-87- Treat it as a fact

Afterward, Horikita Manabu, in his capacity as the Student Council President, announced the outcome of the hearing.

"Ishizaki, Komiya, and Kondo of Class C have maliciously accused students from other classes. As per the Student Council's decision, the three of them will be suspended for the remainder of this semester, until summer vacation."

"Nanaya of Class D has provided sufficient evidence and is deemed to be the victim in this incident. Therefore, no punishment is necessary for him."

"That's all."

This decision almost certainly inflicted significant damage on Class C.

Being suspended would inevitably trigger the rules of the S System, resulting in the deduction of class points, similar to being late, absent, or speaking out of turn in class.

Chabashira Sae had previously tallied the number of violations of classroom discipline in Class D, such as tardiness, absences, and speaking out, explaining that each violation would result in a deduction of class points, proving that the length of suspension would also be counted as absences, continuously accumulating point deductions.

Ishizaki Daichi, Komiya Kyogo, and Kondo Reo would be suspended for an entire semester, until summer vacation, inevitably leading to a continuous deduction of class points for Class C in the following months.

This was akin to inflicting a severe blow on Class C and allowing it to bleed continuously, causing further harm.

In response, Ishizaki Daichi, Komiya Kyogo, and Kondo Reo could only accept the outcome with a bleak expression.

Sakagami Kazuma remained completely silent and stared at Chabashira Sae with an impatient look, as if feeling displeased with her faint smile.

After issuing such a decision, Horikita Manabu also asked the three members of Class C a question.

That is, whether there was anyone else involved in this incident.

This question was not surprising at all.

From the beginning, Hori had said that this was a game between him and Ryuen Kakeru.

Therefore, if there were others involved in this incident, as the person responsible for this incident's deliberation, Horikita Manabu had to inquire.

If everything was truly manipulated by Ryuen Kakeru behind the scenes, then Ryuen Kakeru would certainly not escape punishment.

But how could Ishizaki Daichi, Komiya Kyogo, and Kondo Reo possibly expose Ryuen Kakeru?

If they did, their fate would be worse than death.

Therefore, the trio could only express with a bleak expression that no one else was involved in this incident.

Even though Nanaya had proven that he didn't injure them, he couldn't prove that he was invited by Ryuen Kakeru to go to the special education building and was involved in this incident.

In view of this, the trio did not admit this point, but still insisted, as before, that the three of them wanted to improve their relationship with Kushida Kikyou and found Nanaya to go to the special education building.

However, with Nanaya having proven that he didn't injure them, the trio had to admit that they had initiated the violence first. They claimed that Nanaya rejected their requests, making them angry, and they wanted to teach him a lesson, but ended up being defeated by him. Afterwards, feeling resentful, they injured each other and wanted to frame Nanaya.

These remarks were full of flaws.

But just like before, without evidence, even if there were doubts, the Student Council could only accept this explanation.

Horikita Manabu even asked for Nanaya's opinion.

"If you have evidence that Ryuen from Class C was involved, then present it."

Upon hearing this, Nanaya shrugged and replied.

"Let's just treat it as a fact."

In this way, Nanaya admitted the outcome of the hearing.

After the announcement of the results, the trio from Class C left the Student Council office with a gloomy expression.

Next, they would have to face Ryuen Kakeru.

Before leaving, Sakagami Kazuma had a conversation with Chabashira Sae.

"I didn't expect such talent in Class D. Chabashira-sensei, you're really lucky."

"Perhaps."

After leaving these words, Sakagami Kazuma also left the Student Council office.

As for Chabashira Sae, she didn't comment on Nanaya's counterattack at all, just leaving behind a sentence.

"Nicely done."

After speaking, Chabashira Sae also left, leaving only Nanaya and the two members of the Student Council behind.

Nanaya checked the time.

It had only been half an hour since he left the classroom until the hearing ended.

"Sakura should still be waiting in the classroom, right?"

With that, Nanaya prepared to return to the classroom.

However, before that, Horikita Manabu stopped Nanaya.

"That was quite impressive. I didn't expect you to turn the tables like that," Horikita Manabu straightforwardly commended Nanaya, surprising Tachibana Akane who was standing nearby.

"The... president actually praised someone like this. It's really rare," she remarked.

Indeed.

Given Horikita Manabu's personality, the number of times he openly praised others should be countable on the fingers of both hands, right?

Nanaya simply responded, "As I mentioned before, I didn't plan to resolve it with this method."

Nanaya showed no emotional fluctuations in response to the rare praise, surprising Tachibana Akane once again.

Obviously, this senior, who was more like Horikita Manabu's personal secretary than a student council secretary, never expected someone to remain indifferent to Horikita Manabu's praise.

Horikita Manabu, however, was unfazed.

"Not only did you notice the timing of the truck's dashcam and the school's open hours to break through this deadlock, but your displayed techniques also piqued my interest," Horikita Manabu said, looking directly at Nanaya with certainty.

"You must have experience in martial arts, right?"

It couldn't be concealed anymore.

After all, the technique Nanaya just demonstrated on the human body not only required a thorough understanding of the human body but also necessary technical support to achieve various discomfort symptoms.

People who didn't specialize in martial arts couldn't do this.

Nanaya naturally knew that he couldn't hide this fact.

"Normal people might not notice, but falling into the eyes of someone with similar martial arts experience, it would be seen through, naturally," Nanaya neither admitted nor denied but indirectly acknowledged Horikita Manabu's statement.

Since Horikita Suzune had martial arts experience, it was inconceivable that Horikita Manabu didn't.

In fact, it was true.

Horikita Manabu's physical abilities were extremely strong, not only possessing the strength of a fifth dan in karate but also holding a fourth dan in aikido.

With such skills, he could even win championships if he participated in national competitions.

"If there's nothing else, I'll take my leave."

Nanaya put away his phone after checking the time and headed towards the door.

"How should I put it? Truly a solitary figure as rumored," Tachibana Akane gave her assessment.

Horikita Manabu watched Nanaya leave with flickering eyes, seemingly pondering something.

The violent incident between Class C and Class D was announced to be over here.

No.

To say it was over would be a bit premature.