Points Delivered to the Doorstep

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The next day, while Onizuka was sleeping in his dorm, he heard a thunderous knocking at his door, as if someone were trying to tear it off its hinges.

He had a habit of rewarding himself with a little treat every time he completed a plan.

Naturally, sleeping in on the weekend was an absolutely perfect choice, but there were always those tactless people who insisted on disturbing him!

When he opened the door, furious, the first thing that met his eyes was Sudo's iconic red hair.

"Onizuka! Why did it take you so long to open the door!" Before he even finished speaking, he tried to step inside.

"Let me see if you're up to something shady!"

Seeing him act like this, Onizuka kept a straight face and blocked his path with an arm.

"Not happening, Sudo. I don't want my room turning into a public space like Ayanokoji's!"

"If you have something to say, say it out here. If it's something that can't be explained in a few words..."

Onizuka pulled Ayanokoji's room key card from his pocket and waved it in front of Sudo.

"We can go to his room."

Hearing Onizuka say this, Sudo seemed to suddenly remember something and slapped his own forehead hard.

"Right, there's that place! No need to go to a cafe then, we can just call them over here!"

"Wait, what exactly are you talking about?"

Onizuka was left confused, only hearing Sudo on the phone summoning someone... or perhaps several people... to Ayanokoji's room.

Although he could vaguely hear someone's protests over the phone, he decided it was best to ignore them for now.

Once Sudo finished his call, he grabbed the dazed Onizuka and headed toward Ayanokoji's room.

Onizuka didn't struggle; he had already vaguely guessed what was going on.

The two sat in Ayanokoji's empty room, and Sudo began acting like the host, treating Onizuka as if he were in his own home.

One moment he was asking if he was hungry, the next if he was thirsty.

He paced back and forth in the small dorm room, looking very busy, yet when it came down to it, he hadn't actually done anything at all.

Dizzy from watching him, Onizuka reached out to stop him.

"Sudo, please sit down and be quiet for a moment. I don't want to see a mass of red moving back and forth in front of my eyes. Much appreciated!"

Sudo froze after hearing Onizuka say this, seemingly wanting to retort, but he sat down on the tatami mat obediently.

Looking well-behaved. [jpg].

Following that, a strange silence fell between the two.

Fortunately, it wasn't long before Onizuka heard the sound of the room door being swiped open by a key card.

Hirata, Kushida, Horikita, and Ayanokoji walked in together.

"Oh~ so this is Ayanokoji's room? It's unexpectedly tidy!"

Surely everyone makes a comment like Hirata's upon visiting for the first time, right?

"Has Yosuke never been here before?" Onizuka asked.

"Yeah, it's my first time. Is there something wrong with that?" Hirata asked, puzzled by Onizuka's strange expression.

"Nothing, I just thought Ayanokoji's room was some kind of tourist attraction. Seems there are still people who haven't been here."

"That's very rude, Onizuka! Though, I can't really refute that," Ayanokoji, who had just entered, couldn't help but retort.

"What does it matter? Don't be so stingy, man. We paid for these key cards ourselves anyway, it would be weird if we gave them back, right?"

Hearing Sudo say this, Onizuka raised an eyebrow; the key card he had taken earlier certainly didn't involve any payment.

Just as he was feeling suspicious, he saw Kushida wink at him from behind everyone else, her meaning very clear.

Oh~ in that case, he understood. He could only say that Kushida was truly high-level; she always managed to win people's favor in the most subtle ways.

Onizuka naturally had no reason to expose her, so he just smiled at her and then looked away.

"It seems Sudo has completely become Onizuka's loyal dog."

"W-what? It's not that exaggerated, is it?"

If anyone else had said that, it would be hard to guarantee Sudo wouldn't throw a punch, but coming from Horikita, everything seemed perfectly fine.

Watching them chat idly, Onizuka couldn't help but interrupt.

"Hey~ you all gathered here to see me, surely it's not just for something as boring as roasting each other, right?"

Hearing him say this, the people present exchanged glances and then sat down at the table.

"Onizuka, Class C has withdrawn their report to the Student Council~" Kushida spoke up first.

"I know. Is there something else?"

"It's just... Ryuen from Class C said it was because of you. We were all curious how you managed to do it, so we called you over. We also wanted to thank you, by the way."

Sudo, sitting to the side, couldn't sit still anymore.

"Yeah, yeah! Onizuka! Counting the last time, you've saved me twice now! I really don't know what to say, from now on, you're my brother!"

Well~ actually, he had already guessed there was a 98 percent probability that this was the reason.

After all, given the personality of a guy like Ryuen, Onizuka would have actually felt a bit uneasy if he hadn't stirred up some trouble for him.

"It's nothing impressive, I just happened to be at the Special Building that day, saw what happened with Sudo and the others, and recorded a video while I was at it."

"When I showed it to them, they withdrew the complaint quite easily."

Onizuka shrugged, indicating it was no big deal.

The few people sitting around in a circle let out an "Oh~," though they were actually a bit disappointed.

They had originally thought Onizuka might have used some special method to force Class C to withdraw from the Debate Hearing, and they were hoping to learn from him while also catching some entertainment.

They hadn't expected it to be such a simple and crude method.

They had been looking for eyewitnesses themselves, but they just hadn't expected Onizuka to be the one who happened to be there.

Horikita, standing to the side, didn't think it was that simple.

"Onizuka-kun, you didn't discover it yourself, did you? After all, you were acting completely oblivious when school ended that day."

Reminded by her, everyone suddenly recalled the time Sudo came to the classroom to ask them for help.

Onizuka had been present at the time but hadn't said a single word, even though he could have just produced the video back then! It didn't make any sense!

Thinking of this, everyone turned their gazes toward Onizuka once again.

Onizuka pursed his lips; there was really no helping it, they had walked right into this themselves!

"Uh... actually, I bought this video from someone else for 80,000 points, but the person who sold it to me asked me to keep their identity a secret, so..."

Hearing him say this, Sudo rubbed the back of his head, looking embarrassed.

"I'm really sorry, Onizuka, for making you spend so much."

"Yeah, yeah! After spending 80,000 points, you shouldn't have much left, right?"

He recalled his account balance, which still had nearly two million points left, along with a long-term bond from Class C worth over ten million.

He sighed and nodded helplessly.

"It's alright, at least there's still the free mountain vegetable set meal in the cafeteria; I won't starve to death at school."

At this point, the people around him couldn't sit still, insisting that he shouldn't have to pay that amount alone, and they scraped together over 50,000 points to transfer to him.

The bulk of it came from Horikita and Kushida.

As for that guy Sudo...

"Sorry, Onizuka, I don't have any points right now, but I'll transfer them to you once the points are distributed this month!"

Onizuka naturally wouldn't hold such trivial matters against him.

In his eyes right now, the people in Class D were all just a bunch of kind angels~