POV: Torikachi

We are currently working to search for evidence to solve Sudou's case, at least that's what the class thinks at the moment.

It is currently 6:00 AM, I wake up from my internal clock, despite not being able to do so in my previous. I guess living alone made me improve a lot more compared to living with relatives.

I don't know, maybe I was just lazy in that life.

Probably.

For this incident, I only decide to text Kiyotaka a message:

[When the Council President invites you to the council, tell him that I will join instead. This will be useful in the future.]

[Ok]

He pretty much replied instantly. I guess he's in the middle of his daily routine.

Not that I care much. In the end, many girls will follow him in the future. It's just a matter of time.

*time skip to Sudou's trial

POV: Kiyotaka

I am currently in the Student Council room for Sudou's trial, along with Horikita, Sudou, and Chabashira-sensei from my class; Ishizaki, Komiya, and Kondo were injured badly.

With our current state, even with Sakura's testimony, our reputation as class D isn't enough for Sakura to be our witness despite being true.

With that said, with no response from Horikita, perhaps tensed up by her brother's appearance, couldn't do anything at the moment. I decided to make physical contact through her abdomen, trying to force her to debate for Sudou's sake. I heard that Horikita's also dense from Torikachi's words:

"Sudou, without denial, will have an affection towards Horikita, but she's too dense to figure it out."

I see how it is. Hearing Horikita's saving Sudou twice from expulsion, there's no doubt that Sudou will have a certain affection towards her while being a hot-headed idiot.

After Horikita's explanation, the trail had come to an end, with the President's words.

"I will move the next trial within 3 days from now, with expulsion on the table. The decision will be final in our next trial. Dismiss."

After that, everyone leaves, while Sakura is in front of the door. I decide to cheer her up for her to improve.

"You've done well, Sakura." I compliment her.

"I'm sorry. If I made my decision sooner..." she replied, probably couldn't handle the tensions from the trial earlier.

"It's okay, Sakura."

The President leaves the room right after our conversation, with Secretary Tachibana by his side.

"Are you planning something?" He asks me.

"I'm not Sun Tzu or Zhuge Liang," I replied.

"Sakura, even if your testimony, being in class D might also be align that you are a liar." He confronted Sakura.

"I believe in her." I intervened.

With my speech, the President violently 'kabedon' me in front of the girls.

"How can you be so sure?" He asks.

"We will see about that," I replied vaguely. The game already has the winner. I probably need Ichinose's help for this.

Why Ichinose?

Well...

*flashback

"Can you please pretend to be my boyfriend?" She asked

"I don't think it's the right choice for you at the moment, Ichinose. Just say with your thoughts." I replied.

"But... love is kind of an alien to me." She said. I'm genuinely surprised by her words. If it is Ichinose, I would have believed her if she had been confessed by multiple boys before coming to this school.

"But why me? You could ask someone in class B?"

"Well... the person who confesses to me is from class B..."

"I don't think this is the right choic-..."

"Ah..." in the middle of my words, a girl's sound occurred in front of us. I'm not surprised if it's a girl who confessed Ichinose.

"I'm sorry Chihiro-chan, for suddenly bringing someone you don't know. This is Ayanokouji-Kun, from class D." Said Ichinose.

"If he's here, then could he be...?" Said Chihiro, verging of tears in her eyes.

"I'm sorry Chihiro-chan. Ayanokouji-kun is my...-" Ichinose replied.

I've decided to do this, for their sake.

"I'm just a friend." I intervened in her words.

"Heh?" Shocking Ichinose, I decided to speak up for them.

"Ichinose, I don't think this is a right place for me to say this..."

(Yeah y'all know what it's about.)

*end of flashback

It's time to execute my final plan.

*time skip to next day

I am currently standing in the special annex with Ichinose, waiting for our target to come.

"It's so hot..." I complained, trying to make Ichinose know about our conditions.

"I guess I will help you for this time then." Replied Ichinose with an exhausted sigh.

I heard multiple footsteps walking up the stairs. Looks like our target had arrived.

"Oi! What are you doing here?" Asked Ishizaki, wondering why are we here despite Kushida asking them to come.

"The trial had already concluded the results. You all will be expelled for lying to the school, making the false accusation that caused a waste of time to everyone involved." I said.

"What do you mean? It was Sudou who will be expelled." Exclaimed Ishizaki, perhaps not knowing their situation.

"Are you so sure about that?" Ichinose replied pointing to the camera that we set up to provide false evidence.

"W-what??" Ishizaki asked with a shock, probably not knowing there's a camera there from the beginning.

"I'm sorry, but y'all will be expelled, as President said that expulsion is on the table," I said as straightforward as possible.

"N-no... I don't want to get expelled."

"Ishizaki, what should we do??" Asked one of his accompanies.

"There's no point of returning now." Exclaimed Ishizaki.

"Actually there is a way," I said.

"What is it??" He asked.

"Retract your complaint. If there are no complaints, the school will not investigate any further. The case will be dismissed and the school will be done with it." I replied.

"W-wait, let me contact my b-..." Ishizaki said as he pulled his phone out, contact a specific person.

"If you do it, I have no choice but to expose the footage." Said Ichinose.

"Tch..."

"Let's go, we will dismiss the complaint." Said Ichinose.

"Y-yes... we will dismiss our complaint." Ishizaki complies with his loss, surrendering with our evidence in front of their eyes.

*time skip to the final confrontation

I am currently waking in the hallways of the school. I suddenly meet the President's gaze.

"Excellent work." He said.

"It was all your sister's work. I didn't do anything." I denied my involvement in this case.

"If that's the case, then I'm impressed, even if it's a simple story."

"How can you be so sure?"

"Just an instinct." He replied.

"P-President!!" Secretary Tachibana complied. "This kouhai is so rude!!"

We both ignore her words.

"Tachibana, we have a slot for secretary in the council, aren't we?" President asked. I think I know where this is going.

"Yes. There was an interview of an A-class student, but got rejected right after."

"If it is, then." Said, President.

"Ayanokouji, if you want, I could appoint you to that position if you want to." He said as he exchanges his gaze with me.

Secretary Tachibana, couldn't handle the stunt the President made, refuse immediately.

"P-President!! He's a student from class D!"

"Are you unsatisfied with my evaluation?"

"I-if the President say so."

"I refuse." I said.

"And you straight up deny the offer!!" Said Tachibana-senpai with a twitch on her eyebrow.

"It's because I wouldn't do something that I'm not interested in," I said as I remember Torikachi's message.

"However, if it's possible, contact this number." I said as I hand Torikachi's phone number to President. "He will replace me in this matter. He knows everything that is currently happening. Every single action you and I made already had him knowing. Of course, without me spilling the bean."

"I see. I will contact this person tonight then." He said, satisfied with my response. "I will evaluate him. Since it's your acquaintance, I hope I will be satisfied with him."

"No problem. Thank the person you will contact tonight later on." I said as I remember Torikachi's words:

"I know the council's situation, and I will fix it as much as I can, while you can have fun and relax in this matter."

At least that's what he said.

POV: 3rd Person

Meanwhile, Horikita and Sae-sensei are discussing something at the front of the student council room, after knowing class C retracted their complaint.

Sae: How did you do it?

Suzune: What do you mean?

Sae: Stop playing dumb. Class C won't retract their complaint for no reason.

Suzune: I will leave it to your imagination

Sae: Ayanokouji isn't here, so I'm curious.

Suzune: Sensei, you assigned me next to Ayanokouji just because you couldn't overlook his talents. Why is that?

Sae: I guess you already know, class D is the defective class. Everyone has their own defects. So, what do you think is Ayanokouji's defect?

Suzune: I think we have established it. He "dislikes trouble".

Sae: How can you be so sure?

Suzune: He said it himself.

Sae: Well let us see about that. Discover Ayanokouji's flaws, what is he thinking, what are his motives? There's definitely an answer.

Sae: In my opinion, Ayanokouji is the most defective in the class.

Suzune: What do you mean?

Sae: Higher functioning tools meaning it's harder to control. If you misunderstood how to use and utilize it, the class will be destroyed within seconds.

Suzune:...

*time skip to the hallways

POV: Kiyotaka

"Yo," I saw Horikira and Sensei walking together. "What are the results?"

"I think you've already known the answer," replied Horikita.

"I'm glad that your plan worked."

"Hey, Ayanokouji-kun." Horikita initiates a conversation. "Am I, just your puppet?"

"You are overthinking about it. I didn't do anything." I quickly lied to her. I don't want to let her know about Torikachi's relationship with me yet because it's his doing.

"You pointed out the lack of security cameras in the special annex. You even told me information about everything about this case. Aside from those, I couldn't think of anything else."

"Coincidence can be freaky," I said my common reply.

"Wait!" Horikita stopped me by grabbing my wrist. "I want to know what are you thinking."

"I'm thinking 'This is annoying' and 'Please don't involve me in this.' " I said truthfully.

"If that's the case, you don't need to go through all the troubles to do this." Said Horikita. She's right, I think I'm involved a bit too much in this case.

"You kind of forced me to. Whether we reach class A or not, it's not my concern. I just want to live my life peacefully."

Currently, there are too many people involved right now. Torikachi's currently making all of the plans that I made, so I don't think I should continue trying to think.

"Then, what is it? What are you thinking?" Asked Horikita. I believed this is Sensei's doing. I won't be surprised if she knows about my past.

As we spoke, a male figure walk across us, patting Horikita's shoulder.

"Setting the camera to put false evidence huh? You are really something aren't you?" Said the figure.

"May I ask who are you?" Horikita asked.

"I will be your enemy next time. Be prepared for it." So this is Ryuuen, the so-called class C tyrant that Torikachi talked about.

He said as he walk away from us. Not slipping this chance, I decided to walk faster, but Horikita's holding my wrist once again.

"Horikita," I said, displaying a glimpse of my darkness. "I will help you to reach class A, but..."

...

"Don't pry into my life."

I said as I walk away from Horikita. I might need to confirm through Torikachi about joining the student council later on.

*night time

POV: Torikachi

I am currently lying on my bed, waiting for a call from a specific person.

Suddenly, I heard a sensation from my phone, both ringtone, and vibration. I guess my guess is here.

I replied to the phone number I was waiting for.

"Hello there, Student Council Precident, Horikita Manabu." I said with a grin. "I'm supposed Ayanokouji gave you this number, am I correct?"

"Indeed." He replied.

"So, I want to make an offer to you, Senpai."

"I'm all ears."

"I know your current situation with Nagumo." I addressed him with no respect whatsoever. "I will help you stop him. In exchange, I will be the secretary of the student council without anyone knowing except you and Tachibana-senpai."

"If you are confident about it, then I guess you know what to do as a secretary, am I correct?"

"Indeed" I replied.

"Very well. Welcome to the student council,... umm..."

"Torikachi is my name," I replied. There's no need for me to hide my identity from him.

"Torikachi... I heard from the Chairman that you are special in some ways."

"What do you mean?"

"You don't have a last name, do you?"

I chuckled knowing his guess will be correct.

"Correct. But that's not it. There's more, but I will leave it for now."

"I see..."

The President somewhat satisfied my answer.

"You might be wondering how I know your relationship with Nagumo, aren't you?"

"You seems... wise. Explain more of it so I can evaluate."

"Yours and Nagumo's ideal clashes each other. While you want to keep the traditions of this school, while Nagumo wants to change this school into a hierarchy, allowing students to compete with each other. Individualism is the key. At least that's what Nagumo's ideal."

"Your speculation is quite... terrifying."

"That's how I am, President. I know everything. I know that you are interested in Ayanokouji, while Nagumo tried so hard to get your acknowledgment. I know the upcoming special exams and their outcomes in the future." I replied. "Is that enough? Mr. President?"

"I see. Are you able to stop Nagumo from being the president? At least in the next election?"

"Unfortunately I can't. His influence in the second year is a big deal. But I can hinder his performance while him being the president." I said.

"I see. What will you do then?"

"I don't have enough power to fight against him now in terms of overall ability, but I saw through all of his plans in the future, and I will need assistance when the time comes."

"Understood." He replied. "I will set up a private meeting with you in the council room for tomorrow."

"Okay, then President. Have a good night." I said.

"Thank you. The same goes for you."

*click

I guess it had been decided, isn't it?

I need to prevent Kushida from sabotaging the class in the future. I have all the evidence against her at the start of the game. I have to confront her later in the future.

This time, I will do everything. No matter the methods, to free Kiyotaka from his past. To let him feel emotions, to enjoy his time in this school.

I will satisfy myself by helping him, and that's all that matters.

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A/N:

                Ayyyy. So I rushed a bit too hard in this whole volume. Since there are not many important events happening in this volume, so I decide to add several chapters before moving to vol 3. Mostly characters developments in the school. Of course, most of them are OCC so I hope y'all speak up your thoughts about this.

                Feel free to criticize my fanfic if you want to.

BTW!! I actually write this chapter during class because it's boring af.