Honami touched her own chest.
There, her heart was pounding hard because of Ryunosuke. It seemed there was an emotion surging inside, but she couldn't confirm it yet.
Honami took a deep breath; her feelings seemed much better now. She said while smiling, "I feel relieved!"
Manabu stood beside them, watching their interaction while shaking his head resignedly.
He knew very well what Nagumo had actually been doing. Actually, he didn't intend to truly stop Ryunosuke; he only broke them up at the last moment.
Otherwise, he would have stepped forward from the beginning to separate them unilaterally. But he didn't do that. He also wanted to see Nagumo get beaten, so he deliberately let it happen.
Only after Ryunosuke was satisfied with hitting did he step forward to stop it.
On the other side, Nagumo was sitting while treating his wounds. His face was covered in blood; clearly he had been beaten quite badly. However, Ryunosuke still held back; he didn't do anything fatal, only made his opponent's face a bit battered and knocked out several teeth.
Nagumo stared sharply at the man who had made him like this; he gritted his teeth full of hatred.
Actually, all of this was Nagumo's own fault. In chapter 34, Ryunosuke had already warned him not to touch Honami, but he didn't want to listen. This was purely his own fault.
Facing that hateful stare, Ryunosuke just shrugged casually.
Seeing the condition of both of them, Manabu coughed lightly, intending to be a mediator so the two could reconcile. Unfortunately, the enmity had already reached its peak.
Want to reconcile? Don't expect it!
Manabu felt dizzy.
(Can you guys calm down a bit in my last two months? Why must you create so many problems for me.)
And this was exactly what Ryunosuke wanted. This was indeed his purpose in making such a big commotion.
He somehow produced a pair of white gloves, then threw them at Nagumo's face. Like a duel challenger from the British royal family, he declared war!
"Nagumo! Do you dare to bet with me?"
"The bet is this Student Council President election!"
"The loser must leave the school, and the winner gets all the opponent's personal points!"
Ryunosuke showed his phone screen. The personal point figure reaching 80 million immediately shocked everyone, including Nagumo.
After all, the last time in front of Nagumo, Ryunosuke had at least spent 40 million to mess with Koenji. But now in such a short time, he had already collected 80 million again.
And if he wasn't mistaken, a few months ago Ryunosuke had spent at least over 10 million to protect a female student named Sakura Airi. Not to mention he had lent some points to Class B and Class D.
If all of that was added up... the value had already exceeded 100 million.
Cold sweat the size of peas began to appear on Nagumo's temples. Even though he controlled the entire second year, even if added to all of Manabu's points, they wouldn't be able to collect 100 million!
This person... where did he get that many points?
Ryunosuke thought to himself: (All from trapping people, and thanks also for the personal donation of 28.86 million from Board Chairman Sakayanagi.)
(What hasn't been cashed in, there's still over 20 million from Student Council President Manabu.)
Overall, Ryunosuke's wealth had already broken through the 100 million mark. He just had to wait for Manabu to graduate to receive the rest of his points.
Nagumo became hesitant facing that very large amount of points. He wanted to accept the challenge, but the problem was he wasn't sure he could win. Because his opponent's current vote count was 48 votes higher than his, he had no chance at all...
Ryunosuke seemed to be able to guess what his opponent was thinking. He turned toward Manabu behind him and reminded him.
"Withdraw all votes from people who support me under your direction."
Manabu was stunned hearing it. "What do you mean?"
Ryunosuke spread both his arms very confidently.
"I'm afraid he won't dare bet with me."
"I just want to make this match a bit more fair, right?"
"Besides, the one who wins in the end will definitely be me!"
Seeing him so confident, Manabu became somewhat hesitant. If he withdrew his support votes, then the vote difference between Ryunosuke and Nagumo would shrink to only 20 votes.
Right. Currently Class 3-A only contained 28 people, so they only gave 28 votes to Ryunosuke. The higher the class level, the number of students was indeed relatively fewer because every year there were elimination exams. Even Nagumo's Class 2-A only had 32 people left.
Without a doubt, in terms of vote count, the first year was the most advantaged. Because they hadn't gone through many elimination exams yet, plus in this year's special situation, Ryunosuke personally intervened several times to save people. Their numbers didn't decrease but instead increased quite a lot.
Manabu stared at him and asked once more.
"Are you sure? Telling me to withdraw vote support?"
"You must consider it carefully, don't let your plan fail..."
Manabu had already given a warning. Even though Ryunosuke was definitely going to win, there was no need to take excessive action. The only explanation was perhaps he was targeting Nagumo's personal points.
Manabu felt helpless. Even if he didn't make this bet, with 80 million points in hand plus over 20 million after his graduation later, Ryunosuke was already very close to the 120 million figure.
Why must he rush like this? Manabu truly didn't understand his actions.
Ryunosuke himself also felt in a dilemma, but he had a strong reason why he had to do this. Besides getting personal points, he had to find a way to get rid of Tsukishiro.
And this opportunity only came once; he couldn't let it go. Once Tsukishiro recovered from his injuries, Ryunosuke would be in big trouble. So he had to resolve it quickly.
Finally, Manabu reluctantly agreed to this and withdrew his vote support. Now their difference was only about 20 votes. Ryunosuke was ahead by 20 votes. Just waiting to see whether Nagumo would accept or not.
Nagumo fell silent, then he voiced the doubt in his heart.
"Actually, why do you want to compete with me?"
"I don't understand."
"You couldn't possibly do this just for a woman, right?"
Nagumo glanced toward Honami beside him; his meaning was very clear. Because he really couldn't figure it out, the only reason that could make Ryunosuke act this far was because he was trying to snatch a woman from his opponent.
But it seemed impossible to go this far... Wasn't she just a woman? Nagumo didn't understand. To him, this type of woman was just for playing around; he never truly involved feelings.
However, if it was Nazuna, he might be able to understand someone's reason for acting that far. If his Nazuna was taken by another man, he would indeed be very angry. But he felt that even he wouldn't act as bravely as this.
Not because he didn't like Nazuna, but this was about the scale of the problem. If he had to stake everything like Ryunosuke, Nagumo realized that he wasn't capable of sacrificing that far for the girl he loved.
That's why he very much didn't understand Ryunosuke's actions and couldn't easily accept this challenge; he was afraid there was a trap in it.
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