Chapter 178 Soccer Club

Soccer Club

Mitsuda’s PoV

I was summoned by Tachibana. We had been classmates since junior high school, but we had hardly spoken to each other.

But I’m in a difficult situation.

I was suspended from school after Kondo caused trouble. Not because I was a criminal, but just because I spread malicious rumors.

Damn, if Ikenobu told the teacher about something that never happened, I wouldn’t be able to get away with just being suspended.

As I recall, that woman was forced to break up with his childhood friend Endo and was immediately dumped by Kondo, who treated her like a toy. So I know she would try to take as many people as possible with her out of revenge and desperation.

“If that happened, would I be doomed?”

If this continues, I’ll probably be expelled from school.

The perpetrators, like Kondo and Aida, will probably be expelled.

As for Aida, his parents went crazy and posted on SNS that they were victims, which caused a huge uproar. People around them looked at them with contempt, and the whole family was socially ostracized.

That’s why Tachibana approached me, thinking I might be able to continue my school life.

That woman is a demonic thinker. Damn, damn, damn!!!

I’m being manipulated by her. Just like Kondo…

While I was waiting at the designated park, a woman appeared in front of me…

Matsuda’s PoV

I arrived at the place designated by the manager. According to the instructions planted in the locker at the station, our escape from our doomed fate depends on our ability to successfully manipulate this third-year senior.

Mitsuda-senpai. I heard from Kondo-senpai that they were good friends. I also heard that he treated him more like a subordinate than a good friend, even though he was a senior. He’s still Kondo-senpai’s lackey, right? If I look at it that way, it becomes less frightening.

“I came here under the guidance of Manager Tachibana.”

“Okay, what should I do?” he asked in a panicked voice. I’m sure he’s suspended from school right now. He’s already on the edge of a cliff, and there doesn’t seem to be much time left.

Our plan was to blame everything on him.

First, we will make him the main culprit for stealing Aono-kun’s manuscripts and personal belongings from the Literature Club room.

We can plant the duplicate key in the club room and the cut-up manuscript in his school locker or bag.

We have all the circumstantial evidence we need. This should clear the Literature Club.

Another problem is how to deal with Ikenobu Eri. She has malicious intentions against us. So we have to eliminate her or convince her.

Mitsuda-senpai and the members of the soccer club will have to get their hands dirty. We just have to lead them…

Tachibana’s PoV

I hid behind a tree in the park and monitored their contact.

It worked. Just to be sure, I took a picture of them with a photo app that doesn’t make a shutter sound.

I will blame everything on both of them and constantly prepare myself so that I alone can survive. I try to leave no trace when I contact them.

It’s a hassle, but I’ll also do something to their locker.

“Ikenobu-san and Matsuda-san have a love-hate relationship with Kondo-kun. The two of them had a grudge against each other and threatened each other by saying things that didn’t exist, and eventually…”

This is the scenario I prepared. I’m just a poor victim caught in a love-hate tangle and the self-preservation of a soccer club member. This is how I position myself. Then whatever he or she testifies will be just a bunch of nonsense.

“This is the work that will be my culmination.”

I will put my whole life on the line and accept the challenge to create.

For that one moment, I even forgot my inferiority complex towards Eiji-kun and was filled with elation…