As soon as Ishizaki finished speaking, he felt a pain in his abdomen.
Ibuki elbowed Ishizaki in the stomach, and the sudden attack made Ishizaki bend over in pain.
"Hey, hey, Ibuki, why are you hitting me?"
"Who told you to talk nonsense? Although Shiina is very close to that Miyako guy, it's definitely not to that extent. Besides, isn't it too much to lay a hand on such a gentle idiot like Classmate Shiina?"
Ibuki's words, she didn't know if she was refuting or convincing herself.
But at this moment, her mood was complex.
On the cruise ship's deck.
It was lunchtime, and the deck was almost empty.
The scorching sunlight burned the sea and the deck. Leaning on the railing, waves of heat that made one unable to open their eyes came rushing.
"Amane-san, are you planning to do something to Karuizawa-san?"
Shiina, who had left the buffet restaurant, had a certain vivacity in her eyes that she never displayed in front of others.
Amane-san nodded in response to Shiina's question.
"I need a tool."
"Amane-san is really too much, wanting to bully such a cute girl."
"Am I not bullying you too?"
"Eh? Has Amane-san ever bullied me?…"
Shiina tilted her head in confusion. Although Amane-san knew she was deliberately acting innocent, she still couldn't help but lean closer.
It was a fleeting touch. Shiina, somewhat happy and somewhat shy, covered her cheeks while secretly glancing at Amane-san.
Just as Shiina was still immersed in the sudden happiness, she suddenly remembered something.
"Although I don't know how Amane-san plans to use Karuizawa-san, Manabe and them might come up with very malicious methods. Today, you deliberately provoked them and even had Karuizawa-san slap Motofuji-san in the end. I think their retaliation methods might be very terrifying. If Amane-san doesn't control the situation well, Karuizawa-san might..."
Shiina's words reached her lips, but she still swallowed the word 'breakdown.' This word was quite cruel to both her and Karuizawa-san.
Shiina knew that Amane-san had better ways to resolve disputes, but from the moment Amane-san started fanning the flames, she knew that Amane-san was determined to get Karuizawa-san.
She initially didn't understand why Amane-san did this, because it would undoubtedly bring serious psychological and physical trauma to Karuizawa-san and others.
But when she saw Amane-san smiling and talking about needing Karuizawa-san to be her tool, Shiina suddenly realized.
Perhaps, all of Amane-san's actions were just to feel pleasure from it.
Could that cruelty just be Amane-san's wicked hobby?
The moment this terrifying thought appeared, Shiina shook her head vigorously. Looking at Amane-san's warm, sun-like smile, her face flushed slightly.
How could such a person be a devil?
Chapter Two Hundred Ninety-Eight: Ayanokoji, you have no shame at all
Classmate Shibata, sitting on the testing equipment, pondered for a moment when confronted with Mashima-sensei's question.
To be honest, he didn't quite believe that a skinny guy like Ayanokoji could break his bone, considering he was half an athlete. Besides, his body wasn't that fragile.
If following Mashima-sensei's line of thought, it meant that Classmate Shibata had been injured before, leading to this accident.
Classmate Shibata had always tried his best to avoid fighting with others. The only one he had direct contact with was… Yamada Albert!
Classmate Shibata, following Mashima-sensei's train of thought, began to consider if he had been in any violent conflict with anyone that led to this accident. However, Classmate Shibata thought of Albert's attack on him.
At that time, when he saw Albert rushing towards him, Classmate Shibata, in a moment of urgency, did use his hand to block Albert's attack. As expected, Classmate Shibata was directly knocked to the ground by Albert's massive body.
Was his hand injured at that time? But if he wanted to pursue it now… Classmate Shibata frowned slightly.
It had been almost a week since that attack, and it was hard to say if his broken hand was related to Albert. Even if Albert indirectly caused it, without the other party admitting it, Classmate Shibata had no evidence to prove that he had fought with Albert, let alone prove that his hand was injured at that time.
This also meant that he couldn't hold Albert responsible for his hand injury this time. Since that was the case, there was no need to involve Albert and complicate the matter.
He just had to insist that Ayanokoji caused it.
Besides, although Classmate Shibata also highly agreed with Mashima-sensei's analysis and felt that this matter had nothing to do with Ayanokoji, and he was just unlucky, at present, he could only ask Ayanokoji for compensation. This was the only thing Classmate Shibata could do. Although he didn't intend to ask for much compensation, asking for nothing at all would obviously make him look like an idiot. His hand was broken, and he didn't even know who caused it. What else could he be if not an idiot? The hand injury couldn't be hidden, he had to give an explanation to others, so he could only let Ayanokoji take the blame.
"I'm sorry, I don't remember having any injuries. The only person this hand has touched recently is Ayanokoji-kun."
Classmate Shibata decisively threw the blame on Ayanokoji.
Ayanokoji-kun nodded expressionlessly, clearly having anticipated Classmate Shibata's statement.
"Teachers, although I am indeed a party involved, I believe you all know very well that I do not possess the strength to break Classmate Shibata's hand just by shaking it. If I had such strength, there would be no need for me to come here to study. This matter is clearly an accident, and I am willing to offer some compensation to Classmate Shibata. However, considering the current poor financial situation of Class D, I hope Classmate Shibata can be lenient regarding the compensation points."
Ayanokoji-kun naturally took the initiative.
From the start, while defining the matter as an accident, he also set limits on the compensation points, preventing Classmate Shibata from making excessive demands.
"We understand Ayanokoji-kun's difficulties. So, Classmate Shibata, how do you want to handle this matter?"
Mashima-sensei's words made everyone's attention focus on Classmate Shibata again.
This matter was completely defined as an accident, and because of Ayanokoji-kun's preemptive strike, Classmate Shibata had no way to make exorbitant demands.
Classmate Shibata, with a difficult expression, couldn't help but curse Ayanokoji-kun in his heart as a complete sly fox.
How was he supposed to quote a price? Although Class D's class points, including the points gained from the Uninhabited Island, should be around five hundred, the next points announcement was on September 1st. This meant that the compensation Classmate Shibata requested had to be as consistent as possible with Class D's current financial situation.
The last announced points for Class D were 207, which translated to twenty thousand seven hundred individual points. Classmate Shibata didn't even bother looking at such a small amount of individual points. However, at present, besides being able to claim compensation from Ayanokoji-kun, he had no other way to conceal or explain his hand injury.
Of course, he could choose to be magnanimous and waive Ayanokoji-kun's compensation responsibility, but this was undoubtedly the most unacceptable option for him.
Not only did his hand need rest due to the fracture, but he also couldn't explain the whole situation. A handshake causing a fracture, and then waiving the other party's compensation—anyone who thought about it would conclude that this person, if not a saint, must be a hopelessly idiot.
"One hundred thousand individual points. Can Ayanokoji-kun accept that?"
Classmate Shibata quoted a price that was neither too high nor too low.
One hundred thousand points was not too much for Class B and Class A. Although Class B had been penalized in the previous months, they had accumulated a large number of points at the beginning of the school year and handed them over to Ichinose for unified management.
Even when the class points later sharply decreased, leading to a reduction in individual point income, they were all still handed over to Ichinose.
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