Too Late to Hold Me Back novel Chapter 638

"Let me ask you this, President Yates. Why do I, the victim, need to go anywhere with you? If the Student Council is incapable of handling this internally, I'd be more than happy to dial 911 and let the police sort it out. It's already ten o'clock, and we have orientation training tomorrow. I've said all I'm going to say. If you have any further questions, you can call me."

That night, the Aethelgard Social Forum practically exploded. Someone had uploaded photos of the spectacular aftermath in Mira's dorm room. Mira figured it had to be one of the student representatives who had come to handle the situation, as the faculty wouldn't be foolish enough to leak it.

To Mira's surprise, the backlash was nearly nonexistent. Instead, the student body was overwhelmingly cheering for her.

"Aethelgard finally has a gorgeous vigilante! The Student Council's reign of terror has been stopped in its tracks."

"Wow, we've got a literal superhero on campus. She took down five of them without even breaking a sweat."

"It's about time the Student Council got a massive overhaul. They barely do any actual work. They just use these 'inspections' to harass people and make everyone miserable."

"Wait, doesn't this vigilante girl look exactly like Mira?"

"Holy crap, it is her! That is insane. She's only been here for a few days, and she's already headlined the campus forum twice. Absolute legend."

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Clearly, the Sanitation Board had a long history of disrupting the campus peace and launching petty revenge campaigns. The student body was collectively demanding that the university tighten its oversight and completely restructure the Student Council leadership.

The next morning, just as Mira finished getting dressed for training, Dean Garrison called, summoning her to the disciplinary office to finalize the fallout from the previous night.

She made a quick call to Instructor Vance to excuse herself from morning drills and headed out.

"Do you need any help?" Vance offered.

With Mira sticking to her story, the dean's hands were tied. The medical staff genuinely hadn't found a single bruise or abnormality on any of the five students.

"Also, this incident has completely blown up on the school forum. It's creating a very negative image. Would you mind issuing a public statement to clarify the situation?" Dean Garrison asked, clearly trying to make her take the fall.

"I scrolled through the forum last night. Everything the students are saying is completely accurate, so there's nothing to clarify. If anyone needs to offer a public explanation, it should be the Student Council leadership. After all, they were the ones who orchestrated the attack. As for the 'negative image,' I refrained from calling the police specifically to protect the university's reputation. Or would you rather I escalate this so the entire city finds out?"

"Of course not. We definitely need to preserve the school's honor. You handled it perfectly," the dean quickly backpedaled. He decided that the five students must have exaggerated their pain just to frame the innocent freshman.

With that, the ordeal was officially laid to rest.

That afternoon, Preston Yates issued a formal statement on the forum. He announced that the altercation in the girls' dormitory had been caused by the five students abusing their authority to deliberately harass a peer. The Student Council was permanently revoking their positions and issuing official disciplinary demerits. He also admitted that the Student Council leadership shared the blame for their sheer lack of oversight, promising sweeping reforms in the future.