on the left side.

Who else could it be but Horikita Suzune?

She scanned her surroundings, finding nothing out of the ordinary.

Makoto and Ayanokoji had already pulled their bodies back; from her position, Horikita could not see them.

After confirming there were no other students around, she stepped out into the night.

"Go, go, go!"

Makoto whispered, creating an atmosphere similar to a secret agent on a covert mission.

Ayanokoji stealthily followed behind Horikita Suzune with Makoto.

They stopped behind a cluster of bushes.

Because Horikita Suzune had already found the person she was meeting at night.

"Suzune, you followed me after all."

"I came here to catch up to my brother."

Hearing his younger sister's reply, Horikita Manabu's face was filled with disappointment.

"So, do you know the reason why you were placed in Class D?"

"That is... that is because..." Horikita Suzune's expression, hidden from the two observers, was filled with wavering, "There must have been some kind of mistake!"

"It seems you still haven't understood your own shortcomings."

As if giving up on some notion, Horikita Manabu stepped forward, grabbed his sister's wrist, and pressed her firmly against the wall.

"Then I have no choice but to let you taste a bit of bitterness, just like in the past."

On the other side, Ayanokoji was whispering a question:

"Aren't you going to go out and stop him?"

"This is a family matter, why would I stop it?"

Makoto replied without a ripple of emotion.

"Then can you tell me the reason for the recording?"

Ayanokoji looked at Makoto, who was holding up his phone and secretly recording, feeling curious.

If he didn't intend to stop them, was he planning to blackmail them?

If, in the end, his so-called "ability" was just this kind of thing.

To be honest, he would be very disappointed.

"The other party is the leader of Class A in the third year, and the student council president of this school to boot. How much value do you think this recording has?"

"So? Are you planning to use this to threaten him?"

Ayanokoji watched expressionlessly as Horikita Suzune was thrown onto the concrete ground not far away.

"You'll know soon enough."

Makoto smiled slightly and walked out of the bushes where they were hiding, bold and unbothered.

"Hello, isn't this my dear student council president? Long time no see."

"Miyano, why are you here?"

"Sometimes there are people like me~ who take advantage of a friend's convenience to stalk someone else's whereabouts."

Horikita Manabu's gaze darkened upon hearing this.

Since the other party said as much, it meant they were foes, not friends.

"The recent changes in the second year, was that your doing?"

Before addressing the incident that had just occurred, Horikita Manabu intended to confirm a piece of intelligence first.

"I'm just a first-year student. Of course, what happened in the second year~ has only the tiniest bit to do with me."

"You really have given me a surprise."

The current student council president smiled faintly.

"Then, what are your conditions for deleting the video?"

He had just seen this guy holding his phone up when he stood up.

"Let's not talk about that for now."

Makoto said, his face showing a look of anticipation, though he still maintained a considerable distance.

"Since I've already fulfilled your previous request, then the reward... what is it?"

Horikita Manabu was a bit bewildered.

What reward?

Wasn't the reward already given to you?

Do you think joining the Student Council is that easy?

"What I want isn't some flashy, empty reward like joining the Student Council."

Although joining guarantees 100,000 private points every month, honestly, Makoto isn't interested in that.

"What I want is points!"

Makoto finally revealed his true objective.

Question: School starts in early April, the third week of May is the midterm exam, the incident where Sudo hits someone in the original work happens at the end of June, and the events related to Class C begin in early July.

So, where exactly did the 87 class points for Class D and the points added to other classes in early July come from?

If they were rewards for surviving the midterm exams, shouldn't they have been distributed in June? Why wait until July to issue them?

Is this the legendary missing month of June?

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