Hikigaya doesn't want to be a force of strength

Chapter 455: Hikigaya, please don't let Horikita rely on you too much

Seeing Koenji defeat Horikita Suzune easily and leave calmly, Hikigaya felt a little emotional but on the surface he watched as if nothing had happened.

Seeing this, Takazonoji looked over and said before leaving, "Hey, Hikigaya boy, do you want to come with me to find a place to rest?"

"No, no, no."

Although Koenji himself doesn't care about the eyes of other classmates and does things his own way, Hikigaya is destined to never learn his way.

So he decisively rejected Gao Yuanji's invitation and said calmly: "I don't think you would not even participate in the competition. It would be good to participate in one or two events occasionally and earn tens of thousands of points."

According to the rules of the sports festival, if you place in the top three in an individual event, you will receive points ranging from one thousand to five thousand.

Hikigaya's third place in the 100-meter race means that he directly obtained 1,000 points, which is considered a gain.

"Although your proposal is very attractive, it still cannot impress me." Gao Yuanji shook his head calmly, "I have already received a sufficient reward for the last cruise ship exam, so as long as I can still get by, I don't want to put in too much effort next time. And as you can see, I am indeed a little unwell today. I just quit to avoid trouble."

"I'm not feeling well..."

What Koenji said was so convincing that only ghosts would believe it. Hikigaya couldn't detect any signs of physical discomfort from him.

But Koenji's words clearly showed that he didn't want to continue pestering her, so Hikigaya had no choice but to let him go and change the subject:

"I don't think Horikita will easily accept your waiver. He might come to trouble you later."

"That girl is indeed a bit stubborn, but it doesn't matter. I will curb her overly arrogant arrogance."

"That's not bad."

Hikigaya had previously thought about how to change Horikita Suzune's overly arrogant personality, and decided to make her suffer a little more.

If Koenji could make Horikita Suzune suffer more setbacks, he wouldn't have to make any more plans.

"Oh?" Hearing Hikigaya's words, Takazonoji showed a surprised expression on his face, "I didn't expect you to care so much about Horikita girl, is she so attractive to you?"

"What the hell?" Hikigaya didn't expect that Koenji would misunderstand him, so he quickly explained, "It's not what you think. I just want to repay the favor I owe her brother, that's all."

"I see."

Koenji didn't know whether he understood or not.

His sharp eyes moved around Hikigaya again and again, and finally he smiled and said, "This is interesting, but don't go too far. If you become too dependent on him, one day you won't be able to get away from him."

"Too dependent?" Hikigaya asked with a hint of curiosity, not understanding what Koenji said, "Who do you mean dependent on whom?"

"Of course, Horikita girl is dependent on you." Koenji spoke in a natural tone, "Although that cool girl looks tough, she is easily frustrated. If you hit her too hard, it might have the opposite effect and make her completely dependent on you. Although I don't think this is a bad thing, Hikigaya boy, you don't seem to have the intention of controlling her."

"You're overthinking it. How could Horikita..."

Hikigaya couldn't imagine Horikita Suzune being completely dependent on him.

After all, that guy is strong to an unspeakable degree, with a persistent and cold personality, and he doesn't look like someone who would rely on others.

Even if you are frustrated and have a mental breakdown, you will not be completely controlled by others.

While Hikigaya was lost in thought and hesitant because of Koenji's words, Koenji himself seemed to have already accomplished his mission and left calmly.

"If you find this activity boring, you can also find a place to rest with me."

"I see……"

Hikigaya said goodbye to Koenji and went back to the lounge.

Hirata seemed to be trying to comfort Horikita Suzune, trying to calm her anger towards Koenji: "Horikita, you'd better calm down. Koenji's attitude is problematic, but since he said he was not feeling well, there is no reason for us to stop him from resting."

"Do you believe that lie, too?"

"Even so, we have no choice but to believe it." Hirata Yosuke seemed much calmer than Horikita. "We are classmates, not enemies. Even if a classmate does something wrong, we cannot attack him. In fact, no matter who it is, it is wrong to use violence."

Hirata seemed to be very sensitive about the use of violence, and his eyes were evasive when he spoke.

Although Horikita Suzune still hadn't regained her composure, she realized that she couldn't do anything to Koenji, so she sighed and said, "If Koenji forfeits all the remaining matches, we will lose a lot of points for no reason."

"We can only find a way to make up for it from other places."

Hirata spoke slowly, allowing Horikita Suzune to calm down her anger.

But he didn't keep wasting his time on Horikita Suzune. When he found out that the next game was about to start, he hurried out to direct his classmates.

Hikigaya hurriedly followed upon seeing this, but he did not dare to stay in the same room with Horikita Suzune, for fear of becoming the target of her anger.

Back at Class D, all the students have already started preparing for the next game while also discussing the results of the previous game.

"Did you see me run? Hikigaya-san!"

At this moment, Sakura Airi suddenly ran over and looked at her with sparkling eyes.

Hikigaya didn't expect the other party to speak, and thought about the situation when the other party just competed, but he suddenly found that he was too focused on the situation of other classes at that time and forgot the result of Sakura's running.

Seeing Sakura so excited, she would definitely be disappointed if I said I had never seen it.

But Hikigaya couldn't lie, so he could only shake his head honestly: "Sorry, I didn't have time to watch your game."

"That's it..."

As expected, a look of disappointment appeared on Sakura Airi's face, and her originally excited expression suddenly became a little gloomy.

Hikigaya wanted to comfort him, but he recovered by himself and smiled, "Hikigaya must have been nervous about his race, I understand... But I'm not the last this time, I really tried my best!"

"Is that so? That's really amazing."

Hikigaya's words came from the heart.

Sakura Airi's physical fitness is extremely poor, and the fact that her opponent did not come in last place can be said to be the result of her hard work and sweat.

"thanks, thanks!"

Seeing Hikigaya praising her, Sakura's face was immediately covered with a smile.

Hikigaya wanted to say something when he saw this, but he was too embarrassed to break the other person's fantasy.

At this moment, he noticed a gaze coming from a distance. It turned out to be Ibuki Mio from Class B opposite.

The opponent had just been racing in the same group with Horikita Suzune, but was killed by the opponent. His current mood was quite wrong, so he stomped his feet in dissatisfaction.

However, she was not affected by her emotions after all. She looked at Hikigaya with a look as if to confirm some information and nodded.

Hikigaya then learned of the situation and responded with the same reaction.

After all the results of the 100-meter race came out, Horikita looked at the final results and looked at the students in Class D who performed poorly with a hint of dissatisfaction:

"Why are you ranked so low? Aren't you proud of your speed?"

"Even if you say so, Shibata is a very fast runner."

"Don't make excuses. Your performance just isn't as good as usual."

"Everything has its reasons."

Horikita seemed to care a lot about grades, and mercilessly criticized the students in Class D who performed poorly.

The students in Class D were unable to refute him due to face-saving, after all, what Horikita said was true.

But even if it was true, Horikita's words still hurt many students, and you could see that many people's faces were filled with resentment and complaints.

After all, in their opinion, it wasn't that their performance was too bad, but that the students in other classes were too strong, so they had no way to cope with it. Horikita simply had too high expectations of them.

Seeing this situation, Horikita's expression became even more anxious. She gritted her teeth, but finally didn't say anything.

In Horikita's eyes, the current situation should be this: he has obviously tried his best and burst out to win first place, but his teammates are worse than the other, and Koenji is giving away kills, so he can't carry the team at all.

She even felt a little powerless and squatted on her seat tiredly.

Seeing her like this, Hikigaya approached her with some concern.

Although he was happy to see Horikita being taught a lesson, he was also worried that he would be completely crushed and become what Koenji said.

After he approached, Horikita Suzune actually spoke to herself: "Hikigaya, you know about Koenji, right? I had already predicted that he would give up the game, but I still couldn't stop him."

"Well, it's Koenji after all." Hikigaya said in relief, "As long as it's something he's not interested in, no one can persuade him."

As long as you don’t get expelled, just live the rest of your life happily.

Koenji has always had only such superficial thoughts.

However, the incident with Koenji was like the last straw that broke the camel's back for Horikita, making it difficult for her to figure out what was right or wrong.

"If, I mean if...if I were more popular like Kushida-san, someone who was loved by the class, would he have taken action?"

"This……"

Unexpectedly, Horikita's heart had been shaken to this extent. Hikigaya quickly said, "You think too much. No one can persuade a man like Koenji."

Even if Ayanokouji came, it would be unlikely that he could impress Koenji.

But Horikita obviously couldn't listen anymore.

What was weighing on the other side was not whether or not Koenji could be persuaded, but rather the larger issue of direction.

Gao Yuanji was just an introduction. What she really wanted to know was whether the plans and strategies she was currently adopting were the right path.

Otherwise, she would have been completely lost on the road ahead.

Chapter 456 Fortunately, I am a good-for-nothing brother!

Horikita Suzune's hesitation is obvious. After being hit by reality many times, she has obviously begun to doubt the correctness of the methods she used and the path she took.

Although Hikigaya noticed this, he did not try to correct the other party.

To explain why, it's like fishing. Even if the fish has been hooked, if you don't continue to drag the rod patiently for a while, the fish will easily run away.

Moreover, Hikigaya was not confident that he could give Horikita Suzune the answer she wanted at this time.

So he could only change the subject with a little embarrassment: "I don't think you need to worry that much. This time, the division of the red group and the white group in the sports festival covers all grades. Even if the first-year students don't perform well and fail, the senior students will surely be able to make up for it."

Although Hikigaya didn't make his words very clear, he basically got the point across.

The red and white grouping determines half of the content of this exam. Even if Class D loses in the official competition, as long as they win the red and white confrontation, they will not fall too far behind.

In this sports festival, the members of the Red Team are Class A and Class D.

Not to mention that the first-year Class A is the class led by Ichinose, the second- and third-year Class A is definitely not a simple existence, and they will surely be able to easily win the red and white confrontation.

However, Hikigaya originally said this simply to comfort Horikita, hoping that the other party would not be blinded by obsession and go to extremes.

Unexpectedly, after hearing what he said, Horikita Suzune's expression became even worse. Her pretty face was covered with coldness and cruelty, and her lips were tightly closed.

She instinctively looked in the direction of the third grade competition, her eyes seemed to be searching for a certain figure.

It just so happened that the third grade students were about to start the 100-meter race.

On the track of Class 3-A, Horikita Manabu rushed out from the starting line and naturally arrived at the finish line as the first place.

"Well, you're worthy of being the student council president, right?"

Hikigaya also noticed this scene and praised Horikita Manabu for his proficiency in both literature and martial arts.

However, Horikita Suzune saw this and spoke very naturally: "Because my brother is perfect, no matter what he is asked to do, he will be the best."

"This……"

Horikita Suzune looked quite strange. Rather than being proud of her brother, it seemed as if she was just stating something that was a matter of course.

This made Hikigaya recall an idea he had a long time ago.

Once, after he had initially learned about the Horikita siblings, he instinctively compared their situation with that of his own family.

Hikigaya once imagined that if he was not an incompetent brother who was too useless and unsuccessful in his attempts, but an excellent brother on the contrary, would his sister Komachi also grow up under the shadow of her brother, and even become as crazy as Horikita Suzune in the end.

Although it was just a pure fantasy, Hikigaya couldn't help but think about this possibility.

After all, although different people look different and are very strange, the underlying thinking logic of human beings is similar and close.

When the same situation happens to different people, they tend to make the same choices and give the same responses.

Therefore, Hikigaya couldn't help but imagine how bad and difficult his sister's situation would become if he was too outstanding and reliable.

He silently rejoiced for this, thanking himself for being an incompetent loser.

At the same time, he instinctively felt sympathy for Horikita Suzune and lamented her tragic fate.