Looking at the people lying scattered around them, Seki and Ikegami collapsed directly to the ground.
"Beichuan, Beichuan, this has nothing to do with us, we were just passing by! Really! We were just passing by!" Seki shouted, frantically winking at Ikegami beside him.
"Y-yeah! We were just passing by! We didn't do anything!"
"..." They were so terrified that they almost started begging for mercy.
Indeed, as seniors, Seki and Ikegami had no interest in bullying their junior.
They were incredibly relieved that they hadn't laid a hand on Magong Tong, otherwise Beichuan Si would likely have started beating them without a second thought.
But in reality, it wasn't that Seki and Ikegami didn't want to resist; they simply couldn't.
They couldn't even see how Beichuan Si had just beaten people up. Even if they tried to intervene, what good would it do? They'd end up getting beaten together? Get thoroughly trashed altogether.
It was better to just back down!
"You two wait here. Let me handle this," Beichuan Si said in a calm voice with a hint of menace.
He walked step by step toward Shuishu Yui, who was standing there dumbfounded by everything happening.
"Beichuan! I'm a girl, you can't—"
Slap!!!!
A palm print appeared on Shuishu Yui's right cheek.
The forceful slap left even Magong Tong, who was lying on the ground, dumbfounded.
Looking at the students lying scattered on the ground, she seemed to understand why there were bloodstains on the back of Beichuan Si's hand today.
"No, please, don't—"
Shuishu Yui only felt a pain at the back of her head as Beichuan Si, expressionless, grabbed her hair with one hand.
"What do you want to do? Beichuan! Are you trying to kill me?!" Shuishu Yui screamed.
She was already timid, and now she was petrified by Beichuan Si.
Beichuan Si ignored Shuishu Yui's words and turned his gaze to Magong Tong.
Magong Tong's pale right cheek still bore the imprint of fingers, swollen and looking utterly pitiful.
This was a problem of his own making.
His interaction with Magong Tong was why these school bullies targeted her.
Beichuan Si turned back and slapped Shuishu Yui on the face again.
Shuishu Yui's face twitched in pain, and she pleaded:
"No, please, Beichuan, let me go! If you keep hitting me, I'll die!"
"Beichuan, please let Shuishu go. If you keep this up, something really bad might happen."
Seeing Shuishu Yui's miserable appearance, spitting blood as she begged, Seki and Ikegami couldn't sit still anymore.
Beichuan Si fell into a brief silence, releasing Shuishu Yui's hair, seemingly convinced by their persuasion.
But after a moment, his cold voice resounded:
"You two, come over here."
"Hold her up."
"What?" Seki and Ikegami, who were initially relieved, froze at his latter words.
Fear surged from the depths of their hearts.
Ikegami incredulously pointed at Beichuan Si, teeth chattering:
"You still want to hit her?"
This was too ruthless, wasn't it?
"If I hadn't come over this time, would you have let Magong go so easily?" Beichuan Si's voice grew colder.
Initially, Beichuan Si only treated Magong Tong as a convenient "power bank," but undeniably, she did provide him insight into many affairs at Kyubei High School. Moreover, she was in this position because of him, so he had to vent her grievance somehow.
Beichuan Si took a step forward, only to be stopped by the trembling Seki and Ikegami.
"You can't keep hitting her; if you do, there'll really be trouble, Beichuan."
"..." Beichuan Si.
"Magong surely thinks so too, right? Shuishu has already received her punishment, let Beichuan let her go."
The voices of the two were on the verge of tears.
As high school students, they didn't yet understand what it meant to receive a harsh lesson from society; today's scene finally gave them some inkling of that definition. They had never met someone so ruthless, seemingly indifferent to life and death.
Moving forward, it was certain they would develop a psychological shadow whenever they saw Beichuan Si.
"I... I also think that's enough, Beichuan,"
Continuing like this would indeed lead to trouble.
Although Shuishu Yui only received two slaps from Beichuan Si, they were forceful, and she was already beaten into a stupor. If the beating continued, she would definitely suffer lasting damage.
Under the fearful eyes of Seki and Ikegami, Beichuan Si finally stopped in his tracks.
Venting anymore would be personal resentment.
Beichuan Si shook his head silently; now that Magong Tong had spoken up, there was no need for him to continue.
He pondered for a while and called the two over:
"You two take her to the infirmary."
"Yes!" Seki and Ikegami couldn't wait to get away from Beichuan Si, quickly rushing over, lifting Shuishu Yui, and hurriedly fleeing the classroom.
But Beichuan Si's voice caught up with them:
"You two wait."
"..." Seki and Ikegami.
Their bodies stiffened instantly, not daring to take a breath.
"About what happened today—" Beichuan Si slightly lengthened his tone.
"We promise not to spill a word!" Seki firmly promised, and Ikegami beside him even slapped his own mouth hard to show his determination.
"No, what I mean is, tell everyone you see, it's best to spread this everywhere."
"Ah?!" Hearing the cold and calm voice of Beichuan Si, Seki and Ikegami became even more terrified.
Is this guy... a devil?
Usually, people would want to keep such matters quiet, right? Why was Beichuan Si letting them spread it around?
Could it be that he hadn't had enough of a fight today, and by spreading the news, he was inviting more people to come for a beating?
The more they thought about it, the more terrifying it seemed, eventually constructing an image of a Demon King in their minds.
So who would be the next brave warrior to challenge this Demon King?
They couldn't help but shiver, hastily pledging:
"We'll make sure to spread this incident around, let everyone know!"
"Then you can go," Beichuan Si said dispassionately, waving his hand after receiving this assurance.
Seki and Ikegami hurriedly left the classroom, carrying Shuishu Yui as if fleeing.
Watching their backs as they left, Beichuan Si just rubbed his temples.
He had his reasons for wanting Seki and Ikegami to spread the word.
Beichuan Si had always been bullied in the past, causing lots of problems in his life. He didn't want to end up fighting every few days, so he had Seki and Ikegami expose the incident, hoping those who had bullied him would be more cautious. He didn't mind carrying a reputation for brutality and cold-bloodedness and planned to minimize contact with these "classmates."
From now on, he would beat down any troublemakers, no matter how many came at him.
Beichuan Si squinted his eyes.
Delinquents only fear those who can beat them.
Once he instilled fear into these few individuals, there wouldn't be any harmful incidents like this in the future.
With this thought, Beichuan Si turned around and asked with concern:
"Are the scars on your face alright, Magong? Do you need me to accompany you to the hospital?"