Hikigaya doesn't want to be a force of strength

Hikigaya looked at all this and didn't feel angry or dissatisfied. He just felt that he didn't know how this matter would come to an end.

After all, if it was just the majority of people targeting him, Hikigaya could just endure it all silently, and if that didn't work, he could just apologize with a licking face.

Anyway, he never cares about his own face. Even if he is inexplicably burdened with responsibilities that do not belong to him, he probably won't care.

However, now that Karuizawa Megumi has been dragged into this matter, it has become quite troublesome.

Because Karuizawa's current position in Class D is not stable, any wrong move may destroy the reputation she has accumulated before.

This is like the election in the United States. Before the election results are announced, politicians must always set a good example and show that they will definitely fulfill their political promises.

Normally, as long as one can wait until he or she officially takes office, no one will be able to interfere with what he or she does at that time, let alone force a politician to step down.

But if some scandal with a huge impact is exposed before the election, the political career of this politician may end there.

Karuizawa is currently like a politician who has not yet completed the political election. Her position can easily be impacted or even replaced by others.

So socializing is troublesome.

Because the essence of social power is not how good your abilities are, nor what level of strength you have reached, but how many connections you have and how many people are willing to support you.

Essentially, it’s all about numbers.

The more people are willing to accept you, the higher your status will be.

It's not 'whoever wins, they help', but 'whoever they help, wins'.

This purely multiplayer game is undoubtedly the worst way to play for Hikigaya, who has always resisted socializing.

So he didn't think he had any chance of winning.

Now, the entire Class D has been clearly divided due to Sudo's problem. Since the only person in charge, Hirata Yosuke, has disappeared, the others simply do not have enough status and influence to maintain the stability of the entire class.

Some people chose to follow blindly, accepting the original policy and not wanting to cause trouble, while others were very upset by what happened to Sudo during this period, and they had to hold a "trial" against someone in order to vent their resentment.

In this case, the solution to the problem is actually obvious.

It seems that I have to be the enemy again.

"What an ugly sight."

However, before Hikigaya was ready to speak, Kouenji Rokusuke, who usually never participated in class affairs, suddenly spoke up, "Now that things have come to this, Red Hair, you should just drop out of school. Your existence itself affects the surrounding environment and makes this world quite ugly."

"What did you say?"

Sudo looked at the man next to him. He originally felt that today's events were already very chaotic and he didn't know what to do. At this time, Koenji's words made him unable to control his emotions.

After all, the red-haired classmate that Koenji mentioned was definitely referring to him.

Koenji then picked up the hand mirror he always carried with him and adjusted his hair. "It's really inefficient to repeat it several times. It's really insense. If you think you have poor understanding ability and that's why you said this, I don't mind explaining it again for you - redhair classmate, please voluntarily drop out of school."

"boom!"

The sound of the table being kicked away echoed throughout the classroom.

The students of Class D, who had been divided because of the Sudo incident, were now frozen in an instant like water drops in winter.

Sudo stood up menacingly and walked towards Kouenji without saying a word.

Seeing this scene, everyone instinctively looked at the only person in charge of the class, the only man who could take action in this worst-case scenario, Hirata Yosuke.

Feeling everyone's gazes, Hirata Yosuke stood up instinctively, but there was obvious confusion in his eyes, and he looked like he didn't know what to do.

After hesitating, he instinctively looked at Koenji and said, "Koenji-san, what you just said was a bit too hurtful. This is not right."

"Oh, I have never done anything that I felt was wrong since I was born. This is your misunderstanding."

Koenji's attitude completely angered Sudo, "That's exactly what I want. I'm going to beat you up beyond recognition and then make you kowtow to me and apologize."

Seeing that Hirata Yosuke was unable to help, Kushida Kikyo couldn't help but take the initiative to step forward.

But she was too thin to stop the strong Sudo Ken.

Sudou pushed her away, and just as Kushida was about to be knocked away, Hikigaya stood up and caught her.

The next second, he walked directly in front of Sudo.

"you……"

Sudo didn't expect Hikigaya to show up, and a hint of hesitation appeared on his face.

But it was only for a moment.

The next second, Sudo, who was furious, didn't care who was standing in front of him and slapped him directly.

Seeing that Hikigaya was about to be knocked away by Sudo, everyone couldn't help but close their eyes.

Hikigaya didn't move at all, his eyes were like iron clamps, staring at Sudo in front of him.

"Sudo Ken, are you really planning to be expelled from school?"

"what?"

Sudo's hand almost stopped in mid-air, staring at Hikigaya blankly.

"The fight with Class C won't really get you expelled. At most you'll be punished. But if the same thing happens again here, you'll be hopeless."

"..."

Hikigaya's words were like a bucket of water poured over the furious Sudo. The latter dropped his shoulders as if he had heard some serious order.

Most of the people in Class D didn't think anything when they saw this scene.

However, in Horikita Suzune's eyes, Hikigaya's back inexplicably reminded her of a person who was very important to her - her brother, Horikita Manabu.

Hikigaya's performance just now made her seem to see the figure of Horikita Manabu.

"This……"

Unexpectedly, Hikigaya was actually closer to that person than she was. Horikita Suzune found it difficult to accept this reality for a moment and bit her lip unwillingly.

Chapter 188: Sudo-san, Hikigaya is hated because of you!

Hikigaya suppressed Sudo with simple words.

This is not because he is a ruling demon who can use words to directly influence other people's judgment, nor is it the so-called power of language.

The reason why he was able to calm Sudo down quickly was because he imitated the performance of the student council president, Horikita Manabu, in the previous club speech.

Use body movements and eye contact to stimulate people's subconscious mind to enhance the persuasiveness of personal words.

Since Hikigaya often comes into contact with Horikita Manabu, he is unconsciously influenced by him and imitates some of the student council president's way of speaking.

Just now, when Sudo was dominated by anger, he thought of this point and imitated the speaking style of the student council president.

Facts have proved that this method does have a very good effect.

"Hikigaya..."

After calming down, Sudo Ken looked at the man in front of him with anger, but for a while he did not make any unnecessary movements.

This surprised Hikigaya, who had originally thought that he would at least be beaten up by Sudo.

After all, although he was exercising, he had not learned how to fight specifically. At such a close distance, if Sudo swung his fist at him, he would most likely not be able to dodge it.

"It seems that you are not so stupid after all, red-haired classmate, and you have not let Hikigaya boy down." Koenji sat in his seat and spoke without any emotion in his eyes.

"What did you say?"

Sudo looked over coldly.

Koenji just smiled faintly and said, "If you had fought with me just now, expulsion would basically be a foregone conclusion. Hikigaya boy stood in front of you to prevent this...but if you had hit Hikigaya boy just now, it would be equivalent to completely betraying his kindness and the fact that he had lowered his reputation in this class for you."

"Lower your own...reputation?"

Sudo Ken couldn't understand what Koenji said at all. He wanted to ask other people, but found that most people in the class didn't dare to look at him, including Yamauchi and Ike.

Finally, he slowly looked at Hikigaya, only to find that the latter's eyes were very complicated.

Yes, Hikigaya didn't expect that Koenji would say what he had done so openly. This was very inconsistent with his style and made him instinctively uncomfortable.

For this reason, he could only shake his head silently:

"I didn't do anything special, you don't have to worry about it."

After saying that, he returned to his seat without looking back, and never once looked at Sudou from beginning to end.

Just when Sudo was completely unable to comprehend the situation and his slow brain was completely unable to comprehend all of this, Kushida Kikyo came to Sudo with a complicated expression and said:

"Sudou-san, Hikigaya-san told you the truth that you fought with the students of Class D to protect Yamauchi and Ike when everyone in the class was criticizing you. He helped you save your reputation, but because of that, he was hated by everyone in the class."

Most people would never be able to say such words that openly belittle most of their classmates. Only Kikyo Kushida has the ability to say them and make people believe them.

At least, Sudo Ken understood something instantly, and subconsciously looked at Hikigaya, and then at Ike and Yamauchi.

Only then did he realize that as the instigator of everything, Chi and Yamauchi just sat in their seats and never stood up to say a word for him from beginning to end.

The whole classroom fell into deathly silence for a moment.

This situation continued until the end of get out of class.

After class, the students of Class D left the scene in small groups.

After the appeal with Class C failed, all the students prepared themselves for not receiving any points for the next month, and returned to their dormitories with nowhere to vent their resentment.

Hikigaya wanted to leave immediately, but he found that Kouenji Rokusuke, who was sitting in the last row, looked at him and said with a smile:

"Hikigaya boy, I understand your feelings, but I don't advocate your behavior."

"what are you saying?"

"Sacrificing oneself to save others, such a noble act has such a terrible result. I think the justice of this world cannot accept this. At least, I can't think that such an act can be called beautiful."

"No, I'm not what you said..."

Hikigaya quickly denied it. He didn't want others to think of him as a selfless good guy.

Everything he did was just for his own gratification.

Seeing this, Takazonoji did not force anything. He just smiled and murmured to himself: "That's the best. I am now looking forward to the heights you can grow to in the future, Hikigaya boy. I am really looking forward to the true beauty hidden in you."

After talking to himself, Koenji looked at his watch and stood up from his seat. "Oh, my date is almost time. I'll take my leave now."

"..."

Hikigaya watched Koenji leave the classroom. He had no idea how to approach this man who often mentioned the word "beautiful", so he could only shake his head silently.

"That Sudou guy really hasn't grown at all."

At this moment, Horikita Suzune suppressed her anger and spoke slowly. She was obviously very disappointed with Sudo Ken's performance and regretted keeping him and not letting him drop out of school.

When Hikigaya saw the girl leave, he remembered what Horikita Manabu said and couldn't help but ask, "Are you still going to continue with Sudou's matter?"

“I hate my own failures more than I hate people.”

"..."

Well, this guy is just like what the president said, he is extremely stubborn.

Faced with Horikita's decision to still interfere in Sudo's affairs, Hikigaya was not too surprised, but he was also very helpless.

"What are you going to do?" Hikigaya asked curiously.

"Well……"

Horikita's gaze was like a sharp scalpel, very scary, "I will try my best to convince Sakura-san, and then this terrible situation will definitely change."

"One witness can't change anything."

"Yes, if we provide witnesses now, the school will just think we are lying."

"So there's no hope."

Hikigaya tried hard to persuade Horikita not to interfere any further, so that he himself would not have to run around meaninglessly for this class.

However, Horikita Suzune still gritted her teeth and said, "Even so, I will continue to investigate."

"..."

Well, I can’t convince you.