Hikigaya doesn't want to be a force of strength

Hikigaya made up his mind and stood up from his seat.

Then the next second, he sat back down.

The reason was that he accidentally saw the boy's eyes.

How to say it, Hikigaya originally thought that the other party would be like himself, unable to integrate into other groups due to various reasons, and might even have the same chuunibyou as Zaimokuza.

But the moment he saw the other person's eyes, Hikigaya realized that all his guesses were wrong.

This guy is more special than the others... a dangerous person who cannot be casually associated with...

For example, if a cadre of the Demon King's army or even the Demon King himself infiltrated the Novice Village...

It's too bad.

What kind of school am I in?

In desperation, Hikigaya had to give up on this person who seemed like he could make friends with him and turn to look for other prey.

He first saw the gloomy-looking student who was doing exercises. Even at this time, he was still studying the exercises by himself. He looked too hardworking. He must be a top-notch office worker in the future.

And a blue-haired girl with a mature temperament like an older sister, but because she is too capable, she is particularly inconsistent with the atmosphere of Hikigaya himself.

There was another person sitting in his seat, observing the people around him just like me, but he was mainly observing the blonde girl with a ponytail who was the center of attention in the class. How should I put it? I knew at a glance that she was a weird character who was 180 degrees different from me...

After seeing this, Hikigaya discovered sadly that he couldn't find anyone in this class to make friends with.

It’s over, Komachi, I’m sorry... But even if I fall, you must keep going forward, so don’t stop!!!

I felt the BGM of Flower of Hope ringing in my ears.

Hikigaya fell into despair, as if he had foreseen his dark fate for the next three years.

Unconsciously, more and more students entered the classroom, and Hikigaya still lowered his head and sighed.

At this moment, the sound of a school bag being put down was suddenly heard from the window seat in the last row behind Hikigaya.

"You're sighing so heavily just after entering school. I feel like sighing too when I meet you again." The student who sat down was the bad-tempered black girl who had met at the school gate before. "...I never thought I would be in the same class with you."

"It's you……"

Although his tone was as sharp as ever, and he seemed to be a troublesome person who didn't want to interact with anyone, the other party's initiative to talk to him was like a life-saving straw for Hikigaya.

After a brief hesitation, Hikigaya immediately made a decision in his heart - he must seize this last chance to make a friend!

As a result, the situation in the previous trailer occurred.

Facing the confused black straight-haired girl, Hikigaya spoke slowly in a stiff tone:

"Horikita-san, would you like to be my friend?"

Chapter 3: Failure in making friends for the first time

Hikigaya openly declared his desire to be friends with Horikita, but it was not as if he suddenly awakened his social cow genes and started to behave in ways that were inconsistent with his personality.

It's not that he was suddenly possessed by a great immortal cultivator after he failed to survive a thunder tribulation, and from then on he began an epic journey of domineering and defeating everything in the urban campus.

It was purely because of his desire to fulfill his sister's request that he had to endure the humiliation.

Yes, Hikigaya didn't want to have anything to do with this sharp-tongued, straight-haired boy from the bottom of his heart, but the magical level of this class made him realize that he seemed to have no choice.

Among this group of monsters, this sharp-tongued lady was the most normal-looking one, which made him feel what magical realism was.

And during this process, Hikigaya couldn't help but recall his immature self in junior high school.

It was after school, and there were only two people left in the classroom.

The breeze blew the curtains, the setting sun shone into the classroom, and a young man plucked up the courage to confess his love - until now, he still clearly remembers the voice's response.

"Can we just be friends?"

See, it’s so easy to make friends, hooray!

Well, this is actually the past that Hikigaya wants to delete the most, and it is the worst confession from his middle school years that he wants to erase completely.

After that, let alone being friends, Hikigaya and that girl never even had a single conversation.

It made him think that friends couldn't even talk to each other.

Because of this, Hikigaya has a huge psychological shadow on relationships between men and women. In order to prevent himself from being hurt again, he firmly believes in the absolute three no's of relationships:

That is to say, do not have delusions, do not be arrogant, and do not take the initiative.

Do not have any delusion of having impure relationships with any member of the opposite sex, do not be arrogant enough to think that any member of the opposite sex will like you, and do not take the initiative to interact with any member of the opposite sex!

——This is just like the Nine Yin Manual in the martial arts world. Once you learn it, you will be invincible in the world!

Hikigaya believed that after mastering this magical skill, even if he was locked in a secret room with a beautiful girl, none of the romantic comedy scenes would happen.

Unfortunately, now that he is in a desperate situation, Hikigaya has to abandon his deep-rooted belief in the Three No's of dating and choose to communicate with a girl who seems to lack interaction with him.

"You want to make friends right here?"

The black-haired girl showed a strange expression when she saw Hikigaya's appearance.

"So what... isn't this the process for making friends?"

Hikigaya felt slightly embarrassed. He had never actually done any formal research on how to make friends. How did everyone make friends?

Are there any training courses for this thing?

If the tuition fee doesn't exceed 20,000 yen, I will sign up immediately!

"Indeed, there doesn't seem to be a clear process..." Hikigaya's words made the black-haired girl fall into deep thought, "By the way, how do you know my last name? Did I tell you?"

"No, but your name is written on the class seating chart outside, Horikita Suzune."

"Did you write down the seating chart?"

Horikita Suzune was surprised. She had just glanced at the class seating chart and confirmed her own name, but she had no idea the name of the guy sitting in front of her.

“I just happened to see it.”

Hikigaya spoke calmly.

In fact, he wrote down the names of all the students in the class while looking at the class seating chart. It was a small interest of his besides observing humans.

"I see." Horikita Suzune didn't think Hikigaya could remember everyone's names in such a short time. "But why should I be friends with you? It's okay even if I refuse, right?"

"That's right..."

Hikigaya was actually prepared to be rejected, or he felt there was a high probability of being rejected, but for the sake of the lovely Komachi, he still decided to give it a try.

But unfortunately, looking at Horikita Suzune's expression, the other party probably doesn't intend to accept her.

Hikigaya sighed to himself, turned around and prepared to leave.

"My name is Horikita Suzune."

Horikita Suzune suddenly spoke.

These inexplicable words made Hikigaya slightly stunned.

"what?"

"Before asking the other person's name, shouldn't you first give your own name...isn't that etiquette?"

"Uh……"

Seeing the girl's expression of 'Don't you even know this basic etiquette?', Hikigaya quickly replied: "My name is Hikigaya Hachiman."

"A rare name..."

"That's true."

At this point, Hikigaya no longer knew what this girl was trying to do.

Are you playing hard to get and turning yourself into a servant?

It's not like this...

Is it just a simple personality quirk?

It seems to be true.

After introducing themselves to each other, Hikigaya was finally able to observe Horikita Suzune's appearance. She looked like the most typical model top student, and also an absolute beautiful girl, the kind of beauty that would easily attract the attention of males in the class.

Hikigaya was inexplicably not surprised that such a person was willing to communicate with him. After all, this world is always rejecting the different. Not only the lower-class people like Hikigaya, but also those who are different from ordinary people, too special, or even outstanding individuals.

Too good and too bad are essentially derogatory terms.

According to the Chinese doctrine of the mean, human beings must follow the path of balance in order to walk steadily, otherwise they will inevitably fall into the abyss because of excessiveness.

Moreover, Hikigaya felt that Horikita's problem was not just because of her appearance. There was also an indistinct fragility in her. She was like a hollow porcelain. Although it looked hard on the outside, it was actually extremely fragile and would crack if tapped lightly.

If Hikigaya was a person with a bad character, the moment he discovered this, he would want to find an opportunity to test Horikita, find a chance to find something against her and manipulate her at will.

But unfortunately, Mr. Hachiman, also known as the Justice Man, would never do such a shameful thing.

While Hikigaya Hachiman was instinctively analyzing his thoughts, Horikita Suzune took out a paperback book from her bag. She ignored him and just flipped through the book.

"Anything else?"

Perhaps noticing Hikigaya's gaze, Horikita Suzune raised her head and asked.

"No, it should be fine..."

"That's good."

Horikita Suzune's words clearly showed that she was driving herself away.

Realizing that his path to making friends had encountered setbacks from the very beginning, Hikigaya had no choice but to face reality and turn away.

Before leaving, he glanced at the name of the book in Horikita's hand - "Crime and Punishment".

Hikigaya had read this book before and vaguely remembered that the book discussed whether people had the right to kill if it was for justice.

How should I put it? This is the type of book that Hikigaya dislikes the most.

He had no interest in pure philosophical thinking.

After all, as a materialist, Hikigaya firmly believes that material things are more important than spiritual things.

In his view, killing for justice is naturally justified, otherwise the wicked will use this as an excuse to escape punishment, and the evildoers will not care about the consequences and will be complacent.

After failing to make friends for the first time, Hikigaya quickly returned to his seat and continued to watch the chaotic interpersonal activities in the class, wondering whether he could successfully find someone who could become a 'friend'.

Just then, a woman in a suit walked into the classroom.

The atmosphere in the entire classroom fell silent.

Because judging from his attire, he is a teacher.

Chapter 4: Adapt to the rules to survive!

The teacher of the class walked in from the door, and the originally messy classroom immediately became calm, even silent.

This is undoubtedly the strange pressure brought by the new teacher.

After all, on the first day of school, when students are not familiar with each other, teachers have the most noble status in their eyes.

Generally speaking, once the relationship between teachers becomes familiar with each other, if the teacher does not use some special means to maintain his dignity as a teacher, he will often lose his deterrent effect in the eyes of students.

Hikigaya observed the teacher as he pondered.

This is a very capable-looking woman with her long black hair tied into a ponytail. Her age is somewhere in the delicate range of being over but not over thirty years old.

Tsk, is this a hot-tempered teacher from some TV show or anime? Her temperament is somewhat similar to that of my junior high school teacher, Shizuka Hiratsuka...

He still remembered the subtle expression on teacher Shizuka Hiratsuka's face when she invited him to Tokyo Metropolitan Koukou Ikusei High School. Even now, Hikigaya still didn't understand why she didn't want him to come to this school, nor did he understand why she was seeing him off as if she was burying him.

While Hikigaya was thinking about this, the spicy teacher with a ponytail had already arrived at the podium.

"Dear new students, I am the homeroom teacher of Class D, Chabashira Sae. I am usually responsible for teaching Japanese history. This school does not change classes every academic year, so for the three years before graduation, I will be your homeroom teacher and study with you. Thank you for your guidance."

"The entrance ceremony will be held in the gymnasium in an hour. Before that, I will send you information about the special rules of this school. Although, this has already been sent to you during the previous admissions orientation."