Hachiman Hikigaya, who returned from his studies after completing his training.

"If it works well, there might be even more. Most students in Classes C and D of the third grade have the idea of ​​going on to higher education. As the student council president, I am paying attention to all the classes."

Hearing this, Akane Tachibana showed a smug expression, and Hikigaya understood Horikita Manabu's strength and why the students in Class A trusted him so much.

Although it's unclear how Horikita Manabu managed to do it, getting most of the students in Classes C and D, which had lost their competitiveness to Class A, to study diligently is no easy feat.

Moreover, Horikita Manabu didn't need to do that; he felt that Horikita Manabu was more suitable to be a teacher than those two bastards, Hoshinomiya and Chabashira.

“Barring any unforeseen circumstances, you’ll get more votes from the third-year students than from Nagumo, but I can’t help you with the first and second-year votes.” Horikita Manabu pushed up his glasses. “Naguru should realize what I’m trying to do.”

Generally, the next student council election is held in early September when school starts, but it's already mid-August and he hasn't made any arrangements or preparations for the student council yet.

According to feedback from the school, he should hand over the position of student council president by early October at the latest.

"Okay, I'll be careful." Hachiman understood what the chairman meant; this was a reminder that Nagumo was likely to cause trouble recently.

"Rinne...did she help with the special exam?" Horikita Manabu couldn't help but ask after closing Hikigaya's notebook, wanting to hear about his younger sister's performance while Horikita Rinne was still in the kitchen.

He already knew the results of the two special exams. Class D won by a large margin once and by a small margin once. He was somewhat surprised by the miserable state of Class A in the first year, which could be said to be the worst since the school was founded.

After two special exams, the gap between them and Class B was nearly double.

It's so embarrassing, so incredibly embarrassing, even more embarrassing than being in Class A in second grade.

"On the deserted island, I gave her preferential treatment..."

Since Horikita Manabu wanted to know, Hikigaya told him everything about Horikita Suzune's recent performance, and finally mentioned that she was forming a study group for underachieving students.

"Aren't you afraid she'll mess this up?" Horikita Manabu lowered his voice, seemingly not wanting Horikita Suzune to hear and damage her confidence.

"If you messed up, you messed up. Class A isn't that important to me. It's good for your sister to practice."

learn from mistakes.

Even if you fail, you can learn something as long as you try.

As long as Horikita Suzune doesn't give up, Hikigaya thinks it's no big deal to indulge her a little, considering Horikita's learning.

"Well, whatever you want."

Horikita Manabu knew that graduating from Class A was just icing on the cake for a genius like Hachiman. Hachiman was confident he could teach senior students from the very beginning of his first year of high school, so of course Horikita had tested Hachiman's abilities.

He could only describe it as terrifying, which was the source of his confidence in recruiting so many people.

"Good afternoon, brother and senior Tachibana." Horikita Suzune came out of the kitchen carrying dishes. "I'm sorry I was cooking and didn't come to greet you right away."

When speaking to his younger sister, Horikita Manabu's voice turned colder, "It's just a small matter, nothing to worry about."

The tsundere archetype has already been phased out, Horikita-sama.

Horikita Suzune, who was delighted by her brother's answer, and Horikita Manabu, who remained expressionless, secretly thought to themselves.

Hikigaya went into the kitchen and helped bring out the food, and then everyone sat down together.

At this moment, Akane Tachibana, who was sitting next to Manabu Horikita, noticed a problem: this time, only Shiina and Hikigaya were sitting opposite her.

"Where's Ichinose-san? Is she busy? I haven't seen her this time."

".......We've broken up for now." Hachiman then realized that the news of his breakup with Ichinose probably hadn't reached the second and third years yet.

"Temporarily? Hachiman, you're a real scumbag." Horikita Suzune said expressionlessly.

Akane Tachibana nodded in agreement, "He's a scumbag."

Chapter 130 The Lively Shiina

The second day back at school,

Having not forgotten his promise to accompany Shiina to the Keyakizaka Center for a day, Hikigaya had already finished washing up and was waiting for Shiina to arrive.

However, for some reason, when she entered and found him already prepared, Shiina seemed a little disappointed, and Horikita was not by her side.

"Where's Horikita? Is he still asleep?"

Today, Shiina wore a light blue dress, the hem just past her knees, revealing her slender, fair legs. A light apricot-colored hand-woven straw hat perched atop her silver hair.

They're absolutely adorable.

“You were right, Hachiman. Suzune is still asleep.” Shiina’s eyes were full of smiles.

No way, no way, Horikita still hasn't gotten up?

Looking at the bright sunshine outside the window, Hachiman thought it was impossible. That disciplined guy couldn't possibly still be in bed at this hour, let alone have made plans with her yesterday afternoon.

I took out my phone and checked, but I hadn't received any messages from Horikita about dropping off airplanes.

"Just kidding. Actually, Suzune said she didn't want to go shopping with that jerk classmate today."

Hikigaya gently tugged at Shiina's cute face, which was upturned at the corners of her mouth, and then let go. "That line was a lie to me too, Hiyori."

"Huh? You noticed that."

"Horikita only calls me scum without any suffix. Hiyori, you're still a bit naive," Hikigaya said smugly. No one understood Horikita's sharp tongue better than him.

"Actually, Suzune is already waiting at the center of the Beech Tree, and Karuizawa is there too. Let's go quickly."

It seemed that it was too hot. Shiina took off her straw hat and fanned her slightly flushed cheeks. As she fanned herself, she turned and walked out. Hachiman picked up his phone and quickly followed.

Luxury cruise ships are great in every way, except they don't have any shops that will tempt girls to shop till they drop.

On the way to meet up with Horikita Karuizawa, Hachiman saw many first-year students shopping together at the Keyaki Center, including two 'acquaintances' from Class C that Hachiman knew.

Kinoshita Minori and Yamashita Saki.

Both of them were spies who took his 'dirty money'.

Let me first determine whether you can bloom.

Hachiman opened the contact information of a top spy and gave her his mission. If she was foolish enough to recklessly spend money the day after returning to school, then they wouldn't be of much use.

"Too slow, Hachiman." Karuizawa waved and called out to Hikigaya as soon as she saw him. Having learned about Hikigaya's schedule for the day while exercising with Horikita, she shamelessly joined in.

"There are still five minutes left."

Hachiman checked the time on his phone; there were still five minutes until the agreed-upon nine o'clock. He wasn't late.

“They usually arrive fifteen minutes early, Hachiman, you don’t understand girls these days…” Naturally, Karuizawa took the seat to Hikigaya’s left, while Shiina was on the other side.

Horikita gave Hikigaya a cold look and walked beside Shiina. The four of them entered the large shopping mall side by side. The cool breeze in the mall made them squint their eyes comfortably, and Horikita was no exception.

August is arguably the hottest month in the country, and the temperature at schools near the coast is not much lower than in other places.

"Does Hachiman look good?"

Shortly after entering the jewelry store, Karuizawa extended her jade-white wrist to Hikigaya, which was adorned with a bracelet featuring three delicate silver flowers and two purple crystals.

"It looks beautiful," Hachiman praised, noting that it was much prettier than the floral wreath bracelet Karuizawa had worn before.

After praising her, Hikigaya turned his attention back to Shiina, who was now wearing the jewelry she had chosen on Horikita's face with a gentle smile.

A delicate silver ring, engraved with exquisite patterns, appears to be only a few millimeters wide.

As Horikita looked at the silver ring on his wrist, Shiina suddenly looked up and met his gaze, her smile deepening on her cute face.

"Hachiman, would you like me to pick one out for you?"

With her hands behind her back, Shiina slowly walked to his side, her large purple eyes sparkling with great interest.

"No, I don't like wearing it myself at all." Hachiman quickly refused, recalling the pathetic image of himself in middle school, wearing a silver chain connecting his five fingers and standing in front of a full-length mirror.

What I used to think was so cool now seems so embarrassing.

"Hey, I actually think that would suit Hachiman quite well."

Following Shiina's direction, Hachiman discovered a bracelet made of silver skulls strung together, some of which were even hollowed out.

"...Hiyori, you seem to be very naughty today."

“But I really think it suits him.” Shiina tilted her head slightly and looked up at Hachiman’s eyes. “A fierce-eyed tyrant deserves a skull, right?”

"Then I'll buy it."

Shiina seemed as excited as a child on a spring outing today, and Hikigaya picked up the skull bracelet.

"I'll give it to you as a reward after I buy it."

"I don't want it." Shiina's smile vanished this time. She pouted, snatched the bracelet, and put it back in its place.

After spending about half an hour in the jewelry store, the group moved on to clothing and decoration stores, and finally arrived at a dessert and snack shop that wasn't very popular but had pretty good food.

"I'm exhausted."

After placing the large and small paper bags filled with his spoils in the corner of the table, Hikigaya slumped onto the sofa, and Shiina took off the straw hat from his back and sat down next to him.

"You're already tired? Hachiman, you can't keep this up." Karuizawa was already wearing a newly bought bracelet, its silver surface shimmering.

"I've never seen you so energetic when you're studying."

"How can this be the same?"

After refuting her statement, Karuizawa raised her bracelet-wearing hand and waved to the waiter, then her expression suddenly froze.

Sitting up straight, Hikigaya looked back and saw a senior with long blonde hair glaring fiercely at Karuizawa. She was Nagumo's girlfriend, whom Karuizawa had offended before.

"Have you offended her again?"

"No, I'm sure I didn't."

That's strange. Judging from her eyes now, Senior Sister Karuizawa clearly hates Karuizawa again.

After scanning his surroundings and finding few students in the shop, Hikigaya told Shiina and the others that he was leaving temporarily, then sat down in the empty room.

"Was it you who called me?"

"I don't understand what you're saying, senior. I probably don't know your phone number."

Faced with the combined pressure of the situation, the pressure was immense. The situation was dire. The people were forced to confront the system, and the situation became increasingly complex.

"Nagamo dumped me, I'm going to get revenge on him." (This is a fragment of a sentence and doesn't translate directly.)

"That has nothing to do with Karuizawa. You didn't do this just to get me to come here, did you?"

"You are indeed very smart. No wonder you are a genius who can bring down Class A to Class D in one fell swoop."

With the return of first-year students, the tragic experiences of Class 1-A began to circulate among the second and third-year students, and the name most familiar to the older students was none other than the instigator, Hachiman Hikigaya.

"At someone's urging over the phone, I recorded some things that could damage Nagumo's reputation."

Hatred, in the drought, caused...

Chapter 131 Unexpected Events

That bastard Nagumo, Hikigaya, was so angry he laughed.

It seems that he was certain that Mu Jiaxi would help.

Abandon the brown yu xian ping nan luan huan chou wei si ya kan zhe gu huang qiao ling pin xian ya α seng wei sang hui wei jin ji ...

In the recording, the room was decorated with brown ornaments and the screen was filled with jealousy. The recording showed the room's interior ...

Besides the incident involving Ichinose, the recording also includes Nagumo's evaluation of another student council vice president, Kiriyama Ikuba—"an ungrateful and untrained dog."

This assessment piqued Hikigaya's interest in Vice Chairman Kiriyama's stance.

Kiriyama, who was ostensibly the leader of Class 2-A, has succumbed to Nagumo and become his follower. Nagumo has never shown any dissatisfaction with him during his time in the student council.

"I will use the recording when appropriate." Hikigaya had already received the backup recording on his phone. "With President Horikita's support, I will participate in the student council president election."

"No, I can't campaign for you in my own class. The class leaders, Inugari and Ishikura, have already partnered with Nagumo. If I act recklessly, I'll be targeted."

Because of Inugari's strong and arrogant personality, she has attracted many girls who revolve around her, but when it comes to the interests of the class, few will listen to her.

The second-year class ruler, Nagumo, would spare no expense for them, even if it was just a small favor. The only price they paid was to follow his advice and oppose Class A.

Since Class B was originally planning to attack Class A, this was practically giving them away for free, and she didn't dare to disrupt the alliance.

"Aren't you afraid of Nagumo's retaliation for recording me?"

"Well... knowing Nagumo's personality, he probably wouldn't deliberately cause me trouble..."

The text appears to be a jumbled collection of characters and symbols, possibly representing a corrupted or incomplete text. A direct translation is not possible without further context or clarification.

The end and the drought-stricken acres are full of lingering worms and lice. The steps are clear and the meaning is unclear. The only thing to do is to be careful not to give anyone a handle to use against you.

Yesterday, after President Horikita reminded him, he had already given instructions to Sudo and other students in Class D who were prone to getting into trouble, and told them to carry a recording pen with them when they went out. He never expected that Nagumo would set his sights on Ichinose.