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

Then we'll see who wins between him and Nagumo Raku.

"Then I'll look forward to it." With a grin, Asahina wanted to lie back on the sofa and become a lazy bum.

However, this time Hikigaya didn't intend to let Asahina just lie there. He grabbed her wrist and stopped her from falling backward.

You should know that Ichinose is still in the bathroom.

"It's okay if you can't cook at all, I can teach you. I taught Hiyori how to cook."

"Hey—I just wanted to freeload a meal; I'm still a guest."

"A good senior wouldn't just watch her junior cook alone in the kitchen while she lies on the sofa like a couch potato."

Ignoring Asahina's pouty, cute act, Hikigaya stood up and slowly pulled her up, pushing her back as he tried to herd her into the kitchen.

Just when Hachiman thought Asahina would obediently walk into the kitchen, she braced her hands on the door frame to stop Hachiman's gentle push.

"I feel like there's something strange about Hikigaya-kun," Asahina said, turning her head in confusion. "Let me go to the restroom first."

"The toilet is clogged, and the dormitory staff won't be able to come and fix it until this afternoon. Why don't you go back to the dormitory first, senior?"

This time, Hikigaya was smarter and prepared an impeccable excuse beforehand. No matter what, Asahina wouldn't necessarily use a 'blocked' toilet.

After Asahina left, he quickly opened the bathroom door.

A lovely young girl appeared before him, her eyes closed as if eavesdropping, her pink hair tucked behind her ears, revealing her fair and rosy neck.

"You were eavesdropping! Fanbo is such a bad kid."

When Ichinose came to her senses and opened her eyes, Hikigaya bent down, hugged her, and kissed her, making her blush before letting go.

"What time is it and you're still causing trouble? Has Asahina-senpai left yet?"

Ichinose gently punched Hikigaya's chest and peeked out of the bathroom to find the room empty.

Through the glass door, which had decent soundproofing, she could only vaguely hear the conversation outside. Since the two people weren't speaking loudly, she couldn't hear a single complete sentence.

She had only ever heard the names Nagumo and Yukinoshita mentioned.

"She just went back to her dorm to use the restroom, and she'll probably be back soon."

"Then I'd better leave quickly."

Although I really wanted to ask Hikigaya what happened right now, Ichinose didn't plan to stay any longer since Asahina was only leaving temporarily.

"I'll keep watch for you."

Hikigaya opened the room door and stepped out first. Finding no students in the corridor, he quickly waved to Ichinose.

Seeing this, Ichinose quickly left the room and headed towards the elevator. Hikigaya also returned to his room at the right time to prevent the two of them from appearing in the hallway at the same time.

When Asahina returned looking relaxed, Hikigaya immediately refused to let her out of the kitchen.

"Why don't you need my help again?"

"I suddenly remembered a way to make you friends with Yukinoshita. Her cooking skills are better than mine."

Making friends requires a specific opportunity, unless you're a top-tier friend-making expert like Kushida or Ichinose.

Given Yukino's personality of rarely refusing reasonable requests, having her teach Asahina to cook would be the perfect way to achieve the goal of getting the two to become friends.

"Hey, isn't it a bit embarrassing for a senior to be taught by a junior?"

"There's nothing shameful about it; those who are accomplished are teachers."

Leaving behind the gloomy-faced Asahina, Hikigaya put on an apron and went into the kitchen.

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at night,

After organizing the files on his phone, Hikigaya visited Horikita Manabu's room for the first time.

Just as he had imagined, Horikita's room was as clean as when Hachiman first entered the dormitory at the start of the school year.

Personal belongings were scarce. (山泗林7 侕2si捌思)

"Good evening, Chairman Horikita and—Vice Chairman Kiriyama."

After entering the room, Hikigaya greeted Horikita Manabu first, and then greeted another person who shouldn't be there.

Despite being a member of the Nagumo faction, Kiriyama Ikuha secretly entered Horikita Manabu's room late at night to meet with Hikigaya.

"I wouldn't have met you if it weren't for Horikita-senpai vouching for me."

"If it weren't for Horikita's recommendation, you wouldn't have become the student council vice president, and what has your repayment been?"

Sitting cross-legged on the ground, Hikigaya reopened the wounds that Kiriyama was unwilling to confront.

Horikita initially selected him as the student council vice president in the hope that he could stop Nagumo's radical reforms.

However, after falling out of Class B during the struggle, he joined the Nanon school shortly after being promoted to the second year.

They even gave it the euphemism of "enduring hardship and biding their time" to wait for the right opportunity.

Kiriyama said with a cold face, "Hmph, what do you want from me? If it's about the vote, I'm afraid I can't help you. I only have two or three people I can clearly command right now."

Once Nagumo's plan to control the entire grade was announced, the students from Class B, who had fallen to the brink of defeat, realized they couldn't defeat Nagumo, who was now leading the class by a thousand points. Most of the students from the original Class A surrendered to Nagumo.

What could he do? The number of students he could command was decreasing day by day. What else could he do but surrender?

He also wanted to graduate from Class A.

If it weren't for Kiryuin Fuka's arrogant genius refusing to contribute to the class, Kiriyama wouldn't have had to fawn over Nagumo.

You have to understand that he used to be the leader of Class A, but now he can only follow in Nagumo's footsteps.

He was also frustrated.

It's all that wretched woman, Kiryuin Kaede. She was originally a member of Class A, but even now that she's fallen to Class B, she still acts all carefree and complacent.

“This is where our perspectives differ, Vice President Kiriyama.” Hikigaya scrutinized Kiriyama, who was clearly already annoyed.

His main objective wasn't just to win the student council president election, but to disrupt Nagumo's dominance over the second-year students.

Chapter 161 Calmly, Kiriyama lowered his head.

"You've already got your ticket to Class A, haven't you, Kiriyama?" Hikigaya confirmed.

As the leader of Class B, even if Nagumo doesn't necessarily think highly of him, it's still a great deal to recruit him as a subordinate by paying just one Class A ticket.

If they hadn't already secured the tickets, Tongshan wouldn't have surrendered so quickly.

"How did you know about the tickets? There was a confidentiality agreement."

Kiriyama frowned. The contract that Nagumo controlled the second-year students naturally included a confidentiality agreement. Weren't the people who sold information to Hachiman afraid of Nagumo's retaliation of expulsion?

"It seems you're not going to deny it."

"Denial won't help. How do you plan to convince me? I've already secured my graduation from Class A, so there's no need for me to cause trouble for you."

After closing his eyes to calm the chaos, Kiriyama opened them and looked at Hachiman with a cold gaze, while Hachiman, who was being looked at by Kiriyama, made a disdainful expression.

This caused Kiriyama's stern face to twitch slightly at the corner of his eye. Wasn't Hikigaya here to ask for his help? How could someone ask for a favor like this?

This person probably came to offend him. (The rest of the text appears to be random characters and symbols, possibly a corrupted or incomplete message.)

"Are you sure you can graduate from Class A? Nan Yun doesn't have 20 million personal points to transfer you to another class right now."

When Kiriyama considered leaving, Hikigaya immediately changed his mind. He then decided to trample Kiriyama's arrogant attitude into the ground.

He wasn't asking Kiriyama for help; he wanted Kiriyama to ask him for help.

He, Hachiman, held the initiative.

"What do you mean by that? How could Nan Yun not have 20 million personal points? Do you think that just because he won 6 million personal points when the semester started, Nan Yun doesn't have any personal points left?"

“I specifically counted how many personal points Nan Yun has. He has at least 60 million personal points now. With more than a year left before graduation, that’s enough to raise funds for a few more tickets.”

"I'm the former leader of Class A, how could I not get a share? He promised me."

In contrast to Hikigaya's doubts, Kiriyama Tateru (II) Eryo>〢Shan 200 Shrimp 2 Yue+Yi Ke started berserk mode. If what Hikigaya said is true, then his previous high attitude was just a clown in front of Horikita and Hikigaya.

"The student council president election for Class C and Class D is 400,000 personal points per vote. Don't ask why Nangumo can accept such an outrageous price, because I'm here and I'll contribute 300,000 personal points per vote."

"I informed Class 3B, who has a partnership with Nagumo, about this. They even set a small trap. Judging from the situation, Nagumo has probably already fallen for it and will have to spend at least ten million personal points."

"Adding the six million personal points he lost to me and his usual extravagant spending, how many personal points do you think he has left?"

"There's still a year (two) left for Nagumo to raise personal points? Didn't you notice that the total class points for this sports festival have decreased? Each grade only gets fifty points as a reward, but three hundred and fifty points will be deducted."

"The school wants competition, but the second graders these days don't seem to be competing at all."

With a smile, Hikigaya unleashed his ultimate attack on Kiriyama, who was stunned and frozen in place.

"Does a dog even deserve to graduate from Class A?"

"What did you say! Hachiman!"

Kiriyama's face flushed red, and he clenched his fists, showing none of the calm and indifferent demeanor he usually tried to emulate from Horikita.

"This wasn't my statement, it was Nangumo's."

"Hachiman, be careful. Kiriyama, calm down too."

In Biqi Valley, playing the video on a mobile phone, the sound of the wind and ...

He was only disappointed by Kiriyama's surrender, but he did not resent him.

Is it true that you bought the tickets?

With his chest heaving violently, Kiriyama gritted his teeth and asked the question he most wanted to know.

He could tolerate being called a dog in order to graduate from Class A, but what he couldn't accept the most was Nan Yun's careless squandering of the personal points he had raised through fundraising.

This is not only his hope for graduating from Class A, but also the hope for other students in lower-ranked classes to graduate from Class A.

"Verifying this is very simple." As he spoke, Hikigaya found Katsuragi's contact number, dialed it, and put it on speakerphone.

Within seconds, Katsuragi answered the phone.

"I am Katsuragi."

"Nan Yun did not pay for the tickets. My price of 300,000 per ticket is still valid. I will take as many as you have."

When Katsuragi's calm voice came through the phone, Hikigaya immediately asked a question, while Katsuragi remained silent for a while before answering.

"You should be able to guess."

"Understood, thanks."

Sometimes, not answering is the best answer; Kiriyama's question already has an answer.

After Hikigaya hung up the phone, Kiriyama, who had been sitting upright, hunched over with his elbows on his knees, his eyes under his bangs filled with gloom.

In the oppressive atmosphere, neither Horikita Manabu nor Hikigaya spoke first, but waited quietly for Kiriyama's decision.

Both of them knew that Kiriyama wouldn't sit idly by and wait for his doom.

"President..."

After looking up and seeing Horikita Gaku's expressionless face, Kiriyama silently withdrew his words of seeking help.

With less than six months until his third-year graduation, there is only one person who can help him now.

After struggling internally, Kiriyama looked at Hikigaya, whose demeanor was increasingly resembling that of his most respected senior, Horikita Manabu.

"What can I do for you, Hachiman?"

Calmly, Kiriyama lowered his head.

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Sunday afternoon,

Under the sun hidden by dark clouds, the school playground was bustling with activity, filled with a constant cacophony of noise.

"Hello, Yukinoshita-senpai, I'm Asahina Nazuna, a second-year student."

With a bright smile, Asahina stood next to Hikigaya and greeted Yukinoshita, who looked bewildered.

"Hello, Asahina-senpai."