Hikigaya doesn't want to be a force of strength

The campus path, where the evening breeze blows, is filled with a silence that is difficult to describe in words.

Apart from the rustling sound of the wind, the only other sound was Hikigaya's voice.

He spoke slowly, using words that seemed to beguile people:

"Kushida Kikyo, don't you want to truly be respected by others and become a unique individual to others?"

Chapter 149: Hikigaya, are you actually a member of the student council?

Hikigaya's voice was like the devil's whisper. He spoke softly, paying attention to the expression of Kushida Kikyo in front of him all the time.

"..."

The girl's already confused expression was like a camera that had lost its focus. After a long time, she regained her composure and murmured, "So what if I want to? I know I can't do that..."

At this point, Kikyo Kushida began to face reality.

In fact, it is true that if Kikyo Kushida was not unaware of her own abilities, she would not have resorted to such a terrible approach of "constantly trying to please others".

Because blindly pleasing others means long-term self-suppression, which will constantly accumulate various negative emotions and oppress the self.

The reason why Kikyo Kushida chose this bad approach was because she knew she had no choice. With her limited abilities, she could only use this humble approach to gain the attention of others.

If you think about it carefully, Kushida Kikyo seems to be a bit similar to Karuizawa Megumi, but the starting points and end points of their actions are completely different.

Karuizawa desires a sense of security, so he seeks recognition from others.

She knew that her abilities were limited, so she chose to rely on Hirata Yosuke's influence, becoming a parasitic existence and gaining power and status that she should not have.

In comparison, Kushida Kikyo's ability is obviously stronger than Karuizawa's. She doesn't need to rely on others, nor does she need to become a parasite. But correspondingly, she must put aside her "self-esteem" and try to please everyone except herself with a humble attitude...

This accumulated a lot of pressure for her, even to the point where she could no longer hold it in and had to release it.

That's why the scene that Hikigaya accidentally saw happened tonight.

It can be said that even if Hikigaya did not appear here tonight, Kushida Kikyo would not be able to disguise herself in Class D forever.

If what Kikyo Kushida did was like turning into a pool, constantly receiving various negative emotions from other people in the class in order to gain attention, then sooner or later the pool would be completely filled up, and eventually, the foreign objects in the pool would pour out uncontrollably until everything was destroyed.

The biggest reason why Hikigaya tried to persuade Kushida here was naturally to solve the trouble brought by Kushida Kikyo and not let the other party catch him.

But apart from that, he also saw the problems with Kikyo Kushida and tried to deal with those problems out of a self-satisfied mentality.

Otherwise, if the problems of Kikyo Kushida completely erupted and she collapsed, he would feel somewhat unwilling to bear it.

"..."

While Hikigaya fell silent, Kushida Kikyo was already getting a little impatient.

She couldn't ignore the fact that a man had been grabbing her there all the time. She even started sweating at the place where he had touched her...

"Hikigaya, let's stop talking about this boring conversation. You know exactly what I need you to do! You must not tell anyone else about what happened tonight!"

"Of course, I won't tell anyone." Hikigaya said slowly, "But, don't you really want to consider my suggestion just now?"

"I've already said that I can't do that kind of thing with my ability."

"Yeah, but what if?"

Kushida Kikyo's shoulders jumped.

Hikigaya noticed this little movement and told her as calmly as possible:

"You may not be able to gain further influence in Class D with your own abilities. In that case, why don't you try to improve your own abilities?"

After a long period of judgment, Hikigaya is almost certain that Kikyo Kushida will always put her special status in Class D first.

In this case, persuading others is something that can be accomplished simply by opening your mouth.

"Do you want to beat Hirata Yosuke, Karuizawa Megumi, or even Horikita Suzune, the one you hate the most?"

Suddenly, Kushida Kikyo looked up with a look of surprise.

But she quickly controlled her expression.

"It's easy to say, but how can I actually do it? Besides, I don't want to be the leader of Class D like Hirata..."

Kikyo Kushida is indeed a smart woman. She understands her own value and knows how to behave in the way others expect of her.

At the same time, she slyly distinguishes when to use these attitudes.

Unfortunately, at this point, Hikigaya would not give her another chance to escape, and said calmly, "Do you know where Karuizawa got the senior exam papers that he distributed to the class?"

"Didn't she buy it from a senior student?"

"That's what I told her...actually, I got that from the student council president."

"What? Ah... Student Council President!?"

Kushida Kikyo's face showed obvious surprise, but she quickly realized something and asked in disbelief, "Hikigaya, you are actually a member of the student council?"

That surprise even covered up her false disguise and inner panic.

Hikigaya then used his free hand to slowly pull out a nameplate from his pocket. It was the nameplate that Horikita Manabu had given to his student council members a long time ago.

"Although many people don't seem to understand, I am indeed a member of the Student Union, just a general affairs officer..."

"this?"

Kushida Kikyo could no longer control her expression.

Hikigaya could even clearly see the girl's face showing expressions like "How could this happen?" and "A guy like Hikigaya is actually a member of the student council."

How should I put it? It's quite disappointing to watch.

Of course, Hikigaya never cared about what others thought of him. He calmly showed his nameplate and said, "Now you know how Karuizawa got the senior exam paper, right?"

"Actually..."

Kushida Kikyo took a deep breath.

She had vaguely realized Hikigaya's true intention, but she still had a trace of hesitation, "But won't others be suspicious?"

"Do you think Karuizawa is under suspicion?" Hikigaya said in a subtle tone, "No one in Class D would care about a small character like me."

"A small role..."

For some reason, this sentence that Kushida originally thought was very normal now sounded full of an extremely strange irony.

And there was one last question in her mind.

"Hikigaya, are you really willing to help me?"

"..."

In response to Kushida's doubt, Hikigaya pointed to his hand that was still deeply immersed in the gentle embrace and said in a complicated tone: "Don't you think this is the least thing to worry about?"

Chapter 150: Kushida, your legal awareness seems to be very weak

Hearing what Hikigaya said, Kushida Kikyo couldn't help but stiffly turned her waist with a subtle expression on her face.

At this point, she herself began to feel that the two people's actions at this moment were very strange.

But she couldn't change what the two were doing at the moment. If she let Hikigaya let go of her hand, she would feel very insecure and wouldn't even be able to continue the conversation.

Therefore, in the end, she could only let Hikigaya's hand keep pressing down, while trying to ignore the strange feeling, she slowly opened her mouth and said:

"Even if you are a member of the student union and I have your help, I don't think I can beat them... I'm not sure of that."

Hikigaya could understand Kushida's uneasiness.

When he rashly decided to join the class competition and fight against Hirata Yosuke and others, he failed to show any ability better than them, and only destroyed the reputation he had worked so hard to build.

Today, Kushida Kikyo is like a company facing a changing trend. It must weigh the risks and benefits as much as possible before deciding whether to transform.

In this case, what Hikigaya needs to do is to turn risks and disadvantages into advantages that work in her favor.

"Class competition is indeed difficult, but correspondingly, you can also get very generous rewards. Do you want to guess what it is?"

"Reward? Is there any special reward for doing this?"

Kushida Kikyo found that Hikigaya's tone at this moment was inexplicably a bit like a teacher, as if he might start talking about some great truths about life at any time.

She couldn't help but rolled her eyes at him, as if to say, "I don't want to listen to your meaningless sermons~"

But Hikigaya didn't care at all, and said calmly: "Don't you understand? Your reward is very simple, that is to defeat Horikita Suzune head-on, defeat the person you hate the most!"

Hikigaya tried his best to imitate a cold and cruel look, and acted out the cold attitude that Horikita Suzune often showed.

As expected, when Kikyo Kushida saw this, her expression changed drastically, and even her breathing began to become rapid.

This is the most positive reaction she has shown so far.

Obviously, the nonsense of just being a class leader would not attract Kushida Kikyo. Unlike others, she had no pursuit of status from the beginning. Therefore, Hikigaya could not try to convince her in the same way as he convinced Karuizawa Megumi and Horikita Suzune.

However, Kushida Kikyo also has her own weakness, which is her extreme hatred towards Horikita Suzune.

Although Hikigaya does not understand why Kushida Kikyo hates Horikita Suzune, this does not prevent him from using this to further oppress the other party and persuade him.

"This school obviously provides a lot of confrontational mechanisms. From this midterm exam, we can see that students can use many of the school's hidden rules to attack others."

"If you can bend these rules and grasp the key to attacking others, you can even make a person fall directly from heaven to hell."

"Remember Sudo who was about to be expelled? If the situation were different, the person in that position might be Horikita Suzune..."

Hikigaya's extremely tempting words finally broke Kushida Kikyo's last line of defense.

The girl suddenly turned her face around, and her expression changed rapidly.

"Hikigaya, you're not a very smart person, are you?"

"Just a little cleverness."

Hikigaya shook his head, not wanting Kushida to pay too much attention to him, and waited patiently for the other party's reply.

Kushida Kikyo weighed the pros and cons in her heart, and finally sighed softly, revealing a wry smile: "Well, if you can defeat Horikita Suzune head-on, or even make that bitch drop out of school, I'm willing to cooperate with you."

When she said this, an extremely vicious sneer suddenly appeared on her face, and she said:

"But because of this, you must never betray me from now on. Otherwise, even if we both perish together, I will drag you down with me!"

"Yes Yes Yes."

Hikigaya wasn't frightened at all by Kushida's threats.

After the conversation just now, he has deeply realized how fragile Kikyo is in essence. If Hikigaya acts a little tougher, he can easily destroy this woman's personality.

Of course, he didn't think he needed to do so.

When he decided to convince the other party to cooperate with him tonight, he was already mentally prepared to completely conquer the chess piece of Kikyo Kushida.

Since it is a chess piece, the chess player naturally does not worry about the chess piece escaping his control...

"By the way, can you let go of my hand now?"

"Huh, do you really want to get out of control?"

Kushida looked at Hikigaya with a cold expression, "I won't wash this uniform. I will keep it in my room. If you betray me, I will hand it over to the police."

"Yes, yes, although I think this behavior is useless."

Hikigaya spoke with a calm expression.

"What are you talking about? Do you think I don't dare to call the police?" Kushida frowned.

"No, I'm certainly not talking about that." Hikigaya pointed at his hands and Kushida's chest, "Should I say that you have a weak sense of law, or that your academic performance is relatively poor... Kushida, you know what? The definition of rape in Japan is very narrow."

"Just fingerprints on your clothes is not enough evidence to prove the existence of 'rape'. After all, there is no trace of my bodily fluids on your body... If you call the police with this reason, even if the case is established, it will be considered as indecent assault at best, which is not only a light charge, but you may even be convicted of false accusation."

Hikigaya described the nature of Kushida Kikyo's behavior with a calm expression, not thinking that this meaningless behavior could pose any threat to himself.

This is also the reason why he did not panic at all from beginning to end.

What Kikyo Kushida considered to be "rape" was, in the final analysis, just her own wishful thinking.

"you you……"