Hikigaya doesn't want to be a force of strength

For Hikigaya, who always puts himself in a low position, he basically puts other people's status above his own.

Therefore, whether facing Horikita Suzune, Sakayanagi Arisu, or Ichinose Honami and others, Hikigaya would passively wait for the other party to speak.

Because he is such a passive person.

In a sense, the people that Hikigaya likes to interact with the most are actually people with extremely bad personalities like Horikita Suzune and Sakayanagi Arisu.

Although Hikigaya herself would not admit it, and most people find it difficult to accept girls with bad personalities and are unwilling to talk to such people, Hikigaya actually feels relaxed and happy from this state.

Because when chatting with people like Horikita and Sakayanagi, Hikigaya can fully show his true self. He doesn't need to pretend anything, nor does he need to speak actively. He just needs to complain occasionally.

He doesn't need to play a character that he is not adapted to, he just needs to show his truest and worst nature.

However, Sakura Airi's personality is clearly quite different.

The other party is essentially the same as Hikigaya, who puts himself lower than anyone else, and in some sense is even more extreme than Hikigaya himself.

This resulted in Hikigaya, who had never acted very strong in front of other people, becoming a relatively strong person in front of Sakura Ai.

To be honest, Hikigaya couldn't get used to this situation easily.

Oh, no wonder Horikita hates socializing with other people... If the person you're talking to is too annoying, it really feels very tiring.

With a sigh, Hikigaya let himself sit.

His attitude has begun to change as he gradually adapts.

Hikigaya is a very smart and sensitive person. As long as he wants, he can clearly grasp all the psychological activities of the people around him, and can even play a completely different role as himself.

After seeing Sakura Airi's performance, he grasped the reason with just a little reasoning.

So he just picked up the free meal in front of him and tasted it.

“Is it more delicious than you thought?”

Hikigaya was a little surprised. This was not his first time to have a free meal. He had tried the free food in this school before just to try something new.

Well, it’s just a little better than eating wild vegetables.

But the free meal that Sakura Airi gave herself didn't taste very good, but at least it was relatively good.

This undoubtedly surprised Hikigaya.

On the other side, Sakura Airi, who had been keeping her head down and immersed in her own loss, looked up in surprise when she heard Hikigaya's words.

Before she could be surprised that Hikigaya was willing to eat a free dinner, she quickly explained: "There are different kinds of free food... I picked out the ones that I think are the most delicious..."

After she finished speaking, she added, "Luckily I came quickly and grabbed it."

Sakura Airi has been eating free meals for almost a month, and has a clear understanding of the food distributed free of charge in the school cafeteria. She also knows which ones are delicious and which ones are not.

This time, in order to repay Hikigaya, she naturally put in her best effort and grabbed the most delicious free meal.

"I see. Thank you."

"..."

Sakura Airi was stunned when she heard what Hikigaya said.

She originally thought that Hikigaya would be disgusted, but she found that he nodded and then carefully enjoyed the free cafeteria dinner.

This undoubtedly made the girl feel very surprised.

In fact, Hikigaya has never taken cooking seriously. Even if he eats the free dinner provided by the school, he will not feel any psychological gap.

After all, free things are good enough to be free, so what else is there to pick on?

So, Hikigaya quickly ate the free dinner that Sakura gave him, and after he finished eating, he did not ignore it, but said to Sakura Airi: "Wait here for a while, I'll go buy something."

Sakura Airi's current mood is like she's on a roller coaster.

When Hikigaya initially didn't think the food she brought was for him, he felt wronged;

It turned into touching when Hikigaya took the initiative to eat the food she brought;

In the end, when Hikigaya even thanked her, the girl didn't know what emotions were flowing in her heart, she just felt a warmth in her chest.

A feeling she had never experienced before flowed through her heart, and Hikigaya's image kept echoing in her mind.

After a while, Hikigaya came back with two cups of milk tea in his hands.

"This is a return gift." Hikigaya said.

He personally doesn't like milk tea very much, but since it is a reward for Sakura Airi, he will naturally make choices based on what girls like.

"This..." Sakura Airi felt a little embarrassed seeing this.

Hikigaya had anticipated the other party's reaction, frowned, and said firmly: "Take it."

“Oh, oh, oh.”

Sakura Airi didn't dare to resist Hikigaya's order and quickly took the milk tea.

Then he picked up the straw with a pitiful look on his face.

Seeing her like this, Hikigaya remained cold on the surface, but couldn't help but feel a little happy in his heart.

how to say.

Although he knew that he was taking advantage of people's different psychology and pretending to have different attitudes to achieve his own goals, he felt inexplicably happy when he saw Sakura Airi's distressed expression of "wanting to resist but not daring to resist".

Uh, is this what it feels like when Sakayanagi is usually teasing me?

Hikigaya accidentally discovered some terrible truth and found himself inexplicably happy and enjoying it.

Guaah, I don't want to be like Sakayanagi!

Chapter 172: Hikigaya-san, do you want to date me?

Hikigaya found that he actually began to enjoy playing teasing people without realizing it. Although this was mainly because Sakura Airi was too weak and powerless and didn't even know what resistance was, Hikigaya's own mentality was gradually affected by this unique interaction.

Simply put, it is the experience of playing a prank on others.

This feeling is so terrible!

Of course, as a famous Chinese philosopher once said, "It smells really good."

Although Hikigaya resisted the pleasure of making others feel uncomfortable in his heart, his body honestly felt the feeling of true fragrance.

So, he deliberately did not start the topic he had prepared, but left Sakura Airi there, pretending to know nothing and drinking milk tea in silence.

"That, that..."

Sakura Airi wanted to speak up, but due to her personality, she didn't dare to speak actively, so she could only keep her head down in silence.

Under the glasses, a pair of crystal blue pupils showed some tears and traces of tears. Her rosy lips were tightly pursed, not daring to cry.

"I'm just looking at a pitiful girl, but why do I find it so funny?"

Hikigaya increasingly felt that his personality was influenced by Sakayanagi Arisu, and he actually began to enjoy pleasure like that guy.

In order to deny this, he tried hard to say something serious, but when the words came to his lips, they turned out to be:

"Remember to give me 300 points for that cup of milk tea just now."

"W-Want to count?"

When Sakura Airi heard what Hikigaya said, her already pitiful little face suddenly became miserable and aggrieved.

She hesitated for a moment, but still didn't dare to resist. Finally, she whispered, "Wait, when I have the points, I will definitely return it to you as soon as possible."

Sakura Airi's character can be said to be very submissive. Hikigaya even suspects that even if he deceives the other party into selling the person to him, the other party will agree in a daze and dare not refute.

This is too stupid.

Hikigaya didn't know why, but seeing Sakura Airi like this, she was inexplicably angry, and spoke with a dissatisfied tone:

"Are you a fool?"

"Ah."

Sakura Airi seemed to have not expected that Hikigaya would suddenly scold her. She nodded habitually, but she immediately reacted the next second, "No, no... I, I'm not a fool."

"Really?" Hikigaya said calmly without changing his expression in response to Sakura Airi's reaction, "If you're not a fool, why didn't you wait for me to come over? Didn't I say I would treat you to dinner?"

"This……"

Hearing Hikigaya's questioning words, Sakura Airi's expression suddenly became a little flustered. Her face turned red and she had no idea how to respond. She even didn't dare to drink the milk tea.

In the cafeteria, a lot of noise came from all directions. Although it was annoying, Hikigaya did not feel any chaos. On the contrary, because of the noise, he felt the silence here even more.

After all, the world of the Lone Ranger is separate from the chaotic reality.

No matter how chaotic other people are, for the lone walkers themselves, everything before their eyes is still as peaceful and tranquil as in the past.

Hikigaya then let out a breath and took the initiative to change the subject to normal, "You seemed to have something to say to me during the day, and you can say it now."

When he was leaving school, he saw Sakura Airi appear in front of him, which was unusual for him. It was obvious that she wanted to tell him something.

After hearing this, Sakura Airi immediately came to her senses, hesitated for a while, and began to talk about what happened to her.

It turned out that two days ago, Sakura Airi was looking for a place in the school to take a selfie as she did in the past, but she happened to witness an incident.

The targets of the incident are members of Class C and Class D.

Sakura Airi couldn't recognize the person from Class C, but the person from Class D was Sudo Ken.

The incident started when Class C deliberately came to pick a fight with Sudo. Originally, the two sides were just making some trivial troubles, but then they turned into fierce verbal provocations to each other, and then the two sides suddenly developed into a fight.

In the end, in front of Sudo's strong physique as a member of the basketball club, the three male students from Class C were beaten to the ground and couldn't get up, and Sudo won easily.

Those people in Class C were even beaten until they bled.

After watching such an intense scene, Sakura Airi hid in a corner in fear and did not dare to say anything.

However, based on instinct, Sakura took a few photos with her camera and fled the scene as soon as possible.

Although Sudo seemed to notice someone nearby, he was apparently unaware of Sakura Airi's presence.

After that, Sakura Airi kept this secret in her heart, not daring to tell anyone, and even couldn't sleep well at night.

Because of her social anxiety, she has no one to whom she can confide her secrets. At the same time, she is also afraid of the troubles that will come to her if her secret is known to others.

After living in such anxiety for a day or two, she finally couldn't bear the pressure from within, and based on a certain trust in Hikigaya, she tried to tell him about this matter.

"I see. You witnessed the fight between Sudo and the people from Class C, and you even took photos of the crucial evidence?"

"Uh-huh."

Sakura Airi's eyes widened.

After telling Hikigaya the secret in her heart, she felt a sense of relief from the bottom of her heart for some reason, and her chest, which had been blocked and uncomfortable, began to relax.

Although she didn't know what the point of telling Hikigaya these things was, when there was a second person to share the secret with her, she inexplicably felt a kind of "happiness" she had never experienced before.

Meanwhile, Hikigaya was thinking about what Sakura Airi said.

It could be said that the other party's words connected together all the discomforts he had felt in the past two days.

Whether it was the first-year students' points not being sent out normally, or Class C's recent behavior of causing trouble for other classes like crazy dogs, or Shiina Hiyori's reminder to herself...

This also allowed Hikigaya to roughly guess some unfavorable developments that would happen to Class D in the future, and realized that if no action was taken in advance, the entire Class D would fall into a huge passive situation in the future.

But why should I take action?

Hikigaya couldn't help but have such thoughts in his mind.

After all, Sakura Airi's testimony and photos can not only be used to help Sudo escape from the crisis, but also allow himself to gain certain benefits from it.

Hikigaya's goal is to earn two million points, which can be obtained not only from class points, but also from other channels.

Even more points from other channels, right?

Hikigaya had no interest in promoting Class D to Class A because from the very beginning, he had no desire or obsession in this regard.

Unlike Horikita Suzune, who only wants to prove herself by promoting Class D to Class A;

It was also different from Ayanokouji Kiyotaka who had no idea what was going on in his mind and would occasionally help the class on a whim;

Even unlike Kouenji Rokusuke who seemed to be completely indifferent to the class, but in fact he could occasionally detect a hint of observation;

From the very beginning, Hikigaya had never accepted the school's rule of strength supremacy.

In his eyes, strength is supreme. It is always the ugly and vile thing that appears like a cannibalistic law when he first witnesses it.