Hikigaya doesn't want to be a force of strength

After experiencing torture for more than half a year, the students in Class D have gradually become accustomed to the style of this school and no longer behave in all kinds of shocking ways like they did at the beginning of the school year.

Besides, midterm exams are coming soon.

Due to the school's extremely abnormal system of elimination if you fail, students who don't want to be expelled still have to study hard to some extent.

Now, after entering the classroom, Hikigaya quickly discovered that something seemed wrong.

Although some students did have mixed emotions about his arrival, more students were currently watching the two figures confronting each other in the distance.

It seems that Sudo Ken had to return to the classroom due to the upcoming midterm exams, which might also be due to Horikita's hard persuasion some time ago.

However, Sudo was still dissatisfied at this moment. The moment he returned to the classroom, he attacked Hirata Yosuke:

"Can you please stop being the class leader, ok? If you continue to lead the class, this class will never be well!!"

Chapter 488 I said Hirata did something wrong, who cares whether he tried hard or not!

It seems that Sudo Ken has had enough of Hirata Yosuke and his tactics at the sports festival, and is furious at the fact that the other party, as the leader of Class D, has done nothing.

Ever since the sports festival ended, Sudo simply chose to give up and didn't even come to class.

This time, it took Horikita Suzune a long time of persuasion, plus the start of the student council president handover ceremony, before the other party was willing to come back to class. But as soon as they arrived in the classroom, they became angry and started fighting with Hirata Yosuke.

At this moment, faced with the sudden conflict between the two, the entire D class had to join in to mediate the fight, so much so that not many people cared about the fact that Hikigaya was a member of the student council, which was enough to attract everyone's attention.

The only people who paid attention to this matter were those who paid attention to Hikigaya and didn't know that he had already joined the student council, such as Hirata Yosuke, Sakura Airi, Shinohara Satsuki, Karuizawa Megumi, Hasebe Haruka...

Of course, even if this group of people were more concerned about Hikigaya, the bigger problem right now was the quarrel between Hirata and Sudo. They were all busy trying to regulate their emotions and had no time to pay attention to him at all.

Faced with such a situation, Hikigaya looked confused on the surface, but secretly delighted in his heart.

He happily sat down in his seat and began to watch the game from the perspective of a spectator.

At this moment, Ken Sudo spoke directly, criticizing Yosuke Hirata for his inaction and compromise during the sports festival, and believed that Hirata's command was a major reason for the failure of the sports festival.

These words undoubtedly hurt Hirata himself.

However, before Hirata responded, the other students in Class D could no longer bear to watch, especially the many girls who supported Hirata, who took the lead in launching a rebuttal.

"Sudou, you're exaggerating!"

"Hirata has worked so hard, what else do you want from him?!"

"The failure of the sports festival is everyone's fault, but how can you put all the blame on Hirata alone!"

Between Sudo Ken and Hirata Yosuke, most of the people in Class D almost mindlessly stood on the side of defending Hirata, without even caring who was more right.

Hikigaya could be said to have expected this.

He had long since known enough to know what a self-centered group of creatures humans really were.

If the matter has nothing to do with themselves, most people may be able to think about the problem rationally and even make very reasonable judgments. However, once it concerns their own interests, everyone will decisively show their sharp fangs to protect their own rights and interests.

The same sentence will have completely different effects when spoken by Yosuke Hirata, Ken Sudo, or Hikigaya.

Most people will change from support to not very supportive, or even absolutely not supporting.

This is what is called favorability differentiation.

Sudo Ken undoubtedly could not accept the indiscriminate behavior of the people in Class D. After all, he did not see the reality as clearly as Hikigaya did.

Therefore, when facing the attitude of everyone in Class D, he even retorted: "Do you understand? I said that Hirata did something wrong, not whether he tried hard to do it! Whether he works hard or not is none of my business! What I want is to make this class better!"

Sudou's words were rational and pertinent enough.

However, his stance made it impossible for people to accept him. The people in Class D still didn't care and continued to defend Hirata Yosuke, so much so that many people began to attack Sudo.

Sudo became completely angry upon seeing this, and was almost unable to control his emotions.

Horikita Suzune could no longer sit still after seeing this scene. She first looked at Hikigaya with a resentful look, making the latter look confused and at a loss, and then she hurriedly stepped forward to speak for Sudo.

"Everyone should calm down. Although Sudou speaks harshly, he still wants to make the class better."

"Horikita, do you mean to say that you think Hirata-kun was wrong, just like Sudou?!"

When the girls heard what Horikita said, they immediately turned their attention to her.

Originally, Horikita's reputation in Class D had already suffered a huge blow after the last sports festival incident. Although many people did not say anything on the surface, they were quite resentful in private. After all, 100 million personal points were not something simple.

Horikita also knew this, so she became quite obedient after the sports festival ended and rarely got involved in any troublesome incidents.

However, facing the conflict between Sudo and Hirata, she found that if she wanted Sudo to return to the class, she would have to get involved in these troublesome things again, and might even get herself involved.

Faced with this dilemma, she looked at Hikigaya with an almost pleading look, wanting the latter to come forward and solve the problem.

However, Hikigaya was unable to respond because he knew very well that this problem was almost impossible to solve.

The reason is that the current issue is no longer "who is more reasonable", but "who has higher popularity and reputation in Class D".

Yes, when faced with a choice, most people tend to choose the more familiar and closer side rather than the better side.

This is not uncommon in human political history. The so-called "public opinion" and "public support" are essentially like this.

When Sudo tried to drag Hirata into the water and thought that his idea was correct, it was impossible for him to get the desired result.

Because he did not see that the essence of the problem is no longer "right or wrong".

Because of this, when faced with Horikita Suzune's call for help, Hikigaya was unable to respond because he did not have the ability to solve the problem.

The current situation is essentially a conflict between supporters of Sudo and Hirata.

There are only two solutions. One is to let Sudo give up attacking Hirata, make concessions and let others accept them. The second is to find someone with a higher reputation than Hirata Yosuke and forcibly suppress the boiling public opinion of Class D.

However, this is extremely difficult. It is simply impossible to find someone in Class D who is more influential than Yosuke Hirata.

Even if it was Kikyo Kushida, she would not be a match for Yosuke Hirata.

So Hikigaya silently waved his hand, showing Horikita his attitude of 'just give up'.

In fact, he had already given up on Sudou. He didn't think that if he continued to force Hirata like this, he would have any chance of staying in this class.

However, although Hikigaya thought so, someone at the scene did not think so.

That is Hirata himself, the person involved!

Chapter 489: This class is really a great show!

"do not talk!"

Just when most of the people in Class D were helping Hirata Yosuke attack Sudo, Hirata himself suddenly spoke, interrupting everyone's conversation.

Sudo was originally pissed off by the guys in Class D. After finally calming down, he was about to get angry again and even considered dropping out of school. However, he didn't expect Hirata to suddenly interrupt him, causing him to reveal a confused expression.

At this moment, in front of everyone, Hirata Yosuke spoke silently: "Everyone, please listen carefully to what Sudo-san says and stop attacking him!"

"Hirata-san?"

Unexpectedly, Hirata himself would stand up and speak for Sudo Ken. The students in Class D all showed confused expressions. After all, they thought they were helping Hirata.

However, Hirata obviously did not share the same idea as them. He was watching the current situation of the class with an extremely ugly and even heartbroken expression.

Sudo Ken himself was also surprised.

He looked at Hirata Yosuke in surprise, and after making sure that the other party had no intention of evading, he slowly spoke:

"Hirata, it looks like you plan to fight me one on one."

"It's not really a competition, but I don't want this class to get into meaningless quarrels again."

Hirata Yosuke spoke slowly. His words came from the bottom of his heart. What he least wanted to see was the scene of Class D falling into chaos because of him. "For the unity of the class, I can give everything, including taking on the responsibilities that should belong to me. So continue, Sudo-san."

"You have the guts."

Seeing Hirata's serious expression, Sudo Ken calmed down from his blushing state. He silently glanced at the other members of Class D and found that they were still unconvinced and did not agree with what he said.

Sudo curled his lips and said loudly: "Let me start from the sports festival and sort it out. You all should listen to me! First of all, at the beginning of the sports festival, the rule set by our class is that students with poor athletic ability should give way to students with good athletic ability. Everything is based on the final results first, right!"

"indeed so."

Hirata Yosuke nodded.

This was the rule that was decided in the class meeting. Based on the ability-based selection originally proposed by Hirata, Horikita Suzune added the element of Tian Ji horse racing, so that the outstanding athletic talents in Class D can maximize their abilities.

In fact, Class D did just that. The only problem was that they did not expect Ryuen Sho to get Class D's registration form and make targeted responses.

"Ryuen got the information about our class. Who leaked this information? Hirata, have you ever thought about this question?"

"This……"

In response to Sudo Ken's question, Hirata's expression suddenly fell silent.

In a sense, the other party asked a question that he was most unable to answer and was unwilling to answer.

After all, for Yosuke Hirata, class unity always comes first. He doesn't want anything to happen that will destroy class unity, even if it is obviously wrong.

Therefore, even though he knew that there was a traitor in Class D, he always pretended not to know and was unwilling to detonate this dangerous bomb.

The result was that although Class D suffered heavy losses due to the traitor, no one stood up to take responsibility for it all from beginning to end, and no one even cared about the matter.

It was not until Ken Sudo brought up this matter in front of everyone that this huge landmine finally exploded.

"What does this have to do with the present?"

Seeing this, Kushida Kikyo finally couldn't sit still anymore. As the de facto traitor of Class D, the last thing she wanted to be mentioned in class was this matter, so she stood up immediately and tried to change the subject.

However, Sudou seemed to be so angry that he ignored her thoughts and said directly: "This is the main reason why we lost in the sports festival, and Hirata is the leader of our class. How can a leader ignore the existence of mistakes and allow them to continue to happen?!"

"This……"

Sudou's words caused a moment of silence.

Because his words made so much sense, even those who originally supported Hirata fell silent.

Faced with this situation, Kushida immediately looked at Horikita Suzune angrily.

From her perspective, Sudou's sudden attack, and his grasp of the key point of the traitor, must have been a conspiracy by Horikita Suzune.

After all, whether it is the motive or the ability to do this, Horikita Suzune is fully suspicious.

Sudo even had such a conflict on the first day of school when he agreed to come to school after communicating with her, saying that he was not instructed by Horikita, and even Horikita himself was stunned for a moment.

In fact, Horikita Suzune had never told Sudo about this matter, so she could be said to be more innocent than anyone else at the moment.

For Horikita Suzune, she didn't do anything extra at all. She just watched Sudo and Hirata quarreling and making a fuss about the traitor.

You know, Horikita absolutely doesn't want people to know that Kushida Kikyo is a traitor.

If that happens, Kushida will definitely blow herself up and reveal how Ryuuen tricked her at the sports festival, and Horikita herself will be implicated.

Similarly, Ayanokouji, who seemed unmoved, suddenly panicked.

Ayanokouji still had that expressionless look on the surface, but secretly his fists were slightly clenched.

After all, he was also related to this matter. If Kushida's identity as a traitor was exposed, then the fact that he secretly used Manabe and others from the former Class C as spies would inevitably be exposed. Although they might not know that he was the one who did it, it would undoubtedly bring huge risks.

For a moment, Sudou's action could be said to have directly stirred up the dark side of Class D. Everyone involved in the traitor incident had a tense expression, fearing that he would say something he shouldn't.

Hikigaya, on the other hand, was very happy about this situation, and could even be said to be overjoyed.

Although most people couldn't see what was happening, he could clearly see the private expressions of several people at the scene, which almost made him lose control.

Especially Ayanokouji's hesitant expression, which was a rare moment of panic for this guy who almost always had a stern face.

This class is really a great show.

And all this was just because of Sudo's remarks. He himself hadn't even thought about it so much. Is this the legendary fool defeating the master?

Chapter 490: Paper Shuffle Exam!

Sudo's sharp remarks threw the entire Class D into chaos. No one in the class knew how to answer his question for a moment, causing the scene to fall into a stiff situation.

Especially without his knowledge, he completely stirred up the undercurrent of Class D, causing Kushida, Horikita, and even Ayanokouji to sweat profusely, fearing that he would accidentally say something shocking.

Fortunately, Sudo was not here to trick them. His target from beginning to end was only Hirata Yosuke.

So, after opening the topic about traitors, he did not continue on this topic, but instead said: "In any case, our class experienced such a big setback in the sports festival, and this matter must be inseparable from Hirata. If he continues to be the leader, it will only happen again!"