Hikigaya doesn't want to be a force of strength

"No, no, the main thing is why did you say you wanted to treat me to a meal? It almost makes me wonder if you were secretly replaced by someone else..."

Looking at the leader of Class C in front of him, Ryuen Sho, the most dangerous dictator in the first year of Tokyo Metropolitan High School, who ruled the entire class with cruel means.

Hikigaya really couldn't imagine what it would be like to have dinner with the other person.

On the other hand, after ordering the food he needed, Long Yuan took his plate and sat at the largest table in the restaurant. No one around him dared to say anything about his overbearing behavior. They all selectively walked around where he was.

This is not only the case for other classes, but also for Class C itself.

After all, even within Class C, few people dare to provoke Ryuen head-on.

The only one who actively caused trouble for Ryuen Sho was Shiina Hiyori, who inexplicably started to get involved in class affairs after being provoked by Hikigaya.

However, Miss Shiina is not present today, so naturally no one can restrict Ryuuen's actions.

"Why, what are you doing standing there like an idiot?"

"Hmm? You talking to me?"

"if not?"

Ryuen Sho looked at Hikigaya with an unhappy expression, "Have your dead fish eyes become so serious that you can't even tell who is talking to you?"

"No, no, the main thing is..."

Taking a look at the deserted area around Ryuen Sho that seemed like a restricted area, Hikigaya really didn't want to take the initiative to step into such an eye-catching place.

After thinking it over, he came up with a good idea and sat down on the side of the table next to Ryuen Xiang, just enough to have a conversation with Ryuen.

Phew, at least this way it won't be too noticeable...

After all, if people knew that he and Ryuen Sho were having dinner together, who knows what kind of trouble that would cause.

"Huh, do you look down on me so much?" Hikigaya's behavior seemed to have caused Ryuen to misunderstand, "You don't even want to sit at the same table with me!"

"This……"

Do you want to take off your eyes and see?

Who would dare to sit at your table in this situation?

"So what the hell is wrong with you, Long Yuan... Let me make it clear in advance that although our contract has not been signed yet, I still have the evidence in my hands!"

Hikigaya couldn't figure out Ryuen Sho's intentions, so he chose to take the initiative and issue a threat.

"Of course I know about that kind of thing." Ryuen actually answered seriously, "So don't worry, I have no plans to attack you for the time being, and I don't want to pay attention to Class D for the time being."

"You don't want to pay attention to Class D? Didn't you keep watching us fight before?"

"Haha, so that was before." Long Yuan said with a sneer, "Now that I have found a better prey, of course I have to choose to change my target. Before that, I can let you go for now."

"Whatever you want. I have no interest in class struggles anyway."

Hikigaya told Ryuen a long time ago that he had no interest in getting involved in class struggles.

Although he lied to Ryuuen and made him think that he was going to run for the student council president, the cleverness of this lie was that it was impossible to expose it.

After all, as long as Hikigaya wants, he can really aim to become the student council president at any time.

If one day, Hikigaya finds that if he wants to go home to visit Komachi, he must first become the student council president of this school, he will not hesitate at all and will use all means to achieve his goal.

"Humph, your dead fish eyes are really annoying..."

Ryuuen himself knew that even if he attacked Class D, Hikigaya would not react.

Class C is now unable to take the initiative to attack Hikigaya because Hikigaya has the upper hand over them.

In a sense, Hikigaya can be said to be the person that Ryuen is most unable to deal with in this school.

As for Hikigaya himself, he was now more concerned about what Ryuen had just said.

What's wrong with these guys? What does it mean that they all come to treat me to a meal?

"By the way, Long Yuan, when you say eating, do you mean eating now?"

"Of course not." Ryuen Sho's words broke Hikigaya's fantasy, "I have already booked a private room tonight and plan to treat you to dinner. Don't worry about how much you want to eat."

"This……"

isn't it?

It turned out that Ryuen was just like Ichinose, Kamuro and the others, and wanted to treat himself to a meal.

But is this necessary?

Or maybe this is totally inconsistent with Ryuuen's character!

"Your brain wasn't damaged when you left the deserted island before!"

Or is he possessed?

The opponent now is Ryuen Sho on the surface, but is actually the ghost of a beautiful girl?

While Hikigaya was in a daze, Ryuen Sho took a big sip of the drink with a straw, then looked up.

"Humph, I knew you would react like this, but don't worry, there's nothing wrong with my brain, and I don't have any other ideas. I just came here to treat you to a meal."

"No, no, no, this doesn't fit your character!"

If it was the original Long Yuan, shouldn't he have brought a few strong men to a place without surveillance, captured himself in the women's restroom and had a feast on him?

"Your dead fish eyes are really weird." Ryuuen was also frustrated by Hikigaya. "Okay, okay, I'll tell you the truth. This is not my opinion. It was proposed by Hiyori. She felt that the last time Class C on the uninhabited island had the result it had, thanks to your help, so she should find a way to give you some feedback and win you over at the same time."

"What's the point of winning over a small character like me..."

"Dead fish eyes, you really dare to say that."

Ryuuen sneered, as if mocking Hikigaya's overly modest behavior.

When Hikigaya thought about the fact that three classes had already invited him, he decisively declined, "Sorry, I don't have time. I appreciate your kindness."

"What can you do? You don't have time yet?" Ryuen Sho was overwhelmed by Hikigaya's answer, "Are you going to stay with your lover?"

"How is that possible!" Hikigaya felt guilty and quickly retorted, "I just have some personal matters to take care of. There's no reason why I have to go, right?"

If Hikigaya felt somewhat guilty about rejecting Ichinose and Kamuro, then when facing Ryuen Sho, Hikigaya did not hesitate at all and rejected the invitation very calmly.

Or maybe he couldn't even imagine himself attending a C class party. It was too weird...

"You really rejected me? It's a pity that even if you reject me, it's meaningless."

"What do you mean?"

Hikigaya looked at Ryuen Sho in confusion, not quite understanding what the other person meant.

Ryuen looked at him with a funny expression and said calmly: "I've already told you that this is an invitation from Hiyori. I'm just a messenger, so if you want to refuse, go find Hiyori herself and refuse!"

"What? Can't you just convey that to me?"

"I've already made an appointment for the sauna, and I'm going to sweat and steam all afternoon to relieve my wounds, so I don't have time!"

"Ryuuen you bastard!!"

Seeing Ryuen Sho's "planned plan" and his decisive abandonment of his half-eaten meal to avoid being threatened by Hikigaya, Hikigaya was completely annoyed.

It was obvious that this guy was still holding a grudge and was seeking revenge against me for what happened on the uninhabited island.

But the opponent's methods are really what I can't handle the most...

Go to Shiina himself to refuse the invitation for the evening?

Oh no, my stomach hurts when I think about this kind of thing!

Plus, Ichinose and Kamuro are next door, eyeing us covetously...

It seems there is only one solution!

You give it to Luda! !

"Long Yuan, wait a minute, tell me where you sweat it out! I want to go too!!!"

……

In the end, Hikigaya didn't go to the sauna with Ryuen Sho.

After all, not to mention how outrageous it was to be with Ryuen Sho, he himself had no interest in something as purely self-torture as sauna.

Instead of spending this time, you might as well go back to the dormitory and watch one or two episodes of the new show.

However, because he was worried that Shiina and the others might come to his dormitory to look for him, Hikigaya decisively gave up the idea of ​​going back to the dormitory.

In this case, the only option is to find a place on the cruise ship where no one will find you and hide.

But the question is where to hide?

As he walked, Hikigaya discovered that there was a large empty theater on the lowest level of the cruise ship. It was filled with rows of seats and a play was being performed on the stage.

Although since the artistic level of first-year students is generally not high, basically no one is willing to watch any stage plays here, resulting in this place being very empty.

Therefore, for Hikigaya who wanted to find a place to hide, this was a perfect hiding space.

"Just stay here until midnight and then go back."

Hikigaya found a seat and sat down, then couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief from the bottom of his heart.

To be honest, he is really not good at dealing with girls' overly enthusiastic attitude.

To him, it was just pure 'tenderness'.

Gentle girls are gentle to themselves, which means they are gentle to everyone, but their gentleness can easily give young men an illusion that they are only gentle to themselves.

Over time, misunderstandings arise, errors and distortions occur.

Hikigaya has learned his lesson time and again, so now he will no longer be deceived by any gentle attitude, nor will he have a wrong understanding just because of some actions that seem to be affectionate.

Yes, it was a purely social reason, and inviting yourself to dinner was essentially like a cocktail party for new employees at the company.

Hikigaya has never been able to tolerate such boring and purely life-wasting behavior, and will never choose to numb himself and indulge in it.

But occasionally, very occasionally, he would inexplicably feel a sense of loneliness, a concept that a lone ranger should not experience.

It was my birthday, but I could only hide in this empty opera house alone, watching a stage play whose meaning I could not understand at all.

This kind of self is too pathetic...

However, it was even less likely for Hikigaya to accept the gentleness that was like poison wrapped in sugar. He hated and even detested that hypocritical and tasteless illusion.

So, what exactly do you want?

If what Hikigaya Hachiman wants is not false tenderness, but he also longs to be no longer alone, then what exactly does he need?

A strange inspiration instinctively emerged in Hikigaya's mind, and he vaguely grasped an important thing that he had been pursuing for a long time but often forgot.

However, this does not mean that he can figure out the true identity of such a thing.

Even the feeling I have now is just due to the accumulation of too many coincidences, and I happened to feel a certain approximate answer.

It is like observing the world through so-called vision, but the world may not be what human vision presents.

Or maybe you don’t actually want to get the answer.

Hikigaya longs to be a lone ranger who is not noticed by anyone and is always on the edge, and who can remain standing even if he has no one to rely on.

As long as you maintain this state forever, you won't get hurt.

Once this situation changes, no one knows what will happen. It is even possible that, as Chabashi Sae said, he will experience real pain for himself.

In that case, close your eyes, think about nothing, and do nothing.

Just live alone like this until the end...

Due to various reasons, Hikigaya had complex thoughts in his mind, and he even suddenly realized the true meaning of the Lone Ranger.

But at this moment——

"Finally, I found you."

The girl's voice suddenly came from a distance, breaking Hikigaya's loneliness.

The latter turned around in surprise and found that the person in front of him was Horikita Suzune, who was panting.

"why you?"

For a moment, Hikigaya had no idea how many thoughts flashed through his mind, but in the end he felt inexplicably relieved.

As long as it’s not Ichinose and the others, it’s fine.