"The attitudes and information provided by both parties are inconsistent, but the current situation is that Komiya and Ishizaki suffered relatively serious injuries, so the possibility that Sudo took the initiative to provoke the violence cannot be ruled out."

"Now that the situation has been explained, please begin the debate."

Akane Tachibana closed her notebook.

The next second, Sudo, who was sitting on the chair on Class C's side, stood up and shouted loudly: "Although I did hit you, it was you who provoked me first. You were obviously jealous of me becoming a regular player, and you even interfered with me during my practice. This is you..."

"Please remain silent. Your statement is only one-sided. Whether it will be considered testimony is still under discussion." Tachibana Akane looked towards the seats of Class C and asked, "The accused has the right to ask questions first. Is your spokesperson ready?"

"Ready."

Horikita Suzune stood up from her seat without hesitation. She glanced at her brother with a calm expression and thought of the conversation she had with Hashima Hikaru in the cafe.

This is a great opportunity, I must perform well in front of my brother.

"Then let me ask the questions."

After letting out a long sigh, Horikita Suzune calmed herself down and looked up at the two boys from Class D sitting opposite her.

"First question, since you all claim that Sudou called you out, what was his reason for calling you out? Please explain in detail. This is very important to us."

Komiya Yewu looked at the black-haired girl across from him. He had already rehearsed this, so of course he wasn't stage-frightened. He immediately said, "Sudou said he wanted to talk to me about something, and asked me to go to the special teaching building to discuss it in detail, so I went."

"Then why did Ishizaki, who is in the same class as you, also come along? He's not a member of the basketball club."

"The answer to this question probably depends on Sudo-san from your class."

After hearing this, Komiya said angrily, "Regarding the starting player spot, I had the opportunity to compete, but the seniors gave it to him."

"So I argued with him about this when I was on the basketball club, but not only was his attitude very bad, he even threatened me that I should just give up, because otherwise becoming a regular would just bring shame to the club. And this time he asked me to meet him privately. I was afraid he would use violence to coerce me into agreeing not to compete for the regular spot on the basketball club, so I asked my classmate Ishizaki to go with me."

"That's right. This guy usually has a bad temper, so it wouldn't be surprising if he actually threatened others. So I agreed to Komiya's request and went with him." Ishizaki Daichi's expression also became indignant. "And then he beat me up like this. I have to expel him, otherwise if he stays in school, he will definitely cause more violence."

"You're talking nonsense, I never said anything like that!"

Sudo was furious at the other party's remarks. This was all nonsense. He was promoted to a regular starter by his seniors because of his outstanding performance. Komiya had never had such an argument with him in the basketball team.

"Please be quiet, Sudo-kun. The deliberation process is about reason, not about who has the loudest voice." Akane Tachibana reminded Sudo again, hoping that he would remain calm.

"Sudo-san, please stop talking for now. Let's all trust Horikita-san." Hirata Yosuke tugged at Sudo's sleeve, trying to get him to sit back in his seat.

At this moment, Horikita Suzune, who was pushed back by Komiya's words, felt that the other party seemed to have been prepared. He spoke very smoothly and didn't even pause.

After a moment's silence, Horikita Suzune asked again, "I see. So your goal is to get Ishizaki to be your bodyguard to prevent Sudo-san from bullying you, right?"

"Of course, Sudou is much stronger than me, so of course I would be worried."

"Then, my second question is about the process of fighting." Horikita Suzune's eyes were sharp as she examined the two boys sitting opposite her. "I happen to have some experience in martial arts. When facing multiple enemies, the fighting process becomes more complicated."

"Even if you say Sudou is stronger than you, you are two healthy boys. How could you fail to cause any harm to Sudou when you faced him alone?"

"That's very strange. You were all seriously injured, but Sudo is fine."

"That's because we don't want to fight with him. The student handbook clearly states that fighting will result in suspension or even expulsion," Ishizaki touched the bandaged area on his face and quickly gave his answer.

"Okay, let's just assume you don't want to fight."

Horikita Suzune nodded and continued, "During the fight, if you had chosen to give up resistance, Sudo should have stopped too. Why would he allow you to cause such harm?"

"Haha, didn't I just explain it?"

Komiya sneered and shouted at Horikita Suzune, "This guy's reason for asking me out is just as I suspected. He wants me to give up competing for the starting spot on the basketball team and just be a water delivery boy."

"I disagreed, so he started beating me. Ishizaki tried to stop him, but he also attacked her in the face and chest."

"We're not here to fight him. We just want to resolve this quickly and get him to let us go."

Ishizaki Daichi continued, "Who knew this guy was so violent? He saw we weren't going to resist, but he still wouldn't stop. Instead, he kept hitting me and Komiya in the face and chest. Doesn't this prove that Sudo doesn't deserve to be in school here?"

"..."

After hearing this, Horikita Suzune was speechless. She glanced at Horikita Manabu who was sitting in the main seat. The other person's expression was still calm, as if he hadn't heard anything.

"Then... please bring out the key witness. She will restore the truth of the matter."

Horikita Suzune took a deep breath, turned around and shouted towards the door of the conference room: "Sakura-san, please come in."

Chapter 95: Deliberation and Confrontation: All Cards Revealed, Part 2

After Horikita Suzune shouted this, the door of the conference room opened and a red-haired girl wearing glasses walked in with her head lowered.

"eyewitness?"

Sakagami Kazuma, the D-class teacher, smiled playfully and asked Horikita Suzune, "Could it be a student from your C-class?"

"Indeed, Sakura happened to be in the Special Education Building on that day, so she's a crucial eyewitness."

"Really? Then let her explain."

After entering the student union meeting room, facing the gazes of many eyes, although Sakura Airi was nervous, but thinking of the encouraging words that Hashima Hikaru said when they were chatting, she pushed herself to calm down.

"I'm Sakura Airi from Class 1-C." She clenched her fists and began to speak with effort.

"Sakura-san, please tell everyone what you saw that day." Horikita Suzune glanced at her gently. It was very difficult to ask this shy girl to come forward to testify, but without her, the deliberation would probably become more troublesome.

"Yes, I did see it that day. It was the students from Class D who attacked Sudou first, and then they started fighting."

"Haha, if you really saw it, why didn't you bring it up right from the start?" Sakagami Kazuma said with a playful expression. He glanced at Chabashira Sae and several other students from Class C sitting across from him, then continued, "If there really were witnesses, you could have just protested to the Student Council. Why wait until now?"

"this..."

After being asked this, Sakura Airi's eyes wavered a little, but she quickly recalled the conversation with Hashima Hikaru that day, and the boy had taught her what to say.

"It was because my camera suddenly broke down after that day, and I spent so much time repairing it that I forgot to tell my classmates about it."

"Tsk, that's not convincing at all, Sakura-san," Sakagami Kazuma shook his head and said slowly, "I guess you lied against your will to protect your classmates."

"Although I approve of your actions in defending the class, lying is not a good behavior, Sakura-san."

"I didn't lie because my camera contained crucial evidence."

After taking a deep breath, Sakura Airi looked up at Horikita Suzune who was standing there and said, "Horikita-san, can I show you the photo now?"

"Okay, since the other party has already said so, please produce the evidence, Sakura-san."

After hearing their conversation, a hint of surprise flashed in Sakagami Kazuma's eyes, but after looking at Ibuki who was still sitting firmly in his seat, he did not continue speaking.

"This is the memory card in my camera. Can you show it to me?"

Sakura Airi took out the memory card she had prepared. In order to protect her privacy, she had transferred all the personal photos in it to the computer in advance, leaving only a few key pictures taken that day.

"Ju Qian, go and let him out."

"Yes."

Horikita Manabu called out the name of the girl behind him, who nodded immediately, walked quickly forward, took the memory card from Sakura's hand, and then started operating on the computer next to her.

After a while, the picture was projected clearly.

On the displayed screen, the front is the red-haired girl's face taking a selfie, and in the scene behind, the figures of three people are captured.

Ishizaki and Komiya surrounded Sudo on both sides, their arms and fists were entangled with Sudo's body, and it looked like they were beating Sudo up.

"I was looking for a quiet place to take a selfie that day, so I chose the empty second floor of the special teaching building, but I didn't expect to see this scene."

"That's all I wanted to say."

After saying all these words, Sakura Airi breathed a sigh of relief, and her tense body finally relaxed a lot.

Doing this kind of thing was really too difficult for her personality. The red-haired girl couldn't help but think of the agreement with Hashima Hikaru. After today's deliberation was over, the two would meet in her dormitory and review it.

When she thought about seeing him again tonight, Sakura Airi's heart was immediately filled with anticipation.

"Teacher Sakagami, there is a specific date displayed under this photo, which can prove that Sakura's testimony is not false." Horikita Suzune added at the right time.

"..."

Sakagami Kazuma was silent for a moment, then shifted his gaze to Ibuki next to him.

At this moment, after seeing the photo, Ishizaki Daichi and Komiya Yego felt more and more that Ryuen's preparations were very effective. They didn't expect that there was actually an eyewitness.

"Since it's time to submit evidence, I also have a piece of evidence to submit."

Ibuki Mio stood up and after scanning everyone in the conference room, she took out her cell phone from her pocket.

"Please play this video."

At this moment, everyone in Class C was shocked when they saw this scene. Sudo and Hirata Yosuke widened their eyes, and Chabashi Sae's originally calm expression also relaxed a little.

And there is Sakura Airi. She originally thought that the matter could be resolved once she took out the photos, but she didn't expect that the other party actually had other evidence, and it was a video?

What is going on?

The red-haired girl's heart was in a mess.

After Tachibana Akane imported the video from Ibuki Mio into the computer, the projected image immediately changed to new content.

This is a video shot from a very close angle. In the front are Sudo, Komiya and Ishizaki. All their movements are clearly shown, and there are even sounds.

"I will never give up being a regular player. No matter what you do, I will never give up."

"What are you talking about? I don't understand at all."

"Don't hit Komiya, come to me if you have something to say!" Ishizaki's voice drowned out Sudo's question. The three of them wrestled with each other, and it seemed that Sudo was making more moves. After the fight started, he kept hitting the faces of the two people opposite him.

"Sudou! I won't give in!"

After the sound and video stopped, an eerie silence suddenly fell in the conference room.

A few seconds later, Sakagami Kazuma's face showed an extremely angry expression. He stood up from his seat, stared fiercely at Sudo in front of him and shouted, "How dare you do such a thing? You must be suspended. This school will not allow you to continue to act so presumptuously!"

"Student Council President, do you have anything to say?"

Ibuki Mio looked at Horikita Manabu who was sitting in the main seat. Although she couldn't pretend to be angry, she could convey that she was in a bad mood with a blank expression.

"This video is indeed very good evidence. I wonder how you got it?" The man pushed his glasses and looked at the short-haired girl's face.

"It happened that a classmate of ours was putting something away in the science classroom that day and happened to see this scene and recorded it."

Ibuki knew in his heart that this was the same trick that Hashima Hikaru had used before, but since that guy could use it, why couldn't I?

"..."

Horikita Manabu was silent for a moment, then looked at Horikita Suzune who was standing there and asked, "This video does have great credibility. If you can't continue to defend yourself."

"Given Sudou's bad behavior, expulsion is inevitable."

After hearing this, Ishizaki and Komiya who were sitting over there were obviously happy, and Sakagami Kazuma also curled up the corner of his mouth into a smile.

Hirata and Chabashira Sae from Class C didn't say anything. Sudo knew that this was the scene that day, but it was just a prelude to the fight later. These two guys said some words that he couldn't understand at the beginning, and then provoked him, so the red-haired boy soon got into a fight with them.

Sudo left only after defeating the two men.

Did they actually capture the previous scene? This is really a big problem.

"No, we apply to continue the defense."

Horikita Suzune glanced at her brother who was sitting in the main seat and took out her cell phone from her pocket.

"We are ready to submit a second piece of evidence."

Hearing this, Horikita Manabu, who had been expressionless until now, changed his expression slightly, and his gaze fell on the black-haired girl in the front.

Is this...finally progress?

Chapter 96: Review concluded, reversal successful

In the student council meeting room, just after Horikita Suzune took out her cell phone, Ibuki Mio and the other two boys opposite her looked a little surprised.

They had never expected that there would be a back-up plan. According to the plan proposed by Ryuuen, when this close-up "bullying" video with voice was released, Sudo would be completely crushed to death.

But now this black-haired girl actually has new evidence, how is this possible?

"Yes, you can bring the new evidence."

Horikita Manabu had already withdrawn his hands from the table, his eyes flickering with a thoughtful glint. He looked at his sister standing there and saw that the girl had a determined expression, perhaps she was already confident of victory.

"Can you give me the evidence?"

Akane Tachibana walked to the side of Horikita Suzune, but she found that Horikita Suzune was holding the phone tightly and had no intention of submitting the evidence directly.

"Before I submit my final piece of evidence, I have a few more questions."

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