Hikigaya Hachiman is Kuuga?

He frowned.

[But is the test from the Lord God so simple?]

With the previous experience of Yuigahama Yui's [Eye of the End], he knew very well that Yukinoshita Yukino's test would not be as simple as the two sisters killing each other or both going berserk. There must be some deeper meaning that has not been discovered.

It's just that he lacks enough clues now to piece together the truth of the matter, so recently he has been consciously handing over most of the angels that have appeared to Yukinoshita Haruno, followed by Yuigahama Yui, and finally Yukinoshita Yukino.

However, he still hadn't noticed anything wrong with the three of them.

[Now we can only wait and see what happens, and hope that things don’t develop too crazy.]

So, the next few days were calm, and the four of them kept traveling back and forth between the school, the back mountain, and the places where angels attacked humans, and nothing major happened.

It was as if Touma had forgotten their existence for a moment, which made Hikigaya Hachiman, who had been on edge all the time, even more nervous. He was afraid that the other party would take advantage of his relaxation and suddenly launch a fatal attack. In that case, he would have no tears to cry.

Of course, he also got a benefit from this.

That is, Totsuka Ayaka saw that he was worried about a lot of things, and often asked him to play with her after school. Watching the beautiful real angel up close, he felt that his body and mind were healed. After each play, he felt full of energy and had plenty of energy to pay attention to the surrounding environment.

With such a benefit, he even began to look forward to every day of playing with Totsuka Ayaka.

Soon, it was the day when the Sobu High School Cultural Festival began.

Chapter 161: The plan against Hikigaya Hachiman begins

On the day of the cultural festival, Hikigaya Hachiman held a camera to record the current situation of each class. Everything in front of him looked so harmonious. After all, no matter whether they were outsiders or school staff, most of them had the power of light in their bodies as an insurance, proving that his efforts were not in vain.

He was not conceited and thought that he could rewrite the fate of the entire human race, but at least he could do his best to protect everything in front of him and avoid negative emotions from affecting himself, which would lead to him losing the fight against the ultimate darkness because of this tiny error.

Once you lose, when you get your first glimpse of the ultimate power, the feeling that everything in front of you can be reduced to ashes with just a wave of your hand is a disaster countless times more terrifying than when Yuigahama Yui went berserk.

So, from that day on, he became more cautious and crazier.

"Hello~ Xiaoqi, are you taking notes?"

"Ah."

Hikigaya Hachiman responded and looked Yuigahama Yui up and down in front of him, "Stay up late again?"

"Hey hey hey ~ Exposed?"

Yuigahama Yui scratched the back of her head embarrassedly.

"There's nothing I can do about it. Who made me so bad at playing games~"

Facing Hikigaya Hachiman's stern gaze, the girl lowered her head and began to spin her thumbs in circles with a wronged look.

"Alas~ As I said before, make sure you get some rest. The power of light is not omnipotent. Physical fatigue can be cured, but mental fatigue may not be."

"I, I know."

"Okay, I still have to continue patrolling, keep going."

"Well, bye~"

The girl stood there, silently watching the boy's receding back.

"Yui, I think you'd better listen to what Hikigaya-kun has to say."

The sudden voice made the girl panic. When she turned around, she found it was Miura Yumiko, and she couldn't help but pat her chest.

"Really, Yumiko. How come you walk without making any sound? You scared me to death!"

"I called you several times, but you didn't hear me."

"Hey hey hey ~ is that so?"

"You'd better remember what I just said."

"what?"

Seeing her guilty look, Miura Yumiko patted her forehead helplessly and sighed deeply, "Ah~ Of course I told you not to stay up late."

"But……"

Yuigahama Yui wanted to say something, but before she could utter the words, she lost the opportunity to speak because of the hands falling heavily on her shoulders and the serious expression in front of her.

"If you care about that person, don't let him worry. This is the first prerequisite for truly helping him."

"If you can't even do this, you're not helping him at all except adding to his burden."

"Do you understand?"

Yuigahama Yui opened her mouth. She wanted to say that as long as she became stronger, she could stand by Hikigaya Hachiman's side and share the weight on his shoulders so that he wouldn't have to bear so much alone.

But her best friend's words kept echoing in her ears, blocking her from speaking out loud, and she lowered her head in silence.

"Hey, Yui, you know what? Sometimes it's harder to admit your shortcomings than to work hard."

"why?"

In response to her friend's questions, Yumiko Miura smiled calmly.

"I admit my shortcomings and reflect on how to become better effectively without dragging others down."

“When you don’t know the direction, your hard work can easily turn into a pathetic self-satisfaction. It will not bring any benefit except hurting yourself and the people you care about.”

"So, Yui, when you are working hard, think carefully about the direction of your efforts before working hard. Otherwise, you will not be able to help in any way except to move yourself."

"Yumiko, how do you know so much?"

Facing her friend's question, Miura Yumiko winked playfully and said, "Why don't you guess?"

"Eh? Tell me~"

Yuigahama Yui obviously didn't accept what she said and held her hand and shook it coquettishly.

"Absolutely~don't..."

"Eh~ why?"

The two of them walked towards the classroom playfully.

[Recognize your own shortcomings and work hard without dragging down small businesses~]

[Among the people I know now, there is Kamen Rider Kuuga who has saved countless lives, and then there are Agito and Gills who are facing the test of the Creator God. I am determined not to explode with jealousy. If you still can't recognize your own shortcomings, then you really underestimate me, Yui.]

"Recognize your own shortcomings and work hard without being self-satisfied?"

Hikigaya Hachiman leaned against the wall, muttering what Miura Yumiko had just said, with his head down, wondering what he was thinking.

Then he continued his work.

The cultural festival came to its last day peacefully. After a struggle between his inner thoughts and his desire, Hachiman Hikigaya went to the classroom and resisted the urge to twist Hayama Hayato's head off. He watched the play played by him and Totsuka Ayaka, which was based on the well-known hobby of the screenwriter and director Ebina Hime - fu.

[So, why didn’t I apply for the role of Hayama in the first place?]

No matter how much regret he felt in his heart, Hikigaya Hachiman knew that the past could not be undone, so he could only use the deep feelings of suppressing negative emotions at this moment to comfort his wounded heart.

In order to avoid continued pain in his heart, he decisively left this sad place.

"Hachiman, you seem a little sad?"

The moment he left, Totsuka Ayaka turned around and looked at his back, saying something puzzled.

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"What's wrong? You look so nervous?"

When Hikigaya Hachiman came to the backstage, he found that people like Yukinoshita Yukino were frowning, and several familiar-looking members of the action committee showed distressed expressions.

"I can't find Sagami-san."

When Yukinoshita Yukino saw him coming, she breathed a sigh of relief and explained the current situation to him.

"Okay, I understand the situation. Fortunately, I..."

Hikigaya Hachiman believed that he had some understanding of human nature, so as early as when Yukinoshita Haruno started to target Sagami Minami, he had already added a positioning power of light to her, just for use now.

However, his expression soon turned ugly, because the power of light that he could sense not long ago, had now disappeared, apparently blocked by someone else. He knew that there were many people who could do this, but the only one who fit the bill was that mysterious existence.

"What happened, Hikigaya-kun?"

His expression was seen by Yukinoshita Yukino, who asked worriedly.

"It's okay, just help me delay for a while, I will find her."

Hikigaya Hachiman carefully observed the Yukinoshita sisters, Yuigahama Yui and the other two present, and after Yukinoshita Yukino nodded in agreement, he turned and ran out.

[Earlier I said that Sagami's aura suddenly disappeared. Was she waiting for me here? But what effect would her disappearance have on me?]

He picked up his cell phone and started calling Zaimokuza Yoshiki, who had not yet appeared but was in some sense a true comrade.

[If we're talking about human lives, I've already taken enough lives because of Gurongi, so what's the point?]

"Hey~ my dear friend~ Hachiman, you..."

A familiar middle school accent came from the receiver. Hikigaya Hachiman had no intention of listening and asked directly.

"Zaimokuza, you usually stay there alone, it's urgent..."

On the other side of the phone, Zaimokuza Yoshiki, who was about to make a joke, stopped his unpunctual speech when he heard the anxious tone of his only comrade-in-arms, and stated the location clearly and neatly.

"The health room, balcony, library, or the rooftop of a special teaching building."

"Okay, thanks."

After learning the location, Hikigaya Hachiman hung up the phone.

[Sagami is a vain person. From the fact that she became an action committee member under Hayama's persuasion and became the chairman, it can be seen that she enjoys the attention of being pursued. This is also the idea of ​​most people at present.]

[Now, she has discovered that the aura of her current position has been taken away by Yukinoshita, who is better than her. In addition, Senior Yang No deliberately led the Action Committee to exclude her, so her original expectation of being praised by others and showing off to her friends has been turned into nothing.]

[She will also have to face the announcement of the various awards after the cultural festival. The cold gazes from below will make her become a funny character that she used to make fun of. This is obviously not in line with her principles.]

[So, what she needs now is someone like Ye Shan who is extremely popular, who will gently persuade her to return, and who will praise her efforts, so that her self-esteem can be protected to the maximum extent.]

[But there is no time for that method now...]

"In this case, a despicable person like me will be needed to save the situation."

With a self-deprecating smile, Hikigaya Hachiman ran towards his classroom.

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"That'll be fine?"

"So you don't understand humans, that's it, his negative emotions will definitely appear."

Kawada Shinichi stared at Hikigaya Hachiman's receding back, smiled bitterly, then turned around and said this to the blurry black shadow.

Chapter 162: Super protective Dou Zhen

On the rooftop of the special teaching building of Sobu High School, Sagami Minami stood behind the railing with a gloomy face. His cold pupils were mixed with a hint of panic as he looked at the crowd below who were immersed in the cultural festival.

[Why? I just want everyone's praise, but now everyone is...]

Thinking back to the time when he was in the Action Committee office, under the dazzling halo of Yukinoshita Yukino, he could only be laughed at as a tool, become the subject of other people's gossip, and was labeled as incompetent, Sagami Minami felt furious.

Originally, according to her plan, she became the chairperson of the action committee and asked Yukinoshita Yukino to coach her in her work. Next, she only needed to submit one or two meaningful proposals at the meeting and get them passed. Then she could have the honor of bringing the cultural festival to a perfect end, which would become a stepping stone for her to move up to a higher level in the school.

However, the reality is that her cleverness is of no use in front of the brilliant Yukinoshita Yukino, and instead becomes boring opinions full of loopholes.

The refined opinions made her become Yukinoshita Yukino's [subordinate]. Just like those people who were supposed to be her [subordinates], she became someone who followed the [leader's] opinions, did her best to do her best, and not let the other party down or embarrass herself.

From a commander who was in charge of the overall situation, he was reduced to a pathetic tool who only needed to stamp documents and formally nod his head to agree with Yukinoshita Yukino's opinions.

That was different from the beautiful imagination. The huge feeling of falling from a beautiful paradise into an abyss made Sagami Minami very uncomfortable, and he was also afraid of the malice he would face next.

So, she, being a little clever, thought of a way that could make her feel better to a certain extent.

That is to hide and let Hayato Hayama find him. Relying on his presence at the top of the student pyramid in the school, he persuades himself who is "crushed by tremendous pressure" to step out of the shadows, and get a transformation of his image: "You see, Sagami is under so much pressure. Fortunately, Hayama-kun helps to comfort him, otherwise he would definitely be crushed."

In this way, with the advantage brought by her middle-level school status, she can redeem her previous poor image to a certain extent, so as not to let her "status" fall, and gradually become a topic of joke among the student group.

Therefore, when she came here, she showed her face among some familiar faces, so that Hayato Hayama, who had a wide network of connections, could easily find her location, thus making the plan come true.

We can't blame her for shirking her responsibilities. We can only say that her behavior is part of "youth".

"Pap~"

The sound of the iron door opening behind him made Sagami Minami subconsciously tense his body. He concentrated on preparing to restore his image based on the conversation with Hayama Hayato, but an unexpected sound came from behind him.

"The closing ceremony is about to begin, go back quickly."