Now everyone had taken part in this smear campaign. They were all comrades in the same boat.
Even if Shun Aragaki was magnanimous enough to let the Sakayanagi Faction's pawns off the hook, could you really expect him to keep coughing up twenty million points to help his enemies transfer classes?
"...Besides, it's not as if this smear campaign won't bring us other benefits."
A thoughtful expression appeared on Sakayanagi Arisu's adorable little face.
Shun Aragaki's order to take Hashimoto Masayoshi to the Student Council had certainly demonstrated his authority as Student Council Vice President. But abusing his position like that required a reasonable explanation.
Otherwise, the uproar it could cause would be far worse than the information on those letters this morning.
"I've already told Hashimoto to insist that he was just out for a run last night and happened to be seen. He doesn't know anything else."
"As long as there's no direct evidence proving that he slipped those letters into the shoe lockers, then Aragaki is abusing his authority."
"If we're lucky, all we need to do is make the controversy big enough that the school has no choice but to step in. Then we might even be able to get him stripped of his Vice President position..."
Just as Sakayanagi Arisu was imagining what the future might hold, a member of her faction who had been posting on the School Forum suddenly shrieked from nearby. "Sakayanagi! Quick! Look! Shun Aragaki from Class A just made his move on the forum..."
Hearing the Class B student's panicked voice, the silver-haired girl sitting on a rooftop bench raised an eyebrow, a hint of curiosity in her eyes.
She sat on the bench, lifting a hand to adjust her beret against the sun. Her tone was casual. "Why are