Time passed quietly.
Before long, the day of judgment for the Sudo violence incident arrived.
During this time, Ryuen Kakeru had not remained idle. He had tried several times to contact Akiyama Shin, his words still filled with threats and probing, attempting to pry open a gap in this seemingly toughest nail and squeeze out some points.
Yet Akiyama Shin's response remained the same: a cold refusal, without the slightest room for compromise.
He was like a frigid reef, standing immovable no matter how the wind and waves battered him.
PS: "Standing immovable" means standing as steady as a mountain, utterly unshaken. It can describe an object's stability, or metaphorically refer to someone remaining firm in their position despite pressure, temptation, or sudden change.
What confused some Class D students who had been following the matter even more was that Akiyama Shin had never taken the initiative to reassure the unsettled members of the class over the Sudo incident.
Nor had he revealed to anyone that they had already obtained crucial evidence.
Hirata Yosuke had also tried asking about the progress, only to receive the vague response that Akiyama had his own arrangements.
It was not because Akiyama Shin enjoyed playing the mastermind behind the scenes. In fact, ever since Chairman Sakayanagi had pushed him into the spotlight during the Midterm Prediction incident, he had already been exposed to the eyes of the entire school. There was little point in hiding anymore. He simply hated trouble.
He knew perfectly well that if he revealed his trump card in advance, or acted as though he had everything under control—
Those noisy, shortsighted classmates would inevitably swarm around him like flies drawn to honey.
He was neither good at nor remotely fond of dealing with such tedious and pointless interpersonal entanglements.
His