"Go to hell!!!"
Sudo suddenly slammed his backpack into Horikita's face with force.
Horikita, who had her arms crossed, was caught off guard and hit squarely.
She fell to the ground, and the stationery and books from her backpack scattered everywhere.
Still not appeased, Sudo grabbed a chair, intending to continue hitting Horikita.
"Sudo, calm down!"
Ayanokoji, quick-witted, grabbed Sudo's arm.
"Get lost!"
Sudo furiously swung his arm, but Ayanokoji still held his arm tightly, unmoving.
In a fit of rage, Sudo delivered a foul elbow, like in basketball.
He directly elbowed Ayanokoji in the head.
Thud!!
Although Ayanokoji noticed he was about to attack, he didn't expect Sudo to be so ruthless.
Ayanokoji, who was only blocking the attack with one hand, immediately fell backward, hitting the ground.
He also knocked over Yamauchi behind him.
"Wah! Sudo-san, calm down!"
Kushida shrieked in panic.
Things were now beyond her control.
If this continued, someone was bound to get hurt or worse.
"Kushida, shut up! If it weren't for you, would I be here being humiliated by that useless Horikita?!"
Hiss—!
The moment their eyes met Sudo's bloodshot, man-eating gaze, Kushida was so scared she stumbled back two steps and sat down on the ground.
She admitted that she was being clever, stirring up conflict between the two sides.
But she never intended for it to turn out like this.
What to do now? Right!
Call Chabashira-sensei!
Kushida picked up her phone but couldn't dial the correct number.
Her mind was in chaos, and her eyes were so blurry she couldn't even see the keys.
She simply gave up, angrily smashing her phone on the ground.
This was the first time in her life she had been yelled at like this.
No matter where she was, she was always trusted and recognized by everyone.
Even if she did something that caused the class to collapse, everyone just hated each other.
There were still people willing to believe her.
Her impeccable social skills and ability to gain others' trust were her greatest weapons.
No matter how excellent the opponent was, no matter how good their academic performance or physical ability, they would all pale in comparison under the weapon of public opinion.
She had once arrogantly felt that she just lacked a stage.
If given the right stage, she could even easily control an entire school... But today!
That gorilla-like good-for-nothing actually dared to blame her!
How dare he!!!!
Sudo—Ken!
She had to make Sudo Ken realize her power.
That's right.
She was very powerful.
"Kushida-san, are you alright?"
Okitani, who was temporarily attending the study group, saw Kushida with her hands clutching her head, her eyes wide with terror, and quickly knelt down to ask.
Ike, who was nearby, finally reacted.
Watching Okitani's actions, Ike felt a little jealous.
How great it would have been if he had been the first to notice Kushida's distress.
But... if he stopped Sudo, Kushida would surely be impressed, right?
No sooner said than done!
Ike ran in front of Sudo, who was about to find something to hit Horikita with.
He pushed Sudo hard.
"Sudo, you bastard, you scared little Kushida! What kind of skill is it to yell at a girl? If you're so brave, come at me. Little Kushida is with me—"
Splat!!!
Sudo, in his rage, couldn't hear anything.
He backhanded Ike hard across the face.
Ike's feet briefly left the ground from the slap, and he flew backward, landing heavily on the ground.
"What are you, daring to stop me? You're asking for death, ptui!"
Sudo spat at the fallen Ike.
His unrestrained use of force made his confidence soar.
There was no one in the entire room who could fight.
What was the use of studying?
Horikita, that bitch, no matter how good she was at studying, she was still hoping... Where was Horikita?
Sudo then realized that Horikita, who had just fallen, had disappeared.
"Carelessness can lead to losing Jingzhou, you know."
A whooshing sound came from behind him.
Sudo instinctively turned around.
He was met with Horikita's fist, which landed squarely on his eye socket.
His already somewhat dark eye socket began to swell at a visible rate.
But surprisingly, Sudo didn't even cry out in pain.
This made Horikita feel a little incredible.
"This much force is just tickling me. Do you think playing basketball is a child's game? Countless falls, countless malicious fouls, countless elbows, trips, and even beatings..."
"These things you consider worthless have made me accustomed to the feeling of injury and pain. Is it written in your books? Have you learned it? Now I'll show you what pain is!"
Sudo swung his arm with a whoosh.
His punch was so fast that Horikita, who had learned formal fighting techniques, couldn't react at all.
The sheer force of the wind carried by his fist made Horikita's fair cheek sting.
The next punch landed mercilessly on Horikita's nose bridge.
Horikita fell down.
Drip, drop, drip, drop.
Blood flowed from her nostrils.
Sudo's punch just now was too brutal.
It exceeded the force Horikita's body could withstand.
"How does pain feel? Did your books teach you these things? Keep acting all high and mighty for me, you bitch!!! Where's that arrogant attitude you had when you were lecturing me? Please, quickly show me!"
Sudo stomped on Horikita's leg.
"…"
Despite the pain.
Horikita, however, glared stubbornly at Sudo.
She didn't even let out a sound of pain.
Her lips even curled slightly.
As if she were mocking Sudo.
"What kind of expression is that?!"
Sudo grabbed Horikita's collar.
"You know, don't you? You really are naive if you think violence can change how others see and evaluate you, haha."
Horikita's words were like a sharp thorn piercing Sudo's heart.
He wanted to refute Horikita's accusations through force.
He wanted everyone to look at him with new eyes.
But… Horikita's mockery, Ike still unconscious, Kushida's fear, Ayanokoji squatting in the corner wiping blood from his mouth, staring straight at him, thinking who knows what?
Why?
Why did no one look at him with new eyes?
Tap, tap, tap, tap.
The sound of rapid running came from outside the door.
Amane pushed open the door.
"Suzune? What happened to you… Sudo."
"This has nothing to do with you."
Sudo's confidence was somewhat lacking.
Amane's eyes were filled with hatred.
Why!
Why is everyone like this… Tap.
Tap.
Tap.
Amane slowly walked towards Sudo.
"You brought this upon yourself!"
Sudo moved away from Horikita.
He used the same trick again, smashing his elbow towards Amane's head.
"Amane, look out!!!"
Horikita, having just seen Sudo's move knock down Ayanokoji, couldn't help but warn her.
Thud!
The elbow strike was met by Amane with the same move.
"Th-this, how is this possible?!"
Sudo looked incredulously at the slender-armed Amane in front of him.
His elbow strike had been trained to the point that even a two-hundred-pound person would be down for a long time if hit.
But Amane, a girl.
Actually.
"You just showed killing intent towards me, didn't you?"
Amane's expression vanished without a trace.
The moment Sudo met Amane's gaze, he felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar.
If that elbow strike had hit an ordinary girl, a concussion would have been light; she would most likely have suffered brain death.
In other words.
Sudo, who had lost his reason.
Had used a potentially lethal move on her.
"Since you've already released killing intent towards me, whatever I do to you next is reasonable, Sudo. Do you have anything you want to say to your family now?"
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