Hikigaya doesn't want to be a force of strength

Hikigaya was very familiar with this situation.

As a topic terminator and a lone ranger, every time he entered the classroom, he would create a similar area of ​​silence, blocking the language centers of everyone present.

At that time, I doubted several times whether I had awakened some superpowers.

Hahaha, it would be nice if it really was a super power...

In short, the on-site environment has been set up according to Hikigaya's expectations.

For his own purposes, he forced these three forces to the same negotiating table, but as he said, he really came to help them.

First of all, although Ryuen Sho has the information of all the favored students in the class, the only person who has information about the favored students outside the class is Kikyo Kushida.

The most important thing is that he still has indelible doubts about Kushida and is not 100% confident that the information that Kushida is the one who benefits is correct.

This will undoubtedly create an indelible panic in Ryuuen's heart. Until the end of the exam, he will welcome the end of the exam with this doubt in his heart.

In order to solve Ryuuen's trust issue, Hikigaya brought Ichinose and Kushida here. Through a three-party deal, he allowed the other party to obtain enough samples of the favored persons. In this way, even Ryuuen would not be able to doubt the correctness of the information and could rest assured.

The second is Ichinose. He was unable to accept the result of the exam and found it difficult to accept the reality that Class A had won a great victory. However, he could not make up his mind to cooperate with other classes and could only hesitate and waver between the two.

It was precisely to help Ichinose that Hikigaya chose to add fuel to the fire and bring him to establish a cooperative relationship with Ryuen Sho in order to fight against Class A's silent operation.

As for Kushida, Hikigaya had actually long seen that Kushida Kikyo was not the selfish person she thought she was.

Although the other party has always had two different personalities, one on the surface and the other on the inside, as Hikigaya once said when evaluating Karuizawa, if a person always plays one character, he or she will be influenced little by little by the hypocritical personality he or she plays, and even gradually become like that.

Kushida is essentially a cold and selfish person, but in order to gain recognition from others, she has always been acting as a gentle, kind and considerate girl.

Is it really possible that she, who has been playing such a role for such a long time, is not affected at all?

In other words, if Kushida was not a gentle person at heart, would she have been able to play a completely different character for such a long time and almost never be exposed?

After all, how people live their lives is often not something they can control.

What kind of person Kikyo Kushida is is often not something she can judge by herself, but can only be concluded based on facts.

At least, through the conversation, Hikigaya confirmed that Kushida was not an extremely selfish person in nature, and there was still some tenderness in her heart.

Because of this, in order to protect this tenderness and to save Kushida, Hikigaya created the current situation and gave the other party a chance to regret what he had done.

To sum up, although everything Hikigaya did was motivated by his own selfishness, it was indeed a perfect result for everyone.

Although everyone contributes and receives differently, everyone has the same belief and will to act.

This may be the real choice where no one gets hurt.

"Well, let me explain why everyone is gathered here tonight."

"..."

Seeing that no one spoke, and even Ichinose was unable to control the situation, Hikigaya was forced to volunteer and stand up to explain.

He first glanced at Ichinose. The pink-haired girl was standing there somewhat stiffly, glancing in the direction of Hikigaya from time to time.

Ichinose was obviously not used to this kind of situation where she had no control over the situation. Whether she was in Class B or in the Dragon Team, she had never been in such a helpless situation before.

But unfortunately, no one at the scene, whether it was Ryuen Sho, Kushida Kikyo, or Hikigaya, was someone who would be influenced by the other party's gentle leadership temperament.

Therefore, Hikigaya could only take the initiative to speak: "Ryuen, haven't you always wanted to cooperate with Class B? I have already convinced Ichinose that she is willing to cooperate with you and disclose the information of the favored person."

"Really?"

After hearing what Hikigaya said, even Ryuen Sho's eyes couldn't help but flash a hint of doubt.

He obviously put a lot of effort into cooperating with Class B.

However, due to the hostility and distrust of Class B's leader Ichinose towards him, this matter has not made any progress, so much so that Ryuuen is about to give up.

So he never expected that Hikigaya would take the initiative to help and promote the cooperation between Class C and Class B.

"Yes, I am willing to cooperate with Class C." In response to Ryuen's gaze, Ichinose took a deep breath and nodded, "As a condition, I need Class C to not actively attack Class B after obtaining information about the favored person."

Ichinose proposed a very conservative condition.

This is not only her personality and style, but also because she does not want to have too much unnecessary contact with Ryuuen in this exam.

Yes, Ichinose still has a deep resistance to Ryuuen in her heart. She would rather give up the victory of this exam than take advantage of Class C's bonuses under any conditions and achieve true cooperation.

"Haha, you are really proud, Ichinose." Ryuen understood what Ichinose meant, "But don't you see that in order to pursue cooperation with your Class B, I have already made advance advances to your class?"

"W-what do you mean?"

"The one who is favored by the Ox Group... is he from your Class B?"

"This……"

As Ryuen Sho finished speaking, Ichinose's expression suddenly became confused.

On the other hand, Ryuen Sho spoke calmly, "I got the information that the person favored by the Ox Group was Class B through other means, but I was not interested in earning such a small amount of points, so I deliberately let the people of Class C make a wrong guess, in order to show goodwill to you, Class B, and make you willing to cooperate with me. Unfortunately, I seem to have overestimated you, and you don't realize the meaning of my actions at all."

"..."

Ichinose was greatly surprised by Ryuen Sho's words.

She really didn't realize that the end of the Niu Group's exam actually contained this hidden story.

At the time, she thought that a student from a certain class had made a wrong decision in a hurry, or that someone like Koenji who was out of the class's control had caused trouble...

Ichinose had never considered that it was Class C that was actively giving points to Class B in an attempt to pursue a cooperative relationship with Class B.

The fact that Ryuuen Sho would rather go to this extent and cooperate with Class B is enough to prove how much he wants to win this exam.

Ichinose even felt a little lost for a moment, realizing that he was far inferior to Ryuuen in the pursuit of class victory.

After all, she even hesitated for so long about cooperating with Class C. She was not a qualified leader at all...

On the other side, Ryuen Sho didn't care about Ichinose's reaction. He never took Ichinose seriously from the beginning and looked at Hikigaya with cold eyes.

"I know why you called Ichinose over here, but what about Kushida? What was your purpose in calling her over?"

"Didn't I tell you that Kushida's identity as a favored person might be a lie to you?"

Hikigaya said calmly, "I came to you to tell you who Class D really favors and to make this deal with you."

Chapter 388: Shiina, please stop leaning too much towards this dead fish eye, okay? !

No. 388 Palm

Hikigaya made the second deal with Ryuen Sho on behalf of Kushida Kikyo.

When he decided to start a deal with Ryuen Sho, he was certain that Kushida Kikyo's help was indispensable.

And he believed that Kushida would be willing to assist him.

After all, Kushida Kikyo's desire to deal with Horikita Suzune was only out of selfishness. She chose to betray the class for her own desires in exchange for Ryuen's assistance. However, telling Ryuen Sho about her identity as the favored person was something that was not in the class's interest and would harm the interests of the entire Class D.

Such a transaction with unequal benefits can easily have an impact on people's morality.

Because Kushida's behavior is like that of a traitor during the war, who satisfies his own personal desires by selling out the interests of the public.

You have to know that the actions of traitors during the war would be criticized by others, and even cursed by people of consecutive generations.

If the fact that Kushida betrayed Class D were to be known by the people in the class, it would probably be a huge shock to them.

It would be fine if Kushida had really made up her mind and was willing to bear this too painful sin and defeat Horikita Suzune at all costs. However, it is obvious that Kushida cannot bear such a heavy price, which can be seen from her depressed state in the past few days.

Therefore, Hikigaya was very sure that Kushida Kikyo did not really want to be a traitor, and deep in her heart she had already regretted what she had done.

In this way, he only needs a little guidance to make Kushida return to the right path.

However, when Kushida Kikyo told Ryuen Sho about her preferential treatment, the fact that he was a traitor to Class D was already an unchangeable fact.

Unless Hikigaya can travel back in time in a time machine to two days ago and stop Kushida from giving up his betrayal, his identity as a betrayer is doomed to be unchangeable.

Therefore, when Hikigaya accepted the commission from Kushida, what he was looking for was not to make Kushida's betrayal disappear.

Since the fact that Kushida became a traitor to Class D cannot be changed, the only way to reverse this matter and make his behavior of betraying Class D disappear is to make the betrayal actually bring positive benefits to Class D.

Simply put, it is to make Kushida's betrayal generate benefits.

As long as, in fact, Kushida's betrayal brings good feedback to Class D, the betrayal still exists and can be forgiven by others.

In this way, Kushida's huge inner burden and repressed emotions will naturally be relieved.

In order to achieve this goal, all you have to do is deceive Ryuen Sho.

The key to deception is telling the truth and the "sense of authenticity" created by long-term brewing.

Only if Ryuen Sho believes that he is telling the truth, and he actually tells the truth, then the false things can unconsciously develop real properties.

"You said you were going to tell me the real favored person in Class D?"

"Yes, although you have obtained the status of a favored student of Class C and Class B, it is still not safe to see through the rules set by the school, right?" Hikigaya looked at Ryuen calmly and said without any pretense, "Only by obtaining the status of a favored student of Class D can you ensure that the rules you see through are indeed correct."

"While what you said is true, but..."

"It has come to this, are you still worried that I am lying to you?"

Although he was actually deceiving the other party, Hikigaya's attitude was so tough that it was hard to tell that he had any intention of deceiving.

"But what good will this do for you?" Ryuen Sho was not so easily fooled, his expression was as sharp as a snake, "It was already strange that you suddenly got involved in this matter, and now you are even taking care of Class D's affairs? Didn't you always say that you have no interest in class struggles?"

"I did say that I have no interest in class struggles." Hikigaya calmly waved his hand at Ryuen's suspicion, "I certainly didn't come here to find you for the benefit of Class D. After all, I never said that this transaction was related to Class D's class points."

"It's not related to Class D's class points? Then what you want is..."

"Same old, I want some personal points."

Hikigaya used realistic expressions to create a powerful atmosphere that made people believe, "Because I couldn't bear to see you being deceived, and there is an opportunity to gain profit in this matter, so I came here to help you, thank me, Ryuen."

"Dead fish eyes, you bastard..."

Hearing what Hikigaya said, Ryuuen looked furious on the surface. He didn't expect to be taken advantage of at this time, but Hikigaya could see that the other party was actually relieved in private.

After all, as I said before, Ryuen Sho is a suspicious person.

He was not afraid of Katsuragi Kōhei, nor was he afraid of Ichinose Honami, and he didn't care about any actions of the minions in Class D, or even the rules set by the school.

The only thing he was afraid of was the absolute unknown and unpredictable intentions.

In Ryuen's eyes, all of Hikigaya's previous actions were the embodiment of unpredictable intentions. He completely couldn't understand why the other party suddenly wanted to help Class C so kindly.

If Hikigaya just ended the deal and went back to sleep, Ryuuen would probably not be able to sleep like a baby for a long time.

After all, Ryuuen will always doubt and speculate about the purpose of Hikigaya's actions. Before he finds out why the other party helps Class C, he decides not to easily believe in any of Hikigaya's actions.

So now, when Hikigaya showed that he had come to do so many things in order to "gain personal points", and even created a scene where all three teams gathered together, Ryuen's second shoe suddenly dropped to the ground.

To this end, he even ignored the incongruity of Hikigaya's request, and ignored the fact that the action taken by Hikigaya this time was essentially to make up for the mistakes made by Kushida.

"How many points do you want?"

Ryuen Sho looked at Hikigaya with caution. Although he felt very relieved about Hikigaya's request, he would naturally not accept it easily on the surface. At least he didn't want to be ripped off so easily.

Hikigaya calmly said, "If Class C acts normally this time and reports all of Class D's favored people, Class D will lose at least 150 class points. According to the previous equivalent exchange, everyone in Class C will have to give me at least 15000 points per month. This is reasonable."

"Humph, I knew you would ask for too much."

It was obvious that Ryuen could accept the conditions given by Hikigaya.

Although exchanging class points for personal points is not a profitable business, don't forget that Ryuuen can still attack the three favored students in Class A.

In fact, the class points earned by Class C far exceed the individual points required by Hikigaya.

"Don't worry, I just mentioned the compensation for Kushida. I haven't mentioned my personal compensation yet." Hikigaya looked at Ryuen with a smile, "I helped you unite Class B and Class D, so I am more or less a reliable middleman. According to the saying that middlemen make a profit from the price difference, 5000 points per month for each of us is not too much, right?"

"Dead fish eyes, are you pushing it too far?!"

Hikigaya wants to earn millions of personal points just by talking, but Ryuen Sho will obviously not allow this to happen so easily.

Hikigaya calmly said, "Ryuuen, think of it this way. Class C giving me points is, in a sense, strengthening the bond between us. After all, only when Class C gets enough class points can it provide me with enough personal points. We are interdependent. In order to strengthen this relationship, we can have more cooperation in the future."

Hikigaya tried to convince Ryuen Sho to accept his conditions by saying that they wanted to strengthen their partnership.

But how could Ryuen be taken advantage of so easily? Just as he was about to retort, he found Shiina beside him clapping his hands and smiling, "I think Hikigaya-san's suggestion is great. How about Ryuen-kun agree to it?"

"Hey, can you please stop leaning on this dead fish eye?"

"What are you talking about? Didn't I say that I would help Ryuen-kun for the improvement of Class C?" Shiina ignored Ryuen Sho's gaze and said calmly, "In my opinion, if Class C wants to go further in the future, it is necessary to deepen the relationship with Hikigaya-san."