Chapter 155: Get Lost, or I'll Beat You Up!
Although Ike looked genuinely pitiful, most people in the class felt that he completely deserved it.
Not only had he screwed himself over, but he had dragged everyone else down with him!
Yuto did not find Ike pitiful either.
Hadn't he brought all of this upon himself?
He had immediately trusted the papers Tokito sold him.
He had immediately rejected Suzune's tutoring.
He had immediately convinced himself those papers would guarantee high scores.
Everything happening to Ike now was entirely the result of his own choices.
Yuto glanced at the crying Ike, whose face was covered in tears and mucus, then addressed the Class D students.
"Everyone, the most important thing right now is the midterm."
"So let's leave Ike's problem until after the examination is over."
Hopefully, by then Ike would not already have been expelled for failing.
Seeing how miserable Ike looked, most students no longer felt like continuing to curse him.
However, one girl who already had a bad relationship with Ike had no intention of letting him off completely.
"We can wait until the midterm is over to settle things with Ike, but he has to return the points we paid him first!"
"Waaaaah..."
Ike cried even harder.
He was already suffering this much, yet these people still wanted his points!
How heartless!
In the end, Hirata stepped forward and promised that the points previously paid to Ike would be returned.
Only then did the commotion reluctantly subside.
The Class D students no longer believed Ike's papers would help them.
Everyone hurriedly opened their textbooks and tried to make one final effort.
Yamauchi looked sympathetically at the crying Ike.
He was one of the very few people who still felt sorry for him.
Then Yamauchi remembered that he had also left many questions blank on the mathematics paper and could fail the exam himself...
His sympathy instantly disappeared.
Now he even wanted to kick Ike a few times!
...
The forty-minute break soon passed.
Amid the helpless groans of the Class D students, the Japanese examination began.
Japanese, English, then chemistry and social studies after lunch...
All four papers were completely different from the ones Ike had obtained!
As a result, the Class D students' resentment toward him grew even stronger.
Ike knew he had become the target of everyone's anger.
So the moment the final exam ended, he immediately tried to run.
Unfortunately, Sudo blocked him.
"Sudo, move! I'm leaving!"
Like an ant on a hot pan, Ike anxiously pushed at Sudo, who was standing in front of the rear classroom door.
"Get lost!"
"Those damn papers of yours were completely useless! Not a single subject went well for me because of you!"
"And now you think you can just run away?!"
The hot-tempered Sudo shoved Ike hard.
Ike's smaller body staggered backward several steps before he finally fell to the floor.
The rest of Class D also noticed what was happening near the rear door.
Sotomura, who was filled with resentment himself, shouted, "Everyone! Ike is trying to run!"
"Sotomura, you bastard!"
Ike stared at him in shock and anger.
He knew everyone in Class D hated him because of the papers.
But he never imagined that the people stopping him and exposing his escape attempt would be Sudo and Sotomura—the classmates he had been closest to!
Oh, and Yamauchi too.
Yamauchi was firmly holding onto Ike's arm while shouting to everyone, "I caught Ike!"
Yamauchi was desperately declaring his position.
He wanted everyone to know that he had absolutely nothing to do with Ike!
He was on the class's side!
Yuto looked toward Ike and saw the despair on his face.
Then he shook his head.
This was the price of arrogance.
If Ike had seriously warned everyone beforehand that the papers might not actually be useful, the class would not be nearly this angry now.
Unfortunately, Ike had been completely convinced that he was right.
He insisted the papers would definitely appear on the exam.
And now that blind confidence had come back to bite him.
Hirata hurried over to mediate.
He was afraid the furious Class D students might genuinely start beating Ike.
Yuto also walked over.
As Class D's leader, he could not simply ignore the situation.
Besides, the sooner he intervened, the sooner this troublesome mess could end and he could leave the classroom.
Kei and Kikyo saw Yuto approaching Ike and immediately followed him.
The two girls stood on either side of Yuto.
With Kei and Kikyo beside him and the Class D students gathered around, Yuto looked down at Ike, who was still being restrained by Yamauchi.
"The midterm is over now."
"We can confirm that the papers you bought were completely useless."
"So you need to return the fifty thousand points everyone contributed to you."
"Exactly!"
"Hurry up, Ike! Give us back the fifty thousand points!"
The Class D students loudly agreed.
Yuto gently raised one hand.
"Quiet. Let Ike speak for himself."
The moment Yuto spoke, everyone fell silent.
Filled with despair and regret, Ike guiltily answered, "I... I don't have all fifty thousand anymore. I already spent quite a bit..."
"How much do you have left?" Yuto asked.
To someone with tens of millions of personal points, fifty thousand was nothing.
But as Class D's leader, Yuto still needed to recover the money for everyone.
"Only thirty-seven thousand."
"Then transfer all thirty-seven thousand. I'll cover the remaining amount," Yuto casually replied.
Ike immediately looked at him with gratitude.
He thought Yuto was helping him.
He wasn't.
Yuto had absolutely no intention of helping Ike.
He merely wanted to resolve this annoying situation as quickly as possible.
Besides, covering thirteen thousand points was completely insignificant to him.
Ike transferred his remaining thirty-seven thousand points to Yuto.
Yuto then looked toward the class.
"Anyone who contributed points to Ike, come over and collect your share."
"I don't need mine back. You can keep it, Shimizu-kun."
"Same here. Mine was only fifteen hundred points anyway."
Several students responded that way.
Ike became completely confused.
Why had these people been desperately demanding repayment moments ago, only to suddenly say they did not care about the points and that Yuto could keep them?
Ike could not understand it at all.
Of course he couldn't.
If he could understand something like that, he would never have been stupid enough to oppose Yuto in the first place.
Yuto was practically the uncrowned king of Class D.
Even though everyone told him to keep the points, Yuto still returned each student's original contribution.
First, he had absolutely no interest in fifty thousand points.
Second, everyone in Class D was currently short on points.
Once the issue of the fifty thousand was resolved, Hirata hurriedly addressed everyone.
"Everyone has gotten their points back now."
"And Ike-kun understands that he was wrong. He was also a victim of the fake information."
"So let's end this matter here."
"You really understand what you did wrong?" Yuto asked, raising an eyebrow.
"I really do!" Ike shouted.
"Hirata is right! I'm a victim too!"
"That bastard Tokito Hiroya from Class C tricked me!"
"And now I don't even know whether I passed the exams... Waaaaah!"
Halfway through speaking, Ike began crying miserably again.
The Class D students looked at his loud sobbing with varying degrees of disgust.
Yuto lightly brushed the back of Kikyo's hand.
Little angel Kikyo immediately understood what he wanted.
Clasping her hands together, she sincerely addressed everyone.
"Everyone, since Ike-kun was also deceived, has admitted his mistake, and returned the points, why don't we generously forgive him?"
"Well... If Kushida says so, fine."
The Class D students gradually dispersed.
Ike finally breathed a complete sigh of relief.
Wiping his tears and mucus, he looked toward Kikyo.
"Thanks for speaking up for me, Kikyo-chan."
"...Y-You're welcome."
Kikyo maintained her smile.
However, she was slightly worried that this unpleasant boy might continue trying to talk to her, so she quickly moved away from Yuto's side.
Ike wiped his face with his uniform and then sincerely turned toward Yuto.
"And thank you too, Shimizu-kun!"
"No need to thank me..."
Holding Kei's hand, Yuto turned around and prepared to return to his seat, pack his things, and leave.
"Shimizu-kun!"
"I want you to come with me to Class C and settle things with Tokito Hiroya!" Ike shouted resentfully at Yuto's back.
Ike now believed everything was Tokito's fault!
So he wanted revenge.
Yuto stopped.
Without fully turning around, he glanced back at Ike.
"Is that your attitude when asking me for help?"
"Ike Kanji, didn't your mother ever teach you that when you ask someone for help, you either ask politely or beg?"
Ike immediately felt dissatisfied.
He thought that since he had spoken up, Shimizu Yuto should simply help him unconditionally!
Still, he suppressed his irritation and hurriedly said, "Then I'm begging you! Please come with me to Class C!"
"I refuse."
"Okay, then let's— Huh?"
"You refuse?!"
Yuto looked at Ike with open disgust.
"We're not close at all."
"If anything, our relationship is terrible."
"Why would I go there and back you up?"
"Because I'm a Class D student!"
"I got screwed over by someone from Class C. Aren't you supposed to help me?!" Ike protested.
"You won't be one for much longer."
"Wh-What?"
Yuto gave him an amused smile.
"You trusted those papers so completely that you stopped studying."
"So, Ike Kanji, there's a good chance the school will expel you for failing."
"Which means you probably won't be a Class D student for much longer."
"Shimizu Yuto, you—"
"You what?!"
Kei immediately glared fiercely at Ike.
"Who gave you permission to say Yuto's name like that?!"
"And you're seriously shameless!"
"Yuto already helped you out of that mess. Otherwise, everyone here might've beaten you senseless!"
"And now you still have the nerve to bother him for more help?!"
"Get lost!"
Ike's face alternated between pale and flushed after Kei's fierce attack.
Finally, humiliated and furious, he ran away.
Unfortunately, Ike failed to escape.
Sudo stopped him again...
Unlike the other Class D students, Sudo had absolutely no intention of forgiving Ike that easily.
Kei watched Sudo roughly drag Ike out of the classroom and gave an angry snort.
"What an idiot."
"He doesn't appreciate you at all, yet he shamelessly keeps demanding your help."
"Yuto, don't bother with people like him anymore..."
Kei turned toward Yuto and noticed the strange expression on his face.
Her pretty features immediately became nervous and guilty.
"Yuto, why are you looking at me like that...?"
"Did you dislike how fierce I was just now?"
"Not at all."
Yuto smiled and gently squeezed Kei's soft hand.
"I actually like seeing you loudly defend me."
"Kei, you really are my cutest girlfriend."
"Hehe~"
Kei's cheeks immediately brightened with happiness as she smiled sweetly.
What a silly girl.
...
The chaos caused by Ike finally came to an end.
The Class D students remained deeply worried.
Because Ike had been so absolutely confident, many of them had subconsciously believed that his old examination papers would appear on the midterm.
As a result, they had spent valuable time memorizing those papers.
Now...
Nobody knew whether that mistake would cause them to fail.
At an ordinary school, failing a midterm would not necessarily matter much.
But at this school, failing meant mandatory expulsion.
Sighing anxiously, the Class D students packed their textbooks and stationery before leaving the classroom together.
Ichihashi Ruri turned toward Kikyo.
"Kushida, want to go sing karaoke and relax?"
"Sure! But there's something about the midterm I want to discuss with Yuto first, so you girls go ahead," Kikyo declined with her usual sweet smile.
"All right."
"Kushida, good luck! Make sure you steal Shimizu-kun away from Karuizawa Kei!"
"Ahaha, I don't think of Yuto that way~" Kikyo replied cheerfully while maintaining her smile.
"Yuto and I are just pretty good friends."
Yes, Kikyo and Yuto's friendship was so good that they would make out in their dorm rooms at night.
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