Hikigaya doesn't want to be a force of strength

Karuizawa's questioning caused a reaction from the students in Class D.

For a moment, even many students who usually stood on Kushida's side were unable to continue supporting her because of Kushida Kikyo's overly wrong actions.

Many students even showed expressions of anger and disgust, looking at Kushida with aggressive eyes.

As for all of this, Kikyo Kushida accepted it all calmly.

She seemed to be experiencing "So this is what betrayal feels like", and accepted this development with the mentality of trying to take on everything.

But in the end, she still spoke with a tired and helpless look on her face: "Sure enough, I really can't be a traitor..."

Her words were obviously a response to Hikigaya's previous remarks.

The students in Class D were confused by her strange attitude and had no idea why Kushida could remain so calm even now.

"Kushida, did you really betray the class?" After a long period of shock and confusion, Horikita Suzune finally came to her senses and joined the battle, "Can you tell me why you did this? There is no reason for you to betray the class so easily. There must be some reason that forced you to do so! I can only think of one reason, but I don't know if you are really that extreme."

Horikita Suzune's words were clear and restrained. She obviously knew that Kushida hated her own affairs, but in order to give Kushida face, she still did not say it directly.

When Kushida Kikyo heard her words, she looked over with a smile on her face and said, "I really hate you, Horikita-san. You can often do things that I can't do, which makes me very jealous. That's why I want to do whatever it takes to defeat you."

"So you really are..."

"But I still can't afford the cost of being a traitor." Kushida Kikyo changed the subject and looked at everyone present, "I really can't betray this class, nor can I betray everyone present. I can't bear that kind of pain."

"This……"

Kushida Kikyo's sudden reversal of words surprised everyone present.

Be it Horikita Suzune, Hirata Yosuke, Karuizawa Megumi, or Ayanokouji, none of them expected such a turn of events, and they were all surprised for a moment.

"What are you talking about?" Karuizawa asked sharply again, "Kushida, you clearly told Class C about the information about the favored person, didn't you? And now you still say you can't betray us..."

"Yes, I did tell Ryuen Sho the identity of the favored person, but that doesn't mean I betrayed everyone."

"What do you mean?"

After hearing Kikyo Kushida explain her thoughts to everyone in clear words, everyone was obviously confused.

In front of everyone, Kushida took out the contract he had signed with Ryuen Sho from his arms and handed it to Horikita who was closest to him.

"After reading this, I think everyone should be able to have the answer."

"This is?"

When Horikita saw what Kushida did, confusion was evident on her face, but she still took it and read through the contents of the contract bit by bit.

After reading the last line of the contract, she was confused and even murmured in shock: "Kusida, you exchanged your personal points for the status of a favored person? From now on, everyone in Class C will give Class D 15000 personal points every month as the price of the transaction?!"

"What!?"

"real or fake?!"

"15000 points every month?!"

"..."

For a moment, after hearing what Kushida said, the entire D class was in an uproar.

Even Ayanokouji was obviously shocked after hearing the news. He had never expected that the development of things would be so beyond his expectations.

In other words, it was completely out of his control!

Chapter 395 Ayanokouji is a dangerous person indeed

Kushida showed the D class the contract of his transaction with Ryuen Sho. The content of the contract completely shocked the D class and surprised everyone in the class.

"Is this...is this true?"

Karuizawa had not expected Kushida to do this at all, and the expression on his face immediately turned into surprise and nervousness, and he was unable to predict the other party's answer.

Kushida glanced at Hikigaya and spoke silently: "Yes, I signed a contract with Ryuen, exchanging my status as a favored person for personal points. The contract has been confirmed by the school. Starting next month, our class will be able to obtain a large number of points from Class C."

"Really?!"

Kushida's words surprised many people, and most of the people in Class D were surprised and happy about this situation.

The first person to react was undoubtedly Horikita Suzune.

"Is this the contract you and Ryuuen signed, Kushida-san?!"

"Yes."

In response to Horikita's words, Kushida Kikyo nodded silently and looked at the other party without any avoidance.

On the other hand, Horikita said with a troubled look on her face: "Why would you do such a thing? Even if you didn't reveal the identity of the preferential treatment recipient, we could still take this exam..."

"Can we really win?" Kushida looked into Horikita's eyes, calmly and composedly, "If we allow Class C to take action and we defend silently like Class A and do nothing, can we really win this exam?"

If Kushida didn't make a deal with Class C, would Class D be able to win?

No one is destined to know about this.

After all, this is something that has not happened yet and is destined to never happen.

However, people can try to infer the process from the results and speculate whether such a result is a victory or a failure.

Hikigaya had already informed Kushida in advance, and he told Kushida that even if she did nothing, Class D would still lose the exam.

Because if Class C didn't get the information about Kushida, the one who favored him, then Ryuuen would definitely try his best to find information from other channels.

In the end, there will be two branching routes.

One is that if Class C succeeds, Ryuen Sho will guess the pattern of the favored ones with his own ability, then Class D is bound to be attacked by Class C.

Under Ryuuen's methods, Class D will suffer an extremely cruel blow, and the situation will be ten thousand times more miserable than it is now.

The second possibility is that Class C failed to guess the pattern of the preferential treatment and did not report it, resulting in the exam developing as Class A expected.

However, can Class D win in this way?

In fact, Class D is still the loser because the winner just moved from Class C to Class A.

Class A, which adopts a conservative strategy, will be the final winner.

In this way, the answer to the question becomes clear - Kushida's decision to trade with Class C was definitely not a wrong choice!

"Whether it's Class C winning or Class A winning, it won't be a good thing for us." Kushida Kikyo used what Hikigaya had told her before to explain to everyone, "In that case, instead of giving up the struggle, we might as well resist and make a deal with Class C. Of course, this will make Class C win, but we won't lose either. The most important thing is that Class A will lose, and in this way, at least we won't be the worst off."

Originally, no matter whether Class A or Class C won, Class D would always be at the bottom, because Class D's foundation was too weak and the gap with other classes would only get farther and farther.

But now, Class C won a small victory, Class A suffered a crushing defeat, and Class D did not lose, which is equivalent to narrowing the gap between Class D and other classes.

This is definitely not a bad result.

After hearing what Kushida said, everyone in Class D fell into deep thought, and after a long period of deliberation, they confirmed that the other party was correct.

But Horikita Suzune still refused to accept it and continued to question:

"But personal points cannot be compared with class points. Compared with equivalent personal points, the best choice is still class points..."

"Yes, but the premise is that this choice exists." Kushida answered silently, "Do you think that if I don't betray my status as a preferential student and take the exam normally, Class D will be able to obtain class points?"

"..."

Kushida's words made Horikita fall into complete silence.

She obviously also realized that it would be very difficult, even almost impossible, for Class D to gain class points in this exam.

Unless results three and four are achieved, there is no possibility of obtaining class points.

"Unfortunately, I don't think our class has any means to gain class points. The victory of the Rabbit Group and Koenji-san was quite unexpected." Kushida gradually adapted to the current situation and described it to everyone in a calm manner, "And I was not the only one who made a deal with Ryuen Sho at that time. There was also Ichinose-san from Class B. However, she did not ask for personal points in return, but hoped that Ryuen Sho would not take the initiative to attack Class B."

"In a sense, what Ichinose did is the final result for our class. Even though we didn't sign a contract with Class C and didn't get any points as a benefit, Class B didn't get any better. We only got 100 million points because the favored class wasn't discovered. In comparison, the profit from the contract I fought for Class D is definitely much more than 100 million points. It's already the best result."

"..."

The words that Kushida Kikyo spoke in one breath completely convinced everyone.

Not only did she explain the purpose of the action, she also used Ichinose Honami and Class B as vivid examples to describe another possibility for the class.

And now there is Class A as a scapegoat. Speaking of losers, Class A is the one that lost the most in this exam, no doubt about it...

Therefore, most of the students in Class D accepted this result.

"I think what Kushida did was right." Hirata Yosuke took the lead and spoke, "Although this choice may not be the best, it is at least not the worst. Kushida avoided the worst situation for us and also preserved an important spark for our future exams."

In a sense, the class struggle has just begun. They are only in the first grade now and there are infinite possibilities in the future. Losing the class points that can be obtained at this time is not something unacceptable.

What's more, there are generous personal points as compensation, so most people will not have any opinions on such matters.

Faced with such a situation, even Horikita Suzune could no longer deny Kushida's decision. She could only sigh silently and indicate that she would not speak anymore.

However, having no objection to Kushida's behavior does not mean that Horikita approves of Kushida's approach.

"Why didn't you discuss this with us before you did it?!" Horikita Suzune expressed doubts about Kushida's actions alone, "I don't think you are qualified to make decisions on behalf of our entire D class. If you had discussed it with us at the time, maybe we could have had a better result."

Horikita pointed out the biggest flaw in Kushida's behavior, which was that he made a deal with Class C without consulting anyone in advance.

This is undoubtedly a very arbitrary act. Even Yosuke Hirata, who is the class leader, may not be qualified to do such a thing, let alone Kikyo Kushida, who is still far from being a class leader.

After all, Class D is not Class C. This is not a one-man show. Every decision made by each person needs to be recognized by the entire class before it can be agreed upon.

What's more, the abilities that Kikyo Kushida has demonstrated in the past make it difficult for people to trust the decisions she makes, and it is hard not to doubt whether she has suffered losses at the hands of Class C in the process.

When a person takes action, no matter what he thinks, other people will impose different opinions on him - although there are very few people who will not do this, the majority of people always follow blindly.

"That's right. I didn't discuss this with everyone in advance... I was definitely wrong about this."

In response to Horikita's questioning, Kushida Kikyo admitted her mistake very naturally.

She knew her problems very well and knew the consequences of her actions. Because of this fact, she had no way to evade her responsibilities.

"..."

Seeing Kushida Kikyo admit her mistake so frankly, Horikita Suzune didn't know what to say to continue.

After all, you can't knock down someone who is already lying on the ground.

Kushida now looks like she is lying down and being laughed at. She has confessed her mistakes, and now the facts have been concluded and the contract has been signed and cannot be changed.

At this point, blaming Kushida himself seems to be of no use.

At this point, it seems that all that is missing is a final decision.

So, Hirata Yosuke, the de facto leader of Class D, stood up and said to everyone, "Regarding Kushida-san's actions, although she was arbitrary and a little inappropriate, she was essentially thinking about the class. So, I hope everyone will stop talking about the traitor before."

"This……"

In response to Hirata's behavior that was obviously intended to remind him, Karuizawa nodded slightly and reluctantly expressed his agreement.

Hirata then looked at Kushida and said, "Kushida-san, I hope that next time you do something similar, you can communicate with the class members in advance. At the very least, you should tell a classmate. Can you do that?"

"I will never act alone again."

Kushida nodded vigorously, expressing his determination.

Thus, with Hirata's intervention, the heated discussion about the traitor in Class D came to an end.

After all, most of the students in Class D are a group of people who only care about immediate interests and cannot see the future development. To them, 150 class points and 15000 personal points per month are essentially equal in value.

Because of this, they could fully agree to the deal that Kikyo Kushida made with Class C.

In addition, given Kushida's extremely high popularity in Class D, even if Kushida did not inform anyone when she did all this, the students in Class D would be able to completely forgive her actions.

Everything seemed to have turned out perfectly.

But Hikigaya couldn't relax that much.

After all, this riot made him realize that Ayanokouji was indeed a terrifying and dangerous person.

If he wants to avoid worse situations in the future, he must figure out what the other party is thinking.

Chapter 396: Hikigaya's Real Mistake

Ayanokouji's behavior is very abnormal.

This is something Hikigaya had realized a long time ago.

Since entering school, he has had more than a few contacts with Ayanokouji Kiyotaka, but each contact only made him more certain of the fact that Ayanokouji was not normal.