Hikigaya doesn't want to be a force of strength

Hirata Yosuke smiled and nodded, then suddenly found his cell phone ringing, and hurried to answer it.

"What's wrong?"

Seeing this, Hikigaya asked casually, not expecting an answer from the other party.

Unexpectedly, Hirata Yosuke spoke seriously, "It's Karuizawa. After she knew her group, she has been flustered. Although she still looks strong in the class, it seems more like she is just holding on. After the last uninhabited island exam, she has been listless."

"This……"

After hearing what Hirata said, Hikigaya remembered the existence of Karuizawa.

Because so many things happened during this period, he even forgot about the girl who disguised herself as Hirata Yosuke's girlfriend and gained special class status.

Originally, with the help of Hikigaya, he had gradually gotten rid of his dependence on Hirata and had the ability to independently influence class affairs.

However, due to his poor performance in the uninhabited island exam without consulting Hikigaya, Karuizawa's hard-earned reputation has now plummeted.

She is already far inferior to her competitors, Kikyo Kushida and Suzune Horikita.

The most important thing is that the other party may be out of guilt or fear, and has not dared to come to him for consultation during this period of time, resulting in Hikigaya not almost helping the other party.

If this continues, it is possible that Karuizawa Megumi will completely return to her original state and become a vassal of Hirata Yosuke again.

So, what should I do?

To be honest, Hikigaya felt that he had done his best for Karuizawa. If there was no special reason, he actually felt that there was no need for him to help more.

But if he had to watch Karuizawa fall back into depression, or even reach a critical point sooner or later and collapse like Kushida, he would feel a little uneasy.

While Hikigaya was hesitating, Hirata Yosuke continued to speak to himself: "But Karuizawa's grouping this time is indeed very bad. Whether it is Yukimura Teruhiko, Sotomura Hideo, or even Ayanokouji Kiyotaka, they are all boys who don't have a good relationship with her. Not only can Karuizawa not establish good cooperation, but she can't find anyone to rely on. I guess it will be very difficult..."

"Eh? Who are you talking about?"

When Hikigaya heard a name from Hirata Yosuke's mouth, his expression became a little subtle for a moment.

Hirata himself said in confusion: "Hikigaya, are you asking about the people in Karuizawa's group? They are Yukimura-san, Sotomura-san, and Ayanokouji-san."

"..."

Isn't it such a coincidence?

Hikigaya didn't expect that Ayanokouji would be in the same group as Karuizawa, and his expression suddenly became stiff.

Originally, he didn't want to meddle in Karuizawa Kei's affairs because he didn't think he needed to give her any extra help.

But now that Ayanokouji is involved, the situation has become different.

After all, in the last uninhabited island exam, Ayanokouji had already profoundly demonstrated what terrible methods he was good at using.

If the other party used the same operation on Karuizawa, there would be no doubt that Hikigaya would not be able to accept it.

It seems that I need to observe more about the group that Ayanokouji and Karuizawa are in.

"I have something to do next, so I have to leave first." Hirata Yosuke put on his clothes and was about to leave. "This exam has caused confusion among everyone in the class. Many people haven't even figured out the exam rules yet, and they all want to discuss it with me."

As the leader of Class D, Yosuke Hirata will undoubtedly be the target of attention of the entire class. Most people would want to discuss the situation with Hirata as soon as possible if they have the chance.

Sometimes, Hikigaya would have the inexplicable urge to "help me, Hirata-san", but he didn't want the other person to teach him how to become popular!

I don't want to be popular at all!

"Well, Hikigaya-san, I'm leaving now. If you notice anything like you did on the deserted island, please tell me immediately."

"No, it was just a coincidence then."

Hikigaya didn't want Hirata to pay too much attention to him, so he decisively denied his own contribution.

Seeing this, Hirata did not ask any further questions and nodded silently: "It doesn't matter if it's a coincidence. If there can be a second coincidence, I will be very happy."

After saying this, Hirata Yosuke turned around and left.

In response to this, Hikigaya sighed silently, arranged the investigation of the Karuizawa team into his schedule, and then lay down on the bed to rest.

Alas, you obviously want to be a salted fish.

Why do I feel like I’m becoming more and more like a corporate slave?

What exactly went wrong?

……

The Dragon Group's discussion room is on the second floor of the cruise ship.

At one o'clock in the afternoon, Hikigaya arrived at the discussion venue on time and found that there were many students on the same floor, and they all arrived at the same time as him.

Some students were leaning against the wall, while others were sitting and scrolling through their phones. It seemed like they had no intention of the exam starting soon.

However, Hikigaya keenly noticed that some of the students present were not members of the Dragon Team.

It seemed that they were assigned from other classes to conduct on-site investigation in order to investigate the specific identities of students in each group.

If we can summarize the identities of people in all groups and make a big list, we may be able to more clearly understand the pattern of the identities of those who are favored.

This is probably what the class leader who made this decision thought.

Unfortunately, it is clear that Class D does not have such execution ability.

As soon as Hikigaya arrived, he saw Horikita Suzune who was waiting there. She seemed to be nervous about the upcoming exam, so she had no intention of entering the meeting room.

After seeing Hikigaya coming, she immediately walked over and said slowly: "Why are you so slow? Did you step on dog poop on the road?"

"Can't you expect me to order something good?"

"Is that so? Then I hope that next time on your way to school, you can be transported directly to another world by a truck."

"It turned into a curse?! By the way, you know the story about the truck teleportation device. Have you read a lot of light novels recently?"

"Humph, just use it as bedtime reading."

Although Horikita Suzune maintained her usual cold attitude, it was an indisputable fact that she had been influenced by Hikigaya recently.

After all, if it were the previous Horikita Suzune, she would definitely not read any light novels.

Was this guy imitating her unconsciously, just like she had once deliberately imitated Horikita Manabu?

While Hikigaya was pondering over Horikita Suzune's behavior pattern, the figure of Kushida Kikyo slowly approached from a distance.

"You two are here really early."

"You are too slow. The test will start in two minutes."

Horikita Suzune always speaks her mind and doesn't give Kushida Kikyo any face at all.

Hikigaya saw the stiffness and anger on Kushida's face, but in order to disguise himself, he still smiled and replied, "Some classmates came to discuss something with me, and I was delayed on the way."

Kushida's status in the class is similar to Hirata's, and I think many students will rely on him.

On this point, it is obvious that Horikita Suzune cannot compare to the two of them. This is the limitation of the Lone Ranger.

"Good afternoon, Hikigaya-san."

"good afternoon……"

Hikigaya didn't expect Kushida to greet him out of the blue, and responded stiffly.

Although everything seemed normal to the other party on the surface, what happened in the cafe in the morning was obviously not false. In his heart, the other party must have regarded both himself and Horikita Suzune as enemies.

Even so, he is still able to pretend to get along well with others. Kushida is really amazing.

"Ah, Nishikawa-san is here, and Ando-san is here too."

Kushida suddenly started to greet everyone at the scene one by one, and they all responded with a smile.

Hikigaya Haruka remembered that Kushida once said that he wanted to get along well with everyone in the grade. Now it seems that he was not lying...

However, even someone as strong as Kushida still has people he cannot deal with.

"You are also from the Dragon Group."

A deep voice suddenly sounded from the scene, and Kōhei Katsuragi from Class A slowly walked over from a distance. His tall stature allowed him to almost look down at Hikigaya and the others at the scene.

When she saw Katsuragi, Kushida looked like she didn't know how to start the conversation. She was obviously not good at dealing with such an overly cold and calm person.

"What does it have to do with you that we are the Dragon Group?"

Facing Katsuragi, Horikita Suzune showed no fear at all and responded positively.

However, Katsuragi Kōhei didn't even look at Horikita, his eyes were fixed firmly on Hikigaya.

"Hikigaya, last time on the uninhabited island, you tricked our Class A and we suffered a crushing defeat, but this time, don't think you can still trample us under your feet."

"..."

Hikigaya didn't know how to respond to Katsuragi's remarks.

The most important thing is that Kushida and Horikita beside him showed him suspicious expressions, as if asking, "When did you plot against Class A, and how come we didn't know?"

Damn it, Katsuragi, you framed me!

Chapter 355: Didn’t you say you didn’t know the reason why Class A was defeated? !

Katsuragi accidentally revealed his plot against Class A to Horikita Suzune and Kushida Kikyo.

This matter was actually Hikigaya's own fault.

In order to help Kamuro Masumi out of trouble, he went to Class A to show off and told Katsuragi and the people in Class A everything he had done on the uninhabited island, causing Class A to fall into civil strife.

At that time, Hikigaya didn't think that Class A would tell others about this.

After all, this is in a sense a shame for Class A itself. Family disgrace should not be made public, and the other party would not take the initiative to tell everyone about their own humiliation.

But he forgot that most people might indeed follow the principle of not airing dirty laundry in public, but Kōhei Katsuragi is not an ordinary person.

This overly straightforward bald student Wu Ke not only directly described the disastrous defeat suffered by Class A, but also mentioned Hikigaya, the culprit.

It was a simple but extremely effective operation that Hikigaya really couldn't handle.

At this moment, he could even clearly feel the questioning gazes of Horikita Suzune and Kushida Kikyo staring at him, and their sharp sights seemed to pierce him completely.

"Hikigaya, didn't you say you didn't know the reason why Class A lost so badly?"

Horikita Suzune spoke to Hikigaya in a serious and earnest tone, asking him why he said at the end of the exam that he didn't know what the result would be.

Kushida also spoke in a complicated tone: "Hikigaya-san, did you do something before that I don't know? It turns out that I didn't gain your trust from the beginning..."

"Ah this..."

I didn't expect things to develop like this. To be honest, Hikigaya himself was a little confused.

He had never expected things to develop in this direction, and for a moment he didn't even know how to respond.

Fortunately, the current situation was clearly not the time to question Hikigaya.

Although Horikita and Kushida stared at him with complicated eyes, they did not lose their composure at this time, but chose to face the outside world together with Hikigaya.

"You are Kōhei Katsuragi from Class A, right?" Horikita Suzune stared at Kōhei Katsuragi with cold eyes. "Although I don't know what happened between you and that dead fish eyed guy, we will not let you pass this exam easily."

“We should be the ones saying this.”

Katsuragi Kōhei looked at Horikita Suzune with contempt, and had no intention of speaking to her further.

It was obvious that Katsuragi had no interest in Horikita, and had no intention of even having a proper conversation with her.

This is obviously because Katsuragi doesn't think Horikita has the ability to influence the situation in Class A, so he puts all his attention on Hikigaya.

Unfortunately, the only member of Class D who really cared about the exam was Horikita Suzune. Hikigaya had no interest in class struggles from the beginning...

But Katsuragi didn't know this. He still stared at Hikigaya and said, "To be honest, I didn't expect that Class A would be tripped up so much by you in the last exam. Why someone like you would appear in Class D is something I can't understand."

"No, no, I'm naturally born to be in Class D."

Hikigaya really didn't want to continue talking to Katsuragi.

After all, the opponent was simply a human-shaped target that attracted attention. With the opponent paying so much attention to him, Hikigaya's most skilled existence erasure was almost ineffective, and he was targeted by people from other classes.

And because Katsuragi paid too much attention to Hikigaya's attitude, Horikita Suzune became obviously dissatisfied.

After all, Horikita thought that she was the representative of Class D, but she was ignored by Katsuragi Kōhei from beginning to end, which could not but hurt her self-esteem.