The feeling of being cared for was pretty nice; he couldn't bring himself to break this state.
In the original story, after Gabriel's fall, it didn't seem like there was much of an issue. She was just addicted to pay-to-win online games, a bit sloppy, and didn't want to attend classes, but she wasn't truly fallen. When it came to serious matters, Gabriel was still an angel worth trusting.
'If it's only like this...'
For the sake of that Fallen Angel's Ring, he... was willing to bear the responsibility of seducing an angel into falling...
Hopefully, the effect of the Fallen Angel's Ring won't disappoint his expectations.
Hikigaya silently resolved to think about how to seduce an angel into falling while ordering a bowl of udon from the automatic meal machine. He carried it to a table, sat down, and began eating.
The udon wasn't much, and he finished it quickly. After finishing the meal, he placed the utensils in the recycling area and casually wandered around the campus, activating his Eagle Vision.
Actually, Kaede and Suzu had said they wanted to eat with him. However, since they had many friends in their class and he had been using Eagle Vision over the past two days to search the school for minotaurs, he hadn't joined them.
At this moment, in Hikigaya's vision, a red hostile figure he had marked earlier passed through the bustling courtyard, seemingly heading toward the relatively secluded special building.
'What is that second-year swimming club blond, Kenichiro, doing heading to the special building at noon?'
The special building was rarely visited. People only went there to move the piano from the music room, clean up the biology lab's trash, or sort through the library's collection. Simply put, you'd only go there if you were doing hard labor.
Could it be that Kenichiro was harboring a grudge and wanted to cause trouble for the Service Club in the special building?
But the Service Club was only established two days ago, and he hadn't publicized it. Apart from Hiratsuka Shizuka, Yukinoshita Yukino, Hayase Saki, and a few members of the student council, no one else seemed to know about it.
Hikigaya pondered as he opened the Love List and looked at Hayase Saki's name. The location displayed was indeed near the special building.
[Ding~]
[Character Mission Alert—The Swimming Club's Clear-Cut Girlfriend]
[Do you want to teleport to Hayase Saki's side?]
The system prompt rang out just in time, and Hikigaya's lips twitched slightly.
'This big-breasted airhead... could she have gone to see that blond alone?'
He hoped she wasn't that stupid; otherwise, he'd really need to give her a proper lesson.
———
Hayase Saki was very troubled.
Originally, because of her childhood friend Fukuyama Keita, she had nearly been deceived by the second-year Kenichiro into losing her body. Fortunately, the Service Club's president and Yukinoshita saved her just in time. She thought the matter had ended.
After all, she had been recruited into the Service Club, and during club activity time, she'd stay in the club. Kenichiro shouldn't dare to bother her anymore.
She was also happy to spend time with the famous Yukinoshita Yukino from school. Maybe she could even make some friends in the Service Club.
The only troublesome thing was that the female swimming club's captain required her to provide a valid reason; otherwise, she wouldn't allow her to leave training sessions.
But this joy only lasted until last night.
After showering and finishing her homework, she was chatting via messages with her childhood friend, Fukuyama Keita. She found out that after Kenichiro left, he immediately went to cause trouble for her childhood friend.
According to Keita, after swimming club training, it was already a bit late. Following his usual habit, he took a shortcut through a deserted alley to the station. However, as he reached the alley entrance, someone bagged his head, struck him hard on the back of his head, and he collapsed to the ground. In the darkness, he was brutally beaten.
He didn't know how many people there were, only that there were quite a few, and they were ruthless.
Keita struggled to crawl up and called the police. The police quickly arrived on the scene.
However, since the alley had no surveillance, the police only registered Keita's basic information, asked if he had offended anyone recently, and who was most likely to do this, then left.
Keita knew he had been beaten for nothing and could only resign himself to his bad luck.
This sort of thing was too common. Just being beaten up without losing one's life was considered a small matter. The police wouldn't intervene unless the culprit was caught red-handed or there was solid evidence.
Hayase Saki thought it was likely the second-year swimmer Kenichiro.
She had been worried about Kenichiro bothering her, but she hadn't expected him to retaliate against her childhood friend Keita instead.
It was definitely because of her that Keita had been beaten. Kenichiro didn't dare to provoke Yukinoshita or the president, and even she was under their protection. Kenichiro thus chose to take revenge on Keita.
Although she felt that Kenichiro was the one who attacked Keita, she had no concrete evidence and didn't know how to explain it to her childhood friend Keita.
She could only blame herself.
Then, this morning, after arriving at school, Hayase Saki found a letter in her shoe locker.
It was unsigned, undated, and only invited her to meet at the special building at noon.
Seeing this letter, she immediately knew it was from Kenichiro.
It concerned the beating of her childhood friend, Fukuyama Keita. The letter also warned her to come alone or else someone would get hurt.
Hayase Saki hesitated for a long time. She didn't dare to trouble the president or Yukinoshita about Keita's matter. In the end, she decided to go alone.
Of course, recalling Keita being beaten without surveillance, she made sure to check if the meeting spot had cameras before going.
After confirming there was surveillance in the area, she felt relieved.
She hid in the shadows, not stepping out immediately. Only when she saw Kenichiro's figure from a distance did she take a deep breath, preparing to go out and confront him, asking him to stop bothering her childhood friend.
However, as she stepped out, someone covered her mouth from behind and dragged her back into the shadows.
"Mmhm!"
Hayase Saki instinctively struggled, only to hear a familiar voice next to her ear.
"Hayase-san, it's me, Hikigaya. I'm letting go now, so don't scream."
"P-President?"
Hearing this voice, Hayase Saki's body stiffened. When she turned her head and saw it was Hikigaya, she let out a big sigh of relief. Luckily it was him, she almost thought she was about to be ambushed and done for.
"Don't call me president. I don't have dumb subordinates like you. What are you doing here alone?"
Looking at this big-breasted, brainless woman, Hikigaya rolled his eyes in annoyance.
"Keita got put in a bag and beaten up yesterday... I think it was Kenichiro who did it..."
Seeing that Hikigaya seemed quite angry, Hayase Saki instinctively shrank her neck and didn't dare to meet his eyes. She lowered her head and softly explained her reason for coming here.
She didn't really want to come either. She was scared... But if she didn't come, Keita would keep getting beaten up because of her...
"So you're just delivering yourself to him? Sacrificing yourself so he won't lay a hand on your childhood friend?"
"No, no... There are surveillance cameras here. I just came to make him stop..."
Hayase Saki hastily explained. She wasn't that dumb; she had thought this through.
"Idiot, do you think he'll stop just because you tell him to? If it were that simple, you wouldn't need to come here. Besides, that camera is clearly broken. For all you know, he broke it on purpose."
Hikigaya didn't want to hear her reasoning anymore. It was just another foolish idea where she thought she could do something but clearly couldn't.
If it weren't for him being here, this woman would have been doomed.
"Stay here and wait. I'll deal with you later."
Hikigaya threw out this sentence and directly stepped out from the dark hiding spot, walking up to Kenichiro.
"Why are you here?"
Kenichiro, who had been anxiously waiting for Hayase Saki, was taken aback when Hikigaya appeared.
He had clearly left a note for Hayase Saki. Based on his prediction, he only needed to threaten her a little, telling her to come alone or he'd go beat up Fukuyama. She should have obediently come alone.
"Why can't I be here?"
Hikigaya walked slowly and expressionlessly toward Kenichiro, eyeing the blonde troublemaker who refused to mend his ways.
"Weren't you dissatisfied yesterday? You got warned, and yet you're here causing trouble again. I'm giving you a chance now to challenge me. The camera here is broken. If you're upset, let's settle this right now."
"...YOU ASKED FOR IT!"
Kenichiro's expression twisted as he looked at the overly arrogant Hikigaya. Thinking about the pain he suffered yesterday afternoon when this guy sneak-attacked his vital points, his eyes hardened. With a loud shout, he lunged toward Hikigaya.
Following behind Hikigaya, Hayase Saki hadn't expected him to provoke Kenichiro into a fight with just a few words. She instinctively let out a startled cry.
Because of his years of swimming, Kenichiro had a pretty good physique — tall, strong, and streamlined. But swimming isn't fighting. In terms of combat, Kenichiro was all looks and no substance.
Hikigaya took a few steps back, dodging Kenichiro's punch with a sidestep, and kicked him in the waist.
Kenichiro staggered from the kick, turned around furiously, and tried to engage Hikigaya in a fierce, close-quarters brawl.
However, Hikigaya remained calm, sidestepping again as Kenichiro charged, and landed another kick in the same spot.
The force from a leg kick is far greater than from a punch. After two harsh kicks to the waist, Kenichiro nearly collapsed. Before he could recover, Hikigaya directly kicked him to the ground and delivered a devastating strike to his lower body.
Feeling the same pain as yesterday, Kenichiro let out a pitiful scream.
It was clear Kenichiro hadn't been in many fights. Despite his seemingly aggressive moves, his attacks were full of openings in Hikigaya's mind, where Brotherhood Assassin techniques filled his head.
If he hadn't wanted to avoid committing a crime at school, a flick of his hidden blade could have slit Kenichiro's throat.
Hayase Saki stood frozen, wide-eyed, as she watched the tall and well-built Kenichiro being beaten to the ground by her club president, Hikigaya.
She had thought before that their president wasn't afraid of Kenichiro, so he must be pretty strong. But she hadn't expected it to be so one-sided. Kenichiro hadn't even touched the president's clothes and was already lying on the ground.
"From now on, Hayase Saki is a member of my Service Club. She belongs to me. If you dare to bother her again, I'll beat you every time I see you."
After venting his anger over Hayase Saki's brainless, sacrificial behavior on Kenichiro, Hikigaya calmly exhaled and emotionlessly warned the twisted-faced Kenichiro.
Although he planned to find an opportunity to deal with this guy after school, lest the blond troublemaker act up again, for now, he figured he'd let the guy catch his breath.
"Joined the Service Club? Isn't she Fukuyama's girlfriend?"
Still clutching his legs, Kenichiro froze, his face full of disbelief.
"I... I'm just childhood friends with Keita. Stop bothering him..."
At this moment, Hayase Saki suddenly stepped forward and hugged Hikigaya's arm, trying to muster the courage to sternly reprimand them for targeting her childhood friend Keita. But as soon as she spoke, she faltered upon seeing Kenichiro's fierce gaze.
"You little... slut..."
Seeing the timid, introverted Hayase Saki clinging tightly to Hikigaya's arm, Kenichiro gritted his teeth and cursed.
He had completely misjudged her. This supposedly pure girl was actually shameless.
Maybe she'd already been fooling around with this guy before. How else could she have been caught that day?
'Beating up Fukuyama had been a waste. Though, since it was that guy's fault he got hit, he deserved it.'
"What are you saying?"
Seeing that Kenichiro was still defiant, Hikigaya pulled his arm free from Hayase Saki's embrace, walked forward, and gave Kenichiro another hard kick.
"Don't think I'm joking."
"Yukinoshita's family's esteemed daughter is my club member."
"This year's student council president, Kaede, is my ally."
"Even the disciplinary committee has my people."
"What do you, an ordinary student, have to fight me with?"
"Regretting breaking the camera now?"
"If I hear that you've leaked what happened today, your life will be over."
"..."
Although Hayase Saki hadn't been harmed, Hikigaya grew angrier the more he thought about how, without his system, this fool would have fallen into despair.
The angrier he got, the harder he kicked. Kenichiro could only curl up on the ground, covering his head with both hands, silently enduring the pain spreading across his body.
In most schools, the student council holds considerable power, and Sobu High was no exception. Expelling a problematic student was something the president could easily arrange.
The disciplinary committee was even more influential. As allies of the student council, they could ruin someone even without expulsion.
Outside the school, Yukinoshita's family's influence might not be enormous, but it still far outweighed anything Kenichiro could muster. If he tried bribing his way out, he'd be crushed.
Thinking further into the dark possibilities, they could probably pay someone to have him killed. After all, Japan's low crime resolution rate meant a death would just remain a death.
"Now get lost!"
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