Using the whip and the candy together was one of the fastest ways to worm one's way into people's hearts. Principal Yamamoto understood this well, so he saw through Teacher Matsuzaki's "scheme."
Training the students until they fainted was the whip;
Making the students feel humiliated by having people watch them was also the whip;
Matsuzaki suddenly standing up to calm everyone down was the candy;
If Principal Yamamoto failed to see through Matsuzaki's "scheme" and punished these students, that would be another lash of the whip;
Matsuzaki choosing to be punished alongside the students, then using seemingly nonsensical reasons that were actually the truth to defend them, turned him into candy again!
That bastard Matsuzaki looked simple and honest, but he was actually an old fox. If he succeeded with this whip-and-candy routine, the students would definitely resent the school for failing to investigate the truth properly. At the same time, they would grow fond of Matsuzaki for steadfastly defending them.
At that thought, Principal Yamamoto narrowed his eyes. Next, that bastard Matsuzaki would surely use an even more absurd excuse to explain those liquor bottles. He wanted to provoke the wise and mighty Principal Yamamoto into firing him in a fit of rage...
Then the students would think that bastard Matsuzaki had been fired for defending them. They would feel guilty toward Matsuzaki and become dissatisfied with the school...
That was dozens of students becoming dissatisfied with the school! In this country where atmosphere was everything, such a group of students gathering together was like planting a ticking time bomb on campus. Their dissatisfaction would spread from one to ten, from ten to a hundred...
By then, all of Toyogasaki would be filled with students dissatisfied with the school. Under those circumstances, the school's reputation, educational standards, and