Hikigaya Hachiman is Kuuga?

Because she was busy with something, Yuigahama Yui didn't notice her friend's expression at first. It was only when she greeted her that she realized what was going on and hurried forward to ask worriedly.

"Yuigahama-san? I, I'm fine, it's just..."

Yukinoshita Yukino wanted to say something, but the words stopped at her lips.

"I don't know what happened. Yang No called me yesterday and asked me to keep an eye on Yukinoshita's situation at school. When I went over, her homeroom teacher told me that during class this afternoon, the teacher reported that she was distracted in class and wouldn't tell me anything when asked."

Shizuka Hiratsuka looked at Yuigahama Yui's gaze, shrugged her shoulders and told her the information she knew.

After she finished speaking, she glanced at the silent and lowered-headed girl and frowned.

[It seems like something must have happened to Yukinoshita, otherwise she would have refuted what I just said. Now she is so calm, it seems really...]

Precisely because she knew the girl's personality clearly, Shizuka Hiratsuka realized how abnormal it was for her to give up her strong character and choose silence.

[Adding to that the tone of voice Haruno used yesterday...]

Shizuka Hiratsuka scratched her hair in embarrassment. She brought Yukinoshita Yukino here to let Yuigahama Yui test the waters. After all, in her opinion, Yukinoshita Yukino only had this one friend.

"Xiaoxue, if you have any difficulties, can you tell me? Although Xiaoxue's troubles can't be solved even if I join forces, three heads are better than one... what is it?"

"A Zhuge Liang."

Hiratsuka Shizuka added with a twitching mouth, and began to doubt whether what she was doing was right.

After all, Yuigahama Yui gives people the feeling that she is very unreliable...

"Right, right, right. So just tell us about it. I also happen to have something I need to discuss with Xiaoxue, so it's a good opportunity for us to deal with it together."

Yuigahama Yui gave a subtle look to her two friends behind her.

Ebina Hina glanced carefully and snorted. Miura Yumiko didn't express her opinion. As a friend for many years, she understood that the other party was tsundere, so she nodded and said, "That's right, Yukinoshita-san is so smart, she can just give us some reference, although we don't know what Yui wants to do now."

Since it was about her best friend, Miura Yumiko was a little curious about what the problem was that could make her look so determined, so she immediately asked: "By the way, Yui, what exactly is the discussion you mentioned? Can you tell me now?"

For a moment, all attention was focused on Yuigahama Yui.

Hearing this, the girl was stunned for a moment, then her face showed determination, "I want to help Kuuga."

"Sora... me?" ×3

"Kuuga?"

Hearing the familiar name, Yukinoshita Yukino, who had originally lowered her head, suddenly raised her head and looked at her friend beside her with astonishment.

"Who is Kuuga?"

Shizuka Hiratsuka searched her mind for all the students she knew, but couldn't find anyone who matched the name, so she asked this question on behalf of Miura Yumiko and Ebina Hime, who were equally confused.

"..."

The scene fell into a brief silence, and finally Yuigahama Yui came to her senses. Others didn't know that Hikigaya Hachiman was called Kuuga, and they all called him No. 4. She blushed and said, "It's No. 4. I forgot that you all called him No. 4."

……

"Yuigahama, how do you know that No. 4 is called Kuuga? Have you ever come into contact with him?"

After a moment of silence, Shizuka Hiratsuka broke the silence, staring intently at the girl who sometimes seemed a little silly in her heart.

[Yuigahama, sometimes she speaks without thinking, which means she must have come into contact with No. 4, so she knows that No. 4 is him, which means she probably knows his identity.]

At this moment, as a fan of hot-blooded comics, and even someone who has seen Ultraman, Shizuka Hiratsuka felt as if she was possessed by a certain elementary school student, the god of death. She felt a flash of inspiration passing through her brain, which quickly sorted out the information stored in it into pieces of related fragments, piecing together a truth that made her feel very reasonable.

[This makes sense, and we just need to find out what Yuigahama has to say.]

Hiratsuka Shizuka, who deduced the truth, waited for Yuigahama Yui's answer with inexplicable sadness in her eyes.

“…Well, you see, Yumiko, wasn’t I saved by Kuuga before? At that time, I was dazed and heard that unidentified life form No. 5 call him Kuuga. Later, when I asked for leave, I was attacked by another unidentified life form. It was also Kuuga who saved me. At that time, they also called him Kuuga, so I knew.”

"Eh? Yui, you were also attacked? How come I didn't know?"

"Yes, yes, why haven't I ever heard you say that, Yui?"

Unlike Miura Yumiko and Ebina Hime, who were worried about their friend when they heard that her friend was attacked twice by an unidentified life form in one day, Hiratsuka Shizuka and Yukinoshita Yukino both saw through Yuigahama Yui's poor acting.

[It seems my reasoning is correct, now I just need to verify it.]

Shizuka Hiratsuka lowered her head and tried her best to hold back the tears that were about to burst out of her eyes, so as not to let others see her abnormality.

[Yuigahama-san knows Kuuga, so I…]

Yukinoshita Yukino, who also didn't care and saw through the girl's clumsy lies, had just come up with the idea of ​​contacting Hikigaya Hachiman through Yuigahama Yui, but the idea was completely shattered when she recalled the pain of the battle.

"So, I have an immature idea and I want your advice, is that okay?"

After comforting her two friends, Yuigahama Yui extended an invitation to them. In fact, it was also a question to see how the people present felt about Hikigaya Hachiman.

If she feels good about him, of course she won't refuse her request. If she doesn't, she will object with some embarrassment. If she feels neither good nor bad about him, then it's a good chance to make her a fan, right?

"I have no objection."

Yumiko Miura did not have much resentment towards Hikigaya Hachiman, who saved her and her friends. If she had to say something, it would be that he looked too scary.

"Seconded."

Ebina Himina who is just a stranger.

"Teacher, I also want to see how you want to help 4 and Souga."

Hiratsuka Shizuka clenched her fists and tried to sound as normal as possible.

"I don't have any objection either."

Even though Yukinoshita Yukino was afraid of fighting, she still respected her senior Hikigaya Hachiman, whose true identity she had not yet revealed. Especially after her memory was restored and she understood what he had done, she admired him even more.

"...Well, let's go!"

With tears of emotion in her eyes, Yuigahama Yui spoke energetically.

[Small business, there are still people who can see your efforts, you are not alone! ]

The girl thought with relief as she looked at the four girls accompanying her.

Chapter 89: Kamen Rider Kuuga, there are always people who remember your efforts

"so……"

Hikigaya Hachiman looked at Hiratsuka Shizuka's empty seat and sighed silently, "Where the hell is the teacher? I clearly had an appointment to compete with her."

He took out his phone and looked at the chat history on the screen. "Ah~ As expected, not many people would remember an invitation from a guy like me!"

Although he said these dejected and discouraging words, Hikigaya Hachiman also understood that the teacher with a strong sense of responsibility would definitely not forget the promise he made to him. It was probably because something held him back and he had no time to reply to him.

After all, in his impression, a teacher can easily be sent away to do things by his colleagues with the words "this kind of thing can only be left to young people".

[Well, it is impossible to work, the only solution is to find a rich man to be my son-in-law and stay at home to be a househusband.]

Hikigaya Hachiman glanced at the teachers and students who were assigned tasks by their seniors and sighed silently.

[The workplace is really dark~]

Since he couldn't find Shizuka Hiratsuka here, he didn't want to stay here and went straight to the Cultural Festival Action Committee, thinking that he could quickly occupy a hidden corner without attracting other people's attention, and finally get a job that was odd jobs but not tiring.

With this in mind, he quickened his pace to check the location in advance. As for whether he would be considered a diligent student if he arrived too early,

This is underestimating him. Not to mention that he was always ignored in the past, his low presence like a ninja was enough to complete the task. What's more, now he has the help of the power of light, which can further reduce his presence. How can he lose with the double buff equivalent to invisibility?

At the same time, Hiratsuka Shizuka, who had an appointment with him, came to a McDonald's under the leadership of Yuigahama Yui, who was full of fighting spirit.

"Okay, Yui, tell me what you think."

After everyone got their ordered dishes and sat down, Miura Yumiko, who was concerned about her friend's request, spoke first.

As soon as she finished speaking, everyone turned their eyes to Yuigahama Yui, the initiator of the topic. She did not keep anyone in suspense and picked up her mobile phone to open a forum creation page, which made everyone confused.

"Oh, I see. Yui, you want to create a 4, no..."

"Is it the forum of Kuga where I write about the good things he did to change other people's perception of him?"

As a veteran fujoshi who often posts BL articles and painting forums online, Ebina Hina was the first to notice Yuigahama Yui's plan, saving her the time to explain her purpose.

Facing everyone's inquiring gazes, Yuigahama Yui nodded affirmatively, "Yes, I just want to create a forum about Kuuga, and publish articles about him protecting humans at the cost of his own injuries..."

As if she felt that this was not convincing enough, the girl turned her phone around, operated on it, and showed the screen to them again.

"Is this the report since Kuuga appeared?"

“There are other accounts that post articles that are kind and thankful to him.”

"Not only that, there are even news reports about people expressing their gratitude to him after he was rescued from an attack by an unidentified life form."

"Yui, when did this start?"

It is obvious at first glance that the information was not collected on a whim. The information displayed on the mobile phone is so detailed that even the scraps of news reports are included. This can be seen from the smallness of the text in the screenshot. The page described in the newspaper must be very small, the kind of small corner that others can easily overlook. If this can be found, it proves that the girl is spending time looking for it very seriously, otherwise it would be impossible to be so specific.

"Ever since I was saved by Kuuga, I have been collecting information about him. It was during this process that I learned that he had been silently carrying a lot, and I have always wanted to help him."

Yuigahama Yui recalled the tragic figure in her memory, who was only a skeleton left, but still holding the dagger and resolutely walking towards Mei·Gallido·Ki step by step. Her nose felt sore and she almost cried again.

However, she knew very well that now was not the time to cry.

"But I couldn't think of any solution before. It wasn't until today when I accidentally came across a forum that slandered him that I thought of creating a forum to help him clear his name."

"Posting the information in my phone on it can more or less save his reputation, even though he himself may not care at all, but..."

As she spoke, the girl's voice began to crackle with tears.

"But~ He was clearly trying to protect us, and his whole body was injured, but he was still slandered and abused by so many people. I think it's unfair. They didn't see how hard he tried. He was enjoying the safety he risked his life for, and yet they still slandered him..."

The girl felt more and more aggrieved as she spoke, and her tears, heavy as she was in an outburst of emotion, turned into a stream of crystal tears that fell from her eyes.

"This~ This is so strange..."

"Alright, alright, stop crying, we will help you, don't cry, Yui..."

Yumiko Miura and Hina Ebina took out tissues and comforted their friend who was out of control.

On the other side, Yukinoshita Yukino lowered her head in shame.

[Yes, the battle is not just physical, but also mentally able to resist the people you protect, the fear of the unknown, and the instinctive hostility of the inhuman appearance.]

[Can I really handle this kind of mental damage like my predecessors did?]

Yukinoshita Yukino recalled how she had responded by retaliating against her female classmates in the past, and she was confused for a moment.

[Under that kind of pressure, will I really not go berserk again?]

The more the girl imagined, the more she saw the gap between herself and Hikigaya Hachiman, and she also understood the other's greatness and her own naivety.

"Whoo~"

With red eyes and slightly moist eyelashes, Shizuka Hiratsuka exhaled deeply and waved to Yuigahama Yui, "Okay, Yuigahama, adjust your mood quickly, and let's discuss how to proceed."

"It is indeed important to publish positive information about H...Kuga in the forum, but you must also prepare materials for a verbal battle with others. Don't post all your information about him at once. Wait until you have a corresponding article criticizing him, and the argument has reached a certain level of intensity, or even when you seem to be losing, then you can use it to refute the other party."

"The reversal effect achieved by doing so, coupled with the attention attracted by the previous instability, can arouse people's deep thinking and attention."

"Otherwise, it is useless to post all your thoughts at once. Most people will only believe the truth they want to see. If you want to break their inherent cognition, only by personally participating in the changes can there be a possibility of change."

As a minor, Shizuka Hiratsuka did not intend to sit quietly by the side without expressing her opinions, waiting for the students to make mistakes in their thinking before reminding them. Instead, she started expressing her opinions directly.

"Besides, don't you already have several friends on your phone who have expressed positive opinions and expressed their gratitude to the people who were rescued?"

"Tell them your ideas, and try to get those who can be pulled over. Otherwise, we won't have enough time to argue with so many people, and we won't be wiped out by the enemy's human wave tactics when the battle starts."

"..."

Soon, as an adult, Shizuka Hiratsuka listed useful suggestions and coping methods one after another. The four girls, led by Yuigahama Yui, took out their pens and wrote them down, making full use of their social experience as adults.

“So, what should we write as the title? Just calling me Kuuga sounds a bit too bland. If the title isn’t eye-catching enough, no one will come to read it.”

As a frequent visitor to various BL forums, Hime Ebina raised a very important question.

"Hina is right. Without a controversial title and a catchy name, it really doesn't make people interested in watching it."

Yumiko Miura also expressed her own views.

"Mask~" × 2

Hiratsuka Shizuka and Yukinoshita Yukino, who said the same word at the same time, looked at each other and saw surprise in each other's eyes.

"How did you come up with this word, Yukinoshita?"

Shizuka Hiratsuka narrowed her eyes slightly, hiding the inquiring look in her eyes.

"I saw that even though I had saved so many lives, I was still feared by so many people. I even persisted in doing so despite being verbally abused. It made me feel as if underneath that ferocious and terrifying monster's face, there was a gentle and determined face hidden."