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

The disadvantage is also very obvious, which is that it can easily lead to the overflow of personal power!

Hikigaya then followed up on Akane Tachibana's words, saying, "After receiving Tachibana-senpai's preliminary review, I shared this with Hirata. However, perhaps due to a difference in understanding, Hirata mistakenly believed that this application had received final approval from the Student Council, when in reality it had only received 'preliminary approval.' I admit that my failure to explain this clearly led to this error."

Hirata also spoke with a look of self-blame: "It's not Hikigaya-san's fault. I was too impatient and explained the matter to Horikita-san without asking in detail. Then Horikita-san mistakenly believed that she had the student council's approval, so she installed the surveillance camera."

Then, the whole scene fell into silence. Everyone looked very shocked. Ishizaki even opened his mouth wide, as if to say, "Can it be round like this?"

"Wait! That's not right! Even if that's the case, installing surveillance cameras is the school's responsibility. It has nothing to do with Class D, and it's not the students' business!"

Ishizaki shouted hurriedly, and many people were also confused.

Just taking the matter of installing surveillance cameras as an example, it is definitely not the turn of Class D, or the students, to handle it. This is clearly overstepping one's authority and it doesn't make sense at all!

"Yes, Horikita did overstep her bounds in this regard and did make a mistake. She was so smart as to install surveillance cameras, which led to a series of incidents afterwards!"

Instead of refuting Ishizaki, Hikigaya followed his words and pointed out Horikita's mistake.

"That's right, so Horikita's unauthorized installation of surveillance cameras is a violation of the law!"

Ishizaki shouted.

"Yes, I didn't deny that this was a violation."

Hikigaya nodded.

"what?"

Now it's Ishizaki's turn to be confused, so...what on earth is this guy Hikigaya doing?

And at this time...someone had already heard the hidden meaning in Hikigaya's words.

"Objectively, Class D's installation of surveillance cameras in the Specialized Teaching Building was indeed a violation of regulations. However, subjectively, Horikita installed the cameras because she mistakenly believed that the application documents had been approved by the school."

At this moment, Haruno looked as if she had suddenly realized something, then looked at Hikigaya, Hirata, and the others: "Am I right in understanding this?"

Hirata nodded and apologized to Horikita Manabu and everyone present: "Yes, Horikita-san installed surveillance cameras to avoid similar incidents in the future due to the lack of relevant surveillance methods, and because of the potential safety risks in the teaching building.

During this process, the information I conveyed was significantly distorted, which led to the current situation, turning something that was originally good for students and the school into a bad thing. I must bear a large part of the responsibility for this matter."

Until now, everyone has finally realized Hirata's plan. Since the installation of surveillance cameras is a fact and cannot be changed, they have changed their thinking, which is to try to reduce the punishment for Horikita as much as possible.

146

Chapter 146 The so-called correct result.

Just as Ishizaki was about to refute Hirata's claim of "nonsense, this is clearly sophistry," Hikigaya interjected, "Haha, Hirata, what you just said sounds very reasonable at first glance, but don't you think it's just sophistry? Although you explained Horikita's motive for installing surveillance cameras, the biggest question is why did they go out of their way to install surveillance cameras without letting the school handle it?"

"That's right, installing surveillance cameras is not something Class D should do!"

Although Ishizaki didn't know why Hikigaya suddenly pointed his gun at his class, he naturally would not miss the opportunity to kick someone when he was down.

Hirata looked embarrassed. "Because Class D's class points are so low, we've been looking for ways to increase them. Horikita-san's approach is indeed a bit too eager for quick success, and we will reflect deeply on this."

"That's far-fetched and a complete excuse."

Hikigaya retorted.

"But the fact is, the Special Education Building does have a number of safety risks. In particular, if the chemicals in the science classrooms were stolen and used elsewhere, the consequences would be disastrous. Similar poisoning incidents have been reported in the news. It was precisely because of this concern that Horikita submitted an application to the school to install surveillance.

Everyone also knew that if we waited for the school to report it and implement it, the process would take quite a while, and there was a chance something unexpected would happen during that time. Meanwhile, Horikita had received news that the school had approved the application, so for this reason, she planned the following events, hoping to earn class points as a reward.

Hirata answered in an orderly manner, as if he had prepared everything.

"But I really didn't expect such a misunderstanding to happen. I meant well but ended up doing something bad. I'm deeply sorry for this. I hope the student council president will see Horikita's good intentions and show some leniency."

As for Horikita, she was looking at Hirata in a daze. She knew very well that the truth was not what Hirata said, but she also understood that Hirata was trying to save her.

But what really shocked Horikita was what Hirata said. It seemed like he had prepared everything in advance?!

Thinking of this, Horikita couldn't help but look at Hikigaya.

"President, I don't agree with this statement."

Hikigaya seemed to be going against Hirata. He didn't approve of Hirata's tactics and shook his head, saying, "Although the subjective starting point was good, the objective result was still a violation. The motivation of 'I did it out of kindness, so what I did was right' is problematic in itself. When judging something, we do consider the motivation, but we pay more attention to the result of the behavior. Horikita's behavior is already a violation, and that is an indisputable fact!"

"So fortunately, there have been no serious consequences so far, and the whole thing just stemmed from a misunderstanding."

Hirata immediately retorted.

Hikigaya is obviously a student of Class D, but not only does he not help his own class, but he has been "adding insult to injury" to Class D from the very beginning. At first, no one could understand what Hikigaya was trying to do, but now everyone is gradually realizing that Hikigaya seems to be deliberately "targeting" Hirata, but in fact he is deliberately picking out some sensitive and serious issues, and then cleverly diverting them into other problems, turning a big thing into several small things.

Originally, Horikita installed surveillance cameras in public places in the school without permission, but it turned out that Horikita was too eager for quick success and installed surveillance cameras in order to solve the major safety hazards in the school and to get rewards for class points, and the incident did not cause serious consequences.

What was originally a very serious violation suddenly became not so "serious", and there were many issues worth discussing and dealing with in the whole matter, such as the purpose of Horikita installing surveillance, the misunderstandings caused by language communication, the approval of the student union, etc., which made the whole thing very "operable".

The deadlock was immediately turned around.

At the very least, the severity of the punishment Horikita will receive will be greatly reduced. In fact, according to this situation, it may just be a lot of noise with little action in the end. This is a situation that many people did not expect beforehand.

Of course, the most crucial thing here is the application document. Without this application document, what Hirata said just now was just his wishful thinking and subjective statement, which is totally unconvincing!

What's more important is that this application document has passed the preliminary review. Although it still lacks the most critical approval from the student council president, it is only a matter of time. Of course, there are many explanations and tricks here. It can be said that it does not comply with the procedures, or that specific issues require specific analysis. In any case, it all depends on Horikita Manabu's attitude.

Whether to deal with it seriously or to make a big deal out of it, no matter which one, there is enough evidence and arguments, and everything depends on Horikita Manabu's decision.

Ichinose, Horikita and the others suddenly felt as if a new world had suddenly appeared.

At this moment, Komiya suddenly noticed someone's gaze, and his expression froze. Then he remembered someone's 'instructions' at noon, so he hurriedly whispered a few words in Ishizaki's ear. Ishizaki seemed to suddenly understand, pointed at Horikita and shouted: "I have objections to the purpose of Class D installing surveillance cameras!"

Ishizaki then said that Class D was clearly trying to use fake surveillance footage to lure them into falling for it so that they could drop the charges against Sudo, and that it wasn't some bullshit lie about the students' safety being a concern!

"Indeed, Ichinose-san from Class B also claimed to be a victim. In other words, she was deceived by the students from Class D and mistakenly believed that the surveillance camera she just installed was real. Therefore, there is a huge contradiction in the real purpose of Class D installing the surveillance camera!"

What many people did not expect was that Hikigaya not only supported Ishizaki's statement, but also implied that he questioned what Hirata had just said!

Ichinose, Horikita and the others didn't even have a chance to refute Ishizaki's doubts. If they denied it, then Ichinose would be accused of lying, but if they admitted it, then Class D and Hirata would be accused of lying!

No matter what answer you give, it's a dead end?!

"Hikigaya?!"

Horikita, Ichinose and the others were all puzzled as to the purpose of Hikigaya's actions. Kushida also frowned slightly. For some reason, she suddenly felt uneasy in her heart, because... Hikigaya was too abnormal today!

Or rather... it was so strange that it frightened her, just like that night in his room when he saw through her completely, that kind of fear of the unknown.

On the other hand, Haruno and Horikita Manabu seemed to realize something and subconsciously looked at Horikita... the person behind him who remained silent and expressionless the entire time.

Ayanokouji!

"What exactly is Team D's purpose for installing surveillance? One possibility is just as Hirata said, and the other is personal selfishness, as Ishizaki said."

Having said that, Hikigaya suddenly paused, and with a cold expression he looked behind Horikita, at the person who always seemed to be out of the whole thing, even Ayanokouji who was almost forgotten!

"But I think there's a third possibility. Horikita did install surveillance cameras because of the students' safety concerns, but someone also used this incident to deceive Ichinose from Class B for their own selfish desires. They also took advantage of 'kind Horikita' and distorted her original good intentions. Even until just now, the deceived Horikita was still taking all the responsibility on herself in order to protect this person!"

"Am I right, Ayanokouji?"

Hikigaya's cold eyes stared at Ayanokouji, who had remained expressionless until now, as if they were real.

The others also widened their eyes, and all of a sudden everyone's attention fell on Ayanokouji!

Ayanokouji ignored the gazes from the people around him and looked at Hikigaya expressionlessly: "You, what do you mean by this?"

"What I mean is, it was you, Ayanokouji, who took advantage of Horikita's installation of surveillance cameras to deceive Ichinose and mislead Horikita, letting them help you lure the students of Class C into your trap, so that the charges against Sudo for fighting could be dropped!"

"I don't know anything. I was just asked by Horikita to help her install surveillance cameras, that's all."

Ayanokouji said calmly.

Hikigaya sneered at this, then turned back to Ishizaki and the others and asked, "Why are you guys in the special teaching building?"

"Yes, it's because of Kushida-chan's invitation!"

Ishizaki answered subconsciously.

Then Hikigaya looked at the stunned Kushida and asked, "So, the real instigator is you, Kushida? Or were you also commissioned by someone else?"

"Yes, Ayanokouji-kun asked me to send a message to Ishizaki-kun from Class C to meet him in the Special Education Building."

Kushida spoke quickly, saying someone's name without hesitation, fearing that he would be implicated.

"So, Ayanokouji, do you have anything else to say?"

Hikigaya turned around and looked at Ayanokouji coldly: "Are you also trying to say that you were commissioned by Horikita?"

Ayanokouji seemed oblivious to Hikigaya's mockery and nodded, acknowledging, "That's indeed the case."

Hikigaya sneered, with an 'I knew it' expression. "So what you're saying is that you were innocent from the beginning to the end, and it was Horikita who ordered you to do these things. As for the responsibility... naturally, Horikita alone bears all the responsibility. That's what you mean, right?"

"No wonder after the incident was exposed, Horikita said she would take full responsibility. It turns out that everything was her fault alone."

Hikigaya scoffed, "So Horikita's purpose in installing surveillance cameras was to trick Class C, not for the students' safety as Hirata said!"

At this point everyone finally understood the problem. Due to the severity of the incident, Horikita might not only face suspension, but she might even be expelled!

If Horikita wants to reduce the severity of his punishment, he can only follow Hirata's statement that the surveillance was installed for the 'selfless' purpose of eliminating safety hazards, and it must not be out of personal desire!

Reason with emotion!

But this will lead to another serious problem, which is Ichinose's stance!

The premise for Ichinose's testimony to be valid is that she was unaware of the surveillance and was deceived by Class D. In this matter, she is the victim!

Once Horikita agrees with Hirata's version of events, Ichinose's testimony will be questioned and even contradictory.

So he was caught in a dilemma: if he saved Horikita, Ichinose would be sacrificed; if he saved Ichinose, Horikita would be sacrificed!

At this time, everyone finally understood why Hikigaya suddenly stood up and "exposed" Ayanokouji as the "mastermind" who deceived Ichinose and used Horikita!

Because a 'scapegoat' is needed!

Only in this way can both sides be saved!

Simply put, it means that Ayanokouji must "eat the dead cat"!

Not only can it share the "crime" of Horikita and reduce the punishment from the school, but it also protects Ichinose and maintains the "peace" between the two classes. Otherwise, once Ichinose is punished for this matter, the relationship between Class B and Class D will deteriorate instantly and become a "fight to the death" situation!

It can be said that sacrificing Ayanokouji alone can achieve a 'satisfactory' ending that everyone can accept.

Of course, only he himself knows whether he has done these things.

But judging from the results, Ayanokouji doesn't seem to be very willing to "cooperate" with this drama. It's unclear whether Ayanokouji really doesn't realize the problem, or even if he realizes it, he is unwilling to sacrifice himself?

Hikigaya is more inclined to the latter. From Ayanokouji's style of doing things, it can be seen that he is a guy who is good at hiding himself in the dark and manipulating others!

From the ancient questions obtained during the midterm exam, guiding Horikita when buying points from Chabashira-sensei, and the little tricks he did behind Sudo's back during the fight, as well as this incident, it can be seen that Ayanokouji is very good at 'protecting' himself and always finds a 'shield' to stand in front of himself!

Just like a turtle hiding in its shell, unless the shell is pried open, there is no way to threaten Ayanokouji inside!

This is enough to show that Ayanokouji is a guy who pays great attention to his own "safety". In other words, he is a shrewd egoist who will never put himself in danger!

Therefore, it is very difficult to get the other party to "sacrifice" on their own initiative!

But some things cannot be changed by personal will.

"But, Ayanokouji, just like I told Horikita just now, this matter can't be resolved by 'one person confessing', nor can it be cleared by 'you saying it has nothing to do with you'."

Hikigaya looked directly into Ayanokouji's cold eyes.

"No matter how you deny it, as a participant in this incident, this fact should be beyond doubt."

Aside from Ishizaki and the others from Class C and Ichinose from Class B, the only people present from Class D were Horikita and Ayanokouji. Seeing this, Hikigaya couldn't help but scoff, "Are you still planning on using such a lame excuse as 'Horikita asked me to help' to fool everyone?"

Ayanokouji fell silent.

He also realized that this was Hikigaya's 'open conspiracy'!

If I could use "It was Horikita's order" as an excuse before, then if I continue to use it again and again, then everything I say afterwards will undoubtedly lose its "credibility"!

This caused people to have doubts and distrust towards Ayanokouji.

Hikigaya then asked a few more questions, but Ayanokouji remained silent.

"Oh? Why aren't you talking?"

Hikigaya couldn't help but narrow his eyes. It didn't matter even if the other party saw through him, because the seeds of suspicion and distrust had already been planted.

It's time to pry open this turtle shell!

Hikigaya's eyes suddenly grew sharp, a hint of murderous intent lingering within their coldness. "If everything that just happened was 'Horikita's order,' then were you also instructed by Horikita to purchase these surveillance devices?"

A strange look flashed across Ayanokouji's face when he heard this, because he instantly realized the murderous intent hidden behind this question. No matter how he answered, Ayanokouji would lose!

If he nodded in agreement, that would be exactly what Hikigaya wanted.

If he continued to remain silent, it would also play into Hikigaya's hands, because a long period of silence would only deepen everyone's distrust of 'Ayanokouji'.