-281- Confront Nagumo?

Upon hearing Ichinose Honami's question, Nanaya Hori's steps halted momentarily. Clearly, he hadn't expected Ichinose Honami to ask such a question as soon as she started talking.

But in an instant, Hori's steps resumed.

Because Hori knew there was a reason why Ichinose Honami would ask this.

Sure enough.

Before Hori could answer, Ichinose Honami continued speaking on her own.

"Actually, I had somewhat noticed Vice President Nagumo's intentions before." Ichinose Honami spoke softly, looking straight ahead, "It's quite well known that the second-year students are dominated by Vice President Nagumo, and I had heard about it a long time ago."

In other words, Ichinose Honami had long known that Nagumo Miyabi was a dangerous individual.

This was only natural.

In the first year, Ichinose Honami was the first to realize Ryuen Kakeru's danger, even before Hori did.

Given this, with her level of astuteness, how could she not notice the ambition hidden deep within Nagumo Miyabi?

However, compared to Ryuen Kakeru, Nagumo Miyabi was not as brazen, so Ichinose Honami did not fully confirm his danger.

Until today…

"After we parted, I contacted President Horikita and confirmed some things."

Ichinose Honami then revealed a piece of news that even surprised Hori a bit.

"President Horikita told me that in order to dominate the first years, Vice President Nagumo has already taken several steps to expel students."

These were exactly as Hori had predicted before.

"President Horikita also told me that so far, 17 second-year students have dropped out." Ichinose Honami looked at Hori and said, "And according to the interviews before they dropped out, more than half of them were related to Vice President Nagumo, and among the remaining half, many were likely due to Vice President Nagumo's actions."

This was truly shocking information.

You have to know that each class only has 40 people, and a grade only has 160 people.

If those 17 students who dropped out were all related to Nagumo Miyabi, it meant that this man had caused almost half a class to drop out.

This must have shocked Ichinose Honami greatly, right?

"To be honest, I can understand Vice President Nagumo's actions." Ichinose Honami said with a bitter smile, "In such a school, for the final victory, everyone is destined to compete with each other. Making others drop out during the process is unavoidable. Even if you win at the end, it means others lose, depriving them of job and school guarantees. It's not much different from making them drop out."

So, Ichinose Honami was not disappointed in Nagumo Miyabi; instead, she generously understood him.

This girl had always been so kind, pure, and generous.

However…

"If possible, I still don't want to see anyone drop out." Ichinose Honami looked at Hori and said, "Although you won against Vice President Nagumo today, you should know that he won't give up because of this, right?"

Of course, Hori knew.

After today's events, Nagumo Miyabi would definitely keep a close eye on him.

Although Hori demonstrated sports capabilities that would make him despair in the volleyball match, given Nagumo Miyabi's ambition, he would never give up on dominating the first years and realizing his ideology.

And if he wanted to dominate the first years, Hori was a hurdle he had to overcome.

So, even though Hori's abilities made him fearful, Nagumo Miyabi would not give up because of this.

On the contrary, if Nagumo Miyabi gave up because of this, Hori would look down on him.

Giving up on ideals due to encountering difficulties cannot be called ambition; it would just be self-satisfying clowning.

And is Nagumo Miyabi a clown?

Obviously not.

If he were a clown, how could he have competed for the student council president position with Horikita Manabu in his first year, making Horikita Manabu vigilant enough to invite Hori to join the student council to counter this ambitious person?

Nagumo Miyabi probably noticed Hori before the summer vacation, and after two special exams, Hori became famous, making this man take him seriously.

"When he saw me at the pool, didn't Nagumo immediately approach me and boldly propose a volleyball match?"

Hori responded to Ichinose Honami seemingly off-topic.

"Wasn't that probably an action he took to test me?"

Indeed.

Upon seeing Hori at the pool, Nagumo Miyabi immediately approached and abruptly proposed a duel, shocking those around.

Perhaps others thought Nagumo Miyabi did this out of a desire to spar with a strong opponent.

But Hori didn't see it that way.

Certainly, Nagumo Miyabi liked to showcase his strength to those around him and was confident in his abilities, but this confidence was not blind.

Knowing that Hori had athletic skills on par with or better than Horikita Manabu, if Nagumo Miyabi dared to confidently propose a duel with Hori, unless there was something fishy, it was impossible.

Given this, Hori quickly realized that Nagumo Miyabi wanted to test him and confirm his abilities, thus making such a sudden request.

For this purpose, Nagumo Miyabi did not hesitate to involve Ichinose Honami as the match condition, risking losing a million personal points to achieve his goal, and even directly declared his ambition to Hori to test his reaction and determine how to deal with him.

Now, Hori had shown a part of his abilities.

"In this sense, Nagumo's test was successful."

Hori shrugged, speaking indifferently.

As far as tests go, Nagumo Miyabi indeed succeeded.

Since entering this school, Hori had never used his full strength, whether on the uninhabited island or the luxury cruise ship; he had always held back a lot.

Only this time, in the duel with Nagumo Miyabi, Hori truly went all out.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have felt the urge to kill Nagumo on the spot due to the emotional surge from playing volleyball seriously, causing the assassin's blood in him to boil.

In the past, whenever Hori used his full strength, none of his targets survived.

As a result, Nagumo Miyabi became the first person to survive Hori's full strength, whether it was ironic or ridiculous.

Of course, Nagumo Miyabi didn't know this.

Nagumo Miyabi only knew that if he wanted to dominate the first years, he had to deal with Hori, who was more formidable than anticipated.

Ichinose Honami understood this too, which is why she said those words.

In other words…

"If that's the case, don't you want to join the student council and confront Vice President Nagumo?" Ichinose Honami looked intently at Hori's face and said.

"If it's you, even with Vice President Nagumo's suppression, you could definitely become the next student council president."

By then, the reforms initiated by Nagumo during his term could be completely suppressed by Hori.

Ichinose Honami firmly believed that Hori had this ability.