Hikigaya doesn't want to be a force of strength

"Get away!"

"!!"

There was no time to react, and Hikigaya dodged and jumped to the left.

The next moment, a stone flew from a distance and hit the snake directly on the head.

Then, like a knight fighting monsters in ancient times, or a brave warrior taking a sword to challenge a dragon, Kamuro Masumi picked up a branch and stuck it directly into the snake's middle, clamping it tightly.

The girl then used the sole of her sneakers to stomp on the snake's head, quickly and efficiently resolving the crisis that the two boys at the scene were unable to handle.

"call……"

After doing all this, Kamuro Masumi didn't care about the confused expressions of Hikigaya and Hashimoto, and looked calm.

She picked up the snake's body from the ground very easily, muttering to herself, "It's non-toxic. I'll go back and deal with it. Maybe I can have it as a snack tonight."

"Add...additional meal?"

Hikigaya and Hashimoto looked at each other and saw a strong sense of doubt about life in each other's eyes.

Kamuro Masumi's overly tough performance made them even forget that they were the boys and the other party was just a "weak" girl.

Of course, this chaos did not last forever. After a brief period of confusion, Hikigaya and Hashimoto recovered at an extremely fast speed.

"Thank you."

Hikigaya looked at Kamuro and spoke slowly.

He had never expected that Masumi Kamuro had such powerful abilities.

In comparison, Hashimoto Masayoshi's performance was on par with his. The two men present were completely outshined by a weak woman.

The atmosphere suddenly became very awkward.

On the other side, Kamuro Masumi said nonchalantly: "No need to thank me, I just came here for a snack... Wait, dead fish eyes, no, Hikigaya, why are you here!?"

After a brief moment of daze, Kamuro suddenly realized that Hikigaya might have just heard the conversation between him and Hashimoto Masayoshi, and an extremely shaken expression appeared on his face.

Hashimoto Masayoshi also looked at Hikigaya in surprise. He didn't expect that the other party had completely avoided their observation and hid in the dark.

"..."

Facing Kamuro and Hashimoto's doubts, Hikigaya hesitated for a moment and couldn't help but ask: "If I say I just happened to pass by, will you believe me?"

"Do you take us for fools!?"

Masumi Kamuro looked unconvinced.

Hashimoto Masayoshi was staring at himself without relaxing at all.

In this situation, especially since Kamuro Masumi had just helped him, Hikigaya naturally couldn't lie on purpose and could only speak honestly: "I'm sorry, I originally just came here to investigate the current situation of Class A in order to fulfill Sakayanagi's condition, but I accidentally saw Kamuro-san and followed him."

"You said you followed me..." Kamuro was stunned when he heard Hikigaya's words, "You mean, you followed me from the beginning?!"

"Forget it, guess it."

It can be said that Hikigaya was followed almost the entire time. If this happened in modern society, he would have been arrested and severely interrogated in the police station.

With a dead eye like him, he might even skip the interrogation stage and be tortured and forced to confess before being sent to court.

So he looked at Kamuro in panic, hoping that the other party would not pursue him too much, let alone call the police...

However, what Hikigaya did not expect was that after Kamuro learned that he was being followed, his first reaction was not panic or anger, nor did he arrest him for trial.

The other party just came closer with an incredulous look on his face, looked at Hikigaya's face and slowly said, "Is this true? You were able to follow me, and I didn't feel anything the whole time!? Come to think of it, you have always dodged my following before, right? Dead Fish Eyes, are you really a student, not some thief saint in the underworld?"

"What the hell is a thief saint..."

Hikigaya had no idea that Kamuro would react like this, and confusion was written all over his face.

Hashimoto Masayoshi beside him smiled and said, "Haha, don't worry about it. Kamuro is just very confident in his tracking and anti-tracking skills, so he didn't expect to be followed by you, Hikigaya. To be honest, I didn't expect this to happen either. Are you better than Kamuro in this area?"

"I just don't have much presence." Hikigaya shook his head. "And he said he was stronger than Kamuro, as if Kamuro-san was some big shot. Normally, no one would specialize in honing this kind of skills."

"What are you talking about?"

In response to Hikigaya's words, Kamuro said with a dissatisfied look on his face: "I have been training my tracking skills since I was a child, and I aim to be a master thief! I have never failed in stealing things in the past! But because of this, I didn't expect that there would be surveillance cameras everywhere in this school, so when I was stealing something once, I was accidentally caught by Sakayanagi and I could never escape again..."

Kamuro said this with an attitude of deep regret.

Hikigaya had no idea what to say when he saw this.

Even if you put on a pathetic look as if you had failed halfway through your business, it cannot change the fact that what you did was a sneaky thing.

By the way, can such a person join Class A?

The school's class division standards are becoming increasingly difficult to guess.

"Ahem, anyway, I didn't expect Hikigaya-san to have such a special ability. No wonder the princess values ​​you so much." Hashimoto Masayoshi smiled as if to adjust the atmosphere, "In this way, our chances of attacking the Katsuragi faction will become even greater. Maybe we can use this exam to bring them down in one fell swoop."

"Humph, I haven't accepted this dead fish eyes yet."

Masumi Kamuro showed a very arrogant attitude.

No, this is more of a naked put-down than tsundere.

After knowing that what you just said was heard, did you just give up pretending?

"Well, Hikigaya-san, since you were here just now, you should have heard our discussion about the Katsuragi faction, right?" Hashimoto Masayoshi spoke seriously.

"I guess I have a rough idea of ​​it."

Hikigaya nodded. From the conversation between Hashimoto Masayoshi and Kamuro Masumi, he had roughly figured out the current situation of Class A.

All we can say is that the Katsuragi faction currently has the upper hand on the uninhabited island.

The Sakayanagi faction, under the suppression of the Katsuragi faction, fell to the edge of the class, to the point where they didn't even know the identity of the class leader.

"Well, although Katsuragi is very arrogant and conservative, some of his strategies are indeed very sound." Hashimoto Masayoshi said slowly, "If nothing unexpected happens, Class A may really be able to pass this exam at the lowest cost. And in that case, the influence of the Sakayanagi faction will undoubtedly be further reduced..."

"Humph, although I hate Sakayanagi, I hate Katsuragi even more." Kamuro Masumi has already given up and said without any reservation, "Although that guy appears to be noble and upright on the surface, he is actually a self-righteous scumbag. Compared with Sakayanagi, the difference is that of a hypocrite and a real villain. In this comparison, I actually like Sakayanagi, the real villain, more."

After saying that, Kamuro suddenly felt that something was not right with what he said, and quickly shook his head, "No, no, I don't like that guy Sakayanagi at all. If I have to say it, I like you more, this disgusting dead fish eyes! That's right, compared to Sakayanagi and Katsuragi, it's better to let you, Hikigaya, be the leader of our Class A!"

Chapter 243: I will never be an enemy of a dead fish-eye like you!

"Hey, hey, what nonsense are you talking about?"

Hikigaya never expected that Kamuro would say such words.

Is the other party stupid or out of his mind? How dare he say that he wants me to be the leader of Class A?

Whether it's Sakayanagi or Katsuragi, they are not people that a small character like me can deal with, right? !

What's more, he is not in Class A now, but in Class D.

Hikigaya expressed his confusion, and tried hard to make the two Sakayanagi guys admit that what he just said was just a joke.

Is this really just a joke?

However, neither Kamuro nor Hashimoto expressed such thoughts.

Hashimoto also followed up on Kamuro's words and said, "If Hikigaya is willing to come to Class A, maybe he can really compete with Katsuragi and Princess-sama, then it will become very interesting."

"Humph, you're not a loyal dog after all. You're just a scum who pretends to obey Sakayanagi but can be sentenced at any time!" Kamuro looked at Hashimoto Masayoshi with disgust, "I feel like my brain is going crazy after being with you guys."

"There's nothing we can do. Since this school has formulated this set of rules, this is bound to be the result." Hashimoto Masayoshi did not hide the fact that he is a fence-sitter. "People who are within the rules are destined to be unable to break the rules. They can only find ways to adapt to the rules."

"What a stupid excuse! If I hadn't been caught, I wouldn't have followed such a bullshit rule!"

In this brief conversation, Masumi Kamuro and Masayoshi Hashimoto showed two completely different reactions, which could almost be said to be two opposing positions.

However, these two completely different people both exist in Class A and are under the command of Arisu Sakayanagi.

Even if there are conflicts between them, they can only write to each other.

This shows how powerful Sakayanagi's ability to control people's hearts is, it is basically at the level of a demon king.

Of course, Kamuro and Hashimoto did not continue to argue endlessly. Although the two of them were incompatible in many aspects, as members of the Sakayanagi faction, their goals were unified and clear.

That is to defeat the Katsuragi faction.

"In the end, the most important goal was not achieved." Kamuro Masumi frowned, "Although I followed Katsuragi and his group all the way, I still couldn't find out the true identity of the leader of the Katsuragi faction."

"From the situation at the time, the leader was either Katsuragi himself or Totsuka Yahiko," Hashimoto Masayoshi murmured, "but even if the scope is narrowed down to this extent, it still can't bring any good feedback."

According to the current facts, neither Kamuro nor Hikigaya entered the cave and witnessed Katsuragi looking for someone to occupy the stronghold.

Although Hashimoto did not think that Katsuragi would choose anyone other than himself and Totsuka Yahiko as the leader, the choice between the two options alone was enough to give him a headache.

After all, correcting a leader is not something that can be performed casually. Once the correction fails, not only will it fail to cause damage to the enemy class, but it will also cause your own class to lose 50 points.

Without absolute certainty, no class would be willing to take such a risky action.

Because of this, Kamuro and Hashimoto fell into a state of entanglement and could not accept such an outcome.

"Are you thinking about whether Katsuragi or Yahiko is the leader of Class A right now?"

Hikigaya saw Kamuro Masumi and Hashimoto Masayoshi lost in thought, and spoke silently, "If this is the case, I think I should be able to give you an answer."

"Oh?"

"Is this true or false, dead fish eyes?"

Hashimoto Masayoshi and Kamuro Masumi looked over at the same time. They were obviously confused by Bikigaya's remarks and couldn't understand why the other party could say such a thing.

After all, both Hikigaya and Kamuro had only observed Katsuragi and Yahiko taking over the base from outside the cave.

How is it possible to determine the identity of the leader of Class A based on just this little clue?

"Although it's just a guess, I think it's not far from the correct answer, and I also have a way to help you turn your guess into the correct answer."

Hikigaya spoke silently.

Kamuro and Hashimoto looked at each other upon seeing this, and it was obvious that neither of them accepted Hikigaya's words at the first sight.

After all, although the two of them have different views on Hikigaya after what they experienced before, in essence, they still have the pride of being Class A students.

As top students in Class A, how could Hikigaya, a student in Class D, easily make a judgment on something that even they couldn't easily deduce?

"What do you think?"

After all, Hashimoto Masayoshi did not underestimate Hikigaya.

Although he still had some doubts, he still gave Hikigaya a chance to perform.

In contrast, Kamuro Masumi crossed his arms across his chest, looking unhappy, with an expression on his face that seemed to be saying, 'I'd like to see what your dead fish eyes can say.'

Hikigaya didn't care about it, he waved his hand and smiled: "To determine who is the leader of Class A, the first thing to do is to start with the character of the real leader, Katsuragi Kōhei, to determine what kind of person the other party will choose as a leader."

"Different people will make different choices in different situations, or in other words, different people will have different reactions when facing problems. For example, when facing a crisis, my reaction is definitely to avoid the problem at the first time, while Kamuro may face the problem directly, Hashimoto will solve the problem cleverly, and as for Sakayanagi, she should directly deal with the person who created the problem..."

"You really don't hesitate to belittle yourself."

Masumi Kamuro looked at Hikigaya with a complicated expression, as if she didn't expect the other party to speak so contemptuously to her.

"I can't help it. I'm just like that." Hikigaya continued nonchalantly, "In short, everyone has a different way of looking at and dealing with problems, and generally speaking, it's difficult for us to change our habitual thinking, let alone solve problems against our habitual thinking."

"Katsuragi Kohei appears to be serious and upright, but in fact he is timid and afraid to take responsibility. This can be seen from the fact that the other party pushed Totsuka Yahiko out to apologize to me on the cruise ship before, and pushed all the responsibility onto the other party to avoid losing face."

"This... you actually judged Katsuragi's character in that instant?"

Hashimoto Masayoshi looked at Hikigaya with a little surprise. This time he was really surprised by the dead eyes of Class D, which the princess valued so much.

I didn't expect that the other party could judge people's personalities so quickly and accurately. He was almost on par with the leader of their Sakayanagi faction, Sakayanagi Arisu.

Kamuro's eyes were also in a panic. He didn't expect Hikigaya to be able to analyze it so clearly.

"Is this kind of thing difficult? I think anyone normal can do it, right?" Hikigaya looked at the two Class A strong men in front of him with a look that said, "Is this difficult?"

This made Hashimoto and Kamuro couldn't help but reveal complicated expressions.

I even had the urge to beat up this dead fish eyed guy...

"Anyway, after understanding Katsuragi's personality, it's very easy to judge what approach he will take." Hikigaya said silently, "He is a steady leader who would sacrifice the pawn to save the king. He would never allow himself to take huge risks. There is more than a 90% chance that he will let Totsuka Yahiko be the class leader."

"Because only in this way, when facing failure, Katsuragi will have a way out to ensure that he will not collapse. Even if the identity of the leader is guessed by people from other classes, he can say, 'This is all a personal problem of Totsuka Yahiko, not his own mistake.'"

"In a sense, this is why Katsuragi Kōhei chose Totsuka, who is not outstanding in any aspect and can even be said to be very mediocre, as his deputy. On the one hand, he himself is a mediocre leader who cannot control subordinates who are beyond his ability level. On the other hand, he needs to throw out a scapegoat when facing a crisis and ensure that he will not betray. This is a typical way of thinking of the top official."

"..."