Hikigaya doesn't want to be a force of strength

"Tsk..."

Ryuuen's cold words completely brought Horikita to the bottom, and her last desperate attempt was ineffective.

Hikigaya had expected this result. After all, he didn't think Horikita had the ability to resist Ryuen.

If the opponent had the ability to defeat Ryuuen, he would have already implemented a plan to counter Ryuuen during the sports festival.

The fact that Horikita Suzune can't do this proves that her current ability is still far from Ryuuen's.

However, after experiencing the failure in the sports festival, Horikita Suzune's growth is obvious. The fact that she can compete with Ryuuen to this extent is enough to witness the opponent's progress.

"Admit it, Lingyin, admit the reality that you have failed miserably."

Ryuen spoke slowly.

Kushida beside him also showed a fiery smile, "Just put aside your pride, kowtow and apologize, Horikita."

"..."

Faced with an unavoidable dilemma, Horikita Suzune took a deep breath and glanced at Hikigaya beside her.

After seeing the latter's unwavering gaze, she silently made up her mind and nodded: "Got it... I'll accept it--"

Beep, beep—very inappropriate music suddenly sounded at the scene.

Ryuen's cell phone interrupted Horikita Suzune's actions, and he and everyone else at the scene couldn't help but focus their attention on the other person's cell phone.

Except for Hikigaya who had an expected expression on his face, everyone else looked obviously confused.

Especially Ryuen Sho himself, after seeing the message sent on his mobile phone, his expression froze instantly and he instinctively pressed the play button.

Then, a mixed sound recorded somewhere was heard at the scene.

"Listen carefully. In order to frame and defeat Horikita Suzune from Class D, I will teach you how to do it and show you something interesting."

Ryuen Sho's voice rang out clearly.

"I have no intention of opposing your war, but please give me a chance to fight fairly—"

Then came the voice of Ibuki Mio.

"You run with Suzune in the obstacle course and bump into her. You can do whatever you want, but make sure you fall. After that, I'll hurt you and steal the money from that guy."

As Long Yuanxiang's condescending words fell, the recording ended completely.

This real recording, which was obviously recorded at a certain time and place, completely disrupted the reactions of everyone present. Kushida couldn't help but ask, "What's going on? Ryuen-san? What are these sounds?"

Ryuuen himself ignored her and looked at Hikigaya first:

"Did you do this?"

"I knew you would doubt me." Hikigaya shook his head calmly, "But unfortunately, I have no interest in doing such a thing."

"what do you mean?"

"I've told you a long time ago that there's someone stronger than you behind Class D, but you never took it seriously. Now you know what trouble is, right?"

"..."

Hikigaya's calm words gradually changed Ryuen's expression, and he even laughed in surprise and said, "...I see, I see, so that's how it is!"

"W-what happened?"

Horikita Suzune was also confused now, and didn't understand Hikigaya and Ryuen Sho's reactions at all.

Ryuen himself asked her carefully for a while and then said coldly, "Tsk, it seems that the story about the man behind the scenes is true, Suzune. There really is a hidden guy in your class. He predicted everything, whether it was Kushida's sentencing or your coming here. He guessed everything clearly. And he also planted a traitor in my class and obtained this information to threaten me!"

"This... this kind of thing?"

After hearing Ryuuen's explanation, Horikita looked at Hikigaya in surprise.

The latter just waved his hand silently without showing any negative attitude.

This is undoubtedly enough to prove that Long Yuan's words are not false.

For a moment, Horikita was both surprised and happy. She was undoubtedly happy that her situation had been overturned and it seemed that she didn't have to pay any price anymore. But she was undoubtedly shocked that there was actually a master hidden in the dark in Class D and she herself had never noticed it.

Kushida's reaction was similar. She also had no idea that there was such a person secretly in Class D, so she looked at Hikigaya with suspicion.

She instinctively suspected that all this was done by Hikigaya, but he just didn't admit it.

"This is not done by Dead Fish Eyes." Ryuen seemed to see through Kushida's attitude and shook his head decisively, "If he really wants to threaten, he can use a simpler method. The previous contracts are still in his hands."

"This……"

Although Kushida agreed, she still couldn't accept it. After all, this meant that everything she did was seen through by someone in the dark, and that person had schemed against her and made her fall to this point. "Who do you think could do such a thing? Could it be Ayanokouji-san? I didn't know how fast he was before..."

"Well, that guy is also a candidate, but I can't be sure. A guy who can prepare such a recording file will definitely not reveal his true identity easily."

Ryuuen also seemed to want to find out the guy hiding behind the scenes, and his expression was very cruel.

But he soon realized that was something he would do later, and the focus now was on how to deal with Horikita Suzune in front of him.

Since the opponent used such expensive evidence to threaten me, it meant that they had no intention of handing the evidence over to the school, but just wanted to force me to give up the action.

Various thoughts flashed through his mind like lightning. He confirmed that the mastermind behind Class D had no intention of handing over the evidence. He was about to let Horikita go, but he didn't expect a silver-haired figure to suddenly walk out from the shadows.

"Shiina? What are you doing here?!"

Although Shiina Hiyori had just arrived here, she seemed to have anticipated everything that happened here. She smiled and said, "Ryuen-kun, you don't seem to have any intention of reflecting on the mistakes you made."

"What did you say?"

"You told your plan in front of so many people in the class, and it was recorded by the traitor. Don't you think you should bear the main responsibility for this failure?"

"interesting."

Ryuen obviously didn't expect Shiina to say such a thing. Just as he was about to force the other party to obey with a cold attitude as usual, he didn't expect Shiina to take out a mobile phone and said with a smile:

"This is the phone of the traitor in our class. It contains the text messages between her and the person behind the scenes in Class D. If the other party uses the content of our class to threaten me, I can also use this text message to threaten the person behind the scenes in Class D. In this way, the other party's deterrence will not be established."

She seemed to think that the people present might not understand, so she further explained, "In other words, as long as you get this phone, you can continue to threaten Horikita-san, Ryuuen-kun, and you don't have to worry about being threatened by her."

"Haha, now I have something on you, Ryuuen-kun."

Chapter 477: Did that guy with dead eyes instruct you to do all this?

"Handle? What are you talking about?"

Hearing Shiina's words, Ryuuen's expression suddenly changed.

He looked at the girl in front of him who had always been obedient to him with complicated eyes and frowned.

Shiina seemed to have anticipated this situation, and smiled and said, "Of course, the handle is the handle. Could it be that Ryuen-kun, you can't understand the current situation?"

"..."

Ryuen frowned slightly at Shiina's obvious hint. He could certainly understand the current situation, but he just didn't understand why the other party did this.

In desperation, he could only ask silently:

"You want to use that phone in your hand to threaten me?"

"Bingo." Shiina smiled and narrowed his eyes, "If Ryuuen-kun wants to know who the traitor of Class D is, and if he wants to continue to threaten Horikita-san, he must listen to me now."

"you sure?"

Ryuuen exudes an astonishing aura.

As the former leader of Class C, he has always used power and violence to control his subordinates.

Ryuen would never allow anyone in the class to rebel against his authority.

But Shiina clearly showed that she was confident enough this time. She silently stared at Ryuuen, who was emitting a terrifying aura, and did not retreat a single step.

Only those firm eyes symbolized her determination at the moment.

"..."

Ryuen witnessed Shiina's attitude, as if he wanted to imprint these eyes firmly in his mind. He finally exhaled and said coldly: "What conditions do you want?"

"Don't worry, Ryuen-kun, I didn't betray you." Shiina spoke first to calm Ryuen down, "The reason I'm putting forward conditions here is just because I think this will be better for the original Class C."

"better?"

"Yes, after all, Ryuuen-kun, have you forgotten the failure you just experienced?" Shiina Hiyori said calmly, word by word, "As a dictator, you can lead the class to a temporary victory, but this kind of victory is no different from walking on a tightrope in a sense. I just think that we need to give the class more choices, and for this, Ryuuen-kun needs you to make some concessions."

"Hmph, self-righteous thoughts." Ryuen certainly couldn't agree with Shiina's words, "A class only needs one voice. If the class wins, it is my victory. If the class fails, it is also my responsibility. Others just need to follow me and do what they should do."

"Even if this will completely ruin the original Class C?"

"That's my judgment."

Ryuuen spoke indifferently, seemingly unwilling to make any concessions on this matter.

Shiina looked deeply at Ryuen, and felt Ryuen's determination from his eyes, so he said silently: "Okay, I understand your idea, Ryuen-kun. In that case, I will destroy this phone and hand over all the previous conversations within the class to the school."

"What did you say?!"

"Haha, there were more than just traitors among the students who recorded those speeches."

Shiina Hiyori smiled and took out another mobile phone from his pocket. The content recorded in the phone was exactly the same as what the traitor had recorded before.

It is obvious that Shiina was already dissatisfied with Ryuen when he chose to harm his classmates in order to win, so he recorded his words in advance and prepared to attack Ryuen.

Her actions undoubtedly completely angered Ryuen Sho.

The former king of Class C couldn't control his emotions at this moment. He stepped forward, grabbed Shiina's hand and lifted it up high.

"pain……"

Facing Shiina Hiyori's somewhat painful expression, Ryuen's face was covered with a horror as if it were frost. He shouted in an almost cold voice: "Do you really think you can threaten me? As long as I snatch the phone from your hand now, there will be no evidence!"

"You, you can try..." Shiina's face showed pain, but she forced a cold smile, "Of course, recordings can't be without backups. Even if you take out the traitor's phone, the only thing you can prove is that there is a person behind Class D. You can only attack the person behind Class D, but you can't erase what you did in Class C."

"..."

Shiina spoke these words with difficulty, but every word of them struck hard at Ryuuen's psychological defenses.

In fact, Ryuuen himself knew that when Shiina appeared here and took out the recording, he was equivalent to being caught in the other party's hands.

If something out of line were to happen here, causing both sides to perish together, the original Class C would probably collapse on the spot, and all its accumulation would be completely annihilated.

He finally spoke in an annoyed mood: "Did Dead Fish Eyes instruct you to do all these things?"

"Not really." Shiina shook his head calmly, "Hikigaya just asked me to investigate the spy in the class. I locked the identity of that person after a period of investigation, and found that he secretly recorded your speech in class, so I copied the recording. It was also at that time that I thought of this way to check and balance you, Ryuen-kun. The subsequent arrangements were all my ideas alone."

"Why are you doing this?"

"Didn't I tell you that this is to put some more restrictions on the unscrupulous Ryuuen-kun?"

Shiina looked at Ryuuen with a calm gaze, the gentle look was like an old mother looking at a disobedient child, "Ryuuen-kun, your actions have indeed brought benefits to the class and brought several victories, but these victories are short-lived and temporary, or even just luck. Ryuuen-kun, many of your methods are too tightrope-walking. If you win, it's fine, but if you fail, the whole class will be doomed. For example, this time, if the person behind the scenes of Class D did not intend to save Horikita, but sent the recording directly to the school, how do you think things would turn out?"

"..."

Long Yuan fell silent. He knew very well what a huge mistake he had made. The calmness he had just displayed was only forced.

Of course, he couldn't show his shameful side anyway, and still said stubbornly: "Haha, if I really made a mistake, I will naturally accept the punishment, but not to be pointed at by you before I do anything."

"Then now is the time for your punishment, Ryuuen-kun."

"..."

Although Ryuen was very good at doing things, he was obviously not good at talking. He was unable to win the argument with Shiina, so he could only let go of her silently and frowned, asking, "What conditions do you want?"

Shiina heaved a sigh of relief upon seeing this. It was obvious that although she had the upper hand in the game just now, only she knew how heavy the pressure was.

Seeing Ryuen giving in, she finally stopped being nervous and said silently: "The conditions I want are very simple, that is, let me further interfere with the next exam of the former C class, instead of having all the plans arranged by you, Ryuen-kun. If there are any mistakes, you need to accept my suggestions."

"you sure?"

"If you don't want to, I can always hand over the recording to the school." Shiina looked at Ryuuen calmly, "I'm not like the man behind Class D who would give in to you, Ryuuen-kun. If you can't accept my conditions, I don't mind letting us be buried with the former Class C."

"..."

Shiina's threat was powerful, and most importantly, she herself truly showed her determination to die together.

For Shiina, promotion from the former C class is certainly something he desires, but the correct means must be used in this process. If the basic principles are deviated from, it would be better for everyone to be buried together.

"Humph, then I will return this sentence to you exactly as it is." Long Yuan said dissatisfiedly, "If your so-called correctness interferes with my bottom line, I would rather you hand over the recording to the school."

"It's natural that the shift in power requires certain compromises."

Shiina faced Ryuen with a calm attitude, and after making sure that the other party agreed, she handed the traitor's phone to the other party, "The traitor in our class is Manabe Shiho. Because of some things, the person behind Class D got hold of her handle and had to work for him. This phone contains all the text messages they exchanged. Even if the other party used a virtual number, if the school intervenes in the investigation, it will cause a huge impact. The other party will not take such a big risk to protect her."