Monday.
Class 2-C.
Hikigaya is sitting at his desk, checking his phone.
The OAA shows that 157 pairs have already been formed, and from now on, the focus should be on the written exam.
In other words.
Including him, only six people are left without a pair.
Among the second-year students, he is the only one left, and the remaining five are first-year students.
After all, there are three dropouts in the second year, and not every first-year student can find a matching teammate.
In this regard.
The school also has a strategy.
First-year students who can't pair up will have their own scores multiplied by 2, but they will have to bear the penalty of deducting 5% of the exam score.
To avoid this penalty.
There should be people who will actively seek to cooperate with him from now on.
Although the first-year students have an advantage in this exam, the second-year students have to bear the risk of dropping out.
But now.
He is the only remaining seedling in the second year!
The situation has changed!
It's his turn to pick others!
Although the remaining people are all students with poor academic performance.
They are all first-year students with D and C academic records,
They haven't found a teammate yet, which means their communication skills are extremely lacking.
They don't even need to meet, as long as they send an invitation on OAA, the other party will probably gratefully accept.
Hikigaya took the opportunity to look at Ayanokouji Kiyotaka's teammate.
Housen Kazuomi.
It seems to be the person who was called to the student council room with him.
If Housen Kazuomi is trying to drag Ayanokouji down, the reward of 20 million private points is just enough to offset the dropout penalty.
It's not clear how the two of them got together.
Never mind.
Anyway, it's none of his business.
Whether Ayanokouji Kiyotaka will be expelled is his own business.
...
After school.
School corridor.
"Ken, can you walk faster?"
Ike Kanji hurriedly turned back and urged, with several male students from Class D following him.
"Ah."
Sudou Ken was a bit speechless: "I said, is it necessary? This matter has nothing to do with us, right?"
"How can it be like this?"
Ike Kanji and others were a bit angry: "Isn't Ichinose our friend? Now she is being threatened, how can we not help?"
"That's what I'm saying, Ken, you have Horikita now, but you can't just ignore Ichinose."
"Are we still brothers?"
"Let's go."
Several people took Sudou Ken to Class C, and the latter also followed somewhat helplessly.
Although he felt it had nothing to do with him.
But he couldn't resist the desire of these brothers to help Ichinose.
They might have only met a few times, or maybe they were just nodding acquaintances, but they already considered Ichinose a friend!
How could they watch Ichinose fall into the mire and do nothing.
Last week they were just caught off guard by the special exam, and now they have solved the pairing problem.
Ike Kanji and others immediately wanted to become flower protectors!
...
In front of the door of Second Year, Class C.
Ike Kanji found a student from Class C.
Politely asked him to pass a message.
Over the past year, there have been some changes, at least they have become much more polite, not at all like students from Class D.
In no time at all.
Ichinose and Himeno Yuki and others were called outside.
"Ah, Sudou, Ike, what's the matter?"
Looking at the seven or eight male students in front of her, Ichinose greeted them with full energy.
"Ichinose, we're here to help you."
Standing next to Sudou, Ike Kanji was more confident and assured seriously:
"We heard that you and Himeno are dating with a guy named Hikigaya, you must have been threatened."
"Don't be afraid, call that Hikigaya out, let us talk to him, we will definitely stand up for you!"
"That's right."
"Ichinose, you guys rest assured!"
"We will never let that shameless guy Hikigaya hurt you!"
Several male students assured one after another, patting their chests.
After all.
Hikigaya has a history of intimidating female students.
Not only were there rumors from junior high, but Hikigaya made Kushida cried last time on the cruise. Ike Kanji remembers it very clearly. He had already made a judgment in his heart. Whether it was Ichinose or that guy called Himeno, they must have been threatened by Hikigaya using dirty methods.
"Eh? This matter?"
Ichinose scratched her head somewhat embarrassingly, and the face of Himeno Yuki next to her suddenly became a bit stiff. These days, Class C had not put this matter to heart anymore, it seemed that they had already accepted it, and thought that this matter had long passed.
"Ike, thank you for your concern."
Ichinose nodded her head and explained generously: "Actually, you guys misunderstood. Yuki-chan and I voluntarily chose to be with Hikki, and Hikki is not what you imagine..."
"What did you say?"
Before Ichinose could finish speaking, the faces of Ike Kanji and the others were full of shock. A rather famous and somewhat fat boy said anxiously:
"No... this is impossible, Ichinose, you must be lying to us, right? Don't be afraid, rest assured, we will definitely protect you. We will never let that guy called Hikigaya harass you again!"
"You can tell the truth, we also have Sudou. If it really doesn't work, we'll beat up Hikigaya."
"Yeah, Ichinose, you don't have to be afraid."
"We know, that guy called Hikigaya is a shameless bastard, you don't have to defend that kind of guy."
"Yeah, just speak out!"
"We will protect you!"
Several boys quickly echoed, their words revealing a hint of desire, or perhaps deep down they felt that Ichinose would not lie.
"No."
Ichinose quickly waved her hand and said, "What I said is true."
"..."
Himeno Yuki's face next to her looked a bit ugly, but she didn't say much.
The events of these past few days had given Ichinose an illusion. Class C was her own class, needless to say, Class A also had a high quality, perhaps Katsuragi was also appeasing in the middle.
Therefore, Class A would not say much, or just sneer a few times behind their backs. Things were much smoother than Ichinose and the others had imagined!
However, Class D was different. They had never experienced real malice. Compared to other classes, Class D was more self-centered. Just like Himeno Yuki and Karuizawa.
Himeno Yuki would consider others to some extent and would take into account the feelings of others. But Karuizawa, she mostly only considered herself, as long as she was happy. Even if she considered others, it was more out of self-interest in order to maintain her status in the class. This was the biggest difference between the two classes.
Hearing Ichinose's words, the faces of several boys became stiff and somewhat twisted. If Ichinose and Himeno Yuki were threatened, they could naturally understand. But now, the two of them were actually voluntarily dating Hikigaya?
The goddess who could only be admired from afar in their hearts was actually willing to be with another person and the same man? Their image of her collapsed. It was as if they felt a huge betrayal from the bottom of their hearts.
"We were so worried about you."
Ike Kanji pointed at Ichinose and cursed bluntly:
"Ichinose, I didn't expect you to be such a shameless person. I was completely wrong about you before, I didn't expect you to be so cheap."
"You are actually dating Hikigaya with other girl at the same time, Tsk, there should be a limit to being shameless."
"I heard that you come from a single-parent family, no wonder you turned out to be this kind of person."
"Tsk, disgusting!"
Several people rudely pointed at Ichinose's nose and cursed.
From childhood to adulthood, Ichinose had never felt such naked malice. Her face suddenly became stiff and turned pale, her eyes were red, but she couldn't say a word.
The most important thing was, Ichinose knew in her heart that what Ike Kanji said was all true. Hoshinomiya Chie was right. It was not uncommon for several people to date at the same time, those wealthy sons changed women and clothes the same way, and even playing together was normal.
But this is immoral.
What can be done, cannot be spoken.
Even if it really needs to be done, it must be well hidden.
Therefore.
Standing at the highest point of morality.
Ike Kanji's curses and others are irrefutable.
This is the price she has to pay for not being able to stop Himeno from seeking, wanting everything, and having to pay.
She thought that she was already mentally prepared.
Unexpectedly.
When it comes to the important time, it's so painful.
Himeno Yuki, who was standing by, also looked a bit ugly, fortunately, Ike Kanji and others basically didn't know her.
Ichinose bore all the firepower.
But the curses were too harsh.
The harsh cursing sound suddenly alarmed the people in Class C, and Hikigaya and others poked their heads out.
"What's going on?".
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