In a practical education, scheming against people? I can also do a little.

After all, for Class C to form an alliance with Class B, Class B would naturally be at a disadvantage; if he didn't offer some benefits, the other side might not necessarily agree.

However, on the way back to the dormitory, he noticed something.

"Hm? That girl..."

Hoya Chukai inadvertently saw a girl with twin tails who looked somewhat similar to Ichinose taking a selfie.

He seemed to recall something.

If one were to say this girl looked a bit like Ichinose, it was undoubtedly Sakura. Generally, otaku identify Sakura and Ichinose by their cup sizes, which goes to show just how similar the two of them are.

(Of course, the smarter ones would choose to look at their hair color.)

In the original story, when the scheme was being set up, it was discovered by this girl, Sakura. Because she always liked taking selfies, and taking selfies required running around everywhere, she had accidentally run over there at that time and witnessed the scene of bullying.

So... he had to find a way to lure her away when the time came.

He could just ask Ayanokoji or the ever-versatile Kushida to handle it then. It would be perfect to have Kushida help out, and he could just have her and Sakura see it together at that moment.

Because of her timid nature, Sakura was basically tight-lipped; she wouldn't go around talking nonsense for no reason.

What's more, she would be seeing Albert getting beaten up at that time. Honestly, it felt so pathetic for Albert to be getting beaten up; he had been on the path of getting beaten ever since he arrived at this school.

Still, it was fine; it was better than winning a fight and ending up in jail.

After shifting his gaze away from Sakura, Hoya Chukai continued walking.

"Hey, what's the big deal with lending us some points? Are you not even going to listen to your senior?"

"But, but I really don't have many points left."

Hm? What was that noise?

Vaguely, Hoya Chukai heard what sounded like the atmosphere of school bullying.

He followed the sound and crept over, discovering that in a staff corridor around the corner of the shop, a few girls had surrounded another girl.

School bullying?

Peeking his head out stealthily, Hoya Chukai secretly watched to see which unlucky soul was being bullied like this.

If it were someone from Class C, he would have no choice but to intervene.

As he poked his little head out, he quickly saw who the person being bullied was—Kei Karuizawa.

Hmm... are you really that unlucky? Being bullied in middle school and now in high school too.

"Stop with the nonsense, hurry up and cough it up. We saw you when you were paying just now, you still have fifty thousand, right?"

"But, this money is..."

"Shut up, we only want thirty thousand, hurry it up."

"Wait, who's that over there?"

One of them with sharp eyes spotted Hoya Chukai, and he quickly pulled his head back.

After realizing he had been exposed, he hurriedly looked around to see if there was anything that could help him solve this problem.

To be honest, as a big guy, he really wasn't afraid of those few girls; wouldn't it be embarrassing for a man to lose to a woman?

Oh, if the other party were Ryuen Shoko, that would be a different story.

While observing his surroundings for anything handy, Hoya Chukai found something particularly useful.

It couldn't really be called a thing, but rather a person.

Ayanokoji Kiyohime.

She was currently strolling nearby eating an ice cream, and she also saw Hoya Chukai waving at her.

"You saw it just now, right?"

While Hoya Chukai was waving over there, the delinquent girls gradually walked out from inside, and one of them was holding something that looked quite dangerous.

"Holy crap, Ayanokoji, save me!"

After realizing his arm had been grabbed, Hoya Chukai shouted in a hurry. He found that he couldn't pull away; instead, he was dragged into the corridor.

Chapter 90: The Two of Us Are Killing It, I'm Killing It, You're Killing Everyone

I'm truly defeated. What is wrong with girls these days? Why are they all so physically strong?

Hoya Chukai didn't even understand how he had been dragged over; he was still completely bewildered.

"Speak, did you see everything just now!"

Among the many girls, there was one who looked somewhat sturdy. She was glaring fiercely at Hoya Chukai, and just looking at her arm made Hoya Chukai's eyelids twitch.

How should he put it... it was thicker than his leg.

"Just now, just now..."

Hoya Chukai could only hope that Ayanokoji would run over quickly. If she were to unleash her combat prowess, it should only take her a few seconds to get here...

"Chukai-kun, what is this?"

Just as Hoya Chukai was thinking that, Ayanokoji voluntarily walked in.

As she spoke, she naturally drew everyone's attention, and taking advantage of the opportunity, Hoya Chukai delivered a fierce kick toward her lower region.

Physical strength and knowing how to fight are two different things; some people have plenty of raw power but no idea how to use it.

This girl was likely the same, as she never expected Hoya Chukai to actually use his feet. His kick was like the hope of the national football team, hitting the vital spot with precision.

"Motherf—!"

This lethal blow was actually effective on a girl too; while not as debilitating as it would be for a man, it was enough to make her bow her head slightly. Seeing her head dip toward him, Hoya Chukai swung his hand toward her head with force.

While fighting, he explained the situation to Ayanokoji: "Don't worry about the details, hurry up, just fight first."

"Oh, okay."

Although he didn't know what Hoya Chukai meant, Ayanokoji still took action.

He dodged an attack from a water pipe and kicked the girl away with a counter-kick, while Hoya Chukai continued to land a double-strike on the strong woman's head. Although he wasn't aiming for her temples, every hit made her head reel.

This was the textbook example of someone who didn't know how to fight. If she knew how to fight, she would have protected her head to block all subsequent attacks, but she didn't understand that at all, so she was simply beaten into a daze by Hoya Chukai.

"You're pretty damn brave, aren't you!"

Finally, Hoya Chukai kicked the woman in the head, sending her straight to the ground, but he didn't notice someone coming up behind him, striking his back directly with a baseball bat.

"Damn it, you..."

Although the girl didn't have much strength, the power of a baseball bat was still significant. Hoya Chukai grabbed the bat with a backhand and snatched it away with a bit of force: "You don't know how to fight, yet you're using a baseball bat? You're really something."

With two sharp thuds, he swung the baseball bat directly at the girl's pretty face.

Pretty—is being pretty useful? Damn, that bat hit hurt like hell, son of a bitch. If she hadn't pulled that stunt just now, and had shown even a hint of a pitiful expression, Hoya Chukai might have let her go, but because of that strike, he was going to vent his anger first.

"You're tough, you're fierce, you're something else."

After hitting the girl's back twice more with the stick, he began swinging it wildly at the surroundings.

There weren't many delinquent girls to begin with, and Ayanokoji could defeat several with just a punch and a kick, leaving very few for Hoya Chukai.

The strong girl who had been dazed by Hoya Chukai earlier climbed back up. She shook her head and looked around; since Ayanokoji was very close to her, she attacked him directly.

But how could she be a match for Ayanokoji? Sensing her attempt to grapple him, Ayanokoji dodged and landed two punches.

Truly, the smaller the fist, the harder the hit; the way Ayanokoji landed those two blows made Hoya Chukai's eyelids twitch.

You really know how to aim for the ribs and waist, don't you.

"Don't move, don't move! If you move, I'll... ouch."

A delinquent grabbed the panicked Karuizawa nearby and pressed a butterfly knife against her neck. She had intended to use Karuizawa to threaten Hoya Chukai, but she didn't expect him to hurl the baseball bat at her, striking her directly on the head.

He was already in a killing frenzy, and she wanted to use a hostage to threaten him? What was she thinking?

And so, Karuizawa witnessed a brutal beating firsthand. The person who had just threatened her for S-Points was now being battered by Hoya Chukai with the baseball bat. Hoya Chukai was hitting and kicking, giving the woman a thorough thrashing.

"Phew, that feels satisfying."

All the stress from the past week was resolved just like that. Hoya Chukai wiped his face; he had been grazed while fighting, and his face was slightly swollen.

"Hey, are you okay?"

"No, I'm fine."

Watching Hoya Chukai look toward her in such a cool(?) manner and even ask about her condition, Karuizawa's heart couldn't help but thump wildly.

People are susceptible to the suspension bridge effect, after all. She wouldn't think about how Hoya Chukai had been dragged into this, nor would she think about how most of the enemies were defeated by Ayanokoji. She only knew that Hoya Chukai had just saved her and had coolly beaten down the people bullying her right in front of her eyes.

Even that slightly delicate and pleasant-looking face seemed to become increasingly charming.

"That's good... Ayanokoji, let's go."

Hoya Chukai had no intention of asking these women for S-Points. Although he was the winner, in this damn school, if they filed a desperate complaint, there was no telling if both he and the other party would be expelled or lose points.

Not to mention that, the fact that they would resort to robbing a junior student showed that their points were clearly running completely dry, perhaps even reaching a negative balance.

Theoretically, points could go negative. If the monthly S-Points were very low and added to a mountain of debt, it was indeed possible to reach a negative balance.

The school kept records of this, too; if the point balance remained negative for more than three months, it resulted in immediate expulsion.

Well, all things considered, it was acceptable. These girls were likely driven mad by a lack of points, otherwise, they wouldn't have resorted to school bullying.

They were gambling; since they were going to be expelled anyway, they might as well go crazy here.

As for why they chose Karuizawa instead of a well-behaved girl like Shiina... well-behaved girls were easier to discover and extort points from, and bad girls usually swallowed the bitter pill to maintain their image.

Are you saying a delinquent would report school bullying to a teacher? Are you sure that's something a delinquent would do?

And so, our classmate Karuizawa tragically became their target.

"Thank you so, so much."

"Yeah, it's nothing, it's nothing. Be more careful in the future, and don't run into this kind of situation again. I won't be able to make it in time every single time."

Hoya Chukai waved his hand, exchanged contact information with Karuizawa, and then bid her farewell.

Chapter 91: Natural counters what, exactly?

"Ah, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts."

"Just endure it."

Ryuen Shoko was currently in the dormitory applying medicinal ointment for Hoya Chukai, whose back was bruised and swollen from being struck by a baseball bat. Watching this scene, Ryuen couldn't help but let out a few scoffing laughs: "Trying to play the hero, and now you're hurt. Serves you right."

"How can you say that to me? It was clearly... ah, ouch, ouch, ouch."

Hoya Chukai wanted to say something more, but as soon as the ointment was applied, another wail of pain escaped him.

Ayanokoji, who was drinking juice nearby, watched this scene quietly. Was she trying to understand the pain tolerance of an ordinary person?

It seemed this was what an ordinary person was like; they would howl after being hit by such a simple attack.

Ayanokoji was gradually learning everything about this world, while Ryuen looked over at Ayanokoji: "Look at her, she didn't even get hurt, yet you ended up like this. Aren't you a bit too weak?"

"Damn it, then why don't you spar with her and see which one of you can beat the other."

"Are you sure?"

"Just try it."

Hoya Chukai didn't believe it. In the original work, she could be pinned down and beaten by Ayanokoji, so how much better could she be here?

Even if she had been buffed, if she couldn't win, she couldn't win. After all, Lumei was a ceiling-level existence.

"Let's see, want to trade a few blows?"

"I'm fine with whatever."

Ayanokoji was still drinking her juice, appearing as if she hadn't understood Ryuen Shoko's intent.

But soon, she was forced to understand.

Ryuen reached out directly, swinging her hand toward Ayanokoji's vital point.

Since Hoya Chukai had said the other party couldn't beat her, she didn't need to hold back; she went for a ruthless strike right from the start.

If she really injured the other party, then Hoya Chukai would be fully responsible; he was the one who said the other party was stronger than her.

But once they made contact, Ryuen realized that Ayanokoji really had some skills—she had actually caught the strike.