Hikigaya doesn't want to be a force of strength

"Okay, you're right." Hikigaya nodded in approval, "Now that you know the situation, you should be able to leave."

"Well, I'll leave after I finish writing the point tables for each class."

After Horikita Suzune finished speaking, she picked up a pen and began to analyze the points of the four classes.

Hikigaya came over to take a look and found that the other party seemed to be speculating on the point results of each class.

Among them, the other party's guesses of 0 points for Class A and 320 points for Class B were almost correct.

With only 126 points for Class C and 50 points for Class D, Horikita could not form a correct understanding based on the information she had.

Seeing the other party in distress and looking like he had a headache, Hikigaya couldn't help but remind him: "About the points of Class D, maybe you should ask Kushida."

"why?"

"I guess the leader's form is filled out by the class leader. Since Hirata temporarily stepped down, Class D was led by Kushida on the uninhabited island. In the end, it should be Kushida who filled out the final list of leaders."

"I see... I understand what you mean."

After hearing Hikigaya's analysis, Horikita nodded slightly, "Our D class originally guessed the leader of A class correctly and got 50 points. Counting the original points, it should be 210 points. Even if Koenji and I quit, we should still have 150 points. Unless two classes guessed the leader of our class correctly, there would be no way that there would be only 50 points left, unless our class took the initiative to guess the leader of another class incorrectly."

"That's right, so as long as we ask Kushida if she guessed the leaders of other classes and find out why she did so, we can find out why Class D only has 50 points left."

"I'll go find her now."

Horikita Suzune is a person of action. After realizing that Kushida Kikyo is the key breakthrough, she immediately set out and decided to look for her.

Hikigaya didn't expect the other party to be so proactive, and there was no way to stop him.

However, when Horikita Suzune opened the door and prepared to leave, she was suddenly stunned.

"Hello~"

The person who appeared outside the door surprised both Horikita and Hikigaya: a pink-haired girl in school uniform, the leader of Class B, Ichinose Honami.

“Ichinose…”

Horikita Suzune didn't expect Ichinose to appear here.

Hikigaya also couldn't figure out why Ichinose came here. If nothing unexpected happened, he should be holding a celebration party with the students of Class B.

Likewise, Ichinose didn't expect that the person who opened the door would be Horikita Suzune.

The two had worked together in the Sudo Crisis Incident, so they knew each other.

Ichinose looked at the house number in surprise and said suspiciously, "Horikita-san... this should be the dormitory for the boys in Class D, right? Am I in the right place?"

"You're not mistaken." Horikita Suzune nodded silently, "I came here to deal with something with this guy, what are you doing?"

"I'm here to see Hikigaya, too." Ichinose smiled and said after understanding the situation, "I want to invite him to the celebration party for Class B."

"Invite him to the celebration party for Class B?"

Ichinose's words confused Horikita and Hikigaya.

Especially the latter, who had no idea why things turned out this way.

You, the leader of Class B, want to invite me, a member of Class D, to attend the celebration party?

Is there something wrong with Ichinose's brain?

Ichinose seemed to realize the problem with his statement and added: "Our class has booked a large private room on the cruise ship. In order to avoid waste, we decided to invite some people from other classes to come. Horikita-san, you can come if you want."

"No, I'm not interested."

After hearing Ichinose's explanation, Horikita Suzune shook her head indifferently.

She then left the dormitory corridor without even looking at Ichinose.

"Oh my, I think Horikita-san hates me."

"That person is like this to everyone, don't take it to heart."

Hikigaya just tried to comfort her when he saw Ichinose walk into the dormitory nonchalantly and sit on his bed.

"What are you..."

"I have a lot to say to Hikigaya-san about this exam."

"..."

Seeing Ichinose Hoba's complicated tone, Hikigaya sighed and realized that what was coming had finally come.

In previous exams, Hikigaya had sought some help from Ichinose, such as borrowing points from the other class to rent a camera to threaten Ryuen.

In addition to this, Hikigaya did a lot of things in private. I guess Ichinose came to me because he was confused about these things.

"If you have anything to ask, just ask."

Hikigaya spoke silently, pretending to be at your mercy.

He also didn't think he could hide it from Ichinose.

After all, the other party is not someone like Horikita who can be easily fooled.

"Is anything okay?"

"As long as I can answer it."

"Is that so? Let me think about it." After hearing what Hikigaya said, Ichinose looked up into the air and thought for a while, "Hikigaya-san, do you have someone you like... or something like that?"

"puff!"

What the hell are you asking?

This question is beyond the scope!

"Haha, I was just joking!" Ichinose saw Hikigaya's reaction and quickly waved his hands.

His skilled appearance made it hard to tell whether what just happened was a joke or not.

Hikigaya was stunned at first, then sighed: "It's not that this question is impossible to answer."

"Huh? Can you tell me?"

Facing Ichinose Honami's expectant expression, Hikigaya sighed and murmured, "Of course I have someone I like, isn't that nonsense?"

"This... Hikigaya-san, you actually have someone you like?"

After hearing what Hikigaya said, Ichinose inexplicably showed a lost expression on his face.

Wow, this guy pretends to be so real.

Hikigaya didn't believe Ichinose's expression at all, and said calmly: "Yes, I love my sister the most, she is simply an angel!!"

"..."

When Hikigaya finished speaking, he inexplicably felt that the air at the scene had fallen silent.

The temperature plummeted.

Uh, wasn't my joke just now funny?

Since he has almost no friends, Hikigaya's sudden joke seems to have failed.

"Ha, ahaha, so that's how it is. I like my sister too. Hikigaya-san and I are similar. We should get along well."

Don't try to smooth things over forcibly.

I'm about to cry...

Hikigaya sighed, realizing that he really had no talent for show effects, so he silently changed the subject and said, "Let's stop joking just now. It's time to tell me your real purpose, Ichinose."

"yes……"

After hearing what Hikigaya said, Ichinose Honami slowly put away the smile on her face and said seriously, "Hikigaya-san, I came here to ask a question - why is Class A's score reduced to 0?"

Chapter 324: Hikigaya-san must come to Class B’s celebration party!

"Why is Class A's score reduced to 0?"

Ichinose Honami asked herself this question.

Hikigaya sighed silently and said slowly: "You don't need to ask me this question. I think you in Class B should be able to guess it by yourselves."

"It's true that we could have guessed that Class A would have such a result, but it's still very confusing why it turned out this way." Ichinose stared at Hikigaya with his big, shining eyes. "Besides, I really want to hear the answer to the question from you, Hikigaya. You should be able to help me with this."

"..."

Hikigaya showed a slightly helpless expression at Ichinose's attitude of wanting to hear him repeat it even though he knew the result.

But he couldn't refuse.

After all, in order to deal with Ryuen Sho, he had rented a camera from Class B, so he owed them some favors.

Therefore, even if it was to repay a favor, he could not refuse Ichinose's request.

"Go to the deck. We might be heard here."

"Ah."

Hearing Hikigaya's words, a smile suddenly appeared on Ichinose's face.

Hikigaya was really confused by the other party's behavior.

After all, wouldn't most people feel disgusted and uncomfortable knowing they were going to be alone in a deserted place with a guy like him with dead eyes?

Why does Ichinose still look so happy?

The leader of Class B is indeed a hidden weirdo.

Hikigaya then quietly brought Ichinose to the edge of the deck of the cruise ship.

There is no one around here, only the gentle sea breeze and the cries of seagulls. The setting sun in the evening reflects a light red glow on the coastline, making people want to remember this moment forever.

"Is there anything you don't understand about Class A?"

Hikigaya didn't have the sensibility to appreciate scenery, so even though the view here was great, he only looked at it briefly and then turned to look at Ichinose.

"I want to know what you did in this exam, Hikigaya-san... Don't worry, I won't tell anyone about this except myself."

"I hope you can do it."

Whether Ichinose would tell others about her affairs was essentially not something that Hikigaya cared about.

However, he still wanted to reduce his presence in school as much as possible, especially he didn't want to be noticed too much by the students in Class B.

So if possible, he still hopes that Ichinose will not spread the news.

Ichinose also has the ability to make people feel trustworthy.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for the other party to gain the recognition of all the students in Class B through trust, or even control the points of the entire class by himself.

So, after establishing a simple contract, Hikigaya slowly said, "This time, I took the exam because I was working with Sakayanagi to attack the Katsuragi faction as requested by the other party. So when the exam started, after I discovered the identity of the leader of Class A, I informed the three classes of BCD of his identity."

"Yes, I know that. That's why you came to our Class B and made such a request before." Ichinose nodded slowly. "In this case, Class A will be deducted 150 points for doing nothing, and all the base points will be lost. Counting the 30 points caused by Sakayanagi's withdrawal, if Class A uses more than 120 points of resources, it will directly become 0 points?"

"On the surface, that's true."

Hikigaya shook his head silently.

Most people would indeed have such an idea, thinking that the reason why Class A was defeated so miserably was purely because the other three classes all guessed their leader, resulting in a large number of points being deducted.

Plus the points consumed by Class A itself, the final result was 0 points.

This is what was recorded in the notebook written by Horikita Suzune before.

In a sense, there is nothing wrong with this. It is just like simplifying a formula in mathematical concepts by removing all the messy parts. This is the simplest and most straightforward expression.

However, since Ichinose had asked him to explain the whole situation, Hikigaya naturally would not hide anything and spoke honestly: "The reason for Class A's defeat is indeed that the other three classes guessed the leader of Class A, but the real factors that led to Class A's defeat are not just these."

"Not just these? Is there any other part?"

Ichinose stared at Hikigaya's face, an expression of obvious incomprehensible confusion on his face.

Whether it was Class B or Class D, they were all outside the true content of the exam, so naturally they were unable to understand the key factors that led to Class A's disastrous defeat.

"To understand what happened during the uninhabited island exam, I first need to tell you one thing. That is, before the exam, the leaders of Class A and Class C privately established a contract."

Hikigaya spoke silently, describing the deal between Katsuragi and Ryuen Sho in the quickest way possible. "According to the contract, Class C will exchange the points awarded in the exam for supplies and transfer them to Class A. At the same time, they will also need to find leaders of other classes and share the intelligence with Class A. In exchange, Class A will give Class C a certain amount of points every month."

"Katsuragi actually made such a deal?"