Kings On The Horizon (Vol. 4-6) ✓

169 | Codename: Iris

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"ANTONIO FERNÁNDEZ DE LA Paz was deliberated yesterday as has been suspended. Thanks to the voice record that Sinclaire provided where Antonio admitted to the illegal transaction, his title will be stripped away from him," sir Kai Barron—the advisor of the Elites and the rest of the Top 10—stated as the rest of the members were at the meeting room.

     "He's only going to be suspended? With the mockery he did to our system, he should be expelled," Rank 7 Furukawa Kenzo stated in anger, making sir Barron look at him seriously.

     "That is not for you to decide," sir Barron tells him, and Kenzo huffed but decided not to comment about it anymore.

     "This issue is still being investigated, as well as the incident with Thomas Anderson Woods. But even though the two of them have been demoted, your ranks will currently not change for now. We'll just announce what we'll do after this is over," sir Barron explains, making everyone nod their head in understanding.

     Sir Barron looks at the 8 remaining white uniforms in front of him and massaged his temple in frustration. "I am disappointed. I can't believe something like this has happened in our own house. This is definitely an embarrassing incident not only in J.S High but in the rest of the houses as well. Always remember that your actions reflect our school, that is all. You may go," sir Barron finishes.

     Everyone stood from their seats and bowed to their advisor as he walked away from the room. As soon as he was gone, Ian, the president of the Elites, looked at the others and told them, "I hope this is a lesson to everyone, and to myself. We should always remember that there is no shortcut when we want to aim high. This incident should not happen again, is that understood?"

     "Yes president Ian," the white uniforms answered in unison.

     Ian then looks at Max and approaches him. "And Max, thank you for your hard work. As the president, I am ashamed. You have solved more injustices in a short amount of time than I will ever have. For that, I want to thank you."

     Ian was about to bow to him, but Max immediately grabbed Ian by the shoulder and stopped him, surprising not only Ian but the rest of the top 10 as well.

     "N-No, please don't bow to me. I didn't do this by myself anyway. And it's the least I could do," Max tells him, and Ian couldn't help but smile and nod his head in understanding.

     "Alright, if that's what you think then I won't put you in the spotlight any further," Ian says, looking back at the Elites and nodding his head towards them before walking out of the room.

     As the other members were heading out as well, a white uniform decides to enter right after. It was Max's task partner, Kawanishi Keigo.

     "Max!" Keigo calls out as he approached him. "How was it? Did you rank up?" He then asks, and Max fixes his cap and shakes his head.

     "It's not really important. I'm just glad uncle didn't expel Antonio," Max honestly says, and Keigo couldn't help but smile in relief as well.

    "You shouldn't be relieved," someone suddenly says, making Max and Keigo turn their heads to look at him.

     Rank 7 Kenzo approaches Max and Keigo and adjusts his glasses. "Antonio and Thomas set a terrible example. The white uniforms who will find out about this will laugh at us and look at this incident lightly. For me, the best decision was to still expel them," Kenzo explains.

     Max didn't want to comment. He somehow understood what Kenzo meant, but at the same time, he wanted things to be like Lincoln High. Gengxin explained to them that Lincoln rarely expels their students as they deserve a second chance. After all, they're in school to learn.