Shuichi Kanda: That's right, I did it all! (Continued)

Kiriyama remained unchanged, seemingly unconcerned about Nagumo's claim that he was a suspect.

"That's true, that's what I think too."

After realizing that his attempt had no effect, Nagumo shut down his computer and stood up from his seat.

"What are you planning to do? This matter has caused quite a stir; many second-year students have already come to me asking about it."

Upon hearing Kiriyama's question, Nagumo smiled.

"In that case, let's check with the school. I'd also like to know if the school has set any limits on the number of graduates each year."

Hearing Nagumo say that, Kiriyama secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Although Nagumo was very unhappy about being used, he was also very clear about one thing: figuring out this matter was also very important for the plan he was about to implement.

If the school stipulates that no more than forty students can graduate from Class A each year, then Nagumo's plan will fall through, and the second year might become chaotic.

To avoid this situation, Nagumo would definitely need to confirm the matter with the school, and he wanted more than just that.

Having made up his mind, Nagumo took out his phone and dialed a number.

"It's been a long time since I last greeted you, Acting Chairman Tsukishiro."

As a collaborator of Tsukishiro, Nagumo naturally had Tsukishiro's contact information, and asking Tsukishiro, as the Acting Chairman, would be the simplest and quickest way to find out about this matter.

"Oh, it's Nagumo. Has something gone wrong with your plan?"

Tsukishiro, who was just about to leave school, still found Nagumo's phone call a bit strange.

Tsukishiro held this Student Council President in high regard, after all, the Student Council President at this school wielded considerable power.

To carry out the order to expel Ayanokoji, Tsukishiro naturally planned to rely on Nagumo's power. After all, although Nagumo's authority was greater than the Student Council President's, his control and understanding of the school were not as good as the students'.

Therefore, Nagumo provided Tsukishiro with a lot of convenience, such as the project he is currently promoting, and the two have been in frequent contact during this period.

"It's part of the plan, I suppose," Nagumo said in a bright and cheerful voice. "I wonder if Acting Chairman Tsukishiro follows the School Forum?"

"School Forum?"

Hearing this tone, Nagumo knew that Tsukishiro probably didn't know about this, so he briefly explained the matter to Tsukishiro.

After hearing these words, Tsukishiro fell silent.

Faced with silence on the other end of the phone, Nagumo had a bad feeling. Could it be? Could someone's unfortunate prediction really have come true?

"I'm not entirely sure about this either, because as you said, historically, no more than forty students have graduated from Class A each year."

"Really? So, it's possible that schools actually set a quota for the number of students graduating each year?"

"Perhaps, but don't worry, I'll verify this matter soon and then release this information."

There was no other way; after Tsukishiro, they would need to rely on Nagumo to deal with Ayanokoji, so they had to keep things stable and not let Nagumo get out of control. Therefore, they had no choice but to agree for now.

Tsukishiro felt troubled. He had only done his boss's job to get Ayanokoji expelled from school, so why was he involved in this mess?

However, since he is in that position, he should do what he is supposed to do. If he just lets things go unchecked, who knows what kind of trouble will happen at the school? Keeping the school stable is also one of his responsibilities.

So after hanging up with Nagumo, he immediately went to the School Forum to check the posts and then went to the school's higher-ups to confirm the matter.

The school's higher-ups, the board members, had naturally considered this issue long ago, and Tsukishiro quickly received a satisfactory answer.

[As long as students are capable of graduating from Class A, the school will naturally have sufficient resources to help them achieve their dreams.]

In other words, as long as they are capable of graduating from Class A, then it is worthwhile for the government to invest in them.

Even those with average abilities who are carried by others are fine.

Because if someone can get the entire grade to graduate from Class A, that person's ability is certainly commendable.

Therefore, even for just this one person, it is worthwhile for them to devote a great deal of resources. In their view, it is easy to find a thousand soldiers but difficult to find a good general. For this general, it is worth spending any amount of resources.

Upon receiving this news, Nagumo breathed a slight sigh of relief; with this, his plan was now flawless.

The school, shortly Nagumo receiving the news, immediately issued a statement regarding the matter.

The school does not set a number of students graduating from Class A each year. As long as someone is capable of graduating from Class A, the school will provide them with resources to help them realize their dreams.

Upon seeing this news in the first-year dormitory, Shuichi Kanda's lips curled into a smile.

It seems Nagumo acted quickly; in less than three days, he got the school involved. Impressive, impressive.

At that moment, Shuichi Kanda also received a message from Ryuen.

[How capable are you? You actually used the Student Council President to get the answer to this question.]

What do you mean? I don't quite understand what you're saying.

While he wasn't surprised that Ryuen could guess that he was behind it, Shuichi Kanda wasn't going to admit it so easily.

Furthermore, Shuichi Kanda didn't intend to let Ryuen run rampant and squeeze points out of the first-year students. If they were so capable, why didn't they go and loot Nagumo's gold coins?

Even if all else fails, aren't the new students about to enroll? It's not out of the question to exploit the information gap and earn points from them.

Anyway, Shuichi Kanda wasn't familiar with them.

Finally having some free time, Shuichi Kanda moment before deleting the video he had secretly taken of Horikita Suzune crying uncontrollably.

And she told Horikita Suzune about it.

[I've deleted the video of you crying, you can rest assured now.]

Of course, Shuichi Kanda only deleted the video of her crying; the video of her being pinned to the ground and bullied by Shuichi Kanda and Kushida Kikyo in Shuichi Kanda's room still exists on Shuichi Kanda's computer.

Horikita was also deeply troubled after seeing the message from Shuichi Kanda. She had been thinking a lot these past two days; perhaps Shuichi Kanda?

Seeing this message now, she feels that one of her ideas was correct.

Perhaps Shuichi Kanda deliberately diverted his attention in this way?

At least I haven't felt sad or lonely these past two days because my brother left school, so should I thank him?

Horikita hesitated for a moment, then began to think: what if Shuichi Kanda knew about her thoughts...?

They'll definitely say something like, "I never expected you to understand my good intentions."

So Horikita decided not to thank him!

Although that guy is a good person, seeing his smug face makes me really uncomfortable!

With all the senior students leaving and faculty and staff going on leave, the number of students at the school began to decrease sharply. Even the Keyaki Mall became much quieter, and many shops even put up signs saying they were closed.

After purchasing the groceries, Shuichi Kanda heading back to his dorm when he saw a girl who looked somewhat familiar walking towards him.

She was very pretty and had a great figure. The orange long-sleeved sweater perfectly outlined her upper body, and even though the weather hadn't fully warmed up yet, she was still showing off her thighs.

In addition, she has long orange hair and wears a sunflower hair clip, which matches her name perfectly.

Asahina Nazuna, a student in Class 2-A, once stood up and questioned Nagumo when he wanted to eliminate Qiao Huan- Nagumo.

According to Senior Qiao Huan, Asahina is Nagumo's childhood friend, but the two are not dating. It seems that Nagumo is too fickle, so Asahina has never accepted his confession.

Currently, Senior Qiao Huan is able to stay in Class A smoothly thanks to this person's help.

At this moment, Asahina Nazuna didn't seem to have noticed Shuichi Kanda. She was on her phone talking to someone, which made Shuichi Kanda hesitate about whether to go and say hello.

After all, she took good care of Senior Qiao Huan, who was Qiao Huan's girlfriend. As Miyake's Miyake friend, Shuichi Kanda felt he should thank her, since Qiao Huan's persecution was most likely due to Shuichi Kanda's own actions.

Before the two even got close, Shuichi Kanda witnessed an unbelievable scene.

She seemed to have finished her call, and after putting the phone in her pocket, she hadn't taken two steps when, for some unknown reason, she suddenly and dramatically tripped and fell flat on her face, letting out a gasp in surprise.

"Wow!"

Holy crap!

This was Shuichi Kanda's first reaction.

Although he knew the term, this was the first time Shuichi Kanda had ever seen someone trip and fall flat on their face right in front of him.

And the ground was really flat, not the slippery, hard-to-walk-on surface that had just snowed, yet she still slipped and fell right in front of herself.

This incredibly amazing maneuver left Shuichi Kanda speechless.

"It hurts..."

Although it seemed like she had fallen and hurt a lot, Asahina immediately got up and looked around with a slightly flushed face. Her practiced movements made Shuichi Kanda suspect that this was not the first time she had fallen flat on her face.

As she looked around, she naturally spotted Shuichi Kanda, who was standing not far away with a blank expression.

Asahina seemed to recognize her junior, Shuichi Kanda, and her expression immediately turned awkward.

Seeing her expression, Shuichi Kanda suddenly burst out laughing.

"Hahaha, hahaha, this is the first time I've ever seen someone fall flat on their face. And judging from your movements just now, it must have been more than once, right?"

"That's really rude of you. As a gentleman, when a girl accidentally falls, you shouldn't laugh at her, but rather help her up immediately and ask if she's hurt."

Seeing Shuichi Kanda laughing heartily, Asahina scolded him somewhat angrily.

"I'm so sorry, Asahina- senpai, are you hurt?"

"Hmph, don't you think it's a bit late to greet you now?"

Ha, this guy's got a bit of a tsundere vibe, but Shuichi Kanda doesn't put up with it.

"It's not my fault you fell. I was just showing some humanitarian concern, and you're complaining about it."

"If it weren't for your initial mockery, I might have thanked you." Asahina patted the dust off her skirt, clearly not intending to let Shuichi Kanda leave so easily.

"Well, I'm a professionally trained person, and I generally don't laugh at others unless it's just too funny to bear."

As he spoke, a smile returned to Shuichi Kanda's face.

He also prided himself on being well-informed, and aside from those with health problems, he had never actually seen a normal person suddenly trip and fall on flat ground while walking.

Asahina really opened his eyes today, and he looked so funny, you can't blame him.

Hearing Shuichi Kanda's absurd reasoning, Asahina was at a loss. Her athletic ability wasn't bad, but for some reason, she always kept falling flat on her face.

That's right, this isn't the first time she's fallen flat on her face.

But being seen by others, and being ridiculed like this, was a first for her since starting high school.

After laughing for a while, Shuichi Kanda seemed to realize that he had indeed gone a bit too far with his laughter, so he calmed down and composed himself.

"Oh, right, thank you so much for taking care of Qiao Huan -senpai all this time, Asahina- senpai." Shuichi Kanda finally remembered the important matter. "If it weren't for Asahina- senpai, Qiao Huan -senpai might have already dropped out of school."

"Hmph, Xun is my good friend, of course I'll take care of her, no need for your thanks! Besides, you say thank you, but don't you have any sincerity at all?"

It seemed that the mockery just now was indeed a bit excessive; Shuichi Kanda felt a chill run down his spine from Asahina's tone.

"So what do you want to do? Do you expect me to treat you to dinner?"

Upon hearing Shuichi Kanda's words, Asahina paused for a moment, then glanced at the time and the ingredients in Shuichi Kanda's hand before revealing a mischievous grin.

"That's not impossible, but it would be even better if Kanda made it himself."

Now it was Shuichi Kanda's turn to be speechless. What kind of person was this? This was only our first slightly formal conversation, wasn't it?

You actually want me to treat you to a meal, and it has to be a meal I cooked myself.

"You mean you want to come to my room and freeload a meal?"

"Your interpretation isn't entirely wrong," Asahina, crossing her arms and shifting from defense to offense, smiling as she looked at Shuichi Kanda.

What's wrong with this guy?

After a moment's thought, Shuichi Kanda nodded. Even if it's for Miyake's sake, we'll have to make a sacrifice.

"Sure, as long as you don't mind, I'm fine with it."

"Of course I don't mind, it's settled then." Asahina smug.

Afterwards, the two walked together toward the first-year dormitory, and Asahina didn't slip and fall again along the way.

A few minutes later, Shuichi Kanda brought Asahina back to his dormitory, room 404.

After entering the room, Asahina stood in the entrance hall and looked around curiously.

"So the dorms for first-year students are structured the same as ours."

"Isn't that obvious? Aren't you coming in?"

"You're the one who's not planning to get me slippers?"

"I don't have your slippers, and there's a carpet on the floor, so my feet won't get cold even if I go barefoot."

"That's true."