Hikigaya doesn't want to be a force of strength

The students in Class D dared not talk back and could only allow the other party to insult them, which further reduced their morale.

In contrast, it was more like the former Class A won the entire sports festival rather than the tug-of-war game. Their overwhelming momentum was so overwhelming that anyone who saw them would be confused and unable to understand why they were so excited.

But only the former Class A members and Hikigaya know what it means for the former Class A to win the tug-of-war game against Class D.

It can be said to be a battle to uphold dignity!

Many former Class A students even wanted to jump right into Class D's faces and give them some harsh ridicule in order to pay back for what Hikigaya had just said.

However, Kōhei Katsuragi finally saw the current situation clearly and knew that Hikigaya said those words for the unity of the former Class A.

So he immediately comforted the students of the former Class A and slowly said, "Just a victory does not mean that we can regain the respect of others. We are the former Class A, so our goal can only be Class A. If we can't return to our original position, we are destined to be looked down upon by other classes."

Katsuragi gave precise advice and instructions while getting everyone to regroup.

He took the best measures to integrate the class in a short period of time and was further recognized by the class.

Although it is now a foregone conclusion that Katsuragi will lose his leadership position, there is a big difference between stepping down while being despised by everyone and stepping down with the understanding of most people.

Realizing that all this was brought to him by Hikigaya's efforts, Katsuragi began to feel indebted to Hikigaya.

He already owed Hikigaya a favor for the letter he sent to his sister during the summer vacation, and now he owed a new favor to someone else, and it was Hikigaya who did it by sacrificing himself, which really made him feel very indebted.

Of course, Katsuragi is also a person who understands the overall situation. He will not expose Hikigaya's actions at this time, but accept the other party's help and is determined to repay him in the future.

This is a promise between men.

Chapter 462: Hikigaya, how can I understand if you don’t say it out loud!

Class D lost to the former Class A in the tug-of-war competition, which undoubtedly dealt a huge blow to Class D's morale. The students in the class all showed a look of loss, and they did not dare to face the angry Sudo Ken.

For Sudo Ken, the previous match was a disgrace to Class D.

When the gap between the two sides was not big and Class D was even more physically fit, they were actually overturned by the former Class A relying on their momentum. This was undoubtedly something he could not accept.

With the leader Sudo so furious, the other students in Class D naturally became very depressed and no longer showed any joy.

At the same time, the match between the former Class B and the former Class C has also begun.

Ryuen Sho and Kanzaki Ryuji, as representatives of their respective classes, both went on stage to supervise the battle.

However, this game ended in a very abstract result.

When both sides were evenly matched and it was unclear who would win, Ryuen Sho actually took the initiative to ask his classmates to give up the game and loosen the rope.

The students of Class B had gone through an extreme competition and had never expected something like this to happen in the middle of the competition. All of them fell backwards heavily.

The former Class B members were unable to stop this force, and the outcome was determined by the fall of the group like dominoes.

This result made the students of the former Class B very angry. They looked at the former Class C angrily, and one by one they got up from the ground covered in dust and looked extremely dissatisfied.

Shibata Sa was not as calm as Kanzaki Ryuji, and he immediately refuted: "What are you doing! Don't be ridiculous!"

Ryuen smiled and said, "We stopped and rested because we felt we couldn't win."

It was obvious that in the final moment when the game was just a matter of seconds, Ryuuen and the others deliberately let go of the ropes at the same time, allowing the former Class B to win the game.

"It's great that you guys can pick up the trash-like victory. It's really fun to see you guys lying on the ground."

Even though he lost the match, Ryuuen smiled as if he was enjoying the match more than anyone else.

"You guy!"

Seeing one side burning with anger and the other side smiling frivolously, it was hard to tell which side was the winner.

After all, Class D and the former Class B are in the same camp, and they are all feeling a little anxious about this. Sudo Ken even wanted to go up and argue, but was stopped by Hirata Yosuke.

"Stop it, Sudo. That's also Ryuuen's strategy. His goal is to make us angry and drain our energy. Besides, he might also want us to cause violence and win by taking advantage of the opponent's foul."

"But!"

"What the other team did was indeed against the spirit of sports, but it was not a foul."

Yosuke Hirata successfully controlled Sudo who was a little out of control. It's not that he was not dissatisfied with Ryuen Sho and the methods of the former Class C, but he saw through Ryuen's strategy and didn't want to let him succeed.

Ryuuen seemed to have decided that his provocations would not yield any further results, so he turned and left.

"Okay, time to retreat, everyone."

The former Class C, led by Ryuuen, quickly evacuated, not caring at all about winning or losing the game.

The former Class A also complained about this and could not accept the fact that their ally gave up so easily.

After all, now the red and white groups have one win and one loss, which means that the original victory of Class A is completely invalid.

"Forget it, we won after all." Kanzaki Ryuji comforted the former Class B students and came over to pat Sudo on the shoulder, "Thank you for just now."

"Even though I won, I still feel really unhappy. Damn it!"

Sudou spoke in frustration.

Everyone else could understand Sudou's feelings. Although the original Class B regained 10%, the victory was in the form of being poured cold water by Ryuuen in a clever way.

This resulted in Class D being unable to borrow the momentum of the former Class B, and they felt even more disappointed.

Hikigaya watched all this silently, and couldn't help but praise Ryuen's actions in his heart.

The opponent sees the situation very clearly and knows that the outcome of the game is not just about one victory. They would rather give up some victories that can be won to attack the opponent's mentality and ensure the overall advantage.

This guy must have read the Art of War. He is so cunning.

All I can say is that after round after round of exams, Ryuen Sho has made progress.

However, Hikigaya was still confused because he already knew in advance that Ryuen Sho's goal was to deal with Horikita.

Although Ryuuen did make a lot of plans against Horikita Suzune, those plans could only barely affect Horikita's performance in this exam, and there was no way to make Horikita drop out of school.

If the other party really agreed to Kushida's request to make Horikita drop out of school, he might have other options.

……

Next, many students from Class D returned to the camp together.

Hikigaya, as usual, was isolated from the group, but unexpectedly found that Kōhei Katsuragi was looking at him from across the runway, as if to express gratitude.

Hikigaya didn't want to accept this gratitude and just shook his head silently.

To him, all of this was just self-satisfaction and not a genuine desire to help Katsuragi.

So he didn't think he was entitled to be thanked.

However, since there was a runway between the two classes, he naturally could not convey his thoughts to Kōhei Katsuragi.

When the boys returned to the camp after the tug-of-war game, the girls were competing in the obstacle course race.

Despite being targeted many times, Horikita Suzune was still determined to make up for her previous disadvantages, and in the obstacle race she met Yajima and Kinoshita from the original Class C.

These two were the two girls with the best physical fitness in the original C class, and they had been placed in the same group with Horikita in the exams.

It's such an obvious target that anyone can notice the problem.

But Horikita herself doesn't seem to have too many ideas, just hoping to win in a head-on challenge.

However, whether it was due to fatigue from multiple high-intensity competitions or deliberate targeting by the former Class C, Horikita collided with Minori Kinoshita who had caught up with her during the exam, and both were injured.

"Ouch! Things seem to be getting really bad!"

When Class D and the former Class C saw this, they immediately surrounded them.

At the same time, the referee arrived in time, but because the distance was too far, it was not known who hit whom, and the referee did not give a clear conclusion.

Faced with all this, Horikita Suzune tried her best to get up and continue the competition even though she was seriously injured, but due to the severity of her injuries, she could only finish last.

In contrast, Minori Kinoshita from the original Class C was unable to continue the competition due to ankle pain and chose to withdraw directly.

"..."

Witnessing all this, Hikigaya had no idea what was going on, but he discovered that Ayanokouji Kiyotaka's eyes beside him gradually became sharper.

"Hikigaya, if a coincidence happens multiple times, do you think it can still be called a coincidence?"

Hikigaya did not give a clear answer to Ayanokouji's obvious test of him, but just shook his head and said, "Who knows? At least the referee will not make a decision based on such a small doubt."

"indeed so."

Ayanokouji nodded and didn't say anything else.

Hikigaya glanced at Horikita Suzune, who was seriously injured but didn't show it at all and still wanted to continue the game, and shook his head silently.

He didn't know whether what he was doing was right or not.

Even though he knew everything behind it, he deliberately allowed Horikita Suzune to be tortured again and again.

Behaving in this way, he even felt that he was no different from Ayanokouji, both of whom unscrupulously exploited others to achieve their own goals.

However, he still felt that he was different from Ayanokouji.

Ayanokouji's actions are all for himself. He schemes against the people around him again and again in order to achieve his own goals.

Although Hikigaya is also plotting against Horikita, his starting point is for Horikita's own growth.

Of course, he also knew that this kind of thinking could not make up for all the mistakes. If he could do whatever he wanted just because his starting point was good, he would fall into another wrong path.

So, Hikigaya took the initiative to walk towards Horikita who had returned from the obstacle course.

Although Horikita Suzune was injured, she did not show it at all on the surface. Only her expression, which was a little more serious than usual, proved how hard she was struggling.

Add to that the other person's walking style and behavior that clearly showed that he was feeling strange, and the situation became very clear.

"Since you are so seriously injured, you should give up immediately."

Hikigaya's words came from the heart. He sincerely hoped that Horikita Suzune could face the reality as soon as possible, see the limits of her own abilities, and stop doing stupid things.

But his words sounded extremely harsh and ironic to Horikita's ears.

The black-haired girl's stubborn character was once again aroused, and she answered decisively: "Don't worry about me, this minor injury won't affect the game. I'll be fine after a little rest, and I won't cause any trouble to you."

Despite her bravery, she looked like she had trouble even sitting down.

Hikigaya sighed, and for a moment he was even a little angry, but he didn't know why he was angry, so he suppressed his emotions and spoke rationally: "If you insist on participating in the competition despite being injured, it will cause trouble for others. Others will bear an inexplicable burden because of your stubborn actions, and will also make optimistic estimates because of misjudgment of your situation. Haven't you suffered enough of this kind of loss on the deserted island?"

The country is easy to change, but the nature is hard to change.

Horikita Suzune once learned her lesson because of her stubborn behavior and hiding the fact that she had a cold during an exam on a deserted island, which ultimately led to dire consequences.

Now that so much time has passed, she has unknowingly made the same mistake again.

After hearing this, Horikita Suzune's mood suddenly became extremely complicated, and she even fell into extreme confusion.

However, she couldn't think of any other answer.

"Then can you think of any good solution? Carrying everyone's expectations, but not being able to respond to them, do you know how painful this is!?"

"I'm not as capable as you and my brother. I can't do anything well, and I can't understand what the only correct answer is!"

Horikita Suzune gritted her teeth, her eyes even showing obvious confusion, "If you already have the answer in your heart, just tell me! You have always relied on your own intelligence, but never cared about other people's feelings... If you don't tell me some things, how can I understand!"

Chapter 463 Ichinose: Hikigaya, do you really not want to meet me?

Horikita Suzune confided her inner distress. Rather than complaining to Hikigaya, her words were more like complaints to the brother who had always been out of her reach.

Since she was a child, Horikita Suzune has been chasing after Horikita Manabu. She longs to become as good as her brother and hopes to gain recognition from her brother.

However, reality often does not develop as people imagine.

Horikita Suzune kept chasing her brother's back, trying to shorten the distance between them, but she found that the distance did not shorten, but instead kept lengthening.

Giftedness and ability, strength and means... the huge gap that exists between people makes her feel like she is being pressed down by mountains one after another, unable to turn over. She can only watch herself getting further and further away from the goal she wants to reach.

When she first came to this school where strength is everything, Horikita had a brief fantasy that she had finally gotten closer to her brother and had finally achieved some of her goals.

But it was not until she actually entered this school that Horikita Suzune realized the real gap between herself and her brother.

Everything that had been perceived in the past was just superficial. The real difference between the two was even beyond the scope of Horikita Suzune's own vision.

Under normal circumstances, Horikita Suzune might have simply lost her way little by little while chasing after an impossible goal, or even given up on this unrealistic idea.

But just when she was wavering, Hikigaya, who had been recognized by her brother before her, appeared.

From the first day she knew Hikigaya had joined the student council, Horikita Suzune instinctively disliked this classmate with dead eyes, and even had a vague urge to compete with him.