At this time, the door of the conference room opened and Horikita Manabu came in from outside. At the same time, a second-year student followed him in, who was Vice President Kiriyama.

"Hikigaya, I have something to tell you."

Suddenly, Horikita Manabu spoke, looking at Vice President Kiriyama beside him.

……

After coming out of the student meeting room, Hikigaya couldn't help but look up and sigh when he thought about what Horikita Manabu had just said to him.

It was almost as he had guessed. Since Horikita Manabu was about to retire, the power of the student union would need to be gradually handed over to Nanyun. At least starting from the second semester, Nanyun's power would gradually increase. On the contrary, Horikita Manabu and other third-year students would gradually reduce their influence on the student union.

In order to check and balance Nanyun, Horikita Manabu gave this task to Kiriyama, and at the same time, it was also to let Hikigaya and Kiriyama get to know each other. It seems that he is preparing to let Hikigaya assist Kiriyama in fighting against Nanyun.

Kiriyama also showed great kindness to Hikigaya, and was very grateful for Horikita Manabu's appreciation.

"Fight against Nanyun?"

Hikigaya shook his head and smiled bitterly. If it was a capable student like Horikita Manabu, it might not be a bad idea, but as for Kiriyama, the vice president, it's not that Hikigaya looked down on him, but Nanyun has been suppressed by Horikita Manabu, but Kiriyama still hasn't made much achievements.

He couldn't even deal with the now 'half-crippled' Nan Yun, let alone Nan Yun without the suppression of Horikita Manabu.

At the same time, although Hikigaya respects Horikita Manabu, it does not mean that he will obey his orders in everything.

He also had his own judgment. Nan Yun now had the advantage of time and place, and the entire second grade was behind Nan Yun. How could his "little arm" break the other party's thigh?

And if he really wanted to deal with Nanyun, Hikigaya would not choose Kiriyama as his "teammate". The reason was very simple. He could not see a trace of hope in the other party's eyes.

This was when Horikita Manabu said he wanted to fight against Nagumo, and Hikigaya saw only numbness in the eyes of the Kiriyama vice-president.

At that moment, Hikigaya realized that the person in front of him was not reliable at all!

Come to think of it, his position in Class A was taken away by Nanyun. He was also the vice president but he was just a figurehead. The entire second grade was also shrouded in Nanyun's shadow. No matter the time, the place or the people, none of the three were on Kiriyama's side!

"Oh, what a troublesome thing!"

Hikigaya actually didn't want to get involved in this kind of thing, but he also understood one thing: when you are in the world, you have no choice but to do what you want. Many times, you can't do what you want, and the influence of the environment can be very great.

While eating in the cafeteria, Hikigaya unexpectedly heard many students around him discussing the same topic.

Divination.

It is said that a fortune teller with very good divination skills came to the Beech Shopping Center. Because of this, students of all grades in the school were very excited. For the boring and closed campus life where students could not go out, divination can be said to be a very fresh thing.

Hikigaya seemed to have heard Hiyori mention it before, and he seemed to have specially asked Sakura to go with him.

224

Chapter 224: Please don’t go.

If there is anything that is most attractive to girls, then fortune-telling will definitely be in the top three!

Why does Hikigaya know so much?

Of course, it was because of his younger sister, Komachi. Komachi was also very keen on fortune-telling. For a while, the first thing she did every day when she woke up was to open her mobile phone to check the horoscope for the day to see if there was any good luck in love.

These are also very clichéd openings in girls' comics.

However, for Hikigaya, who believes in "absolute rationality", things like horoscopes and fortune-telling are just a kind of psychological scam that uses some ambiguous words and then lets you fall into them, creating the illusion of "very accurate predictions"!

If it is regarded as a code of conduct, Hikigaya would sneer at it, but if it is regarded as a psychological placebo, it may be a means of relaxation and stress relief.

Having said that, Hikigaya was still very curious about what this so-called fortune teller was all about. After all, it was quite exciting to see something different suddenly appear in the monotonous campus life.

However, this curiosity was not enough to motivate Hikigaya to go to the Keyaki Shopping Center alone, competing with other couples and groups of girls just to take a look at the fortune teller. This was too embarrassing!

But at this moment, the phone suddenly vibrated. Hikigaya took a look and found that it was Ichinose?

Ichinose: Hikigaya-kun, are you free?

Hikigaya waited for a moment before replying [I'm busy]. Ichinose was a troublesome guy. He was currently overwhelmed by the student council affairs and had no time to care about her affairs.

"Good afternoon, Hikigaya-kun."

Suddenly, a pink-haired girl sat down opposite very familiarly with a smile on her face.

"Uh... Noze?"

Hikigaya's face froze: "You were just here?"

Even if Hikigaya was slow to react, he realized that Ichinose had clearly seen him just now, so she sent him a message. Does that mean that every move he made just now was seen by the other party?

When he thought of this, Hikigaya suddenly had the urge to run away immediately. This was too embarrassing!!!

Ichinose on the opposite side seemed to notice Hikigaya's embarrassment, and then couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh.

"So, Ichinose, what do you want from me?"

Hikigaya had to quickly change the subject. Ichinose smiled and said, "Look, I heard there's a fortune teller over at the Keyaki Shopping Center. All of my classmates have been there and heard he's very effective, so... Hikigaya-kun, can you come with me?"

"So that's how it is... Wait!"

Hikigaya suddenly sensed something was wrong: "Why are you looking for someone like me, an outsider? With your influence in the class, wouldn't it be easy for you to find a companion?"

"Hikigaya-kun is not an outsider..."

Ichinose muttered softly, then said, "Because I didn't want my classmates to know, I was thinking of looking for someone outside the class, and the first person I thought of was Hikigaya-kun."

"What kind of logic is this!"

Hikigaya complained, "And if your classmates find out, I don't think I'll live to see the next day. And that Shiraha guy will definitely not let me go!"

"Eh? Hikigaya-kun and Chihiro-chan are very familiar with each other?"

I don’t know if it was an illusion, but Hikigaya felt that Ichinose’s smile seemed to freeze for a moment. It must be an illusion!

"No, but she is familiar with you!"

Hikigaya shook his head: "Every time you see me, it's like seeing an enemy."

"Forehead……"

Ichinose played with her fingers a little awkwardly. She probably knew why Shiranami was so "hostile" towards Hikigaya. After all, she knew very well Shiranami's feelings.

"Anyway, let's not cause any misunderstandings."

"Hikigaya-kun, do you think there's a misunderstanding? What kind of misunderstanding?"

Ichinose suddenly gave a sly smile.

"..."

Hikigaya didn't know how to answer for a moment, as if he would be fooled no matter how he answered.

"Hikigaya-kun, are you going to refuse a girl's invitation?"

Ichinose said sincerely, "Actually, I'm looking for someone who's not my classmate and I can trust you. The only person I can think of is you, Hikigaya-kun, so could I ask you for help?"

Hikigaya frowned slightly, because what Ichinose said was very strange. It always felt weird to have someone who was not a classmate but was trustworthy.

In the end, Hikigaya nodded in agreement.

Then the two of them came to the Keyaki Shopping Center. As soon as they arrived at the Keyaki Shopping Center, Hikigaya found that the flow of people was much larger than usual.

Although the summer vacation factor is involved, there are still too many people!

"It's just as Sayo-chan and the others said. There are so many people here. Could it be that this fortune teller is really as effective as the rumors say?"

Hearing Ichinose's words, Hikigaya couldn't help but say, "Ichinose, I hate to discourage you, but this is probably just an event the mall is doing to attract more people."

"Ah? Is that so?"

Ichinose shook his head. "Hikigaya-kun, everything must be confirmed with your own eyes. While what you said makes sense, it doesn't necessarily mean that divination is effective."

Hikigaya didn't say anything else. The two of them immediately came to the venue of the divination activity, and were stunned when they saw the long line.

And when he saw the team, Hikigaya finally understood why Ichinose had come to find him specifically. If he didn't want his classmates to know that he came alone, he could have just done it. There was no need to go through so much trouble.

It turned out that because there were too many students coming for divination, in order to save time and space, the queues were divided into groups of two. So you can see that most of the students in the queue are friends who know each other, or they are boyfriends and girlfriends. In other words, if you come alone, you have to team up with strangers.

Hmm...wait, Hikigaya seems to have noticed something wrong.

Boy and girl?

Hikigaya realized belatedly that except for two girls, most of the students queuing here were pairs of men and women, and they all looked like couples!

Hikigaya subconsciously looked at Ichinose beside him, and Ichinose happened to look over at him. Their eyes met, and in an instant they both seemed to know what the other meant, and an awkward and ambiguous atmosphere suddenly filled the air.

"Uh...why don't we just go back?"

Hikigaya pretended to be calm and said expressionlessly, then he began to turn around and prepare to leave, but the next second, a warm and soft hand grabbed Hikigaya's wrist.

"Don't, don't go, okay?"

Ichinose lowered her head, her cheeks flushed.

225

Chapter 225: Irritability and Conflict.

"Don't, don't go, okay?"

Ichinose realized the ambiguity in her words as soon as she finished speaking, and hurriedly explained: "I, I didn't mean that. It's just that I finally came here, and I always feel like I'll regret it if I go back like this. I might miss this opportunity, and I don't know if there will be another opportunity like this in the future."

"So this is ah."

Hikigaya breathed a sigh of relief. Ichinose had just grabbed his wrist, and coupled with those ambiguous words, Hikigaya felt his heart skip a beat for a moment.

But then a wave of 'painful' memories came to my mind.

One of the three major illusions in life is thinking that the other person likes you!

The tragedy of Kaori Orimoto is still vivid in our minds. When we were in junior high school, Kaori Orimoto was the only one who talked to me, who was lonely and unpopular at that time. The hormones of the boy with dead eyes were budding, and he mistakenly thought that the other party had a good impression of him, so he confessed his feelings to her, but was rejected and given the nice guy card.

Hikigaya can still vividly remember the fear and helplessness in the other person's eyes at that time!

It wasn't the other person who was wrong, it was me who was so self-righteous at that time and thought the whole world revolved around me. I was such a middle school student!

Ah, ah, no, no, if I keep thinking about this, Hikigaya will start to withdraw again!

The girl in front of us, Ichinose, can be said to be even more beautiful and popular than Kaori Orimoto. Whether it is figure, face, ability or personality, she is ahead in all aspects.

How could she possibly have feelings for a lonely, dead-eyed guy like me?

Even the character "Densha Man" was a product of the fantasies of otakus who knew how many years ago.

So Hikigaya prefers Ichinose just because he wants to find a tool that will not arouse other people's jealousy and is easy to use. Well, even Hikigaya feels that his thoughts are becoming darker and darker. He is indeed a lonely and dark person. The dead-eyed boy fell into a cycle of self-doubt and self-criticism again.

"Hikigaya-kun, are you okay?"

Ichinose seemed to notice that something was wrong with Hikigaya's expression. Just as he was about to take a step forward, Hikigaya suddenly took a step back and said, "It's okay. If that's the case, then let's get in line."

As he spoke, Hikigaya turned around and lined up behind the team. Ichinose looked at Hikigaya's figure, a complicated look flashed across his face, and he bit his lip subconsciously. The short distance just now made Ichinose feel like there was a huge invisible gap between them.

After calming down, Hikigaya stopped fantasizing about unrealistic things. There were a lot of students coming for divination, two people in a group, and each group took about fifteen minutes. So Hikigaya and Ichinose waited for more than an hour before it was their turn!

Hikigaya was already complaining in his mind about how he had agreed to Ichinose on impulse, wasting an hour outside like a fool.

And during the waiting period, because Ichinose's appearance and temperament were particularly outstanding, she attracted the attention of many senior students around her. However, since most of the people who came for divination were couples, those boys only looked at her with their eyes, and there were not many who really came over to chat with her... It would be strange!

The students passing by didn't have this concern, and they seemed to be even more unscrupulous in striking up conversations with Ichinose, relying on their status as senior students. Even though Ichinose had politely declined, the other party was still relentless and insisted on getting Ichinose's contact information. They even wanted to use their authority as a "senior" to "invite" Ichinose to sing K and have drinks together.

Ichinose's personality is that she is too "accommodating" to everyone, so even when facing the harassment of this senior student, she still smiles. Although the smile is a bit forced, it also shows that Ichinose does not want to make things too awkward, or still holds the hope that "it can be resolved peacefully."

Hikigaya sighed upon seeing this, then looked at the couple standing behind him and said to the boy, "Senior, please lend me this drink. I'll compensate you later."

After saying that, Hikigaya "borrowed" the drink from the other party without waiting for the other party's consent, and then threw the drink in his hand directly at the senior student opposite!

Suddenly, the spilled drink stained the clothes of the senior student opposite, and Hikigaya's behavior immediately caused the surrounding students to exclaim!

"Asshole, what the hell are you doing?!"

As expected, the senior student opposite immediately became furious and stared at Hikigaya fiercely. While speaking, he had already reached out to grab Hikigaya's collar, ready to teach this first-year student a lesson, and also to save face that he had lost in front of everyone!

Snapped!

Hikigaya slapped his hand away, and the force was so great that the senior student staggered and almost fell to the ground!

The students around him also avoided Hikigaya, as if they were worried that the dispute would affect them.

"Don't you want to have a drink? Then I'll treat you to one now. Is it delicious?"

Hikigaya ignored the gazes from all around him, looked defiant, and his tone was full of provocation.

"asshole!"

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