Don't Adjust Your Classmate's Collar Without Asking / Ichinose Feels Miserable

"I don't want it."

Kushida's fair and rosy cheeks instantly flushed red. She tried to get up, but a strong hand pressed down on her shoulder.

Aoyama looked at Kushida's shy, red eyes with a teasing expression, "I know, when a girl says no, she means yes."

"No, that's not it."

"I don't care what you think, I care what I think."

Knowing that she was in the wrong for harassing Kushida and was embarrassed, Kushida was filled with the idea of teasing Aoyama. He stroked her flushed and delicate face, feeling the warmth of her shyness.

Although he doesn't dislike the second form, he also likes the shy and demure mode of the first form.

Now he just feels that the contrast between his personality and his appearance is absolutely amazing.

The more ferocious the second form was, the cuter it is now.

"If you close your eyes again, I'm going to bow my head." With a slight smile, Aoyama ran his thumb across Kushida lips.

"Don't push your luck! Aoyama Shiki."

Kushida shuddered, sensing that Aoyama's teasing interest was growing. Kushida suppressed his embarrassment and forcibly transformed into his second form, glaring fiercely at Aoyama, the man who was looking down at him with a look of pleasure.

If this continues, she might lose her first kiss right here.

That won't do.

A first kiss should only be given in a romantic place and at a romantic moment; she wants a memory that arises spontaneously from romance.

In short, it must be romantic.

"Okay, okay, I won't move around anymore, I'll just stay like this."

He lowered his hands and raised Aoyama as if in surrender, then placed his hands on Kushida's head, gently stroking his soft brown hair.

"On the first day of school, you can announce your breakup with me, and then wait for Nagumo to come knocking on your door."

"He'll be suspicious if you contact him, but he won't if he contacts you."

Having lost one of his right-hand men, Mizowaki, Nagumo's hatred for him has probably increased considerably. If he can use Kushida, his ex-girlfriend, as leverage, he certainly won't let it go.

"Well, the first priority is to protect yourself. Don't meet with Nagumo in places without cameras."

Kushida revealed a sinister smile, "Then I'll say you were after Sakayanagi Arisu's family background and dumped me, that you're a complete and utter scumbag who's greedy for vanity."

Is this the key point?

Aoyama found it somewhat amusing. "Whatever makes you happy. You're going to betray us in the end anyway."

When Kushida completes his mission and wants to be with him openly, he naturally has to find reasons to defend him.

Kushida pouted, "Never mind then, I'll just say I think you're too much of a womanizer."

Not foolish enough to cause trouble for his future self, Kushida abandoned the sudden urge for revenge.

Trying to defend a vain Aoyama like Qingshan is far more difficult than trying to defend a fickle person; in fact, you'll likely be labeled as someone blinded by love.

Goodnight, Kikyo.

As night deepened, Kushida said she wanted to go to sleep, and Aoyama didn't insist she stay, but saw her to the door.

"Good night."

Hearing Aoyama's gentle voice, Kushida's expression softened slightly. He replied casually, then turned and left without looking back.

She walked several steps, but still didn't hear Aoyama close the door.

Was Aoyama watching me leave? No way, no way, is he really that kind of warm-hearted person?

At the corner of the corridor, Kushida couldn't help but look back, wanting to verify his thoughts.

Then she saw a man waving at her with a mocking expression.

Go back now, what's the point of seeing me off, you wretched Shiki.

Kushida waved gently in response, walked to the elevator, pressed the button to go up, and pictured Aoyama's handsome, mischievous face in his mind.

[I wasn't fooled.]

He said that Aoyama had instructed the whole class not to play with the second-grade students for the next few days.

Meanwhile, Nagumo, who was still awake like Aoyama, turned grim after looking at his phone.

Unable to find evidence to Mizowaki, his first thought was to devise a plan to frame a student from Class A in exchange for Aoyama dropping his appeal.

The result was still fruitless.

Chapter 193 Don't Adjust Your Classmate's Collar Without Permission

A sea breeze blows, and the air is fresh in the early morning.

Because the sun isn't strong and the temperature isn't high in the early morning, classes preparing for the Sports Festival usually organize training at this time.

It's summer vacation now, but the school playground is even more lively than when school is in session.

"There's no pressure at all, you guys still need to practice."

With his hands on his hips, Aoyama stood at the finish line of the track, offering a little encouragement to the boys in Class A.

As the leader of Class A, he felt it wouldn't be right for him not to show his face after all the hard work his students had put in today, so he decided to use a "lower-dimensional attack" to his advantage.

In both sprints and long-distance races, he outperformed all the boys in Class A.

Under the unwilling gaze of Kito, he headed to the training area where the girls were gathered. Surrounded by messy water bottles and small backpacks, Sakayanagi was standing in front of the bench, looking at the track.

On the track, Kamuro took the lead, guiding the girls in a slow jog; her long purple hair was now tied into a long ponytail.

Compared to usual, he looked even more dashing and spirited.

Standing next to Sakayanagi, Aoyama followed her gaze, "Why aren't you sitting down to watch?"

"How can I win over the girls while sitting here?" Sakayanagi smiled. "It would be troublesome if they complained that I'm just talking without understanding the situation."

Even though Sakayanagi was clearly physically weak, when students felt tired and dissatisfied with training, they might take their anger out on Sakayanagi, who only sat there, and start to disobey Sakayanagi's training instructions.

"This is all your own doing," Aoyama retorted directly.

Although the students in Class A have different personalities, there are none like Yamauchi, who is a genius. The fact that they complain about Sakayanagi's weak body and her lack of understanding of what's wrong with her is also a problem with her outrageous behavior.

"I'm already reflecting on my actions, Shiki- kun."

"You're not being sincere at all. Sit down; with me here, no one will dare to gossip."

Sitting on a bench, Aoyama pulled Sakayanagi's hand and made her sit down, then gently ruffled her wonderfully soft silver hair.

Putting aside her personality for now, Sakayanagi's appearance is still fine; she's quite endearing.

How strong is Class B?

Without stopping Aoyama from putting his hand on his head, Sakayanagi narrowed his eyes slightly, "They're just chickens and dogs; the only ones worth noting are Class C."

The only suitable places for classes to exercise are the playground and the gymnasium, and the only place for running is the playground.

Having stayed on the playground observing, she naturally took note of the approximate strengths of the students from the other classes.

Unsurprisingly, Class B has the weakest average strength, while Class C is the strongest, with both boys and girls far surpassing them. Without the strategic approach of "Tian Ji's horse racing" (a Chinese idiom referring to a strategy of using one's best horses to outmaneuver another class), Class A definitely cannot compete.

As for Class D, she could only say she couldn't tell.

Of the four first-grade classes, only Class D had a training team of only twenty people, less than half a class, and the training time was also short.

"Has Class C been constantly causing trouble for Class B?"

Aoyama's gaze fell on the place that had suddenly become lively. Just as he was talking to Sakayanagi, the students from Class B seemed to have gotten into a conflict with the students from Class C, and they started arguing loudly.

Moreover, the loudest and most excited voices came from Class B.

Sakayanagi slowly shook his head. "No, not in the past few days, this is the first time."

"Then I'll have to go take a look."

Kanzaki's angry voice rang out, and realizing that this was not an accidental conflict, Aoyama got up and walked quickly toward the place where the argument was taking place.

The sentencing for Mizowaki is scheduled for tomorrow, and Class C has a partnership with Nagumo.

"You got angry because you identified with yourself, Kanzaki. You can actually make a pretty good expression, huh?"

As he approached, Aoyama heard Ryuen's mocking words, and behind him gathered a number of martial arts students, including Albert, Ishizaki, and Kondo.

Faced with these physically strong students who exuded a thuggish aura, many of the well-behaved students in Class B looked uncomfortable.

"It's quite a scene. What's going on? Can someone explain this to me, the Student Council Vice President?" Aoyama walked up to Kanzaki, whose expression was full of anger and who was not calm at all as usual.

"It's nothing major. I just overheard Vice President Nagumo mentioning that one of the leaders of the four first-year classes had a criminal record, and I wanted to share it with Kanzaki."

Before Kanzaki could speak, Ryuen preemptively answered in a rather loud voice.

"But their class leader, Ichinose, suddenly felt unwell, turned pale, and hurriedly said goodbye, leaving them behind."

"All I did was say, 'Are you really feeling unwell?' Kanzaki started biting me like a mad dog."

Ishizaki chimed in with a mocking expression, "I guess they hit a nerve, otherwise why would they run away?"

The playground had a wide view, and many students had noticed the conflict. When Aoyama arrived, a large group of students had already gathered around. After seeing Ryuen and Ishizaki's back-and-forth performance, they also began to whisper among themselves.

Ichinose escaped as they said, then things will get really interesting.

It's hard to believe that Ichinose, known for her helpfulness and naivety, would commit a crime.

Kanzaki grabbed Ryuen by the collar. "Stop talking nonsense! Ichinose isn't that kind of person."

Although puzzled by Ichinose's escape, he could not tolerate Ryuen making baseless accusations based solely on hearsay, pointing the finger at their class leader without any evidence.

How could that kind and honest Ichinose have ever committed a crime!

"Don't make things up without evidence, Ryuen." Aoyama stepped between Kanzaki and Ryuen, separating them. "And Kanzaki, I'm warning you now, don't straighten your classmate's collar without permission."

Upon learning the cause of the conflict, he immediately took sides and stopped Ryuen from escalating the situation.

In the Student Council President election, Class B was the team he could win over, while Class C was not on the surface. As for whether Ichinose had committed a crime, he knew.

Warninged and silenced, Ryuen laughed and reached out towards Aoyama's collar, "Hehehe, what a presumptuous act of adjusting a classmate's collar without permission."

"You can't even straighten my collar."

With one hand gripping Ryuen's wrist, Aoyama's arm remained as firm as a mountain, without the slightest wavering.

Even though Ryuen kept increasing its efforts, and even used all its strength, it still couldn't make any progress.

"Hehe, his strength is comparable to Albert's." After testing him, Ryuen withdrew his hand in surprise.

Judging from his physique, Aoyama is not as robust as Albert, but he feels that he is no less strong than Albert, and may even be stronger.

Not only are they top-notch in academics, but they are also top-notch in physical abilities.

However, fighting isn't about who's stronger; with his extensive combat experience, he wasn't afraid at all.

Even if he gets beaten down, he will get up and fight again until he wins.

Chapter 194 The Painful Ichinose

"If you had hit him just now, you would have been suspended from school for at least a month."

After driving away Ryuen and dispersing the students who were watching and whispering, Aoyama calmly looked at Kanzaki, who was still angry.

The shrewd Ryuen did not name names, and his words contained words like "estimate" and "hearsay," making it difficult to classify it as "picking quarrels and provoking trouble."

Kanzaki couldn't stay calm. "I'm going to find Nagumo and get to the bottom of this."

The class leader, admired by everyone, was slandered. As the strategist, he had to do something. The first thing he had to do was to find Nagumo in the sky above Ryuen to confirm whether Ryuen was using the name without permission or if it was really what Nagumo said.

Even if it's a senior Student Council Vice President, he still needs to get to the bottom of it.

"What, want to go and get yourself killed? If you can't even control your own emotions, don't cause trouble for Ichinose." In front of the students of Class B, Aoyama criticized Kanzaki without any mercy.

Kanzaki, having lost his composure, was being manipulated to death by Nagumo without even realizing it.

Knowing the cause and effect, he clearly realized that Nagumo's sudden attack on Ichinose was probably to make a deal with him, or rather, to get Class B to make a deal with him, so that Aoyama wouldn't be able to make exorbitant demands.

In exchange for not exposing Ichinose's past scandals, the charges against Mizowaki were dropped.

Ichinose Honami did indeed do things that could absolutely be called crimes.

"Are we just going to let them slander Ichinose?"

"If you can get Ichinose's consent, I won't stop you from going to see Nagumo."

After glancing at the Class B students present and noticing that neither Amikura nor Shiranami were there, Aoyama placed a restriction on Kanzaki and slowly returned to Sakayanagi's side.