Hikigaya doesn't want to be a force of strength

Hikigaya made a sound in surprise.

And Kushida Kikyo in front of him slowly turned around, revealing her face that exuded the same lovely temperament as always.

"Eh? Hikigaya...-san?"

"It's you, Kushida. Why are you here alone?"

Although the deck at night is a place where everyone can come, as Hikigaya has just witnessed, it is a space full of couples. Most people will instinctively retreat from this environment when they see so many pairs of boys and girls.

Therefore, Hikigaya was very curious about the reason why Kushida stayed here alone.

"This……"

When hearing Hikigaya's question, Kushida was suddenly stunned, as if he had not yet thought of an answer to this question.

Although she looked calm on the surface, it was obvious that there were a lot of waves in her heart, so much so that the corners of her mouth looked a little stiff.

Hikigaya then asked suspiciously, "Are you here alone?"

He first thought that Kushida was staying here alone, perhaps to secretly vent his stress like before, but he quickly rejected this idea.

Although there weren't many people on the deck, there were still some people wandering around. It was okay to do some sneaky and private conversations in this place, but if it was the same kind of venting behavior that Kushida had done before, such as kicking the railings and yelling at other students, he would probably be discovered on the spot.

In that case, why would Kushida be on this deck alone?

"Yes, yes." Kushida Kikyo said in a panic, "I felt a little sleepless tonight, so I came out for a walk."

"This, this is it."

Although Kushida gave a seemingly acceptable reason, it was so untenable that it seemed like it had just been made up.

And although Kushida looked like he had just taken a shower and was wearing loose sportswear, with an indescribable comfortable fragrance, he looked like he had dressed up specially, and it didn't look like he was out for a walk because he couldn't sleep...

Could it be that Kushida is secretly having a tryst with someone here?

Hikigaya instinctively had such a guess, but in the next second he shook his head silently, feeling that he shouldn't care too much about other people's privacy.

"Hikigaya-san, are you alone too?"

Kushida seemed to see Hikigaya's suspicion and quickly changed the subject.

"Yes."

"I see." Hearing Hikigaya's words, Kushida smiled, "We are both single. It's a bit embarrassing to be alone in a place like this, so I'm happy that Hikigaya-san can come and accompany me."

"This……"

Although he knew that Kushida only meant it casually, Hikigaya's heart still beat faster when he heard the beautiful girl say such words to him.

In order not to reveal his nervousness, he quickly said, "Ahem, well, I feel a little sleepy, so I'll go back to sleep first."

"You're leaving so soon? Aren't you going to stay with me?"

When Kushida heard what Hikigaya said, he suddenly looked a little anxious.

"Ahem, I think it's better for me to go back. It would be terrible if someone saw us staying together at night and caused misunderstandings."

"..."

Hikigaya felt embarrassed to continue staying in this kind of atmosphere, so he turned around and tried to leave.

at this time.

“Wait a minute—!”

Kushida Kikyo suddenly shouted loudly, and ran over and threw herself into Hikigaya's arms. With this close contact, Hikigaya could feel the temperature of the other's body even through the clothes.

"What, what, what happened!"

Hikigaya never expected something like this to happen, and immediately showed his bewilderment.

After a brief silence, Kushida Kikyo suddenly spoke awkwardly: "I'm sorry, I just feel... that... maybe I suddenly feel lonely being alone here."

A beautiful girl lying in his arms and saying such words that would make any man's blood boil, even with Hikigaya's rationality, it was really a bit too much to bear.

He felt like there were two consciousnesses colliding in his brain. The emotional mind was shouting "Hold her, hold her", while the rational mind was cheering on the sidelines, "Go, go."

There is no difference between the two mindsets!!

Angels and demons have united their front...

"Kushida?!"

At the moment when Hikigaya's rationality was about to burst like a dam, Kushida suddenly broke free from a certain state and hurriedly distanced himself.

"S-Sorry. I...that...huggled you suddenly...Goodnight!"

The girl said this in a panic, then lowered her head, as if she was very shy, and ran straight into the cruise ship.

Seeing this scene, Hikigaya felt the remaining warmth on his hands and chest, and stood still.

He wasn't thinking about what had just happened, and although his lower body almost reacted, Hikigaya wasn't going to lose his mind to that extent.

Thinking carefully about Kushida's actions just now, I feel that there are many suspicious points, and it doesn't seem normal at all.

Considering what the other party said before, that he wanted to oppose him and Horikita, he was afraid that Kushida was hiding something shameful from him.

Considering the other party's status as a favored class, some kind of private cooperation with other classes is the most likely thing to happen!

No one in this class really wants to be quiet.

Faced with the exhausting reality, Hikigaya sighed from the bottom of his heart and once again felt deep regret for his decision to attend this terrible school. He wished he could go back in time in a time machine and strangle himself for making the wrong choice.

Chapter 371 You are targeting Hikigaya and Ayanokouji!

Because he was concerned about Kushida, Hikigaya did not return to the dormitory immediately. Instead, he pretended to go around the cruise ship and then returned to the entrance of the deck.

As a result, when he came back, he found that the person who appeared here was not Kushida, but a familiar Ryuuen boy.

How come I met this guy again?

It seems that since the end of the uninhabited island exam, Ryuen Sho's actions have become more and more frequent. I don't know if it's for other reasons, or if it's because of the failure on the uninhabited island that made him want to save his face.

Hikigaya didn't want to meet Ryuen at first, but he didn't expect that after Ryuen Sho spotted him, he would come over to him.

"Tsk tsk, you dead fish eyes, you are still on the deck so late, are you planning to have a tryst with someone?"

"I should be the one saying this, right? Why are you here alone?"

"Of course I'm here for a tryst. Do you think I'd be as bored as you, sitting alone on the deck in the cold wind?"

Ryuen Sho admitted without hesitation that he was here to have a tryst with someone, and at the same time he made a mockery of Hikigaya.

Hikigaya wasn't angry at being slandered like this.

After all, as a loner, he was often so bored that he just sat on the deck in the cold wind.

To him, Ryuen Sho's words were not a mockery at all, they were just statements of certain facts.

So he said nonchalantly, "Really? Where's the person you were meeting? Hasn't he arrived yet? Isn't he scared by your scary appearance and doesn't dare to come?"

"You are really merciless with your words."

Ryuen Sho glanced at Hikigaya coldly, obviously unable to adapt to the other's overly shameless attitude.

Hikigaya also couldn't handle Ryuuen's arrogance, so he silently prepared to leave and parted unhappily.

However, just as Hikigaya was about to leave, Ryuen Sho suddenly stopped him and said, "Hey, Dead Fish Eyes, what do you think about the proposal at the previous Dragon Team meeting?"

"Dragon Group's proposal?"

Hikigaya was stunned for a moment, then he remembered that what Ryuen meant was the proposal he had made before, that the other three classes should join forces to find out the rules of the favored ones and jointly deal with Class A.

However, although Hikigaya proposed this idea, neither Ichinose nor Horikita had any intention of implementing it.

And the biggest reason why they were unwilling to do so was the leader of Class C, Ryuen Sho, who was in front of them.

As a dictatorial tyrant, the other party is too untrustworthy. As long as Ryuuen gets involved, cooperation among the three classes is doomed to be impossible.

And now that Ryuen suddenly proposed this plan again, Hikigaya undoubtedly felt very confused.

"What do you want to say?"

"Hehe, even though those two idiots Ichinose and Horikita have refused, I still think this is one of the most useful methods." Ryuen Sho showed a flamboyant smile on his face, "How about you cooperate with me? Even if no other classes get involved, I can now basically determine the rules of the preferential treatment."

"..."

Ryuen Sho's attitude doesn't seem like bluffing.

In other words, the other party may actually have obtained decisive evidence that enables him to grasp the law of preferential treatment.

And considering that the rules of the favored class are definitely not discovered by relying on the favored class identity of a single class, that is to say, Long Yuan has currently grasped the favored class identity of at least one other class.

Tsk tsk, I never thought things would turn out like this...

Kushida, you actually became a traitor.

In just a moment, Hikigaya figured out everything behind Ryuuen's words.

He also realized that after doing this, Kikyo Kushida must have been under unimaginable psychological pressure.

There is obviously only one goal that can make the other party so desperate and make such a huge sacrifice - that is to defeat Horikita Suzune.

Tsk tsk, when women get cruel, they are really scary.

However, why did Long Yuan tell me this specifically? He could have kept it a secret and prevented me from knowing the truth...

Eh? Did Ryuuen let me know this on purpose?

Hikigaya continued to organize his thoughts and deduced what Ryuen Sho might be thinking.

It is possible that the other party cannot be sure of the information about the beneficiaries provided by Kushida, or in other words, the other party cannot fully believe that Kushida Kikyo's actions were spontaneous and there was no one behind the scenes pushing them.

For this reason, Ryuuen took the initiative to leak the news to himself in order to test whether Kushida's behavior was really spontaneous and had nothing to do with the will of someone in Class D.

What a petty idea...

No wonder Ichinose said that this guy is more like a 'snake' than a 'dragon'. He is simply a cunning snake to the extreme, who will not release his eagle until he sees the rabbit!

A lot of thoughts flashed through his mind in an instant, and Hikigaya easily deduced the transaction between Ryuen Sho and Kushida Kikyo, as well as the reason why the other party took the initiative to find him.

"I said, I have no interest in participating in class competition, so you don't need to talk to me about this."

Hikigaya once again expressed his attitude to Ryuen Sho.

He had no interest in participating in class competition, so he had no idea of ​​knowing the rules of preferential treatment.

It would be better for him not to know about that kind of thing.

So as to avoid unnecessary trouble.

After hearing his words, Ryuen Sho fell silent, as if he was considering whether his words were true or false.

"Just take it as it is, Dead Fish Eyes." Ryuuen nodded silently and said nonchalantly, "To me, whether you are an enemy or not is not important at all. After all, if anyone dares to hinder me, even if it is this school, I will overthrow them all."

Ryuuen once again uttered those second-year and arrogant words.

Then he even left the deck and walked into the cruise ship.

……

"Kushida and Ryuen have reached a cooperation."

When he arrived inside the cruise ship, Hikigaya found a vending machine and bought a bottle of free coffee.

As he opened his coffee, he thought about what had just happened.

Since he didn't know the whole story, he could only roughly infer that Kushida told Ryuen that he was a favored member of the Dragon Group, and exchanged it for something from Ryuen Sho.

As a result, Long Yuan has most likely figured out the rules for setting the identities of the favored persons by the school, and has mastered the identities of all the favored persons in the twelve groups at once.

If Class C uses this information to report all the favored people in the nine classes other than its own, it will be able to gain 450 class points in one go and become the leading class.

Even if Koenji's surprise attack causes a class to be eliminated early, Class C led by Ryuen will at least get 400 points.

The other three classes will all lose more than 100 points. In that case, Class C will become Class A, and the other classes will be trampled under Ryuen's feet.

That's a crazy thing to think about.

But will things become that simple?