Chapter 90 The Devil's Proof (First update, please subscribe)

In front of me was a sumptuous breakfast, with tempting white rice and fried eggs, perfectly salt-grilled mackerel, colorful salads, and steaming miso soup...

For a breakfast, it was a bit too luxurious. However, Amamiya Iori, who prepared it carefully, seemed very happy.

Usually, Qing Shuijian only eats two slices of toast and drinks a glass of milk. Between appetite and a few more minutes of sleep, he chooses the latter without hesitation.

After breakfast, the two took the tram to school together.

Since the train hijacking incident, Amamiya Iori rarely took the train and would only take it when accompanied by Shimizu Mi.

When swiping the IC card through the ticket gate, a girl with straight black hair with a purple tint trotted past Qing Shuijian.

Shimizu felt like he had seen her somewhere before and was a little concerned, but when he felt Amamiya Iori's solemn gaze behind him, he withdrew his gaze.

The train was crowded with people during the morning rush hour. The majority of them were middle school and high school students in uniforms, and the rest were office workers in suits.

Shimizu Mi found two seats near the inner door and sat down side by side with Amamiya Iori.

Since getting in the car, Amamiya Iori has been buried in the screen of her mobile phone. On it is a carefully made table recording all the events she participated in this sports meet.

Qing Shuijian took a casual glance and was surprised to find that she had signed up for more than a dozen events, and her schedule was almost full every day.

"Do you really want to win this sports meet?"

"Of course, if we don't work hard, then the next cultural festival won't be able to be held properly, right?"

Immediately after the sports meet, there was a grand campus event - the cultural festival.

The cultural festival is similar to a school anniversary, everything is planned by the students themselves, and each class can creatively open a shop or stall.

Shimizu remembered that in the first week, their class held a haunted house activity.

The results and rankings in the sports meet are directly related to the operating funds that can be applied for from the school during the cultural festival, so every class hopes to achieve good results in the sports meet.

Except for some team competitions and special events, the scoring method for general competitions is five points for first place, three points for second place, and two points for third place.

After yesterday's game, the red camp where Shimizu Mi is located currently has 78 points and is temporarily ranked first.

The other two camps, white and blue, followed closely with 75 and 67 points respectively.

Shimizu Mi had hardly signed up for any competitions, so he was relatively relaxed.

But at lunch time, he was eating his lunch box alone in the classroom when Onodera Rin suddenly ran in hurriedly with an anxious look on her face.

"Shimizu-senpai, I'm so glad to have found you. Um, Sakurai-senpai, she's in trouble..."

"What's wrong? What happened?"

Onodera Rin didn't have time to catch her breath. After looking around, she stepped forward and whispered quietly.

"Yesterday, Nishikawa Yui, who collided with Sakurai-senpai and fell, seems to have been seriously injured. Now it seems that she is too serious to get up... That, she also claimed that Sakurai-senpai deliberately knocked her down. Now she is likely to be suspended from school."

After hearing this, Qingshuijian couldn't hide his surprise.

Nishikawa Yui was indeed injured yesterday, and although it seemed more serious than Sakurai Haruka's, I didn't expect the situation to develop to this extent.

"Where is Haruka now?"

"She and Nishikawa Yui are both in the health room...but Sakurai-senpai doesn't look like she wants to talk to anyone."

After Onodera Rin finished speaking, Shimizu realized that she didn't have time to eat the rest of her lunch box, so she grabbed her coat and rushed out of the classroom.

……

It took Qingshuijian twenty minutes to walk the path to the health room yesterday, but this time he ran it in about five minutes.

With the sound of his shoes tapping, Shimizu strode forward in the corridor. When he arrived at the health room, he found Director Akubi standing at the door.

He noticed Shimizu approaching and gave a slightly confused expression.

"Shimizu-san, why are you here?"

Qing Shuijian adjusted his still somewhat rapid breathing and asked softly, "Where's Haruka?"

"Haruka...ah, are you talking about Sakurai Haruka? She and Nishikawa Yui are both in there."

Director Akubi looked towards the door of the infirmary and gave a brief answer without giving any details of the situation. However, one could sense his anxiety from the side of his face.

"Director Akushiro, can I go in and take a look?"

Director Akuhiko hesitated for a moment and then nodded.

Shimizumi said thank you and opened the door of the infirmary as quietly as possible...

He scanned the room. On the bed in the middle, a curtain separated part of the space, and he could faintly hear the sound of a girl sobbing.

Through the gap in the curtain, you can see a bandaged left foot that looks horribly damaged. It seems that Yui Nishikawa's injury is quite serious.

And Sakurai Haruka was sitting on a round stool deep in the room. She crossed her arms and tapped her hands with her fingers. She looked a little annoyed... She must be feeling bad right now.

"Sakurai-san, do you remember that you collided with Nishikawa Yui and fell during the obstacle race yesterday?"

Director Akubi stepped forward to ask questions. Sakurai Haruka was a little indifferent at first and didn't seem to want to respond, but when she saw Shimizumi following behind her, her expression softened a little and she replied, "I remember."

"Regarding that incident, Nishikawa Yui said that you deliberately made her fall."

"…It can't be that, it was an accident, or——"

"or?"

Director Akubi asked.

Sakurai Haruka was about to defend herself, but finally gave up.

Shimizu Ken was standing aside, he could vaguely guess what Sakurai Haruka wanted to say.

Yesterday, Sakurai Haruka told him that Nishikawa Yui might have knocked her down on purpose, but she just couldn't produce any evidence.

However, I didn't expect that the other party would take the initiative to attack and turn the tables today.

What puzzled Shimizu most was that Sakurai Haruka said she didn't know Nishikawa Yui. Logically, she shouldn't have any motives to frame Sakurai Haruka, even at the cost of getting herself injured and withdrawing from the sports meet.

In order not to disturb others' rest, Director Akubi temporarily took Shimizu Mi and Sakurai Haruka to the corridor outside to talk.

"Sakurai-san, although I don't want to think so, the situation is a bit bad now. According to Nishikawa Yui, you repeatedly shouted her name while running, causing her to look back and slow down. To verify this, we checked the race footage. In the final sprint, Nishikawa Yui did look back twice to check your movements, and then you passed her, causing this collision."

Shimizu Mi silently recalled what Sakurai Haruka told him yesterday. The two people's statements were exactly the opposite.

But judging objectively from the content of the video alone, Nishikawa Yui's statement seems more convincing.

In the first 100 meters of the hurdles, Sakurai Haruka was slightly behind Nishikawa Yui. But in the final sprint, Nishikawa Yui looked back at Sakurai Haruka several times as if she was concerned about something, which affected her own speed and caused her to collide with Sakurai Haruka who was catching up.

"She was the one who called my name when she was behind me."

"Did she call you by your name... Well, even if that's the case, it's still a big problem."

Director Akuhiro rubbed his brows in some distress.

"Director Akuhiko, do you have any other questions?" asked Shimizu.

"In fact, Nishikawa Yui also said that she was kicked hard in the calf by Sakurai Haruka, which caused her to miss all the subsequent games."

"That could also be the injury she suffered when she fell. Besides, I don't even know her, why would I do such a thing?"

"The school has invited a professional doctor to diagnose Nishikawa Yui's injuries, and I heard that the condition is very serious. And the injuries were definitely caused intentionally."

"If you called me here to confirm the facts, I have already told you the truth. I declare again that I did nothing. I have something to do next. May I take my leave?"

After Sakurai Haruka finished speaking, she turned around and limped towards the stairs, while Director Akubi continued behind her:

"At this stage, the school will probably rule it as a deliberate attack that was more of a coincidence. If you consider that Nishikawa Yui missed the competition after the obstacle course, your results in the competition will also be invalid, and you will not be allowed to participate in subsequent competitions. You may even be suspended..."

After Sakurai Haruka's back disappeared in the corridor, Shimizu asked Director Akubi for confirmation: "Director Akubi, what do you think?"

"Although I don't want to think so, Nishikawa Yui is indeed a student with good athletic nerves. If we only consider her running speed, she is actually a dark horse in this competition. Therefore, it is hard to imagine that Nishikawa Yui's serious injury happened by chance."

"Is this so..."

Qing Shuijian nodded slightly.

If you look at it from someone else's perspective, this is indeed the case. Director Akuhito is just stating a very objective point of view.

"But Nishikawa Yui seems to be insisting on appealing to the school. Judging from the video or her testimony, it seems unlikely that this incident will be dropped. And from the other party's point of view, it is not worth it for her to frame others at the cost of herself."

"…Is this the so-called proof of the devil?"

Qingshui saw Jingjing close her eyes.

For example, if we want to prove that demons exist in the world, all we need is one person to see a demon somewhere.

However, to prove that there is no demon in the world, it is necessary to prove that "no one has seen it", but this is actually impossible to achieve.

　I went to bed at 4 o'clock... just woke up

　　
　
(End of this chapter)