As the saying went, the barefoot feared not those in shoes. Principal Yamamoto felt exactly that way now. After hearing the officials' explanation, he no longer had any desire to pursue the matter. Still—
"Why do you know everything about this? Since you knew..."
"Sorry, but according to our investigation, many things have nothing to do with this guy..."
"Huh?"
"Other than the fact that people who offend him often suffer bad luck, we haven't found any evidence of criminal—or even illegal—activity on his part..." At this point, the man actually gave an awkward laugh. "We don't even know whether it's coincidence or something he deliberately arranged..."
"You..."
"They refused to give discounts even during sales, and all the vegetables you bought were defective..."
Principal Yamamoto: "That counts as retaliation?"
"But we can't find any evidence..." the man continued. "It's like all those part-time workers are his people. We, we..." God knew how it felt to buy instant noodles without a seasoning packet!
"This..."
"In short, if you want us to take Mr. Katsura—cough, cough... take this person away, that's fine too. The premise is that you can endure..."
"..."
"Besides, Mr. Katsura never does anything dangerous. What did he do to you? Did he use violence?"
"..." Principal Yamamoto thought carefully about it. Indeed, the other man's actions did not meet the threshold for a criminal sentence at all. Still, "He didn't exactly use violence, but he made me allow the students to take part-time jobs..."
"That's it?" It had to be said that students working part-time was already commonplace in this country.
"Does smashing my desk count as using violence?"
"..." The man wiped away a bead of sweat. "I saw the desk already. Did anyone get hurt?"
"..." Did kicking someone into a wall count as hurting