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

His stable voter base was the entire second year. Hachiman didn't even completely dominate the first year, so why should he compete with him?

"Was Vice President Nan Yun notified to attend today's meeting, Secretary Ju?"

"No."

Akane Tachibana straightened up and stood in her familiar spot to answer Hikigaya's question. She fully supported dealing with Nagumo because it was Horikita Manabu's expectation.

Since Vice Presidents Nagumo and Kiriyama were not notified to participate, it was only natural that Secretary Hikigaya would be appointed to take the main seat to handle this matter.

"Very good, Hachiman, you're very good."

After muttering to himself, Nagumo sat down in his seat, while Kiriyama followed without saying a word. His gaze swept over Hachiman, who was sitting in the main seat, before he lowered his head to play on his phone, as if he was just there to make up the numbers.

Less than ten minutes later, Shibata, with a gloomy face, walked into the student council room and sat down across the square table from Hikigaya. Three minutes before the meeting was to begin, Moeka finally arrived.

Her expression was even more somber than Shibata's, and she even seemed somewhat at a loss.

This gave Nangumo a bad feeling. Why didn't Tougumo and Katsumata come with Suji? Knowing that he would come, how could Tougumo and Katsumata not arrive early and make him wait?

The plan should be fine. The letter to Shibata has been retrieved and disposed of. The photos taken by the camera and the injuries to Shinonome and Shibata are enough to prove that Shibata beat up his senior.

As long as the fact that Shibata beat up his senior is confirmed, he can use the condition of saving Shibata to blackmail Ichinose into becoming his girlfriend, thereby getting the students in Class B to vote for him.

And it's not just about voting; just the fact that he can make Ichinose, who dumped Hachiman, his girlfriend will allow him to swagger in front of Hachiman.

"You should know about Shinonome and Katsumata."

As soon as the meeting was about to begin, Nagumo lost his temper, his voice filled with anger.

What are those two good-for-nothings, Shinonome and Katsumata, up to? Are they trying to test his methods?

"I don't know, I don't know. I waited for them at the place we agreed to meet yesterday afternoon, but they didn't show up. I tried calling them, but I couldn't get through. I asked other classmates to go to their dorm to look for them, but they couldn't find them either."

When faced with an angry Nagumo, Suji, her face pale, said that she had done her best and hoped that Nagumo would not take her anger out on her.

"Time's up, the meeting begins."

"Wait, how can we start when everyone is here? I'll find Shinonome and Katsumaru, in half an hour at most."

Standing up, Nan Yun glared angrily at Ju Qian and took out his phone, intending to mobilize people to drag those two idiots out of school and bring them here.

As long as the two are still at school, half an hour is enough for him to have them caught.

"No need to trouble Vice President Nanyun, let's begin the meeting."

With a slight smile, Hikigaya gave the impatient Nagumo a smirk, which only fueled Nagumo's anger.

“Not everyone has arrived yet, Secretary Biqi Gu.”

"No, everyone's here, Vice President Nagumo." Hikigaya leaned back in his chair, looking calmly at Nagumo, and said each word clearly, "Shingumo and Katsumata applied to withdraw from school last night."

"Voluntary withdrawal from school?! Voluntary!" Xu Zhimengxiang collapsed into her seat.

After a year and a half of competition, Class C in Year 2 only had a little over 500 class points left. If a student voluntarily withdraws, 300 class points will be deducted, so when school starts, Class C will only have zero points left.

She wasn't sad at all about Shinonome and Katsumata dropping out of school, but she was also one of the participants in the incident. When school started, the other students in Class C would definitely hate her and choose her as a candidate for dropping out.

Compared to the reprimands that would only come at the start of the school year, she was also worried that Hikigaya's revenge might stop at Shinonome and Katsumata.

She has to save herself; given Nagumo's personality, it's impossible for him to help her.

"Very good, very good!" Nan Yun slammed his fist hard on the square table, his face contorted with rage.

Putting aside the fact that Hachiman had humiliated him by smoothing things over, Class C was one of his important sources of income, and now that Class C's points had been reduced to zero, no one in Class C was contributing points to him anymore.

He loses hundreds of thousands of personal points every month, a huge loss.

"Oh dear, Vice President Nan Yun, why don't you take good care of your hands?"

The angrier Nagumo got, the happier Hikigaya became.

"Vice President Tongshan, could you please take Vice President Nanyun to the infirmary? I heard the doctors there are also certified psychologists. How could someone who is mentally sound harm themselves?"

"You just wait, Hachiman." Nagumo's eyes widened as if he wanted to devour Hachiman.

He had been doing very well ever since he entered this school, and he didn't care even when Hachiman cheated him out of millions of personal points.

He wouldn't have fallen for it if it weren't for the fact that he was competing with Horikita.

This time it's different. Not only did he take the initiative and fail, but he also lost a large portion of his own interests. The subsequent handling of Class 2-C is also a big problem.

"Are you going to the infirmary or not? If not, then don't interrupt the meeting."

"Don't go."

After Nagumo sat down with a gloomy expression, Hikigaya, Shibata, and Suji went through the usual procedures, issued a notice of non-acceptance, and sent the two away from the meeting room.

After the meeting, Hikigaya, Ichinose, and Akane Tachibana walked out of the meeting room, intending to leave the school together. Unexpectedly, the senior student, Suji, was still outside the meeting room and even had another person with her.

There's now another childhood friend of Nagisa Nagisa, Nagisa-senpai.

"Did you come to see me, Nagi?" Nagumo, who had just left the meeting room, saw his childhood friend and forced a smile.

"No, I'm here to see Hachiman Hikigaya. I need to ask him for a favor."

Asahina glanced at Nagumo before turning her gaze to Hikigaya.

Chapter 136 The Quarrel Between Childhood Sweethearts

Unlike the foul-mouthed Shinonome and Katsumata, Hikigaya doesn't specifically target Moka Suji.

As a survivor of the incident where the class points were reset to zero, Class 2-C will not let her off the hook when school starts.

What he didn't expect was that Xu Zhi was so afraid of him harming her that she asked her friend, Asahina-senpai, to intercede on her behalf.

"I owe my junior a favor, please."

After the cafe lobby in the center of the zelkova tree announced that they would give Suji a good scolding, Asahina clasped her hands together and begged Hikigaya not to lay a hand on Suji.

Although Xu Zhi was a student in Class C while she was in Class A, Xu Zhi was indeed one of her few close friends.

Because Nagumo was her childhood friend, the boys in the second year kept their distance from her, and most of the girls also avoided her because they either liked or disliked Nagumo.

"It's said that Nagumo signed a contract with most of the second-year students, and you, Senpai, are one of them, right?" Hachiman looked at Senpai, who was looking at him nervously. "I want to know the details."

The implication is that if you tell him the details of the contract, he will not pursue your actions.

Hachiman knew about the contract, but he didn't know what it was. He wanted to find out if there was a chance to break the contract and release Nagumo from his control over the second-year students.

"Ah, that." Asahina touched the fancy hair clip on her head, hesitated for a moment, and then told Xuzhi the contents.

The contract contains six articles.

First, 75% of the personal points earned each month will be contributed to Nan Yun.

Second, follow Nagumo's instructions and do not become his enemy.

Third, collect scores independently set by Nanyun, and grant the right to transfer to another class upon reaching a certain score.

Fourth, the payment of 2000 million personal points will be made the day before graduation.

Fifth, even if the score is high enough, if you violate the rules, you will easily be stripped of your transfer eligibility.

Sixth, Nan Yun will allocate two to three transfer slots through a lottery.

"What an utterly unfair contract!" Hachiman exclaimed.

There was nothing in the contract that was unfavorable to Nanyun. Even if Nanyun spent all his personal points, no one could attack him based on this contract until the day before graduation.

As for those who have signed the contract, there are many restrictions, especially Articles 2 and 5, which basically mean that if Nanyun says he is not qualified, he is not qualified to transfer classes.

This was a contract that could be considered flawless, but things are different now.

There are quite a few students in Class C of the second year who signed this contract. Now that Class C's class points have been reduced to zero, what should be done with these students who signed the contract?

The special exams for second graders, due to the school's adjustments, all involve a reduction in the total points awarded to each class. Which class would be willing to give way to Class C?

"Moka, you go back first. I still have something to say to Hachiman."

When Hikigaya thought that Asahina would leave with Suji after receiving his assurance, Asahina instead told Suji to leave first and that she would stay with him alone.

"Aren't you afraid that Nagumo will have a problem with you being alone with me?" Hikigaya's gaze went past Asahina's delicate and beautiful face to look behind her.

The two senior students sitting at that table and chairs had been watching this side for a long time; they were clearly people sent by Nagumo to monitor him or Asahina.

Thinking of Nagumo, whose face was as black as charcoal in front of the student council room, Hikigaya thought it was more likely that he was spying on Asahina.

"I'm not his girlfriend, why should I care about his opinion?" Asahina's face immediately fell.

It's true that she and Nagumo were childhood sweethearts, but she grew to dislike Nagumo more and more, and even started to hate him.

She wouldn't have a problem with Nagumo having many girlfriends, but his possessiveness towards her was really disgusting.

She didn't intend to say anything about not letting other male classmates get close to her, since she wasn't planning on dating anyway. But now they've even sent people to follow her and monitor her meetings with Hachiman, which she can't accept.

"What is it that Asahina-senpai stayed behind alone?"

Seeing Asahina's unpleasant expression, Hikigaya didn't intend to delve deeper into the issue. He had no intention of using Asahina to attack Nagumo; Asahina was not his enemy at the moment.

He can distinguish between friend and foe, and he treats the two differently.

"Moka told me you dropped out of school with Shinonome and Katsumata, right? What did Miyabi tell them to do to make you so angry?" Asahina rested her chin on her hand. "Moka didn't tell me in detail."

"This..." Hikigaya scratched his head, unsure whether he should tell Asahina.

It's easy to admit that Shinonome and Katsumata dropped out of school, but if you tell her that they dropped out because of Shibata, then they're lying.

Shibata was neither a friend nor an acquaintance of Hikigaya, nor even in his class. His main purpose in taking such a huge risk was for Ichinose; saving Shibata was only a secondary objective.

He told Asahina that the reason he made Shinonome and Katsumata drop out of school was because Nagumo attempted to attack Shibata to blackmail Ichinose into becoming his girlfriend.

This makes him seem like a villain, ruining the childhood friendship between Asahina and Nagumo.

"Didn't you drop out of school?"

"I dropped out of school."

"If you've already admitted all that, what else can't you tell me?"

Asahina cupped her face in her hands and stared at him intently, as if she were about to engage in a long battle with him.

In the end, Hachiman chose to speak up.

"You can think I'm talking nonsense, I won't give you any evidence. Nagumo's goal is for Ichinose to be his girlfriend, and Shinonome and Katsumata are accomplices."

Although he has a recording, he will not play it for Nagumo's childhood friend.

As for Asahina's misunderstanding that he was trying to sabotage the relationship between the two childhood friends, he wouldn't refute it.

Whether you believe it or not is up to Asahina to decide.

"Ichinose is your ex-girlfriend, right?" After a long silence, Asahina's voice was somewhat low.

"Correct."

With first graders returning to school, the news has basically spread to second and third graders, so Hachiman has no reason to deny it.

"I'm sorry, junior."

He suddenly stood up and bowed to him to apologize, but Hikigaya refused to accept it.

There are indeed feelings between childhood sweethearts, but Nagumo is indeed not a good person and is not worthy of Asahina.

With a sigh, Hikigaya stood up from his seat. "He is him, and you are you. It's not Asahina-senpai's fault, so you don't need to apologize. Only one of us, Nagumo and I, can exist in this school."

This is not something that can be resolved with an apology; the feud between him and Nagumo has reached a point where it is irreconcilable.

When Asahina grabbed his sleeve to try and stop him, Hikigaya gently brushed her hand away.

After stepping out of the coffee shop, Hachiman saw Nagumo walking quickly towards him with a cold expression. Judging from the time, he could only have arrived so quickly if he had been waiting nearby.

As the two men passed each other, Nan Yun glared at him fiercely before hurrying into the coffee shop.

Then, a heated argument broke out in the coffee shop between childhood sweethearts.

Chapter 137 A Gift for Shiina

After leaving the café, Hachiman did not immediately leave the Beechwood Center.

Although he was interrupted while shopping with Shiina and the others yesterday, he had already decided what to give Shiina.

There are three gifts in total.

After about half an hour, Hachiman left the Beechwood Center and stopped by the supermarket to buy groceries for lunch and dinner before returning to his dorm. It was almost time to cook.