Chapter 75

The screen flickered as the results materialized with startling clarity.

Arabella's voice cut through the silence like a blade. "Campus security footage reveals everything. Immediately after class ended,you dragged Daisy into that stairwell. Minutes later,they carried her out-drenched in blood."

"Dear God!"

A spectator's hand flew to cover their mouth,horror etching across their features. "That's absolutely savage!"

"Revolting! That manipulative witch needs to pay for her crimes!"

Elissa's gaze swept across the screen.She was momentarily stunned by Arabella's meticulous

preparation, but she recovered swiftly with a sharp retort. "If you're determined to destroy my reputation with lies, then I'll expose what really happened! I confronted Daisy because she tormented me repeatedly-for months!"

Emotion strangled Elissa's words as tears pooled in her eyes, transforming her into a portrait of wounded innocence.

The students in the audience rose as one, their movement creating a ripple of solidarity.

Kenzie's voice rang out with conviction. "You have to trust us-Elissa possesses genuine kindness. She's shown us nothing but compassion. How could anyone believe she'd terrorize a classmate? We witnessed everything firsthand. During class, Daisy relentlessly attacked Elissa. I stood there in that stairwell,watching Daisy tear her down, sneering about how worthless she was, how she'd never measure up..."

"Precisely! Daisy destroyed Elissa emotionally,

so if Elissa finally defended herself, justice demanded it. Besides, she never actually harmed Daisy-we simply refused to associate with someone so venomous! Nobody wanted friendship with that kind of poison!"

"Absolutely! Daisy embodies pure malice! She victimized Elissa constantly!"

The testimony from over a dozen students sent confusion rippling through the crowd like wildfire.

What was going on?

Elissa's declaration boomed across the room."If I truly terrorized Daisy, I'll eat my hat!"

Her vow silenced the assembled masses.

"What's happening here? With so many students defending Elissa, I'm completely bewildered."

"It's impossible that all these people participated in bullying Daisy, isn't it?"

"But what about those photographs from earlier? These three must be scheming something sinister!"

"Those are merely images-we don't understand the complete circumstances. Like Elissa explained, if Daisy attacked her first, then retaliation seems justified, doesn't it? Where's your concrete evidence?"

Arabella bestowed a subtle smile upon the trio."So you're truly committed to this path of stubborn denial?"

Elissa regarded Arabella with weary resignation."| understand your animosity toward me,Arabella, but you cannot assault us with these fabrications. We genuinely didn't commit the acts you're describing-we simply didn't!"

Kenny interjected with fervor, "Exactly right.Daisy lacks any redeeming qualities! It's absurd that a bully can still ridicule.others!"

Joyce remained the sole silent figure among

them.

Elissa's attention shifted to Joyce, who finally spoke with deliberate slowness. "Bullying Daisy was completely justified! Elissa never touched her-I handled everything. I couldn't stomach Daisy's existence. She earned every moment of suffering!"

The bullies' righteous fury rendered the entire room speechless.

Kenzie's voice pierced the stunned silence once more. "Consider this logically, everyone. If Daisy truly suffered as the victim, would she possess the capability to mobilize so many people against her supposed tormentors?

"Truth! Don't let these people deceive you!"

Everyone exchanged uncertain glances, their expressions growing increasingly conflicted as they turned toward Arabella.

"She's right. If Daisy was genuinely the victim,how could she have orchestrated this entire

confrontation and gathered us here?"

"At least currently, I believe Daisy and her sister demonstrate considerable cunning. How could someone so calculating be bullied? Ha,I doubt they possess any integrity!"

"This is outrageous. You manipulated us! How dare you expect us to travel this distance and champion your so-called justice?" someone bellowed furiously, hurling a rotting tomato toward Arabella.

Witnessing this aggression, others began launching projectiles as well.

Daisy's face darkened as she observed the chaos and began rising to her feet, but Asher's voice emerged cold and low. "Arabella anticipated this reaction. If you intervene now,you'll only escalate the disaster."

Daisy's fists clenched untilher knuckles turned white.

Just before any object could·strike Arabella,

several black-clad bodyguards materialized and formed a protective barrier around her.

The bodyguards' commanding and intimidating presence sent shock waves through the nearby spectators.

"Bodyguards?"

"Incredible, they even employed personal protection?"

"And securing this venue must have cost a fortune. Add the private security, and that's beyond ordinary people's reach. Clearly, they orchestrated this entire spectacle to destroy Elissa and her friends. That's pure evil!"

The crowd's hostility intensified like a gathering storm.

On stage, Elissa's lips curved into a satisfied smirk as she surveyed the scene, casting a contemptuous glance at Arabella.

So what if Arabella had survived? Did she truly

believe those photographs could secure a conviction? How pathetically naive. What an absolute joke!