Horikita Suzune looked at Ishizaki and Komiya, who were sitting across from her. The bandages wrapped around their faces and arms showed how serious their injuries were—crucial evidence in support of their accusation.
But after Hashiba Hikaru's suggestion, the girl had checked another camera and uncovered the most important information of all: enough to completely expose their lies.
"What I want to ask is, were all the injuries on your bodies really caused by Sudo?"
"Of course. Why would you ask that? This guy beat us up this badly. What is there to question?"
When Horikita Suzune swept her withering gaze over him, Ishizaki Daichi grew both angry and nervous, so he pounded the table to express his displeasure.
Komiya beside him swallowed nervously too. After all, only a small portion of their injuries had come from Sudo. Ryuen himself had inflicted most of the rest.
After they finished filming the "assault video" that day, Sudo hadn't actually injured them very badly. Their injuries were nowhere near severe enough to require bandages on their arms and faces.
But later, as they headed to the Student Council together, Ryuen suddenly decided those injuries might not be enough to get Sudo expelled, so he made a new decision on the spot.
"Since you've already been beaten up, you might as well make your injuries worse. Otherwise, if we fail to get Sudo expelled in the end, won't you have taken a beating for nothing?"
"Once you strike, you have to make it a one-hit kill. Trust me. I'll lead the class to the top!"
At the time, Ishizaki Daichi and Komiya Yogo had been reluctant, but after a few words of persuasion from Ryuen, they gritted their teeth and agreed to carry out this upgraded framing scheme.
Now they were at the