Time Jump

"It's bad! Sudo has been expelled!"

Kushida Kikyo ran to the stairs of the abandoned school building, shouting at Ayanokoji and Horikita Suzune.

"What?" Horikita Suzune asked, her face full of disbelief. "What on earth happened?"

Ayanokoji watched Horikita Suzune and Kushida Kikyo silently, his expression blank.

Meanwhile, in another location~

"Then I thank you for the points." Sakayanagi Arisu finished, turned around with her cane, and walked away, holding a contract in her hand.

"Interesting."

Sitting at the desk, Ryuen Sho watched the figure leaving ahead. Although he was calm and not prone to outbursts, his expression was exceptionally gloomy.

[Ding! Plot interference complete.]

[Ding! Reward: Double Points Card.]

At this moment, in the dormitory, Long Aotian looked at the system notification sound in front of him and smiled slightly.

The screen of the phone in his hand suddenly lit up, displaying a message.

[Sakayanagi: Pleasure doing business with you.]

Time returns to three days ago~

At the scene of the incident in the abandoned school building.

Long Aotian was hiding in the shadows, recording a video of the four people fighting ahead.

Long Aotian hadn't brought Sakura this time; he didn't bring her because he was afraid of scaring her, and it would have been inconvenient for his own movements.

"Calling it a fight is a stretch; it's more like one side is acting while the other is foolishly falling into a trap." Long Aotian shook his head, holding his phone at the right angle.

Not long after, the farce ended. Long Aotian used Flying Thunder God to leave, returned to his dormitory, opened his computer to look up the accounts of several people in the school system, and began his next plan.

"Now that I have the video, I just need to send it to Sakayanagi Arisu in a day or two."

Recalling the conversation during the Swimming class~

"That's right..." He thought for a moment, then turned to look at Sakayanagi Arisu. "Are you interested in a collaboration?"

"Collaboration?"

"That's right."

"Sure, let's hear it." Sakayanagi Arisu rested her feet lightly on the edge of the stool, her small feet swaying gently, causing the skirt of her school uniform to flutter slightly.

"I'll help you get rid of someone from Class D, plus earn points from Class C."

"Oh?" Sakayanagi Arisu looked at Long Aotian with an amused expression. "Then what should I do?"

"When it comes time to earn the Class C points, I need you to take action personally. We'll split the points fifty-fifty." Long Aotian noticed the movement of the skirt and turned his head to the side.

This person is really something. Sitting on a high stool is one thing, but swinging her little feet? And the worst part is that I can see everything from this angle!

"Interesting. I accept."

The girl's voice rang out once more~

Time returns to two days ago~

Note: Keep track of the days, or it will get confusing.

"Ayanokoji from Class D, why did you call us here?"

The Class C trio walked into a pitch-black warehouse and shouted.

"Bang!" The warehouse door was suddenly slammed shut. Inside the deep, dark warehouse, the air seemed to solidify. It was stifling and oppressive; the faint light was almost entirely swallowed by the thick walls, leaving behind patches of profound blackness. It was like an invisible giant beast, silently devouring every inch of space.

Inside the warehouse, the breathing of the three people sounded exceptionally clear in the silence, carrying a trace of imperceptible trembling.

"Who? Who is it!"

One of the three, gathering his courage, shouted anxiously.

"Ah! Ahhhhh!"

Suddenly! A sharp and desperate scream pierced the deathly silence. It came so abruptly and so miserably, as if it were a wail from the depths of the soul, making one shudder involuntarily.

The scream was filled with helplessness and terror, echoing in every corner of the warehouse, constantly magnifying the gloom and despair. The other two were so frightened by the sudden scream that their bodies trembled.

Immediately, a scream sounded from the right~

"Don't! Don't hit my face! Ah! Ah!"

The third person was trembling all over and shouted hurriedly: "Who! Who exactly is it! Are you two okay?"

Long Aotian suddenly leaned in from behind, close to his ear, and revealed an evil smile: "I'm here! Oh~"

"Ah! Aaaaaah!"

The sound piercing his ears made the boy's legs go weak, causing him to collapse to the ground and lose consciousness.

Having finished scaring them, Long Aotian opened the warehouse door and promptly vanished using Flying Thunder God.

A little scare was enough; there was no need to be heavy-handed, as he would have use for them tomorrow.

In the anime, this trio from Class C was lured to the school building stairwell by Kushida Kikyo using an anonymous alias.

Long Aotian had originally planned to use the "boy who cried wolf" routine, tricking the three of them into going elsewhere a few more times until they stopped falling for it.

However, he later realized that one shouldn't go soft on people from Class C, and this was an opportunity to get Sudo expelled.

Rewind to one day ago~

This time, Long Aotian sent a message to the Class C trio using the name "Ryuen Sho."

The Class C trio arrived at an abandoned indoor venue. Unlike the warehouse from yesterday, this place was brightly lit in every corner, a stark contrast to the previous day.

"Didn't Ryuen tell us not to wander around yesterday? Why did he suddenly call us again?"

"Do you guys feel like something is weird?"

"What's weird?"

"It's just... a sense of déjà vu."

Long Aotian shook his head, almost wanting to laugh. This was exactly how the three of them were played by Horikita Suzune and Ayanokoji in the anime.

I reckon if you gave these three a gambling father, a sick mother, a rebellious brother, and a broken girl, they'd be scammed out of their very underwear.

Suddenly, another figure walked in.

The three of them noticed the figure, someone they knew all too well.

"It's you! Fine, so it was you guys in Class D pulling the strings! And that Ayanokoji from yesterday, I'll remember you too!"

One of them pointed at Sudo and shouted in anger.

Sudo, who had walked in, stood there looking bewildered. Didn't Horikita Suzune call me? Why are these three here?

That's right! Long Aotian had lured him here using the name "Horikita Suzune." Because of the incident where he bought points to save someone, Sudo trusted Horikita Suzune deeply—perhaps he even liked her a little?

"Bang!" The door suddenly slammed shut, leaving only the four of them inside.

Long Aotian, standing by the door, gave it a kick. Seeing it was closed, he used Flying Thunder God to return to a corner inside the room and silently took out his phone to record the video. The screen suddenly displayed a "National Anti-Fraud App."

Ahem, ahem, ahem~ Moving on.

"Fine! Trying that trick again, are we? Get him!"

The trio couldn't take it anymore and charged. Although one had his hand wrapped in bandages, one was hopping on one leg, and one had a face full of bruises, Long Aotian was actually quite moved by their spirit.

Sudo was completely confused. First, he was called over by Horikita Suzune, then he couldn't find her, then he was inexplicably berated by these three, and now they were charging at him to fight. He certainly wasn't going to take that lying down, especially given his short temper.

This time, the three of them unleashed their "inner power" to attack Sudo, but they still couldn't win.

Sudo had a naturally good physique and played Basketball often; the key was that his opponents were all injured!

Long Aotian, recording the video, started critiquing them: "The one hopping on one leg, use a flying kick! Do you even know how to fight? And the one with the bandages, you've already unleashed your inner power, why not use a Rising Dragon Fist? And the one with the bruised face, you're the most pathetic of them all."

Before long, Sudo left in victory, and Long Aotian happily used Flying Thunder God to return to his dorm, leaving only the three of them sprawled on the ground in a world of pain.

Back at the dorm, Long Aotian first sent the video of the fight that had occurred two days prior to Sakayanagi Arisu, telling her to use it to threaten Ryuen into trading points.

Points could definitely be extracted here. During the first negotiation, the Class C homeroom teacher had punished Sudo with a one-month suspension for the fight. The main reason was that the Class C trio was too pathetic; otherwise, he would have been expelled.

PS: The protagonist's interference in the plot meant Sakura didn't appear, which is why there was only one negotiation.

These punishments were issued without evidence, but if Sakayanagi Arisu brought this video, things would be different. The Class C trio would be in trouble, so Ryuen would certainly agree to the terms.

Afterward, he used an anonymous account to send the edited fight video to Student Council President Horikita Manabu, telling him to handle it. If he didn't, he threatened to leak the video to everyone. If the school administration had to step in, Horikita Manabu would be finished, so he would be forced to act (since Horikita Manabu was the judge for the event from the start).

If it were just this video alone, it might not guarantee expulsion, but since there was already a prior punishment and a new fight had occurred, with video evidence, Sudo would be doomed.

Back in the present, Long Aotian smiled slightly in his dorm, looking at the point template before him.

[Points: Original 29.7 million → Current 30.15 million (50,000 from fake account not included) (Buff bonus 300,000 → 450,000) (Calculations omitted hereafter)]

That 300,000 came from the contract Sakayanagi Arisu forced Ryuen Sho to sign using the video as leverage.

The gist of the contract: In exchange for not leaking the video, Ryuen Sho was required to give Sakayanagi Arisu 600,000 points every month.

This had nothing to do with the fight video Long Aotian had produced, so those three from Class C would still be expelled.

[Use Double Points Card!]

[Points: Original 30.15 million → Current 60.3 million (50,000 from fake account not included) (Calculations omitted hereafter)]

Back to Horikita Suzune's side~

The scene between the three was unusually quiet.

For Horikita Suzune, she did not know if this would affect their promotion to Class A.

For Ayanokoji, he remained rather indifferent to all of this.

For Kushida Kikyo, she maintained a facade regarding this matter.

The three of them went to the office to find their homeroom teacher, Chabashira.

"Teacher, why is Sudo being expelled?"

Kushida Kikyo stepped forward and asked with a puzzled expression.

Chabashira did not mince words and brought out the video of the brawl.

Ayanokoji watched the video playing on the phone; it was a calculation, a perfectly executed scheme. This video benefited neither Class D nor Class C. Was it Class B or Class A?

Horikita Suzune was bewildered. After all, no matter how one looked at it, this was a setup. Who on earth could it be?

"You all are truly interesting. Whether it is Sudo or those three students, all are being punished with expulsion, yet you still haven't figured out who is behind this," Chabashira said with a smile, taking back her phone and shaking her head.