How Dare He?! / Discontent Behind the Scenes

"We will not inform the students for now; please go back and wait for further notice."

When Mashima arrived at the principal's office, he found the Acting Chairman there, and the principal was bowing and scraping as he made tea for him.

As if knowing why he had come, Tsukishiro immediately ordered him to leave.

"However, this shows that the students..."

"This is none of your business. If you don't want to be fired, then get out."

With a warm, gentle smile, Tsukishiro calmly stated the extraordinary words.

Upon hearing this, the principal bent down even lower and gave him a series of winks, signaling him to leave.

"... I see."

After a moment of silence, Mashima left the principal's office with a grim expression.

On his way back to the teachers' office, he ran into Aoyama, who looked calm and composed. It seemed that he was heading to the same destination as Qingshan before.

"Chairman Tsukishiro is also in the principal's office."

"Even if the principal asked me to come, I wouldn't."

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Don't worry, Mashima- sensei, I'm fine.

After comforting the homeroom teacher, whose expression was a mixture of anger and worry, Aoyama walked briskly to the principal's office, then knocked on the door and entered.

He greeted the seemingly useless principal without asking, then sat down opposite the smiling Tsukishiro.

I sat there for an hour.

Whenever his teacup was empty, Aoyama would signal to the principal to refill it.

Since Tsukishiro didn't speak, he didn't speak either, acting as if he were in his own dormitory.

"Don't you even have the slightest intention of explaining, Aoyama -kun?"

"Acting Chairman Tsukishiro is the one who should provide an explanation first, not me."

Facing Tsukishiro's forced smile, Aoyama replied casually.

There's nothing wrong with the fact that the exam in the forest specially prepared Class Transfer Ticket for Ayanokoji; he can accept this small favoritism.

But this Special Exam wasn't just about making things easier for Ayanokoji; it was about directly feeding him the Protection Points that would exempt him from Ayanokoji.

That's going too far; it's utterly inhuman.

"Does Aoyama -kun think that by colluding with other classes to embarrass the school, he can threaten me?"

"I didn't come here by choice, but I did come here for tea, although the principal's skills are quite good and the tea is delicious."

With a slight chuckle, Aoyama put down his teacup, pointing out that Tsukishiro truly cared, which was why he had been summoned.

Unlike ordinary schools, the number of Kouiku officials and dignitaries eyeing Gaoyu Special School is no small number.

Once a reputation for incompetence is attached to someone, it can be a huge blow to their career.

"I think Aoyama- kun is being a bit too arrogant." Smiling, Tsukishiro stood up with a teacup in hand, then suddenly splashed the teacup directly in Aoyama-kun's face.

In Aoyama's view, the surveillance camera in the principal's office was glowing a red light indicating it was in operation.

Chapter 299 How dare he!

"Do people's hands tremble when they get old, Acting Chairman Tsukishiro?"

The specially made playing card flew out rapidly, knocking the teacup out of Tsukishiro's hand, and the tea and the broken cup scattered onto the sofa.

Still sitting on the sofa, Aoyama had a playing card between his fingers, spinning it at a considerable pace.

Generally speaking, no one would stand up to drink tea from a teacup, because afterwards they would have to bend down to put it back or hold it in their hand.

Given the tense atmosphere, Aoyama had a premonition that Tsukishiro would suddenly launch an attack, so he had already drawn out two specially made playing cards.

"Chairman, Aoyama -kun."

The tense situation prompted the middle-aged principal to speak up, hoping the two would restrain themselves for the sake of the presence of outsiders.

He didn't know why Chairman Tsukishiro wanted to make a move, nor did he know why Aoyama was so arrogant, but he knew that neither of them took him seriously. Therefore, he simply called out to the two of them and then obediently retreated to a far distance.

"Go out."

After staring at the playing cards in Aoyama's hand for a while, Tsukishiro, his smile fading, spoke calmly.

Like Meng Dahe, the principal immediately scurried away from his office, making sure to close the door loudly.

Standing tall and straight, Tsukishiro remained motionless. "Carrying such a dangerous weapon is not something Student Council President should do."

"Splashing water on the Student Council President is not something Acting Chairman should do. Besides, how can a deck of cards with a little metal added and of better quality be considered a weapon?"

Holding the stopped playing cards, Aoyama quickly flung them out in front of Tsukishiro.

With a slightly crisp sound, the playing card was inserted directly into the protective glass of the surveillance camera and cut in half.

"You're asking for trouble, Aoyama -kun."

After glancing at the stopped surveillance camera, Tsukishiro put on a smiling expression again, his aura growing even stronger.

Once he had adjusted his physical condition, he leaped over the coffee table and stomped straight down on Aoyama's body with his right foot.

That's stupid, so incredibly stupid.

Aoyama Shiki was truly disappointing.

Tsukishiro couldn't understand why Aoyama would be so stupid; the last scene of the surveillance footage must have captured him destroying the surveillance camera.

Moreover, in terms of status, he was the Chairman, while Aoyama was just a student.

When he appeared outside covered in bruises, it was only a matter of a word for Aoyama to expel him from school. In other words, now only he could fight Aoyama, but Aoyama could not fight him.

That is the allure of power.

While feeling somewhat disappointed, Tsukishiro suddenly noticed that Aoyama quickly stood up and then raised his leg, which was even longer than his own, high in the air.

Before he landed and kicked Aoyama's shoe sole was already imprinted on his chest.

With a solid, heavy blow, Tsukishiro felt a sharp pain in his chest and was sent flying backward, crashing onto the sofa.

How dare Aoyama!

How dare he!!!

I'm the Chairman of the board of directors of Kouiku! Isn't he afraid of being expelled?!

His usually squinted eyes widened completely as he glared at Aoyama, Tsukishiro face filled with anger.

"Do you think I dare to do this, Acting Chairman Tsukishiro?" Looking down at the incredulous Tsukishiro, Aoyama splashed the half-finished tea on his face.

A gentleman does not leave a grudge unavenged.

Tsukishiro wanted to invite him for tea, so he naturally had to reciprocate.

There's something I forgot to tell you.

Aoyama kindly offered some explanations to the completely bewildered Tsukishiro.

"I've already gotten what I wanted. Kouiku School is just a useless burden to me now, so I don't care about dropping out."

"University of Tokyo; the times I achieved at the Sports Festival would win me a medal at the Olympic Games."

"Now, it should be you begging me to compete with Ayanokoji Kiyotaka, this so-called masterpiece of the White Room."

Makoto Kyogoku's superhuman physical abilities, and Vermouth's disguise skills.

With just these two Aoyama, one can secretly "borrow" money from many people to spend.

With his current abilities, he can obtain illicit funds much more easily than Kouiku.

The biggest reason he stayed in Kouiku was simply to take care of his girlfriends.

"How could you be so heartless as to abandon your girlfriends?" Tsukishiro asked with a grim expression. He was naturally aware of this information, which was common knowledge among the students.

"Like Kamuro Masumi, without the privilege of graduating from Class A, she wouldn't have been able to get into University of Tokyo at all."

When many people hear a student say, "I want to go to the University of Tokyo," their first thought is that they have good ambition, and then they think that it's simply impossible.

If ordinary people could get in through hard work, then the University of Tokyo would only be a second-rate university.

Aoyama chuckled, "What are you thinking? If I drop out of school, I'll naturally take them with me."

"Moreover, I also have the ability to guarantee their future."

With just his knowledge of pharmaceuticals, Shiho Miyano could start a biotechnology company.

Professor Agasa can casually research any gadget and generate world-class patents, so he doesn't have to worry about attracting investment.

Having passed the age of starting a company, Aoyama planned to collaborate with Sakayanagi Narimori to start a small company and gradually develop it.

With the great favor of curing Sakayanagi Arisu, and given Sakayanagi Narimori's kind nature, protecting him would be no problem at all.

"You really are arrogant, Aoyama Shiki." After wiping the tea off his face, Tsukishiro sat up again.

"Arrogant, perhaps." Aoyama smiled indifferently. "If you want to drop out, go ahead. If not, don't cause any trouble in the next Special Exam."

"I'm capable of causing trouble, of retaliating in kind and getting things done."

Having said what he wanted to say, without beating around the bush, Aoyama turned and left the principal's office, leaving Tsukishiro with an uncertain Tsukishiro.

Not long after, on the way to the principal's office, he encountered Mashima on his face.

"Feel sorry."

Mashima glanced at Aoyama up and down, a fleeting look of guilt crossing his face.

He felt unworthy of being a teacher, as he expected his own students to lead the charge.

Aoyama chuckled, "The one who should apologize is Old Deng Tsukishiro. I already kicked him just now; that'll keep him in pain for half a day."

"This..." Aoyama wasn't joking. After his Mashima shock, he gave a wry smile. "So, am I about to receive your expulsion notice soon?"

"Probably not, but if I drop out of school, Old Deng from Tsukishiro will most likely have to slink away."

Having become the Student Council President in his first year and being the de facto leader of Class 1-A, Aoyama voluntarily withdrew from school, Tsukishiro might still be able to sit still.

However, if the leaders of Class 1-B, Class C, and Class D drop out of school, and students like Ichinose, Kamuro, and Yamamura form a group to express their dissatisfaction with the students dropping out, then this matter will definitely escalate.

It's so serious that Tsukishiro must take responsibility for this.

Chapter 300 Hidden Discontent

The next day.

The list of projects for "slacking off" from Class ABD 3 was posted on the bulletin board unchanged, just like the one submitted earlier.

Although it was taken down in just half an hour, it still sparked a wave of discussion among students and teachers throughout the school.

Amidst the discussions, on the morning of Sunday before the exam, all the students in Class 1-A Class B of Grade 1 returned to school and began their Special Exam.

"How cunning, Shiki!"

Before the first event on the playground was about to begin, Ichinose reached out and pinched Aoyama's cheek, his opponent in rock-paper-scissors.

The first of the seven competition events was a rock-paper-scissors contest proposed by Class 1-A, with a total of twenty participants.

A single game decides the winner, leaving the loser behind. The class whose students have all lost is considered defeated, but the command tower can allow a loser to return to the game.

"This was all decided by Morishita and Arisu. I was just a pawn this time." Aoyama bent down slightly to make Ichinose massage him more comfortably.

After the coffee shop entrusted the challenge to Morishita last time, he didn't inquire about it anymore, and spent most of his time before the exams surrounded by flowers.

He was torn between two equally important people, so he decided to remain neutral and not take sides.

"Morishita- kun, he's a very interesting student."

Recalling Morishita's expressionless, indifferent face, Ichinose could only think that Class A was truly full of talented people.

Of the seven items in this challenge, Class 1-A will only decide on two, while Class 1-B will decide on the remaining five.

Conversely, Aoyama, this formidable weapon, will also participate in the competition; the projects of Class 1-A will also be the first to compete.

At first, Ichinose thought they had gotten a great deal, but today she realized it was all Morishita's scheme.

According to the school's original rules, the maximum number of participants in a project is twenty.

Besides the rock-paper-scissors game among the twenty people, the next deciding event for Class 1-A is a written math test among the twenty people, with the highest total score winning.

After Class A won both events, only three students from Class A remained who hadn't participated. Soon after, Aoyama, who had already participated once, was able to dominate the competition in his second appearance.