"No big problem, the matter has already been resolved. Those few boys wanted to assault this classmate, Yaegashi Shizuku, and even tried to attack the disciplinary committee member who attempted to stop them. They were simply punished by me and Urusla. For the details, you can ask Yaegashi Shizuku herself, and the surveillance cameras also recorded some evidence."
Seeing that the arriving disciplinary committee members, Sakurai Hana and Asai Saki, were both his people, Hachiman released Karuizawa Kei, whose emotions had already stabilized in his arms, and smiled as he explained to them.
If it had been someone else, he would have had to think of an excuse. Like if it were Kotegawa Yui or other unfamiliar disciplinary committee members, he would have needed to explain clearly and prove his innocence.
But Sakurai Hana and Asai Saki were good friends who knew him inside and out; there was no need for much explanation. Just telling them the general course and result of the incident was enough.
"Attempted assault? That is indeed very serious. Hikigaya-kun, do you want me to inform the student council president to come handle it?", Hearing Hachiman's explanation, the two, who had thought at most there was a little scuffle here, immediately frowned in hesitation.
Sobu High had many beautiful girls, and some students were prone to losing control in a moment of impulse. The many disciplinary committee members had been working hard to maintain order on campus to avoid such incidents. They didn't expect that even with strict management, such a thing would still happen.
But since the incident had already happened, and Hikigaya had even punished the perpetrators, such a major matter was beyond their scope to handle, they would have to let the student council president deal with it.
"Notify her. If Kaede doesn't have time, then have Tsubaki come instead. Those guys won't be coming back, so Tsubaki will need to handle erasing the aftermath," Hachiman nodded. If it had been a simple school affair, letting Kaede handle it would be fine. But now that he had Urusla directly take away those three scum and kill them, a student council president like Kaede wouldn't be able to deal with it. It would be better to have Tsubaki use her family influence to settle the remaining issues.
"Mhm mhm, I'll contact Vice President Rurikawa Tsubaki right now, and also have Usui come over to handle it together," Sakurai Hana was a bit surprised by what Hachiman meant, but Asai Saki nodded without hesitation in agreement.
She had already wanted Hachiman to be her master; wasn't this kind of thing perfectly normal for her master?
That day in the student council office, they had not only learned about the close relationship between the elf princess and the others with Hachiman, but also about the complicated relationship between Rurikawa Tsubaki, Kaede, and Hachiman.
A dignified noble lady like Rurikawa Tsubaki was actually willing to be the third party between Hachiman and Kaede, becoming his lover and using her family's wealth to support them.
It was exactly because she knew this that she felt her compatibility with Hachiman was especially good.
If a noble lady like Rurikawa Tsubaki could only be his lover, and the elf princess even brought her close friends along to join, then…
Hachiman had so much experience with outstanding, unmatched beauties, as well as the powerful strength to match, wouldn't he be an amazing master for her?
In the future, she could play together with the student council president, the noble lady, and the elf princesses every day. Even if she couldn't join in every time, the Sympathy Wristband and Sympathy Collar could let her break the limitations of time and distance.
"Right now I still have things to do, so I'll take Karuizawa away first. You two handle the rest; contact me if needed."
Seeing that Asai Saki understood his meaning, Hachiman nodded in satisfaction, gave this reminder, then looked at Origamine Ouka and Yaegashi Shizuku. Seeing that they had nothing to say, he left with Karuizawa Kei.
Normally, Karuizawa Kei, as both a disciplinary committee member and a party involved, should have stayed to handle the matter. But her psychological resilience wasn't great, and since she had only encountered this incident when opening a door on patrol, and had nothing to do with the rest, he simply took her away to comfort her.
Anyway, this matter wouldn't be taken to the police, and the so-called evidence was only for the disciplinary committee members and Kaede, Tsubaki, and the others to know they were doing good deeds rather than abusing power. There was no need to make the process too formal.
"Must be nice…", Asai Saki looked enviously at Karuizawa Kei being led away by Hachiman.
Karuizawa Kei was obviously going to be taken away for some tender loving. How she wished she could switch places.
But it was fine if she couldn't switch, she had already asked Lala to fully charge the Sympathy Wristband. As long as Hikigaya put the Empathy Bracelet on Karuizawa Kei, she could patrol with Sakurai Hana while experiencing everything Kei did.
Hmm… Since there was no Sympathy Collar yet and she only had one Sympathy Wristband, she'd better conserve the power so it wouldn't run out suddenly at night.
"Ahem! Asai-senpai," Sakurai Hana looked at Asai Saki, who was almost openly showing her closeness with Hachiman, and gave a small cough in reminder.
She hadn't expected the new member, Karuizawa Kei, to be so close with Hikigaya. But thinking carefully, it wasn't strange at all. If Karuizawa Kei didn't have some relationship with him, why would Student Council President Kaede suddenly assign her as a disciplinary committee member?
It was said that originally, Kei's class was given two disciplinary committee member slots, but one was allocated to her in advance, leaving only one for the class to choose. The girls in her class suspected she had used connections.
"…You two handle things here, I'm continuing patrol," Vice President Origamine Ouka, seeing Sakurai Hana and Asai Saki's extraordinary relationship with Hachiman, left this sentence and turned to go.
She wasn't very satisfied with Urusla taking people away on her own initiative, but she couldn't be bothered to push the issue further. After all, those three guys deserved it.
But if she saw Urusla or other demi-humans act recklessly again, she definitely wouldn't let it go.
"Yes, Vice President."
Sakurai Hana and Asai Saki naturally agreed in unison. Origamine Ouka was an oni, with extremely prominent horns. At first, when they accompanied her, they had been a bit worried. Not about her doing anything to them, since President Kaede had already told them Origamine Ouka was just strict and serious, often keeping a stern face, but still easy to get along with.
They were just worried that the values of demi-humans and humans might differ, leading to problems. But now, it seemed Origamine Ouka's view of right and wrong wasn't much different from theirs.
"Um… Didn't you say the disciplinary committee had created a blacklist to punish Hikigaya? Why does it seem like you get along with him pretty well…", Yaegashi Shizuku, watching Hachiman take Kei away and Origamine Ouka leave, finally couldn't help but ask Asai Saki and the others the doubt in her heart.
In fact, she more felt that Asai Saki and Sakurai Hana were taking orders from Hachiman, but she didn't say that out loud.
"Ah, haha… A blacklist is a blacklist. We didn't create it just to target Hikigaya-kun. It was only to encourage him to study hard and not break the rules again. Having a good private relationship doesn't conflict with that," Seeing that Shizuku seemed to have noticed something, Sakurai Hana gave an awkward laugh and quickly explained.
She knew people would ask questions like this. But the closeness between their disciplinary committee members and Hachiman was impossible to hide.
Right now, only she, Usui Makoto, and Asai had special relationships with Hikigaya. But in the future, she and Asai would also be acting as insiders, and with so many people close to him, how could it stay hidden?
In fact, she thought it was already impossible to hide. Asai Saki had once left gym class in front of everyone to go play with him in the sports equipment storage room, even dragging Kitamura Chika along, and they hadn't come back for the whole period. Of course people would suspect something.
But since those with good relationships and rumors with Hikigaya at school were mostly high-status, popular people, they weren't likely to cause trouble.
"That's right. Even though we're close with Hikigaya-kun, we haven't covered for him. We've even had several disciplinary committee members specifically watching him to punish him," Pervert Asai Saki also restrained her envious look and explained seriously.
The students in school only knew that Hikigaya was on their blacklist, but only the disciplinary committee members themselves knew what that special blacklist for him really meant.
"Yaegashi-senpai! Yaegashi-senpai! Are you okay? I saw your message and immediately brought people over. Where's Banjo and the others?"
Shizuku's doubts weren't much lessened, and she still wanted to ask more, but at that moment a familiar voice came from behind. She quickly smiled and turned to see her junior from the track team, Kujo Amane, running over with several people, sweat beading on her forehead.
"I'm fine now, Amane. Banjo and the others were caught by Urusla from the demi-human class. Don't worry about me," After being blocked from escaping the track club activity room, she had quickly messaged her juniors to come save her.
She just hadn't expected the matter to be resolved so quickly, the juniors had arrived only after everything was over.
But it wasn't their fault; they had already come quickly enough. She had simply overestimated Banjo's bottom line and been caught in his trap due to a moment's carelessness.
"Huh? Those students taken away by the dragon clan leader were Banjo and the others?"
The hurriedly arrived Kujo Amane stared blankly at Shizuku, Asai Saki, and Sakurai Hana, then looked at the track club's activity room, a bit confused.
On her way over, she had seen Urusla in the sky, and also several half-dead figures in Sobu High uniforms. She just hadn't expected them to be the guys from the track club who were always against the girls.
"Mm, I'll explain the details when the student council president comes. Don't be too shocked, and don't spread this around."
Shizuku nodded, warning Amane and the others behind her.
Although from Hachiman and Asai Saki's attitudes it seemed he didn't care whether this spread or not, she was both a victim and someone saved by him. Naturally, she couldn't let him suffer criticism because of her matter.
Fortunately, with Karuizawa Kei and Hachiman's help, she hadn't been dragged into the room and assaulted by the unhinged Banjo trio. Even if they were punished afterward, that couldn't undo it. She'd have to find a chance to thank Hikigaya and the others properly.
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[On the Other Side]
Leading Karuizawa Kei away from Sobu High, Hachiman was also thinking about Shizuku's matter.
["Character task updated, Slave of Desire."]
Bringing Karuizawa Kei away from Sobu High, Hachiman was also thinking about Yaegashi Shizuku's matter.
["The expectations from those around her, the worries about immense pressure, and the inner turmoil, the desires hidden deep within the body of a teenage girl are easily awakened into distorted hobbies."]
["The dam always has to release water, otherwise the flood will break through the dam and spread into a disaster. The more desire is suppressed, the more easily it will break the bonds of reason, becoming uncontrollable."]
["Please eliminate the ever-increasing desires of Sugisaki Kasumi and Yaegashi Shizuku."]
Hachiman didn't expect Yaegashi Shizuku's mission to not be listed separately, but instead to be merged together with the Sugisaki Kasumi character mission, Slave to Desire, which he had never done before.
Was this because both of them had the same physique? Or was it some other situation?
Judging from appearance alone, Sugisaki Kasumi's image as a country bumpkin bookworm completely showed no signs of being controlled by desire; she looked upright and spirited. The just-escaped-from-danger Yaegashi Shizuku was the same.
However, you can't judge people by their looks, and in the settings of the 2D World, there was even less need to say that.
The purer the girl, the more h*rny she would be after falling.
If their problems weren't solved, it was likely that once they fell, they would be completely uncontrollable.
The original work Yaegashi Shizuku was from wasn't very famous, but because the setting inside was a bit baffling, and the original cover was also quite distinctive, he had some impression of Yaegashi Shizuku.
In the original work, Yaegashi Shizuku seemed to have discovered after being as*aulted that such an experience would make her excited yet pained, and then she was guided into depravity, this kind of setting was hard to put into words.
It seemed like a ridiculous setup, but thinking of Sakura Shino, Kamijo Maki, Asai Saki, Mermaid Princess Meroune, and the others, this excitement-prone physique didn't seem so ridiculous anymore.
However, even though he found Yaegashi Shizuku's absurd physique, or rather, mindset, quite baffling, he still didn't think that the attempted rape those guys committed was right.
The problem was, now that he had already gotten rid of those scumbags, would Yaegashi Shizuku still have a desire outburst?
If it was left alone and later another 2D World heroine with a similar physique appeared, triggering a mission, would it also merge into Slave to Desire?
If multiple 2D World heroines merged into one character mission, would the mission rewards multiply several times as well?
Yaegashi Shizuku was the ace of the track-and-field club, so later he should check if there were any heroines with a similar physique. If he couldn't find any, then he should help Yaegashi Shizuku and Sugisaki Kasumi eliminate their desires.
"Master… do you think I'm useless…?", Karuizawa Kei hugged Hachiman's arm, seeing him seemingly lost in thought, and unease welled up in her heart.
"Of course not, Kei, don't overthink. I was just thinking about how to help you better protect yourself."
Hachiman, feeling a bit helpless, stroked Karuizawa Kei's slightly side ponytail, softly comforting her.
"Right now your physical ability is already great, it's just that you haven't built up confidence and don't know your own strength. Later, I'll find a few delinquents for you to personally teach a lesson to, and then you'll understand that as a Public Morals Committee member, you can already maintain campus order all by yourself."
"Really? You won't think I'm too cowardly?", Karuizawa Kei could feel Hachiman's concern for her, but still couldn't help asking softly.
She truly wanted to become stronger to help her master, and had even thought about how to help her master raise little pets.
But when she encountered such situations, her mind went completely blank, not knowing what to do at all. Clearly, she had imagined it all beautifully before.
"I won't blame a person who's lost both legs for not being able to stand up on their own," Hachiman gently patted Karuizawa Kei's back, comforting her.
"You've been bullied before, so it's normal to have psychological shadows. Coming out of it again takes time."
"It's just that now you already have the power to resist bullying. I hope that in the future, when you encounter such things again, you can face them confidently and no longer fear those delinquents."
"Don't you want to become a protector, to protect the self that was once bullied?"
"…Mm! I do!"
Karuizawa Kei stared straight into Hachiman's eyes, which were softly comforting and encouraging her, and then nodded firmly.
The once-bullied her had received her master's protection.
Now, she would also bring her master's protection to those who were bullied.
Seeing that Karuizawa Kei understood his meaning, Hachiman activated Love Live Mode and directly let her feel her own strength, making her realize that mere school bullying was nothing to fear.
"Today I'll first take you to the livehouse to listen to some music and relax, and by the way, see how a socially anxious person goes about making friends. You can also become friends with her."
It was time to go find Bocchi-chan and see how Bocchi-chan and Nijika were doing with their rehearsal.
Hopefully, under his influence, Bocchi-chan would be more capable; he was still thinking about having a celebration party with Bocchi-chan, Nijika, and the others after the band's performance succeeded.
———
Livehouse STARRY, a small live performance hall located under Ijichi Nijika's house.
"So this is the livehouse? I'm not familiar with Ijichi-san and the others. Suddenly coming here with you, Master, isn't it a bit inappropriate?", With legs slightly weak, Karuizawa Kei tightly held Hachiman's arm, lowering her head to stare at the underground STARRY entrance, hesitating a bit.
After Love Live Mode was activated, she had been carried here all the way by Hachiman, and her originally tense and uneasy emotions had stabilized. It was just that now, going to meet unfamiliar girls felt a bit improper.
After all, she was only her master's pet, not her master's lover. Hanging out with her master after school, going to meet his schoolmates, it felt a bit like going on a date.
"You don't need to worry about these things. Nijika and the others have very good tempers. You only need to think about Bocchi-chan. Given Bocchi-chan's level of social anxiety, communicating with her will be troublesome for you. Right now, other than her family, she only relies more on me."
Hachiman gently brushed Karuizawa Kei's cascading golden-brown hair, reached out to take the hair tie from her slender white wrist, and tied her long hair into a side ponytail.
Karuizawa Kei, with hair falling over both shoulders, looked a bit delicate, but once tied into a side ponytail and paired with her straight bangs, she appeared much more spirited.
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