Hikigaya doesn't want to be a force of strength

After hearing what Hikigaya said, Yamauchi immediately realized that he had spoken out of turn.

He was so busy venting his dissatisfaction and anger towards Hikigaya that he forgot that accusing someone requires evidence and logic.

Purely emotional words at this time will not only fail to affect Hikigaya, but will make the already irrational Class D students hate them even more.

"This guy Yamauchi is still full of lies!"

"I've known for a long time that this guy has a terrible personality. He even spread rumors about Sakura-san before."

"This guy Chi is not a good guy either. He once said that he wanted to chat up all the girls in the school!"

“Ahhh, Sudou was dragged into this by these two bad friends! I always thought that although Sudou had a bad personality, he was still a good person…”

"At least he's the only member of the basketball club in our class!"

as predicted.

Following Yamauchi's words, the attitudes of most people in Class D completely slid to Sudo Ken's side, and their attitude towards Yamauchi Haruki had turned into undisguised disgust.

For this reason, Yamauchi wanted to say something to clarify the matter, but was stopped by Ike Kanji.

Compared to Yamauchi who was almost brainless, Ike was able to see the situation more or less clearly and realized that if they continued to let Yamauchi self-destruct here, they would really become rats crossing the street.

Moreover, compared to Yamauchi, who was not sensitive to public opinion, Ike Kanji could clearly feel that the direction of the class was being driven by some invisible force.

It's as if someone is deliberately manipulating it...

No, that shouldn't happen.

Trying his best to calm himself, Chi Kuanzhi said loudly: "Everyone please believe us, these things are most likely a plot by Class C to sow discord!"

After the incident happened to him, Chi finally realized that he had to throw the problem to Class C.

"Everyone please calm down first."

Seeing the situation becoming more and more chaotic, the anger of the students in Class D gradually accumulated, even to the point of being out of control. The class president of Class D, Hirata Yosuke, stepped forward decisively to stabilize the situation. "The problem now is not what Sudo and the others did, but that other classes are attacking us. At a time like this, I think everyone should unite!"

"Yeah, if it's suspicion of people from other classes, I can understand it. But I think it's wrong to doubt your classmates from the beginning."

Kushida Kikyo also spoke.

With these two people with the highest status taking the lead, naturally, the other people in the class would not say anything. It was just like the most classic mentality of followers. No matter how much they complained in their hearts, they would not say anything on the surface.

Everyone's criticism stopped for the time being.

But Hikigaya will not let them get their wish so easily. After all, Ike and Yamauchi are undoubtedly the ones who should bear the most responsibility for the situation to have developed to this point.

Hikigaya's simple sense of justice prevented him from just sitting there and doing nothing.

"Even if it's Class C's fault, everyone's points won't be returned."

Hikigaya's words caused everyone present to fall into silence.

"Hikigaya, you..." Hirata Yosuke widened his eyes.

"I've been upset for a long time. Why did my points not drop because of other people's problems? Is it because I'm in the same class as you? Why don't good things happen to me, and all I get are a bunch of bad things?"

Hikigaya was like a broken jar, and his self-destructive attack made everyone's hidden thoughts known to everyone in public.

Hearing his words, everyone's eyes turned to Ike Kanji and Yamauchi Haruki.

Under Hikigaya's encouragement, most of the students in Class D no longer believed that this incident was Sudo's fault alone, and instead directed all their attention to Ike Kanji and Yamauchi Haruki, two guys who were unwilling to take responsibility.

In such a situation, Chi and Yamauchi felt as if they were being criticized by thousands of people. They did not dare to stay here any longer and fled the class as soon as possible.

The unity that Class D had managed to create on the surface was quickly marred by indelible cracks.

No one spoke again.

After class, Hirata Yosuke announced the end of the meeting and everyone stood up from their seats in twos and threes.

Hirata Yosuke didn't even look at Hikigaya and left.

Before leaving the classroom, many students couldn't help but look at Hikigaya with stinging gazes, and some even complained in a low voice, "What's wrong with that person?"

I mean, what kind of person is this... Hey, are you talking about me?

It takes courage to express negative emotions in public.

When status and strength do not match, the person who speaks out about it will become the target of public criticism.

After most of the students had left, only a few old faces with higher status in the class were left.

Before leaving, Kushida Kikyo came to Hikigaya, but the expression on her face became very sad, "I'm sorry, Hikigaya-san... I hurt you..."

"Nothing. Even if you hadn't shown up, I would have done the same thing."

Hikigaya didn't know if Kushida's sadness was a fake.

Anyway, he was very satisfied with his fate.

He never wanted to meet other people's expectations. Being treated as a rat crossing the street was what he hoped for. Otherwise, if his true colors were revealed one day, he would only end up disappointing others.

Then, Hikigaya stood up from his seat as well.

When I was about to leave the classroom, Horikita Suzune walked to the door first.

"You are such a despicable person."

"what?"

Hikigaya was slightly stunned, not understanding what Horikita Suzune meant.

"You'd better clarify everyone's misunderstanding of you."

"How can misunderstandings be clarified? When they make interpretations, the misunderstandings have already taken root. The so-called clarification is nothing but self-consolation."

The answer you give cannot be taken back, and the water you spill cannot be taken back;

No matter which statement is made, it is difficult to get rid of the bad impression.

On the contrary, it is so easy to create a bad impression on others. As long as someone says something or takes some action, they will be labeled as a "bad person".

Therefore, no amount of explanation will make any more sense, as it will only deepen others' bad impression of you.

"You guy..."

Horikita Suzune said coldly: "Do you think it's fun to make others feel guilty about you by doing this?"

"I can not understand what you say?"

"Are you pretending not to know now?"

Horikita Suzune glared at him fiercely, "Sudo's problem is my responsibility. Even if he did something ugly, I should bear the consequences. Your behavior is equivalent to taking away my burden, and you used such a bad method!"

"..."

Hikigaya finally heard what Horikita Suzune meant.

It turned out that the other party was dissatisfied with his behavior.

After all, it was Horikita who had made up her mind to protect Sudo Ken. She believed that she had full responsibility for Sudo's matter. If Sudo lost points in the class because of fighting, she would naturally be to blame.

Hikigaya shifted the class members' attention away from Sudo Ken and onto Yamauchi Haruki and Ike Kanji, which in a sense also reduced Horikita's own sense of guilt.

Huh?

Wait, so isn't what I did a good thing?

Shouldn't this guy be grateful to me?

Hikigaya's eyes revealed obvious confusion.

"You guy..." Horikita Suzune sighed as if she thought he was hopeless when she saw his appearance, "Did anyone say that people like you are extremely unpopular?"

“Most people like to say that.”

"I did not mean that……"

"What do you mean?"

"you……"

Horikita Suzune was almost pissed off by Hikigaya's reaction and she gritted her teeth.

But the next second, a hint of warmth appeared in her eyes, and she said in a complicated tone: "You always take the initiative to take on other people's responsibilities. Do you think you are capable of taking on other people's lives?"

Chapter 177: A world where no one gets hurt, just like that

"What?"

Hikigaya didn't understand what Horikita Suzune said at all.

Is there anything wrong with what you did just now?

How is it connected with taking responsibility for other people's lives?

When did I become so big?

From Hikigaya's perspective, he was just saying those words out of pure self-satisfaction and didn't want Sudo to bear all the responsibility alone, so he diverted the class's attention to Yamauchi and Ike.

There is no extra purpose in this, it is just pure self-satisfaction, and naturally it has nothing to do with anyone other than oneself.

Horikita Suzune saw Hikigaya's daze and said nothing.

She stood there with her hands folded, but she did not lean against the wall. Instead, she stood up straight as usual and slowly raised her face.

"As for you, it seems that my opinion of you should become even lower."

"What do you mean?"

"You could have just shut up and said nothing. Why did you let others become so hostile toward you?"

"Really? I think everyone still likes me."

After Hikigaya finished speaking, Horikita Suzune couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

"I don't know when your bad character will change..."

"There is an old saying in China: it is easy to change the country, but it is difficult to change one's nature."

"Humph, especially a weirdo like you!"

"Hey, that's redundant."

After hearing what Hikigaya said, Horikita Suzune actually smiled slightly, and her originally stiff expression gradually became relaxed and even gentle.

Hikigaya couldn't help but be dazed when he saw this scene.

After all, for Horikita, whose expression is colder than steel under normal circumstances, this kind of smile from the heart is still too rare.

While he was in a daze, Horikita Suzune walked out of the classroom, turned around, and spoke slowly:

"Well, see you tomorrow."

"……See you tomorrow?"

This kind of natural greeting was too rare for Hikigaya, who had never had any good interpersonal relationships.

For a moment he even felt like he was dreaming.

It was not until Horikita Suzune disappeared from his sight that he was sure that he was not dreaming from the tingling sensation on the back of his hand.

So, she and I are really not friends?

Making friends is a thousand times harder than you imagine!

……

The next day, the entire D class, led by class monitor Yosuke Hirata, took action.

Although the dispute among Sudo, Yamauchi and Ike over who was responsible had not yet ended, most people, after a brief moment of anger, realized that the most urgent task at hand was to resolve the trouble from Class C and prevent the points that Class D had worked so hard to gain from being wiped out.

Therefore, most of the students in Class D went to other classes to look for witnesses during their free time between classes.

However, there is naturally no possibility of success for such a thing.

Because the only witness to the fight, Sakura Airi, was inside Class D.

Hikigaya is the only one who knows about this.