Chapter 215
We absolutely cannot admit that the 80 million is a collective savings account for the entire grade.
That's right.
This money originally belonged to him alone; he can use it however he wants!
"Aragaki -kun, I never expected you to resort to such dirty tricks to slander me in order to win the Student Council President election."
Forcing herself to regain her composure, Miyabi Nagumo glanced at Aragaki Shun with feigned calmness, then looked at the three figures at the head of the office, who were high-ranking representatives of the school, led by Acting Board Chairman Kanda.
"Teachers, I'd like to know why Aragaki and Horikita-senpai are here? Normally, isn't this supposed to be a dispute between me and the other second-year students?"
"Heh~ After all, you're the Vice President of the Student Council. If I don't put in a good word for you, how would an ordinary student dare to challenge Senior Nagumo's authority to seek justice?"
Shrugging, Aragaki Shun casually said, "Of course, my task is simply to inform the school of their demands, so that certain groups in the Student Council don't use their power to cover up the relevant documents. How to handle it is naturally up to the school."
Manabu Horikita took off his glasses, wiped them, and stated his position with a serious expression:
"As long as I remain the Student Council President until the election is over, I should still have the right to pay attention to the scandal that has emerged at this critical juncture, right?"
In response, the Acting Board Chairman and several other senior executives exchanged glances and nodded in approval.
Normally, conflicts between students should be handled by the Student Council itself.
Seeing this, Miyabi Nagumo's expression grew even more unpleasant.
A sense of foreboding crept into my heart.
292. Goodbye, Nagumo. I hope you enjoyed this final scene that belonged to you.
This is bad! This is really, really bad!
Why did things develop to this point?
He didn't understand. Just yesterday, he had held a celebration party with the whole class to celebrate winning more than half of the votes in the school and about to become the Student Council President.
That vibrant, confident state of mind is still vivid in my mind.
Just one day later, was he really about to face the risk of dropping out of school on the eve of success?
Damn it! What went wrong?!
"According to school practice, disputes between different students and different classes should be handled by the Student Council."
"However, this incident involved the Vice President of the Student Council, and it happened during the Student Council's re-election period, so the school had no choice but to step in and cooperate..."
After reviewing the documents on the desktop, the Acting Board Chairman suddenly spoke, demanding that the conflict be resolved as soon as possible and that no more time be wasted.
There is a lot of work to be done in Advanced Nurturing students, and the school's senior management is extremely busy. They simply don't have much free time or energy to spend on conflicts between students.
Thinking of this, several high-ranking officials on the referee's bench even glanced at Aragaki Shun.
Those who can sit in this position are all seasoned political veterans, and naturally, they cannot be unaware of the intricacies involved.
But this kind of thing is normal. If anyone is to blame, it's Miyabi Nagumo's own lack of ability and careless actions, which led to her being caught out. Everything should be handled according to school rules.
"Horikita President, you will continue to lead the meeting. After all, this should be the last major dispute during your term, and it's important to see it through to the end."
After some thought, Acting Board Chairman Kanda directly appointed Manabu Horikita as the person in charge of the meeting.
The school's higher-ups won't easily get involved, so among the Student Council Member, only the other side has the qualifications.
As for Miyabi Nagumo's gloomy expression at this moment... just ignore it.
"Received, Board Chairman!"
Manabu Horikita stood up with a serious expression and nodded to the plaintiff on his left and the defendant on his right.
"Regarding this economic dispute, we will now begin a cross-examination process involving the school, those involved, and the class teacher..."
Manabu Horikita explained the general outline of the incident to both parties in a simple and easy-to-understand manner, and then gave a summary:
"--In short, the point of contention between the two sides now lies in the ownership of those 80 million Private Points. The appellant argues that this deposit was a transfer fee accumulated jointly by the four first-year classes, belonging to the entire grade, and was only entrusted to Miyabi Nagumo for safekeeping; while the defendant argues that these points are his personal property and therefore he can use them at will."
"Based on the above circumstances, we hope to ascertain which side's claim is true."
After finishing his opening remarks, Manabu Horikita looked at the representatives and homeroom teachers of the plaintiff's three second-year classes.
"Nagumo, a student in Class 2-D, claims that those Private Points are legitimate gains from class competition, and are voluntarily given by Grade 2 students each month without any coercion. Is this true?"
"It's obvious he's trying to obscure the nature of the incident!" Kiriyama Ikuto denied without hesitation.
Seeing an opportunity to expel Miyabi Nagumo from school, he was so eager to crush her completely that he couldn't wait to do it, his excitement barely concealed.
"The reason we transfer money to him every month is because we've been scammed by him. He wants to implement a strategy where the entire grade pools Private Points and then uses legitimate means to transfer people into Class A."
"As long as you have 20 million, you can freely transfer classes. This is the school's rule, and that's our goal. All the teachers and students in the second year are well aware of this. Those recordings also document the promises that Nagumo made to us."
Manabu Horikita calmly took the recording pens and cell phones, played the relevant recordings one by one, and then made a judgment:
"Indeed, the scope of this deposit should be very clear. I wonder if Mr. Nagumo has any further objections?"
It must be noted that before Aragaki Shun enrolled, Miyabi Nagumo, who was about to fully integrate into the second year, was the most prominent student at Advanced Nurturing. Manabu Horikita, because he worked quietly, was not as famous as her.
Therefore, the strategy implemented by the other party has always been public knowledge; not only are the second-year teachers and students aware of it, but the Third Year have also heard about it.
Not to mention, in order to compete with Manabu Horikita, this person even went out of his way to win over the other Third Year students besides Class A with his own ideas.
Therefore, even without these recordings as evidence, there is still no room for argument regarding the use of points collected in the second year.
Faced with a fact known to all, even if Nagumo were to lie through his teeth, Advanced Nurturing would not pretend to be blind to it!
The Yellow-haired Senior gritted his teeth; he quickly realized this and could only struggle on, forcing himself to say:
"Yes, I don't deny that the ultimate goal of these Private Points is to help talented students transfer to other classes."
"But they belong to me, and I alone should decide how the specific process should be carried out in order to better achieve the goal."
The current situation is extremely dangerous; he has already staked everything on winning the Student Council election.
To be honest, Miyabi Nagumo inevitably felt some regret.
If they had at least Twenty Million Personal Points left, the situation wouldn't have been so dire.
No! That's not right either!
He had no other choice since the Student Council President Election began.
If Aragaki Shun is allowed to win the election, and his opponents gain complete control of the Student Council, they could still unite with the other three second-year classes to impeach him on the same grounds.
At that time, the only thing he could do was use his Twenty Million Personal Points to offset the expulsion penalty. He might even lose his remaining Vice President position and be left to eke out a living in Class 2-D... That feeling of just waiting to die would be even more unbearable for a proud person like him than being expelled directly.
In other words, no matter which choice he makes, it will be a mistake. The only options he faces are a terrible future of staying in Advanced Nurturing and falling to the bottom, or an equally terrible future where he is very likely to be expelled on the spot!
Why did things turn out this way?
Miyabi Nagumo asked herself this question, and then immediately thought of the Special Exam last time when three classes joined forces, causing her class's ranking to drop to the bottom.
What is the reputation of Class D in each grade?
--A garbage dump, a waste community, a gathering place for defective products, and at the very bottom of the grade-level hierarchy!
Under his leadership, the class has fallen to such a state. If he doesn't find a way to produce good results and save face soon, he may completely lose all prestige within his class.
Therefore, he had to do everything in his power to secure the position of Student Council President.
But tracing back to the source, all the changes stemmed from acting impulsively during the Sports Festival, having provoked the wrong people at the wrong time.
Damn it, who would have thought this school would use something like the Zero-Point Strategy? That bastard Aragaki is really ruthless!
However, no matter how much he regretted his past actions, the key issue was the predicament he faced. If he couldn't overcome this current hurdle, he would truly have to say goodbye to Advanced Nurturing.
"There are no financial disputes between me and Kiriyama and the others. The Private Points I receive each month are all voluntary gifts from them. I did verbally promise to invite a few classmates to join Class A before graduation, and I do not deny that, nor have I ever thought of breaking my promise."
"But who should be eligible to transfer to another class, how should the selection process be conducted, and how many students in the three classes possess the necessary abilities... these are all questions that I should be responsible for judging."
"With over a year until the second-year students graduate, I've been working towards this goal. My participation in the Student Council election was to change the Advanced Nurturing Education Examination System, so all the Private Points I collected were used effectively..."
Given the unfavorable situation, Miyabi Nagumo could only keep emphasizing this point, insisting that all the Private Points were voluntarily given by the four classes and that he had complete right to use them as he pleased.
Here's a joke: The total amount raised by all the second-grade students for class transfers was a whopping 80 million, but while Class 1-A already has 48 members, there hasn't been a single transfer record in the second grade so far.
That's right, Miyabi Nagumo controls the second-year students purely based on "reputation." When demanding points, she refuses to sign any contracts and simply throws down the word "reputation."
As for the reason for not signing a contract, it's quite simple --
Once the school notarizes the relevant terms, the money will be restricted to a specific purpose, meaning it can only be used to help someone transfer into Class A.
Was he working himself to the bone to unify the second-year students just to become a dream-fulfilling master and find joy in helping others?
That's impossible!
Therefore, he will absolutely not sign any contracts. As a result, how the Private Points handed in by the four classes are used will depend on his own mood.
Once these deposits are in his hands, they become his private funds, which he can spend however he wants.
What if someone dares to question it?
Ha! You dare to disregard my credibility? Another name added to the expulsion list!
For now, he can only continue with this line of thinking.
In short, the money was given to me voluntarily by those idiots. I didn't force them or sign any agreements, so why do you accuse me of fraud?
"..."
Seeing the Yellow-haired Senior's stubborn and shameless attitude, Aragaki Shun couldn't help but feel speechless.
But is this futile struggle truly meaningful?
"You're talking nonsense! If you hadn't kept threatening to drop out of school, who would be so bored as to give away their entire monthly allowance?"
The representative from the original Class D in the second year couldn't help but bang on the table and excitedly swore.
Manabu Horikita glanced at the other person but didn't pay much attention, continuing the meeting impartially.
"It seems the two sides' accounts are inconsistent. Does the plaintiff have anything else to say?"
"Let me handle this," the class advisor of Kiriyama Class, a serious middle-aged man, suddenly spoke up. "We have objections to Nagumo's statement that 'all the Private Points collected have been used reasonably.'"
"We investigated through various channels how Nagumo used the 80 million yen. We found that he had sponsored a classmate named Ryuen Kakeru with 5 million yen, transferred 10 million yen to Class 1-B before the Sports Festival, lost 15 million yen to Aragaki after the Sports Festival, and spent 8 million yen on his relationships with many girls."
At this point, the homeroom teacher of Kiriyama Class paused for a moment, seemingly waiting for everyone present to finish processing this information.
Then, ignoring Miyabi Nagumo's gloomy expression, he bluntly questioned her:
"Interfering with first-year students, making bets, and even keeping female students as mistresses—almost half of the 80 million Private Points collected in the second year were spent on these personal hobbies. Nagumo, how do you explain this?"
After speaking, Kiriyama Ikuto handed a form to Manabu Horikita, which contained the relevant information they had collected.
When it came to his own words, Aragaki Shun, who had been quietly watching the scene, chuckled and raised his hand in agreement:
"My bet with Nagumo was notarized by the school; it was a completely legitimate game. As for where you misappropriated the betting funds, that's none of my business."
The Yellow-haired Senior was speechless, unsure of what to say for a moment.
Using Private Points to run for Student Council President is understandable, since that position is indeed necessary if you want to change school rules.
But how can he possibly connect the embezzlement of transfer fees to betting and keeping a mistress to his promises?
You can't exactly say directly that doing this will make him feel better and increase his motivation to get things done...
"I still have more than a year before graduating from second year, and I will fulfill my promise then."
The meaning is clear: the deadline hasn't even arrived yet, so accusing him of fraud is premature.
I could easily come up with 20 million before graduation and help any student I liked transfer to another class.
As for where the rest of the Private Points went before that... that's none of your business. I didn't guarantee that all my savings would be used for transferring classes; isn't it normal to have some losses in between?
"Pfft~ Hahaha!! Sorry, I really couldn't hold back!"
Aragaki Shun slapped the table twice and burst into laughter without restraint under everyone's gaze.
"Nagumo, your stubbornness is indeed amusing, but it's a bit too unsightly."
"Do I need to remind you? Your class's ranking has plummeted from Class A to the very bottom, Class D. So, which 'lucky' Class D?"
Under the boy's "kind" guidance, the Yellow-haired Senior's expression changed drastically, and Kiriyama Ikuto and the others also sneered, directly making suggestions to Manabu Horikita and the school administration:
"That's right, Nagumo Class has already dropped to Class D. It proves that he is simply incapable of fulfilling his initial promises. We demand the return of all the Private Points we collected, so that everything can get back on track with the class competition."
It's over.
Manabu Horikita looked at Miyabi Nagumo, who still wanted to continue making a fuss and struggling, and made a judgment in his heart.
After all, continuing would only be a waste of time.
In fact, once it was determined at the beginning of the trial that the 80 million was a transfer fee and had been used up by Nagumo alone, this economic dispute should have been resolved.