Cote:009

Chapter 9

　　With this thought in mind, everyone continued to do their own things.

　　Although most people are still doing well, when I saw people around me opening their phones again, I felt like I wanted to refuse to admit defeat and started doing my own things.

　　'I never thought of that...'

　　Moreover, the problem does not only appear here. The most difficult one to solve is Sudo. Even after knowing the school rules, this guy still hasn't changed at all.

　　After that, Hirata Yosuke also tried to communicate with him many times, but each time he either got threats or words like "I don't need any deductions anyway, as long as you study hard, that's all." This was extreme selfishness.

　　There is still half a month before the points are distributed, but the current class situation is definitely not stable.

　　[ike: "I really want to slap myself. Why do I have to be so shameless and lose points from the class even though I already have the answer?"

　　[Yukimura: "If you haven't really experienced it, you won't remember it."]

　　[Sudo: "I never thought I was such an unreasonable person before..."]

　　[Horikita Suzune: "Although you are not a reasonable person now, I have to say... you are much better than you were back then."]

　　[Kikyou Kushida: "So, there is nothing we in Class D can do to change our fate of having 0 points at the beginning of the school year?"]

　　[Anyone with a discerning eye can see that if this continues, it won't be long before the video will replay the scene of their first day of school. That day will definitely be a day they will never forget.]

　　[They got the cruel truth, and were told that they would not receive any points for the next month, and would have to rely entirely on the school's relief meals and daily necessities to survive. Even so, they finally managed to make it through the month with great difficulty.]

　　[And now, the same thing is about to happen again. ]

　　[Ryuuen: "As expected of Class D, no matter how hard you try, they're still a bunch of losers hahahahaha!"]

　　[Ryuen's ridicule made the people in Class D feel even more depressed. To some extent, Hikigaya's appearance changed the original timeline, but that was all that could be done.]

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　　Hikigaya naturally discovered this as well. There was no doubt that all his efforts were in vain. If this continued, by the first of next month, the class's score would definitely be judged as 0.

　　Looking at everyone playing with their phones or reading comics in a self-righteous manner, Hikigaya could only sigh helplessly.

　　Chabashi Sae remained the same, still looking as if she didn't see anything.

　　If we want to truly change this class, it may not be enough to just do it now...

　　After a few days, the atmosphere in the class almost returned to what it was like a week after school started. Even though Hirata would emphasize the point issue with his classmates every time, after hearing it so many times, even his classmates would just smile and answer "We will pay attention" and then pick up their game consoles and comic books after two classes.

　　Yosuke Hirata shook his head helplessly. He felt that he had not completed the task given to him by Hikigaya and even felt a little guilty.

　　Kushida Kikyo would often turn her gaze towards him with some concern. Although Hikigaya noticed it, he would always turn his head and pretend not to see it.

　　Horikita Suzune: "It seems that even though you have found the unspoken rules of this school, it has no effect. After all, you cannot change this class."

　　Hikigaya: "After all, before getting hurt, it's a common human problem to overestimate oneself. This is the same for everyone. For example, the A class that you want to be promoted to no matter what is actually just a fantasy."

　　Horikita Suzune was completely stunned for a moment. Apart from the normal exchanges with the boy in front of her, she had not had much communication in the past few weeks. The day they talked the most was the day they bought daily necessities at the convenience store.

　　"How did you know that?"

　　Horikita Suzune's voice was a little cold, and she was naturally very unhappy about being seen through.

　　"Now I finally remember that the student council president who was at the opening ceremony in the gymnasium was also called Horikita. If I remember correctly, he was in Class 3A. After understanding the ABCD class hierarchy, and combining it with the cheap daily necessities you bought at the convenience store and Hirata's expression of not being surprised when he told me this information that day, I was able to figure it out."

　　"I can understand the feeling of wanting to catch up with my brother."

　　The girl had not expected that the boy in front of her had such insight. She had not communicated with him much, but through daily observation, he had been able to analyze to this extent based on the little information he had.

　　At this moment, she didn't know how to refute, and finally could only say one sentence intermittently:

　　"You are wrong about one thing. My brother never told me about all the rules of this school."

　　Her words were undoubtedly telling the other party that she was not a loser who depended on her brother for everything.

　　Of course, Hikigaya himself has a younger sister, so he doesn't hate the idea of following his brother.

　　Eh...Damn Horikita, reminds me of the cute Komachi again.

　　The black-haired girl calmed herself down and then focused her attention on Hikigaya.

　　This was the first time she turned around and talked to herself properly.

　　"Well, since you know I want to be promoted to Class A..."

　　"It's impossible. With this class, there's no way they can compete with Sakayanagi's Class A. Not to mention Class A, even Class B and Class C are far behind."

　　Before Horikita could finish her words, Hikigaya interrupted her.

　　He had a little understanding of the leaders of classes ABC, although it was only a one-time meeting, but it was completely enough.

　　Class D is far behind in terms of overall strength and leadership, so it is better for this idea to disappear as soon as possible.

　　"Even so, I will do everything I can to get promoted to Class A."

　　Hikigaya glanced at Horikita Suzune who was saying this very seriously. At this moment, she was like the heroine in a youth drama.

　　"It's up to you... But I also hate it when others take away all my life points."

　　"What are you going to do?"

　　"Who knows? After all, I'm not a genius."

　　The boy did not answer the girl's question. For him, there was only one way to solve the problem in the class.

　　However, if I do this, the girls named Yukinoshita and Yuigahama will definitely feel sad.

　　Although they don't seem to be in this world, the boy still remembers what the two said to him after he confessed his feelings that day.

　　Being a smart man, he could naturally understand how much harm such behavior would bring to both of them.

　　But now he has no other choice.

　　"If those two guys were here, they would definitely give me a lecture."

　　The young man thought so and slowly revealed a faint smile.

**

　　[Inside the service club, the two girls listened to the boy's inner voice and lowered their heads in embarrassment for a moment. After a long time...]

　　[Yukinoshita slowly raised her head: "So you knew..."]

　　[Yuigahama: "You clearly know what to do, but you are too cunning."]

　　[Hikigaya: "After all, this is the most effective method..."]

　　[Hikigaya put one hand on his head and scratched it as if to ease the embarrassment, and his eyes had long been avoiding the two of them.]

　　[Yuigahama and Yukinoshita looked at Hikigaya with their mouths slightly open, and finally the two smiled at each other, as if all the coldness had completely disappeared at this moment.]

　　[Ichiro Izawa: "As expected, you are very smart, but you are not honest, and you look weird."]

　　[Ebina: "Hmmmm! After all, he was also hesitant when he was with Hayama-kun."]

　　[Hikigaya: "This is definitely a false accusation. I absolutely did not do it!"]

　　['If it's sayaka, that's fine, but forget about Hayama.']

　　[Seeing Hikigaya's excited reaction, Hayama just responded with a gentle smile. ]

**

　　Hikigaya sat in his seat. As the bell rang, Chabashira-sensei came to the podium again and started teaching with the textbook in his hand.

　　During this time, there were students sneaking in from the back door, and these students were probably having fun during break time.

　　Hikigaya looked at the classroom in front of him. Although it seemed very quiet and no one was deliberately disturbing the classroom atmosphere, everyone was actually doing their own thing. Except for a few people like Kushida, Hirata, Kogendera, Sakura and Horikita, almost everyone else was burying their heads in their own work.

　　It can be said to be varied.

　　"The leader of class A, the leader of class B, and the leader of class C. This school is really interesting. There are strange teachers, strange students, and strange rules. It's really confusing."

　　'However, a leader is only a leader after all. Let me teach you something. What can truly unite a group of people is definitely not the so-called leader. Even if you have a tyrant, an angel, or absolutely overwhelming strength, as long as the prerequisites fail, chaos will occur. There is only one thing that can unite a group of people who can never be called a group, and that is...'

　　'The enemy.'

　　Whether it is Horikita Suzune, Hirata Yosuke, Gaoyuan Temple, Kushida Kikyo or even Sudo, they can all become leaders of the class, but in this case, there is still a distance between them and Class ABC. Compared with the leaders of other classes, their class is undoubtedly the weakest, so... as long as they create another enemy and make the united class more stable, they may be able to fight against Class ABC.

　　In this way, not only will no one get hurt, but you can also naturally get more points from it. This is the most efficient way.

　　In that case, then...

　　He took a deep breath. The class time was already halfway through and the classmates had long since returned to their seats. Although they were all doing different things, it did not affect what he was going to do next.

　　Hikigaya took a deep breath, then took the phone out of his trouser pocket and placed it directly on the table. He then supported his chin with one hand and looked at the phone expressionlessly. This level of arrogance even stunned Horikita Suzune.

　　"Hey, what are you doing? Put it away quickly... idiot."

　　Horikita Suzune kept reminding Hikigaya in a very small voice, but he pretended not to hear it and kept fiddling with his phone, even playing videos on it.

　　The volume is neither too loud nor too soft, and in this quiet environment, all the students can hear it instantly.

　　For a moment, the most inconspicuous boy in this corner became the focus of the class. Even Mr. Chabashira put down the book in his hand and looked at the boy with a calm look.

**

　　[haruno "Here I come. I've been waiting for this for a long time!"]

　　[Hiratsuka Shizuka: "So this is the only way..."]

　　[Yuigahama: "After all, this is what Aki is best at, attracting all the hatred to himself, and finally changing others."]

　　[Yukinoshita nodded helplessly. She wanted to help the boy, but suddenly felt powerless.]

　　[I just keep relying on him. Saying I'm helping him is just a joke.]

**

　　Hikigaya just ignored the eyes of people around him and continued watching the video on his phone as if nothing had happened.

　　"…."

　　In the classroom, there was no other noise except the sound coming from the cell phone.

　　Chabashira put down the book in his hand and said slowly: "Hikigaya..."

　　"Chabashira, teacher, should I call you that?"

　　"Hikigaya!"

　　Horikita, who was standing by, couldn't stand it anymore and shouted angrily.

　　However, Hikigaya didn't seem to have any intention of stopping.

　　"It seems that everyone is the same as me, but since we are here, it means that everyone is just a defective product full of defects, which of course includes you, Chabashira, teacher."

　　"Since we are all the same, there is no need to put too much effort into appearances. Human nature is the most difficult to change. Just like right now, you know exactly what you are doing."

　　"D class is indeed, nothing special."

　　Listening to the boy's words, Chabashi Sae revealed an evil and extremely terrifying smile.

　　Sudo looked at Hikigaya angrily, clenched his fists and said, "Are you looking for death?"

　　Hikigaya: "This isn't a boxing gym, gorilla."

　　"ah?"

　　Just when the class fell into dead silence, Chabashira burst into thunderous laughter.

　"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

　　She kept covering her face to try to hide her smile, but her sickly appearance made her classmates even more frightened.

　　Chabashi Sae's smile suddenly stopped, and his face instantly returned to a cold expression.

　　"For this class, everyone will be considered absent. And you, Hikigaya, are disrupting class discipline. Come to my office with me now."

　　He picked up the book and was about to walk out, and Hikigaya seemed to have anticipated this result. He put his phone in his pocket and followed him out.

　　Rather, if I didn't go to the teacher's office, it would be even more dangerous in this classroom.

　　After all, I am now everyone's enemy.

　　But...it seems the effect is still good.

　　As soon as the two left, the class completely exploded.

　　ike: "What's wrong with this guy? He really thinks everyone is like him."

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