[center][h1][color=39b54a][b]Hakuro Kuroda[/b][/color][/h1][/center]

[center][color=39b54a][b]Mentionings:[/b][/color] ?????[/center]

His thumbs were tired, and he needed a break.  The information was coming in from all the different sources.  What was he planning?  Hard to say.  Maybe an attack, maybe to expose her, or maybe maybe he'd settle for a little anonymous leverage to force her to behave.  It really depended on what information he could get out of people, his inquiries sometimes subtle and sometimes direct.  For instance, Azuma made a made another doodle while in the restroom - for secrecy's sake - that was a decent copy of the original one in class, took a picture, and sent it to him.  The idea that that woman was getting bent out of shape to the point of throwing the entire class out off school was patently ridiculous, and yet Azuma was insistant that she'd do it.  Meanwhile, Kai had come through with a PDF file and a note stating what pages to look into.  Hakuro would've preferred he just tell him over message, but he could read it over and let his fingers rest.

[color=39b54a][i]Hmmm, it doesn't really say much about mass expulsion, and what it says about explusion in general is just what I'd expect.[/i][/color]

That is, the usual reasons for expulsion were violence towards staff, exceedingly poor delinquint behavior, and also repeatedly low academic scores which incline the school to have the student seek their education elsewhere, lest they stop wasting their time [i]here[/i].  Other bits and bobs began to trickle down about Miss Okamoto.  How emotional she gets, her general attitude, some of her habits around the school-

A hand suddenly came down and grabbed his phone.

[center][youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuhUX5K-a6Y[/youtube][/center]

Looking up in confusion, Hakuro saw a girl from another class, one whom he was familiar with...especially since he'd been messaging her earlier about the Student Council.

[color=39b54a]"Rina?"[/color]

[b]"Hakuro...don't.  Rather, you have to stop right now, Hatto-san."[/b]

She removed her hand, and the Hatto-san's head tilted slightly as his eyes narrowed a bit.

[color=39b54a]"Why?  What happened?"[/color]

[b]"You wanted me to ask the School Treasurer to bring up this history teacher and question her actions, and I'm telling you that whatever you're up to, stop right now.  I asked her instead about the general opinion of Miss Okamoto instead because you wouldn't get anywhere, and you might land yourself in trouble with the Principal if one of them were to raise the question to him."[/b]

[color=00a651]"The [i]Principal?[/i]  Why would-"[/color]

[b]"I'm sorry, but is that music playing for some reason?  It's a little distracting."[/b]

He looked down as the phone continued to play this overly-dramatic theme.  Hakuro pressed a button to pause it.

[color=39b54a]"Sorry, you jostled the phone when you grabbed it."[/color]

[b]"I might've been a bit dramatic, myself.  The club does it to me.  Still, if you never had Okamoto as a teacher, you wouldn't know, but she has uhh...history of her own, you could say."[/b]

[color=39b54a]"Tell me."[/color]

[b]"Miss Okamoto has a track record for getting results.  There's a host of third-years that'll swear by her, instead of AT her, and a number of successful graduates will sing her praises, as well.  It's sick.  Half the school knows she walks all over people, and here these ones are all simping for her."[/b]

[color=39b54a]"[i]Simping[/i] for her?  Like how?"[/color]

[b]"[i]You know[/i].  They would do [i]anything[/i] for her, follow [i]every word[/i] for even ONE iota of praise.  I'm surprised you don't know this stuff.  Don't you have like a stalker or something?"[/b]

[color=39b54a]"I mean, [i]maybe[/i].  Nobody's tried taking my stuff or anything like that.  But the Principal eats this up, right?  He sees the good results and if he knows anything about malfeasance, he's ignoring it."[/color]

[b]"Exactly.  And I'm saying stop this because you'll end up in the Principal's office with some sort of accusation about trying to cause her harm-"[/b]

[color=39b54a]"Not [i]entirely[/i] untrue."[/color]

[b]"-[i]OR[/i] the other students may start trying to invade your site or the unofficial school message board to cause damage.  You don't want that, right?"[/b]

[color=39b54a]"No, I can't have that..."[/color]

There had to be a way to approach this, some method that could blow this thing wide open.  If he couldn't depend on the school authority, when this woman had the Principal and students eating out of her hand-

[color=39b54a][i]No...  It couldn't be.  She's NOT that charismatic, but if she has a history of getting results with a minimum of effort, then she may be doing something else...  I'll need to look into this...but differently.[/i][/color]

He was lost in thought for a second, but then quickly looked to Rina.

[color=39b54a]"Alright, I won't continue the online stuff, and I won't use any resource that'd drag it back to anyone or anything we don't want hurt.  I was keeping it fairly light, mainly like curiosity, so it should be fine.  I'm gonna head home now, but I'd like you to email me all of Miss Okamoto's adoring fans, both successes AND failures."[/color]

[b]"What're you going to do?"[/b]

[color=39b54a]"I'm going to talk to them and see just how she's [i]really[/i] affected them.  Later, though.  I gotta go."[/color]

Hakuro unplugged his phone and headed downstairs to leave the school.  As he did, he [i]thought[/i] her heard a familiar voice or two, but he didn't see anything on his way out.  If there was anyone there, he must have just missed them...