Hikigaya doesn't want to be a force of strength

He first took a look at the placement of the packages inside the luggage, then looked at Ichinose and Kanzaki who were suspicious, and pointed to the bushes nearby, "Can we hide in there for a while?"

"That's...ok."

At this point, Ichinose no longer had any thoughts of resisting.

Her mind was even full of thoughts on how to comfort Hikigaya.

After all, in her eyes, Hikigaya did all this for Class B.

Even if it turns out that Hikigaya was wrong, as the leader of Class B, she should still thank Hikigaya.

It was in this situation that Hikigaya, Kanzaki and Ichinose all hid in the bushes nearby and waited patiently there.

The wait wasn't particularly long.

About ten minutes later, Kinda Satoru came over from a distance. He seemed to be very alert and looked back every time he took a step.

After making sure that he was not being followed, he carefully walked to the side of the package, took out a lightweight portable digital camera from his arms, and put it inside the package.

"!!!"

Seeing this scene, Ichinose's eyes widened.

Kanzaki Ryuji had a solemn expression.

"It seems that Hikigaya's guess is correct." After Kaneda left the scene, Kanzaki Ryuji took the initiative to step forward, "Kaneda Satoru is indeed a spy."

After all, Kinda Satoru's behavior just now was too suspicious.

The most important thing is that the existence of digital cameras has almost blocked all possibilities.

"..."

Ichinose just stood there in a daze, as if he had lost his soul.

Taking this opportunity, Hikigaya and Kanzaki opened Kaneda's bag, took out the digital camera inside, and found a rental sticker on the bottom of the camera.

After opening the camera, there were several photos with uninhabited islands as the background.

One of the photos showed Chihiro Shiranami from Class B accidentally showing her key card.

"how so……"

Witnessing this overwhelming evidence, Ichinose finally couldn't hold on any longer. A dark cloud appeared in his eyes as he realized that he had indeed been deceived.

Chapter 275 Why Can You Still Laugh? Tell Me, Hikigaya-san!

Having witnessed Kaneda Satoru's suspicious behavior with her own eyes, as well as the footage he captured with his digital camera, even Ichinose Honami could no longer make any excuses for him.

After all, no one, unless they were a fool, would think that Kinda Satoru took the picture of Shiranami Chihiro carrying the key card for a purpose unrelated to the exam.

However, even though he had witnessed the reality, Ichinose still looked hesitant, and seemed to have no intention of revealing the truth about what Kaneda Satoru had done.

Witnessing all this, Hikigaya spoke with a look of doubt:

"Ichinose, don't you want the rest of the class to know the truth about this matter?"

"This……"

Unexpectedly, Hikigaya saw through his thoughts, and Ichinose's face showed obvious confusion.

And Hikigaya could understand Ichinose's feelings.

Regarding the matter of Kaneda Satoru, what Ichinose herself was most worried about was not whether she herself had been betrayed, nor the fact that the leader of the class was photographed.

What she was most worried about was the impact this incident would have on Class B.

After all, taking in Kinda Satoru was a decision agreed upon by the entire Class B, and everyone in Class B showed enthusiasm and sincerity towards the outsider Kinda Satoru.

Once they knew that their enthusiasm and sincerity were met with naked betrayal, it would be a huge blow to the atmosphere of the entire Class B.

In the future, Class B may not be willing to trust others like they are now, just like Ichinose.

This is like the news about an old man in China trying to scam a driver.

When the court finally ruled that the driver had to compensate the elderly man who fell, the entire social environment was greatly affected.

When everyone sees an elderly person fall down, they can't help but doubt whether to help or not, and this completely tears apart the previous public order and morals.

Class B is the most united class in the entire first grade. This is based on the fact that most students in Class B have very good moral standards and care about others more than themselves.

If this incident causes the students in Class B to distrust the things around them, it may even affect the unity of the class.

It was probably because of these considerations that Ichinose hesitated whether to tell others about Kaneda Satoru.

If the truth about Kaneda Satoru is revealed to the students of Class B, Class C's espionage plan will be thwarted, but the unity and mutual trust that Class B has worked so hard to build may collapse.

But if we don’t tell anyone about Kaneda Satoru, once the captain’s identity is revealed, the rest of the class will find out the truth after the exam.

...Oh, this guy is really a super nice guy.

"How about we delete the photos and take turns carrying the key card to trick Kaneda into thinking that everything was planned by us and Shiranami is not the leader?" After thinking for a long time, Ichinose spoke slowly, "As long as the identity of the leader cannot be 100% guaranteed, it is impossible for other classes to write the leader's name."

"That's a good idea indeed." Kanzaki Ryuji nodded, "Then how do we deal with this spy?"

"This... If Kinda Satoru realizes that his plan has been exposed, he will probably give up on his own initiative, right?"

"But there is also the possibility that he is still unwilling to give up." Kanzaki Ryuji denied Ichinose's overly naive idea, "In any case, since it has been confirmed that Kaneda Satoru is a spy, letting him stay in Class B is equivalent to actively planting a landmine. I don't agree with this weak choice."

Although under normal circumstances, Kanzaki Ryuji usually obeys Ichinose's orders and will not go against his ideas, but when it is clearly related to the safety of the class, he will never give in.

"Then...how about we secretly warn Kinda Satoru and force him to leave?!"

Ichinose came up with a new idea.

"This is a good idea, but the problem is how to explain it to the students in Class B afterwards." Kanzaki Ryuji looked at Ichinose, "You can't tell them that Kaneda Satoru got bored with us, so he chose to leave, right? He's already very familiar with the students in Class B now."

"This……"

Ichinose couldn't think of a reasonable explanation to the students in Class B.

Because in the eyes of the students in Class B, Kaneda stayed in Class B because he had nowhere to go after being kicked out by Ryuuen Sho.

No matter what the reason is for Kaneda to leave, it will arouse the suspicion of the students in Class B, and it is more likely that they will guess that Kaneda is a spy.

"We need to make Kaneda leave without causing any suspicion among the students in Class B..."

Just by imagining it, Hikigaya felt that this matter was too difficult and far less simple than directly exposing Kaneda's identity as a spy.

Ichinose has created a huge problem for himself.

"I really don't want to see everyone disappointed... Everyone has worked so hard for this exam. If they are frustrated here and their mood is affected, this exam will fail, right?"

Ichinose expressed the development that she was most worried about.

This is indeed possible.

Because Class B was able to unite and endure so much for this exam, all of this came from the friendly atmosphere of the class as a whole.

Once this atmosphere that enveloped everyone was broken, Class B would most likely fall into the same state of internal division as Class D.

Therefore, Ichinose's idea is not a willful one.

"In other words, we need to find a way to make Kinda Satoru leave on his own and prevent the students in Class B from discovering the truth."

Hikigaya slowly spoke his thoughts while sorting out his thoughts. "Threatening Kinda Satoru to leave Class B is easy to handle. There is no need to panic about the leader's identity being exposed. We can find a way to release a smoke bomb and trick the other party into thinking that Shiranami Chihiro showed the key card on purpose. The only problem now is how to explain to the students in Class B so that they feel that Kinda Satoru's departure is reasonable and logical."

"Yeah, what should we do?"

"It's very simple." Hikigaya quickly came up with a good idea, "Just put the blame on a third party outside the class, such as me."

"what?"

"Kinda Satoru left Class B because of a conflict between me and him and my insults. If I say that, there won't be many people who doubt it, right?"

As always, Hikigaya spoke of his best way of solving problems - putting the reasons for failure, rejection, and responsibility for being denied on others.

In this way, not only can we successfully solve Kaneda Satoru's problem and maintain the unity of Class B, but it will also prevent anyone from becoming suspicious.

He couldn't think of a more perfect plan.

However, before Hikigaya could further explain his plan, he suddenly paused.

This is not for organizing your thoughts, regulating your breathing, or getting the rhythm of the conversation right.

It was because of the strange silence.

Ichinose Honami and Kanzaki Ryuji were both looking at him with strange eyes, as if they had witnessed something incomprehensible.

"What's wrong with you?" Feeling uncomfortable with the gazes of the two, Hikigaya asked in confusion, "Is there something wrong with my plan?"

"No...what's the problem? Why can you say such a thing so calmly, Hikigaya-kun?"

Ichinose spoke excitedly, and his expression became very gloomy for a moment.

Kanzaki Ryuji also said with a complicated expression: "Although this approach can solve the problem, it will affect your reputation, Hikigaya-san, don't you care?"

"Is there anything to worry about?" Hikigaya asked as if it was a matter of course, "Or can you find a better way than mine? Can you find a reasonable reason to explain to the class why Kaneda Satoru left?"

"This……"

Ichinose and Kanzaki both fell silent.

The two of them really couldn't think of any solution other than the one proposed by Hikigaya.

“Even so…” Ichinose still insisted.

But Hikigaya shook his head and said:

"I've already said that I don't care about my reputation, but if you want to protect the unity of this class, and everything you want to protect, Ichinose, this is the only way."

"..."

Ichinose fell silent.

The pink-haired girl tightly pursed her lips at this moment, staring at the man in front of her with sad eyes. She tried hard to say something, but finally lowered her head as if she had swallowed something bitter.

Ichinose still couldn't bring himself to say "make public the fact that Kaneda Satoru is a spy".

She attaches too much importance to the class unity of Class B.

"Well, that's it." Hikigaya said silently, "You can find a time to call out Kaneda Satoru later and trick him into thinking that what he photographed was just your plan to expose his identity as a spy. I think Kaneda obviously didn't see the specific name on the key card, so he can't be sure that Shiranami is the leader of your class."

"After forcing Kaneda to leave, you can explain to the students in Class B that the reason why Kaneda Satoru left the class is all due to me. It was all because of the quarrel between Kaneda Satoru and me that led to Kaneda Satoru leaving. This way, no one will get hurt."

Hikigaya's tone was very relaxed when he said this.

He truly felt that this was the best outcome.

However, neither Ichinose Honami nor Kanzaki Ryuji could accept the reality as easily as he did, and their faces were very stiff.

Hikigaya couldn't help but ask in confusion: "Are you worried that I will tell others about my identity as the leader of your class? Don't worry, I won't do such a thing. If you don't believe me, I can even ask your class teacher to sign a contract."

He said this purely as a joke to ease the depressing atmosphere at the scene.

But what Hikigaya didn't know was that his habitual self-deprecating jokes sounded so ironic to Ichinose's ears.

"Why can you still smile at a time like this?" Crystal clear liquid appeared in the corners of Ichinose's eyes, "Why don't you feel any pain at all when you hurt yourself like this? Why? Why? Why? Hey, tell me, Hikigaya-san..."

Chapter 276 Help! Class A is fighting!

Ichinose Honami cried.

Although Hikigaya couldn't understand why the other person was crying, the girl's tears still stimulated him and made him realize that he seemed to have done something wrong.

However, no matter how hard he tried to recall, he couldn't seem to think of what he had done wrong.

Finally, he couldn't help but think of a very incredible possibility.

Is Ichinose crying because she cares about me?

Because you don’t want to see yourself getting hurt, or because you feel the same pain as yourself?

If that was the case, then Ichinose was probably a kind-hearted child who was ten thousand times more gentle than he had imagined.

Obviously, Hikigaya himself no longer feels upset about such trivial matters, and he has long stopped having any emotions caused by other people's gazes.

Alas, that’s why I hate gentle girls…