Hikigaya doesn't want to be a force of strength

It seems that up to now, Sakayanagi has hidden herself quite well and has not revealed her distinctive characteristics in front of anyone, so that other classes don't know what a nasty little devil she is.

Although Ayanokouji had noticed that Sakayanagi was different, he couldn't be sure of Sakayanagi's ability before seeing her performance.

Hikigaya was silently listening to the boys' lively conversation when he noticed a figure suddenly appear beside him.

"Hikigaya-san, long time no see."

"Kushi, Kushida?"

Seeing Kushida Kikyo appear in front of him in sportswear, Hikigaya's face showed an expression of obvious surprise.

Ever since something happened during the summer vacation, Kikyo Kushida has never come to see me again.

Although he could feel the other person's gaze from time to time, Kushida still pretended to keep a distance from him on the surface.

So Hikigaya was quite surprised at the moment.

It’s not because Kushida’s breasts look bigger because she’s wearing sportswear!

Hikigaya was a little overwhelmed by Kushida, who was wearing sportswear, and deliberately kept some distance from him.

When Kushida saw him like this, his eyes dimmed, but he still took the initiative to walk over and said, "I haven't talked to you much recently. I'm sorry."

"It's okay. There's no point in chatting with someone like me."

Hikigaya answered Kushida very naturally.

But the latter didn't want to talk about this kind of thing, his expression was stiff and gloomy.

"That's not true. Hikigaya has helped me a lot in the past." Kushida shook his head, his expression gradually becoming more serious. "Tomorrow is Saturday. Is Hikigaya free?"

"Asking me if I'm free? Wait...are you inviting me?"

Hikigaya was surprised by Kushida's proposal.

He totally couldn't understand the other party's purpose in saying this.

Kushida finally stopped hiding it and said with a tangled look: "It's like this, Horikita suddenly invited me to scout other classes, I was embarrassed to refuse her, so I agreed, but when I think about it now, it seems a little strange, I feel that someone like Horikita would not come to me with a simple purpose."

"I see." After hearing what Kushida said, Hikigaya finally understood the situation. "You are nervous about Horikita's sudden invitation, so you want to ask me to go with you to prevent any unexpected situations?"

"Bad, that's about it."

Kushida nodded silently.

She didn't say that she came to invite him because she felt safe with Hikigaya.

So Hikigaya naturally thought that Kushida wanted to find him as a third-party intermediary to prevent Horikita Suzune from being too aggressive in the process.

In fact, in the past, Kushida often sought help from Hikigaya because of Horikita's toughness.

"I see. I'll go with you then."

After thinking about it, Hikigaya decided to agree.

Although he didn't want to meet Horikita Suzune right now as it would only cause more embarrassment, by getting involved in this matter, he could obtain information on both Kushida and Horikita at the same time.

Most importantly, Hikigaya wants to find out whether Ayanokouji has influenced them.

After all, Ayanokouji's actions during this period were too frequent, making it difficult for Hikigaya to rest assured.

"Great."

Hearing Hikigaya's agreement, Kushida Kikyo immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and her originally nervous expression gradually revealed a slight smile.

But this smile only lasted for a brief moment.

Kushida seemed to quickly recall what happened during the summer vacation, and lowered his head with a tangled and complicated expression.

Chapter 450 Horikita: Kushida, are you really not a traitor?

The first weekend after the start of the second semester came quickly.

Before Hikigaya could enjoy the happiness of not having to get up early for school and being able to sleep in, he was woken up early by a phone call. He brushed his teeth, washed his face, and left the dormitory.

Since Horikita invited Kushida to go with them to investigate the movements of other classes, Kushida also called himself to go along to prevent the situation from getting out of control, which led to this trip.

Although they are going to investigate the movements of other classes, it seems that none of the three people really want to achieve this goal. They all have their own ulterior motives, and there is a sense of chaos like the murder case at Snowstorm Mountain Villa.

Come to think of it, if someone like me entered that kind of story, I would probably be treated as the first suspect on the spot, and because I have no alibi, I would be detained in solitary confinement and become the second victim.

Having imagined himself in a detective novel, Hikigaya walked into the elevator and immediately saw a familiar face in the dormitory lobby.

"Good morning, Hikigaya-san."

"Good morning, Kushida..."

Looking around, I saw Kushida Kikyo wearing the same casual clothes she wore during the summer vacation, with a bright smile on her face, as if she had no grudge against me at all.

Of course, Hikigaya can see that this is all just Kushida's disguise.

So he also pretended to know nothing and walked past.

"I'm so sorry for making such a strange request yesterday."

"It's okay. I was just sleeping in the dorm all day anyway."

"Hikigaya-san, you! You can't be so lazy!"

Kushida suddenly looked serious and gave himself an admonition.

Hikigaya didn't react for a moment and nodded instinctively, but then he suddenly froze and couldn't help but complain: "Are you my mother? There's no need to control me like this."

"Of course I am..."

Kushida's words got stuck in his throat halfway through, and he seemed to not know how to continue.

At this moment, Horikita Suzune slowly appeared from the side of the elevator. She seemed to be forced to participate in this kind of thing, and her face was obviously unhappy.

"… Sorry for the long wait." Horikita said hello, but suddenly saw an unexpected figure and exclaimed, "Hikigaya, why are you here?"

"I asked Hikigaya-san to come along."

Upon seeing this, Kushida immediately spoke up and explained why he had asked Hikigaya to come over for help.

In order to prevent Horikita from getting suspicious, she gave the reason that it would be better to have more manpower when investigating other classes, so she asked people from other classes for help.

Although Horikita was not happy about it, she had no choice but to accept this reality because the reason Kushida gave was too perfect.

"Now that everyone is here, let's go."

Kushida greeted Horikita with his usual smile, showing no dissatisfaction or emotion at all, which is undoubtedly Kushida's most amazing aspect.

On the other hand, Horikita Suzune looked like she couldn't hide her emotions at all.

For Horikita, not only was she unhappy about her contact with Kushida, but she also couldn't accept Hikigaya's presence.

After all, it was clear that Horikita didn't come to contact Kushida specifically to investigate the whereabouts of other classes.

She had another purpose for this trip.

"..."

After setting off, the three of them did not have any conversation, but just quietly went to where other classes were training.

Although it was still early, the playground was already bustling with students due to the pressure of the sports festival.

Of course, the largest number of people are still the members of various clubs, who are carrying out club activities.

The group with the largest number of people on the playground was undoubtedly the football club, which occupied the entire football field.

When Hikigaya was in elementary school, he also participated in the activities of the football club, but he was arranged to be a defender at that time. Because his own forward was too strong, he felt that the whole game had nothing to do with him. In the end, he and the goalkeeper who had an equally insignificant presence glared at each other for an entire afternoon.

Even so, that was the only time Hikigaya took part in a group activity, and it makes one feel overwhelmed whenever he thinks back on it.

Of course, don't even think about the time when he had a chuunibyou attack after that, called himself Ozora Tsubasa, and tried to do overhead kicks like crazy, almost giving himself a concussion.

Right now, there are a lot of people participating in this game on the football field. The teams seem to be a mixture of first to third graders, including even Hirata Yosuke, the leader of the first-year Class D, as well as some capable people from other classes.

Japan has always attached great importance to football education, and those who can join the football club are basically the backbone of the class.

While Hikigaya was observing the situation of the soccer club and having various thoughts, Kushida Kikyo finally couldn't stand the long silence of the three of them anymore and took the initiative to speak:

"Spying on club activities and getting information about students from other classes always makes me feel like a spy. It really makes my heart beat fast. I didn't expect Horikita-san to invite me to do such an exciting thing. Thank you so much."

"It's not such a great thing, the information available is very limited."

Horikita silently shook his head, denying Kushida's flattery.

"But, Horikita-san doesn't think so, right?" Kushida smiled, "Otherwise you wouldn't have specially invited me to do this."

"No matter how small the information is, it may be valuable without you noticing it." Horikita deliberately glanced at Kushida and said nonchalantly, "Besides the information about other classes, I also have other information I want to obtain."

"Other information?" Kushida looked confused, as if he couldn't understand what Horikita was saying. "Didn't you come out today just to find out about other classes?"

"I don't think you need to pretend to be this much, right?" Horikita couldn't stand Kushida's reaction and finally tried to test him, "Kushida, you should know my purpose, otherwise you wouldn't have called Hikigaya over, right?"

"I don't know." Kushida still pretended to be confused and said in a bewildered manner, "I asked Hikigaya to come here just because I thought he could help."

"Just let it be."

Horikita Suzune snorted coldly and ignored Kushida for the time being, instead turning her attention to Hikigaya.

Feeling the other party's sharp gaze, Hikigaya knew that the other party was resenting him for following him, and could only sigh helplessly: "Kushida took the initiative to invite me, there is nothing I can do."

"..."

Seeing Horikita looking pissed off, Hikigaya felt nothing in his heart.

Because he knew that the other party was most likely arranged by Ayanokouji, so he came to actively test Kushida.

Hikigaya would naturally not allow Ayanokouji's plan to succeed easily, so even if Kushida did not invite him today, he would most likely come over to take charge of the situation.

Horikita herself didn't know what Hikigaya was thinking, so she listened to him for the time being and looked at Kushida helplessly: "Kushida-san, I'm not interested in you."

"Wow, such cruel words all of a sudden..."

Horikita was indifferent to Kushida's words, pretending to be calm, and said calmly: "But now I have something I have to ask, can you please answer me?"

"I really want to say no, but if I don't answer, Horikita-san will definitely not give up easily."

"During the cruise ship exam during the summer vacation, Kushida, you really didn't become a betrayer?"

Horikita Suzune asked the question directly, and her attitude without any euphemism or evasion was quite admirable, but it was also a bit stupid.

After all, the reason for probing is that you need to find out information indirectly.

There was a 100% chance that she would not get the answer she wanted if she asked so blatantly.

As Hikigaya expected, Kushida immediately showed a stunned and incredible expression on his face, and said in panic: "Why do you think so? What did I do to make you doubt me so much, Horikita-san?"

"Because the timing was very wrong, you didn't tell anyone about the situation when you carried out that plan, which means you were secretly pulling the strings of Longyuan, which makes it hard not to be suspicious."

Horikita spoke slowly in a serious tone.

Hikigaya thought it was very strange for Horikita to say this, and it didn't seem like a loophole that the other party could come up with.

If things go as expected, this should be the suggestion that Ayanokouji privately proposed to Horikita Suzune, which led to today's conversation.

"..."

Kushida was panicked by Horikita Suzune's obvious suspicion that he was a traitor, but he did not show any sign of hesitation on the surface.

She said calmly, "I see. Horikita-san still doesn't trust me and treat me as a companion, even though I got the contract with Ryuen-san..."

"This……"

After hearing what Kushida said, Horikita panicked.

Because she was not completely sure, she only came here to test it out based on Ayanokouji's suggestion.

Seeing how confident Kushida was, she began to back off in her heart, and could only say helplessly: "Okay, just think of it as me being too suspicious. The results of the cruise ship exam also prove that you are not a traitor, but I still want to ask you, can I trust you as a classmate from now on?"

"Of course." Kushida said without the slightest hesitation, calm to an almost terrifying degree, "I want to work with everyone in Class D to achieve Class A, and I also hope to become everyone's companion. This feeling has never changed. Although I don't know why you said that to me, I hope you believe me."

Kushida smiled at Horikita and said this with a serious look in his eyes.

With such a sincere attitude, Horikita clearly began to regret making this attempt and began to doubt Ayanokouji's proposal.

Hikigaya, on the other hand, was convinced that Ayanokouji had completely gotten hold of Kushida based on what had just happened.

The other party was 100% certain that Kushida was the traitor.

From this point of view, Ayanokouji has definitely planted a spy in Class B. Ryuuen and Kushida have already lost from the beginning...