The Two Hundred and Forty-Second Chapter: A Pal Who Came Knocking-Why Turn Him Down? (Continued)

It's only Ichinose has a good temper; if you tried her with someone else, you'd smash their head in!

"What about Honami's side?"

Shuichi Kanda looked at Kamuro in a tentative tone.

"Hmph, go and handle it yourself!" With that, Kamuro slammed the bowl down on the table. "I'm full, thank you for the meal!"

Although Masumi sometimes reminds herself to be fair, she still feels it's a bit much to ask her to comfort the other person.

On Sunday, Shuichi Kanda finally got a good rest, relieving the fatigue that had accumulated over the previous week.

Monday arrived quickly, Shuichi Kanda walked into the classroom feeling refreshed, marveling at the advantages of youth.

But as soon as he entered the classroom, he noticed that it was different from usual.

Especially the girls in the class, who are usually very gossipy, seemed unusually restless today.

Sure enough, Shuichi Kanda sat down, Kushida walked straight towards him.

"Shuichi, have you heard?"

"I heard? I heard what?" Shuichi Kanda, somewhat puzzled. "I didn't leave the house all day yesterday."

"Are you alone in the room?"

Kushida's expression was somewhat strange.

Yes, I'm alone.

Shuichi Kanda uttered those words, Kushida showed a look of regret.

Damn it, why didn't I go play with Shuichi yesterday?!

No, actually it's all Shuichi's fault for not inviting me to play!

"Speaking of which, what's going on today? The classroom seems even more lively than usual." Seeing Kushida's expression, Shuichi Kanda quickly changed the subject.

"Ah, this?" Kushida was taken aback, but Shuichi Kanda it off, saying, "Actually, strange rumors have been circulating among the students since yesterday."

Was Sakayanagi really that impatient yesterday?

"It's about Honami-chan."

When this came up, Kushida seemed a little embarrassed to talk about it, so after looking around, she leaned close to Shuichi Kanda's ear and whispered, "It means she did some shady things in junior high school, like compensated dating, stealing, and bullying others."

Hearing this, Shuichi Kanda. As expected, Sakayanagi was impatient and had begun.

"Bullying is impossible, right?" Horikita, standing next to Kanda Shuichi Kanda, couldn't help but retort.

"That's not necessarily true. Often, bullies are the most popular people in school. Sometimes they just say something casually, but it can have very serious consequences... Ah, Horikita seems to have never had any friends growing up. You, who only know how to study, probably can't understand this kind of thing. I'm so sorry."

That's true. It's easier to deal with the King of Hell than with his underlings. Sometimes, the unintentional actions of those in power are over-interpreted by their subordinates, leading to all sorts of messy situations.

"Kushida... is this bullying?"

"No, I was just playing a little joke on you."

Seeing the two suddenly bickering, Shuichi Kanda blurted out, almost as if possessed, "You two are really close."

"Who would want to be close to a woman who is sexually frigid?"

Hey, hey, hey, that's completely out of character for you! Or do you think nobody can hear you?

"Kushida, even I would get angry."

However, Sakayanagi is quite clever; he knows that rumors need to be a mix of truth and falsehood. The information Nagumo gave him should only be about Ichinose stealing something.

As for the allegations of compensated dating or bullying, those are all fabrications by Sakayanagi.

"How did Honami handle it?"

"We haven't responded to Honami-chan's question yet." Kushida ignored Horikita and answered Shuichi Kanda's question.

Well, it's good that this matter came to light. Anyway, Ichinose is not the same person she was before. And it's good that this matter was brought up and resolved, otherwise it might have been brought up again by others at some point.

Although Ichinose herself is no longer as concerned about this matter as before, the students in Class B do not have such a strong mentality.

They certainly wouldn't be happy if others spoke ill of Ichinose, and if Ichinose couldn't clarify things in time, all sorts of minor problems might arise for the students in Class B.

After all, that was their beloved leader Ichinose Honami. If he got into a conflict with students from other classes because he heard others saying bad things about Ichinose, Sakayanagi would probably laugh himself to death.

Although Shuichi Kanda could have directly blocked Sakayanagi for Ichinose, Shuichi Kanda still wanted to see Ichinose step forward herself to shut Sakayanagi up.

Of course, if Ichinose were to ask him for help, Shuichi Kanda would not hesitate to help her, because that is what he hopes for as well.

Either you have the ability to solve problems yourself, or you have the courage to ask yourself for help; either one is sufficient.

Shuichi Kanda wanted to avoid was what happened to Akane Tachibana during the training camp. He couldn't solve it himself, nor did he ask Horikita Manabu for help, and in the end, he could only silently endure it.

If it weren't for Shuichi Kanda, who knows what other trouble might have arisen? Or even worse, if it had been someone else instead of Shuichi Kanda...

No, no, we need to wait a while and give Ichinose a few days to think it over. We must avoid taking on too much responsibility.

If Ichinose still doesn't step in to resolve the issue after a while, Shuichi Kanda will go directly to her and at least get a result.

Gradually, as the days passed, more than half a month went by, and it was the end of early February. During these days, Sakayanagi would spend time with Yamauchi after school every day.

"Hey, Haruki, what's going on between you and Sakayanagi?"

One day after school, Yamauchi Haruki was getting ready for his date with Sakayanagi, as usual. While he was packing, Ike couldn't help but ask the question that had been bothering him for many days.

Upon hearing Ike's question, Yamauchi's lips curled into a smug smile.

"Hehehe, things are progressing very smoothly!"

"Difficult... could it be that you've already..."

"Yes, we've already started calling each other by name!" With that, Yamauchi Haruki immediately put his hands on his hips and gave a smug look.

"Ugh! What if this Matoba from a comic book actually happens?"

Compared to Yamauchi's smugness, Ike showed great resentment.

"Hey, Kanji, good luck! Even though you might not find a girl as cute as Sakayanagi as a girlfriend, you can definitely get someone like Shinohara."

Yamauchi patted Ike on the shoulder and continued smugly.

However, upon hearing Yamauchi's words, Ike reacted like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, instantly bristling and blurting out, "Who wants to date an ugly girl like Shinohara?!"

"Chi, go to hell, you bastard!"

Watching this chaotic scene, Shuichi Kanda suddenly felt that this class was still the same as before, truly never boring.

"By the way, Akito, have you spoken to Senior Qiao Huan yet?"

"Yes, if there are any exams that involve dropping out, Kaoru will just drop out early. I've already written a letter of introduction for my family." Miyake nodded.

After the last Training Camp Exam, Qiao Huan was already resented by most of the students in Class 2-B, even though the bastard Nagumo was the one who started it all.

However, for most students in Class 2-B, if Qiao Huan were to honestly drop out, Class A would only lose 100 points.

As a result, you not only used Class Points to save yourself, but also implicated your classmates, deducting 800 Class Points at once, and even causing your class to drop to Class B, which immediately aroused the dissatisfaction of most people.

It's unreasonable, isn't it? But it's very common.

However, they didn't dare to go too far, because on his first day back at school, Qiao Huan made it clear to his class that if they went too far, he would apply for expulsion.

At this school, voluntary withdrawal will result in a deduction of 300 Class Points.

In the past, the students in Nagumo's class probably wouldn't have cared about 300 Class Points, but now that they've lost 800 points, they immediately hesitated to act rashly after Qiao Huan spoke.

However, Qiao Huan was also listed by the students of Class 2-B as someone who would have to drop out of school for the next exam.

Qiao Huan didn't care about that. In fact, she had already prepared to drop out of school during the training camp. She was only staying here now to say goodbye to Miyake properly.

While I'm at it, I'll try to gather some information to see what my future in-laws like or dislike.

That's why Miyake has been disappearing as soon as school is over these past few days.

Meanwhile, Shuichi Kanda has been tutoring Hasebe Haruka and Sakura Airi these past few days, as their third-semester Final Exam are on the 20th.

Unless otherwise specified, this situation usually involves a written test.

Although he had previously given both of them special treatment, seeing their lack of confidence, Shuichi Kanda decided to mentor them.

"Kanda- kun."

One day after school, Yukimura, one of the top students in the class, called out to Shuichi Kanda.

"Hmm? What's wrong, Yukimura?"

Because I was in the same group as Yukimura during the previous training camp, we got to know each other quite well, and I also understood his desire to be promoted to Class A.

"Can we talk in private? I have something I'd like to discuss with you."

Yukimura glanced at Hasebe and Sakura next to Kanda Shuichi Kanda, a hint of hesitation on his face.

Shuichi Kanda nodded, then looked at the two girls over there. "You two go to the cafe and wait for me, I'll be there shortly."

After seeing the two off, Shuichi Kanda looked at Yukimura and said, "Let's go."

Speaking of which, Shuichi Kanda also felt it was a bit strange. Perhaps it was because Shuichi Kanda's behavior outside was quite aggressive. In the past, his classmates would usually go to Hirata for advice when they had problems, but now some people were actually coming to him.

The two walked out of the school building with their schoolbags on their backs.

"Kanda, actually, I'm a little confused," Yukimura said softly as he walked.

"Confused?" Shuichi Kanda raised an eyebrow, his tone questioning.

"Yes, I'm confused." Yukimura looked up and sighed. "Like the students in my class, they're either having fun, making friends everywhere, or working hard to get into Class A, but I don't know what to do."

As he spoke, a wry smile appeared on Yukimura's face.

"I remember you wanted to move up to Class A?"

"Yes, but I haven't accomplished anything." Yukimura chuckled self-deprecatingly. "I don't have any particular strengths; the only thing I'm good at is studying."

"I used to think that good grades were a form of ability, but later I realized I was wrong."

"The first time I felt this way was on the Uninhabited Island. At that time Kanda, even though you weren't good at sports, you gave off the feeling of being the core of the class."

"Later, during the Sports Festival, I dragged the class down again. But Koenji wasn't participating then, right? I comforted myself, thinking that although I didn't get good results, I was at least a little better Koenji. At that time, I completely forgot about Koenji's active performance on the Uninhabited Island."

"Then came last month's training camp. Even though Koenji said he wasn't motivated, he still managed to achieve better results than me..."

Although he had compiled the key points for the written exam at that time, it was only because Shuichi Kanda had reminded him, Yukimura didn't think he had done anything special.

After listening to Yukimura's words, Shuichi Kanda understood. What was this confusion? This guy lacked confidence and also had a strange sense of pride.

From Yukimura's perspective, he hopes the class can be promoted to Class A, and in the process, he also wants to do something for the class.

But the current situation is that he's practically guaranteed a spot in Class A without any effort.

For most people, being able to win without lifting a finger would be ideal, but Yukimura couldn't accept it. He seemed to feel that it was a form of charity, and his pride couldn't take it.

Simply put, he felt ashamed of himself for being able to get into Class A while lying down.

Well, Shuichi Kanda doesn't really dislike this kind of personality.

Moreover, this personality trait is very easy to resolve.

"I think you're just bored."

"Huh?" Yukimura looked blank for a moment.

"Come with me, I'll find you something to do."

Shuichi Kanda hadn't expected that someone would volunteer to be his laborer.

A few minutes later, Shuichi Kanda arrived at the café where he had arranged to meet Hasebe and Sakura, accompanied by Yukimura.

"That's how it is. I've found you a new teacher."

After Shuichi Kanda finished speaking, Hasebe stared at Shuichi Kanda with his eyes half-closed, and then bluntly began to criticize, "I think you just want to slack off."

"That's right, I just want to slack off. What are you going to do about it?" Shuichi Kanda threw his schoolbag onto the sofa, put his hands on his hips, and said confidently.

"Give me your hand, and I'll bite you!"

"How could you not be happy? You want to lick my hand? Dream on!" After they got to know each other better, Shuichi Kanda spoke to Hasebe without any politeness.

"That's right, Haruka, you can't bite..."

If he was used to bickering with Shuichi Kanda, then Sakura's assist really caught Hasebe off guard.

"Airi! You traitor!"

"Ah!"