His heart was beating violently, the blood in his body was flowing faster, anger rushed into his mind, and the surrounding environment seemed to become blurry in an instant.

Saito gritted his back molars tightly, with veins near his temples exposed, then raised his fist back and swung it hard towards the boy.

Time seemed to slow down for an instant.

In his field of vision, he could see the corners of the young man's mouth raised slightly. There was no trace of panic on his face, only a look of mockery on his face.

--Snapped.

A crisp sound came from the contact surface between the fist and the palm.

Before Saito could react, the slender fingers came together and wrapped around his fist.

then……

Kato Yusuke began to increase strength and contraction.

"...!"

Feeling the squeezing sensation from his hand, Saito couldn't help but change his color slightly and tried to pull his hand out.

It's just that the opponent's hand was like a vise clamped on his fist, motionless and continuously shrinking inward, and the finger bones turned slightly white due to the exertion.

Creaking, creaking...

The faint sound of skin rubbing against bones penetrated my ears.

"——!"

As if to crush him, a sharp pain arose from there and was quickly transmitted to the nerves.

Saito's expression became ferocious and twisted, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead, but he gritted his teeth to prevent himself from screaming, and then raised the other fist placed by his leg and hit the boy's chest.

"ah!"

Not only all the students saw this scene, but also Sayu, who was standing behind Yusuke Kato.

Everyone gasped in surprise and stopped breathing in shock.

"...Yusuke——!"

The girl subconsciously exclaimed and wanted to step forward to stop him, but was unable to do so due to her body's slowness. She could only watch this scene helplessly.

"——Stop! Zhai..."

Boom.

The dull sound of beating sounded in everyone's ears.

Taniguchi in the crowd still maintained the gesture of stretching out his hand, without finishing the word "vine" in his mouth.

"...Um, ah!"

Saito made a sound of agony and bent down.

Kato Yusuke let go of the hand holding his fist, frowned and rubbed his chest, where he felt a little stuffy.

"……How are you!"

Sayu hurriedly ran to Yusuke's side, her face full of anxiety, but she instinctively put her hand on his chest and rubbed it gently.

"It's okay, he doesn't have much strength." Kato Yusuke comforted him softly, with a smile on his face.

Tears burst from the girl's eyes, like broken beads, touching and loving.

Others also came to their senses one after another.

Everyone looked at me, and I looked at you, and they all looked like they were about to speak but were hesitant.

"That Saito actually took action...?"

"This is... considered a violent incident, right?"

"Speaking of which, after being beaten for so long, why is Iwanami fine...?"

"The important thing is, does this count as being said about the central issue and turning the other side in anger?"

Kato Yusuke raised his head and looked at the crowd of people who were whispering together.

A pair of eyes as black as black pools of water swept over the person's face as if they were inspecting others. They were majestic and unfathomable.

Aware of his gaze, everyone first looked at him one after another, and then chose to avoid him one after another.

It wasn't until the classroom became quiet that Yusuke said: "The violence of silence is often better than others. If anyone knows who did this, I hope you can tell me in private."

No one responded, no one questioned.

After what happened just now, it seems that no one wants to get into trouble with this matter.

at this time……

"Miss Misaki, please come here...!"

Two footsteps came from the corridor.

The next second.

Figures, one low and one high, appeared at the door of the classroom.

It was Yuko Masaka who left just now, and Ms. Misaki who was the women's basketball coach.

The latter's face was full of seriousness, probably because he had heard about what happened here.

But when she saw the situation in the classroom, she was very confused.

Not paying attention to the onlookers who became well-behaved after seeing her, Teacher Misaki looked directly at the center of the classroom.

Her eyes switched between Kato Yusuke, who was upright, and Saito, who was squatting on the ground with one hand in his arms.

His face slowly became serious.

"Iwanami, Saito, follow me, the others will go to class immediately."

The voice was full of an irresistible flavor.

Seeing that they were not in trouble, the students filed out of the classroom one after another as if they had been granted amnesty.

Soon, only a few parties were left on the scene.

Kato Yusuke looked down at the girl in front of him and said softly: "You can go too, with Yuko."

Sayu bit her lower lip stubbornly and looked at him steadily, her red eyes full of stubbornness.

So Yusuke said again: "Don't worry, I will come to you when this matter is settled."

After saying this, he turned his attention to Yuko Masaka, who was walking aside, and nodded slightly.

"Sayu, I'm leaving it to you, Yuko."

"Iwanami-san..." Yuko murmured, reaching out to hold Sayu's arm.

Kato Yusuke then walked outside.

Teacher Misaki was there with his arms crossed, and beside him stood a sullen Saito, waiting for him.

Under the worried eyes of the two girls who followed them out of the classroom, the three figures disappeared together on the stairs at the end of the corridor.

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After the physical education class, the processing results were posted on the bulletin board in the teaching building.

"In view of the undue influence caused by Iwanami and Saito from Class 2, Class 3, we have decided to suspend school for one week."

In the end, Kato Yusuke still failed to keep his promise with the girl.

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Chapter completed!