The contract in Aragaki Shun's hand was now completely worthless.
"Think carefully about what you want to do with your future. The next time you're on the verge of expulsion, you might not have a nice guy like Hirata around to help you."
As he spoke, Aragaki Shun abruptly changed tack and looked at Kushida Kikyo. "Then again, maybe you will. If you need something like this in the future, Miss Kushida, you can come to me too."
Kushida Kikyo, suddenly the focus of Class D's attention: "..."
It was true that I liked being the center of attention, but not like this—not with everyone in the class treating me like a sucker.
I don't want to sign away my freedom for an idiot like that, the way Hirata did!
"Honestly, Aragaki-kun," said the girl everyone in Class D agreed was the cutest, placing her hands against her chest and smiling sweetly, "I'm sure nobody will run into a similar crisis after this."
"Heh. Let's hope so."
Aragaki Shun shrugged indifferently, then looked toward Horikita Suzune. "Miss Suzune, it seems you've forgotten Horikita-senpai's instructions?"
"...I understand."
Horikita Suzune's expression turned icy. She knew what he meant.
Her brother had told her to join the Aragaki Faction that Karuizawa Kei had put together and carefully observe how her peers handled things.
But today's incident had made it obvious that she hadn't been taking that responsibility very seriously.
Aragaki Shun simply turned to Karuizawa Kei and instructed her, "From now on, whenever the Aragaki Faction runs into trouble, feel free to make more use of Suzune. She's terrible at socializing and has little emotional intelligence, but she's reasonably good academically and physically."
"If she acts up again, contact me on your phone. I'll talk to Horikita President about it."
"You!!!"
Horikita Suzune