During this time together, Kikyo Kushida was surprised to find that not only was she not averse to physical contact with him, she even had the thought that it would be nice to continue to maintain such contact with him.

That's why she took the initiative to reveal the information that day, even though the boy hadn't done anything yet.

"Why is that? I..."

The short-haired girl lying on the soft bed had a dazed look in her eyes. She didn't quite understand what this unusual feeling that was emerging in her heart was.

But no matter what, the deal has now been made, temporarily binding the two together like a contract.

He can't get rid of me easily!

---

On the other side, after finishing the conversation with Kushida Kikyo, Hashima Hikaru immediately took out his mobile phone and started communicating with Horikita Suzune. Now there is another layer in his relationship with the other party. In addition to being the assistant commissioned by Horikita Manabu, he is also her creditor.

Horikita Suzune still owed her 6 personal points. Their class evaluation score in June was 362, so she only earned more than points. It would take a while for her to pay off the debt.

Hashima Hikaru: Good evening, Horikita-san. Are you free now?

The black-haired girl, who had already taken a shower and was sitting at the desk reading a book, rubbed her temples helplessly after seeing the familiar words.

Whenever this Hashima-san comes to me on his own initiative, it's definitely not good.

Horikita Suzune is already quite experienced in this regard.

Horikita Suzune: Is there anything wrong, Hashima-san?

Hashima Hikaru: It's not a big deal. Are you free after school tomorrow?

Horikita Suzune: What are you going to do when you have some free time, Hashima-san?

Hashima Hikaru: Oh, I want to treat you to a meal.

After seeing this reply, Horikita Suzune immediately prepared to refuse, but before her message was sent, the other party's next message came.

Hikaru Hashima: Horikita-san should be kind enough to do me a favor, right? After all, I just helped you. As Horikita-san's sister, you wouldn't want him to know that you treated someone who helped you so badly, right? Isn't that a bit unpleasant?

"..."

Here he goes again, using my brother as bait to force me to meet him.

This kind of operation has been done by Hashima-san many times, but Horikita Suzune has no idea how to deal with it.

Horikita Suzune: What time?

Hashima Hikaru: I'll reserve a table for you at the Family Restaurant in the Keyaki shopping center tomorrow at 4 p.m.

Horikita Suzune: I understand.

Chapter 131: Restaurant Party with Horikita Suzune

After concluding the conversation with Horikita Suzune, Hashima Hikaru put his phone aside and began to think about tomorrow's meeting.

Now that he has reached a cooperation with Kushida Kikyo, it is easy to get Horikita Suzune to come out and meet him through Horikita Manabu's relationship.

But this was done before in order to lower the stock price of Kushida, so most of the chat content was meaningless and was just a show for the short-haired girl.

Now he was helping her find out about Horikita Suzune's situation. If he wanted this cold-hearted black-haired girl to explain the situation in this regard, he still had to establish a basic relationship of trust. After all, she was in a different class from him, and even though they could have dinner together privately, the distance between them had not been shortened at all.

So Hashima Hikaru thought of a problem that he had previously ignored.

That is about the stock situation of Horikita Suzune. Because her initial stock price is very high, it is 100 points. If you want to fully invest, you need to directly pay 30 system funds, so Hashima Hikaru has never used the [Stock Analyzer] on her.

But now thinking back, he was currently trying to boost the share price of Kushida. The final profit of this high-quality stock that he had just filled up was very amazing, so there was no need to consider the cost of the 1,000-point [Stock Analyzer] and he could just use it directly.

When you have enough money in the future and want to buy Horikita Suzune's stocks, the analysis results will still come in handy.

"Let's do this. Find a way to get closer to Horikita Suzune. At least build a basic level of trust. That way, we can better gather intelligence."

"It doesn't matter if she doesn't want to say it. The key is to show your attitude. That way, it will make sense to Kushida. Only by operating on both sides at the same time can we get the best results."

After clarifying his ideas, Hashima Hikaru's eyes became brighter and brighter.

He has not yet fully understood the deep entanglement between these two people, but what does it matter? Not understanding is actually a good thing. He can bet on both sides and gain the benefits. This is what a qualified master trader should do.

---

After school the next day, since Ichinose Honami and Ando Sayo had already joined the student union, they had to go to the student union office immediately after school to carry out activities, which gave Hashima Hikaru more freedom.

He had considered this aspect when he was choosing the spots for the student council. Although the boy liked being with Ichinose, if he could keep her busy, he would have fewer and fewer things to explain to her, and he wouldn't have to worry about her having wild thoughts.

Before leaving the classroom, Hikaru Hashima turned down the dinner invitations from Shibata and Kanzaki. After all, if you can have dinner with a beautiful girl, who would choose two grown men?

After arriving at the family restaurant he had reserved, Hashima Hikaru stood at the door waiting for Horikita Suzune to arrive. However, the other party also had a strong sense of time, so he only waited for a few minutes before the slender black-haired figure appeared in front of him.

"Good afternoon, Horikita-san." Hikaru Hashima greeted her with a smile.

"Good afternoon, Hashima-san." The girl nodded slightly, and there were no other extra words.

"Then let's go in first. I'll take you to the place I reserved."

Hashima Hikaru brought the girl into the restaurant. At this time, he directly spent 1000 system funds to purchase the [Stock Analyzer] and used it directly on Horikita Suzune.

【Horikita Suzune Stock】

Stock Information: A beautiful girl with long, black hair and excellent academic performance. She always exudes a "don't talk to me" aura. She has no interest in socializing, prefers to be alone, dislikes teamwork, and maintains a life creed of not trusting anyone.

[Stock price increase suggestion: Build a trusting relationship, support her progress, and help her gain Horikita Manabu's recognition.]

[Stock price reduction risk: Belittling her approach to life, underestimating her abilities, and doing things that are detrimental to Horikita Manabu.]

"Uh..."

Looking at the stock analysis that popped up on the system, Hikaru Hashima carefully memorized all the contents in his mind.

After this period of contact, he could probably judge that the girl cared a lot about Horikita Manabu's evaluation of her, but he didn't expect that doing something detrimental to Horikita Manabu would directly lower her stock price?

Although he had not yet purchased her stocks, the boy quickly realized that Horikita's situation was somewhat different from Kushida Kikyo's.

Kushida can raise and lower the stock price through two-way operations, thereby achieving multiple cash-outs, but if he uses the method of making an enemy of Horikita Manabu to lower Horikita Suzune's stock price, the operation will be quite troublesome.

It's not that Hashima Hikaru is incapable of doing such a thing, the point is that if he really reveals his enmity with Horikita Manabu to Horikita Suzune, the stock price may drop, but he will definitely break off relations with her completely, and there will definitely not be a second chance to raise the stock price again.

Therefore, if you want to complete secondary utilization, you can only use the previous two ideas to deal with it.

Stimulate her with words?

It's something you can consider.

After bringing Horikita Suzune to the reserved seat, Hashima Hikaru handed her the menu first as usual. After using the [Stock Analyzer], he already knew exactly what the black-haired girl cared about.

Although she knew the specific method to increase the stock price, since Hikaru Hashima had not yet bought her stocks, there was no need to help her catch up with her brother. At this stage, it was enough to establish a basic trust relationship.

"Horikita-san, feel free to do whatever you like. It's not your first time anyway."

"It's true that this isn't the first time I've had dinner with Hashima-san, but I hope you can be more normal next time and not always use..."

Horikita Suzune swept her cold gaze across the boy's face. She had long been fed up with Hashima-san using her brother as a topic to force her to agree to his demands.

"Well, it's just a simple idea. I didn't actually tell Horikita-senpai about it," Hikaru Hashima shrugged and said slowly, "Besides, since Horikita-senpai asked me to help Horikita-san grow, I naturally have to fulfill my promise. After all, I received benefits from him. Mutual benefit is the best way to make this cooperation last longer."

"In that case, may I ask why you came to see me today, Hashima-san? I haven't encountered any problems recently, so I don't need to ask you for advice." After putting down the menu, Horikita Suzune looked at the other person's face calmly.

"Don't be so cold, Horikita-san. I met Horikita-senpai yesterday. Aren't you interested in this topic?" A smile appeared on Hashima Hikaru's lips as he watched the changes in the girl's expression opposite him.

"...What's going on?"

"Well, let's wait for the food to be served. We can talk while we eat. Don't be anxious, Horikita-san."

Chapter 132: Horikita Suzune's Active Change

After Hashima Hikaru and Horikita Suzune chose their set meals, the man and woman with outstanding looks sat facing each other, attracting many people's attention even without speaking.

"Well, can you tell me now, Hashima-san?" Horikita Suzune tucked her long black hair that fell on her chest behind her delicate little ears. Although her expression was calm, she stared straight at the boy's face.

"Horikita-san is really anxious. Okay then."

Hashima Hikaru smiled. She wanted to establish a trusting relationship with this high-ranking beauty. In addition to helping her move forward based on the stock price information, the rest might be to focus on Horikita Manabu, which was probably this guy's most critical weakness.

"I met Horikita-senpai in the student council office yesterday and had a brief chat with him."

"is it?"

Horikita Suzune thought for a moment and then asked, "If I ask Hashima-san about your purpose for going to the student council, would that be considered spying on your class?"

"Well, if it were something else, maybe it would count."

Hashima Hikaru carefully observed the other person's expression. Although they had met alone several times, Horikita was still quite wary of him. Asking such a question was just a test of his attitude.

"But I can tell you what happened yesterday. The results will be announced soon anyway."

The boy calmly brought up the topic they had discussed last time: "Horikita-san, do you remember the incident I briefly told you about last time? It was about the student council."

"remember."

The black-haired girl nodded slightly and said slowly, "After our last conversation, I thought about the current situation. If I want to join the student union, I may have to wait a little longer."

"Why?" Hashima Hikaru raised an eyebrow, a smile on his face. "If Horikita-san wants to gain Horikita-senpai's approval, perhaps submitting your application to him would be a good choice."

Who would have thought that as soon as these words were spoken, an unnatural look suddenly flashed across the pretty face of the cold black-haired girl, and even her originally cold attitude showed some cracks.

"Ahem... I need to think about this a little more, but this is my own business, and I don't need Hashima-san's help for the time being." Horikita Suzune clenched her right hand into a small fist and put it to her mouth, pretending to cough, and changed the subject very abruptly.

"So, Hashima-san went to the student council yesterday to submit his application to join?"

"That's about right. I was able to meet Horikita-senpai precisely because I submitted my application."

Hikaru Hashima shrugged and explained in a relaxed tone, "Since Horikita-senpai happened to be free, he came to review our application materials."

"Is...is that so?"

After hearing these words, Horikita Suzune's little face showed an extremely shaken expression, and her beautiful eyes flickered with complex lights, with expectation, yearning, and a hint of fear.

In addition, the girl's unnatural expression was also caught by Mitsuru Hashima, so it was easy for him to guess what she was thinking.

Horikita Suzune definitely wants to get Horikita Manabu's approval, but at the same time she is afraid to face him.

Perhaps it is because she has always been looked down upon by her brother that the girl has been inspired to prove herself.

The scene of that night was still vivid in his mind. Although Hashima Hikaru couldn't understand why this awkward brother and sister were unwilling to talk directly, this kind of relationship made it convenient for him to manipulate the situation.

"Yes, as the student council president, Horikita-senpai naturally has the authority to review the information of students who want to join the student council. If an interview is required, we may have to have a conversation."

Hashima Hikaru's current goal is to get close to Horikita Suzune, so he plans to say some good things in Horikita Manabu's direction, maybe making the black-haired girl in front of him let down her psychological defenses and change her attitude towards him.

"After all, Horikita-senpai is a very serious person. Even though he has so many official duties to deal with, he still takes the initiative to take time out to interview students who want to join the student council."

The boy's tone was full of admiration, and his face showed admiration for Horikita Manabu.

This scene naturally fell into the eyes of Horikita Suzune. The girl had always regarded Horikita Manabu as a goal that she wanted to surpass since she was a child, and she kept working hard for it, even many of her habits were moving towards the other party.

So in her heart, she thought that her brother was very outstanding. After he reached school age, Horikita Manabu always kept a large distance ahead of his peers. Perhaps in this school, there was no one who could compare to him.

After seeing the admiration on Hashima Hikaru's face, Horikita Suzune resonated with him for the first time, thinking that this boy who often used his brother as bait to force her to go on dates might have some good points.

"Yeah, brother... Horikita-senpai has always been like this to himself. He always maintains a self-disciplined and responsible attitude and completes every task seriously."

Horikita Suzune's eyes were filled with her own obsession as she slowly uttered the next words: "That's why I have to...try my best to keep up with him."

"I believe Horikita-san can do it. Anyway, since Horikita-senpai asked you to do it, maybe he believes you can do it."

After noticing the girl's relaxed expression, Hashima Hikaru began to tell her the goal for today.

"Since you're supposed to grow, have you changed recently, Horikita-san?" the boy asked tentatively, gazing at her pretty face. "If you want to keep up with Horikita-senpai, you can't just stay where you are."

“There have been some changes…”

After noticing the boy's admiring attitude towards Horikita Manabu, Horikita Suzune's originally cautious attitude relaxed a little, so she replied calmly, "I joined the study session organized by the girls in my class today."

"That's a good thing. No matter what, if we can study together, both the schoolwork and interpersonal relationships will change."

A very restrained smile appeared on Hashima Hikaru's face. It couldn't be too earnest, nor too casual. He wanted to show his happiness, but not to show any mockery or contempt.

"I was just helping everyone consolidate what they learned in math class that day. My math grades are pretty good, so I agreed to their request."

The black-haired girl glanced at Hikaru Hashima's face and said calmly, "As for interpersonal communication, I'm not interested in it for the time being, so I'll just help them with their studies and leave."

"Well, we can take our time with this."

Hikaru Hashima once again used Horikita Manabu to guide and hint at the girl, saying, "Since Horikita-senpai is the student council president, it means that he is not only excellent in academics and sports, but more importantly, he is also outstanding in handling interpersonal relationships."

"Otherwise, you can imagine how complicated it would be to coordinate and organize such a large organization."

"If Horikita-san wants to get close to Horikita-senpai, she needs to make further progress in this area."

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