Hikigaya doesn't want to be a force of strength

However, after hearing the leader's request, Horikita Suzune glanced at Hikigaya who was counting ants for fun in the distance.

She inexplicably felt that Hikigaya was very suitable for the role of leader, and no one would ever guess that he was the leader of Class D.

It's most likely a move by God.

Unfortunately, most people in Class D would not accept that dead-eyed guy as their leader.

Just when everyone was having different ideas and there might even be some competition, Hirata Yosuke took the initiative to speak:

"I think the position of leader should be given to Horikita-san."

"Eh?"

After hearing what Hirata said, not only most of the students, but even Horikita Suzune herself showed obvious surprise.

"why?"

Horikita asked in confusion.

She seemed to have not expected Hirata to recommend her and felt that she was not the best choice.

"Since we need to choose a leader, and the identity of the leader must not be guessed by others, then the person we choose should not be too conspicuous. Horikita-san, you usually have almost no interactions with other people in the class, and you also have enough ability to ensure that your identity is not exposed. You are the most suitable candidate."

Hirata Yosuke finished speaking and looked around, "What do you think?"

"..."

Most of the students in Class D were silent for a moment, then nodded.

"I agree with Hirata-san's opinion. Or rather, I also think that Horikita-san would be a good leader."

"It's up to Horikita-san next."

"If Horikita is willing, I have no objection."

After the Sudo incident, although most of the students in Class D still have a very distant relationship with Horikita, they gradually identify with this socially introverted girl and recognize her abilities.

Therefore, after realizing the responsibilities of a leader, they generally approved of Hirata's choice.

"..."

Faced with the fact that most people had no objections, Horikita Suzune herself frowned slightly.

She always takes Class A as her goal and takes action accordingly, and now she naturally begins to wonder whether there are risks in being the leader.

"If you don't want to, I can be the leader."

Sudo Ken spoke with good intentions.

After being helped by Horikita Suzune in the previous dropout incident, he developed a strong liking for this cold but responsible girl.

Seeing that Horikita Suzune seemed to be hesitant, he quickly stepped forward and tried to show himself.

However, ironically, this seems to be the trigger.

After comparing himself with Sudo, Horikita immediately made a calm decision.

"I understand. I accept."

After getting Horikita's approval, Hirata Yosuke immediately went to Chabashira Sensei to convey Horikita's name.

Soon, after Hirata received the card, he came back and gave it to Horikita.

During the process, all members of Class D provided cover and even formed a circle to surround Horikita, allowing her to successfully occupy the base.

"It's going well?"

Hikigaya watched all this happen and nodded slightly.

Although he doesn't care about the life or death of Class D, if Class D can perform well and get good results, he can also increase his income by some points.

Most importantly, Horikita Manabu entrusted him to take care of Horikita Suzune.

This must never be forgotten.

Just as Hikigaya was observing Horikita's actions and seeing that Class D was beginning to move in a good direction, he suddenly discovered that Kushida Kikyo's gaze had undergone very complicated changes in the past few minutes.

Although there was no sign of anything abnormal on the surface, Hikigaya's strong observation ability made him certain that Kushida's emotions had just fluctuated significantly.

To put it bluntly, she clearly showed her dislike for Horikita.

Alas, things are indeed becoming troublesome.

She wouldn't come here to cause trouble for me just because of this, right?

As if Hikigaya's premonition had come true, after Kushida Kikyo's limelight was stolen by Horikita Suzune, she suddenly walked over from a distance with a gloomy face.

Of course, she still looked gentle on the surface and smiled, "Hikigaya-san, would you like to walk with me to the river?"

"This... I haven't finished counting my ants yet. Can you wait a moment?"

Hikigaya was unwilling in his heart, but he made up an excuse.

"Ant?"

Kushida looked at Hikigaya with a confused look on his face, and found that the latter was really concentrating on counting the ants on the ground.

In Hikigaya's eyes, these were not ants at all, but groups of office workers in black suits that he saw when he looked down at the ground from the high-rise buildings in Tokyo's business district.

One day, he will become a small black dot overlooked from a tall building, just like those worker ants.

What kind of thoughts will he live with at that time?

Hikigaya doesn't hate office workers, and even hopes to be one because it provides security.

In the ranking of 'careers I want to pursue in the future', office workers ranked second, just after househusbands, and fire trucks ranked third.

Of course, he is also well aware that being an office worker is not always a good thing.

Every time he saw his father coming home from work with a look of tiredness about life on his face, he couldn't help but admire him.

Even when faced with unpleasant things, he still goes to work obediently. Just this point alone is amazing.

Therefore, Hikigaya couldn't help but overlap the figures of the ants and his father, and encouraged them in his heart.

Come on, Dad! Don't give up, Dad! Don't be bald, Dad!

Perhaps it was his prayers that worked, but the group of ants began to move toward their nest at a faster speed, presumably where their warm family was.

Great.

Hikigaya was so moved that he couldn't help but sniff and wipe away his tears.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, Kushida Kikyo stepped on the group of ants with a smile on her face——

"boom!"

"father!"

Seeing the ants leave no trace, Hikigaya seemed to be watching his bald father die tragically...

Sadness suddenly welled up in my chest.

Wait, what's so sad about this?

"Are you taking me for a fool?"

As if she felt that Hikigaya's reaction was too outrageous, Kushida Kikyo couldn't even pretend to be gentle anymore, and there was a hint of annoyance in her tone.

Seeing this, Hikigaya could only sigh helplessly and followed.

When the two of them reached the river and made sure there was no one around, Kushida Kikyo kicked the treetop directly and cursed without any concealment:

"That damn bitch Horikita! Why doesn't that bitch just die?!"

The shrill sound came straight from hell.

This woman is indeed a fierce ghost.

Chapter 247: Can't handle it so soon? I haven't even started to feel it yet!

It was hard for Hikigaya to imagine that a person had the lung capacity to be able to keep scolding someone for a whole half hour.

Even in this process, not even the abusive words were repeated.

If someone had told him about this in the past, Hikigaya would have thought that the other person was a lunatic and that he had overestimated the upper limits of human beings.

However, when he followed Kushida Kikyo and witnessed her scolding Horikita Suzune continuously for more than half an hour without even showing any sign of being tired, he realized that he was the one with the cerebral palsy of a frog in the well.

Sister, don’t you need some water?

Fortunately, Kikyo Kushida doesn't seem to be the kind of woman who will continue to produce water.

She had been cursing for more than half an hour and realized that she had to replenish her water, so she took a breath and stopped.

"Hey, Hikigaya, are you listening?!"

"I'm listening."

Hikigaya sighed. He would rather go back and count ants than get involved in such a dispute between women.

But unfortunately, the evil demon Kushida clearly had no intention of letting him go.

"That bitch Horikita, it's fine that she has something against me, but this time she even wants to take away the credit that I was working so hard to get! She really needs to be expelled from school!"

Kushida Kikyo uttered words filled with hatred.

Hikigaya was slightly stunned when he saw this: "Have something to hold against you?"

"..."

After hearing what Hikigaya said, Kushida Kikyo realized that she had let the cat out of the bag, so she quickly changed the subject and said, "Hey, Hikigaya, you said you would help me defeat Horikita, right?"

"That's it."

In order to calm down this crazy woman, Hikigaya once deceived her, saying that he would let her defeat Horikita Suzune head-on and obtain a special class status.

In fact, those words were not just empty talk, but were specially prepared by him to deal with the dangerous time bomb of Kikyo Kushida.

After observing for such a long time, Hikigaya has probably already had a deep understanding of the woman named Kikyo Kushida.

Simply put, Kushida Kikyo is a weakened Ichinose Honami.

Although Kushida Kikyo has an appearance that is no less than that of Ichinose Honoki, she lacks more important personality and abilities compared to Ichinose.

This resulted in her being almost empty as an individual except for her physical body.

She lacks the down-to-earth, secure focus.

To be more specific, unlike Ichinose, Kushida does not have a personality that truly considers others. She is just pretending to have such a personality in an attempt to gain the favor of most people.

Unlike Ichinose, Kushida does not possess nearly omnipotent abilities. She has shortcomings in all aspects. From the tutoring incident for the midterm exam, it can be seen that she does not have the ability to tutor others on her own.

That's why Kushida Kikyo was assigned to Class D.

At the same time, all of the above are the direct reasons why Kikyo Kushida has developed her current twisted personality.

Kushida Kikyo is like a smaller version of Ichinose. Her appearance gives her the ability to see the world that Ichinose lives in. Her disguised personality also allows her to almost reach a world that seems very beautiful to her. However, her real strength holds her back, preventing her from reaching the world she expects.

If this school is just an ordinary college with a college entrance examination system, the difference in ability between students will not be particularly obvious, and the most difference will be in the test scores.

If Kushida works hard and improves his test scores, that would be enough to smooth over everything.

However, the reality is that this is not a school with a promotion system, but an absolutely cold and cruel school where strength is everything, the Tokyo Metropolitan High School.

Strength is the only stepping stone to this school.

What Kushida Kikyo lacks is undoubtedly absolute strength.

This makes it impossible for Kikyo Kushida to be truly respected and welcomed by everyone in this school as she wishes, which further increases her inner anxiety and uneasiness.

At the same time, Kikyo Kushida's position has an even more fatal flaw.

That is the lack of true friends.

Because the personality that Kikyo Kushida displays to the outside world is a disguised one, she cannot truly reveal her true self to anyone.

This extremely depressing reality will make it impossible for the other party to relieve the pressure in their heart, and they must find ways to relieve the pressure in private.

Therefore, Hikigaya happened to meet the swearing Kushida that night, and that's why he formed such a bad fate with this girl.

But this method is ultimately just a temporary solution. Under the damage caused by the increasingly worse pressure of reality, Kushida is destined to be unable to vent the pressure alone. It will only remain blocked in his heart and cause illness.