Ying: This Time I Really Was Just Passing By

At the KTV, the gathering spot for Class C, Ryuen sat on the sofa, watching the performance of the four boys from Class B on the screen, and muttered.

"Kanzaki Ryuji, is that the lackey following behind Ichinose? Heh, interesting."

"Boss, what should we do now?" Ishizaki asked, kneeling before Ryuen's table.

"Since Class B is stronger than I imagined, let's start by defeating Class D first." After saying this, Ryuen let out a sinister laugh.

"However, since you failed to get the job done, you still need to be punished." With that, Ryuen waved his hand.

At the door, Yamada Albert, who had been standing by, saw Ryuen's signal and walked over.

"Bad boy!"

Following that, Ishizaki and the others were each punched twice by Yamada.

Ever since Ryuen led the people of Class C away, the students of Class C had indeed stopped harassing the students of Class B.

"Everyone, let's thank Baiye Ying, Shibata, Hamaguchi, and Beppu for their outstanding contributions to Class B." Ichinose said to everyone in Class B, holding a juice box in her hand.

To celebrate the perfect resolution of the conflict between Class B and Class C, Class B held yet another victory banquet, and the protagonists of this banquet were none other than those four.

"Ying, we're famous!" Hamaguchi said to Ying while holding his student terminal.

Ying glanced at the terminal and discovered that their Class B boy band was actually the top headline on the school network.

'Class B boy band is mysterious, scouted by the Light Music Club, Dance Club, and Drama Club, and finally received recognition from the Koenji Group!?'

"You guys are truly famous this time; almost the entire first year is talking about this now." Amikura also came over to talk to the four of them. After several days of group activities and the previous study sessions, Amikura and Kobashi had become good female friends with Ying and the others.

"By the way, on the ranking list among the girls, you four are in the top four for the most talented boys~." Kobashi said, showing the list to Ying and the others.

"Why is Ryota at the top of the list? There must be something fishy going on!" Ying protested.

"You're talking about me? Ying, you're actually at the top of the looks ranking!?" Beppu retorted.

"Really? As expected of me, hahaha!"

"But Ying is also at the top of the 'abstract' ranking," Hamaguchi added.

"What!? Why is there such a list? And why am I still at the top!?"

Although Class C stopped harassing Class B, it was possible that Ying's melancholy had truly made the people of Class C melancholy. Ying discovered that whenever he wandered around the school, there were always Class C students tailing him. You might ask if Ying was afraid—he certainly wasn't, but it was annoying. It was like having flies buzzing around you all day long; anyone would find that irritating.

In the past few days, Ying had discovered a prime location. Not only was it quiet, but most importantly, there were no Class C students there. This place was the Special Building.

On this day, our Ying came to the Special Building as usual to avoid the pursuers from Class C. He planned to head out after a while so that there wouldn't be any annoying Class C students around him anymore.

"Ah!"

Lost in thought, Ying collided head-on with a girl who was running over. The girl seemed quite anxious and hadn't noticed Ying; she was knocked to the ground, and something she was holding fell to the floor.

"Uh... sorry, fellow student, are you hurt?" Ying apologized hurriedly and pulled the girl up.

"Th... thank... I should be the one apologizing." Then, the girl seemed to suddenly realize something and hurriedly squatted down to pick up the camera that had fallen to the ground. She anxiously pressed the power button several times, but the camera seemed to be broken.

Ying noticed all of this and said somewhat embarrassedly, "Uh... sorry, classmate. I'm Baiye Ying from Class B. Let's add each other on the terminal, and I'll pay for the repair costs." As he spoke, Ying took out his terminal.

"Um, I'm Sakura Airi from Class D. It was my own carelessness that caused me to bump into Baiye-kun. I will pay for the repair costs myself."

Afterward, following the social etiquette of the Dragon Kingdom that Ying employed, the two finally added each other's contact information and agreed that they would each pay half of the repair costs over the weekend.

After that, Ying continued to stroll through the Special Building, thinking: Did I just happen to run into Sakura-san taking photos here? It's a pity I didn't see the process.

"Ying? Why are you here?" Sudo asked Ying, looking somewhat surprised. "Could it be that the person from just now was you?"

"Sudo, you're the one I should be asking, why are you here?" Ying was very confused as to why Sudo was here, and an ominous premonition arose in his heart.

"Forget it, it's nothing major. I'm in a bad mood, I'm leaving." After saying that, Sudo walked straight out of the Special Building.

Ying just continued walking forward while feeling puzzled about the reason for Sudo's presence there. Then, he discovered three people from Class C.

"WTF, you guys are even chasing me here?" Ying said, shocked.

Hearing the voice, the three turned their heads and said to Ying in an even more shocked tone, "Damn! How could it be you who saw us! Hurry back and report to Boss Ryuen."

Then, the three quickly fled the scene.

Looking at the three who were bruised and battered, dead memories suddenly revived.

Ying: No, man, I was really just passing by this time!

Ever since that incident happened, everyone in Class C had been much better behaved. There were no more flies buzzing around Ying, but Ying felt even more annoyed.

"Baiye, someone from Class D is looking for you." Kanzaki walked up to Ying's seat and said.

Had the time finally come? Slumped over his desk, Ying walked toward the classroom door with his chest hunched and looking lifeless.

Standing at the door of the Class B classroom were Kushida, Ayanokoji, Sudo, and Ichinose.

"Baiye-kun, I heard that you witnessed the dispute between Sudo-kun and the three people from Class C. Is that true?" As soon as Ichinose saw Ying come out, she asked.

"Baiye-san, could you please honestly state the facts of what you saw? This is especially important for Class D," Kushida said in a serious tone. Sudo also cast an expectant gaze at Ying.

"Sorry, you guys really found the wrong person this time. I was really just passing by. I really didn't see anything this time." Ying stated the facts lifelessly, but what greeted him were the suspicious gazes of the four.

"Byakuya, you aren't lying this time, are you?" Ichinose asked.

"I'm not."

"Impossible! I clearly felt someone watching at the time! It was you, wasn't it? Ying, we're good friends, right? You have to testify for me, otherwise I might get suspended for a month," Sudo pleaded.

"Even if you say that, there's nothing I can do to help this time. I can't exactly provide a false testimony," Ying shook his head, speaking in a tone of feigned regret.

"How could this be... I clearly felt someone there at the time," Sudo said, looking somewhat dejected.

"Hmm, perhaps someone really did see it, but that person wasn't me. You've truly got the wrong person this time," Ying finished, then returned to the classroom to prepare for the next lesson.

After school, Kanzaki walked up to Ying's desk once again.

"Byakuya, someone from Class C is looking for you."

Ying walked out of the classroom and saw a girl with short blue hair standing at the door. As soon as she saw Ying, she put her hands on her hips and asked, "Hey, I heard you witnessed the dispute between our class and Class D. Is that true?"

"No, that's false."

"You're a student from Class B, so could you please refrain from meddling in the affairs between Class C and Class D?"

Ying: I really was just passing by this time! Why does no one believe me!?