Chapter 48: How dare you threaten me

Chapter 48: How dare you threaten me

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Daiki and Isamu, who were about to transfer their personal points to Rin Matsuoka, froze.

A recording!

Another recording!

What kind of recording is this?

Rin glanced at the pair, who looked as though they were about to collapse, and kindly reassured them, "Don't worry. This recording has nothing to do with you. It's about Nagumo."

Relieved by Rin's words, Daiki and Isamu relaxed slightly, but Nagumo and his group grew anxious.

Without drawing things out, Rin tapped his phone to play the recording.

The content went as follows:

[Boss Nagumo, be careful. This guy is strong. He grabbed my wrist earlier, and now it's bruised.]

That was Isamu's voice.

[Heh, strength is useless. To survive in this school, you need power, connections, and people backing you.]

[I don't believe this scrawny guy can take on seven or eight of us alone.]

This was Nagumo's voice, dripping with arrogance.

[That's possible. Maybe back when I had no money, I went to the alleys to rough up some thugs and shake them down for cash.]

This was Rin Matsuoka's voice.

[Hey, freshman, don't cry later.]

[If you so much as touch my girlfriend again, I'll break your hand.]

[And I'll ruin your face so badly you'll never dare show it to another woman again.]

The recorded conversation made Nagumo's expression grow uglier with each passing second. He knew full well that, based on this recording alone, the school could easily peg him as a "violent offender."

[Go to hell, you arrogant brat.]

Everyone could tell that was Nagumo's voice.

[Ah!]

The scream was also unmistakably his.

[Hey, isn't this the vice president of the student council? How are you already lying on the ground?]

[Where's that tough guy who wanted to break my hand and wreck my face?]

These were Rin Matsuoka's mocking words.

[Ahhh! Let go, you bastard!]

Nagumo's curses and screams filled the recording.

[My hand... It's going to break! I was wrong, let me go!]

Nagumo's desperate plea for mercy.

This moment was humiliating for Nagumo, his face turning dark as his subordinates, including Denai, avoided eye contact, pretending they hadn't heard a thing.

[What a spineless guy.]

That was Rin Matsuoka's blunt assessment of Nagumo.

Even Isamu, despite his wrist being hurt by Rin's grip earlier, had not begged for mercy—he had simply asked Rin to release him. But Nagumo had begged.

The comparison made Isamu feel a lot more confident in himself. At least he hadn't grovelled like Nagumo.

Rin Matsuoka paused the recording, looking at the grim-faced Nagumo with a smile. "I wonder what the vice president of the student council thinks after hearing this?"

"What's that supposed to mean...?" Nagumo glared at Rin.

"I'm asking for your advice, Vice President," Rin said with a smile. "What do you think the student council will do when they hear this recording about a certain violent student who tried to break someone's hand and disfigure him?"

Nagumo clenched his teeth, replying, "They won't do anything, because you can't convict someone based on a recording alone!"

"I see. Oh well," Rin sighed dramatically. "Since the student council can't deal with such a violent student, I suppose I'll have to take it to the chairman. I doubt he'd allow someone like that to stay in school."

Damn it!

Nagumo and his group couldn't shake the feeling that Rin wasn't bluffing. They had already witnessed how ruthless this freshman could be!

Who on earth recorded the video before the fight? He must have been full of bad intentions!

"Come on, what do you want to do?" Nagumo said in a cold voice. The only feeling he had now was—feeling aggrieved.

He had never felt so frustrated!

What kind of person was Nagumo!

In just one year, he led his class to Class A!

He even almost dominated the entire second year of high school within a year!

Now... now he was being plotted against by this freshman named Rin Matsuoka!

The worst part was that he had no way to deal with it and could only feel frustrated, being schemed against by him.

Rin Matsuoka had already heard that Nagumo was planning to give in, and with a bright smile, he pointed at himself.

"I'm a freshman, and I'm short on money."

...Just tell him you want to blackmail him for his personal points!

Well, Rin really only intended to blackmail Nagumo for some personal points.

Rin Matsuoka wasn't going to cause trouble for Chairman Sakayanagi.

Because this whole situation arose from Rin's scheming against Daiki and Isamu and blackmailing them through class points.

If this matter were brought to Chairman Sakayanagi's attention, Rin wasn't sure what kind of punishment Nagumo and the others would receive as a result of this recording, but Rin was certain that he wouldn't get any personal points out of it.

Therefore, the most sensible thing to do was to blackmail Nagumo for some personal points.

"Thirty thousand points, delete the recording for me," Nagumo said coldly.

Rin smiled brightly, then looked at Daiki. "Say what I told you two before. Let our vice president hear it."

Daiki and Isamu were slightly stunned. They didn't quite understand what Rin was asking.

But when Rin pointed at himself and them, Daiki suddenly realized.

"Oh, that's what you meant."

"Remember? Now tell him," Rin said with a smile.

Nagumo and the others looked at Daiki, who wore an embarrassed expression as he spoke weakly.

"Uh... He has everything, and we have nothing..."

? ?

"Hahahaha!"

After a moment, Nagumo, understanding the meaning behind the words, burst out laughing. This arrogant guy wanted all his personal points!

This was working!

That's right, Rin wanted all of Nagumo's personal points.

Since Rin and Nagumo were now complete enemies, and this narrow-minded, vindictive guy would hate him no matter what, Rin might as well drain all the points from him.

"I'll only give you 50,000 personal points, no more. Don't be ungrateful!" Nagumo said coldly.

"You're too stingy. I spent 200,000 personal points just to buy information about class points," Rin said, clicking his tongue.

Daiki and Isamu, standing off to the side, suddenly panicked.

'Big brother!

Let me call you big brother. Could you please stop talking about class points? The teacher is standing under that tree over there!

We are panicking!'

"If you don't accept it, you can go to whoever you want!" Nagumo said in an unwavering tone. He didn't believe this freshman would actually dare to go to the chairman.

Ha~

Rin Matsuoka really had guts. This troublemaker even dared to go to Chairman Sakayanagi Seimori just to squeeze out some personal points.

He was truly fearless.