Hikigaya doesn't want to be a force of strength

The whole D class seems to have a harmonious and happy atmosphere, it's too beautiful.

"Well, after taking over as leader, I would like to immediately hold a strategy meeting for tomorrow's quiz." Horikita Suzune stood on the podium and spoke to everyone.

"Operation meeting?"

Many students in Class D were confused by these words and didn't understand why they had to take a small test so seriously.

"I know what you are thinking." Horikita nodded, "But I want to tell you that the quiz is not something that can be dealt with casually, because it will determine our choice of team and partner in the final exam."

"That's true, but do we have any solutions?" Yukimura Teruhiko asked in confusion, "For example, how to decide on a partner, we don't know about that, right?"

"No, the rules of partnering have been figured out. If everything goes well, it's possible for all the students present to be paired with their ideal partners." Horikita Suzune didn't want to waste precious time, so she spoke quickly, "The rules for deciding partners are very simple. They will be divided according to the scores of the quizzes. The holders of the highest and lowest scores will form a team, and then they will be ranked in order: second place and second to last, third place and third to last..."

"How do you know it's this way?" a classmate questioned.

"I made this judgment based on the exam papers of previous years." Horikita said as if she had expected it. "And if it weren't arranged this way, two students with poor grades would have a high chance of being arranged together, which would directly lead to a large number of students dropping out of the class. However, except for Class D, this kind of thing didn't happen in large numbers in previous years."

“Oh, oh! This is the law of pairing!”

"Thank goodness you found it!"

"Horikita! You're amazing!"

After hearing Horikita Suzune's explanation, the students in Class D showed excitement and agreed with her statement.

Most people also began to agree with the idea of ​​letting Horikita Suzune be the leader, and gradually no one had any doubts anymore.

Seeing this, Horikita also took advantage of the situation and pursued:

"Based on the above rules, I have also thought of a strategy for dealing with this exam. In order to ensure that all students in the class can pass the exam and reduce the number of students, I will now explain the strategy."

"In order to prevent poor students from being paired with poor students, I hope that the ten students with the worst grades in the class will give up answering questions during the quizzes and just write their names and hand in a blank paper. Conversely, the top ten students, please make sure you get more than 85 points to ensure that you are paired together."

"The remaining twenty students should also be divided into ten people each. Those with good grades should aim for a maximum score of 80 points. Those with poor grades should only write one question and get one point."

"By doing this, it should be possible to automatically create the best balanced combination for the final exam. However, I will check the details carefully afterwards, as there may be unexpected situations."

Although Horikita's plan was only a rough design, it had already ensured to the greatest extent possible that no one in Class D would be reduced in number.

However, this style, which is completely different from the past and is purely class-interest-oriented, is too cold and rigid.

Many students did not correct their thinking for a while, which led to a lot of discussions.

"I also think this plan is good. We shouldn't challenge the exam without any countermeasures."

Upon seeing this, Hirata immediately spoke up, using his special status as a former leader to calm the emotions of many students.

Class D then tacitly agreed to adopt Horikita's method and accepted the proposal to pass the exam in this way that could be called cheating.

“It’s gradually becoming more interesting.”

The class meeting was over and Hikigaya was about to leave when he found that Koenji suddenly spoke to him.

Hikigaya really couldn't deal with Koenji, or it could be said that basically no one in the class could deal with Koenji.

Xiang Xiang had no interest in any of the conversations and was even more unable to fit in with the class than Horikita.

Because of this, in order for the exam plan to be successful, Horikita Suzune reminded Takazonoji many times, hoping that he could be more serious and not get sick in the middle of the exam, but she was never able to get a reasonable answer.

Hikigaya naturally couldn't handle the relationship with Koenji, and didn't want to have too much contact with the other party.

However, just when he was about to leave alone, Koenji came to him and said, "Hey, Hikigaya boy, I didn't expect you to make a choice in the end."

"..."

He immediately understood that the other party had voted for Horikita before pointing at him. Hikigaya frowned slightly, thinking that the other party might have bad intentions and came to mock him.

Unexpectedly, Gao Yuanji spoke calmly, "I am not here to deny the rightness of your choice. I just want to tell you that being able to make a choice is a courageous thing in itself. And the most important thing is to never regret your choice, even if it is destined to lead to a wrong result."

"Kōenji?"

Hikigaya actually detected some friendliness in Koenji's words.

But he really still didn't understand what the other party meant by saying all this.

Chapter 516: Hikigaya, what you said to me at the beginning of school has come true

"Kōenji-san, you should have no objection to my suggestion just now, right?"

When Koenji came over to chat with Hikigaya, Horikita Suzune also came over and gave Koenji words that sounded almost like a warning.

After all, for this exam for Class D, it is absolutely impossible for someone to deliberately make different arrangements, resulting in the final results not matching expectations.

If that happens, even the best students may be at risk of dropping out, depending on the ability of their partners.

Maybe you will fail even if you get several full marks.

Horikita's words were both a hope that Koenji would not do anything crazy, and a warning to him that if he wanted to ensure that he would not be expelled, he should try his best to cooperate with the arrangements of this exam.

However, Koenji's character has always been unpredictable, and no one can guarantee that the other party will take the expected actions.

"It's really a Nonsense question. I certainly won't have any objection."

Koenji surprisingly did not object to Horikita's remarks, and just pulled his hair up as usual.

"So, can I expect that you will indeed score above 80 points?"

"I don't know. It depends on the content of the exam, right?"

"If you deliberately take a zero and team up with students with higher grades, the balance will be in danger of breaking down. Just this, can you please understand first?"

According to Horikita's plan, students with higher scores should team up with students with lower scores.

If Takazonoji performs normally, there will be no problem. The worry is that the other party will not play according to the rules and directly give up the exam, resulting in a zero score.

In that case, in extreme cases, there would even be a highly academically-abled combination like Horikita and Koenji, and at the same time, the other two poor students would be forced to be grouped together, and fall into the dilemma of failing the exam and facing expulsion.

"I'll think about it, Girl."

Koenji seemed to understand Horikita's thoughts, but it was hard to tell whether he was willing to cooperate.

Even Hikigaya couldn't figure out what Koenji was thinking, so Horikita naturally couldn't see through it. He could only sigh and let him go.

"Well, can I go too?"

Seeing Horikita standing there, Hikigaya asked for some unknown reason.

When Horikita heard his words, she was slightly stunned at first, and then slowly said: "Don't you think you should stay and explain something?"

"Um, is there anything you need me to explain?"

"...You're still perfunctory as always." Horikita seemed to be very helpless with Hikigaya, but she didn't force anything. She just said with a little tiredness, "Forget it, I still have to go back to prepare for this exam. I'll probably have to stay up late tonight, so I won't waste time with you for now."

"Do you really need to make yourself so busy?"

Hikigaya was surprised at Horikita's seriousness.

Horikita Suzune said calmly: "This is the first thing I will do after I officially take over as leader. I must do my best to do my best."

"This……"

Seeing Horikita Suzune's serious attitude, Hikigaya didn't know how to respond for a moment, and couldn't even bring himself to say his previous complaints.

After all, ever since the previous conversation, the two people have never found the right sense of distance, and there has always been a huge dissonance in the process of conversation.

Horikita Suzune seemed to have noticed this as well, but she was also troubled by the matter and sighed helplessly.

"By the way, who did you vote for during the voting session just now?" Before leaving, Horikita Suzune suddenly asked, "Sorry, I didn't intend to ask this question, but suddenly..."

When Horikita said this, she turned her head away, so Hikigaya couldn't see her expression clearly.

Hikigaya didn't know whether he should answer this or not. After all, Hirata had asked those present not to disclose anything about the voting process.

"..."

Seeing Hikigaya's tangled look, Horikita Suzune also realized something. She quickly shook her head and said, "If you can't answer, there's no need to say it. Anyway, a guy like you must have given up."

After saying that, Horikita silently turned her face to the side, as if she wanted to escape from this space, and quickly left the scene.

……

Over the next few days, Hikigaya's life returned to its boring routine.

Horikita Suzune didn't know whether it was because of the conversation that day or because the new leader was too busy, so she never came to see him.

After not being chosen as the leader, Kikyo Kushida suddenly disappeared. Not only did she lose her presence in the class, but she also disappeared faster than anyone else after school.

Under such circumstances, it was time for the midterm exam in the blink of an eye.

Before the quiz began, the homeroom teacher, Chabashira Sae, suddenly spoke up: "The quiz will be held next, but before that I have something to report. This time you proposed to take the final exam and be admitted to Class B - since there is no overlap with other classes, it has been approved."

The final exam requires a head-on confrontation with a certain class. After much deliberation, Horikita Suzune and the others decided to face off against the former Class C.

This is certainly due to the fact that Class C was the weakest class in terms of academic ability except for Class D, but more importantly, it is probably because Horikita Suzune wanted to compete with Kushida Kikyo.

From Kushida's perspective, Horikita was saying, "I know your tricks, but I still want to fight you head-on."

She would surely be completely furious and use every possible means in this confrontation.

At this point, the two people are destined to fight to the death.

At the same time, in this exam, the former Class B and the former Class A also collided with each other, which was probably a situation deliberately created by Arisu Sakayanagi.

That guy has already started to act...

"By the way, even though there's an exam coming up, Ike and Yamauchi look really good. You guys have come here with dark circles under your eyes before many exams. Do you have a secret strategy this time?"

"Hehehe, just watch, teacher."

Chi and his friends are full of confidence, but that's as it should be.

Because no one went to school.

Chabashira Sae seemed to have noticed this as well, and said coldly, "Oh, then don't regret it later, you'd better take the exam seriously."

"W-what do you mean? You said you have to be serious. This won't affect your grades or anything like that, right?"

After hearing what Chabashi Sae said, Yamauchi felt inexplicably panicked.

After all, he didn't trust Horikita and her plan that much, and now he began to panic instinctively.

"Would it be better if I could get more points...?"

Similarly, faced with this inflammatory statement, those who gave up studying fell silent for a moment.

"Don't be fooled by her, our plan will not go wrong."

Horikita seemed to have expected that these guys would waver, and immediately spoke calmly, calming down the panicked students.

At this point, everyone has to admit that she is a more charismatic leader than Hirata Yosuke, and is more likely to lead the class to a higher level.

Chabashi Sae also noticed this and instinctively looked at Hikigaya, who seemed as invisible as usual.

Her eyes seemed to say 'Look, what you told me at the beginning of the school year has come true'.

But Hikigaya did not respond at all, or rather, he did not want to respond.

After all, he no longer cared about the past. To him, all that was just the choices he made in confusion when he just entered school.

He didn't really want Horikita Suzune to become the leader.

But he soon began to doubt, did he really think so?

If I didn't want it so badly, why would I vote for Horikita when given the choice between the two?

What exactly do you want?

Chapter 517: When you get it, will the 'real thing' still be the real thing?

After spending a whole class period, the D class quiz was successfully completed without any problems, and the day for returning the test papers soon arrived the next day.

Class D has always lacked coordination in any exams they have faced, and has always challenged them directly.

Compared to the past, this time there was an incredibly great sense of unity.

Despite the partner system, the questions, and the competition that comes with it, Class D also showed a rare unity in this special exam.

Hikigaya was very satisfied with this situation. After all, he didn't need to do anything extra and just needed to enjoy his daily life.

But for some reason, he always felt an inexplicable emptiness in his heart.