There is something wrong with Hikigaya's classroom of supreme ability

Ever since the cruise ship's preferential treatment exam, Hikigaya and Hasebe have had little contact, not to mention that Hikigaya was extremely busy after returning to school, and then the voyeurism and secret filming incident happened.

At the beginning of the second semester, the two of them would not take the initiative to talk to each other in class, and gradually they felt a sense of alienation.

Hasebe mustered up a lot of courage this time: "I saw you and Sakura running together on the school playground yesterday, so I was wondering if I could join in? I'm not very good at sports, but I don't want to be a drag on the class, so..."

"no problem."

Hikigaya didn't think much about it, because situations like Hasebe's were very common. In fact, after Hirata recovered, he began to organize study sessions in the class. However, this time the study sessions were not about academic ability, but physical fitness!

Based on the personnel structure of the previous study session, we carried out joint physical exercise. Compared with exercising alone, exercising together is more efficient.

But the problem is that students like Hasebe, who had never participated in the study session before, became lonely and isolated.

If it was last semester, Hasebe wouldn't have cared, but sports were indeed her weak point. Even though Hirata welcomed her very much, she couldn't bring herself to join. So after much thought, she found "Hachi-san" whom she met on the ship.

So the physical training that was originally only for Hikigaya and Sakura was now joined by Hasebe, and after explaining the reason to Sakura, she also agreed to accept it.

Compared to the ostrich girl last semester, Sakura is no longer so shy. When Hasebe takes the initiative to show goodwill, Sakura can also reach out and shake hands.

What surprised Hasebe was that... the girl in front of him seemed to have a lot of strength in her hands?

4

Chapter 4: Two People and Three Legs.

Regarding the sports festival, since the competition is divided into the Red Team and the White Team, it is very important to cooperate with Ichinose's Class A.

Fortunately, Class A led by Ichinose is very cooperative. Hirata, Horikita and others discussed countermeasures with Ichinose and Kanzaki, mainly selecting students with outstanding sports abilities in the class. How to deploy the troops is also very important.

In order to achieve higher rankings and scores, we will try our best to avoid placing two students with good athletic abilities in the same group. At the same time, we must also scout the enemy's intelligence. The best strategy is "Tian Ji's Horse Racing", using students with poor athletic abilities on our side to fight against students with strong athletic abilities on the other side.

Therefore, during this month, not only do they need to arrange each project reasonably, but they also have to be wary of the other party knowing their intelligence. However, these are not things that Hikigaya needs to consider.

Having said that, there are a total of 13 events in the sports festival, 9 of which are team competitions that every student must participate in. Excluding specific male and female events, this means that every student needs to participate in at least 8 events, which is actually a big challenge for the students' physical fitness.

No wonder even Hasebe and Sakura felt a sense of 'crisis'. Although they did not hold out hope for students like them with poor athletic abilities, no one wanted to be the one holding them back.

This is actually a big change in the thinking of the students in the class after one semester. If it were the beginning of the school year, many people would probably give up directly, but after experiencing two special exams and Chi being expelled not long ago, everyone actually began to feel a sense of crisis.

Indeed, crisis is the driving force that forces mankind to move forward.

In addition, there is a special event in the team competition, the three-legged race.

The normal process should be to find partners in their respective classes, but this time the sports festival has an additional requirement. Students from the same class cannot team up together. In other words, for the three-legged race, they must team up with students from Ichinose's class. This undoubtedly greatly increases the difficulty of this event.

Therefore, on this project, Hirata, Horikita and others held several meetings with Ichinose and Kanzaki to discuss this matter. In the end, each of them selected several students with outstanding athletic abilities to form a team, and the remaining students from each class were randomly matched by drawing lots. This is also a relatively safe method. In fact, the remaining students are just participating.

Therefore, taking into account the wishes and concerns of some girls, artificial allocation will be carried out in order to take care of girls like Sakura. After all, not all girls don't mind forming a "three-legged team" with boys.

So after school in the afternoon, the students from the two classes who were randomly assigned to form teams began to draw lots. Hikigaya was naturally a "slacker" student, so he didn't really care who he would be in a team with.

As everyone found their teammates, the few remaining students only needed to confirm with each other. Hikigaya looked at the number 17 on his piece of paper, and suddenly someone patted him on the back.

"Hikigaya-kun, what number did you draw?"

Turning around, he found that it was Ichinose. Hikigaya showed a look of surprise on his face. He thought that Ichinose would team up with Horikita, Hirata and others to compete for the ranking.

"17."

It couldn't be such a coincidence, could it? The dead-eyed boy couldn't help but feel a tinge of anticipation, but then he laughed at his own ridiculous thought.

As expected, Ichinose showed a look of disappointment on his face, while Hikigaya remained calm, feeling even more ashamed for having had such expectations just now.

After all, no matter from which angle you look at it, Ichinose is a well-deserved beauty. No, I even feel that the word "beautiful" is derogatory to her, and it perfectly echoes the fantasy of boys of this age about love.

To say that one has no ideas is an absolute lie, even Hikigaya is no exception. It's just that he is very self-aware and understands that some things only exist in fantasy and can only exist in fantasy. He knows the boundary between reality and fantasy better than anyone else.

Is it inferiority complex?

Hikigaya wasn't sure, maybe? Or maybe it was just an appreciation of beautiful things, and that was all it took to just appreciate them.

"Strange, am I a bye?"

Hikigaya discovered that the students around him had already found their respective teams, and the remaining few people, including himself, also found their respective teams one by one. It seemed that he was the only one left now?

"What a stroke of luck!"

Thinking of this, Hikigaya felt as excited as if he had won a jackpot, but at this moment, Ichinose on the opposite side couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"Sorry, Hikigaya-kun, I didn't mean it. I just wanted to give you a surprise..."

Ichinose apologized while suppressing a smile.

Hikigaya: "..."

No matter how slow Hikigaya was, he finally realized what was going on.

"So, Ichinose, you're number 17 too?"

Hikigaya's face was filled with black lines.

Ichinose nodded, then lowered his head like a child who had made a mistake.

Hikigaya opened his mouth but didn't know what to say. This was too unfair!

"Anyway, let's leave first."

Although Hikigaya doesn't care about other people's eyes, it doesn't mean he has to endure this discomfort.

So, amidst all the envious looks from all around, Hikigaya and Ichinose left.

Walking on the school road, Hikigaya couldn't help but say to Ichinose: "Ichinose, why don't we change to someone else?"

"Eh? Why?"

Ichinose was puzzled: "Does Hikigaya really hate me?"

"Uh... not really, I just feel..."

Before Hikigaya could finish, Ichinose interrupted him: "If you don't hate me, then why don't you want to team up with me? As expected... Hikigaya-kun says he doesn't hate me, but deep down he thinks I'm an annoying girl."

As he spoke, Ichinose couldn't help but lower his head, his tone down.

Hikigaya knew that Ichinose was deliberately trying to silence him, but he didn't expose her. He just sighed softly: "If I really hated someone, I wouldn't talk to her so much."

Ichinose looked up and blinked, then her face felt a little hot as if she realized something.

"I just think you should have a better choice than 'Hikigaya Hachiman'."

Hikigaya said self-deprecatingly: "You don't have to rush to refute it, because this is an objective fact."

"Yes, this is indeed an objective fact."

Ichinose's expression was complicated, and for some reason, he felt a sting in his heart. "But... have you ever considered my subjective facts?"

5

Chapter 5: Abandon the gentle people.

"Have you never considered my subjective facts?"

Ichinose spoke subconsciously, but immediately regretted it and said quickly: "No, no, I mean..."

Ichinose was a little flustered when she said this.

"That's it."

Hikigaya was stunned for a moment before coming to his senses and smiled bitterly: "Sorry, Ichinose, I'm just too sensitive."

Ichinose suddenly stopped, was silent for a moment, and then said seriously: "No, it's just that you are too gentle, Hikigaya-kun."

Because you always think of others first.

Ichinose said silently in his heart.

"Gentle? You think I'm gentle?"

Hikigaya pointed at himself and shook his head: "This is not a word to describe a boy, and I don't think I have anything to do with gentleness."

There are actually people who think that someone with dead eyes like him is a gentle person. Hikigaya thinks this is the funniest joke he has heard recently.

"And I've never believed in gentleness or anything like that. So-called gentleness is just an escape from the cruel reality. Gentle people always have a hard time surviving because this world is neither gentle nor right."

Suddenly, a pair of hands tightly grasped Hikigaya's hands. Ichinose looked Hikigaya in the eyes and said seriously: "No, Hikigaya-kun, everything you said is wrong! It is precisely because you are a gentle person that you cannot adapt to this world that is neither gentle nor right."

Hikigaya opened his mouth because this was the first time someone spoke to him like that.

"Hahaha."

Hikigaya suddenly laughed, but his expression gradually turned cold. At the same time, his hands broke free from Ichinose's grasp. His black eyes stared directly into Ichinose's pupils. He slowly approached and said in a cold tone: "That's why I don't need this kind of tenderness!"

After saying that, Hikigaya turned and left, leaving Ichinose standing there in a daze.

After a long time, a cool breeze blew by, and Ichinose finally woke up from his trance, but was immediately followed by an inexplicable sadness.

The girl subconsciously raised her hand to wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes: "Why am I crying?"

The girl discovered the boy's pain, because only those who are not gentle... can "survive" in this world that is neither gentle nor right!

Gentle... This word always hurts Hikigaya's heart inexplicably.

Don’t gentle people hurt others?

Whether intentionally or unintentionally, human existence itself is destined to hurt others. The more you value someone, the more you must be aware that you may hurt the other person.

Hikigaya has a deep understanding of this.

So from that moment on, Hikigaya had made up his mind to abandon that so-called, damn gentleness!

Because gentle people can't survive in this cannibalistic world!

In this case, Ichinose should give up... No way!

The next afternoon after school, Hikigaya was jogging with Hasebe and Sakura in the playground. Suddenly, a graceful figure appeared from the side.

"Good afternoon, Hikigaya-kun."

Ichinose greeted Hikigaya as if nothing had happened, and also greeted Sakura and Hasebe who were standing beside him.

When Ichinose stopped to rest after running, he wiped the sweat off his face with a towel and said, "Hikigaya-kun, when are you free to practice the three-legged race?"

Hikigaya frowned slightly, but Ichinose across from him had already taken out the bandages and squatted down.

"Any questions?"

Ichinose looked up and asked.

"Forget it, do as you like."

Hikigaya's expression was a bit complicated. He found that he seemed to have underestimated Ichinose's "resilience".

Because it is a three-legged race between a man and a woman, physical contact is inevitable. Everyone knows this, but no one wants to mention it. After all, there is always a feeling that "whoever speaks first loses." Of course, more importantly... they are afraid of giving the other party a bad impression of "being vulgar and lustful."

So you can see that although there are two people and three legs, there seems to be a huge barrier between Hikigaya and Ichinose, as if they are afraid of bumping into each other.

After trying to take two or three steps, both of them almost fell down.

Despite this, Hikigaya remained unmoved, with his hands still behind his back. Seeing this, Ichinose finally couldn't help but lean over directly, putting his arm through Hikigaya's arm and hugging each other tightly!

"Uh……"

A soft touch came from his arm, and Hikigaya subconsciously tried to break free as if he had been electrocuted, but was held tightly by the girl.

"Hikigaya-kun, this is a competition. Please take it seriously and responsibly, okay?!"

Ichinose said bluntly.

"Okay, okay."

Hikigaya gave a hesitant answer.

Hasebe and Sakura, who were resting not far away, watched this scene. Suddenly, Hasebe asked, "Sakura-san, are Hachi and Ichinose familiar with each other?"

Sakura shook her head: "I, I don't know either, but I also feel that you and Hikigaya-kun seem to be very familiar with each other."

Hasebe: "???"

……

"Have you heard? Class B and Class C seem to be having a conflict!"

The next day at school, as soon as Hikigaya entered the classroom, he heard a lot of students talking, which sounded like something about the sports festival.

Hikigaya had just sat down when Horikita, who had already arrived at the classroom, suddenly said, "Hikigaya, have you heard about the rumors about Class B and Class C?"