Winning Without Hitting [Morning / Classroom]

Their homeroom teacher arranged for the bullies to return everything they had taken.

One of the class bullies still tried to provoke Hara.

His phone camera was already recording.

(Bully) : “What? Not gonna hit me today?”

Hara clenched his fist.

Then opened it.

(Hara) : “I’m not giving you the shot you want.”

He moved where the teacher and the rest of the class could see everything.

(Hara) : “Don’t apologize to me. Apologize to the people you stole from.”

The teacher handed over the first envelope.

Reluctantly, the bully stood before the victim.

(Bully) : “Sorry I took your wallet.”

(Victim) : “Don’t do it again.”

Then the second item.

Then the third.

Hara never laid a hand on him.

Koharu watched.

(Koharu) : “You actually did good today.”

(Hara) : “What about every other day?”

(Koharu) : “You only get praise for today.”

They laughed.

At the back of the classroom, however, the bully sent the footage to someone.

The recipient was ‘K.’

A moment later, a photo arrived on Koharu’s phone.

It showed her and Hara standing together in the courtyard.

The message was short.

‘Stay beside him and you’ll be ruined first.’

Koharu’s face went still.