Chapter 142: Nagumo Miyabi and Tonokawa Leave the Student Council!
Yuto glanced at Tonokawa, who had volunteered to take the blame.
"Senpai, what nonsense are you talking about? Nagumo already admitted that Shiraki's statement was true."
"That means Nagumo was the mastermind, while you were responsible for forging the papers and assisting him."
"That's because Nagumo wanted to protect me from punishment!" Tonokawa replied without hesitation.
He emphasized again, "The truth is that I planned everything by myself!"
Yuto frowned and clicked his tongue.
He had not expected Nagumo's lackey Tonokawa to be so loyal that he would shoulder such an enormous crime for him.
Nagumo looked at Tonokawa with deep gratitude.
This was practically a life-saving favor!
Yuto smiled at the determined Tonokawa.
"How foolish, senpai."
"You're willing to take the blame for Nagumo and be expelled, while the actual mastermind remains at this school."
"Do you really think he'll feel heartbroken over losing you?"
"Impossible. Someone like Nagumo will only celebrate escaping punishment."
"In another year or two, he'll graduate from Class A and freely choose whichever university or company he wants."
"Meanwhile, you'll be expelled for taking his blame."
"You were supposed to graduate from Class A too, yet you'll lose the future you could have chosen."
"Do you really still want to take the blame for Nagumo?"
Yuto's words struck directly at the heart.
Both Nagumo and Tonokawa became visibly uneasy.
Nagumo was especially anxious, afraid Tonokawa would be persuaded and abandon his decision to protect him.
Facing Nagumo's nervous gaze, Tonokawa took a deep breath.
"I already said I'm the mastermind!"
"Tch."
Yuto clicked his tongue and turned toward Shiraki, who sat with his head lowered.
"Good senpai Shiraki, aren't you going to say something?"
Shiraki shuddered when Yuto addressed him.
He was timid and did not dare speak at all!
Besides, no matter what he said, he would either offend the demon Shimizu Yuto or Nagumo Miyabi.
What exactly was he supposed to say?!
"If Tonokawa is telling the truth, then that means you gave false testimony and deliberately tried to frame our Vice President Nagumo."
Nagumo glared resentfully at Yuto.
Did this demon really have the right to accuse someone else of framing him?
"And what are you afraid of, good senpai?"
"If the charges against Nagumo are confirmed, he'll probably be expelled."
"If he stays at this school instead, do you think someone he hates as much as you will peacefully survive the rest of high school?" Yuto asked casually.
Shiraki's heart sank.
That was right.
Nagumo had to be expelled!
"Tonokawa is lying! Nagumo Miyabi is the real mastermind!"
"Everything I wrote is completely true!" Shiraki shouted, becoming louder and more emotional with every word.
"No, I'm the mastermind!"
"No, you aren't!"
"Yes, I am!"
"No, you aren't!"
Everyone silently watched Tonokawa and Shiraki argue.
Gradually, Yuto frowned.
As long as Tonokawa stubbornly took all the blame, Nagumo might genuinely escape expulsion.
At this point, Yuto felt he needed to compromise slightly or he would lose too much from the situation.
"Both of you, be quiet!" Manabu ordered sternly.
Yuto raised his hand.
"As the victim, I'd like to negotiate with these black-hearted upperclassmen."
"I'm proposing a private settlement."
Nagumo and Tonokawa's eyes immediately brightened.
If the demon Shimizu Yuto was willing to settle privately, there was still hope!
However, Yuto would undoubtedly demand outrageous conditions.
Even so, Nagumo had to accept them.
Tonokawa's willingness to sacrifice himself had genuinely moved him, and Nagumo refused to let his best friend be expelled on his behalf.
Yuto looked toward Manabu.
"Senpai, would the student council permit us to reach a private settlement?"
Manabu glanced at Yuto's smiling face.
"Since you are the victim and willingly seek a private settlement, the student council will naturally respect your wishes."
Yuto turned toward Nagumo and Tonokawa.
"What about you two? Are you willing to settle privately with me?"
"I don't want my best friend expelled either, so I agree."
"However, I want the student council to witness the agreement. If your conditions are excessively harsh, I ask the student council to mediate," Nagumo answered cautiously.
Chairman Sakayanagi glanced at Nagumo.
He could almost see his own reflection in the boy.
Both had been tricked by Yuto so many times that they had become cautious.
They no longer dared agree casually to his conditions.
"My settlement terms are actually quite generous."
"First, let me ask how many personal points you two currently possess," Yuto said cheerfully.
Chairman Sakayanagi and Chabashira's faces twitched.
Was this troublesome boy openly extorting them?
Nagumo felt bitter.
He knew that Yuto, who loved wagering personal points, would inevitably target their balances.
With no other choice, Nagumo and Tonokawa displayed their student IDs.
Nagumo Miyabi — 1,872,605 personal points.
Tonokawa — 138,785 personal points.
"Huh? Nagumo, how did your balance become so large?" Yuto asked in surprise.
"None of your business," Nagumo replied irritably.
A month earlier, Yuto had won 1.15 million points from Nagumo in a wager, leaving him with almost nothing.
Yuto had not expected Nagumo to accumulate so many points again in only a month.
The reason was Nagumo's arrangement with his classmates.
After leading his class into Class A, he made every student pay him fifty thousand personal points each month.
Class 2-A currently had thirty-nine students.
Excluding Nagumo himself, thirty-eight students paid him fifty thousand each, giving him 1.9 million points every month.
"My settlement conditions are extremely reasonable."
"Nagumo and Tonokawa will transfer every personal point they possess to me."
"Then both of you will resign from the student council."
"Once those conditions are fulfilled, I'll consider the forged-paper incident settled," Yuto declared generously.
The corner of Manabu's lips rose faintly beneath his composed expression.
So this was how Yuto intended to completely eliminate Nagumo, his greatest problem within the student council.
Excellent.
Nagumo's face instantly darkened.
"We can give you the points, but we absolutely refuse to leave the student council!"
"You must leave," Yuto immediately replied.
"Do black-hearted students like you really deserve positions in the student council?"
"Who knows whether you'll abuse the student council's authority to frame another student in the future?"
"Besides, Nagumo, your so-called best friend is willing to take the blame for you."
"Yet you'd rather remain in the student council than make sure he stays at this school?"
"Seriously? That's how you treat your best friend?"
Yuto turned toward Tonokawa.
"Tonokawa-senpai, it seems Nagumo doesn't actually care about you."
"Do you still intend to take the blame for him?"
Chabashira stared strangely at Yuto's deliberately sarcastic tone.
This was the first time she had heard the troublesome boy speak like this.
He really knew how to drive a wedge between people.
Nagumo gritted his teeth at Yuto's mockery.
Tonokawa's expression also began to waver.
He understood why Nagumo wanted to remain in the student council.
However, Tonokawa had already sacrificed so much and even volunteered to be expelled for him.
If Nagumo would not even leave the student council for his sake...
Tonokawa could not help feeling that all his loyalty might be wasted.
Nagumo noticed Tonokawa's wavering expression and wanted nothing more than to beat Yuto senseless.
If he rejected the settlement, Tonokawa would definitely be hurt and might even stop taking the blame.
If he accepted, both of them would have to resign from the student council.
Nagumo was unwilling!
It was already May.
In October, Manabu would step down as student council president, and Nagumo was supposed to succeed him.
Only four months remained.
Four months!
Yet that damned Shimizu Yuto had driven him into a dead end.
Nagumo regretted everything.
If he had known provoking Yuto would cost him this much, he would rather have allowed Yuto to join the student council than target him.
Unfortunately, it was far too late.
Under Yuto's smiling gaze, Nagumo clenched his fists in humiliation.
His expression gradually became defeated.
"I accept Shimizu Yuto's settlement conditions."
"I'll transfer the points... and leave the student council," he said hoarsely.
Tachibana instantly smiled.
The student council's greatest and most uncontrollable problem had finally been removed!
She quickly realized she should not look so pleased and restrained her expression.
Then she stared at Yuto with admiration mixed with a trace of caution.
This first-year named Shimizu Yuto had eliminated Vice President Nagumo without even joining the student council.
No wonder President Horikita valued him so highly.
He was incredible.
And terrifying.
...
The hearing ultimately ended with the following result.
Under the witness of both homeroom teachers and the student council, Shimizu Yuto of Class 1-D reached a settlement with Nagumo Miyabi and Tonokawa of Class 2-A.
Yuto received every personal point the two possessed.
Nagumo transferred 1,872,605 points.
Tonokawa transferred 138,785 points.
Combined, Yuto received 2,011,390 personal points.
Afterward, Nagumo and Tonokawa were forced to resign from the student council.
Shiraki, who had assisted them, received a lighter punishment.
He had to submit a thousand-word written reflection, which would be announced to the entire school, and half his personal points were confiscated.
Shiraki was quite satisfied.
At least he would neither be suspended nor expelled, and Class 2-D would not lose any class points.
"The hearing is concluded. Everyone, please leave the student council office in an orderly manner," Tachibana announced.
Chairman Sakayanagi stood first.
He glanced at the smiling Yuto, politely said goodbye to everyone, and left the office.
The terrified Shiraki followed immediately afterward.
Nagumo and Tonokawa no longer had the dignity to remain.
With terrible expressions, they left together.
Their homeroom teacher, Ninomiya, followed with her head lowered.
The student she had always boasted about had not only lost to Chabashira's student but had also been forcibly removed from the student council.
Watching Ninomiya leave in defeat filled Chabashira with indescribable pleasure.
That old woman always wore an arrogant and sharp expression.
Seeing such humiliation on her face made Chabashira feel immensely satisfied.
All the irritation Ninomiya had caused vanished, replaced by happiness and fulfillment.
Yuto was equally satisfied.
After receiving Nagumo and Tonokawa's points, his total personal-point balance had finally exceeded twenty million.
His current balance was—20,146,652 personal points!
At this moment, Yuto became the first student in the school's history to exceed twenty million personal points.
He was the only person to accomplish it since the school's establishment.
Even more astonishingly, Yuto had accumulated such a tremendous amount in less than two months.
It was almost unbelievable.
"Chabashira-sensei, let's go too," the satisfied Yuto said.
"Mm."
Chabashira suppressed some of her happiness and left the student council office beside him.
Manabu watched Yuto leave and considered stopping him to discuss joining the student council.
Nagumo and Tonokawa had both been forced to resign, leaving the council short-handed.
Manabu needed to pull Yuto into the student council and make him work.
However, Yuto walked quickly and had already left the office.
Manabu could only give up for now and contact him after school instead.
Outside the student council office, Chabashira looked toward Yuto.
Her lips curved into a mature, alluring smile.
"Thank you, Shimizu. You helped me vent my anger and thoroughly crushed that woman's arrogance."
"If Chie had been there and seen Ninomiya's expression, she probably would've jumped around with happiness."
"Would she really?"
"With Chie's personality, absolutely," Chabashira answered confidently.
Yuto instinctively imagined the sweet Hoshinomiya jumping around excitedly.
It actually seemed rather cute.
And considering her figure, the energetic movement would probably make the scene especially eye-catching.
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