Seeing Amane and the others show surprised expressions.
Kusanagi's face immediately fell.
"I told you, my name sounds like it's easily misunderstood."
Yagami, beside her, nodded.
"I was afraid people would want to bully me if they heard my name, so I always asked people to call me An-ta."
Watching the two still discussing how unpopular their names were.
Amane's head was buzzing.
Are you sure... your names won't scare away the people who want to bully you?
They don't look like they'd be bullied at all!!!
"Oh dear, it's getting late. I still need to have a good talk with the President before the Student Council finishes work. We'll be going ahead."
"President Fujiwara, please go ahead. I'll come to the Kyudo Club when I'm free, okay?"
"Always welcome~"
Watching Fujiwara's slender waist disappear.
Amane became a little melancholic.
Why aren't all the pretty girls in her class?
"Amane, are you thinking something terribly inappropriate?"
Horikita poked Amane's abdomen with her elbow.
This brought Amane's gaze back.
"How is that possible! My mind is filled with Suzune, you know~ Oh, by the way, where's Fuka?"
It was only then that Amane realized Kiryuin had long since disappeared.
How annoying!
She had promised to let her use her lap as a pillow, but after flirting, she just ran off. Next time she saw her, she would definitely make her realize her mistake.
In various ways.
"Your Kiryuin-senpai seemed to have left while you were chatting with President Fujiwara. What? Are you going to look for her?"
Horikita's voice was cold and clear, without a hint of emotional fluctuation.
"I'm not going to look for her. She's not as good as Suzune. Come on, let's go home. I'm hungry."
Horikita snorted lightly and said nothing more.
Horikita Suzune stated that she was already immune to Amane's words.
Early the next morning.
Amane received a message from Horikita Manabu.
As The Ishizaki Trio had recovered from their injuries, a judgment meeting regarding the Ishizaki harassment incident was scheduled for 17:30 this afternoon in the Student Council conference room.
Since this incident involved three classes, a public trial would cause unnecessary waste of resources and energy.
Therefore, apart from the class advisors, only three people from First Year Classes D, C, and D were allowed to be present.
This single restriction put Class C at a great disadvantage, because Ishizaki and his group were exactly three people, which meant that at the judgment meeting, Class C, apart from their advisor, had no one to speak for them.
All they could do was defend themselves.
Compared to Class C, Class B and Class D could prepare very thoroughly, and their chances of winning seemed quite high.
However... Airi, as one of the witnesses, definitely had to attend the meeting, but her current state was very worrying.
Moreover, the recent public opinion was intensifying, and there were even rumors that Airi used to be an idol, with many past events being dug up.
From these small actions, it was not difficult to see that someone was deliberately trying to use the Airi incident as a tool to divert others' attention.
Currently, almost all first-years were discussing Airi's gossip, which led to this serious incident of harassing a girl receiving little attention.
To some extent, Class C had indeed done well.
Soon, it was time for the meeting to begin.
By the time Amane and Horikita arrived at the conference room, Airi and Chabashira-sensei were already waiting there.
The attendees from Class D were: Chabashira Sae, Sakura Airi, Miyako Amane, and Horikita Suzune.
Originally, Chabashira-sensei wanted Hirata to participate in this meeting, but Hirata politely declined, so Chabashira reluctantly chose Horikita to replace Hirata.
What made Airi a bit awkward were the attendees from First Year Class B.
Ichinose Honami, being a Student Council member, did not occupy a spot among Class B's attendees.
Therefore, the people present from Class B were Hoshinomiya-sensei, Shiraha Chihiro, Kanzaki Ryuji, and Shibata Sō.
This arrangement of personnel immediately plunged Airi into absolute silence.
Class C consisted of Sakaue-sensei and the three main individuals involved in this case: Ishizaki, Komiya, and Kondo.
Without Ryuuen and Shiina, Amane wasn't too afraid of the threat from Class C. What truly made her uneasy was Class B.
Ichinose Honami couldn't possibly be unaware of the recent widely discussed confession letter incident.
How could she arrange for Classmate Kanzaki and Shibata to appear simultaneously, knowing that Airi would definitely be present?
Unless it was... "Thank you all for attending this meeting as scheduled. The meeting will be presided over by Student Council President Horikita Manabu, with Vice President Nagumo Miyabi, Secretary Tachibana Akane, and Service Committee member Ichinose Honami serving as members of the judgment panel. Due to the extremely serious nature of this incident, if found 'guilty,' the school will contact the police. Please be aware of this."
After Tachibana Akane finished speaking, she looked at Horikita Manabu, whose expression was not very good.
Horikita Manabu was somewhat displeased after learning about First Year Class B's arrangements.
The primary purpose of this incident was for the school to verify the specific circumstances of the event, to facilitate the school's next steps based on the actual situation.
However, Class B was attempting to interfere with the judgment using such underhanded methods.
This was what displeased Horikita Manabu.
"This incident occurred on June 17th, around 18:30 in the afternoon, at the school's second sports field. The general course of events was that three individuals from Class C, led by Ishizaki, verbally harassed and intimidated Shiraha-san from Class B."
"After being discovered by Miyako-san from Class D, the three Class C individuals still chose to verbally provoke and engaged in physical contact. For self-preservation, Miyako-san knocked down the three individuals. Does any class have any objections to the above account?"
After Horikita Manabu finished speaking, his gaze primarily rested on Class B.
In his opinion, neither Class C nor Class D would change their stance, and the only potential for change would be Class B.
Sure enough, as soon as Horikita Manabu finished speaking, Shiraha Chihiro immediately raised her hand.
"Shiraha-san, do you have something to say?"
"It's like this... Actually, I wasn't bullied that day. The cause was that I bumped into Ishizaki-san and his two companions, which then led to a series of verbal arguments. Later, Amane happened to pass by and mistakenly thought I was being bullied, so she got into a fight with them."
Shiraha kept her head down the entire time.
She didn't dare to look in Amane's direction at all.
"Then, did those three lay hands on Miyako-san?"
Horikita Manabu asked with a serious expression.
"No, Amane is very strong. She knocked down one with a single punch. Ishizaki-san and his companions had no room to retaliate, so there was no question of them laying hands on Amane. This incident itself was actually a misunderstanding..."
Shiraha's voice grew softer and softer.
Sakaue-sensei adjusted his glasses, and a look of certain victory had already appeared on his face.
He knew how much effort Ryuuen had put in behind the scenes, even though he didn't have a spot at the meeting.
Now that Class B had directly changed their testimony, he wanted to see how the kids from Class D would cope with Ryuuen's meticulously planned scheme.
"What a joke!!! That's not what you said that day!"
Horikita Suzune slammed the table and loudly questioned Shiraha.
Only Amane shook her head almost imperceptibly.
She was caught off guard, wasn't she?
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