Ayanokoji Kiyotaka: last examination

Vol 1 Ch 7: Keep moving forward

The next day, during an unplanned class hour, Chabashira-sensei announced what each of us already knew.

– I need to tell you something.

Chancellor Palpatine is the Lord of the Sith!

– There was some incident recently. Sudo Ken and Miyake Akito from your class, along with a student from class B - Kanzaki Ryuji, became participants in hand-to-hand combat, which is prohibited by the rules on school grounds.

Despite the fact that each of my classmates already knew about it, it still became quite noisy in the classroom. Idiots like Ike, Yamauchi, Hondo, and Shinohara wouldn't shut up and yelled like they were a bunch of stupid purebred dogs barking at anything that moved.

– Depending on how the school's investigation into this matter is completed, Sudo and Miyake or Kanzaki may be suspended or expelled from the educational institution. In this case, the class of losers will suffer a certain punishment.

Sensei then fully described the situation to the class. At the same time, she told it with such an indifferent expression on her face that I even admired it. It was a fairly neutral view of the situation, as far as such a thing is possible. That is, apparently, as a teacher, she could not show any attachment even to her own class, or she simply did not want to associate herself with the defects of society.

– And how soon will this case be sorted out?

Hirata raised his hand and asked the obvious question. No one wanted such a mess case to drag on and create problems in the future for both the accused students and both classes as a whole.

– The complaint came from Class D. According to Miyake and Sudo, they were beaten. But when we asked a Class B student about this, he claimed the opposite. He said that the students of Class D deliberately provoked him into a fight. Other teachers also told about this incident in their classrooms in order to identify witnesses.

When I looked at the two in question, I noticed how well they were bandaged. Sudo and Miyake supposedly went through the Afghan war. It looks pretty natural, great job. And the news about the bystanders wasn't that important to me. I made sure that no one happened to pass by.

– At the moment, the situation is under consideration. As a result, it is planned to find out which side lied.

Many had doubts, but, thank Eris, everyone kept their mouths shut. I don't know what I would have to do with someone who blabbed.

– Well, that's all for now. Nothing is clear for sure yet, but the final decision will be announced next Wednesday, depending on how the trial goes on Monday of the same week. I advise you to find evidence by this deadline, and also do not forget about preparing for the semester exam. That's the end of today's class hour.

Chabashira-sensei left the classroom. Then several people like Hirata, Sudo, Miyake and even Kushida came up to me at once.

– Ayanokoji, tell me, is everything going as it should?

Hirata was the first to ask me about it, but Sudo and Miyake were also looking at me for exactly the same reason. I have no idea why Kushida came, but it was more like she did it for her image.

– Don't worry about it, I've already thought of everything. And I will most likely be able to extract any surprises from this trial with the help of third-party intervention.

– I'm glad to hear that.

A slight but seemingly forced smile appeared on his face. I didn't quite understand what was bothering this seemingly kind guy so much. Perhaps he wanted to avoid a certain punishment for the class if we lost, or he didn't want to see our classmates expelled from school. It's not so easy for me to understand him.