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part 12

"Suspicious." Ryuuen chuckled, "By simply trying to reach her brother, he made her like that? So vulnerable to his mere presence?"

Sakayanagi's mouth twisted, "It seemed there was a deeper and more interesting reason involved. Or perhaps shame at her own incompetence made her unable to face her brother with any more confidence?"-The latter, I suppose.

Ayanokoji watched the girl in silence, casually glancing at her brother to see his reaction to their speculations. So far, Manabu's facial expression did not reveal anything. He remained strict and stern, befitting his title as Student Council President.

I went back to those two talking behind the wall . He didn't really understand the depth of the situation, but he suspected that Horikita had persecuted his extremely talented brother, enrolling in the same school to get him to recognize his abilities. But regardless of her hopes and talents, the little sister of Class D was still a long way from her brother, the student council president of Class A. In order to prove herself, she would have to go up to the same arena as him.

'And she can't do that because she insists on fighting alone, thinking everyone around her is just a burden not worth carrying.' Sakayanagi watched silently. 'At the moment, Ayanokoji-kun is leading the class, for what reason, I wonder? Until now, he is quite persistent in maintaining a peaceful life.'

She looked at the D-Class teacher, remembering the scene where she called out to Ayanokoji in the staff room later on for Horikita. Sakayanagi narrowed her eyes, did she...?'

"If Class D has no more evidence to offer, would you mind if we proceed with the proceedings?"

If the student council and teachers continued to sit in complete silence, their judgment would surely be merciless. To prevent that, we needed Horikita to take action. However, the most important member of our team withered and shrank before his big brother.

"There seems to be no objection, given the arguments we've heard so far."

The student council president finally spoke. Horikita's older brother looked like he wanted to come to a conclusion as soon as possible.

"Regardless of which party called the other, the fact remains that it was a one-sided fight between Sudou and the other students. We can clearly see that from the injuries they sustained. We have no choice but to come to a conclusion based on that."

W-wait! I can't accept that! It's just because those guys were a bunch of weaklings!"

"I think your attitude during that time just proves that, Sudo-kun." Sato drop of sweat.

"I'm trying to get better now!" sweat complained.

The moment Sudou uttered those words, I saw Sakagami-sensei smile.

"So, can it really be considered self-defense when fighting opponents of such unequal strength?"

"B-but, hey. I was fighting three people! Three people!"

"But only the students from Class C were injured."

This was getting worse. I resigned myself to the fact that I might get killed later for doing this, but slowly got up from my folding chair and stood behind Horikita. I stretched out my arms and grabbed his sides as hard as I could.

"Hyah?!" Horikita yelled in an abnormally youthful voice. However, this was not the time or place for me to focus on it. Since she hadn't come to her senses yet, I gripped her tighter and tickled her.