Hikigaya Hachiman is Kuuga?

Yukinoshita Yukino thought of Hachiman Hikigaya who, in order to prevent her from entering the battle and feeling the pain he had endured, had used heavy hands even though she was afraid and alienated from him. After doing all this, he silently stood in the distance and watched her rub her hands, then let the hunter send her back, warned her and left alone. She shook her head.

"Perhaps, underneath that, he was crying in sorrow, but in order to protect the things he cared about, he had to grit his teeth and persevere, and he might have a cowardly smile that he didn't want others to see."

The cowardice expressed by the girl was not refuted, because the cowardice conveyed in her low and hoarse tone was not a derogatory cowardice, but on the contrary reflected the greatness of the master.

"So, I thought of the word mask. What about you, Mr. Hiratsuka?"

"I am the same as you."

[This is indeed Yukinoshita's way of thinking, which means she is still unaware.]

Hiratsuka Shizuka put away the thoughts in her mind and completed the words that she had not yet finished saying, "What do you think of the name [Kamen Rider Kuuga]?"

"Kamen Rider Kuuga?"

The girls present murmured in confusion about this noun, which for some reason sounded particularly smooth to read, but they were hearing it for the first time and somehow felt that it should be called that.

"Yes, the mask is just like what Yukinoshita said just now."

Hiratsuka Shizuka narrowed her eyes, tears forming in the corners of her eyes. "A knight is one who bears all the infamy and stands alone to protect all the noble qualities."

"At the same time, it can also become a point of contention with his appearance and people's current perception of his image."

The voice began to become slightly hoarse.

"Think about it, a person with a hideous and terrifying appearance who should be feared and avoided by the world actually uses the reputation of a knight, and with some textual guidance, isn't that enough to attract attention?"

Hearing this, the girls present, who were all quite intelligent, could immediately imagine the scene where, when the term "Kamen Rider Kuuga" was added with some thought-provoking and eye-catching words as a title, people would flock to the forum to denounce it or to watch the fun.

"Yoshi~ How about using Kamen Rider Kuuga as Kuuga's name and the title?"

After deciding on the new name of Hikigaya Hachiman, Yuigahama Yui added the title she had thought about for a long time and showed it to everyone.

[Shocked! A traitor appeared among the unconfirmed life forms? They turned around to protect us humans? Is this a conspiracy of the unconfirmed life forms, or is it hiding some unknown truth? Let us walk into the deeds of Kamen Rider Kuuga and explore this unknown truth! ]

“Isn’t the title a bit too long?”

"I think it's okay. Isn't it popular in light novels now that the longer the title, the better? So I think this title is not bad."

Faced with Yuigahama Yui's answer, everyone present found themselves speechless.

"Then let's do this. Yuigahama, please post it quickly and explain the situation to your friends. See how many people you can get to help."

"And those materials have also been sent to us. Finally, the rest of us should prepare for a tough battle. Remember, we can only win and not lose!"

"Roger that!"

Under the command of Hiratsuka Shizuka, a battle for Hikigaya Hachiman's reputation quietly unfolds, unknown to him.

Chapter 90: Hikigaya Hachiman feels that he has gone astray

In the meeting room of the Cultural Festival Action Committee of Sobu High School, Hikigaya Hachiman, who had arrived earlier, found a secluded corner and used the power of light to further reduce his presence, becoming a quiet and handsome man who was doing nothing.

Because the meeting time was delayed a lot because of the people participating in clubs and the student union also had documents to sort out, the meeting time was delayed a lot.

Originally, upon hearing that the start time was postponed, Hikigaya Hachiman wanted to leave first, but he thought that he had nowhere to go now, and it would be quite troublesome to walk around, so he stayed quietly where he was, studying how to develop the power of light to make the battle easier.

Unconsciously, time passed quietly in his research. The number of students who were originally few in the conference room increased and soon filled the entire conference room.

When those malicious gazes stayed on him, Hikigaya Hachiman raised his head from his thoughts, glanced around, and saw the crowd who dodged after he looked in the direction, and sighed silently.

[Ah~ Really, I shouldn't have interacted with others too much. It was just a short chat and a fireworks display, but how did it end up like this?]

It's impossible not to feel angry when being stared at like this, but thinking about my situation at the bottom of the school food chain, it's not impossible to understand the other person's thoughts.

[Forget it, it's just an immature idea. As a mature person, I will forgive them.]

Thanks to this, Hikigaya Hachiman has no intention of slacking off any further. His eyes are fixed on you to see if you are slacking off, and no matter how thick-skinned he is, he can't ignore it.

[It seems that the method of using the power of light to reduce the sense of presence is not very effective. As long as you are at the center of an event that attracts public attention, it is difficult not to attract attention.]

[But it’s better to find it early, so as to avoid failure at the critical moment.]

After comforting himself, he looked at the wall clock and saw that almost half an hour had passed. He couldn't help but sigh: "Time flies, and the meeting hasn't even started yet."

"Well, now that most people have arrived, let's start the meeting..."

Soon, the student council president, a gentle girl with a soft voice who seemed to have nothing to do with being strong, Johwagami, organized the start of the meeting and listed out the relevant matters of the cultural festival and the work that needed to be done.

Hikigaya Hachiman quickly found his ideal job - a handyman, responsible for only trivial matters, which was an ideal job that allowed him to get away at any time and take time off.

"Okay, then who here wants to try out for the position of Action Committee Chairman?"

As soon as the city patrol officer finished speaking, everyone's faces became hesitant, and they all looked at the people around them, hoping that they would come out quickly to take up that troublesome position.

As for why it is troublesome?

Since he is the action committee chairman, he is of course responsible for managing all matters big and small regarding the implementation of the cultural festival. Not to mention the huge workload, just allocating the work of the action committee members reasonably, not letting them slack off, and ensuring that the designated tasks are completed is very stressful and laborious.

Plus, as a student, of course not many people would like to be at a cultural festival that is supposed to be relaxing and carnival, while everyone else is having fun while they are the only one busying around. Who would like that?

Therefore, most of them are very resistant to such "unyouthful" jobs.

Cheng Huixun looked somewhat awkwardly at the suddenly quiet meeting room, and looked at everyone present one by one with hope and encouragement, but unfortunately no one responded to her expectations, and they all avoided her gaze.

In response, she sighed a little frustrated. When she was at a loss, the door of the conference room was knocked. Hearing this with a little expectation, she hurriedly said: "Come in."

"Excuse me, Sorry for disturbing you, Chenghui, I ran into something just now and Yukino and I were late. Were we not too late?"

The people who walked in from the open door were Shizuka Hiratsuka and Yukinoshita Yukino, who had just posted a very long forum and waited for a long time but no one watched it, so they came back to participate in the cultural festival action committee because they suddenly remembered it.

The former glanced at the content on the whiteboard and understood the current progress. "Hasn't the action committee chairman been elected yet?"

Cheng Huixun smiled awkwardly, "Yeah, it seems like no one is interested..."

At this point, she looked at Yukinoshita Yukino, who seemed to be distracted for some reason, with hope in her eyes, "Um~Are you the younger sister of Haruno-senpai?"

The name that could attract Yukinoshita Yukino's attention entered her ears. She looked up at a figure she had never seen before and frowned, "Yes, that is indeed my sister. May I know who she is, Senior?"

Because she was thinking about something, Yukinoshita Yukino didn't notice that Hiratsuka Shizuka addressed Joe Wai Pan, so she didn't know who the other person was. However, she still knew that the other person was a senior, so she asked using honorifics.

When he heard her confirm her relationship with Yukinoshita Haruno, Joekai Patrol clapped his hands with a look of relief and looked at Yukinoshita Yukino as if she was a savior, which made her feel uneasy.

"That's great. The cultural festival that Yang No-senpai was in charge of was an unprecedented success. I'm sure you, as your younger sister, will also..."

"Don't worry, senior, I will definitely fulfill my duties as an action committee member."

The decisive tone did not leave any room for redemption, and for a moment, Cheng Huixun, who had thought that the situation had turned around, lowered his head in embarrassment.

"that……"

Just when the atmosphere was a little low, a hesitant and slightly higher tone sounded.

This sound that broke the dull atmosphere immediately attracted everyone's attention, and everyone focused their eyes on the person who concealed his inner joy because of it - Sagami Minami.

[She wants to be the action committee leader? And what's that look?]

Hikigaya Hachiman believed that he was not mistaken. When his eyes met with Sagami Minami's just now, the other party looked at him with a hint of malice. It was not the kind of malicious look that ignored him, alienated him, and hated him in the past.

It is a more profound and very different look.

[I think I understand.]

The rational monster cut off the thoughts in his brain, and the words that were about to pop up did not appear in his brain. He raised his head and looked at the leader standing in the conference room, accepting everyone's applause with a shy smile, but the corners of his mouth still reflected the girl's inner joy, and she narrowed her eyes slightly.

"Since my abilities are not very good, can I ask Yukinoshita-san to be my deputy action committee chairperson?"

"……no problem."

"That's great. Thank you so much, Yukinoshita-san. You've been a great help!"

Hikigaya Hachiman frowned as he looked at the girl who glanced at him vaguely, and he felt like his brain was freezing.

[Could it be that I am wrong? Judging from the way this girl is behaving right now, she is just like an immature elementary school student. Really…]

He rubbed his temples with a headache. The more he looked at the performance of the girl in front of him, the more speechless he became. He really couldn't figure out what the other party had done to deserve this.

[Forget it, maybe I’m just overthinking it.]

Hikigaya Hachiman gave up thinking about this troublesome problem and decided to empty his mind and give his brain a good break. To be honest, he was tired after thinking for so long.

In this way, the meeting was chaired by Sagami Minami on the surface but Yukinoshita Yukino in reality, and it was arranged in an orderly manner. With her strong leadership ability, she won unanimous recognition from everyone, while the actual action chairman was looked down upon.

[So, I must have been too tired recently, otherwise how could I have had that thought just now, how can I be so lame~]

Hikigaya Hachiman silently glanced at Sagami Minami, who left with an unnatural expression after being comforted by her friends, shook his head and sighed, then packed up his things and left the meeting room.

"Hey~ Hikigaya, didn't you say you wanted to have a duel with me to see how good your fighting skills are now?"

Just as he was about to leave the meeting room, the low voice of Hiratsuka Shizuka came from behind Hikigaya Hachiman.

The voice that clearly suppressed the inner emotions was very familiar to the boy who had often done this before. For a moment he seemed to have thought of something and sighed silently.

"Okay, then I'll trouble you, teacher."

Shizuka Hiratsuka looked at the young man in front of her with a serious expression and a gleam in his eyes that showed the light of enlightenment that only a hot-blooded comic book protagonist has when he makes a major decision, and nodded solemnly.

"Then let's go, let me, the teacher, see your awareness!"

Chapter 91: Confession (Part 1)

"Kacha ~ Kacha ~"

The sounds of something being broken were heard one after another, accompanied by heavy breathing and angry curses.

"What are you doing? Aren't you trying to test your fighting skills?"

"You're always hiding. How can you test your strength if you don't fight me?"

Shizuka Hiratsuka has completely liberated herself from the limitations of her body's abilities. She exudes a fierce aura like a prehistoric beast. She doesn't look like a teacher at all. No one would disbelieve you if you said she wanted to beat someone to death.

And judging from the force of her fist that hit the ground and broke the hard wooden board, as well as the force of her foot that directly crushed the wooden board, she seemed to have the urge to beat someone to death.

"Fight back, fight back, Hikigaya~"

Faced with the attack from this respectable teacher, Hikigaya Hachiman did not choose to fight back, but he certainly did not passively take the beating either.

He didn't take the initiative to attack because if he did, the opponent would lose the purpose of venting his emotions. If he defended, even if he could actively reduce his extraordinary physical fitness, the ruthless punches would still land on him, and the good teacher would blame herself afterwards, even though he knew he was not afraid of her punches at all.

So, he could only slowly dodge the opponent's attacks.

"Fight back, Hikigaya~"

Another punch missed.

“Fight back, Kuuga…”

Hikigaya Hachiman did not dodge the punch and took it head-on in the abdomen.

The familiar yet unfamiliar pain suddenly took this as the center, transforming into a rolling wave that spread to every part of his body. However, he had already gotten used to the pain and would no longer groan for this little pain.

Shizuka Hiratsuka maintained her fatal movement and looked at the familiar yet unfamiliar student in front of her with a slight expression of astonishment.

She was not surprised that she had hit Hikigaya Hachiman, but that the student who had previously covered her stomach and gasped after being hit by a punch that only used 20% of its strength was now looking at her with very calm eyes.

Facing a pair of eyes, Shizuka Hiratsuka took a deep breath, withdrew her hand and stopped venting her inner emotions. She skillfully took out a cigarette, lit it and took a puff, then raised her head at a 45-degree angle.

"When did it start?"

"Did Yuigahama do something?"

"Hey~ little devil..."

Hearing that her question was answered with a counter-question, Shizuka Hiratsuka raised her fist again and said unkindly: "It's the teacher who's asking the question now, don't answer my question with a question."

"It was shortly before the summer vacation started."

"Whoo~"

Hiratsuka Shizuka exhaled a puff of smoke, "Is there no turning back?"

“No one looks back in hot-blooded comics, right?”

"But comics are comics, but this is reality. How can we confuse the two?"

"Yeah, doesn't that make it even more impossible to turn back?"

Hikigaya Hachiman's calm question left Hiratsuka Shizuka unable to refute.

Because she knew that there was nothing wrong with what the boy said. Comics were fictional products based on other people's fantasies. Even if there were some terrible disasters in them, they would not affect the real world.

But this is exactly the case. In reality, there is no room for hesitation or mistakes. Otherwise, a life will be lost and a happy family will face a tragic fate.

Although the conversation between the two was incoherent, that was because they both knew each other's character very well and could understand the meaning of short sentences based on just a few words.