"Miyako-san, don't you think there's a certain problem with your wording?"
President Horikita asked in a somewhat low voice.
"Is there a problem?"
Amane tilted her head.
She thought for a moment and didn't seem to find anything wrong with herself.
"Why did you use the word 'aid'?"
President Horikita was trying his best to suppress his anger.
If he didn't suppress it.
He might be the one getting beaten... He didn't want to lose face in front of his juniors.
"Isn't it aid?"
Amane made a surprised sound.
"Then why did you transfer so many points to me for no reason, making me have to run out with Suzune late at night?"
Amane rubbed her stomach.
She was a little hungry.
"Didn't you communicate with Shiraha-san?"
"Shiraha?"
Amane thought back.
Her eyes were actually full of confusion.
"Shiraha Chihiro."
"Ah, even if you say that, I don't really remember her."
"The girl who had a conflict with Ibuki-san last time."
"Eh? Who's Ibuki again?"
President Horikita covered his forehead, unable to bear it.
Didn't this just happen recently?
Had she forgotten it completely in just one week?
President Horikita suddenly thought of something.
"It's the girl wearing white over-the-knee socks."
"Ah! I remember now, Shiraha-san, hmm, she seemed to have said she'd split the points with me when the time came."
As soon as Amane triggered the keyword, she immediately found memories of Shiraha Chihiro in her little brain.
"Ryuuen transferred the points to me as a witness today, a total of 450,000 points. Shiraha-san said she had an agreement with you to give you half. At the time, it was calculated based on 400,000 points, which is why I transferred 200,000 points to you..."
As soon as President Horikita finished speaking.
He saw Amane's expression become serious.
"450,000 points? Wasn't it 400,000?"
Seeing Amane's expression, President Horikita thought she was concerned about the 50,000 points and quickly explained.
"Ryuuen did indeed pay 400,000 points to Shiraha-san. The remaining 50,000 were for me. I didn't take them and planned to return them to Ryuuen, but he said if I didn't want them, I should just give them to Shiraha-san... Is there a problem?"
In President Horikita's view.
He resisted temptation.
And successfully secured 50,000 points for Shiraha-san.
It could be considered a competent way of handling it.
But he didn't expect Amane's reaction to be unusually intense.
"Confused, foolish!"
Amane's angry reprimand surprised President Horikita a little.
"Is there something wrong with what I did?"
He trusted Amane's judgment.
But he couldn't understand how he, who had resisted temptation, became a confused person.
"President Horikita, how do you contact Ryuuen?"
"By phone. Ryuuen asked for my contact information after that day ended."
President Horikita cooperated with Amane in looking for his own problems.
"Did you record it?"
"No, how could I think of recording a normal call?"
President Horikita was telling the truth.
Under normal circumstances, people rarely record calls unless it's a particularly sensitive matter.
"Then did he transfer the points all at once, or in two batches?"
"Ryuuen gave them to me in two batches... The first was 400,000 points, followed by another 50,000 points."
Why did he transfer them in two batches?
"Then how do you prove your innocence?"
Amane sighed.
Looking somewhat disappointed.
"Prove my innocence? I didn't take the points in the end, but gifted them to Shiraha-san. There are transfer records that can be checked."
President Horikita was admirable as a person.
But he was clearly naive when it came to schemes.
"Then how do you prove your and Shiraha-san's innocence? The other party transferred in two batches, and you gave them to Shiraha-san after receiving the transfer. How does Shiraha-san prove that she didn't privately reach any agreement with you? Or didn't reach any agreement with Ryuuen?"
Amane shook her head.
President Horikita finally understood.
This was not Ryuuen's goodwill or a bribe at all.
It was deadly poison.
If he had accepted it, there would definitely be rumors about him.
Ryuuen had call records and could completely claim that President Horikita had continued to extort points from him.
Even if the second transfer time was before the call, it wouldn't matter.
As long as President Horikita accepted it.
It would be a big problem.
In this regard, President Horikita was very smart.
He insisted on not accepting it.
But the problem lay here.
Was Ryuuen's real target only President Horikita?
No.
His goal was to retaliate against Shiraha Chihiro.
He had even anticipated that President Horikita would not accept the points, which would allow President Horikita to transfer these 50,000 points to Shiraha-san.
But the problem was... how could Shiraha prove her innocence, that she hadn't reached any private agreement with Ryuuen or President Horikita?
Even Ichinose would have some thoughts about these extra 50,000 points of unknown origin.
Even if President Horikita were to explain.
As long as Ryuuen spread rumors about President Horikita and Shiraha Chihiro.
The two of them would immediately fall into a public opinion storm because of these 50,000 points.
President Horikita, as Student Council President, even if he knew Ryuuen was behind it, would certainly not be able to stand up and stop Ryuuen.
Otherwise, he would definitely be seen as guilty and wanting Ryuuen to shut up.
Which would only make things worse.
And Shiraha Chihiro, without President Horikita speaking up, would become the center of public opinion.
Ryuuen had privately given Shiraha Chihiro 50,000 private points.
This one fact alone would make Shiraha Chihiro unable to gain the trust of others in Class B.
Ryuuen's move was extremely disgusting.
With just 50,000 points, he could plunge someone into a public opinion storm, and it wasn't impossible for Shiraha-san to even be forced to withdraw.
Shiraha-san, subjected to suspicion, rejection, and isolation, if her psychological resilience wasn't strong enough, it's very possible she would choose to withdraw.
At this rate, only Ryuuen would have the last laugh.
Horikita Manabu finally reacted.
Ryuuen was just using him as a stepping stone.
The person he truly wanted to target was Shiraha Chihiro.
Perhaps he wanted to ruin her reputation, or perhaps he just wanted to teach her a lesson.
But no matter what.
Ryuuen had already succeeded halfway.
"Is there still room for maneuver?"
Horikita Manabu realized that due to his carelessness, he had inadvertently caused a hidden danger for Shiraha-san.
He quickly asked Amane for a solution.
"Look at how flustered you are. Can't you really think of a solution? What right does such a pathetic Student Council president have to scold his own sister?"
Amane pouted.
Horikita Manabu smiled bitterly and shook his head.
He hadn't expected Amane to be so petty, still remembering the words he had deliberately said earlier to provoke Suzune's rebellious spirit.
"If... I truly see the day Suzune grows up, I will personally apologize to her. This was indeed my mistake. If it were just me facing some gossip, it wouldn't matter, but if it implicates Shiraha-san, I would feel terribly guilty no matter what. Could Miyako-san please help me with this?"
Horikita Manabu said, opening his phone and clicking on the memo app.
It recorded some of Suzune's preferences, and... cough cough.
"Deal!!!"
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