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

At this time, a senior teacher walked to the main stage, and the big screen on the stage gave the other person a close-up.

Hikigaya suddenly had a bad feeling.

"Next, let me explain the additional events for this sports festival..."

Surprisingly, this additional project is open to the entire school year, which means that all three grades will participate together, and the competition is based on grade. Each class sends three students, and there are a total of 12 students in a grade to represent their respective grades.

The additional event is... a mixed three-legged race between men and women!

"Wait, if each class sends three people, what about the extra one?!"

Soon many students realized the problem. It was a two-person three-legged race, but there was one extra person. However, someone also quickly realized that the two-person three-legged race did require two people to form a team, but the school did not require them to be from the same class, because it was based on grade, so the extra person could just team up with the extra students from other classes!

And it’s just enough to form two teams!

At this time, many people realized one thing, that is, why the school had to require students from different classes to form teams in the three-legged race among the group events. It turned out that everything was paving the way for this moment!

As for rewards and punishments, the classes of the top three teams will have 60, 40, and 20 class points added, while the classes of the bottom three teams will have 50 class points deducted.

23

Chapter 23 I hate myself for dreaming.

The additional events of the sports festival are a bit like the extra questions at the end of an exam, and the mixed three-legged race in front of us is exactly that.

It can be said that this project is very cleverly set up. It is not a track and field event, so it is impossible to send the students with the best athletic abilities in each class, and it also largely eliminates the age gap between students.

This can be seen from the relay race just now. The physical fitness of senior students is much stronger than that of first-year students. That's why there is a freak like Ayanokouji. Otherwise, the top five places would almost all be surrounded by third-year and second-year students.

On the contrary, the mixed three-legged race tests the level of tacit understanding between the two people.

At the same time, it tests both the competition and cooperation between classes.

It is worth mentioning that if two people in a team are students from different classes, then their classes will each add 60 class points. In other words, if the first place is composed of students from two different classes, then each of them can add 60 class points!

It can be said that this additional project has achieved very good fairness.

While some people were happy, others were not so happy. Nan Yun looked bored when he heard that it was a three-legged race. He waved his hand and seemed not to want to participate.

Because it was a mixed three-legged race, there were ready-made teams from the previously recommended events, so it was easy to form the best teams from each class, but what really gave everyone a headache was the choice of the third person.

On Class D's side, Hirata and Kushida had worked together before, so there weren't too many questions. Then, regarding the choice of the third person... Hirata's gaze naturally fell on Hikigaya.

"Hikigaya-san..."

"Hirata, why are you so skilled?"

As soon as Hirata opened his mouth, Hikigaya already knew what he wanted to say and couldn't help but complain.

"Because Hikigaya-san is a very trustworthy person, and you see..."

As he spoke, Hirata suddenly pointed behind Hikigaya. The girl with long pink hair had quietly arrived at Class D's headquarters.

“Ichinose…”

As soon as Hikigaya saw Ichinose, he felt a headache, and the other party's purpose of coming was also very obvious.

"Since Hikigaya-kun and I got great results, I'll leave it to you this time. Please give me your guidance!"

Ichinose is very familiar.

I haven't agreed yet!

Hikigaya's face froze, but he finally agreed to once again team up with Ichinose to participate in this additional project.

"Hikigaya-kun, I have something I want to tell you."

During the preparation stage, Ichinose suddenly said, "I will also join the student council in the future."

"Ok?"

Hikigaya was slightly taken aback when he heard this, and Ichinose then explained sheepishly, "Well, although I wasn't accepted into the student council at the beginning of the school year, I've been working hard. Not long ago, second-year student Nagumo-senpai approached me and said he could recommend me to join the student council after the sports festival."

After Ichinose finished speaking, seeing Hikigaya remained silent, he quickly added, "Well, I didn't use the backdoor. It was Nagumo-senpai who took the initiative to invite me... I originally declined, but then I thought about Hikigaya-kun being on the student council, and wondered if I could grow up and become a mature and reliable person like Hikigaya-kun."

"Nan Yun invited you? Did he make any requests?"

"Requests? No~ And Nanyun-senpai is very kind. He often guides me through emails, helping me adapt to the transition from being a student to a student council member as quickly as possible."

Ichinose's words not only did not make Hikigaya feel relieved, but instead frowned even more. He looked at Ichinose, who seemed to be completely unaware and even very grateful to the other party. Hikigaya just felt that Ichinose was too generous.

The less demand you have, the greater the other party’s demand for you will be in the future!

However, Ichinose soon noticed something was wrong with Hikigaya and asked cautiously, "Is there some conflict between Hikigaya-kun and Nagumo-senpai?"

"How should I put it~ Conflicts exist all the time. The student council isn't as wonderful as you imagine, Ichinose. In fact, compared to classes, the conflicts in the student council are more hidden and more acute."

Hikigaya sighed.

Ichinose was slightly taken aback, as if he had not expected to hear another side of the student council from Hikigaya's mouth. This was a little different from the 'ideal student council' scene he had imagined and sketched out with Nagumo.

When she wanted to ask more questions, the additional event of the three-legged race was already about to begin. She had to put the matter aside for the time being and deal with the competition at hand.

The two of them hugged each other's arms skillfully. Although Hikigaya was no longer as helpless as before, the soft feeling on his arms still made him feel guilty.

Just like a child who steals candy, he is worried about being discovered by adults, but he is more afraid that this is just a dream of his own imagination. Can a guy like him really eat "candy"?

So Hikigaya hates fantasy, and even more so, he hates the kind of hope that gives people specious hopes!

What he resists is the self who "holds a glimmer of expectation, a glimmer of hope", so for a beautiful woman like Ichinose who is now in the corner of the world, Hikigaya is afraid that everything he is facing is just an illusion, just like the beautiful dream that Kaori Orimoto gave him, and when he woke up, he found that everything was fake.

Therefore, Hikigaya would rather not "dream" from the beginning than indulge in a temporary dream.

"Hikigaya-kun, what's wrong with you?"

Ichinose seemed to sense that Hikigaya's mood had changed in some way, but he couldn't put his finger on what was wrong.

"It's okay, I'm awake now."

Hikigaya spoke calmly, but Ichinose felt that the Hikigaya in front of him seemed... a little colder.

At the start of the game, Hikigaya and Ichinose still had a very good understanding of each other. Even Hikigaya himself was a little surprised at the level of cooperation between him and Ichinose. Everything was so natural, without any deliberateness.

At the beginning, the two were not very conspicuous among the teams, and their ranking was only in the middle. But gradually, as the journey progressed and the obstacles increased, the two-person three-legged combination of Hikigaya and Ichinose became more and more prominent, gradually rising from the middle position to third place, second place... until they crossed the finish line in first place!

The students in Class A and Class D cheered for this. Ichinose was also very excited and happy, but when she turned around to celebrate with Hikigaya, she was stunned. Although the boy opposite her had a faint smile on his face, Ichinose always felt an indescribable distance from him.

It was as if... there was originally a vague thread connecting the two of them, which was thin and fragile but always strong and unbroken. But now, as they crossed the finish line, this thread seemed to... suddenly break.

24

Chapter 24: Don’t attach irrelevant value.

"Well, Hikigaya-kun, are you free later?"

With the end of the additional events, the sports festival also came to a successful conclusion. Just as everyone was about to leave, Ichinose seemed to have finally come to his senses and quickly found his way to leave Hikigaya.

"me?"

Although Hirata had invited him to a class dinner, Hikigaya declined without a second thought. He also noticed that Ichinose seemed to want to talk to him about something, so he hesitated and said, "That's fine with me. But Ichinose, are you sure you can leave?"

As he spoke, Hikigaya looked towards the headquarters of Ichinose's class not far away. This time, Ichinose's class had won a resounding victory in the sports festival. Not only had they not been caught up by Sakayanagi's class, they had even opened up a considerable gap in points. Therefore, the students in Ichinose's class were very excited and were discussing the party after the sports festival. As the class leader, Ichinose naturally could not be absent.

Surprisingly, Ichinose shook his head and said, "I just told Kanzaki-san that I would be late, so it's okay."

Ichinose seemed very determined, and Hikigaya nodded: "Alright then."

Suddenly, a huge force came from his back, and Hikigaya staggered and almost fell. At the same time, a hearty voice rang in his ears: "Hikigaya, you performed very well just now!"

The tall girl with silver hair was none other than Guilongyuan, whom I had met once during the summer vacation.

"Senior, your sudden appearance is terrifying. What you did just now is already considered an attack. Hiss~ It hurts!!"

When Hikigaya saw Kiryuin, he couldn't help but complain.

Gui Longyuan's mouth curled up slightly when he heard this: "I saw you were having such a good time chatting with this girl, so of course I had to give you a surprise. Tsk tsk, I thought she was a beauty just now when she was in the stands, and now that I see her up close, she's really a great beauty, even more beautiful than I expected."

As he spoke, Guilongyuan looked at Ichinose in front of him without any concealment. The aggressive look made Ichinose couldn't help but take a step back, but Guilongyuan's praise just now also made Ichinose feel embarrassed.

"No wonder Nan Yun was targeted by that guy."

Kiryuin's words stunned both Hikigaya and Ichinose.

"Senior, do you know Senior Nan Yun?"

Ichinose asked tentatively.

"hehe."

Seeing Ichinose's innocent and confused expression, Guilongyuan couldn't help but smile: "Ah, so you didn't know. That's right, you are only in the first grade and haven't been in school for long, so of course you don't know these things."

"Senior, could you please explain in more detail? Nanyun-senpai has been taking good care of me. Is there something wrong?"

Ichinose also noticed the disdain and sarcasm in Kiryuin's tone and asked quickly.

Gui Longyuan couldn't help but laugh as if he heard something funny, and then the laughter stopped abruptly the next second.

"Why should I tell you who you are to me?"

Kiryuin folded his arms and stared at Ichinose with a sneer. Kiryuin, who seemed very friendly in the previous second, changed his expression in the next second. Even Ichinose couldn't help feeling embarrassed, and the smile on his face seemed a little forced.

"Besides, instead of asking me, you might as well ask the people around you. They should know better than me."

After saying that, Gui Longyuan lifted his silver hair and strode away.

"Senior Guilongyuan is very independent and you don't have to take it to heart."

Hikigaya spoke up to save the situation.

Ichinose nodded slightly, then hesitated for a second before finally asking, "Did Hikigaya-kun know about that matter about Nagumo-senpai all along?"

Hikigaya was silent, then sighed. "There are indeed quite a few rumors about him, and they're not really secrets. It's just that when I say them, it always looks like I'm deliberately slandering you and spreading rumors."

In fact, there are quite a few rumors about Nan Yun, among which the most are gossips about his romantic affairs, such as the rumor that he changes a girlfriend every week and often enters and leaves a girl's room. These are not secrets among the second graders, but as I said, rumors are rumors because they have not been confirmed.

Even though it was already known to everyone, no one involved came forward to admit or testify, so these were still just rumors. Of course, no student union would stand up against Nan Yun. Even Vice President Kiriyama, who was favored by Horikita Manabu, would not make a fuss about these things because it was meaningless.

Therefore, these romantic gossips were just gossip. It was fine if he knew about them himself, but if Hikigaya used these things as 'facts' to persuade Ichinose, he would most likely be regarded as a troublemaker.

"So Hikigaya-kun is worried about me?"

Hikigaya: "???"

Ichinose lowered his head for some reason. "I've always trusted Hikigaya-kun. He's definitely not the type to gossip or gossip. Since even Hikigaya-kun thinks there's something wrong with Nagumo-senpai's character, I'll take note."

"Eh?"

Hikigaya froze in his tracks, then panicked a bit: "No, Ichinose, I, I'm just an outsider. You have your own thoughts and opinions. There's no need to trust me so much, and you don't have to consider my feelings. In the final analysis, I'm not worthy of your trust..."

Hikigaya was not happy at all about Ichinose's unconditional trust. Instead, he felt very uncomfortable. He also couldn't understand why he deserved such trust from the other party.

"It's strange, even I don't know why I 'trust' Hikigaya-kun so much."

Ichinose shook his head and couldn't help but smile bitterly. "Kanzaki-san, Chihiro has talked to me about this many times, but every time I just can't help but believe what you said, Hikigaya-kun. Now that I think about the student council interview at the beginning of the semester, I seem to have the same feeling. It's like a voice in my heart told me that I can trust you. This is probably a girl's sixth sense."

"..."

Hikigaya felt a bit of a headache, and for some reason he felt a little irritated. He said, "What if I lied to you?! Do you trust others so easily? Have you forgotten the mistakes you made before?! I'm not someone you can trust at all!"

"So Hikigaya-kun, will you lie to me?"

Ichinose asked directly.

Hikigaya opened his mouth but didn't know how to answer this question.

"Hikigaya-kun, I know you're doing this for my own good, but I believe in my own choices. If I choose not to trust because I'm worried about being deceived, I think I'll regret this decision one day. Now that I've chosen to trust, I'm also prepared to be deceived and hurt."

Ichinose said with a firm look.

"Ugh……"

Hikigaya sighed helplessly. People should never attach irrelevant value to things that are important to them!

25

Chapter 25 The pain that cannot be eliminated.

"There's one more thing I want to tell you, Hikigaya-kun."

Ichinose suddenly spoke, then walked forward, took Hikigaya's hand and walked towards the courtyard of the teaching building.

During the whole journey, Ichinose refused to let go of Hikigaya no matter what he said. Because of the sports festival, the teaching building was almost empty. After reaching the atrium, Ichinose finally let go of Hikigaya and turned around to say to him, "Hikigaya-kun, do you still remember this place?"