What happened next was as expected.
The 'anonymous' exposé on the News Department forum instantly shifted the public pressure onto Ayakoji Chiyoko and Kagura Hikaru, painting them as the villains and Kiryu Hina as the victim, naturally making the so-called bullying rumors unbelievable to anyone.
The Society Discussion Meeting's credibility plummeted, but that did not prevent everyone from reading its daily newspaper. After all, aside from the distorted school news, there were still many trendy topics worth reading about.
It was like when pork with swine fever appeared in the market; it wouldn't be possible to ban everyone from buying beef.
Some sticklers believed that reading the Society Discussion Meeting's daily release was equivalent to supporting Ayakoji Chiyoko, so they resolutely boycotted it and even persuaded those around them not to read it.
But the vast majority of students simply didn't care about these stance issues; they were more interested in having fun.