An Unmerited Disaster (Part 2)

"I've already notified Sudo and the others to come help. Karuizawa, how long did the teacher say it would take on the phone?" a short-haired girl who had just run out of the classroom asked in a hurry.

However, no sooner had she finished speaking than she froze in place, staring in disbelief as Karuizawa, who was usually so bold and confident, huddled in a corner, clutching her head and trembling uncontrollably.

"How could even Karuizawa be... what on earth happened?" The timid girl was on the verge of tears, but fortunately, Sudo Ken, followed by Yamauchi, Ike, and several other burly boys, rushed out from behind her, giving the girl a sense of security.

"Hey, who gave you guys the right to act so arrogant in our Class D? Are you looking for a beating?"

As he spoke, Sudo Ken and the other sturdy boys surged forward, immediately locking into a tense standoff with the two men guarding the entrance.

Unfortunately, due to the height difference, Sudo Ken found himself directly facing Albert, the strongest of the two.

"Just you?"

"Tch." Albert glanced at him with disdain, his dark, muscular frame surging forward as he easily shoved Sudo Ken back with a single bump.

He didn't seem to take his opponent seriously at all.

"Damn it, you've got some real strength, but we'll see about that with our fists." Sudo Ken patted his chest, his eyes burning with a desire to fight.

"Tch, then come on. What are you blathering about?" As he spoke, whether intentional or not, Albert spat a glob of saliva onto Sudo Ken's brand-new sneakers.

Seeing this, Sudo Ken could no longer hold back. His face twisted in rage, and with a roar, he threw a heavy punch straight at the other man's face.

"Screw you!"

"Damn it, you two are asking for death! Boys, let's take them together!" Seeing their leader insulted, Yamauchi clenched his fists, his pupils dilated with fury, and he prepared to charge in.

However, at this critical moment, a fair, slender hand suddenly blocked Sudo Ken's fist. Had it been anyone else, he might not have stopped in his rage.

But when he saw the cold, ethereal face of the person who had stopped him, his pupils dilated, and he was struck not just with shock, but with panic.

"Everyone, stop!"

"Ugh!" A muffled grunt followed the shout, coming from Sudo Ken's own arm.

To halt his full-force strike at such a short distance, Sudo Ken had exerted every ounce of his strength. Although he managed to divert the force and avoid hitting the girl, he inevitably slammed into his own shoulder.

Before he could even feel relief, the emotionless voice of Horikita Suzune reached his ears.

"Sudo, and the rest of you, just how long do you intend to keep acting like fools?"

As soon as these words were spoken, not only Sudo and his group but everyone behind them was left stunned.

"Su... Horikita, I've been thinking about how to protect you all. I'm not acting like a fool at all," Sudo Ken tried to explain.

However, upon meeting her icy gaze, he couldn't help but shrink back.

"Sudo is clearly trying to protect our class, Horikita. What are you talking about?"

"Exactly. I just saw her get hurt trying to stop your sudden outburst," several girls muttered, unable to watch Sudo Ken's aggrieved expression any longer.

Hearing this, Horikita Suzune couldn't help but shake her head in self-mockery, thinking, If Ayanokoji hadn't warned me earlier, I might have ended up just like them.

To prevent the situation from escalating, Horikita, who usually disliked speaking, had to patiently explain step by step.

"First, please tell me what Ryuen Kakeru and his group actually did that required a whole crowd of you to stand guard, prepare to fight, and call the teachers."

"Horikita Suzune, have you lost your mind?" Sato Maya, who was crouching in the corner comforting Karuizawa Kei, shouted angrily. "They openly broke into our classroom and started hitting people! Can't you see that?"

"Are you sure you looked closely?" Horikita Suzune tossed her long hair behind her back and said calmly, "Did you not notice that Ryuen Kakeru has been standing exactly on the boundary line of Class D the entire time? Are you sure he trespassed into our classroom?"

"Think carefully. From start to finish, did he actually hit anyone?"

"Hirata-kun was forced against the wall by them, wasn't he!" Sato Maya asked, unconvinced.

"And then? Did he throw a punch, or did his lackeys?" Horikita Suzune pointed at Ryuen Kakeru's position, her cold voice serving as a reminder to everyone. "Look at his posture now—is it any different from before?"

"Has he actually thrown a punch since then?"

"If a fight had broken out just now, the teachers would only see it on the surveillance footage as Class D initiating a group brawl. The minimum penalty would be expulsion, and it could even affect the entire class. Do you still not understand?"

Hearing this, Sato, Sudo, and the others fell silent.

But not everyone could grasp the logic. Sure enough, a moment later, a girl from Class D asked tremblingly, "Bu... but, it was Ryuen Kakeru and his group who provoked us first, and they forced Hirata-kun against the wall. Shouldn't it be their fault?"

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Seeing this, Horikita Suzune shook her head helplessly. After she had said so much, some of them still hadn't weighed the severity of the situation.

With no other choice, Horikita Suzune sighed and added the details: "Think carefully. Even if there is footage of Ryuen Kakeru pushing Hirata-kun against the wall, if Hirata-kun's medical report shows no serious injury, the other side only needs to claim they were just passing by and joking around. At most, he'll be labeled as having violent tendencies and lose a few points."

"And us? Have you considered how many of our classmates would be expelled because of their so-called 'joke'?"

"..."

Silence. A deathly silence. This time, no one had any objections.

But was it really over?

"Clap... clap... clap..."

A slow round of applause rang out, but this time, the sound was heavy and oppressive.

"Very well said. I'd like to know who taught you that."

As he spoke, the figure of Ryuen Kakeru had already silently walked up in front of Horikita Suzune.

"You... you've crossed the line." Facing the tall, imposing man pressing in on her, a bead of sweat couldn't help but form on Horikita Suzune's forehead, yet to avoid losing her composure, her tone remained as cold and emotionless as ever.

"Oh? You didn't hear what I said, did you~"

Killing intent—the killing intent in his tone was completely undisguised. Horikita Suzune had not expected that Ryuen Kakeru would be driven to such a murderous impulse by her words in this very instant.

Looking up at Ryuen Kakeru's tall figure closing in step by step, Horikita Suzune wanted to retreat in terror, but her legs had gone numb at the worst possible moment.

When it came down to it, Horikita Suzune was, after all, just an ordinary girl; if it had been anyone else, they might have already been reduced to tears on the spot.

However, under this intense pressure, even she couldn't stop the cold sweat from breaking out all over her body, her teeth clenched tightly together.

She wanted to warn him not to do anything reckless, but seeing the fierce look on his face—as if he were capable of anything if he didn't get his answer—she knew it was impossible.

Subconsciously, she wanted to seek help from the surrounding students, but when she glanced around, she realized that at some point, everyone had been pushed far away by his two main henchmen.

As the man in front of her continued to close the distance, a faint sense of oppression and fear gradually welled up in her heart. Before long, the girl felt her heels hit the wall. With nowhere left to retreat, Horikita squeezed her eyes shut. She was panicked—truly panicked.

Facing the encroaching interrogation of Ryuen Kakeru, her mind fell into complete disarray for the first time in her life.

Betray Ayanokoji?

Just name any student and frame them?

Or just sit here and wait for the end...

No... none of these will work!

After rejecting every thought in her mind, Horikita Suzune took a deep breath. Relying on the superior physical training she had undergone, she believed that if she could land a hit, she could at least cause him some localized damage.

At this moment, she was like a rabbit fighting for its life. Staring fixedly at a vulnerable spot, she seized the split-second opening created by his shifting weight and suddenly lashed out with a full-force kick, giving him no chance to react.

"Bang!"

A sharp sound of air being displaced rang out instantly. Just as Horikita thought she had landed the hit, she didn't expect that, as the faint dust settled, the dull, heavy thud she heard was actually the sound of the man blocking her foot with a single palm.

"How could this be~"

"Ah!"

Before she could think further, a massive force surged from the sole of her foot. As Ryuen Kakeru twisted his palm with force, Horikita was sent crashing directly to the ground.

Why... is he this strong? Even though...

Faced with such a massive disparity in strength, the girl's face was filled with disbelief. Even though the skin on her leg had been scraped raw and was bleeding, she seemed not to feel it at all. As she muttered to herself in a daze, her pupils constricted, and she remained frozen in place.

Recalling memories of the past, a glimmer of tears gradually welled up in the girl's bright eyes.

I've worked so hard for so long just to catch up to Brother, but in the end, was it all in vain...

Even a man who has never practiced martial arts according to his file can easily suppress me~

"Heh..."

For the first time, Horikita Suzune's cold face broke into a laugh, but the sound was filled with such self-mockery and such despair.

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