Unwarranted Disaster (Part 3)

Seeing this, Ryuen Kakeru, whose arm was reaching toward the other's neck, paused in a daze.

Looking at the dazed and broken expression on her face, his eyes suddenly cleared, and he almost forgot that the purpose of this trip was merely to test whether Class D had a strategist hidden among them.

Now that the answer was known, there was no longer any need to continue digging into this matter.

"Stupid." Ryuen Kakeru muttered to himself while patting his head, clearly annoyed by his own reckless behavior.

It was fortunate that he stopped in time; otherwise, the consequences would have been truly not worth the gain.

However, just as he was about to withdraw his hand, he was interrupted by a roar that shattered all his thoughts.

"Horikita-san!"

Sudo Ken, his eyes bloodshot, let out a sudden, explosive shout. He no longer cared how the tall figures of Ishizaki and Albert blocked his path, and even though he knew that striking first would definitely lead to expulsion, so what!

"Move aside, all of you." To avoid dragging his companions into this, Sudo Ken pushed away those who were trying to help, stepped forward, clenched his fists, and threw a full-force punch toward the faces of the two men in front of him.

"Boom!" A strong gust of wind from the punch created a ripple.

Ishizaki and Albert instinctively blocked with their hands, preparing to wait for the other side to strike first so that even if they faced school disciplinary action, they could claim self-defense.

However, after the sound of the punch hitting the air completely vanished, the two were stunned. "Why didn't we feel anything?"

When they looked closely, they turned their heads and found, somewhat amused, that Sudo Ken had actually managed to miss them despite being at such close range.

"And here I thought you were something special." Ishizaki mocked.

"Haha, I didn't expect your aim to be even worse than mine." Albert, who was usually taciturn, adjusted his sunglasses and couldn't help but laugh repeatedly.

But was that really the case?

Upon realizing that he had accidentally crossed past the two of them, Sudo Ken didn't care about anything else and rushed in front of Horikita Suzune to block Ryuen Kakeru.

"Oh no, Boss."

Seeing this, Ishizaki and Albert were dumbfounded. Their slow brains spun rapidly, and only then did they realize that he had already bypassed them.

They couldn't laugh anymore. Just as they wanted to chase after him, they looked up and saw, with bitter expressions, that the boys and girls of Class D had already taken the opportunity to surround them, neither attacking first nor letting them leave the circle.

The same method—to think it would be turned against them so quickly...

Seeing the two cast ashamed glances at him, Ryuen Kakeru did not blame them, because his own face was also filled with confusion.

Just a moment ago, he clearly saw Sudo Ken's fist inches away from his subordinates. When a punch with that kind of force is thrown, it should be impossible to miss intentionally, even for himself—so why did it veer off?

As a former notorious street thug, he had been in countless fights, and because of this, he found it harder than the average person to accept such an anti-conventional result.

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Unwilling to leave it at that, he thought of countless possibilities in his mind at that moment.

However, even the most plausible possibility was something he couldn't believe himself.

"...Unless someone, at the exact moment he exerted force, pushed his body with an incredibly powerful, instantaneous force, thereby changing his trajectory."

"But that speed... it was too fast for the eyes to even capture?"

"Hahahaha~" Ryuen Kakeru was amused by the possibility he had imagined.

But was that really all there was to it?

Glancing lightly at Sudo, Rinya, who had been quietly watching the show, saw the situation reach a stalemate once again. Finding it slightly uninteresting, he couldn't help but speak in a playful tone:

"Hey, I say~ she's like this because of you, yet you're still hiding in the back watching the show. That's a bit heartless, isn't it?" As he spoke, the boy's gaze remained fixed on his own palm.

The crowd, attracted by the voice, was confused. Even Ryuen Kakeru, who had been wanting to know who the solver was, couldn't help but show a mocking expression when he saw this guy talking to himself, thinking he must have gone crazy.

"Hehe~ you've come at just the right time." Just as Rinya was about to continue, his gaze flickered toward a certain spot as if he had sensed something. After a brief thought, in order to provide a well-designed reward for someone, he swallowed the words that were on the tip of his tongue.

And at that moment, the crisp sound of high heels hitting the floor interrupted everyone's thoughts.

"Clap, clap~ clap, clap~"

Accompanied by a steady, rhythmic sound of applause, everyone froze in place. Looking toward the source, they saw a woman wearing a secretary uniform with long legs exposed, standing behind them, her sharp gaze sweeping over everyone present.

"Oh, why stop? Don't mind me, I just came to take a look."

Her calm, emotionless voice made the students of Class D, who had been full of expectation upon seeing their homeroom teacher arrive, feel as if they had been deflated. The words they wanted to pour out were stuck in their throats, and they suddenly lacked the courage to speak.

In the corner, Sato bit her lip. She wanted to step out and report them, but was held back by Karuizawa Kei, who had just regained some of her composure. Karuizawa covered her mouth and whispered earnestly: "Don't... Maya, calm down. You absolutely cannot do something so foolish."

"Mmph, mmph..." Hearing her best friend refuse to stand up with her to expose these bad guys and instead blame her, the girl's eyes turned red, and she felt incredibly aggrieved.

Seeing this, Karuizawa felt pained and distressed, but remembering those unbearable, painful memories, she could only continue to persuade her helplessly.

"Maya, please don't be sad. Someone will punish them for their actions under the surveillance cameras. We really can't get ourselves into this big trouble. If they find out, our future school life will be very, very difficult."

However, seeing Ryuen Kakeru, the culprit, leading his two subordinates past their homeroom teacher without a word, and seeing that Chabashira didn't say anything—even looking at them with even more disgust—Sato, who was usually quite stubborn, could no longer control her emotions. She broke free from Karuizawa Kei's grip, stood up, pointed at the three of them, and shouted indignantly: "Teacher, didn't you hear clearly on the phone what they did?"

"Maya, stop it!"

Karuizawa tugged at her hand, signaling her to calm down. However, she didn't expect that seeing the cowardice in the other's eyes would only further ignite the resentment and grievance in her own heart.

Without waiting for Chabashira to speak, she continued to roar: "Teacher, does our Class D have no human rights at all? They recklessly broke into our class, not only making Karuizawa-san and Horikita Suzune-san cry, but also using violence to leave our class representative in this state. Are you just going to ignore this!"

Facing the girl's grievances, Chabashira crossed her arms and gave a cold, mocking smile: "Oh? Are you finished?"