The Student Council office fell silent for two seconds in response to Class D's new claim.
"Does Class C have anything to explain?" Tachibana Akane noted down Class D's claim, then turned to the three students from Class C.
"This is... because we knew fighting was against the rules at this school. We didn't want to lose Class Points." Komiya Yogo seemed to have prepared for this question as well, but perhaps Horikita Suzune's sudden forcefulness had rattled him, because he still stumbled over his words.
"Then why didn't you go out and seek help? As far as I know, the location of the incident was only a hundred meters from the gate. You didn't fight back and get tangled up with him, and Sudo didn't have a third hand to grab all of you at once." Horikita Suzune pressed on.
"That was because... we couldn't just abandon our classmates..." Komiya Yogo lacked confidence even as he said it, because the excuse was indeed rather far-fetched.
"By not abandoning your classmates, do you mean standing by and waiting for Sudo Ken to knock you down one by one?"
"Th-This..."
It really was difficult to explain, to the point that the three Class C students did not know how to refute her.
Ryuen Kakeru, who had been sitting silently to one side the entire time, finally spoke.
"Our three classmates simply got beaten so badly that they couldn't fight back. They had been trying to restrain Sudo in a gentle manner, but Sudo was just too strong."
"I don't think that explanation holds up." Horikita Suzune shook her head. "The students on both sides had long-standing conflicts. There was no way they could have held back in that situation."
"But as we all know, you have no evidence proving that our