Chapter 171: Driving Mizowaki Out of the Student Council!
Unlike Yuto, Mizowaki didn't have a chairman friend he could casually consult, so he believed the club incident was extremely serious.
If Yuto exposed everything, Mizowaki was convinced that he, Tonokawa, and Nagumo would all be expelled.
"V-Vice President, sir..." Holding the proposal documents, Mizowaki forced an ugly, pale smile. "You're heading to the broadcast room now, right? Let's go together."
The unusually respectful "sir" made several student council members look over in surprise, including Kiriyama and two of the general affairs staff.
Yuto, Manabu, and Tachibana barely reacted.
Actually, that wasn't entirely true.
Yuto's expression did change.
His already bright smile became even more cheerful.
From Mizowaki's sudden deference, Yuto could tell that the proposal had terrified him. Mizowaki clearly believed the sky was about to collapse and was preparing to beg for mercy.
Watching Mizowaki's expression and behavior, Manabu secretly shook his head.
As expected, Mizowaki lacked the ability to independently handle a major crisis. Compared with Nagumo's other right-hand man, Tonokawa, he fell far short.
Unfortunately for Nagumo, Tonokawa had already been forced out of the student council alongside him because of the forged-paper incident.
All Nagumo had left inside the council was the unreliable Mizowaki and three general affairs members who weren't especially useful.
Mizowaki lacked both Yuto's ability and courage.
How was he supposed to keep fighting him?
His defeat was only a matter of time and opportunity.
Yuto smiled at him. "Since you want to come along, Senpai, then let's go to the broadcast room together."
"Of course!"
Believing himself to be in danger of expulsion, Mizowaki nodded repeatedly. He hurried after Yuto while stuffing the documents back into their envelope.
Once they left the student council office, Mizowaki caught up and forced another smile.
"Vice President, sir, could we speak privately for a moment?"
"What do we have to discuss? I have proper work to do right now. I need to deal with all these ghost members before they keep draining the school's points," Yuto replied casually.
Mizowaki didn't believe for a second that the person who had directly driven Nagumo and Tonokawa out of the student council intended to merely clean up ghost members.
Shimizu Yuto, that demon, would obviously pressure the clubs into identifying Nagumo, Mizowaki, and Tonokawa as the masterminds, then drag all three of them down and have the school expel them.
Filled with anxiety, Mizowaki gritted his teeth before finally lowering his voice in surrender.
"...Just tell me directly. What conditions will make you stop pursuing this?"
Yuto raised an eyebrow. "Are you begging me?"
"Yes."
"You're asking for a favor without even using a respectful title?"
"...Vice President, sir, what do you want me to do before you'll agree to stop pursuing this matter?"
Mizowaki absolutely did not want to be expelled.
He was already a student in second-year Class A.
As long as things continued smoothly, he could graduate from Class A and enjoy the school's privileges, choosing practically any university or company he wanted afterward.
There was no way he wanted to lose all of that now.
Yuto didn't answer immediately. Instead, he pushed open the door to the broadcast room.
Seeing that Yuto was genuinely preparing to use the broadcast system, Mizowaki became even more frantic.
"Vice President, sir, just say it! Tell me your conditions. If I can do it, I'll do it!"
"Really?" Yuto raised an eyebrow. "What if my condition is that you help me drive Nagumo Miyabi and Tonokawa out of this school?"
"..."
Mizowaki's face turned white as he stared at Yuto in disbelief and horror.
This guy really was a demon.
How could he casually propose something so vicious?
"You can't do it?"
"This..."
Yuto studied the intense struggle on Mizowaki's face and showed a slightly strange expression.
'Don't tell me this Nagumo lackey is actually considering betraying Nagumo and Tonokawa just to save himself?'
If so, that would be an unexpected bonus.
After all, Yuto's club proposal wasn't actually enough to force Nagumo out of the school.
Unfortunately, Mizowaki's loyalty to Nagumo was still fairly strong.
After struggling internally for a while, he finally refused.
"Sorry. I can't betray Boss Nagumo!"
"I see. That makes me very happy."
"Happy?!"
Mizowaki stared blankly at the smiling Yuto.
"Yeah. Because I didn't particularly want to let you off either. I was planning to have you, Nagumo, and Tonokawa—the three masterminds behind draining points through the clubs—all expelled," Yuto replied with a bright smile.
"..."
A demon.
He really was a demon!
At that moment, Mizowaki suddenly felt that sticking to his principles might have absolutely no benefit.
Not only would he fail to stop Yuto from expelling Nagumo, he would also get himself expelled in the process.
Yuto watched Mizowaki's face alternate between green and white and asked with interest, "Suppose I called Nagumo and Tonokawa here and made the three of you choose one person to take the school's punishment. Who do you think Nagumo would choose—you or Tonokawa?"
Why not Nagumo himself?
Wasn't that obvious?
Both Yuto and Mizowaki knew perfectly well that Nagumo would never volunteer to take the punishment himself.
And in Mizowaki's opinion, the most likely person Nagumo would sacrifice was...
Mizowaki.
After Tonokawa had voluntarily tried to take the blame for Nagumo during the forged-paper incident, Nagumo had started treating him better than a biological brother.
If Mizowaki hadn't known Nagumo was a notorious playboy who had pursued plenty of girls, he might have started wondering whether Nagumo had fallen for Tonokawa.
"Vice President, sir, let's discuss your conditions again," Mizowaki said humbly. "Please choose something else..."
"Hmm. How many personal points do you have?"
"..."
That question plunged Mizowaki into complete silence.
It sounded painfully familiar.
Was this demon going to take all his points first and then order him to resign from the student council?
After Yuto forced Tonokawa out, Tonokawa had already told Mizowaki exactly how he and Nagumo had been pressured into resigning.
So Mizowaki now realized where this was going.
"I have a little over six hundred seventy thousand points. If you want them, take all of them."
He immediately pulled out his student ID and showed Yuto his balance.
"I don't want your points." Yuto smiled. "I want you to donate six hundred seventy thousand points in your own name to my class as a reward fund for students who perform well on the final exam."
"..."
Mizowaki's face twitched.
This demon really knew how to play dirty.
As far as Mizowaki knew, Yuto had the best grades in his class, so wouldn't those six hundred seventy thousand points eventually end up in his pocket anyway?
Actually, Yuto genuinely didn't care about Mizowaki's six hundred seventy thousand points.
He simply felt it was time to give his classmates a little extra motivation to study.
And nothing motivated students better than personal points.
"Fine. Whatever you say." Mizowaki looked hopeful. "Then this matter is settled?"
"Dream on."
Yuto gave him an irritated look.
"You and Nagumo's three lackeys among the general affairs staff all have to leave the student council."
As expected.
The condition he had feared was unavoidable after all.
"But if that many people leave, the student council won't be able to function properly. The president won't agree to let all of us resign..." Mizowaki tried one last time. He really didn't want to leave.
"Don't worry about that."
Yuto patted his shoulder and smiled.
"I already found three students who can join the council whenever necessary. Besides, even after you leave, there will still be two secretaries. The student council won't be short on people to do the work."
This damn demon really moved fast.
"Make your choice," Yuto said, looking at Mizowaki's miserable expression. "Either accept my conditions, or I expose everything you, Nagumo, and Tonokawa did with the clubs."
"I accept!"
Mizowaki gave in through gritted teeth.
He would donate his six hundred seventy thousand points to Yuto's class and make the three general affairs students resign alongside him.
Actually...
Mizowaki felt slightly relieved.
At least Yuto wasn't completely destroying them.
Unlike Nagumo, Mizowaki wasn't obsessed with the authority of the student council, nor did he harbor arrogant ambitions to rewrite the school's rules.
He was ultimately just an ordinary student who wanted to graduate smoothly from Class A.
That alone was enough for him.
So if all he had to do was leave the student council, he could accept that.
"Good." Yuto nodded with satisfaction. "Then I'm giving you three days to complete two things. First, eliminate every ghost member from every club."
"No problem," Mizowaki replied immediately.
Before Mizowaki left the council, Yuto intended to squeeze out his last bit of usefulness and make him solve the club problem personally.
"Second, convince those three general affairs members to resign with you."
"I can do that too."
"Since you've agreed to both conditions, I expect you to fulfill them. Otherwise, I'll have no choice but to handle everything officially," Yuto said with a smile.
"...Don't worry. I'll finish everything within three days."
"Oh, right. While you're at it, dissolve that club Nagumo created too. What kind of nonsense is that? How did a 'Tea Chat Club' even qualify as an official club at this school?" Yuto added with obvious disdain.
"..."
The Tea Chat Club was something Nagumo had established using his authority as vice president.
He had even applied for a classroom to serve as its club room.
In reality, that room was simply a base where Nagumo and his followers gathered for meetings and casual conversations.
"Take out your phone. I'll give you my homeroom teacher's contact number. Transfer the six hundred seventy thousand points to her," Yuto instructed.
"Mm."
Like a troublesome delinquent that had finally been subdued, Mizowaki obediently pulled out his phone.
He had no choice but to behave.
What if this demon changed his mind and exposed the club proposal after all?
Then Mizowaki really would be finished.
Be tough when you could afford to be tough, and obedient when you needed to be obedient.
That was Mizowaki's true nature.
In simpler terms—He bullied the weak and feared the strong.
Yuto gave him Chabashira's number, and Mizowaki carefully entered every digit before calling.
...
"Hm?"
Chabashira, who was carrying a folder of teaching materials toward Yuto's detached apartment, looked at her phone in surprise.
She didn't recognize the number at all.
It was an unfamiliar caller.
Yet for some inexplicable reason, Chabashira had the strange feeling that this call somehow involved a certain troublesome brat.
"Hello?"
"Are you Chabashira-sensei?"
Chabashira raised an eyebrow.
A young male voice.
So it was probably a student.
"Yes. Who is this?"
Before Mizowaki could properly introduce himself, Yuto cheerfully cut in.
"Chabashira-sensei, he's a wonderful person. He wants to donate six hundred seventy thousand points to our class as prize money for students who perform well on the final exam."
Hearing that familiar voice, Chabashira's lips curved upward.
Her intuition had been right.
This strange call really did involve that troublesome brat.
"This student of mine says you intend to donate six hundred seventy thousand points to our class. Is that true?" Chabashira asked.
"Yes, it's true!"
"Did he threaten you?"
"Absolutely not! This donation is entirely voluntary and comes from the bottom of my heart!"
Mizowaki spoke with the solemn sincerity of someone taking an oath.
Chabashira's smile grew wider.
She couldn't hear any sincerity in his words.
What she heard was desperation.
She had no idea what kind of leverage Shimizu had found on this student, but he was clearly desperate to use those six hundred seventy thousand points to make some problem disappear.
"All right. Since you insist, I'll accept the donation on behalf of my class. I also promise that every one of those six hundred seventy thousand points will be used solely as rewards for students."
"Good!"
After the call ended, Mizowaki transferred all six hundred seventy thousand points to Chabashira using the contact information she had provided.
Yuto patted his shoulder and smiled.
"Thank you for your generosity, Mizowaki-senpai. Our whole class will study hard and do our very best."
"..."
Mizowaki's face twitched.
Who the hell was his "good senpai"?
Feeling thoroughly humiliated, he said, "Vice President, sir, I've transferred the points to your homeroom teacher. I'll go deal with the ghost-member issue now."
"Go ahead. Remember, you only have three days."
"I won't forget..."
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