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

"Don't keep staring at it." Yukinoshita's expression darkened slightly, and as she turned her gaze back to the book, she could still feel the gaze of a certain dead fish.

"Sorry, I was just thinking about something."

As he spoke, Hachiman changed his position and lay down in a different direction. He admitted that he had been a bit rude just now, but it wasn't entirely his fault.

He was just momentarily captivated by Yukinoshita's cuteness.

Why didn't you call me?

The seat to Hikigaya's left was naturally occupied by Horikita Suzune, the current student council president's younger sister, who was glaring at him with an expression even colder than Yukishita.

Only Shiina in Class B knew that Hikigaya was going to fight Nagumo after school yesterday, which made Horikita Suzune, who thought she had gained Hikigaya's trust, very unhappy.

She saw the photos uploaded by the students on the campus forum, and she wanted to stand behind Hachiman with her brother, even though she had helped a little in the matter.

"There's no reason why, I just don't want to bring too many people. Hiyori is enough."

Hikigaya didn't intentionally leave Horikita Suzune out, but he also didn't have the intention of bringing her along, which naturally made Horikita Suzune somewhat dissatisfied, but she had nothing to say about it.

It is common knowledge that Hachiman Hikigaya is the leader of Class B and Hiyori Shiina is his deputy.

"Have you figured out what you want to do at this school, excluding the student council president?" Hikigaya stood up from the desk, propped his chin on his hand, and looked at Horikita.

Although both have long, straight black hair, Horikita Suzune has a long braid on the left side of her face, which is simpler than Yukinoshita's hairstyle. It makes you want to tug at it.

He remembered that the day after President Horikita graduated, Horikita Suzune had cut her hair short and seemed to be in a good mood.

"The first thing is to take control of Class B from you."

Taking a deep breath, Horikita Suzune once again issued a declaration of power grab to Hikigaya.

After being told by Hachiman that she was only following in her brother's footsteps, she went back and thought for a long time about what she wanted to do, and came to a conclusion.

"You're not thinking of defeating me to prove to the president that you're stronger than me, are you?" Hikigaya was speechless. If Horikita Suzune really thought that way, it could only mean that she hadn't improved at all.

An independent person cannot completely depend on others, even family members.

"No, my goal is to graduate from Class A. I judge that you don't have much desire to advance and I don't approve of your way of ruling, so I will take over the leadership of Class B from you."

Contrary to Hikigaya's expectations, Horikita coldly rejected his hypothesis.

Even though the preferential treatment exam was more useful than the Qigu Valley exam, the reason why the tree that stands out in the forest will be blown down by the wind was that they only won by a small margin at that time.

After returning, she also felt that staying in second place to accumulate strength was not a bad thing. However, since they gave so many class points to Ichinose's class, the individual points raised by the class did not change significantly.

She must have secretly collected a huge amount of personal points from the Ichinose crew again.

Class B can become even stronger now, as long as Hachiman doesn't continue to line his own pockets.

"I look forward to that day, but for now, you still have to do things for me so I won't trip you up." Hachiman chuckled teasingly. "I have a date tonight, you'll have to go in my place."

Since Horikita Suzune is so motivated, Hachiman isn't just doing things for her for no reason.

"Someone from Class C invited me to meet with them regarding the list of student participants for the sports festival."

"It's up to you to determine whether the list of students from Class C she provided is genuine or not."

As he spoke, Hikigaya forwarded the text message that Kinoshita Minori had sent him to Horikita, which included the time and place of the meeting, as well as her reasons for wanting to meet.

Since the meeting was to be held in a private room, Hikigaya initially planned to bring Shiina along.

But if Horikita wants to show off like that, then let her go.

"Class C submitted its student competition list so quickly? There are still five days until the final submission deadline, which is a bit strange."

Silently reading the text message from Hikigaya, Horikita Suzune didn't ask Kinoshita how they established contact; she only questioned the invitation itself.

The preferential treatment exam fully demonstrated the importance of confidentiality, and Horikita Suzune did not believe that Ryuen would submit the list so quickly.

Once the list is submitted, it absolutely cannot be changed. If she were the leader, she would only choose to submit it at the last minute on the last day, so that she wouldn't be afraid of being targeted by other classes using a strategy similar to the story of Tian Ji's horse racing.

“If it weren’t strange, I wouldn’t have let you go. If there’s something you can’t decide on the spot, just call me.” Hachiman stroked his chin. “You can go with Yukinoshita.”

There is only one chance to gain experience, but there are two younger sisters who need to grow.

"I can go by myself, there's no need for Yukinoshita-san."

"You dare to defy the future student council president?" Hikigaya asked, his expressionless face adopting Horikita Manabu's serious tone, as he pushed up his non-existent glasses with his left middle finger.

Silently, Horikita Suzune closed her eyes.

When she opened her eyes again, she held a compass in her hand, its sharp tip gleaming in the sunlight.

"I was wrong, Horikita-sama, please forgive me."

He decisively clasped his hands together and bowed deeply to Horikita.

This prompted Yukinoshita, who had been watching the show from the sidelines, to let out a clear and charming laugh.

Chapter 168 Are Class C's Entry Forms Real or Fake?

A porcelain cup half-full of coffee was slammed onto the tray, sending shards of ceramic flying across the table.

"Senior Nan Yun, there's no need to be so irritable."

With an elegant smile, Sakayanagi gently removed the shards of fabric that had splashed onto her clothes and placed them on the table. Sitting opposite her was Nagumo, who had made a fool of herself in the conference room the day before.

"Hmph, useless guy."

Wiping the coffee spilled on his hands, Nagumo cursed meaningfully before leaving the private room.

Only he knew whether the insult was directed at Sakayanagi in front of him or Kinoshita from Class C in the next box.

"It's really ugly."

"There's nothing we can do about it, that's just how losers are."

After answering Kamuro's question, Sakayanagi took a sip of the black tea in front of him, and a faint sweetness gradually rose in his mouth.

Meanwhile, in the next private room, under the bright yellow spotlight, sat three girls at a table. Two of them were cute enough to be considered school beauties, and the remaining one, although slightly less so, was still a class beauty.

"Hachiman, I clearly told him to come alone. How could he just reveal my existence to others?"

Beneath the denim shorts were smooth, healthy-looking, plump thighs, and the strapless top couldn't hide the expanse of snow-white skin on Kinoshita Minori's chest.

Her exposed collarbone was exquisite and alluring, with smooth and elegant lines, and she exuded a rich fragrance.

“Hachiman is busy; I’m the one who’s here.” Horikita coldly looked at Kinoshita, who was even more alluring than in school with her light makeup. “You can only choose to trade with me or cancel the trade.”

"This is the competition form for Class C students. With this, you're sure to win first place in the sports festival."

“We can still get first place without this.” Yukinoshita’s voice was clear and serious.

Having been in this school for almost a month, she also understands that in terms of physical ability, those who came from Class D and are now in Class B are in no way inferior to those from Class C.

Considering the contrast in enthusiasm between the two classes during the month-long training on the playground, she believes that their class currently has the strongest athletic ability among the first-grade students.

"If you don't want to make the deal, you can leave. I wouldn't have come if it weren't for Hachiman's orders."

"Three hundred thousand points."

Faced with Horikita's order to leave, Kinoshita looked grim and announced the price he wanted to sell for, which was 200,000 yen less than he had originally planned.

The two people in front of her seemed unwilling to make a deal, which put her in a difficult position. The failure of the Nagumo Plan meant that the Sakayanagi Plan had to be carried out. This C-class student competition form had to be sold to the B-class.

"If it's true, 300,000 points isn't a lot. First, you need to prove that the entry form you've submitted is genuine."

"I filmed a video. I am the female sports representative, and Longyuan gave me the competition form to submit."

After answering Horikita's question, Kinoshita took out her phone, turned on the video call, and handed it to Horikita and Yukinoshita.

The video shows Kinoshita recording the competition forms of Class C students outside the corridor before walking into the office. Judging from the angle, it seems that Kinoshita hung his phone in front of him to record, so the camera is a bit shaky.

In his conversation with Sakagami, he also clearly stated that he had received the entry forms from the students in Class C.

The entry form remained unchanged throughout the entire video.

"Why did Ryuen submit the entry form so quickly?" Horikita didn't find anything suspicious after watching the video, but Hachiman's attitude when he asked her for help that morning was somewhat intriguing.

It was as if they hadn't expected her to bring back a proper entry form in the first place, so they didn't give her the impression that they valued it.

"Because Longyuan reached a cooperation agreement with Class D, the competition form was quickly confirmed."

"Write down the names of the top twenty fastest students in your class, starting with the fastest one."

Yukino handed Kinoshita the prepared paper and pen. Assuming that Class C and Class A cooperated, she was going to deduce the rationality of the list that had just flashed by in the video based on the order of the names Kinoshita gave.

"Isn't this video enough to prove it's real? I swear I did indeed hand over the list of contestants to Mr. Sakagami, just as shown in the video."

Kinoshita rubbed his temples in annoyance. Horikita and Yukinoshita had been wearing sour faces since they came in, and they were making all sorts of demands and expressing all sorts of suspicions.

"Even if we've reached a cooperation agreement with Class D, there's no need to submit the student entry forms so quickly, and why are you the one submitting the entry forms?"

"I don't know either. It's Longyuan's decision. I've mentioned before that I'm in charge of girls' sports. I'm mainly responsible for the training of Class C from the track and field club."

Kinoshita, somewhat annoyed by Horikita's accusatory questioning, slammed his hand on the table. "If you won't buy it, I'll sell it to Class A. If it weren't for our previous collaboration with Hachiman, I wouldn't have thought of Class B first."

"Write down the names of the top 20 fastest runners in your class, in order, and I'll approve this deal."

"Yukinoshita-san, this should be my decision."

“Hachigaya never said I didn’t have the authority to make this decision,” Yukino sighed in response to Horikita’s questioning. “If Hachigaya blames me, I’ll take full responsibility.”

She hadn't expected that Horikita couldn't understand such a simple principle.

Regardless of whether the information is true or false, they are going to buy it because it's so cheap. And whether it's true or false, this list of contestants can reveal a lot.

Even a single student in Class B could gather 300,000 points in three months.

"This is not a matter of being irresponsible."

"Permission has been obtained."

Yukino showed her phone to Horikita, and the screen displayed a chat interface.

Yukino Yukinoshita: [I've bought 300,000 personal points]

Hachiman Hikigaya: [ok]

"..."

Horikita was speechless. Judging from the chat time, Hikigaya's reply took less than a minute.

She now understands why Yukino only mentioned 300,000 points in her message to Hachiman; she knew that Hachiman wouldn't refuse based on that number alone.

"I can sort the first ten or so, but the remaining ten might be a bit off."

After Horikita tacitly agreed, Kinoshita angrily took a pen and paper, wrote down a list of names, and then sent a screenshot of the video list to Yukinoshita's phone.

"The deal is done, so I'll be leaving now. You can leave later; I don't want anyone to see me having a secret meeting with you here."

"Sure, we'd do it even without you telling us."

Taking the paper with her name written on it from Kinoshita, Yukinoshita began to draw and write on the pictures on her phone.

Not to be outdone, Horikita also chose to sit a little closer to Yukinoshita, watching and mentally deducing the reasons behind Class C's formation.

"It seems to be true. The fastest running students were assigned to the first five groups and the last five groups of Class C. The middle group should be Class D's private area. This is the simplest form of cooperation."

Everyone was training on the playground. Students in Class C with strong athletic abilities were also being watched by Class B, which was roughly the same as what Kinoshita had given them.

Like Horikita, Yukinoshita also failed to find any suspicious points regarding Kinoshita providing the students with the competition forms.

Chapter 169 He Has Already Done

After school on the last day of September.

The tutoring room next to the first-grade teachers' office was filled with a faint aroma of tea.

"These are the competition forms for students in Class B."

"These are the competition forms for students in Class A."

Ten minutes before the deadline for students to submit their competition entries, Hikigaya and Ichinose simultaneously submitted their entries to their homeroom teacher.

One of the two teachers who received their class's competition forms had a face as black as charcoal.

"Ichinose, do you know what you're doing? You're betraying the interests of Class A."

The veins on the back of Hoshinomiya's hand, which was gripping the entry form, bulged, and his voice was somber.

Now that she's been promoted from Class D to Class B, she pays special attention to every special exam, including this sports festival.

After snatching the competition form from Chazhu's hand and comparing it, she discovered that several outstanding students from Class A and Class B were not in the same group for the individual competition. This was undoubtedly the result of cooperation with Class B.