Hikigaya doesn't want to be a force of strength

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"Oh my, I'm really surprised. I thought this class would be outrageous, but I didn't expect it to go this far."

Ichinose Honami's voice suddenly rang out with emotion.

Hikigaya looked in the direction of the voice and saw Ichinose and Kanzaki walking over from the other end of the beach. They also seemed to be here to investigate the situation of Class C.

"Hikigaya-san?"

Seeing Hikigaya's appearance, Ichinose's expression froze slightly, as if he recalled something, and a little gloom gradually emerged in his expression.

Hikigaya was too familiar with this situation. He felt that the other party didn't want to see him and wanted to step back.

But what he didn't expect was that Ichinose actually ran over from a distance and grabbed his hand directly, "Why do you want to leave as soon as you see us?"

"Uh, by feel...?"

"What does it feel like?"

Ichinose couldn't understand Hikigaya's strange reaction, and his expression was extremely complicated.

Previously, Class B had successfully driven away Kaneda Satoru and avoided the identity of the leader of Class B from being revealed, but in contrast, Ichinose was forced to use the statement given by Hikigaya and attributed the departure of Kaneda Satoru to Hikigaya, an outsider.

Although Ichinose tried her best to erase the negative attributes of the incident and prevent the students in Class B from hating Hikigaya, her efforts were not particularly effective.

Because most people will just think that Ichinose is too gentle and has a preference for Hikigaya.

As a result, many students in Class B still regarded Kaneda Satoru's departure as Hikigaya's problem and lowered their opinion of him.

Such a result undoubtedly made Ichinose Honami feel very guilty. She even dared not face Hikigaya, thinking that she was too despicable to use him like this.

Therefore, when she met Hikigaya again, she showed such a complicated attitude, and even felt instinctively cowardly when she saw him.

However, when he saw Hikigaya wanted to leave directly, Ichinose still caught up with him.

After all, she is different from the students in Class B.

She knew the truth of everything and also knew that Hikigaya was the benefactor of Class B. If she chose to ignore Hikigaya, it would be tantamount to betraying Hikigaya and becoming an ungrateful bitch.

This was the only thing she absolutely didn't want to see.

Therefore, even though her heart was filled with deep uneasiness, she rushed over and desperately grabbed Hikigaya's hand.

“I-Ichinose…?”

Hikigaya had no idea of the complicated thoughts in Ichinose's mind. He just looked at Ichinose in surprise as he grabbed him and even continued to use force, his expression gradually becoming confused.

"Are you here to investigate as well, Hikigaya?"

Seeing that the situation seemed to be getting out of control, Ryuji Kanzaki quickly spoke up and brought the topic back.

"Yeah, I want to see what Class C will be like."

"Everyone in this class has left."

"Everyone leave?" Hikigaya asked curiously after hearing Kanzaki Ryuji's words, "Has Kaneda Satoru from your class left the uninhabited island?"

"Yes." Ichinose spoke loudly before Kanzaki could, "Thanks to you, Hikigaya-san, we successfully exposed Kaneda-san and made him leave the camp. According to the news, Kaneda Satoru should have left this uninhabited island and lost his qualification for the exam."

"Really? But I didn't do anything."

Hikigaya spoke silently and tried to get rid of Ichinose's hand, but he didn't expect the latter not only didn't let go, but held on even tighter.

"Ichinose?"

"Hikigaya-san, we really thank you this time." Ichinose said in a low voice, as if he was suppressing his emotions, "If it weren't for your help, the identity of the leader of Class B would have been leaked to Class C, and I would have been disqualified as the class monitor."

"It's a small matter. You and Kanzaki can definitely do it if you are careful."

"It can't be done!"

Hikigaya's habitual self-deprecation was refuted by Ichinose on the spot, "Without your help, Hikigaya-san, we would never have been able to do these things. Not only that, we also took advantage of you, Hikigaya-san, and made you bear all the consequences of these things..."

"I don't care what other people think of me, so you don't have to care."

Hikigaya shook his head. He really didn't want Ichinose to take this matter too seriously.

Because he just did what he thought he should do and didn't lose anything.

The reason why he helped Class B was just to make up for using them to attack Class A before.

But Hikigaya's thoughts were destined to never be conveyed to Ichinose.

As an upright, even too upright person, Ichinose could not accept from the bottom of his heart that he had exploited Hikigaya. It was like a thorn that would never go away.

So, when she met Hikigaya again, she spoke almost desperately:

"Hikigaya-san, is there anything I can do to make it up to you? Whatever you want me to do, I can do it! Please!"

"..."

Obviously, the other party was trying to benefit him, but he did so in an almost pleading manner. Hikigaya simply couldn't understand why all this was happening.

But one thing that can be understood is that Ichinose is sincere.

She sincerely wanted to compensate herself and atone for her sins.

But is this really what most people would think?

Why does Ichinose have such a heavy sense of responsibility?

Hikigaya originally thought that Class B was the only normal class in the school, and Ichinose, as the class president of Class B, was also the most normal, angelic individual in the school.

But now it seems that there is really no normal person in this school where strength is everything.

Beneath that gentle and kind surface, Ichinose also has a heavy, demonic inner self.

Most people might not mind his self-sacrificing behavior, but for Ichinose, it was something he could never let go of easily.

This is not even a kind of gentleness, but a concept that is much more terrifying than gentleness!

It's a kind of moral kidnapping.

However, the person Ichinose kidnapped was not someone else, but herself.

It was not until now that Hikigaya suddenly realized what he had done to Ichinose. He also began to regret why he had gone to such lengths to help Class B in that way...

"If you really feel bad, just do what I asked you to do before." Hikigaya sighed and said slowly, "When guessing the leader of Class A, fill in Totsuka Yahiko's name."

"Of course, I will definitely do that!"

"That, that's good..."

Hearing the girl's overly determined voice, which showed that she was willing to risk everything to achieve her goal, Hikigaya once again realized how terrible he had done to Ichinose.

According to Sakayanagi, she might have grasped Ichinose's switch inadvertently and found a way to control the leader of Class B.

But Hikigaya is not a bad person like Sakayanagi, and he will not manipulate Ichinose for his own benefit.

"It looks like Class C has nothing left."

After it was over, Ichinose finally returned to normal little by little. His original almost obsessive attitude gradually disappeared, and he let go of Hikigaya's hand.

"We had originally planned to find the leader of Class C before they evacuated, but now it seems that there is no way we can find any clues at all."

"Maybe."

Hikigaya nodded pretentiously.

He had actually guessed that the leader of Class C was still on the island.

"Class C has used up all their points. Even if we find out who their leader is, will they not be punished?"

"The school said that this exam will not have a negative impact on the second semester, and even if all the points are deducted, it will not become a negative score."

"Knew it……"

Hearing Hikigaya's words, Ichinose pouted as if she was feeling a little bored.

Do you always feel that the other person’s performance is more lively when they are in front of you?

Hikigaya felt that something was wrong and wanted to find a way out of this situation, "Since it has been confirmed that Class C has withdrawn, I will leave first."

"Isn't it dangerous to walk in the forest alone?" Ichinose suddenly said, "How about Kanzaki and I accompany you back?"

"No, no need."

Thinking of the scene of Ichinose and Kanzaki escorting him back to Class D, Hikigaya was so scared that he quickly refused.

Are you kidding? If something so conspicuous happens, you might as well just kill me.

After saying that, he turned around and left the scene immediately, regardless of Ichinose's seemingly disappointed look.

After leaving the beach, Hikigaya wanted to go back to the camp as soon as possible, but he felt that it was not a good idea to go back like this. It would be even worse if he was caught by Horikita and forced to do hard labor.

Thinking of this, he felt that he could take this opportunity to investigate Class A.

Catch a fish by the way.

Hikigaya then moved towards Class A's base and successfully arrived at a base on the coast near a cave, wanting to see if Katsuragi would occupy it.

Based on his observation of Katsuragi, the other party would most likely not occupy a base in such an open place.

Because there is no way to be sure whether there is anyone monitoring the area, and given the overly conservative character of the enemy, it is unlikely that they will occupy such a risky stronghold.

It turned out that his idea was correct, as Katsuragi showed no signs of occupying this stronghold.

He was planning to leave immediately, but suddenly heard a noise coming from not far away.

"What are you doing there? This is the place that our class A is using!"

Faced with such threatening words from the other party, Hikigaya was instinctively frightened and crouched down with his head in his hands, performing a series of smooth movements to give up resistance.

But he soon realized that the voice was not directed at him.

He then carefully looked around and found two students from Class A, as well as Ayanokouji Kiyotaka who was being held by two students from Class A.

Ayanokouji, how could it be him?

What the hell was this guy doing? How could he be caught so easily?

He is really good at pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger!

Seeing Ayanokouji being held by two boys from Class A, many thoughts flashed through Hikigaya's mind, and he had no intention of getting involved in this mess.

However, Ayanokouji's observation skills are beyond imagination, and the other party seems to have discovered Hikigaya just by looking at him.

So after being caught by the students of Class A, he immediately asked Hikigaya for help:

"Help!"

"!!!"

He didn't expect Ayanokouji to betray him so directly. Hikigaya was forced to be exposed before he could react, and watched helplessly as two Class A students discovered him.

However, to his surprise, the students of Class A did not take hostile actions after discovering him. Instead, they looked surprised and said, "Hikigaya, why is it you?"

Huh? Is this reaction weird?

"Don't worry, we are from the Sakayanagi faction." The class A student seemed to have noticed his confusion and quickly said, "Hikigaya, the way you dealt with the Katsuragi faction yesterday was really brilliant. It really gave us some relief!"

"Totsuka Yahiko is always arrogant, and he was even more arrogant when he came to the island. Fortunately, you took action and put an end to his arrogance!"

"..."

After hearing what the students in Class A said, Hikigaya finally understood the situation.

"By the way, that guy over there seems to know you, do you need us to let him go?"

The students from Class A pointed at Ayanokouji who was not far away.

Hikigaya saw this and after a brief thought, he immediately said, "I don't know him. I don't care how you treat him."

He was too lazy to clean up Ayanokouji's mess.

What's more, the other party just betrayed him.

"I see." The class A student nodded, "It's a pity that Katsuragi asked us to wait in this base. We can't leave at will, so we can't send you back."

"..."

Were you planning to send me back?

Do you have to be so enthusiastic?

He always felt that there had been some strange changes in his image in the eyes of others, and Hikigaya felt that his mood was very subtle.