Hikigaya doesn't want to be a force of strength

However, I don’t know whether it was a deliberate targeting or fate.

"How dare you come back!"

After seeing Ike Kanji appear, Shinohara Satsuki was the first to step forward.

In front of everyone, she showed a dissatisfied expression and loudly asked, "You are so good, Chi, I thought you had already withdrawn from the exam and were going to deduct 30 points from our class."

"No!"

Ike Kanji immediately refuted Shinohara's words, "I, I'm just in a bad mood, I just went out to sort out my feelings, I don't plan to give up the exam!"

Ike Kanji seemed to be very concerned about other people's eyes.

His movements and expressions at this moment showed extreme confusion, and even his sight was focused on the ground from beginning to end. He did not dare to look up at other people.

This is a very bad state.

Hikigaya was not too familiar with this situation. After all, he had experienced being wronged before and did not dare to explain because of other people's eyes.

If Chi Kanzhi continues in this state, he will be unable to extricate himself from the chaos and will only sink deeper into it.

And it turned out to be just as Hikigaya expected.

After seeing Ike Kanji's look, Shinohara Satsuki spoke even more arrogantly: "Humph, since you don't plan to give up the exam, it means that your mood is not as bad as you think! Is the so-called adjustment of your mood just an excuse? In fact, you just don't want to work and share the burden for the class!"

"How can it be!"

How could Ike Kanji allow Shinohara to slander him like this? He immediately issued a rebuttal.

But his words were too weak.

Because in fact, he did miss the class's camp construction time and did not share the work for the class.

"Huh, so it is."

"Chi has always looked very clever. I'm afraid he is being clever again this time."

"I'm afraid I wasn't just pretending to be angry, I was actually just slacking off."

"I waited until the class was almost done before coming back. I guess I just wanted to reap the rewards."

"..."

For a moment, led by Shinohara Satsuki and several women around her, most of the people in Class D showed dissatisfied expressions and stared at Chi with aggressive eyes.

Everyone thought that Ike Kanji was lying.

"you……"

Faced with so many oppressive gazes, an expression of confusion and panic suddenly appeared on Chi Kanzhi's face.

It was obvious that he was afraid of the voices and gazes of these people, so he shrank aside and did not dare to come out and face the people in Class D.

Now that he was being questioned by everyone, he had forgotten even more how to prove himself. He was completely panicked and stood there in a daze, with his head down and not saying a word.

Chi Kanji's attitude also made the people in Class D more certain of their doubts. Even some students who were originally wavering couldn't help but think that Chi might have left the camp just to evade his responsibilities and didn't come back until now.

Seeing that things were about to escalate further and Ike Kanji might be completely ostracized by the group, the leader of Class D, Hirata Yosuke, quickly spoke up: "Everyone, please stop talking. It's not a good thing to speculate on other people's thoughts. After all, we are classmates in the same class, right? At times like this, we should help each other."

Hirata is indeed a competent leader who will not abandon any member.

If any group has someone like him leading the way, most people will agree and work together.

However, this is only the case under normal circumstances. If the conflict is not very serious, Hirata's approach of "we are all friends, please forgive each other" will indeed be useful. But if the conflict has become so serious that it cannot be easily compromised, Hirata's tactics of smoothing things over will definitely not be effective.

That is exactly the case right now.

"Hirata-san, do you think it's right for someone to go out and slack off?!" Shinohara Satsuki clearly didn't want to let Ike Kanji off, and she mercilessly attacked him further, "If there's no punishment for even this kind of thing, how can Class D maintain discipline in the future? Will everyone just wander around like Ike and not contribute to the class at all?"

"This……"

Faced with the sensible argument raised by Shinohara Satsuki, Hirata Yosuke was suddenly speechless.

Hirata's limit is obviously here. His approach can only unite most of the students, but once disputes and conflicts arise, he will not be able to correctly and fairly enforce them.

This will inevitably fail to truly resolve the conflict. Either the conflict will be temporarily suppressed and accumulate more and more, or it will completely explode and cause complete chaos in the class.

"..."

Seeing that even Hirata couldn't help him, Ike Kanji's eyes became completely dim.

He himself realized his mistake, so he could not utter any words to refute. He could only be like a wilted pheasant, and his whole appearance faded a lot.

Seeing that she had completely gained the upper hand, Shinohara Satsuki suddenly became arrogant and even looked at Horikita: "By the way, Horikita, aren't you the deputy arranged by Hirata? What kind of punishment do you think should be given to Ike Kanji?"

"..."

I didn't expect that Shinohara would bring the disaster upon himself.

Horikita Suzune frowned slightly.

She was watching the whole thing from the sidelines, so she naturally knew that this incident was a complete mess.

Shinohara Satsuki single-handedly stirred up the entire class's dissatisfaction and anger towards Chi, and like a witch trial, she carried the so-called "justice" and used the voice of the masses to stand up for herself and to judge Chi.

At this time, if Horikita obeyed the other party's wishes and stated the specific judgment, it would be equivalent to completely confirming that Shinohara Satsuki's behavior was correct.

At the same time, part of the contradictions and hatred in Ike Kanji's heart will be transferred from Shinohara to Horikita herself.

This can be said to be a rather vicious move.

If it was someone with a smooth personality like Kushida, maybe he could have gotten away with it by playing it safe.

But Horikita Suzune is known to have a very straightforward personality. She will not evade or indulge in anything, so a final judgment must be made.

This is a conspiracy that is almost impossible to avoid.

For a moment, facing the gazes of most people in Class D, even Hirata Yosuke, Horikita Suzune had a lot of thoughts flashing through her mind.

She didn't know whether to propose a severe punishment at this time, or pretend to ignore Shinohara's request and let Ike Kanji go.

As a class leader, she realized how much she lacked in terms of what she should do and how to do it.

For the first time, she even hated her own powerlessness...

"call……"

Horikita slowly opened her mouth, took a deep breath, and prepared to pass judgment on Ike Kanji.

She finally realized that this witch trial had to comply with the wishes of the majority, otherwise everyone in the class would be dissatisfied with her.

But the consequence of this is to push Chi Kuanzhi into the abyss.

But she had no choice.

However, just before Horikita Suzune was about to speak, Hikigaya in the crowd suddenly spoke up: "Well, I think before discussing Ike Kanji's problem, why don't we first discuss the distribution of work for everyone?"

"what?"

Hikigaya's words immediately caught everyone's attention.

Everyone was stunned, looking at the dead fish eyes in front of them with confusion.

"You...what are you talking about?"

Horikita Suzune looked at her with an incomprehensible look.

"I mean, compared to whether Chi should be punished or not, I think the distribution of work in this class is very strange! After all, I did so much work from beginning to end, moving things, investigating bases, fishing, and even comforting the guy from Class C. If what Shinohara said is true, if you don't contribute to the class, you have to be punished, then you guys who don't contribute as much as I do, should you also be punished?!"

Hikigaya finished speaking silently, and everyone's eyes turned to Shinohara Satsuki.

Xiao Yuanze was stunned for a moment and had no idea what to say.

There was a commotion at the scene, and whispers spread among the crowd.

"..."

No one could speak at this time.

Hikigaya seemed to be taking advantage of the victory. He didn't care about the stares or even hostility from others and said calmly, "Besides, what did you do in the end, Shinohara? Because you are a girl, you don't have to do anything from beginning to end. You just sit there and chat? I'm sorry, although you thought you didn't get noticed, but I actually noticed it."

This sentence is purely made up.

Hikigaya was extremely busy in the afternoon and had no time to observe Shinohara and the others.

But he just didn't think that people like Shinohara Satsuki would work seriously, so he just made up a lie to deceive the other party.

The effect is really good.

Shinohara immediately retorted in confusion: "How do you know... No, I'm not lazy!"

"I don't care whether you are lazy or not. I just want to say that you can't point fingers at others just because you have done nothing. If you think there is a problem with what I said, then from what standpoint did you accuse Chi Kuanzhi just now?"

"you……"

Hikigaya's words completely left Shinohara Satsuki speechless.

At the same time, the atmosphere in the class suddenly became silent.

After all, Hikigaya's self-explosive words just now were equivalent to completely tearing apart the superficial harmony.

The hypocritical unity that had been barely maintained by everyone from the time they arrived on the island until now has completely collapsed.

This can be seen from the hostile looks many people have towards Hikigaya. They hate Hikigaya so much for taking the initiative to expose his lies that they want to attack him right there and then.

Because Hikigaya's words, while attacking Shinohara, also indiscriminately attacked all those who did not work seriously, and severely slapped the faces of those guys who were lying down with a clear conscience.

Chapter 260: Who told me, Hachiman, that I’m a lone ranger with a bad temper?

Hikigaya's words were too blunt and explicit, causing many people to hate him.

As for the hateful looks from those around him, Hikigaya remained calm, even composed.

Because that's exactly what he wanted to achieve.

Just now, Hikigaya witnessed the whole process of Shinohara Satsuki's trial of Ike Kanji, and also witnessed Hirata Yosuke and Horikita Suzune being helpless and even being dragged into the matter.

The reason why this happens is very simple -

Because Shinohara Satsuki grasped the fatal flaw of everyone, that is the unspoken rule that 'in order for the class to pass the exam, everyone must make a contribution'.

Class D is a class with very poor discipline.

Since the beginning of the school year, this class has suffered too many times because of its own discipline and other problems.

Although we managed to pass each time, due to the poor discipline, the class has not had any points distributed so far.

Every student in Class D has had enough of this kind of life, and they instinctively want to get enough points in one go.

Therefore, since arriving on the uninhabited island, both boys and girls in Class D have been quite active.

Except for a few people who were not very sociable, most people tried their best to show themselves, hoping to get good enough results in this exam.

This also led to a result, that is, most people in Class D attached great importance to this exam, and hoped that people around them would attach as much importance to the exam as they did.

Unconsciously, a consensus has gradually been established that "serving the class is right, and not serving the class is wrong."

Due to the herd effect and the existence of collective subconsciousness, this concept has become increasingly entangled in everyone's heart and even turned into an invisible unspoken rule.

Shinohara Satsuki was aware of this unspoken rule and tried to use it to attack Ike Kanji with great success.

Because the students in Class D are now almost crazy about getting good grades.

Everyone wants the class to become better, and naturally doesn't want there to be any people who don't fit in.

Therefore, when Shinohara Satsuki said, "Ike Kanji did not serve the class and he needs to be punished," it was impossible for anyone to stand up and deny it.

After all, Shinohara's words in a sense grasped the general trend.

Even though Hirata Yosuke and Horikita Suzune have higher status than ordinary students, their status comes from the class itself, so they cannot go against the general trend of the class no matter what.

This resulted in Shinohara Satsuki being able to influence the entire class on her own and even drag Horikita into the situation.

Regardless of whether Shinohara Satsuki did all this carefully calculated or by accident, the fact that she was able to use the class situation to achieve her own goals was already an extraordinary move.

It is impossible for ordinary people to fight against Shinohara at this time.

However, although ordinary people could not fight against Shinohara Satsuki who controlled the situation, Hikigaya was different.

He actually has a way to deal with Shinohara.

As for the method, it is also very simple.