Hikigaya doesn't want to be a force of strength

Therefore, there is only one way to solve the current problems of Class D, and that is to let Horikita Suzune and Kushida Kikyo join forces.

Only by combining the two of them could the chaos in Class D be resolved.

However, if Kikyo Kushida is unwilling to do so, Hikigaya will naturally not force her and can find other ways to solve the problem.

"Kushida, would you mind going for a cup of coffee with me?"

This luxury cruise ship has all the imaginable entertainment facilities, and a cafe is naturally one of them, and it can be used for free.

Hikigaya now took the initiative to invite Kikyo Kushida to have a cup of coffee with him.

"This……"

Hearing Hikigaya's words, Kushida Kikyo instinctively hesitated.

She looked at the man in front of her suspiciously, and finally nodded silently: "Okay, although I don't know what you are planning, I believe you are not brave enough to do anything to me."

"What do you mean by pardon my courage... Am I a coward?"

Hikigaya shook his head.

After the conversation just now, Kushida Kikyo had obviously recovered some of her spirit, as could be seen from the other party's willingness to treat her with such a sharp attitude.

But this alone is not enough. The thorn in the other party's heart must be completely resolved before Kushida Kikyo can recover and regain her strength.

So the two of them entered the cruise ship from the deck and took the elevator to the entertainment area.

As it was already quite late, there were almost no people in the entertainment area, only the lights of the shops open 24 hours a day were flashing.

"Want something to drink?"

"Whatever, just pick it."

Hikigaya didn't care about Kushida's attitude that he made all the decisions on his own, and calmly ordered two cups of lattes.

The two then chose seats facing each other in the corner.

Hikigaya had no intention of speaking directly, and Kushida Kikyo didn't know what to say, so the two of them just sat there quietly for a long time until the waiter handed them the warm coffee.

Hikigaya took the first sip and lamented that the coffee on the cruise ship tasted almost exactly the same as that in school.

Could he be the owner of the same shop?

At the same time, after hesitating for a moment, Kushida carefully brought the cup to his lips and took a sip.

"so bitter!"

"Because I didn't ask them to add any sugar at all."

Hikigaya spoke with a smile, but received a roll of eyes from Kushida Kikyo.

The other person only reveals his true nature like this when he is alone on rare occasions. He usually pretends to be gentle and kind.

Hikigaya does not dislike this kind of Kikyo Kushida, and even thinks he is very handsome and worthy of respect.

Because what the other person does is exactly what he cannot do.

After all, even if someone like Hikigaya disguises his true nature and treats others with a hypocritical face, he can never become popular.

Come to think of it, Kushida Kikyo is really an amazing person.

Unfortunately, even the most capable people can sometimes be unable to do something.

Kikyo Kushida also faces conflicts that she cannot resolve, which is why she has fallen to her current state.

While Hikigaya was lost in thought, Kushida finally couldn't help but ask, "Why did you bring me here?"

This purely interrogative sentence means that the other party's patience is about to run out.

Hikigaya then restrained his calm attitude and said quietly: "Kushida, what do you think is the biggest problem facing Class D right now?"

"The biggest problem facing Class D...?"

Unexpectedly, Hikigaya would suddenly ask such a nonsensical question. Kushida Kikyo put down the bitter coffee in her hand and fell into deep thought.

After a while, the girl slowly said, "Is it because the points are too few? Now we only have 137 points in total. No matter which class, ABC, is far behind us, there is almost no possibility of catching up..."

"Yes, insufficient points is indeed part of the problem, but it is definitely not the most serious problem." Hikigaya shook his head. "After all, the point gap of Class D has already existed since the point system was announced a month after the start of school. There is no reason for the people in Class D to be confused about this matter now."

"That's... true." Kushida Kikyo nodded slightly after hearing what Hikigaya said, "Did we lose so badly in the uninhabited island exam? Except for Class A, Class B and Class C are far ahead of us..."

"You said it yourself, except for Class A." Hikigaya continued to shake his head, "With such an unlucky guy like Class A as a cushion, I think most of the students in Class D will not be dissatisfied with the result of this exam."

"Is it because the quality of the students in Class D is too poor?" Kushida raised his suspicion again, "Because the students in our class are very selfish and don't consider the class situation at all, so this result is caused?"

"It's getting closer, but there are still problems with the description." Hikigaya said calmly, "The students in Class D are not of poor quality. On the contrary, they are closer to the concept of normal people than people in other classes. They can make the right judgment at the right time and protect themselves in the face of obvious crises... This class is just a group of ordinary people."

"Ordinary people..."

"Yes, we are all just ordinary people. Because they are ordinary people, most of them are afraid of failure, and they are even more afraid of taking responsibility for their failure." Hikigaya said, silently shaking the coffee with a spoon, "Many people often say that failure is the mother of success. However, not everything has a second chance. The shadow left by failure once may also lead to failure again a second time."

“So when faced with a problem, most people will choose to seek and adopt other people’s opinions, thereby diversifying the responsibility they must bear when they fail. Of course, they will not push the responsibility of failure onto others on the surface, but secretly comfort themselves in their hearts, or push the situation to get rid of the responsibility.”

"As long as everyone eventually comes to terms with the fact that 'this is everyone's failure' and 'everyone must take responsibility together', everyone's psychological burden will be reduced... After all, the law does not hold everyone responsible."

"..."

Hearing Hikigaya dissecting the psychology of the students in Class D bit by bit, like a precise surgical expert analyzing the cause of the disease, Kushida Kikyo couldn't help but open her mouth in a daze.

Her brain couldn't even process it.

Hikigaya did not want Kushida Kikyo to understand everything, and said calmly: "In the previous times, Class D relied on similar ideas and did not cause internal chaos even after experiencing several failures, but the situation this time is different. In this exam on the uninhabited island, there is indeed a small number of people who need to take responsibility, but they are still evading responsibility... Who will be the leader in the front? Who will bear the greatest responsibility? Without clarifying this issue, the chaos in this class will inevitably continue endlessly."

Those who made mistakes were not held accountable for their mistakes, and this was the main reason why Class D was in such a mess today.

“Who will take the responsibility…?”

Kushida Kikyo kept repeating what Hikigaya said in a daze. Her brain was like a frozen gear and could not move forward no matter what.

Hikigaya had expected this to happen.

Kikyo Kushida and Yosuke Hirata are the same type of people. Both of them are falsely gentle, but because of long-term acting, they have integrated their own personalities into the false acting.

Because of this, they are destined to be unable to solve Class D's current problems. Only when Horikita Suzune, who has never disguised herself and shows her true self, steps forward can everything be ended.

However, Kushida doesn't seem to want to rely on Horikita's power.

There was no way Hikigaya could force Kushida to do this.

So he just said silently: "If you don't want to find out the real culprit, you can let me be the scapegoat."

"what?!"

Hikigaya's words made Kushida Kikyo suddenly stunned and look embarrassed.

"It's a simple thing, isn't it?" Hikigaya smiled to himself and said, "I was the one who held the leader's keycard in the end, so the exposure of Class D's identity as the leader is undoubtedly my own problem. As long as I am blamed for everything and Class D conducts a grand trial on me, won't everything be easily resolved?"

"..."

Hikigaya's words came from the heart, and he truly felt that this was the best method.

That way, no one would get hurt.

Kushida doesn't need to seek help from the most annoying Horikita Suzune, and Horikita doesn't have to take the risk of forcing the trial and causing disgust among the students in the class.

Just one person's efforts can save everyone.

This was undoubtedly the development that Hikigaya had hoped for.

He felt that based on Kushida's personality, there was a high probability that he would agree.

However, just when Hikigaya was so sure and had even begun to think about how to proceed with this plan, he suddenly found a few drops of crystal liquid falling into Kushida's coffee.

He raised his head in surprise, and what he saw was the tears flowing from the corners of the girl's eyes...

"Why...why did you say such a thing?" Kushida Kikyo slowly opened her mouth, "I never wanted Hikigaya-san to do such a thing..."

Seeing the girl's choked words, Hikigaya was suddenly stunned. The words he wanted to say seemed to be stuck in his throat and he couldn't make any sound.

Chapter 337: Hikigaya, do you think I should agree to Kushida?

Kushida Kikyo cried.

Hikigaya didn't know why the other person was crying, but he felt that the scene in front of him was very familiar.

It seems like something similar happened recently...

Ah, when I suggested to Ichinose that Class B should blame himself for Kaneda Satoru's escape, Ichinose seemed to have revealed a similar expression.

Kushida, like Ichinose at the time, seemed to be very dissatisfied with the reasonable suggestions he made.

But what exactly is there to be dissatisfied about?

It is obvious that the suggestions you have made are the most reasonable and efficient. You should not have any doubts about your suggestions, right?

This is obviously the best solution, a method where no one will get hurt.

I don't understand...

I can't understand it at all...

Seeing the tears on Kushida Kikyo's face, Hikigaya felt that he was having difficulty breathing for some unknown reason. No sound came out of his mouth, and he couldn't even take a breath.

At this moment, he vaguely realized what Chabashi Sae had told him before, "the real mistake he made."

Hikigaya sighed silently in his heart, feeling as if he had touched upon some concepts that his own cognition could never explain.

On the other side, after shedding tears, Kushida suddenly realized his own gaffe.

She rubbed her eyes quickly and said awkwardly, "Haha, maybe I haven't gotten enough sleep recently, which has caused me to be allergic to coffee. I'm sorry for making you see me look so embarrassing..."

"No, it's okay."

Can lack of sleep cause coffee allergy?

real or fake?

But didn’t I often stay up late drinking coffee before?

Coffee is meant for people who are sleep-deprived.

Noticing the contradiction in Kushida Kikyo's words, Hikigaya vaguely realized that the other party seemed to be so confused that he no longer had even basic logic.

As expected, I just said the wrong thing and hurt the other person.

Although he didn't know why, Hikigaya still instinctively apologized in his heart.

So after a brief silence, he slowly spoke: "It seems that I am a little too self-righteous. Even if someone like me takes the initiative to stand up and be the bad guy, most people in Class D will not put all the responsibility on me. Let's forget about the suggestion just now and pretend that I never said it."

"..."

After hearing what Hikigaya said, Kushida Kikyo was speechless for a long time, and finally nodded silently: "Well, that's good, at least I don't agree with the plan you just proposed, Hikigaya."

"But if we don't implement the plan I chose, Class D's current problems won't be solved."

Hikigaya silently explained with rational words.

Anyway, he didn't think that there was any other way to solve the chaos that Class D was in except the method he thought of.

"..."

After hearing what Hikigaya said, Kushida Kikyo fell into silence for a longer time.

She pondered for a long time, and suddenly took a sip of bitter coffee: "I've decided, I will go to Horikita Suzune for help."

"Eh? Are you willing to seek Horikita's help?"

Kushida Kikyo's sudden words made Hikigaya unable to react.

Although he did hope that Kushida Kikyo could work with Horikita Suzune, he did not think that this matter was promising enough.

After all, Kushida's dislike for Horikita can be said to be serious to a certain extent, but the other party now expressed his willingness to seek help from Horikita Suzune.

Hikigaya didn't even figure out what kind of psychological changes had taken place in the other party, he just felt that he had solved the problem inexplicably.

Could it be that he possessed the legendary hypnosis app and had hypnotized Kushida without realizing it?

"What the hell are you thinking about!" Kushida Kikyo suddenly glared at me.

“No, no.”