Hikigaya doesn't want to be a force of strength

"Yes, the point of a lie is to make people believe it, but is a lie that so many people believe really still a lie?"

"This...what do you mean?"

"That's the second method I mentioned." Hikigaya sighed, "The thing that can destroy a group more easily than lies is the truth. As the saying goes, lies don't hurt people, but the truth is the sharpest knife. Only when what is said is the truth will the group emotions of people be completely detonated, and quickly produce a chain reaction, causing a group to completely collapse."

"Kushida has some truth that could destroy the class?"

"Not a certain kind, but a large amount." Hikigaya sighed, "Ordinary people may not be able to grasp something of that scale, but Kushida Kikyo is different. She definitely has the talent in this area. For example, you and I now, if Kushida tells others about something related to us, we will lose our foothold in the group."

"This……"

Horikita wanted to say that this was impossible, but after hesitating, she had to admit that what the other party said was true.

As long as Kushida is willing to die together, the other party can completely kill himself and Hikigaya without a burial place. After all, everyone is human and will make mistakes and do wrong things.

Most people hide these dark sides in order to maintain their existence in society, but if Kikyo Kushida reveals all these dark things, no one can bear the cost of having their own darkness exposed to the eyes of others.

Chapter 502: Either she drops out of school or I drop out!

After speculation, Hikigaya and Horikita Suzune finally figured out the possible past of Kikyo Kushida, and also understood the truth about why Kushida destroyed the junior high school class.

"Kushida-san told me in person that she would drive away anyone who knew her past, no matter what means they used." Horikita sighed deeply, "At this point, it seems that you and I can no longer escape the fate of fighting her. I believe that if necessary, Kushida will even team up with Katsuragi-san, Sakayanagi-san, Ichinose-san and others to force me into a disadvantageous situation."

"In fact, she teamed up with Ryuen to try to frame me. As long as I continue to stay in this school, she will not slow down her attacks on me even if Class D is forced into a desperate situation."

“That’s basically it.”

Hikigaya admitted that Horikita's guess was correct. After all, he had witnessed with his own eyes how Kushida Kikyo even seduced him in order to achieve her goal.

It can be said that Kushida's bottom line has now reached an incredibly low level, and the other party will definitely use any means to achieve his goal.

"I never thought of being hostile to her." Horikita sighed, "But in the end, in order to hide her past, she was even willing to let the class fall apart."

Horikita obviously didn't have much animosity towards Kushida. She didn't think there was anything wrong with what Kushida did in junior high school from the beginning, and she never thought about exposing all those things.

But all this was just Horikita's own idea. Kushida herself had never trusted her, and it was impossible for her to easily believe that she would not take action. The most important thing was that Horikita always felt that there was another unclear part in Kushida's hostility towards her. At least Horikita did not think that Kushida had intended to fight to the death with her from the beginning.

There seems to be some crucial turning point in all this happening.

While Horikita Suzune was lost in thought, Hikigaya silently looked at the girl in front of him. Seeing the determination on her face, he slowly spoke: "Although it's a bit wrong to say this now, I suggest that you don't let Kushida Kikyo drop out of school. For the current D class, there is already too much lack of leadership roles. Now that Hirata himself has lost his leadership ability, if they lose Kushida, this class will most likely collapse completely."

"I understand your idea." Horikita nodded, "But many things don't have the best of both worlds. If I leave Kushida alone, will she continue to cause endless damage in this class, or do you have a way to stop Kushida's internal sabotage? You want me to insist on telling Kushida that 'I don't know the details' and 'I will never tell anyone about the incident', and let her accept these two things? Do you think this is possible?"

Horikita never thought of using concessions to ease the conflict with Kushida, and from the very beginning she was determined to completely eliminate the other party.

Although there was nothing wrong with her attitude according to common sense, Hikigaya could not ignore the sense of incongruity in it.

He looked at Horikita deeply and couldn't help but speak:

"Just now, Horikita, you said that Kushida was not targeting you just because you knew her past. Now it seems that this may be the case."

"What do you mean?"

"Because now I realize, Horikita Suzune, you don't seem to be so eager to exclude Kushida just because she might endanger the class..."

Hearing Hikigaya's words, Horikita Suzune's pupils suddenly contracted.

She suddenly realized something, and her face showed obvious hesitation.

For Horikita Suzune, she always thought that she was rational enough and would never let unnecessary emotions affect her judgment. But when Hikigaya raised the question, she suddenly realized that she seemed to have made some irrational thoughts.

And she herself didn't even realize where this irrational thought came from.

However, Horikita did not want to admit this and shook her head: "I don't think I have any selfish motives in this matter. If we don't eliminate Kushida, Class D will never have peace."

"I agree with that." Hikigaya nodded, "But I can't guarantee that Kushida won't do something irrational once he is excluded."

"what do you mean?"

"She might cause a repeat of what happened in your junior high school."

"..."

Horikita's expression suddenly showed confusion at Hikigaya's alarmist remarks. She naturally imagined the possibility of such a bad incident happening.

If Kushida is forcibly suppressed from the outside, she will surely fight back vigorously sooner or later.

"It's better to suffer a short pain than a long one." Horikita took a deep breath. "If Class D completely collapses just because of the existence of one person, then this class is nothing special. On the contrary, if Kushida Kikyo continues to exist in this class, it will undoubtedly affect everyone and lead to an uncontrolled collapse."

"You're going to make Kushida drop out of school no matter what?"

"At least that's the decision I'll make after all other attempts have failed."

Horikita Suzune said firmly, "This time is different from the previous situation with Sudo. At that time, I didn't understand many things, so I didn't think too much and gave up on him. But now Kushida is completely different. I have considered many things, and I can't accept her continued existence in the class. Otherwise, the whole class will not be able to move forward."

"..."

Hikigaya said nothing in response to Horikita's words.

But the feeling of disobedience in my heart became stronger and stronger.

Horikita's hostility towards Kushida is just like Kushida's hostility towards Horikita. It appears so unnatural that it can even be said to dilute rationality.

If we think only from the perspective of the class's interests, no matter how we look at it, persuading Kushida to continue to act for Class D is the more valuable option.

While Horikita said that it was for the benefit of the class, he ignored all possible ways to choose the best option and insisted on having Kushida expelled from school, which was almost exactly the same as Kushida's extreme idea.

Why on earth did these two people hate each other so much? Why didn't they ever think of getting along?

Hikigaya couldn't figure it out, but he knew he was powerless to stop it.

"I won't say I hope you can help me with this matter, and this isn't a problem that will be solved because of this." Horikita Suzune had a complicated expression and looked at Hikigaya silently, "I will personally go and settle this matter with Kushida Kikyo to determine the winner! Either she drops out, or I do!"

Chapter 503 I think I can become the leader of Class D!

"Since you have made your choice, I won't say anything."

Although Hikigaya felt inexplicably anxious about Horikita's attitude, he did not show it on the surface.

He himself didn't know why he didn't want Horikita and Kushida to have a conflict, and he also knew that he had no ability to stop the conflict between the two. He could only watch the conflict ferment and explode until everything was completely torn apart.

In the end, he could only try his best to keep believing that even if he did nothing, they would be able to solve the problem in a more satisfactory way.

The two had been chatting for a long time, even walking around the campus and coming back to the entrance of the Beech Shopping Center commercial street.

"Only you and I know about Kushida-san's matter. It's best not to tell anyone else." Horikita seemed to want to attribute this matter to the one-on-one fight between herself and Kushida. "Hikigaya, if it were you, you should be able to understand my thoughts."

"Don't worry, I'm not the type to gossip with others when I'm bored."

Or maybe it’s just that a lone ranger like me has no one to chat about gossip with.

Hikigaya felt hurt again in his heart, and he went to the coffee shop in the shopping mall with Horikita Suzune.

As soon as the two of them walked into the coffee shop, Karuizawa, who had been waiting here for a long time, immediately complained in dissatisfaction: "Ah - really, what were you doing just now? You're too slow, you didn't even apologize -?"

"I'll start right away. By the way, why is there an extra person here?"

Horikita Suzune looked at Hirata Yosuke and Ayanokouji Kiyotaka beside Karuizawa and frowned slightly.

"Wow, ignoring me, I feel like you are Horikita-san indeed..." Karuizawa was dissatisfied with Horikita's attitude of not apologizing at first, and then glanced at him, "Shouldn't I be the one to say this? There is also an extra person on your side who shouldn't be here."

"indeed so."

Horikita nodded, acknowledging what Karuizawa said.

"You really didn't even apologize!"

Karuizawa complained loudly.

Horikita Suzune and Hikigaya found a seat and sat down casually.

During the process, Hikigaya found that Hirata fell silent and seemed unwilling to participate in the discussion. Instead, Ayanokouji kept paying attention to him, as if he was thinking about why he was here.

Hikigaya had not expected that Ayanokouji would directly participate in such a conspicuous meeting. He realized that after the other party exposed his ability at the sports festival, he had completely stopped hiding it.

This time the discussion was originally about Horikita asking Karuizawa out for a chat, and Karuizawa said in advance that he would call his boyfriend Hirata Yosuke, but when they finally showed up, Ayanokouji was also added, and Horikita Suzune also brought Hikigaya with her, so the number of people was reduced to five.

Moreover, due to the previous conversation between Hikigaya and Horikita Suzune, there was not much time left for the few people.

Because the school club activities start at 4:30 in the afternoon, and Hirata Yosuke belongs to the football club, he must be there before the club activities start. However, Hirata, who should be anxious, does not show any impatience at all. He just sits in his seat silently, like a prisoner waiting for execution.

In order not to exceed the time limit, Horikita sat down and said immediately without even taking the drink she bought: "Regarding this exam, I need to find out the situation of our class as soon as possible."

"Do you mean to find a strategy to pass the exam?" Karuizawa asked curiously.

"No, the more important thing before that is who will lead the class." Suzune Toboribita took a deep breath, "In the class just now, you should have realized that Hirata can no longer lead the class to take action, right?"

"..."

In response to Horikita's straightforward words, Hirata Yosuke fell silent and did not respond.

Karuizawa seemed a little dissatisfied with this, but seeing that Hirata himself had no reaction, he couldn't stand up and say anything.

Ayanokouji inexplicably spoke for Karuizawa and spoke slowly, "Indeed, Sudo rejected Hirata's past strategy of smoothing things over, and believed that his perfunctory attitude was the key to Class D's defeat."

Ayanokouji's words were too unemotional and made the air at the scene grow cold.

Horikita originally thought that he had been blunt enough, but he didn't expect that there was someone who was even blunter than him. He clearly saw that Hirata's face had turned extremely ugly.

Seeing this, Hikigaya really didn't know what to say.

Is Ayanokouji doing this on purpose, or is he really too low in emotional intelligence?

You're not here to cause trouble, are you?

"Hirata does have problems, but the point is not whether the means he adopted were right or wrong, but that Class D has lost a leader who can control the overall situation."

Horikita Suzune managed to maintain her composure.

She knew that this was not the time to blame others, and even if she put pressure on Hirata, it would not do any good, but might even cause Hirata to break down.

The first thing to do now is to determine the next route and policy for Class D and who will lead it.

Karuizawa responded decisively: "Who else can lead the class besides Yosuke? There is nothing to discuss about this matter!"

"You mean to let Hirata continue to lead under pressure? Have you asked Hirata about his own wishes?"

"This……"

After hearing Horikita's words, although Karuizawa had a thousand thoughts in his mind, he couldn't say anything after taking a look at Hirata's extremely exhausted appearance.

If Hirata were to lead Class D again, it would simply be putting pressure and intensity on himself, and he would probably not be willing to do so.

"But if Hirata isn't the leader, who else can be the leader of Class D?" Karuizawa looked around the scene as if examining them, paused for an unknown reason when looking at Hikigaya, and finally shook his head slowly, "It's obvious that none of us here are suitable to replace Hirata to lead Class D. So why don't you call Kushida over? Her influence should be much greater than ours."

"Kushida can't."

Horikita had no intention of revealing the inside story, and directly rejected Kushida with one sentence.

What surprised her was that Karuizawa didn't ask any further questions, but admitted it very calmly, as if he had known about the fact that Kushida was a traitor for a long time.

"Ahem, I know what I'm going to say next is a bit cheeky, but I mean it from the bottom of my heart." Horikita Suzune clenched her fists, "I think I might be able to inherit Hirata and become the next leader of Class D."

"..."

As if they were surprised by these words, everyone at the scene, except Hikigaya, showed surprised expressions.

Especially Karuizawa, his eyes suddenly widened.

Chapter 504: I hope you can speak for me in front of girls!

Horikita Suzune seemed to feel that her words were too shameless, so after she finished speaking, she immediately showed an embarrassed expression.

After the others showed their different expressions, Karuizawa spoke first:

"You are so shameless that you can be used as a wall! Horikita Suzune, how do you think you are qualified to manage the class in Yosuke's place!?"

As Hirata Yosuke's girlfriend, Karuizawa obviously stands on Hirata's side more than Hirata himself, and does not think that there is any possibility that Horikita Suzune will replace Hirata Yosuke to lead Class D.

As for Ayanokouji and Hirata, they were not as angry as her. They were just silently thinking about the possibility of this matter.

"Horikita, are you serious?" Hirata couldn't help but stand up and speak. "Although I have made many mistakes before and may not be qualified to lead the class now, if you want to replace me, you will encounter too many difficulties, and you may even have more trouble than me."

Hirata's words can be said to be quite tactful and gentle enough.

If someone else, such as Hikigaya, said this, he would probably ask on the spot, "Horikita, what qualifications do you have to lead Class D?"