Hikigaya doesn't want to be a force of strength

“It’s not time for a change of leadership yet.”

This time, it was Horikita Manabu himself who answered Hikigaya. He seemed to be touched by what he had just said, and his attitude seemed more serious than before.

"Hasn't the term changed yet?"

"Yes, the student union changes its term once a year. Only half of this semester has passed, and there are still a few months before the change of term. However, the next student union president has a special personality. He has used some means to gain the power to influence the operation of the student union in advance."

"The next student council president?"

There was something strange in Horikita Manabu's words.

After all, the student union president is generally elected through student union elections or even a school-wide student referendum. Before the student union election, no one knows who will be the next student union president.

But what Horikita Manabu just said sounded as if the next student council president had already been decided...

This is undoubtedly hinting at something.

However, Hikigaya would rather not understand this hint now, because the other party would take the initiative to reveal the information about the next student council president, which was obviously to push himself into a trap.

"Ahem, this next president is really amazing. But I don't know much about the student union, so let's discuss work matters next, shall we?"

"Wow, you changed the subject so easily."

Faced with Hikigaya's brilliant method of changing the subject, senior sister Akane Tachibana simply changed the subject back.

Hey, senior sister, please pay more attention to the air!

While Hikigaya was numb, the student council president Horikita Manabu spoke silently: "Hikigaya, you are a member of the student council no matter what. Although I have tried my best to prevent you from meeting that person this semester, you will still be forced to come into contact with him when the next semester starts."

"Are you referring to the next student council president?"

"Ah."

Horikita Manabu nodded silently and squinted at him: "Now that things have come to this, I also need to introduce the other party's identity to you. You know that in addition to the student union president, our school will also have two vice presidents of the student union."

"I remember one of them was called Nanyun Miyabi, and the other vice president was Kiriyama Ikuha."

"Yes, you remember it very clearly."

Horikita Manabu was generous in praising Bikigaya.

Senior Tachibana Akane on the other side silently complained: "Just now you said you didn't know much about the student union, but now you even know the names of the two vice presidents!"

"..."

Is this senior here to sabotage us?

He must be here to sabotage us on purpose!

Horikita Manabu ignored Hikigaya's helpless expression and continued, "The next student council president will be one of the two vice presidents of the current student council, Nanyun Masaru. He is also the leader of the second-year Class A and led the class from Class B to Class A."

“Sounds like it’s impressive?”

"Hehe, you are the only one who would use such words to evaluate that man." Horikita Manabu looked at Hikigaya's appearance, and a smile inexplicably appeared on his lips, but he then became serious again and spoke silently, "Nangumo Masaru is indeed an extraordinary man. He is the only one so far who has unified the entire grade and made all the second-year students work for him. He also believes in the absolute law of the jungle, and will directly expel unnecessary students and only keep the valuable ones. The reason why I didn't let the first-year students join the student union is that I don't want you first-year students to be influenced by him."

"Then why was I dragged into the student union?"

"Because I have observed that you will not be affected by Nanyun Ya's policy, and you may even be able to counter his measures."

"Uh, is this a bit too flattering of me?"

Just by listening to what Horikita Manabu said, Hikigaya could imagine how terrifying that senior Nanyun was.

To be honest, he didn't think he had the ability to fight against such a dangerous person.

Of course, the president was right about one thing, which was that he would never be influenced by Nanyun Ya's policies. After all, he hated the concept of strength supremacy from the bottom of his heart.

"Haha, you don't seem to know your own abilities." Horikita adjusted his glasses. "The Student Council has received the results of the two special exams for the first graders. Do you need me to repeat the process to you?"

"My class D lost everything."

Hikigaya didn't think the school would expose the entire exam process, so he was confident that the student council president wouldn't know what he had done.

However, Horikita Manabu said coldly: "I know that Class D's performance is not satisfactory, but that is caused by the incompetence of my stupid sister."

"You are really merciless when you slander your sister."

"I'm just telling the truth. And, Hikigaya, have you ever heard of the phrase 'there's a smoke without fire'? Any news must have a source. I already know that you forged a leader in the uninhabited island exam, deceived other classes, and united three classes to target Class A in the cruise ship exam. Just based on your performance in these two exams, you're almost as good as the second-year student, Nan Yun Miyabi."

"That's not the case... There are always many people in this world who like to spread rumors!"

"Really? Then how are you going to prove that the leader of your D class was replaced with your name during the uninhabited island exam, and that your D class and C class signed an agreement to trade points during the cruise ship exam?"

"Could the students have installed surveillance cameras on the uninhabited island and the cruise ship?"

"Of course there is no such thing. If you are found out, you will be expelled from school."

"So as long as we don't get caught, it'll be fine?"

"Perhaps there is a simpler method, such as bribing the judges of the special examination."

"This……"

Hikigaya looked at Horikita Manabu helplessly. He really couldn't figure out whether the student union of this school was an administrative agency or a gang organization.

Horikita Manabu ignored his words and said calmly: "I know that you, Hikigaya, have no interest in class struggles. It is precisely because of this trait of yours that I accepted you into the student council. After all, I think you are the one who is most likely to compete with Nanyun Masa in the future."

You might as well go find Ayanokouji... that guy is obviously better at this kind of intrigue.

Hikigaya complained in his heart and politely declined: "I don't think you should have such high expectations of me, President."

"Yeah, I also think that I can't just push the responsibility onto you." Horikita Manabu nodded silently, "So I've also prepared the corresponding compensation."

"remuneration?"

"Haven't you always wanted to leave this school and go back to visit your sister? Although there is no chance to do this yet, if it's just to deliver letters and gifts, the student union can still help you do it."

"real or fake?"

He didn't expect to be able to contact the outside world so soon. Even though he couldn't go home directly to visit his sister yet, Hikigaya couldn't help but show a hint of excitement on his face.

But he also quickly realized that this was the bait the president used to hook him.

Once you agree, it means you have to step into the fire pit.

However, for a sister complex, what could be more important than his sister?

For my sister, I can fight against the world's mouths and teeth! !

Chapter 402: You are the rumored Hikigaya junior, right?

After hearing Horikita's conditions, Hikigaya couldn't resist the temptation to contact his sister, so he nodded silently and said, "I understand, President, I agree to your request."

"Oh? Have you decided to be the vice president?"

"how is this possible?"

Hikigaya decisively rejected Horikita Manabu's proposal.

My goodness, how could he become the vice president of the student union?

Not to mention that it would be a direct confrontation with the next student council president, Nan Yunya, the position of vice president itself would have a significant impact.

In this way, my peaceful and harmonious campus life would be gone forever.

Of course Hikigaya didn't want to see that happen.

"What I mean is, I will try to check and balance Nan Yunya as you wish, but if you want to get rid of him, you'd better ask for help from someone else."

Hikigaya was not so cheap as to sell himself out so easily, and he decisively rejected Horikita Manabu's proposal.

Horikita Manabu seemed to have expected his answer and just said silently: "Is that so? That's fine, but there is one thing I still want to tell you, that is, if you can become the student council president, you can directly change the rules of this school."

"Does the student council president still have the ability to change school rules?"

"You should have guessed this a long time ago." Horikita Manabu looked at Hikigaya silently and spoke calmly, "The student council is the highest-ranking institution in this school, but this status does not come from the student council itself, but from the person who becomes the student council president. For example, Nanyun has the ability to turn this school into something I don't want. If you have the ability to become the student council president, you can naturally change the school into what you want, including leaving the school at will."

"This……"

I didn't expect Horikita to come up with such a more tempting condition.

For Hikigaya, this was something he couldn't easily refuse. After all, if he could go home to visit Komachi at any time, then the next three years in this damn school wouldn't be so difficult to endure.

However, Hikigaya was not blinded by the interests.

He knew exactly what it would take to become the student council president in this school, so he refused on the spot: "No, I'm not interested in becoming a social animal who works overtime every day and has no time to rest. Compared to changing the school rules as the student council president, it's enough for me to buy a place to leave school and go home occasionally."

"Wow, Hikigaya-kun, you actually called the president a corporate slave who works overtime every day?!"

"No, that's not it, that was just a metaphor!"

Hikigaya didn't expect that senior sister Akane Tachibana would find fault with him in this place. He was frightened and quickly refuted.

Horikita Manabu himself did not react to his words. He said silently: "I can understand your thoughts. Most people do not want to bear too much pressure and live a peaceful life. However, Hikigaya, you may not have thought that some things will not happen just because you don't want them to happen. Fate will not let us off just because we want to escape. Instead, it will fall on every innocent person in a cruel and merciless way."

"President..."

"This may not be what I should say as the student council president, but this school will probably undergo huge changes starting next year, and it will be in the direction I least want to see... In order to protect the order at that time, I must create a force that can compete with it in advance. That's why I will let you join the student council. But unfortunately, the means I can use are still too few, and I can't continue to influence this school after I leave. I can only pin my hopes on you, the student council members who will stay in the school in the future. I am sorry for bringing you unnecessary pressure."

"..."

Hikigaya was really surprised that Horikita would take the initiative to say such a series of words and even apologize to him.

Compared to him, Senior Tachibana Akane's reaction was even greater. She said helplessly, "This is not your fault, President. I think we should trust Nanyun-san more. Even if he succeeds in being elected as the student council president, he won't necessarily mess up the school..."

"I know Nanyun's character very well. If no one restrains him, he will do whatever he wants in this school." Horikita Manabu said, looking at Hikigaya, "I know you, Hikigaya, have no interest in fighting, nor do you have the idea of ​​becoming the student council president, but if you have something precious in this school, don't forget what I said now, otherwise, sooner or later you will regret it."

For the first time, Horikita Manabu explained the future of the student council in a serious manner and expressed his own concerns.

Facing such a serious president, Hikigaya could no longer fool him and said seriously: "I understand what you said, but I think you can trust the students of this school more. Even if Nanyun Masa's ability is extraordinary, he can only affect the second grade at most. Among the first-year students nowadays, there are a group of people who are no less capable than him and can compete with him."

Ryuuen Sho, Sakayanagi Arisu, Ayanokouji Kiyotaka... the quality of this year's first-year students is quite high, and Hikigaya doesn't feel the need to deal with Nanyun Masa at all.

If Nan Yun wants to control the first years like he controlled the second years, then these guys will be enough to give him a hard time.

There is no need to do it yourself...

"You're right." After hearing what Hikigaya said, Horikita Manabu nodded slightly, "Maybe I'm too worried. I shouldn't underestimate the potential of first-year students."

"Is such that."

"By the way, how is that child Suzune doing lately?"

After finishing his official business, Horikita Manabu suddenly started talking about personal matters.

After hearing this topic, Senior Sister Tachibana Akane consciously left the office, leaving the scene to the two of them.

"Well, President, you have seen the test results, so you should know how she is doing, right?"

"The result is one thing, but the process is more important." Horikita Manabu said silently without any pause, "Has she made some progress compared to before?"

"This...should we say it is progress or not?"

Hikigaya didn't know how to describe it, so he could only repeat the entire D-class exam process that he witnessed.

During the whole process, Horikita Manabu had a blank expression on his face from beginning to end, and there was no sign of praise nor any sign of dissatisfaction.

It was not until Hikigaya had finished speaking that he silently commented, "Sure enough, there has been no progress."

"Uh..." Hikigaya couldn't quite understand why Horikita Manabu didn't hesitate to insult his sister. He couldn't help but speak up for Horikita. "Horikita's social deficiencies are too severe. There's nothing she can do about it."

"Just because she can't do it doesn't mean she can't make progress." Horikita Manabu retorted coldly, "I know her abilities very well, and I know her limits very well, but because of this, if she can't break through herself and find her own path, she will never be able to grow up. In that case, instead of waiting until one day she is taught a lesson by the cruel reality, it would be better for me, her brother, to teach her personally..."

Hikigaya was speechless at Horikita Manabu's cruelty.

Although he had long been accustomed to the way the brother and sister got along, he still felt it was extremely unnatural sometimes. Of course, as an outsider, he didn't think he had any right to interfere.

"Sorry for taking up your time." After learning about Horikita Suzune's recent situation, Horikita Manabu had nothing else to do. "That's all I have to do. For the student union's work, go find Tachibana Akane outside. She will tell you what to do next."

"This is the end?"

"Should I ask you to stay here for tea?"

"No, no, no."

Just kidding, Hikigaya didn't want to stay in the same room with a rigid guy like Horikita Manabu for too long. That scene would definitely be so awkward that he would wish he could buy out a three-bedroom apartment.

So he left the student union office without hesitation and found senior Akane Tachibana outside who was arranging work.

"Senior, do you have any work arrangements for me next?"

"Junior, have you finished talking to the president? Then come and help me move..."

Before Senior Tachibana Akane could finish her words, a figure suddenly walked in from outside the Student Union Office.