Because he finally understood what was going on!
Hikigaya actually swapped the first aid kit he'd redeemed for points with the first aid kit in the beach hut! Then, after they'd taken over the beach hut, Totsuka and the others carried it back to camp!
In other words, this is a 'trap' that was prepared long ago?!
"This, this is a conspiracy!"
Totsuka seemed to have finally figured out what was going on. He stared at Hikigaya with wide eyes and shouted to Mashima-sensei, "Mashima-sensei, Hikigaya deliberately misled us about this first aid kit. We didn't even..."
"Totsuka, shut up!"
Before Totsuka could finish his words, Katsuragi rudely interrupted him and said with a gloomy expression, "Mashima-sensei, I think there might be some misunderstanding here. Could you please let me talk to Hikigaya alone?"
Teacher Mashima nodded, then turned and walked outside the cave to wait.
"Hikigaya, what on earth do you want to do?!"
After Mr. Mashima left, an angry voice came out of Katsuragi's mouth.
"It seems Katsuragi you still have some brains. Unlike that idiot, you just stand there like a stray dog and rage helplessly."
Hikigaya sneered at Katsuragi in front of him.
"Asshole Hikigaya, there are so many doubts about this matter. Do you think the school will believe you so easily?!"
Totsuka seemed to be very annoyed, but rather than being annoyed, he was actually cheering himself up for feeling guilty!
After all, if the school determines that it is theft, he and Katsuragi, as the culprits, will definitely have to bear the blame!
"Oh? So you think so too, Katsuragi?"
Hikigaya ignored Totsuka and instead looked at Katsuragi with a half-smile: "Actually, you already know very well that no matter how many doubts there are in this matter, no matter how many questions you raise, there is one thing that is real."
Hikigaya's expression gradually grew colder. "That's how you explain why this medicine box that originally belonged to Class D ended up in your Class A camp."
"I already told you that you did it on purpose..."
"What a stupid stray dog!"
Hikigaya interrupted Totsuka impatiently, and at the same time, he could see that Totsuka's face instantly turned as red as liver.
"Look at your master. He hasn't said a word from beginning to end. Doesn't he understand what's going on?"
Hikigaya sneered at Totsuka and Katsuragi. "The school has only one criterion for judgment, and that is objective evidence. Even if my actions were intentionally misleading, so what? Everything you said was just 'guesswork' from beginning to end. Can you provide objective evidence?"
However, the fact that this first aid kit belonging to Class D appeared in your Class A camp is undeniable, and it was brought back by students from your Class A 'personally', so there is no such thing as frame-up."
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that there are many doubts in this matter, but as Hikigaya said, the school, as the impartial party, emphasizes conclusive evidence. Conversely, as long as there is no conclusive evidence, everything can only be regarded as "insufficient evidence" and rejected.
Just like the exam rules clearly prohibit violence, theft and other behaviors, but Ibuki still "stole" Horikita's key card. As long as she is not caught in the act, Ibuki has too many "excuses" to explain herself, and the school can't do anything about her. There are also many similar "unwritten rules" that are unavoidable problems.
It is difficult to say whether the school has any intention of condoning this matter, but on the other hand, if they are caught with something or find evidence, the school's attitude will definitely be biased towards the party with the evidence.
The current situation is that no matter how Totsuka and Katsuragi explain and question, they cannot provide objective evidence to prove it. On the other hand, on Hikigaya's side, the first aid kit belonging to Class D was indeed brought back to the camp by the students of Class A. This is an indisputable fact!
The school is equivalent to a court and is only responsible for conducting trials based on existing evidence. As for the process of the case, it is not within its scope of work.
Katsuragi was aware of this, so he kept silent and tried to find a loophole. Unfortunately... he couldn't find it!
Calculating mentally but not intentionally!
Moreover, Katsuragi had already realized that not only had Hikigaya anticipated that they would arrive at the beach house that day, but he had also deliberately said those words to Sakura to him in order to make him feel an urgent sense of threat!
In fact, Hikigaya succeeded because after overhearing the news that "Class D will transfer 100 points of daily necessities to Class B", Katsuragi and Totsuka's mentality changed. In order to save more points, they finally chose to take away all the supplies in the seaside hut base!
If Hikigaya hadn't said this, Katsuragi might have left the supplies in the house alone just to be on the safe side!
Katsuragi is such a cautious person, but the only time he took a risky move, he stepped into the opponent's trap!
"Hikigaya, what do you want? Just tell me!"
Katsuragi took a deep breath and forced himself to suppress the anger in his heart, trying to remain calm.
"As expected of the leader of Class A!"
Hikigaya clapped his hands, ignoring Totsuka's angry glare. He said as a matter of course, "At 6 points, we can already buy enough food for 40 people. I'll convert that into 4 points. This first aid kit cost 15 points, so that's 15 points. As the saying goes, stealing one thing is punishing ten. As compensation, Class A will compensate me with 150 million points."
The students in Class A all looked at each other in bewilderment. 150 million individual points might sound like a lot at first glance, but in reality, if it were distributed evenly to every student in Class A, it wouldn't even add up to 4 points. For Class A, whose class points had always been above 1000 points, this wasn't an unacceptable deal.
But even so, many Class A students around said that Hikigaya was asking for too much. After all, no one wanted to lose personal points for nothing, not to mention that they had just signed a contract with Class C and would have to take away another 2 personal points!
Hikigaya sneered at the Class A students around him and said, "Don't worry, I haven't said anything yet. This 150 million is just compensation for the damages. After all, it was Class A who stole the things, so compensating for the losses is only natural."
At this point, Hikigaya looked across at Katsuragi and said in a cold tone, "Now, let's get down to business. How are you going to explain this act of 'stealing' to the school?"
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Chapter 187 The Devil’s Temptation.
As soon as Hikigaya finished speaking, Katsuragi, Totsuka and the surrounding students' expressions changed drastically, because they only now realized Hikigaya's "greed"!
Everyone originally thought that 150 million personal points would solve the problem, but they never expected that 150 million was just compensation for the cost of the medicine box. The real problem, that is, 'How should Class A explain the theft', was not solved at all!
"Hikigaya, don't go too far!"
Totsuka shouted, "150 million personal points is enough for a Class D student like you to earn in half a year, no, even three years!"
"Haha, too much?"
Hikigaya looked at Totsuka with a cold expression: "I never said this was one thing. Compensation for the loss and how you are going to explain to the school that 'Class D's belongings appeared in your Class A camp' are two different things from the beginning to the end.
Of course, if you don't want to, that's fine too. I won't force you. After all, this isn't blackmail. I just want you to decide if you can afford the consequences."
Katsuragi's face turned very ugly when he heard this. He didn't expect Hikigaya to be so cunning!
Moreover, everyone present could hear the threat in Hikigaya's words. The compensation of 150 million was secondary. The real problem that Class A had to face now was just as Hikigaya said, 'How to explain to the school that the first aid kit belonging to Class D appeared in Class A's camp?'
But neither Katsuragi nor Totsuka and others could explain it clearly, or there was simply not enough evidence to support their explanation!
They have to produce evidence that Hikigaya swapped the D class's medicine box with the base's medicine box, otherwise everything will just be speculation. Even if they have evidence, Hikigaya still has many excuses to refute.
From the moment Katsuragi, Totsuka and others carried the supplies from the beach hut back to the camp, the fate of Class A was already determined!
Therefore, in the end, Class A will most likely be charged with the violation of 'stealing'!
This not only means that all the efforts of Class A in the uninhabited island for 7 days have been in vain, but the more terrifying thing is that... the gap between Class B and them will be greatly narrowed!
No matter which result it is, Katsuragi cannot accept it!
This is a dead end!
Katsuragi clenched his fists tightly. Class A now seemed to be strangled by Hikigaya. Their life and death were completely in the hands of the opponent, and they were at his mercy!
"Tell me, what do you want me to do to stop?"
Katsuragi finally sighed deeply. He understood that now Class A could only be saved by relying on Hikigaya in front of him. Only if Hikigaya was willing to change his words, could this improper behavior of "stealing" be turned into a legitimate one!
Totsuka and the surrounding students in Class A couldn't help but reveal expressions of humiliation upon hearing this, but there was nothing they could do. If they didn't compromise, the result that awaited them would be 'immediate elimination'!
"I heard you made a deal with Long Yuan to pay him 80 personal points every month, right?"
"You, how did you know!"
Katsuragi stared at Hikigaya with wide eyes in disbelief, then suddenly looked at the students of the Sakayanagi school as if he had thought of something.
"Haha, who do you think Long Yuan is? If he can make a deal with you, why can't he make a deal with me?"
Hikigaya didn't mind setting a small trap for Ryuuen here. After all, it was impossible for Katsuragi to confront Ryuuen face to face now, and... with Ryuuen's personality, he might really do such a thing.
"Damn Long Yuan, they made a deal with us on the surface, but turned around and sold us out! What a scumbag, what a villain!"
Totsuka cursed.
"So my requirements are not high. Just pay me 100 million personal points every month."
Hikigaya said as a matter of course.
As soon as Hikigaya finished speaking, the nearby Class A students, including Totsuka, shouted words like "Impossible, this is too much". They were willing to pay Ryuuen 80 personal points. A large part of the reason was that Ryuuen paid 200 points for daily necessities in the transaction. In essence, it was a result of mutual benefit for both parties.
But Hikigaya asked for 100 million personal points every month, which is not only more excessive than Ryuuen, but more importantly, this guy is getting something for nothing!
Hikigaya doesn't have to pay anything, but everyone in Class A has to hand over 2.5 personal points every month!
In addition to the contract signed with Longyuan before, the students of Class A will have to hand over 4.5 personal points in vain every month!
"Hikigaya, I can agree to the 150 million points as compensation for the loss, but don't you think the request to pay you 100 million points every month is too much? Don't be too greedy!"
Katsuragi said in a deep voice.
At the same time, Katsuragi was also very sensitive to the number proposed by Hikigaya. According to his estimation, Class A could probably get close to 400 class points in this special exam, which means that each person in Class A could get 4 personal points, but 2 of them were taken away by Ryuuen, and now Hikigaya took away all the rest, and even had to pay a part of it.
The number of 100 million personal points just happened to be stuck in a very delicate position, as if the opponent Hikigaya knew the internal situation of Class A better than himself!
Thinking of this, Katsuragi's expression froze, and at the same time he realized an important question: what exactly was Hikigaya's purpose in dealing with Class A!
Is it because of class competition?
Or……
"Katsuragi, you guys haven't figured out the situation yet!"
Hikigaya was very unhappy with Katsuragi's attempt to bargain: "I'm not the one begging you now, you're the one asking me to save you. Of course, if you think you can give up this exam, then just ignore what I just said."
"you!"
Katsuragi showed a rare expression of anger.
Looking at the students of Class A around him, Hikigaya sneered and said, "Let me do the math for you. One million individual points, if divided among each person, would only give 100 individual points. This shouldn't be a big deal for you students in Class A, right? These one million points, converted into points for this exam, would only give you 2.5 points. And the class points that Class A will get in this special exam will definitely be much higher than this."
On the one hand, it's just a reduction in personal income, but on the other hand, it's completely ruined, and there's also the risk of Class B catching up, so my 100 million should be a good deal, don't you think so? "
Hikigaya's words caused most of the students present to fall silent or were already shaken.
The reduction in personal point income is not the most important thing for them. He is more worried that Class B will catch up because of the failure in this exam!
"Will you only lose a small portion of your personal points, but still maintain your class lead, or will you lose both personal and class points? I think anyone with common sense would know which one to choose, right?"
In the quiet cave, Hikigaya's voice is like a devil from hell, which makes people shudder, but also full of indescribable temptation!
188
Chapter 188: A poor excuse.
"Time is running out."
Hikigaya glanced at the time and at the same time forced Katsuragi and the others to make a choice. In fact, Class A had no choice but to accept Hikigaya's request. Otherwise, not only would they gain nothing from this special exam, but the contract they signed with Ryuuen would also come into effect. In order to stop the loss and prevent Class B from catching up in points, Katsuragi could only grit his teeth and go all the way to the end.
Finally, Katsuragi came back after conferring with the surrounding students and stared at Hikigaya with a gloomy face. "We agree to your terms, but there's a time limit. This contract will automatically expire after 24 months. That's the minimum we can ask for!"
Hikigaya looked at Katsuragi deeply, and naturally understood the other party's careful thinking in setting this time limit, but he did not point it out. He nodded and said: "No problem."
Katsuragi heaved a sigh of relief after hearing Hikigaya's affirmative reply, and his heart was finally at ease.
Although Hikigaya extorted a large amount of personal points from me this time, everything will be fine as long as the class points can be maintained!
However, compared to Katsuragi's long sigh of relief, Totsuka's eyes were like burning with fire, as if he had suffered great humiliation, and he looked like he wanted to rush up and bite Hikigaya to death.
"Very unconvinced?"
Hikigaya showed no fear as he walked towards Totsuka, "Do you know why you've ended up like this? It's because of your stupidity and greed that you've ended up like this."
Hikigaya looked around at the students in Class A: "You are right to think I am hateful, but don't forget who brought this 'time bomb' back!"
Totsuka's face turned extremely pale in an instant. In order to suppress the Sakayanagi faction and satisfy his own vanity, Totsuka boasted in the class that he was the one who discovered the daily necessities in the beach house. However, this "merit" that was originally used to show off has now become a "dagger" stuck in his heart!
At the same time, with every step Hikigaya took closer, Totsuka unconsciously took a step back, and finally stumbled and fell to the ground.
Hikigaya came up to Totsuka and looked down at him with an extremely cold expression: "If you don't have this ability, don't sit in this position. You are hurting others and yourself without even realizing it. I really don't know why there is a guy like you in Class A!"
Katsuragi watched this scene silently from the side. Although Hikigaya was scolding Totsuka, he was also scolding someone indirectly!
Then Mr. Mashima and Mr. Hoshinomiya came in. Mr. Mashima looked at Hikigaya expressionlessly, and it was impossible to tell what he was thinking. On the contrary, Mr. Hoshinomiya seemed to have guessed the general idea from the expressions of the students in Class A around him, and showed a playful smile.
"Ms. Mashima, it turned out to be a misunderstanding. I was careless and accidentally lost my things. It happened that the kind-hearted Katsuragi found them and brought them back to the Class A camp. I was also too busy with the exams and accidentally forgot to report this to the school, so the misunderstanding arose."
Hikigaya ignored the strange looks from everyone around him and continued, "The unsuspecting students in Class A thought these were supplies exchanged for their class, so they used them without permission. Our frank discussion just now has cleared up this misunderstanding, but Katsuragi-san and the other students in Class A feel deeply guilty and remorseful. We must make amends, and I hope you, Mr. Mashima, will serve as a witness for the school."
Clumsy, too clumsy!
Anyone who heard Hikigaya's excuse felt that it was extremely poor and full of loopholes, so the students in Class A around him all looked at each other in confusion. Could this reason really convince the school?
But some people have already reacted. The first one to react was Mr. Hoshinomiya, followed by Mr. Mashima!
Mr. Hoshinomiya finally understood why Hikigaya wanted to ask Mr. Mashima to seek justice. Obviously, they were dealing with Class A. In order to avoid possible favoritism and partiality, Hikigaya should have asked himself from Class B to be an impartial third party, but he went to Mr. Mashima instead!
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