Negotiating the Contract

Onizuka spread his hands slightly and smiled faintly. "I don't want anything in particular. The question is, how much are you willing to pay to make up for your mistake?"

Ryuen gritted his teeth, his gaze locked firmly onto Onizuka.

"You really are cautious to a fault, Onizuka!" Ryuen finally couldn't help but sneer, his eyes filled with a trace of anger.

Onizuka ignored Ryuen's provocation, merely raising the corners of his mouth slightly, his eyes revealing a hint of amusement.

His gaze remained calm, waiting with composure for Ryuen to continue.

Ryuen fell silent for a moment, his expression growing increasingly gloomy. Although his heart was filled with anger and unwillingness, he knew he didn't have many choices at this moment.

"Fine." Ryuen finally spoke, his voice pressed extremely low, carrying a chilling, teeth-gritting edge.

"Five hundred thousand points, paid in full at once. I want all your videos." He squeezed the words out from between his teeth, as if making his final concession to Onizuka.

Onizuka didn't agree immediately, instead continuing to watch Ryuen silently, the expression in his eyes devoid of any fluctuation.

Ryuen felt his patience slowly wearing thin, the fire in his heart rising ever higher.

But Onizuka still didn't speak, simply continuing to look at him.

Seeing this, Ryuen gritted his teeth again.

"One million points! Don't be too greedy!"

Hearing Ryuen say this, Onizuka shook his head slightly.

"Ryuen, don't just keep your eyes on the present. What I value is the future development of your Class C."

"Assuming this incident causes the school to deduct two hundred class points from you, that's twenty thousand personal points per person every month."

"With about forty people in each class, if you span that over three years... that's nearly thirty million personal points! That really is a huge sum of points~"

Having said this, Onizuka closed his mouth again, looking at Ryuen on the side with an amused expression.

Ryuen's laughter was like the final frenzy before a storm, carrying undisguised anger and humiliation.

He stood there, his shoulders trembling violently, gasping for air as he laughed:

"Hahahaha, Onizuka, I'll take the loss this time! Every student in Class C will pay you ten thousand points a month until graduation!"

He paused for a moment, as if to release his final bit of rage, glaring fiercely at Onizuka.

"However, I've got my eye on you. No matter when it is, you need to know that I, Ryuen, am watching you from the shadows!"

Hostility that could not be concealed flickered in Ryuen's eyes, the aura of "even if I fail, I will make you remember me" washing over them.

Onizuka understood that this was indeed Ryuen's bottom line. To have achieved such a result from a video he had accidentally recorded, he was already very satisfied.

However, he didn't have the habit of being threatened without retorting.

Onizuka listened quietly to his roar, and only when Ryuen finished speaking did he look up slightly, his eyes holding a cold, inscrutable light.

"Ryuen." Onizuka's voice was low and clear. "Do you know? The more you say things like that, the more you expose your own weakness."

Onizuka paused, walking toward Ryuen, his tone unchanged.

"I don't care whether you're watching me or how strong your resolve is. I only care whether you can fulfill the terms you promised."

As he spoke, he looked coldly at the sliver of arrogant confidence revealed in Ryuen's eyes.

Ryuen's smile gradually vanished, his fists clenched tight, his knuckles turning white.

He wasn't afraid of Onizuka, but this sense of total failure gave rise to an indescribable anger in the depths of his heart.

"Don't worry," Onizuka continued. "If you want to take revenge on me, you can do it anytime. I'll be waiting for you. After all, I don't have to protect a large group of people like you do."

Having said that, he swept a glance over Ryuen and his group, his eyes carrying a hint of disdain.

"I'll give you one day to prepare. We'll sign the agreement here tomorrow. I hope you won't disappoint me then!"

Then, he turned and prepared to leave, his pace light.

When he reached the rooftop door, Onizuka took a micro-camera out from a crack in the door and shook it at Ryuen.

"You were so calm today, which really surprised me. I thought you would try to make me pay, just like you said last time~"

"However, damaging public property will also result in a deduction of class points. I really hope you used the kind of spray that can be wiped off."

Before leaving, Onizuka looked pointedly at the school security camera they had painted black.

Ryuen stood there, watching helplessly as Onizuka gradually disappeared at the rooftop entrance. His chest heaved violently, as if he were still suppressing his final rage.

The anger that had been on the surface just a moment ago was gone, replaced by a silence that was difficult to bear.

The surrounding air seemed to have been suppressed until it almost solidified. The others stood to the side cautiously, even their breathing sounding exceptionally faint.

"Damn it..." Ryuen cursed under his breath, glaring hatefully at the retreating back.

"Albert! Take out our copy."

Hearing him say this, Albert, who was standing to the side, walked quickly to the rooftop vent.

He opened the grate and took out another micro-camera, which looked to be the same model as Onizuka's.

"Tch, in the end, we didn't record anything at all!"

Ishizaki Daichi walked over at this moment.

"Ryuen, didn't he attack Komiya and the others? Can't that be used as evidence?"

Hearing him say this, Ryuen couldn't help but sigh. Was there really not a single person in Class C with a functioning brain?

He immediately dealt a sharp rap to Ishizaki's head.

"Komiya and the others were already injured; the Student Council has already verified that. In other words, we don't have any substantial evidence."

"Besides, do you think that punch you threw was for nothing? You idiot!"

In the end, the two of them signed the following contract:

[All members of Class C will pay 10,000 points to Onizuka Tsukasa every month]

[In exchange, Onizuka Tsukasa will not distribute the video anywhere other than the roundtable meeting]