Hikigaya doesn't want to be a force of strength

Fortunately, it was evening now and the setting sun made it hard to see his face, so he didn't embarrass himself.

Kushida himself seemed to want to muster up some courage, but when the words came to his lips, he couldn't say them. In the end, he just said in a tangled way:

"...After all, Hikigaya-san, you've obviously sided with Horikita Suzune now, haven't you?"

"This……"

Hikigaya's slightly hot cheeks calmed down immediately after hearing what Kushida said.

Fortunately, my self-awareness was not too rampant and I did not do anything stupid.

It seems that Kushida wanted to drive Horikita away because he doubted the relationship between himself and Horikita, not because he was jealous of Horikita's closeness to him.

I almost thought too much and embarrassed myself.

Recalling the countless dark histories in junior high school, Hikigaya calmed down almost instantly. He looked at Kushida silently, shook his head and said, "I won't help Horikita, you can rest assured about that."

"Then can you help me get Horikita Suzune expelled from school?!"

There was a glimmer of anticipation in Kushida's eyes, but at the same time there was also a firmness and determination.

She made it clear that she could no longer tolerate Horikita Suzune's existence and was determined to expel Horikita Suzune from school no matter what.

"..."

In response to Kushida's determination, Hikigaya was silent for a moment, and finally shook his head.

After all, he still remembered the trust that the student council president had placed in him, and there was no way he would take the initiative to expel the president's sister from school.

And his answer undoubtedly completely shattered Kikyo Kushida's hopes.

The brown-haired girl showed a trace of a sad smile on her face, then she straightened her back, stared into Hikigaya's eyes, and said seriously: "I have decided, between me and Horikita Suzune, only one person can stay in this school! No matter what the cost, I will expel her, and no one can change this!"

After Kushida finished speaking, he walked straight towards Class B.

Looking at the other person's departing back, Hikigaya sighed silently. Although he had already prepared himself for the possibility of not being able to convince Kushida, he still felt helpless to watch the other person walk into the abyss.

However, perhaps this is something that Kushida must face.

If this is the 'real thing' that the other party is pursuing, then there is no reason for me to stop him.

Whether it is Horikita Suzune or Kushida Kikyo, they at least understand what they are pursuing, which is beyond many people in the world.

As for Hikigaya himself, he has not yet found the goal he is pursuing.

Of course, he didn't want any particular target.

After all, anything that can be obtained is definitely fake and will disappear one day.

What he really wants is the only real thing that has no form, cannot withstand touch, will never change, and will always exist.

Unfortunately, that is something that can only be seen in dreams and does not exist in reality.

Chapter 454: I'm not interested in talking to a fool who can't see the situation clearly.

Time flies, and the day of the sports festival has finally arrived.

In the eyes of all the students in the school, this will be an extremely long day. Starting from the morning, every student wears sportswear and enters the playground in a line according to the previous training.

However, although they entered the venue in a line, most of the students were just walking normally, without marching in step like in the military training in neighboring China.

The reason for this is that as a defeated country in World War II, Japan was not allowed to have any form of troops, and naturally there was no way to recruit soldiers, and even the tradition of military training never developed.

Therefore, even during the rare sports festival, the students looked quite lazy, and only a few members of the sports clubs appeared to be in high spirits.

"I want to show my handsome side and strongly recommend myself to Kikyo-chan!"

As soon as Ike Kanji arrived at the playground, he started to act crazy as usual, excitedly speaking his thoughts.

Unfortunately, everyone had demonstrated their athletic abilities in previous daily training, and except for dangerous individuals like Ayanokouji who hid his abilities, and lawless individuals like Koenji who were completely uncooperative, the athletic abilities of most people had basically been confirmed.

Ike Kanji's athletic ability is below average, even worse than Hikigaya. His idea of ​​showing his handsome side is destined to be just a castle in the air and will never be realized.

Before the sports festival began, Class 3-A went on stage to perform an opening ceremony.

Just like before, the speaker was not Horikita Manabu, but the senior named Fujimaki, who made the opening statement in front of everyone.

"They are really well prepared. They even installed cameras to judge the results."

Ayanokouji spoke to himself, and his words aroused reactions from many students. They all looked into the distance and saw the camera.

Hirata Yosuke then concluded: "In other words, the school should absolutely avoid misjudgments or ambiguous conclusions and ensure that a fair result will occur."

“It really has the style of this school.”

Horikita Suzune nodded, looking serious and it seemed that she cared a lot about the result of this exam.

"Hi-Hikigaya-san, which group are you in for the 100-meter race?"

Hikigaya was slacking off on the playground when Sakura Airi suddenly popped up and spoke curiously like a curled-up kitten.

"The ninth group, pretty far back." Hikigaya recalled the order he was assigned to before and answered calmly.

"I'm in the second group, what a pity."

Sakura Airi seemed to want to compete at the same time as Hikigaya, and disappointment appeared on her face.

Hikigaya didn't care. After all, the men's and women's competitions did not start at the same time, and even if they were in the same group, there was no possibility of them meeting each other.

And Sakura Airi quickly came to her senses and said hopefully:

"I'll finish the race faster than you, and I'll cheer you on, Hikigaya-san!"

"You should cheer yourself up first."

In the previous training, Sakura fully demonstrated how poor her physical abilities were as a homegirl.

In all the training sessions in the class, Sakura was always at the bottom of the list, which made Horikita's brows twitch, and she wanted to kick her out of the class on the spot.

Sakura obviously knew this better than anyone else, so she could only smile stiffly and nod:

"Well, I'll try my best not to be the last one."

After Sakura and Hikigaya's conversation ended, the first-year students were already heading to the playground for the competition.

All the sports festival competitions are held in order, starting with the first graders and ending with the third graders. The order of the competitions is based on the information submitted by each class in advance, and the competitions are held according to the decided combinations.

Because of this, each class would only find out who the other classes wanted to use and in what order until the day of the race, and there was no way to make targeted arrangements.

The entire grade was divided into ten groups for the exam. Hikigaya was in the ninth group, almost the last one, so he quietly came to the auditorium to watch the performance of other students.

According to Class D's plan, in each batch of students selected to participate in the competition, the best ones will be in the same echelon as the weakest students, so as to ensure that the best ones win.

Therefore, the first group includes not only the "strongest" student in Class D, Ken Sudo, but also Hideo Sotomura, the last-ranked player in the class.

Almost all the students in Class D stared at Sudo Ken.

After all, Sudo's performance will greatly affect the outcome of the sports festival. If Sudo's success in the initial event can give his opponents a warning, then everyone in Class D can take advantage of that momentum and become more courageous. But if even Sudo cannot achieve excellent performance, the other students will naturally lose confidence in winning.

"They all look like lousy guys, with lots of fat people and nerds. Sudou is definitely the first one, right? -"

Chi Kuanzhi was very happy to see this result.

But Hirata Yosuke and Horikita Suzune did not look happy.

"The best scenario is that Sudo can knock down the trump cards of other classes, making the opponent's trump cards ineffective. That's why Sudo was placed in the first group of contestants." Hirata Yosuke frowned, "But it seems that the opponent didn't put the trump cards in the front. They were just small fry, which completely ruined our plan."

"It must be just bad luck."

Horikita Suzune had no suspicion and did not think that other classes might be targeting her. She just thought it was just luck.

The other students in Class D did not have too many doubts and watched the result of the game silently.

Soon, the first group of the 100-meter race officially began. Sudo stood up perfectly at the same time as the whistle, ran out, and finally reached the finish line with an overwhelming gap that no one nearby could catch up with. He won the first place without any accidents.

As expected, Sotomura Hideo, who was in the same group, took the last place...

Before everyone could bask in the afterglow of the start of the race, the starting signal for the next group sounded.

Before Hikigaya could react, he found himself having to go up and run as well. Without thinking too much, he just gave it his all.

In the end, we performed unexpectedly well and took third place in the group.

"I remember there were extra points for third place in the group, but I didn't expect that I would have such a chance."

This was not only because Horikita had been pushing him to train tirelessly in the previous semester, but also because of Hikigaya's careful preparation during this period.

People really have to be forced out.

"Hikigaya-san, you performed very well."

Hirata Yosuke wiped the sweat off his forehead and came over from a distance.

As a strong player in Class D, he won the first place without any suspense. Together with Sudo and Horikita, he became the hero of the class winning the first place for the first time.

The performances of other students in the class were generally not good. Ayanokouji, as always, hid his abilities and took fifth place, which was neither fast nor slow. The others were even more miserable.

Only the archery club member Akito Miyake performed well and took second place.

Hikigaya took third place, and could even be said to be at the top of the class.

"It's just an unexpected performance, it's nothing." Hikigaya and Hirata were polite, and suddenly they were confused, "By the way, where's Koenji? Why does he seem to be missing?"

"This..."

When Koenji was mentioned, embarrassment suddenly appeared on Hirata Yosuke's face. He pointed in the direction of the lounge. Hikigaya looked over and found that the blond Dio was leisurely fixing his hair inside.

"Kōenji didn't participate in the competition?"

"more or less."

Well, this guy still doesn't care about other people's opinions as always.

Apart from Koenji, no one else can be so legitimate in giving up.

Any normal person would at least pretend to have a sore foot or feel unwell to slip away, but this guy didn't even try to pretend.

However, in this case, the situation of Class D will be very bad. If Koenji does not participate in all competitions, Class D will lose a lot of points in vain.

Fortunately, the opposing Class A also has the burden of Arisu Sakayanagi and will not participate in the competition.

In this way, the red group and the white group are barely on the same level.

Of course, these are issues that Class D has to consider. Hikigaya never cares about class struggles, so it is enough for him to just think about not being at the bottom and having points deducted.

However, although Hikigaya didn't care about Koenji's actions, others couldn't help but care.

Especially Horikita Suzune.

She had always cared about the sports festival and wanted to put all her energy into it, but she didn't expect her kindness to be taken for granted. Not only did the students in Class D not thank her, they also began to reject her.

Now that he saw that Takazonoji was not taking the competition seriously, he naturally became furious and rushed directly to the opponent.

"Kōenji, you really don't want to participate in the competition?"

Horikita Suzune seemed to have advised Koenji many times, but now that they met again, she no longer had any patience. She clenched her fists angrily and looked at the other party.

In the face of Horikita's pressure, Koenji seemed not to notice her existence and continued to stare at the mirror in his hand.

His behavior undoubtedly annoyed Horikita greatly, but she still maintained her rationality and did not lose control of her impulse at this time.

"You don't even want to answer me?"

"What else?" Koenji finally spoke, but he didn't look at Horikita Suzune. Instead, he seemed to be talking to the air. "You are so anxious that you can't even see your own weight. I'm not interested in talking to such a fool who can't see the situation clearly."

"you……"

Koenji's sarcasm finally made Horikita Suzune unable to control her anger. She even raised her fist and swung it at the other party.

"No, Horikita-san!"

Hirata couldn't stand watching any longer and rushed over.

However, what was unexpected was that Koenji was an existence beyond imagination and beyond everyone's cognition. He actually caught Horikita's fist with his hands.

"Snapped!"

It was like an iron fist hitting cotton, and only a weak sound was heard in the room.

"Don't be like this, you can't beat me." Koenji didn't even look at Horikita's face, and spoke slowly in a cold tone, "Poor girl, I don't mean to bully you, but unfortunately, I can't stand stupid people who don't know themselves. Can you please disappear from my sight for a while?"

"..."

After saying this, Koenji left on his own, leaving Horikita Suzune standing there with an angry and confused face.