Tomoya Mashima Was a Good Teacher

"Ju would never do such a thing."

Akane Tachibana, on the other hand, looked extremely aggrieved, almost on the verge of tears.

"Sorry, sorry, I took the joke too far."

Shuichi Kanda quickly picked up the tea on the table and took a sip. He was so amused he almost cried.

Then, the moment the tea entered his mouth, his sense of taste seemed to be ravaged, and he immediately spat out the tea.

What is this? It's so bitter!

"Hahaha... the Kuding Tea tastes good, doesn't it?"

Seeing Shuichi Kanda's disheveled appearance, Akane Tachibana immediately burst into laughter.

Shuichi Kanda's mouth remained open, unable to close it.

"Although Kuding Tea is very bitter, it can clear heat and relieve summer heat."

As Horikita Manabu spoke, he picked up the tea that Akane Tachibana handed him and took a sip without even frowning. If it were also Kuding Tea, he would definitely be used to it by now.

However, Shuichi Kanda simply put down his teacup silently, indicating that he couldn't accept such a toast.

"Could you please make me some black tea next time, senior Tachibana?"

"Snort."

Ugh, you bastard! That wretched Sekishiko!

"After those incidents of smuggling letters in, the change to the school rules was a decision made by the Student Council, right?" Shuichi Kanda stopped dwelling on the retaliation from his Sekishiko and continued to inquire about the changes to the school rules.

Why would you think that?

"Since the students requested to contact the Student Council, and the Student Council union was responsible for contacting the outside world, the Student Council also bore some responsibility for lax supervision when the problem arose."

So, to prevent this from happening again, the Student Council naturally has to take responsibility, hence this school rule, right?

Shuichi Kanda was testing the waters, probing just how much power the Student Council actually had.

"That's right, you guessed correctly. Although changing school rules isn't something the Student Council can decide, the reason this rule came about was indeed because the Student Council made a suggestion."

Horikita Manabu nodded, greatly admiring Shuichi Kanda's keen sense of smell.

"So there is actually a possibility of restoring it."

"Of course. As long as the suggestions made by the Student Council President or Vice President of the Student Council are reasonable enough, the school will consider adopting them, and the implementation speed is very fast. So, do you want to report this to your superiors?"

Although Shuichi Kanda long felt that the Student Council at this school had a lot of power, he never expected it to be this much.

Not only the president, but even the vice president has the right to make suggestions to higher authorities?

"President, it's not that our school doesn't want students to know about the outside world, but rather that it doesn't want the outside world to know the secrets of this school, right?"

How do you know?

"Isn't it obvious?" Shuichi Kanda took out his phone and placed it on the table. "Although this phone can only be used within the school's signal range, it can still connect to the internet."

"I'm not talking about the campus network, but the entire internet, like Twitter or Facebook. You can access those normally, but comments are restricted because of our IP address."

Horikita Manabu nodded. "That's right, because some of the students who graduated from Class A in previous years have planned to go into politics. If they are completely cut off from outside information for three years, it will obviously be disadvantageous."

Therefore, the school did not prohibit the inflow of external information. In fact, the fact that students can watch the news normally at school shows that it's not as complicated as you make it out to be."

I'm so sorry for making it so complicated.

"So, the reason for prohibiting contact with the outside world is to prevent the school's secrets from being discovered, right?"

"You could say that."

"But once a student drops out or graduates from the school, some of the news about the school will inevitably get out, right?"

"Then that's not something we need to worry about."

Horikita Manabu looked completely unconcerned.

Yes, whether they graduate or drop out, they are no longer part of the school, so the Student Council doesn't need to worry about them.

So, no matter what, Katsuragi's gift just can't be given out today.

"So that means there's no way to send the item out?"

Now that things have come to this, Shuichi Kanda no longer wants to change the school rules. Finding a proper reason is too troublesome, and it would probably take a long time to implement them.

So he chose to attack directly at point-blank range.

Of course.

Shuichi Kanda for a moment.

Um?

Really?

"Then why don't you just tell Katsuragi?"

"I have no vested interest in him, so why should I tell him? Besides, he kept asking if he could send the gift through the school's channels; he just wanted the school's permission, not my permission to send the gift."

You're the president, you're right.

"So, in other words, violating school rules doesn't really matter, as long as it's not discovered, it can be treated as if it never happened, right?"

Why did you think of this?

"Do you remember the first and second time we met?" Shuichi Kanda said, then, fearing Horikita Manabu might not remember, he added, "That evening, near the First-Year Dormitory Building."

"Of course I remember, what's wrong?"

"Back then, you suddenly attacked Ayanokoji without any warning. If Ayanokoji hadn't been skilled, he probably would have been knocked to the ground and wouldn't have gotten up."

Shuichi Kanda.

"I see." Horikita Manabu nodded, not denying Shuichi Kanda's explanation. "That's right, your deduction is correct."

"The only way to contact the outside world is through a method that won't be detected by the school, but someone like Katsuragi wouldn't discover this loophole, would he?"

Shuichi Kanda shrugged and stood up.

Are you going to tell him about this?

"How could that be? Even if we told him, he wouldn't do it. Besides, it's far too dangerous for an ordinary student to do something like that."

Shuichi Kanda shook his head.

"So what do you plan to do? You're probably planning to help him, right?"

"Of course, but there are other ways to send things out." Shuichi Kanda smiled.

"Have you thought of another way?"

Horikita Manabu was somewhat surprised.

"It's just an idea, I don't know if it'll work out yet." Shuichi Kanda smiled. "By the way, Sekishiko, didn't you say you were going to assign me a desk?"

"That's the one over there."

Akane Tachibana was also very curious about what Shuichi Kanda was going to do, so she was very dissatisfied with his riddle-solving behavior.

However, he was still shown Shuichi Kanda's desk, but it was completely empty and looked quite desolate.

"I see, thank you very much then." Shuichi Kanda smiled. "If there's nothing else, I'll head back now, Chairman, Sekishiko."

"Don't call me Sekishiko!"

Akane Tachibana stomped her foot angrily.

"Okay, Sekishiko."

After Shuichi Kanda left, Akane Tachibana looked curiously at Horikita Manabu.

"President, what method do you think that kid will use?"

"I don't know, I hope he can give me some surprises."

Chapter 151 Tomoya Mashima a good teacher

After leaving the Student Council classroom, Shuichi Kanda returned to his dormitory, where he saw Katsuragi Kohei again in the dormitory lobby, where he was sitting on the sofa and sighing.

Upon seeing Shuichi Kanda enter, Katsuragi immediately stood up.

"I've been waiting for you. I'm so sorry to have made you do something weird with me today."

"No, it's alright, I already said it was an apology." Shuichi Kanda shook his head. "But are you just going to give up like this?"

"There's nothing I can do about it. Since the school doesn't allow it, I have no choice but to give up." Katsuragi shook his head. Although he was unwilling, he still decided to abide by the school rules.

What a good student who follows the rules! That's why I and Ryuen tricked him so badly.

"Putting that aside for now, Katsuragi, what kind of teacher do you think Mashima- sensei is?"

"Mashima?" Katsuragi was quite surprised, but he still began to think and answered, "Mashima is a very upright teacher, and she cares a lot about her students. She's a good teacher."

Showing genuine care for the students, isn't that enough?

"Can you get in touch with Mashima- sensei?"

"Are you suggesting I ask Ms. Mashima for help? That's impossible. Mashima would never help a student commit a violation."

After thinking it through, Katsuragi immediately refuted Shuichi Kanda's statement.

"There's no harm in trying, and I didn't say we were going to ask Mashima- sensei for help. Don't tell Mashima- sensei what we're planning to do yet; let's arrange to meet him first."

Shuichi Kanda's face broke into a smile, which made Katsuragi Kohei feel uneasy.

However, thinking of his lonely younger sister, Katsuragi still took out his phone and made a call.

"Mr. Mashima, this is Katsuragi. I'm so sorry to bother you during the holiday, actually..."

A few minutes later, Katsuragi and Mashima- sensei had made an appointment, but as requested by Shuichi Kanda, he did not explain what it was about, saying they would talk about it when they arrived.

"How's it going?"

"Mashima asked me to come to the school to see him at 10 a. m. tomorrow."

"Okay, then I'll go to school with you again tomorrow."

Katsuragi hesitated for a moment, then nodded, without refusing.

After a long day of running around, Shuichi Kanda collapsed onto his bed as soon as he got back to his dorm, not wanting to move at all. If Kushida hadn't knocked on his door in the evening, he would have stayed in bed until dinner time.

You look tired after a long day.

Seeing Shuichi Kanda immediately return to bed and sprawl out as soon as the door opened, Kushida Kikyo unceremoniously sat down on the edge of the bed and looked at him.

"Yes, it took a whole day to walk, more than I've walked in all the days since I came back."

Shuichi Kanda said weakly.

"Really? Did you find anything?"

"Well, I guess so." Shuichi Kanda turned over, looking at Kushida sitting on the edge of the bed. "Katsuragi's gift wasn't for his love interest, but for his twin sister outside of school."

"A twin sister? Or one from outside of school?"

Kushida looked surprised, perhaps because she didn't have any siblings of similar age, and was therefore curious about this relationship.

Seeing Kushida like this, Shuichi Kanda also made a connection. Come to think of it, I didn't even know who was in this guy's family.

"Yes, he's been wearing his school uniform these past few days, right? Actually, he was trying to see the Student Council President if he could get a gift for his sister through the school, but unfortunately, he failed. School rules can't be broken."

Kushida nodded silently, then looked at Shuichi Kanda.

So you're planning to help him?

"Huh? How did you know?"

Shuichi Kanda looked surprised. "You actually guessed that?"

Are you a tapeworm in my stomach?

Or do you also have Time TV?

"After all, you're the gentlest man in Class D." Kushida smiled, his eyes narrowed. Although it was sweet, it didn't feel like a fake smile.