Sakayanagi's Declaration of War-Ah, I Accept! 7k

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Chapter 31: A Declaration of War from Sakayanagi, Ah, I Accept! 7k

"This exam must be really unusual," Hachiman said.

"Yes, that's the problem." Sakayanagi did not deny it. "This exam was indeed very strange."

She said, "You already know my father. He is the chairman of the board of directors of this school, but he was taken away for investigation on charges of accepting bribes before the exam. Of course, I will not defend my father, but I believe he would never do such a pointless thing. So my father will definitely come back. That's what I believe."

"And then."

She picked up her phone and found a text message: "This is an anonymous message. It asks me to expel a specific person from school."

[Expel Kiyotaka Ayanokoji from school]

These are just a few words, without any other useful information to be found.

However, the two already knew about Kiyotaka Ayanokoji.

Hachiman also used Kiyotaka Ayanokoji during the All-School Sports Festival.

At the same time, neither side believed that Kiyotaka Ayanokoji's father would leave such a talented son unused and instead place him at Advanced Nurturing High School.

Therefore, they will definitely try every means to get the other party out.

Therefore, there is almost no doubt that the taking away of Sakayanagi's father was orchestrated by Lu's father.

"I don't like being ordered around," said Sakayanagi Arisu.

In other words, Sakayanagi resisted because her father was taken away for investigation, then this strange test was given, and then she received orders, so she didn't take any action during this test?

Indeed.

There were no signs of interference in Class C.

Take, for example, when she was Forestry Exam, she was bumped into by Yamauchi, and she pettily wrote it down in her grudge Yamauchi.

They were preparing to make Yamauchi and fall.

"So you're just going to completely ignore this order?" Hachiman said.

"Not really," Sakayanagi said. "You already know, didn't you? I campaigned for myself."

She did indeed garner votes for herself.

I got all 40 Appreciation Vote from Class Ichinose.

"Ichinose is such a kind person," Sakayanagi Arisu said. "I just lent them points interest-free, and they gave me their own tickets right away."

Those people are truly little angels.

Hachiman did not deny it.

"And you must have made additional conditions, right?" Hachiman said.

"As expected of you," Sakayanagi praised. "Indeed, I made an extra request to them."

"So that means Ryuen -san—" Hachiman understood why Sakayanagi had gone to Ryuen's class to collect tickets.

It's clear that she didn't care about Katsuragi's self-rescue at all, so going to Ryuen to buy tickets wasn't for self-rescue either.

At the same time.

Sakayanagi also mentioned that he bought 11 tickets from Ryuen and then gave them to him.

"Of course he paid the points," Sakayanagi said. "And the request I made to him was the same as that for Class Ichinose."

"Then, when the next Special Exam is held, if we can have a mutual selection process between classes, I'll ask them to give me the opportunity," Sakayanagi said.

I see.

He was helping Ichinose and giving money to Ryuen.

They even managed to get the votes for him.

There is only one objective.

Um.

In other words, Classmate Sakayanagi came to issue a challenge.

Moreover, her reason for campaigning for him was very straightforward.

Give him a spot for withdrawal protection.

Waiving one expulsion fee is worth 20 million. Four places would be worth 80 million.

The school would never allow or grant four students the protection of not being expelled.

Therefore, the next Special Exam will definitely be more dangerous, or it will definitely require the removal of the protected spots.

If a dangerous exam occurs, only those who have been granted protection will be able to step in.

So.

This is the layout of Sakayanagi Arisu.

He had no choice but to take the exam next time.

"Speaking of your father, are you sure everything is alright?" Hachiman asked.

"So what does Hikigaya-kun think?" Sakayanagi asked.

What does Hachiman think?

"I haven't seen Chairman Sakayanagi for two days before the Class Vote school."

"Then the withdrawal exam was announced."

"I noticed that the homeroom teacher's behavior was not quite right."

"I later learned that there was something wrong with this exam."

"So I'm certain your father has been taken away."

"However," Hachiman paused for a moment.

"I'm just a student. As long as the school's general direction and rules don't change frequently, I don't care."

"So, I can accept whoever becomes the chairman, as long as it doesn't affect me."

"Oh." Sakayanagi nodded, signaling him to continue.

"However, we still need to confirm the situation of this new chairman of the board," Hachiman said. "So, a few days ago, I specifically asked Hirata to go to the chairman of the board to borrow money to leave the school."

"The result was that the new Acting Chairman, being a man of connections, agreed to Hirata."

"Oh." Sakayanagi continued, gesturing for him to continue.

"Of course, we can't just conclude that the Acting Chairman is a good person based on this alone."

"So," Hachiman said, "I did something."

"One thing?"

"You asked me to meet you in the classroom before the exam, didn't you? You were looking at the camera then," Hachiman said. "I just remembered that there are cameras in my class too, and since this Acting Chairman was sent in by Lu's father, the target must be Kiyotaka Ayanokoji."

"So, around the 1st, when the exam rules were announced, the Acting Chairman was supervising my class."

"Oh," Classmate Sakayanagi finally gave a decent response.

"Before the Acting Chairman arrived, someone had actually contacted me secretly twice, trying to create a scheme to make Kiyotaka Ayanokoji drop out of school," Hachiman continued. "However, the money they offered was too little, and I also caught them in the act."

"So I'm having doubts about something," Hachiman said.

"What?"

"So, this Acting Chairman really wants to expel Kiyotaka Ayanokoji?" Hachiman asked. "It's normal that Lu's father's people didn't have money before this Acting Chairman arrived; he's a Third-year Class C."

"And even after this Acting Chairman arrived, this Lu's father still didn't have much money."

"But the Acting Chairman can just casually lend Hirata millions of points."

"Clearly, the Acting Chairman hasn't provided substantial financial support to the school's informants. This makes me suspect that the Acting Chairman might be slacking off and doesn't actually intend to expel Kiyotaka Ayanokoji immediately," Hachiman said.

"That's why I had someone campaign for Kiyotaka Ayanokoji this morning," Hachiman said. "It seems to have hindered their plan to expel Kiyotaka Ayanokoji, but in this chairman's eyes, I am not his enemy."

I see.

Sakayanagi understood.

Although Hachiman was taking an exam, he was also considering various other aspects of the situation.

Of course, the biggest concern is whether his treatment at the school will change due to the change of the chairman of the board.

And it was discovered that the Acting Chairman Tsukishiro was not...

That's so realistic, Hachiman.

Classmate Sakayanagi immediately pouted.

"However, I think Chairman Sakayanagi should be fine," Hachiman added. "When I met him before, he said he would handle it and had a solution."

Oh.

So you did remind your father, right?

"Since you've analyzed it this far, I'll reveal some information to you," Sakayanagi said. "Kiyotaka Ayanokoji comes from the White Room and is the only qualified one there."

"That White Room was originally intended as one of Mr. Naoe cards in the election. As you can see, Advanced Nurturing High School is a product of the government. The White Room was what he hoped to use to counter Advanced Nurturing High School."

"But."

Sakayanagi paused for a moment, "Besides Kiyotaka Ayanokoji's father, the other person who took the lead in the White Room at that time was my father."

In other words, Lu's father and Mr. Sakayanagi were once partners.

People who can cooperate with each other, besides trust, also need to... have each other's weaknesses.

So even though Sakayanagi's father was taken away, he must have had some trump Lu's father from harming him.

"Furthermore," Sakayanagi added, "Kiyotaka Ayanokoji's father was a subordinate of Mr. Naoe passed away a few years ago."

In other words, Lu's father's biggest backer has fallen.

The Sakayanagi family is on the Prime Minister's side. The Prime Minister is still alive and safe.

So.

"I suspect that my father's being taken away directly might have been his own idea," Sakayanagi said. "First of all, my family would never embezzle or accept bribes."

The Sakayanagi family was already wealthy.

The school's luxury cruise ship belongs to the Sakayanagi family.

Hachiman Sakayanagi Arisu is actually a rich loli.

"Therefore, the fact that my father was taken away so easily makes me suspect that he may have reached some kind of agreement with Kiyotaka Ayanokoji's father," Sakayanagi added.

This is equivalent to directly giving up the position of chairman and letting the road bullies take over.

So, is it simply Kiyotaka Ayanokoji?

It shouldn't be just like that.

At least they won't drop out of school immediately.

"Well, it's too early now. I'll head back first," Hachiman said.

The topic has come to this point, but that's a game between adults and has nothing to do with them.

As long as it's confirmed that Acting Chairman Tsukishiro won't affect their current lives, that's fine.

It was only 10 o'clock, and he had eaten breakfast at 7:30, so Hachiman had no desire to eat anything more.

"Please do as you wish." Sakayanagi did not insist.

And so he watched Hachiman walked away.