Hikigaya doesn't want to be a force of strength

Hikigaya, on the other hand, paid no attention to Karuizawa's expression.

He just inexplicably recalled the days when he tutored his younger sister Komachi at home from his current situation. Most of his ability to teach others was honed during that time.

"If Komachi knew that I was tutoring other people, she would probably be so surprised that her mouth would not close. She might even suspect that I, her brother, had been replaced."

Hikigaya laughed inwardly.

Soon, the morning review time officially ended and it was noon.

At this moment, most of the students in the study room had left and went to the student cafeteria to eat lunch. Hikigaya had originally planned to go for lunch as well, but he noticed that Karuizawa Megumi did not move.

He was about to speak out of curiosity, but he found that the girl took out two lunch boxes from her schoolbag.

"You made a bento?"

"Uh-huh."

Karuizawa Hui spoke in a strange manner. She seemed to be inexplicably nervous at the moment. "Anyway, I have to study all day, so it's better to make my own lunch box instead of eating in the cafeteria. I can also save some points."

"Oh, I see……"

Hikigaya nodded and accepted Karuizawa's statement.

In fact, it is true that in this school, points are very important and must not be wasted under any circumstances.

"In that case, I'll give you the points for the lunch box ingredients." Hikigaya took Karuizawa's lunch box naturally.

"No, no need."

Karuizawa shook his head.

"Why?" Hikigaya asked in confusion, not understanding what the other party meant.

"This, this..." Karuizawa was silent for a moment, and finally said decisively: "Just consider it as a reward for your previous tutoring. Don't you understand this, idiot!"

"oh oh!"

Hikigaya was inexplicably scolded by Karuizawa, and his face was full of confusion.

But he did not try to guess what Karuizawa Kei was thinking, because there was no point in doing such a thing.

He had long known a fact, that a woman's mind was impossible to guess.

The two of them simply had lunch in the library lounge.

During the process, Hikigaya was actually somewhat nervous. He was afraid that someone would see him having dinner with Karuizawa.

If some messy rumors spread, things would be bad.

Fortunately, until the two of them finished lunch together, they did not meet any acquaintances, which made Hikigaya more or less relieved.

The afternoon passed by little by little.

During the process, Hikigaya received a phone call and went out for a while.

Karuizawa Kei didn't care at first, thinking that the other party was upset, but when Hikigaya came back, he had a stack of test papers in his hand.

"What are you doing?"

Karuizawa Kei looked at Hikigaya with confusion, not quite understanding what the other had just done.

Hikigaya waved his hand, signaling the other party not to ask too many questions, then took out a test paper and placed it on the top.

"Try this test and see."

"You didn't get some tutoring materials, did you? How can something like this be useful..."

Karuizawa Kei spoke nonchalantly and started working on the test paper in her hand.

But after she finished a few questions, the expression on her face suddenly changed.

"Wait... Isn't this the test paper from the previous quiz?" Karuizawa Megumi exclaimed in surprise, "Hikigaya, how did you get the quiz paper?"

Chapter 128: It’s amazing that you, Hikigaya, could think of this method!

Karuizawa Megumi thought that Hikigaya gave her the test paper for the quiz.

This confused her.

First, she didn't understand where Hikigaya got the backup of the test paper. At that time, there were only the batch of papers handed out by the homeroom teacher, and there was no chance to make a copy at another time.

The second thing is that Karuizawa couldn't understand why Hikigaya gave him the quiz paper. What's the point of such a thing?

Hikigaya did not respond immediately to Karuizawa's words.

He first placed the paper in his hand on the table, then slowly spoke: "First of all, I need to correct you on one point. The paper you just did is not the paper we take for the quiz in our grade. Or to be more precise, the paper I just took was the quiz paper I got from the senior students. It was used for their entrance exams."

"W-What!?"

Hikigaya's calm words created a whirlpool of horror in Karuizawa Megumi's mind.

The girl was completely unable to understand what the other person was saying for a moment, and her entire brain went into a brief blackout.

After a long while, she slowly said, "You mean, the test papers used by senior students have the same content as our test papers."

"Ah."

Hikigaya was relieved that Karuizawa understood all this so quickly.

He originally thought that the other person would not be able to understand it.

But since the other party could understand, he continued, "These test papers are the small test papers and midterm exam papers used by the previous grade that I got from the seniors. By the way, there are also the answers to the test papers. As you just saw, the content of the small test papers of the senior grades is exactly the same as the test papers used in our grade. This means that there is a high possibility that the content of the midterm exam is also the same."

Hikigaya said as he recalled the time when he just went out and received the test paper from the student council president Horikita Manabu.

When he made this request to Horikita Manabu, he clearly felt that Horikita Manabu was not at all surprised, and the other party's attitude was more like a matter of course.

Moreover, it only took the other party half a day to find the past test paper and hand it to me.

This means that Horikita Manabu knows the truth of all this.

"But, but is this kind of thing really okay? If the school finds out, will it be considered a violation?" At this point, Karuizawa Kei no longer doubts the authenticity of the test paper, but she is still afraid.

After all, peeking at the test papers of previous grades is no different from cheating.

In response, Hikigaya said calmly: "Have you forgotten what the homeroom teacher said before? Anyone can pass this midterm exam. Do you think people like Sudo and Yamauchi have the ability to pass the midterm exam if they study normally? There is a high probability that they will be screened out and expelled."

"This...but..."

"Besides that, basically no one can answer the last three questions of this quiz, right? This is a test for freshmen, but the difficulty is mixed with some questions from senior grades. It's obvious that the students were not allowed to review to pass the test from the beginning. The method to pass this test is obviously not as simple as it seems."

"..."

"Also, this school believes in strength above all else. We have been constantly taught similar concepts since we entered school. But has anyone ever told you what the so-called 'strength' is? In other words, the 'strength' of this school has never been grades from the beginning, but something beyond grades. When the school evaluates us in this way, using previous test papers is just part of the rules."

"..."

Hikigaya's words easily broke down Karuizawa Megumi's psychological defenses.

After a brief silence, the girl nodded.

"But, it's amazing that you, Hikigaya, could have thought of this method. Are you really that smart..." Karuizawa Kei said with mixed feelings.

"What are you talking about? I'm very smart, okay? My Chinese score was ranked third in the whole school!"

Hikigaya said something witty and natural to dispel Karuizawa's concerns. "In short, these test papers are a safety measure to prevent Sudo and others from dropping out. Since they are insurance, they will not be used easily. You can tell everyone in the class on the last day or so."

"I see." Karuizawa nodded, but her expression became dull the next second, "Hey, wait, Hikigaya, what did you just say?"

"Why, did you forget so quickly?"

Hikigaya was also surprised, "I asked you to tell the class about these test papers on the last day."

"..."

After hearing what Hikigaya said, Karuizawa Hui was silent for a moment, then quickly waved her hands, "No, no, no, I can't do that. These are all your contributions, Hikigaya. How can you let me say that?!"

"I wish you could tell the class."

In response to Karuizawa Megumi's resistance, Hikigaya spoke very sincerely.

But he was not completely honest, and instead found an excuse: "You know, although there is a high probability that these test papers will be consistent with the content of this exam, who knows, the school may change its policy and make these test papers invalid? Then, won't everyone in the class think that it's all my fault and attack me?"

“Yes, that’s how it is.”

Karuizawa nodded, understanding Hikigaya's 'difficulties'.

"And if you are given this task, you can use the prestige of your boyfriend Hirata Yosuke to tell other people in the class about the existence of these test papers. If you succeed, your prestige will naturally rise to a higher level. If you fail, most people will not blame you because your boyfriend Hirata Yosuke will take the blame."

Hikigaya spoke out his entire thought. From the perspective of being "afraid of taking responsibility", he attributed all the credit to Karuizawa.

"This... you said so."

Karuizawa Megumi no longer had any reason to refuse Hikigaya's words about minimizing her psychological burden.

However, the girl was obviously not easily deceived by Hikigaya.

Even though there was no evidence, she felt based on her intuition that the man in front of her did not tell the whole truth and was still keeping something from her!

In fact, Hikigaya's words were indeed lies.

He told Karuizawa about the test paper because he didn't want to stand out too much in Class D and attract attention as a lone ranger.

After all, if he were to tell other people about the test paper, no matter who they were, they would inevitably pay unnecessary attention to him.

Karuizawa Megumi is currently the person who knows the real him best besides Kushida Kikyo. Letting her do this for him at least won't lead to worse consequences.

Because of this, the other party is the most suitable candidate.

Chapter 129: Hikigaya became the mastermind behind Class D?

In fact, he had already thought of the whole plan in his mind when Hikigaya agreed to come to the library to study with Karuizawa.

Because from the beginning he didn't want to get too involved in the affairs of Class D, and didn't want to attract too much attention from others.

This is a quirk of the lone ranger, or you could say a habit.

Therefore, when he realized that he needed to find someone from Class D to distribute the test papers he got from the seniors, the first person he thought of was Karuizawa Megumi.

As the female leader of Class D and the girlfriend of the current class leader Hirata Yosuke, Karuizawa is undoubtedly the best person to carry out this task and hand over the test papers to everyone in Class D.

The key point is that Karuizawa Megumi has already had a lot of contact with me, and there will be no bad consequences if I reveal more things about myself.

What's more, Karuizawa herself also hopes to replace Hirata Yosuke and no longer be a puppet relying on Hirata Yosuke's identity as "girlfriend".

"Then why do I have to hand in the test papers to the class on the last day? Can't you give them to them right away so that they can memorize more?" Karuizawa asked curiously.

She no longer doubted Hikigaya, but was just curious about why he chose to do this.

"Because no one can guarantee the authenticity of these test papers." Hikigaya shook his head. "Once there is a risk, all the responsibility will be accumulated on you. Even Hirata Yosuke can't completely calm the anger of others. Giving them the papers on the last day will firstly give them more time to review all the content, and secondly, it will also allow them not to pin all their hopes on these test papers. This is the method with the lowest risk and the highest return."

Whenever Hikigaya does anything, he instinctively thinks from the perspective of risks and benefits.

For this reason, his sister Komachi often complained that he was very suitable for working in the risk management industry.

However, Hikigaya's goal has always been to become an excellent househusband, so naturally he would not have any boring idea of ​​working as a corporate slave.

On the other side, Karuizawa Megumi was silent for a long time after hearing Hikigaya's answer.

Finally, she murmured rather delicately: "Hikigaya, you are actually very smart..."

"That's not clever, it's just a crooked way of thinking." Hikigaya shook his head. "The way to pass the midterm exam is undoubtedly just to study hard. Relying on these methods is not a long-term solution."

"Oh……"

Karuizawa nodded, but everyone could see that she didn't completely accept what Hikigaya said.

After a moment's silence, she finally couldn't help but speak: "Hikigaya, why don't you let the people in the class know what you did? Obviously, if you tell others, everyone's opinion of you will definitely change."

"No need." Hikigaya decisively denied Karuizawa's words without any hesitation, "I don't care whether the people in the class know what kind of person I am, or I just don't like it."

"This……"

Karuizawa Kei fell silent, still looking a little unable to accept it.

Hikigaya then found an excuse and said, "I don't need other people's opinions of me, I just need some people to understand me. People often say that it is better to have one confidant than a hundred friends, right? Besides, it was you who asked me for help before, hoping to get rid of your status as a puppet, right?"