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

The last one is a boy named Hachiman.

Chapter 146 Hikigaya: Yukino

Even when sitting, his robust physique is evident, and his short, choppy hairstyle has slightly messy ends.

His features were fairly regular, but he had dead fish eyes. However, these dead fish eyes did not give people a dull feeling; instead, they had a sharp and dignified look.

At first, Yukino thought it was another boy with a dirty mind using his power to make her his deskmate.

When they met eyes, she didn't detect a single lewd thought in his gaze; in fact, she felt as if she were looking at a younger person from an elder's perspective.

Why does he want me to be his deskmate? Why does he have that strange feeling?

With these questions in mind, Yukinoshita sat down in her seat, which would be hers from that day forward.

"By the way, there will be some adjustments to the curriculum starting today. We will add a physical education class to prepare for the sports festival. The new timetable will be distributed along with the sports festival materials." Chabashira picked up a stack of materials and distributed them to the students sitting in the first row.

"This shouldn't be a special exam, right, Chabashira-sensei?"

Xin Cun's expression was somewhat serious. His physical abilities were only slightly better than those of the average girl, but only by a limited margin. Among the boys, he was a complete sports failure.

If this is a special exam, then he becomes one of those people who are usually considered to be dragging the class down.

"Unfortunately, the results of the sports festival will affect the class rankings."

"No way."

"Great!"

At this moment, everyone in the class stopped paying attention to the new transfer student. The strong students started to speak excitedly, while the weaklings like Yukimura started to wail.

Amidst the noise, Hachiman obtained the sports festival materials that Chabashira had distributed to the students, which were no different from what the students would see.

This year's sports festival adopted a competition format in which all students were divided into two groups. Class A and Class D of each grade were divided into the Red Group, while Class B and Class C were divided into the White Group.

There are two types of competitions: one is an individual competition in which all students in the school participate, and the other is a competition in which students from each class recommend someone to participate.

The competitions that students are sent to participate in are obviously contests among the most capable individuals.

"The risks and rewards of this sports festival are completely disproportionate," Horikita said seriously.

There are two types of results for the sports festival exam: one is within the grade level, and the other is a red-white team competition.

The class with the highest total score in the grade will receive 50 class points, the second-place class will receive zero, and so on, with the fourth-place class losing 100 points.

The winner of the red-white team battle receives no reward, while the loser loses 100 class points.

"Indeed, we should be blamed for the second year."

"What do you mean?"

"Ask your brother." Hikigaya continued flipping through the sports festival materials, explaining to Horikita that Nagumo's actions in his second year had led to the school's sanctions was too troublesome.

"Hikigaya——"

Horikita's face darkened, and the tip of his ballpoint pen gleamed as it pointed at Hachiman. This forced Hachiman to patiently explain his deduced reason to him.

While Horikita was deeply immersed in contemplating the plausibility of his hypothetical reasons, Chabashira also answered several questions from the students about the sports festival.

Especially the issues of rewards and punishments.

Similar to the preferential treatment exam, students can also receive personal points rewards from this sports festival.

For example, the top three in an individual competition receive personal points as a reward, while the last-place finisher has personal points deducted. Both the rewards and penalties can be converted into points for the next midterm exam.

Of course, the last place got a negative score.

The highest-scoring and most outstanding student in the entire school receives 100,000 personal points, while the top three in the grade receive 10,000.

The bottom ten students in the entire grade will have ten points deducted from their scores on the next midterm exam.

"The rest of the class meeting time is up to you. The whole class will meet in the gymnasium for the next period." After waiting for a while and finding that no students had any more questions, Chazhu picked up the textbook and left the classroom.

Since Hachiman assured her that she would win, she didn't need to say anything more.

After Chazhu left, the students continued to whisper among themselves for a while before the classroom gradually quieted down and became completely silent.

Almost everyone's eyes were focused on Hachiman, waiting for him to go on stage and give them instructions, which left the newcomer Yukinoshita somewhat confused.

Why did everyone suddenly quiet down and look at the boy next to them? And many of the students' eyes clearly showed unease.

Why is she uneasy? Is there some kind of punishment she doesn't know about in this sports festival? The most severe punishment for an individual student is only deducting ten points from the midterm exam.

Only ten points were deducted; as long as the grades are slightly better, it won't violate the eligibility for the withdrawal exam.

Does that mean if I lose, I'll get beaten up by this dead-fish-eyed guy?

Hikigaya, "......"

The way Yukino looked at him made him feel that she was thinking something bad, but with everyone watching, he didn't have time to guess what she was thinking.

After leaving his seat, Hachiman stepped onto the familiar podium and had a clear view of the expressions on the faces of all the students in the class.

Sudo and Onodera, among other sports stars, were overjoyed, while Yukimura and Shinohara, who were sports weaklings, looked worried.

"I will decide who will be grouped for the individual competition, with the stronger ones leading the weaker ones." Hachiman scanned the crowd and, finding no one objecting, continued, "I will also decide who can participate in the nomination competition and what events they will participate in."

Only the top three in each group receive points, so pairing strong students with weaker students is the most beneficial approach for the class.

The downside of this method for students with lower ability is that they will never be able to get the top three awards, and they would rather compete with students who are also less capable.

If it were Hirata and the others standing on the stage, they would have already started firing back from below, but sadly, it was Hikigaya standing on the stage.

A tyrant with multiple students who dropped out of school.

"Just asking beforehand, Hikigaya boy, you wouldn't nominate me for the nomination contest, would you?" Koenji held his ever-present hand mirror, admiring his own beauty as if no one else was around.

"Of course, even if I put your name on the form, you probably still won't participate. After all, for you, participating in these competitions is like an adult bullying a child, which won't pique your interest."

"You got it right. Let's continue to get along peacefully like this, Hachiman boy."

Hikigaya turned to look at Sudo, who was baring his teeth at Koenji. He must be very unhappy with Koenji's lack of effort towards the class.

However, there was nothing that could be done about it. After all, Koenji was a tough guy with great strength and a prominent family background, and he really had no reason to contribute to the class.

"Sudo, you'll be in charge of organizing the boys' training and competition events in the next PE class. Hirata will assist you and help record the boys' scores."

Now Sudo couldn't care less about glaring at Koenji. He turned to Hikigaya and patted his chest, "Leave it to me. I'll definitely train them hard."

"Yukino."

When Horikita Suzune thought that she would be the next girl Hachiman called out by the person in charge, Hachiman on stage called out the name of the transfer student instead.

Chapter 147 Provocation

As soon as the words left his mouth, Hachiman regretted them.

Because the two sisters share the same surname, he is used to calling Yukino Yukinoshita "Yukino," a term of endearment used only when the two are very close.

At this time, Yukino Yukinoshita had never even seen him before, let alone knew his full name.

He knew he was about to experience the sharp tongue of the second young lady of the Yukinoshita family, something he hadn't done in a long time.

"This should be our first meeting, right? Hachiman Hikigaya, you're being really friendly. You're really bothering me. Could you please stop doing this?"

Just as he expected, Yukinoshita smiled and gave him a new nickname in a mocking tone.

Hikigaya is an easy-going classmate.

After several days, Hachiman's nickname record sheet has been updated.

"I'm sorry, since you two sisters share that surname, I misspoke earlier."

When Shiina, Karuizawa, and their friends showed subtle expressions, Hikigaya quickly explained that he couldn't worry about anything else in order to make good use of Yukinoshita's excellent and capable talent.

Pretending to know the two sisters is the best course of action.

If Yukinoshita asks, he can deflect the question to Sakayanagi, since Sakayanagi did indeed ask him to take care of Yukinoshita.

"You actually know my sister...."

Seemingly not wanting to mention her family in front of others, Yukinoshita muttered to herself before sitting back down in her seat. After that, Hikigaya announced that she would be the training director for the girls' sports festival, with Horikita as her assistant.

This naturally drew Horikita's dissatisfaction.

Although Yukinoshita appears to be a smart and capable top student, judging from her somewhat thin physique, Horikita is certain that her physical abilities are several levels below her own.

Moreover, for some reason, when she heard that Hikigaya thought Yukinoshita was more capable of being the girl in charge than herself, she felt very uncomfortable and even wanted to question Hikigaya.

However, she ultimately managed to control herself and avoid causing trouble for Hachiman in public.

after class,

Knowing Horikita's dissatisfaction with the choice and Yukino's doubts about his knowledge of her, Hikigaya immediately called the two out of the classroom and went to the gymnasium together.

After the rules and regulations for the sports festival are announced, there will be a school-wide meeting in the gymnasium where students can meet with upperclassmen from their respective groups to discuss sports festival strategies.

"Why Yukinoshita? I'm definitely better than her in sports." Horikita said bluntly in front of Yukinoshita on the way.

"Because with your personality, you would definitely cause trouble and mess things up with other girls. Even if today's transfer student wasn't Yukinoshita, I would still choose Onodera from the sports club to be in charge, with Hiyori as assistant."

Horikita's performance in training during past sports festivals was disastrous; she went through more than ten different teammates in the three-legged race, none of whom satisfied her.

In just one day, Horikita offended more than 80% of the girls in the class.

That's why Hachiman didn't choose her.

“I think we can let Horikita try it out first. I also need some time to get to know the other students,” Yukinoshita interjected. She didn’t dislike Horikita’s frankness.

In fact, she knew that she was no match for Horikita in sports. Having studied aikido, she could tell from Horikita's agile figure that he was very strong.

It's highly likely that he also practiced some kind of martial arts.

"Alright, I'll leave it to you two. Just provide me with your training data a week before the sports festival starts."

After considering Yukino's suggestion, Hachiman decided to give the two of them the authority to discuss things on their own. As long as the two of them work together, they will naturally learn something from each other, since they are somewhat similar.

Of course, Hachiman would definitely argue along the way, and he was somewhat looking forward to seeing who could force whom to give in.

The two of them, one following the back of the older brother and the other following the back of the older sister, were equally outspoken.

I wonder if the two of them will feel a sense of mutual respect after they learn about each other's goals.

"Horikita, have a good talk with Yukino and explain the situation of each class and the school to her," Hikigaya instructed Horikita before looking at Yukino. "The reason I know you is that someone asked me to take care of you."

Upon hearing this, Yukinoshita's face turned cold. She instantly realized who had asked Hikigaya to do it, which made her feel very embarrassed.

I thought Hikigaya made her the girl in charge because he knew her abilities, but I didn't expect that someone pulled strings to get her selected.

"I don't need your help. You can give my position to Onodera from the track and field club."

"What? Afraid of being outdone by Horikita? If you can't, then there's nothing we can do." Seeing Yukinoshita's familiar expression of resistance, Hikigaya smiled and used the reverse psychology he usually employed with Yukinoshita.

Yukinoshita still dislikes her older sister who loves to tease her, and the sisters are still not on good terms.

However, there's nothing that can be done about it. After all, although Yukinoshita Haruno loves her younger sister very much, she has a tendency to be a bit of a joker, which often leaves Yukinoshita Yukino unsure of how to deal with her.

Yukinoshita's cute brows furrowed. "That's such a blatant attempt to provoke you, you idiot—"

How come you seem to know me so well?

Yukinoshita felt a little confused. The boy in front of her felt like he had known her for a long time, even though this was the first time she had met him today.

Did he only get to know her because his sister asked him to?

"If it doesn't work, then there's nothing we can do. Well, she's my little sister after all." Looking at Yukinoshita's stern face, Hikigaya's smile deepened.

Horikita felt a little restless watching the two people getting along so well.

As she carefully searched for the cause of her agitation, she suddenly realized that Hachiman seemed to have used a similar provocation tactic on her before. Could that be the reason?

"Since you agreed in the classroom, going back on your word now will only make me look down on you, Yukinoshita." Horikita couldn't help but utter words tinged with hostility.

This forced Yukino to declare that she would no longer suggest changing players, and at that moment they arrived at the entrance of the stadium.

The spacious and bright gymnasium, which can accommodate nearly a thousand people, was already filled with students. Among them, the most eye-catching was Albert, a tall, muscular black man wearing sunglasses.

"This school allows bodyguards?" Yukinoshita muttered to herself.

“That’s Albert Yamada from Class C, a proper sixteen-year-old high school student with a rather kind personality,” Hikigaya explained. “Horikita, once all the students arrive, have Yukinoshita get to know the outstanding students from each class. I’m going to meet our ally, Ryuen.”

Leaving the two behind, Hachiman walked toward Albert and easily spotted Ryuen and Ayanokoji standing beside him.

In this sports festival, Class B and Class C are both teammates and rivals, and it is impossible to easily form a cooperative relationship like on the deserted island or during the preferential treatment exam.