Hikigaya doesn't want to be a force of strength

"Really? It seems like you are very confident in your plan."

"if not?"

"Just because you got Horikita's key card and traded the information about the leader of Class A from Hashimoto, do you think you can win?"

"Huh, I thought you wanted to say something."

Ryuen Sho looked at Hikigaya in front of him indifferently, and spoke confidently, "Although the deal between me and Katsuragi exhausted all of Class C's basic 300 points, it was exchanged for a large number of individual points from Class A. Even without those 300 points, we can get 100 points just by guessing the leader, and we can get more than 20 extra points by occupying the stronghold. Although we are still not as good as Class B, it is enough to get the job done."

In Ryuen's conception, although Class C's points were destined to be inferior to Class B, which had almost no exposed weaknesses, it was more than enough to defeat Class A and Class C.

After all, although Class A had supplies from Class C, which saved a lot of points, the information about Class A's leader had been leaked in large quantities. Not to mention other classes, just Class C and Class D would be deducted 100 points if they guessed the leader of Class A.

In addition, the traitor Hashimoto Masayoshi deliberately caused Class A to accidentally deduct 50 points, resulting in a total of 150 points deducted from Class A.

Due to Sakayanagi's withdrawal, Class A's basic score is only 270 points. After deducting 150 points, there are only 120 points left, which is not as good as Class C.

As for Class D, although Ryuuen couldn't see through the situation of Class D, no matter how he thought about it, it was impossible for Class D to surpass other classes, and it was highly likely that they would be at the bottom.

In fact, although his idea is simple, the possibility of it happening is indeed very high.

Add to that the large amount of personal points extorted from Class A, and Ryuen Sho will probably be the biggest winner of this uninhabited island exam in a strict sense.

If nothing unexpected happens...

"Well, Ryuuen, you're right. Under normal circumstances, Class C should be one of the winners of this exam, second only to Class B."

"Huh, are you suddenly flattering me at this time?"

"It's not flattery, it's just stating the facts. And I also said that under normal circumstances..."

"What do you mean?"

Ryuen Sho frowned and stared at Hikigaya.

Although he still didn't believe that this dead fish eyed guy was really here to help Class C, he didn't think that the other party's words were bluffing.

After all, Hikigaya's abilities have been proven many times so far. The fact that Kamuro Masumi, the core chess piece of the Sakayanagi faction, is following him so obediently now is enough to show how excellent Hikigaya's abilities are.

There was no way Ryuen Sho could ignore what the other party said.

"Ryuen, your idea is possible, but it is all based on the assumption that everything goes as you imagine." Hikigaya spoke slowly, looking at Ryuen Sho, "But in fact, do you really think that everything in this world will develop as you imagine? Do you think you are the only smart person in this school, and everyone else is an idiot who is not as good as you?"

"What do you want to say?"

"Haha, there is only one thing I want to say from beginning to end - don't think too highly of yourself, you bastard king. If your policy of keeping the people ignorant ends up turning your own brain into a mess, then it will not be worth it!"

Hikigaya sneered and looked at Ryuuen with an extremely mocking look.

He had been observing the leader of Class C for a long time, even before he actually got to know Ryuen Sho and met him.

After a long period of observation, direct and indirect understanding, Hikigaya was able to determine that Ryuen Sho was a person with greater shortcomings than he had imagined.

The opponent's ability is far behind people like Sakayanagi and Ayanokouji, let alone people like Hashimoto and Ichinose. There is a clear gap even when compared with slightly inferior people like Hashimoto and Ichinose.

Only Hirata Yosuke and Horikita Suzune from Class D were unable to fight against Ryuen Sho and were defeated by this cruel tyrant.

The reason why Hikigaya gave such an evaluation is very simple. After a long period of observation, he discovered a huge flaw in Ryuen Sho himself -

He lacks awareness of other individuals' abilities.

Ryuen Sho is an extremely conceited person.

The word "extremely" in front of this self-conceit is not only a measurement indicator, but also a labeling phenomenon that can be described as extreme.

Whether it was his subordinates within the class or his opponents outside the class, Ryuuen Sho was unable to gain a clear and accurate understanding.

This resulted in Ryuen being unable to promote truly capable subordinates, unable to build trust with capable classmates, and unable to even train an outstanding chess piece like Shiina Hiyori. Externally, he was unable to find the real opponents he should deal with, and was unaware of the dangers of people like Sakayanagi, Ayanokouji, and even Koenji, so he could only focus on some overly obvious little targets.

In a nutshell, Ryuen Sho is a "mortal" whose abilities are slightly outstanding, but not particularly outstanding.

At the same time, his way of thinking is to substitute his own thinking into the thinking logic of other people, and imagine other people as "mortal" puppets like him.

This resulted in all of Ryuen Sho's plans being doomed to go awry when they were finally implemented, because he couldn't imagine how individuals beyond 'mortals' would act, and he couldn't further perfect his strategies against those terrifying monsters.

Up to now in the uninhabited island exam, the opponent has completely fallen into the trap set by Sakayanagi and Ayanokouji, which is enough to show Ryuen Sho's limitations.

And it is a limitation that he himself cannot overcome.

Because compared to Sakayanagi, Ayanokouji, and Ichinose, Ryuuen lacks a very important thing, which is that he cannot truly bring out the power of his companions.

Under normal circumstances, whether it is the way that Sakayanagi and Ayanokouji use their companions as chess pieces, or the way that Ichinose trusts his companions as friends, the class leader should develop the abilities of his companions as much as possible, or at least should bring out the abilities of everyone.

However, Ryuen's approach is not like that. Due to his dictator's way of thinking, he regards almost everyone except himself as the purest puppet. He never thinks about the subjective initiative of individuals in the class and only lets others act according to his own opinions.

This resulted in Long Yuan being unable to obtain ideas for improvement from within, and was forced to stick to its own overly extreme ideas.

As a result, mistakes will only accumulate and shortcomings will only continue to magnify.

Hikigaya now doesn't even need to think too much, he can imagine the actions of Class C and what kind of layout Ryuen has.

"Please explain it in simple terms, Ryuen. Your plan has completely failed. Not only has Katsuragi Kōhei, who you thought you could control, but even the D class, who you looked down upon the most, has seen through your plan and stepped on your head."

"What did you say?!"

Ryuen Sho couldn't be convinced by Hikigaya's words.

He was about to speak, but found that Hikigaya was staring at his eyes. His calm voice uttered cold words: "This is the reality. Katsuragi Kōhei has discovered your identity as a leader. Some people in Class D are also convinced of your existence. And most importantly, the identity of the leader of Class D that you obtained is fake. The leader of Class D is someone else."

"..."

Hikigaya's words caused the scene to suddenly fall into silence.

Whether it was Ryuen Sho, Ibuki Mio, or Kamuro Masumi, they all looked at Hikigaya in shock and disbelief.

Especially Kamuro, who has been constantly shocked by Hikigaya's exaggerated performance, which is completely different from the past, since he arrived at the scene.

It seemed that what appeared in his eyes was not the dead fish eyes, but Sakayanagi Arisu negotiating with two people from Class C.

No, the sense of oppression that the other party brought to her even surpassed that of Sakayanagi. Just standing there made her feel like she was about to suffocate!

"You fart!"

As soon as Hikigaya finished speaking, Ibuki Mio was the first to make an obvious rebuttal.

She angrily took out a key card and shouted, "Hikigaya, don't bluff. I have Horikita Suzune's key card in my hand, and her name is written on it! After all this, do you still want to say that the information I obtained about the leader of Class D is false? Bluffing is not the way to do it!"

"..."

Hikigaya did not elaborate on Ibuki's inability to control his emotions. He just silently took out a key card of the same style from his pocket, covered the name on it, and slowly spoke:

"Unfortunately, this is the reality. The key card you got is fake, and the information about the leader of Class D is also fake. After Class C got the false information, if you guess the leader of Class D, you will not get 50 points, but will lose 50 points. In addition, Class A and Class D both guessed the leader of Class C, so the final result of your test this time will not be 120 points, but 0 points."

"So, you finally understand reality, right? Poor shit king, Ryuen Sho-kun?"

Chapter 315: Be prepared to accept punishment!

"You...how is this possible?"

After hearing what Hikigaya said, Ibuki Mio's expression became extremely shaken.

She just couldn't understand how the things Hikigaya described could have happened.

But in fact, Hikigaya did take out an identical leader's card, which did not seem to have any signs of counterfeiting.

In other words, how could an ordinary person get a counterfeit leader card on this uninhabited island?

There's no way that could possibly happen!

"Ibuki, I admit that you have tried very hard. By actively not wanting to get close to Class D, everything you have done so far has not aroused the suspicion of the people in Class D. Moreover, you did not take real action until the last day. Others did not even have time to suspect you, and could only face the fact that the key card disappeared..."

"Too late to doubt?" Ibuki stared at Hikigaya, his eyes full of sharpness and anger. "Did you tell the people in Class D about my identity as a spy? You clearly said you would cooperate with me!"

Ibuki Mio's first reaction was that Hikigaya had betrayed her.

This is also a reasonable guess, which can directly prove why many things happen as they do now.

"Alas." Hikigaya was helpless and even disappointed with Ibuki's attitude. "Do you think that if I betrayed you, I would come here to show you the real key card?"

"This……"

"It seems that your brain is completely unable to comprehend what happened. Then I think I should give you a hint." Hikigaya silently stared at Ibuki Mio's face and slowly said, "Do you remember that when you left the D-class camp, a fire suddenly broke out in the D-class camp?"

"A big fire? It seems there was indeed one... Wasn't that an accident?"

"You think it was an accident?"

Hikigaya looked at the emotionally shaken Ibuki calmly, "How could a fire suddenly break out in a camp in such humid weather? And why did the fire happen at such a perfect time, right after you stole the key card? And most importantly, why did you happen to be the real holder of the key card on the last day of the exam? And even happened to have the opportunity to steal the key card? Don't you think this is all too coincidental?"

“That’s… true.”

As Ibuki Mio listened to Hikigaya's description, her originally confused brain gradually sorted out the situation bit by bit, and she realized the many unreasonable aspects of her process of taking the key card.

Everything went so smoothly, without any difficulty at all, that she managed to snatch the key card for Class D. Even afterwards, no one chased her out to expose what she had done.

Previously, Ibuki was overly excited and agitated, and blamed everything on the stupidity of the people in Class D.

But no matter how stupid it was, the fact that he didn't react at all after his key card was stolen was too strange to be easily accepted.

"You mean, someone in Class D saw through my identity as a spy a long time ago, so they set a trap?"

"Haha, that's right."

After making sure that Ibuki Mio had been convinced bit by bit by him, Hikigaya slowly turned over the key card in his hand and prepared to put it back into his pocket.

But before he took action, Ryuen Sho, who had been silent, suddenly spoke up: "What a stupid little trick, you dead fish eyes, you actually use such a useless method! That kind of thing can fool Ibuki, but do you think you can fool me?"

"Oh?" Unexpectedly, Ryuen Sho still seemed unwilling to accept the reality. Hikigaya showed an interesting expression, "Do you think I'm lying?"

"What else?" Although Ryuuen looked very embarrassed and miserable because of a week of survival on a deserted island, his eyes were still stern. "If you knew that Ibuki stole a fake key card, why didn't you conceal it, but came to us for cooperation afterwards? The most important thing is, besides you, is there anyone in your D class who can see through Ibuki's tricks and set a trap in advance? Can there be such a person in the bottom class like D class?"

Ryuen Sho obviously has a genuine contempt for Class D and doesn't think that apart from Hikigaya, there is anything else in this class that is worthy of attention.

Therefore, if this wasn't Hikigaya's own plan, it wouldn't make sense at all!

"Do you think that apart from me, no one in Class D can compete with you?"

"Would I be stupid enough to believe such a thing?"

Ryuen Sho showed a look of complete disbelief, "Admit it, Hikigaya, this is all your plan. You, the dead fish-eye, deliberately created this scam in order to gain points from our Class C. Including the key card in your hand, it's also fake, right?"

"Oh? You said my key card is fake? But how do I get a fake key card?"

"You bought it from the school with some points, right?"

Ryuen Sho stared at Hikigaya coldly. "As long as you spend points, anything can be bought and sold in this school, including fake key cards. You might have bought a fake key card and wanted to cheat and trade with us, exchange it for the real key card, or even make a fortune from our Class C."

"..."

Long Yuan's cautiousness is well-deserved.

The most important thing is that the other party's imagination is so perfect. If I hadn't had such a plan at all, I would have almost believed it myself.

Unfortunately, Ryuen Sho thought too much.

All the calculations made by the other party are based on their intention to be the enemy of Class C.

However, Hikigaya had no such idea at all, and he even lacked the enthusiasm to participate in the class confrontation itself.

"…You guessed wrong, Ryuen."

"It has come to this, do you still have to pretend?"

"You are doubting the reason why I brought the real key card here. I said from the beginning that I am here to help you, Class C."

"Why should I believe that you really want to help us?"

"you mean……?"

"If you want us to believe you, show me the name on the key card in your hand!"

"..."

Ryuuen's cold words revealed his true fangs.

Hikigaya finally realized that the other party was not completely sure, and everything he had just said was just a trap to get the real key card.

"Hehe." Hikigaya couldn't help but be amused by Ryuuen's smart-ass attitude. "I see, you already believed me a long time ago, and everything you did just now was just a disguise to get the key card in my hand. You could just make a deal with me, why did you have to put on such a show?"

"Humph……"

Realizing that Hikigaya had seen through his plan, Ryuen Sho snorted coldly.

After being cheated out of millions of points by Hikigaya last time, he was very upset with this dead fish eyed guy from Class D and had been thinking about finding a chance to get back at him.