I'm Going to Take Them All Down in One Fell Swoop! (Continued)

"Sae- chan, could you please come to the back of the Special Building? I had a little conflict with a first-year student, and I might need the homeroom teacher to intervene... Okay, I understand."

On the other side, Chabashira Sae, who was walking back to her dormitory, frowned.

You had a conflict with a first-year student? Shouldn't the Student Council handle these kinds of things? And you're the Vice President of the Student Council, how come you couldn't resolve it?

Chabashira Sae suddenly had a bad feeling, then turned around and walked towards the Special Building.

About ten minutes later, the school hospital staff carried Hosen Kazuomi away on stretchers.

Ayanokoji gently nudged Shuichi Kanda with her elbow.

"How can you not be worried at all? If this continues, even if you have Protection Point, you'll definitely be expelled."

"Don't worry, I won't be expelled," Shuichi Kanda replied calmly, then looked at Ayanokoji. "But what were you planning to do when you rushed out like that?"

"Of course, we should stop him."

"If he wasn't planning to stab himself, wouldn't you be in great danger?" Shuichi Kanda frowned. To be honest, he was somewhat moved when Ayanokoji rushed out earlier.

After all, Hosen with weapons is quite intimidating; not everyone dares to face him.

"I was just trying to stop him from stabbing himself." Ayanokoji glanced at Shuichi Kanda he explained, "Ever since I got the news from you that day, I've been investigating the store where you bought your things."

Of the things you bought that day, most were common items, but that fruit knife hadn't been bought in a long time, and nowadays people generally use peelers instead of fruit knives to peel fruit, which is quite strange.

What's even stranger is that a student went to see this fruit knife on Tuesday, and was stopped from paying when he was about to do so.

"Those two must be Amasawa and Hosen," Shuichi Kanda suddenly interjected.

"That's right, and then you actually gave it to Amasawa without any hesitation. Didn't you consider that Amasawa was an enemy?"

Ayanokoji was puzzled. Logically speaking, Shuichi Kanda should have noticed that Amasawa's behavior was so strange, yet he still let the other party succeed so easily, and now he was in this most unfavorable situation.

Seeing Ayanokoji's incessant chatter, Shuichi Kanda smiled.

"You've actually managed to say so much at once, that's a huge improvement."

Ayanokoji's face darkened.

I'm talking to you about something important.

"What I'm saying is also serious business, but we have different concerns. What you're worried about is that they can use physical evidence to prove that I stabbed Hosen with a knife."

After all, there are no security cameras here, the victim is Hosen, the murder weapon is one I bought, and it's even covered in my fingerprints. The only witness is you, my classmate. Everything does seem to be in the most unfavorable situation for me."

"Since you know that, why are you still so calm?"

"Because they overlooked one thing."

"What's up?"

"Let me keep you in suspense for now; you'll find out soon enough."

Soon, Chabashira-sensei arrived, and after seeing Shuichi Kanda and Ayanokoji, she saw Nanase, a first-year student, and Suma Norinori, the homeroom teacher of Class 1-D. Most importantly, there was a pool of blood on the ground.

Upon seeing this, Chabashira immediately realized that something was wrong.

"What exactly happened here?" The first person Chabashira asked was not his fellow teacher, Suma Norinori, but his student, Shuichi Kanda.

This action made Teacher Suma frown slightly. Was this an attempt to favor her student?

"Chabashira-sensei, according to my students, Shuichi Kanda from Class 2-A stabbed Hosen Kazuomi, a student from Class 1-D. Hosen himself has been taken to the hospital for treatment."

Chabashira Sae looked at Shuichi Kanda. She knew that Shuichi Kanda wouldn't do such a thing, but she still decided to listen to what Shuichi Kanda had to say first.

"Let's talk about that later. The Student Council President probably already knows about what happened here, and I don't want to repeat myself."

He then gave Chabashira a reassuring look.

But with such a big matter at hand, how could Chabashira be at ease? So he turned his attention to Ayanokoji.

"Matoba I saw was that Hosen stabbed himself with a knife, and then insisted that it was Kanda who stabbed him."

Upon hearing Ayanokoji's words, Suma Norinori immediately realized that this was the truth. However, there were no cameras around, and the result was that Hosen was stabbed.

"What a joke! Why would Hosen stab himself? Has he gone mad?"

"Maybe it is."

Shuichi Kanda shrugged.

At this moment, Nagumo, the Student Council President, also arrived at the scene. Upon arrival, he immediately saw the pool of blood on the ground.

"Although I had heard the general outline, I didn't expect it to actually bleed." Nagumo stared at the scene in disbelief.

This puzzled Shuichi Kanda. Could it be that Nagumo was unaware of this matter?

"Chairman Nagumo, let's prepare for the trial. The truth should be revealed soon."

Suma Norinori urged, as he also wanted to know what had happened. If Hosen had really stabbed him, then Hosen should have some other tricks up his sleeve.

"I think so too, Senior Nagumo. Let's deal with this as soon as possible, I have an appointment later." Shuichi Kanda didn't care at all.

Seeing how urgent both sides were, Nagumo nodded.

"In that case, follow me."

Before long, Shuichi Kanda and the others arrived outside the Student Council's private classroom.

"I need to use the restroom first, is that alright? Because Mr. Suma said I'm a dangerous element, he won't let me leave."

"Of course, no problem, but I'll be under surveillance." Nagumo readily agreed.

"Okay, then let Teacher Suma keep an eye on us. We're both men, so there's nothing to be embarrassed about."

Shuichi Kanda said this, he walked towards the restroom.

"Oh, by the way, I hope you can summon Amasawa Ichika from Class 1-A. She's also involved in this incident."

After saying that, Shuichi Kanda went into the restroom.

"Teacher Suma, I need to use the restroom, could you please wait a moment?"

With that, Shuichi Kanda closed the toilet stall door.

Suma Norinori frowned, but did not stop him.

A few minutes later, the toilet door opened with the sound of flushing, and Shuichi Kanda walked out looking refreshed. He then went to the sink and turned on the faucet.

What exactly are you relying on?

Watching Shuichi Kanda Suma Norinori frowned.

"Hehe, who knows? Teacher Suma has decided to trust Hosen, huh? You should know very well what kind of person he is."

Shuichi Kanda turned off the tap and then shook the water off his hands.

"Alright, we should head back now, or Chairman Nagumo might get impatient."

Returning to this classroom, Shuichi Kanda was filled with mixed emotions. He had once sat in the judge's seat, and now he was sitting in the defendant's dock—how interesting!

"Hosen is injured and not here, so I'll allow him to participate remotely via telephone."

Nagumo, sitting on the judge's bench, smiled slightly.

"First, I'd like both sides to state their facts. I'd like to clarify the situation first, starting with Class 1-D."

Suma Norinori nodded, then took out his phone and dialed Hosen's number, turning on speakerphone at the same time.

"Hosen, tell me everything that happened today, in detail, understand?"

Then, Hosen recited the prepared speech he had already prepared.

First, it was because Hosen went to the second graders to cause trouble, and then Shuichi Kanda punished him by giving him 100 Class Points and suspending him from school for a week.

Because of this incident, Hosen harbored a grudge against Shuichi Kanda. Later, he accidentally saw his classmate, Amasawa Ichika, Matoba with Shuichi Kanda at the Keyaki Mall.

So he forced Amasawa Ichika to Shuichi Kanda to the back of the Special Building, intending to give Shuichi Kanda good beating to vent his anger.

When Shuichi Kanda arrived at the Special Building, he found that it was Hosen waiting for him there instead of Amasawa, so he wanted to leave immediately.

But Hosen certainly wouldn't let him go so easily, so he blocked his way. However, Shuichi Kanda took out a fruit knife from his pocket and stabbed Hosen.

Despite his desperate attempts to dodge, Hosen was ultimately stabbed in the foot.

After hearing this string of excuses, Nagumo felt like laughing. How could you say something so absurd?

"What about the second-year students?"

Nagumo suppressed a smile and looked towards Shuichi Kanda.

"Well, that's pretty much it, but there's a slight difference at the last point. The knife wasn't taken from my person, and I didn't inflict the wounds on Hosen. He took out the knife himself and stabbed himself in the foot."

Nagumo nodded, instinctively feeling that this was the truth.

"Hosen -kun, Kanda- kun said that, do you have anything to say in rebuttal?"

"All we need to do is find where the murder weapon came from. I didn't buy that knife. In this school, it should be easy to find out where that fruit knife came from, right?"

Nagumo nodded. That was indeed the case. Could it be that this sword really belonged to Kanda?

"That's right, I admit that the knife is mine, and it has my fingerprints on it, so there's no need to investigate further; it's a waste of time."

"So you're admitting that you stabbed Hosen?"

"Hey, hey, hey, don't try to twist the facts. Saying that the knife is mine and admitting to stabbing Hosen are two different things."

"Hmph, you wouldn't be saying that Hosen took the knife from you and then stabbed himself, would you?" Suma Norinori sneered.

"I'm sorry, as I already said, I didn't bring a knife with me today." Shuichi Kanda. "By the way, hasn't Amasawa arrived yet?"

"What does this have to do with Amasawa?"

Nagumo frowned again. According to Hosen, wasn't Amasawa just a messenger?

"Alright, then I'll tell you the truth from my perspective."

So Shuichi Kanda approached Sudo and the others from Amasawa and asked them to cook for her. They even talked about going to buy various kitchen utensils Shuichi Kanda.

"So, you mean the fruit knife was bought around that time?"

"That's right, but I had Amasawa dispose of all these kitchen utensils that same day. There should have been a security camera that captured Amasawa carrying a bunch of kitchen utensils out of my room."

So maybe Hosen got that fruit knife from Amasawa. Therefore, I suggest we wait for Amasawa to arrive and ask him."

Shuichi Kanda could certainly pull out the video from the Time TV right now and completely crush Hosen.

However, in this incident, Amasawa was an accomplice, so how could Shuichi Kanda let her go? Therefore, Shuichi Kanda was not in a hurry. If Amasawa said something wrong, Shuichi Kanda fell swoop.

Those present also realized that Amasawa would become the key figure. If she said that Hosen took the fruit knife, which was the murder weapon, from her, then it would mean that Shuichi Kanda was innocent and that everything was Hosen's own doing.

If it's a different story, then Shuichi Kanda would probably be unable to clear his name no matter what.

Nagumo nodded, then looked around.

What did the two teachers say?

"I believe in my students."*2

The two said in unison.

However, the two meant completely different things; Chabashira believed that Shuichi Kanda really hadn't done such a thing.

Suma Norinori believed that Hosen had already bribed Amasawa Ichika.

A few minutes later, Amasawa Ichika appeared here as a witness, though she might soon be the defendant.

After learning the cause and effect, the students in the room all turned their attention to Amasawa.

"Amasawa, think it through before you speak," Shuichi Kanda said meaningfully. However, Amasawa suddenly shuddered, making people mistakenly think that Shuichi Kanda threatening her. In reality, he was just reminding her and giving her a chance.

"Amasawa, please be brave and speak up. With me here, no one can do anything to you," Nagumo gently encouraged Amasawa when she saw him looking timid.

Shuichi Kanda glanced at Nagumo speechlessly. "You're such an idiot, you actually fell for Amasawa's acting skills."

"The text message... the text message was forced upon me by Hosen to be sent to Kanda- senpai. Among the things Kanda made me get rid of, I... I don't know if that fruit knife was among them." Amasawa seemed to have gained courage because of Nagumo's encouragement, so he said softly.

The sound was soft, but it could be clearly heard in the quiet classroom.

"You didn't know there was a fruit knife inside?" Shuichi Kanda sneered. "You were the one who cleaned up the dishes after dinner that day. Don't tell me you forgot. Of course, if you can't remember, I can help you think of it."

Although he wanted to deny it, Amasawa felt for some reason that doing so was dangerous, so he directly admitted it.

"Yes, that's right, but when Kanda- senpai told me to throw those things away, I was a little angry, so I didn't really look at them and just stuffed them all into the bag. So, I didn't know if there was a fruit knife in there."

After that, I followed Kanda- senpai's instructions and threw everything into the trash. After that, I don't know what happened next, except that today Hosen -kun pressured me to send a text message to Kanda."

Silence fell over the office. Shuichi Kanda glanced at her. "What a clever Amasawa Ichika. She really managed to absolve herself completely."