Concludes, Successful Reversal
In the Student Council conference room, as soon as Horikita Suzune took out her phone, Ibuki Mio and the other two boys on the opposite side had expressions of bewilderment.
They never thought there would be another counter, as according to Ryuen's plan, when this close-up video with voice recording of the "bullying" was made public, it should have been the moment Sudo was completely defeated.
But now this black-haired girl actually had new evidence. How was this possible?
"You may bring over the new evidence."
Horikita Suzuya had already withdrawn his hand from the table, a trace of contemplation flashing in his eyes as he looked at his sister standing there, seeing the young woman's determined attitude, perhaps already having the certainty of victory.
"May I have the evidence?" Tachibana Akane stepped to Horikita Suzune's side but found that Horikita Suzune was tightly holding onto her phone, not intending to directly submit the evidence.
"Before I submit the final piece of evidence, I have some questions I'd like to ask."
Horikita Suzune looked at Ishizaki and Komiya sitting opposite, the bandages wrapped around their faces and arms reflecting the severity of their injuries, which was the most crucial proof for bringing charges.
But after Hashima Hikaru's hint, the girl had verified the most critical information through another camera, enough to completely expose their lies.
"I want to ask, are the injuries on your bodies all inflicted by Sudo?"
"Of course, why are you asking this? This guy beat us up like this. Is there still any doubt?" After being swept with a suspicious gaze by Horikita Suzune, Ishizaki Daichi felt somewhat annoyed and nervous, so he expressed his dissatisfaction by pounding the table.
Komiya next to him also swallowed hard. After all, only a small part of their injuries was from Sudo; the larger part was inflicted by Ryuen personally.
On the day after filming the "beating video," Sudo didn't actually cause them much harm, certainly not enough to require bandages on their arms and faces.
Later, on their way to the Student Council, Ryuen suddenly felt that this level of injury might not be enough to get Sudo expelled, so he made a new decision on the spot.
"Since you've already been beaten, might as well make it more severe. Otherwise, if in the end we don't succeed in getting Sudo expelled, wouldn't your beating be in vain?"
"Once we act, we must ensure a fatal blow. Trust me, I will definitely lead the class to the top!"
At that time, Ishizaki Daichi and Komiya Yogo were somewhat unwilling, but after being persuaded by Ryuen, they gritted their teeth and agreed to execute this advanced version of the framing plan.
Now they had reached the most crucial judgment step of this plan, so they could only firmly hold onto the other party, not allowing any room for slack.
"Alright, I understand your stance now."
After hearing their answer, Horikita Suzune looked at Tachibana Akane beside her and asked, "Tachibana-senpai, what happens if there are lies in the content of the charges?"
"If there are lies in the charges, and someone catches concrete evidence, not only will the charges be considered invalid, but the accusers will also face corresponding punishment."
Tachibana Akane's attitude was very serious, reciting the specific execution rules verbatim.
Horikita Suzuya, seated, adjusted the glasses on his nose bridge and stated, "If the charges are proven to contain lies, I will personally make a decision to uphold the dignity of the school rules."
"Good, I understand."
Horikita Suzune nodded, then handed over the video from her phone to Tachibana, who quickly projected it.
Subsequently, Sudo, Chabashira Sae, Hirata Yosuke, and everyone else stared intently at the projected screen. After all, if this evidence couldn't turn the situation around, there would truly be no other way.
The video began to play. This was footage captured from a CCTV camera outside a convenience store near the Special Teaching Building. The footage captured Ishizaki Daichi and Komiya Yogo walking ahead, and a long-haired boy following behind them.
Ryuen Kakeru.
They walked quickly, rapidly passing by the convenience store's entrance, so the video content was very short, probably just a few seconds.
"What is this?"
Tachibana Akane hesitated, staring at the video screen, seemingly discovering something.
"This is footage I captured from the convenience store's surveillance video. Has anyone noticed anything different?"
Horikita Suzune looked at Tachibana Akane operating the computer and continued, "Please pause the frame where Ishizaki and Komiya pass by the convenience store entrance."
"Done."
With the image paused, the black-haired girl looked at the two Class D boys whose faces had already begun to pale and asked, "There's a time display at the bottom, so this video was captured within five minutes after the fight incident."
"In the picture, although your faces show injuries, your arms don't seem to have any problems, moving quite normally, and your legs don't show any inconvenience," Horikita Suzune's tone was cold, enunciating word by word, "If you really suffered severe injuries, why could you move so quickly?"
"Your arms were normal when passing by the convenience store, but now they're bandaged. Why is that?"
"Don't tell me the injuries caused by Sudo have a delayed effect?"
"...."