Chapter 179: Who on Earth Would Write a Diary Normally?
As soon as 8:00 AM arrived, the daily intelligence update was refreshed on time.
Shimizu Akira scanned it and felt that today's information was somewhat unusual—one of the entries was densely packed with text, making it particularly eye-catching.
When the Student Council handles the current Sudo incident, homeroom teachers are permitted to defend the students of their own class normally. Due to a malfunction with the door lock screws, and following feedback from some students, the school has decided to completely close and decommission the rooftop door of the first-year teaching building starting this noon, pending inspection and repair by maintenance personnel. The contents of the diary entry Kushida Kikyo wrote at 9:00 PM last night in her password-protected notebook are as follows:
Why am I not the class leader this month!
That guy Hirata is actually quite capable, huh!
Hehe, thinking carefully, it's all the fault of those three—Hasebe Haruka, Yukimura Teruhiko, and Miyake Akito—suddenly running off to join Hirata's study group!
I've been trying to win those three over every day lately, and I haven't received a single bit of positive feedback; my face is almost stiff from smiling! When I was on a date with that guy Shimizu Akira, he could at least let me relax a bit.
What kind of benefits can you guys actually bring me?! By the way, I have to contact that Horikita woman tomorrow morning; I really don't know if she actually knows about my dark history, or if she'll tell Shimizu Akira...
Just thinking about having to force a smile at her deadpan face again tomorrow makes me incredibly annoyed! Tomorrow's me better not get provoked by that woman out of nowhere—she's nothing but an emotionless girl.
'Hmm? The homeroom teachers will actually participate in the handling of these kinds of incidents?'
This was somewhat beyond Shimizu Akira's expectations. He had originally thought that, according to this school's philosophy, the defense would be left entirely to the students to foster their independence. He hadn't expected teachers to be involved as allies.
Ordinarily, having one's own teacher as a shield should be a good thing. But with Chabashira Sae... he really didn't feel this homeroom teacher would play much of a role.
On the contrary, Sakagami Kazuma from Class C drew more of his attention. Intelligence from the first month showed that this man held a tacitly approving attitude toward Ryuen Kakeru's violence. Looking at him, he didn't seem like a proper teacher; he might be a rather troublesome opponent.
As for the second piece of intelligence...
The moment Shimizu Akira saw the content, he couldn't help but laugh out loud.
He naturally knew who the culprit was—besides Kushida Kikyo, who else would kick a door for fun? He didn't expect that she hadn't just ruined her shoes, but had actually kicked the door into a state of disrepair.
Was this classmate perhaps a reincarnation of a Uma Musume? Her leg strength was truly astonishing.
The final piece of intelligence was also related to Kushida Kikyo.
Because the word count was significant, it took him over a minute to read it in its entirety. He hadn't expected it to include diary content—though it was written by someone else, not himself.
The content was roughly as he had guessed: Kushida Kikyo was indeed resentful toward those three. But to his surprise, he was actually mentioned in the diary.
"Relaxed during the date"?
Shimizu didn't feel like he had intentionally tried to relieve the other party's stress.
Perhaps she was referring to the incident where they reported the parfait shop together? In his view, that was perfectly normal—any regular person who encountered a shady shop like that would report it and throw in a few insults to vent.
However, what was this "dark history"?
Another term appeared that he couldn't quite grasp. Then again, Kushida Kikyo surely had a dark history, right? Otherwise, with her abilities, how could she have been assigned to Class D? Normally, she should have started from Class B at the very least.
He even felt that several other students in the class were probably hiding similar secrets—people like Hirata Yosuke, Ayanokouji Kiyotaka, and Karuizawa Kei.
With this, he finally understood the true reason Kushida Kikyo always tried to get close to Horikita Suzune. It wasn't just to make friends, but rather to test whether the other person knew about her dark history.
Last month, he had found intelligence that Horikita Suzune and Kushida Kikyo were schoolmates in middle school. At the time, he had asked Horikita about it, and the answer he received was "I don't know her." Since she didn't even know the person, there was a high probability she wouldn't know the dark history either.
Of course, another possibility existed: she knew about the "dark history" incident but didn't know Kushida was the one who did it.
'But with you constantly pestering her like this, aren't you afraid she'll suddenly remember?'
Perhaps Horikita Suzune had forgotten the matter long ago, only for Kushida Kikyo's repeated attempts to get close to accidentally trigger the memory—at that point, Kushida would likely be stunned.
As for that last sentence... Well, Shimizu Akira unexpectedly discovered that Kushida Kikyo actually had quite a talent for comedy.
'Kushida Kikyo of the past, what a shame—the future you has already been successfully provoked by the future Horikita Suzune. But don't worry, the future Shimizu Akira was right there, using the boxing match to successfully calm her down.'
He couldn't help but add a line in his heart.
But why would Kushida Kikyo write a diary? It goes back to that saying—who on earth would write a diary normally?
Based on his experience reading web novels, when something like a diary is written, it's usually meant to be seen or exposed. Just as he was doing now, reading her diary. However, since she mostly wrote insults that couldn't be made public, she probably chose to write them in a diary instead.
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This morning, shortly before class began, Chabashira Sae came to the classroom.
Whether it was Shimizu Akira's imagination or a fact, he felt that starting from this month, the number of times Chabashira-sensei showed up in class had significantly increased. This time, however, she was there to deliver a message.
Chabashira Sae gave Shimizu Akira a specific look before speaking: "It seems you still don't know that if you perform exceptionally well in a club, there are point rewards. For example, Shimizu Akira from our class—he joined the boxing club and has been selected as one of the fighters for next Tuesday's exhibition match. As for the points—conservatively estimated, he can earn around 100,000 personal points for a single match, as many people will come to watch the boxing."
"Huh? 100,000 points? They give that much for just one match? Shimizu-kun is too good at making money!"
"A boxing match? Does the boxing club even hold matches?"
"Wait, that's way too much! Chabashira-sensei, why didn't you say earlier that joining a club could get us personal points!"
As soon as the teacher's words hit the floor, the classroom erupted into chaos. After all, 100,000 points was an enormous amount—for Class D, this was equivalent to the total personal points for two months, not to mention this was the reward for just one match.
"Even if you join a club with the goal of earning points, do you really think you can actually get them? Don't take the school or the captains for fools; if you don't work hard, you certainly won't get recognition."
Chabashira Sae's voice suddenly rose, her gaze sweeping over the restless students in the classroom.
"A boxing match isn't something just anyone can participate in! Do you think just any random person can do it? The reason Shimizu Akira can do it is because he is hardworking enough."
As Chabashira Sae spoke, she not only smoothed over the situation for Shimizu Akira but actually began to praise him for being "hardworking"?
Then again, this whole talk about clubs—from beginning to end, could it be that she was actually laying the groundwork for him? Or was he overthinking it?
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