Yamauchi immediately tried to get close to Hikigaya.
"If it's for a celebration feast, then generally speaking, the students will all participate," Hikigaya said emotionlessly.
"That's not what I mean." But Yamauchi quickly said, "I mean, actually... I want to get in touch with Sakura. Look, Sakura, it seems like you're the only boy she talks to, isn't that right?"
Is that so?
Indeed, he hadn't seen Sakura talk to other boys.
Rather, Sakura's presence was very low, so few people even talked to her.
Only.
Why did Yamauchi set his sights on Sakura?
"Are you trying to date her? Or—" Hikigaya said.
Yamauchi was the one who made a 'big breast ranking' when they entered school, and then said Sakura was very old-fashioned, and even lied that Sakura had confessed to him and he had rejected her.
Now, however, he wanted to get in touch with Sakura.
Could it be that he discovered Sakura was actually a super beautiful girl once she took off her glasses?
Or, during the two days Yamauchi was isolated because of Ibuki's underwear theft, and then brought back because Kushida's underwear was stolen, did something happen during those two days?
"I'm not a pervert," Yamauchi said. "I didn't steal girls' underwear."
Hmm.
Hikigaya knew this very well.
"But I was wronged. I thought for two full days and concluded that it must be because I don't have a girlfriend," Yamauchi continued.
"As long as I have a girlfriend, I definitely won't be wronged."
"Because if you have a girlfriend, you definitely won't be short of underwear, right?"
Alright.
Hachiman had confirmed it.
Even if Yamauchi was given two more years, he would not think that being wronged was related to his poor impression on everyone.
Instead, he thought from a completely different angle.
You know, Hikigaya was also wrongly accused of dating Horikita, but Ibuki's first target for framing underwear theft was him.
So, having a girlfriend or such a status is not safe.
Moreover.
Yamauchi's thinking also didn't keep up. What does it mean to not lack underwear if you have a girlfriend?
Doesn't that just prove that you are indeed a pervert?
"Then why choose Sakura?" Hikigaya said.
"Well, although I'm not picky, I think she's the fastest one. She looks plain, and if I just show a great and righteous side and help her a little, wouldn't it be easy to win her over?" Yamauchi said directly.
He probably didn't even try to hide it.
He directly spilled his true intentions of wanting to trick Sakura.
Hachiman pressed his left hand to his head, seemingly troubled by Yamauchi's stupidity.
However.
This meant that Yamauchi only had a minimal understanding of Sakura and knew absolutely nothing about her.
Then let him end it like this.
"Then you probably have no chance," Hikigaya said. "Sakura has an outside boyfriend, and."
Actually, the usual excuse is like the one used to help Ichinose, something about wanting to study during these three years.
But for someone like Yamauchi, if you don't completely defeat him, he won't understand what it means to not pester someone.
"She should have no interest in inexperienced virgins," Hikigaya said.
"Eh, is that so...?" Yamauchi was indeed startled.
It must be like this.
Hachiman was even unwilling to tell Sakura about the terrible fact that she was being targeted.
So he was ready to destroy Yamauchi here.
For boys this age, being a virgin is a huge hurdle.
It creates pressure.
And Yamauchi probably couldn't find a girl willing to be with him.
So Sakura would not be harassed by Yamauchi for the next three years.
"Then, then I'll be going." Yamauchi indeed quickly slipped away.
And Hachiman took out his phone. He edited a message and sent it to Sakura.
[A boy seems to want to confess to you, and I took the liberty of rejecting him. And there might be some rumors later.]
[Such as that you already have a boyfriend. I think this might slightly curb some people's ambitions, after all, dating a girl who already has a boyfriend isn't a smart thing to do.]
Sakura probably didn't see the message, about a minute later Hachiman received a reply.
"I don't really... don't really want to... Eh!?
"C-can I?"
"Th-that's great, thank you, Hikigaya!"
Literally, she seemed very anxious. She even replied nervously without finishing Hachiman's message, and then quickly expressed her gratitude after reading Hachiman's reply.
She was indeed troubled by such confessions.
But she also felt relieved because Hikigaya had acted first.
In other words, although Yamauchi got most things wrong, Sakura's personality makes her easy to win over.
...
Yamauchi's matter was just an interlude.
Before the exam, there was Ike's confession, and after the exam, Yamauchi was stirring.
Hachiman felt that his classmates were really good at making things happen.
However, the celebration feast was finally set for tomorrow night.
Because the exam had just ended, everyone wanted to rest, especially the girls, and not many people wanted to come now.
So, at this time, only a dozen boys went out to eat together.
Eat?
It was 11:30 AM.
It was indeed lunchtime.
Hachiman didn't refuse.
So he went out with Hirata and Sudo. Sudo was the Team Leader, and Yamauchi and Ike were also leading the way.
And this time, they chose the restaurant that Class A had mocked before.
Hachiman probably understood what they wanted to do.
Indeed.
After they sat down, they saw several students from Class A come over. They probably also wanted to eat.
But.
"Yo, isn't this Class A? A few days ago, weren't you trying to kick us out?"
Inside the restaurant, Sudo sat sprawled in his chair, with a mocking expression, "Why are you all looking so glum? Weren't you very arrogant?"
"Sudo—" Hirata, ever the gentle one, immediately noticed that Sudo seemed to be trying to provoke them.
"Hirata, just watch quietly from the side." But Yamauchi stopped Hirata.
Then he said,
"Sudo, how can you say such things?"
Yamauchi seemed to look at Sudo with displeasure, correcting him sternly, "They're feeling really down right now. So how can we mock them like this?"
"My bad, my bad."
Sudo, however, burst into laughter, "But I really didn't expect such an arrogant Class to get second to last place! It's hilarious, they only got 70 points!"
After all, they were high school students, full of youthful vigor.
When mocked, they always looked for an opportunity to mock back.
They still vividly remembered the arrogant faces of Class A seven days ago, and now that they encountered them, of course, they had to seize the chance to mock them back. It was more like they deliberately came to get even.
"Damn guys."
The Class A students' faces were all ashen, their fists clenched tightly. "They're just mere defects…"
"What did you say?"
Sudo perked up his ears and sneered, "Some people can't even compare to us defects, I wonder what that makes them?"
"Perhaps, high-grade defects."
Yamauchi still maintained his serious demeanor, but it was precisely this attitude that made the Class A students feel even more humiliated.
Because they were actually humiliated by Yamauchi.
Their mentality exploded.
"Defects from Class C, this isn't…"
"This isn't where we should be, I know, I know."
Sudo waved his hand, uncaringly, "You said that a week ago, no need to say it twice. However,"
The next second, Sudo instantly put on a sarcastic face and sneered, "This isn't your home, whether we can come here or not isn't something you can decide."
"And defects, our Class is only 127 points away from your Class."
"You guys aren't so great either." Sudo said.
Actually, Sudo's calculation was wrong. Class C's current score was 1041 points, and Class A's was 1258 points, so the difference was 217 points.
However, the Class A students now looked like defeated roosters.
Because they had lost almost all of their advantages, and even incurred debt because of it.
Only.
"Tch! If it weren't for that Katsuragi guy…"
A male student from Class A clenched his fist, his heart filled with unwillingness and regret.
"And the deal with Class D, it's all Katsuragi's fault!"
"If Sakayanagi were here…"
It seemed these few Class A students were from the Sakayanagi Faction.
Sudo and his friends mocked the wrong people; the ones who mocked Sudo and his friends earlier were students from the Katsuragi Faction, and now these people were from the Sakayanagi Faction.
…
In another restaurant.
The students from the Katsuragi Faction were already eating.
After being angered in the restaurant, these students ran to Katsuragi.
"Katsuragi, it's all your fault!"
They had complained about the failure of this exam from the beginning.
But it wasn't until they were mocked by the defects they had always looked down upon that the conflict truly erupted.
If not for Katsuragi's mistake, how could they have fallen to the point of being mocked by Class C, whom they used to not even bother to look at?
From simple complaints, it had now escalated into a forced abdication.
"What do you want to do?!"
Yahiko, Katsuragi's loyal subordinate, instantly stepped forward, his neck stiff, saying, "Didn't you all not object at the time? Now that there's a problem, are you going to push all the responsibility onto Katsuragi?"
"And your Sakayanagi deducted 30 points, and you all deducted 50 points!"
"So you all are dragging us down too!" Yahiko immediately said.
"Some deductions couldn't be helped." But a student from the Katsuragi Faction interjected, "And what do you mean, 'not objecting'? You and Katsuragi were the ones making the decisions, you were being dictatorial! We just didn't object, that's all!"
"Bastard! Saito, do you know what you're saying?!"
Yahiko's veins bulged on his forehead, wishing he could punch the speaking male student in the face.
Because this male student was from the Katsuragi Faction.
At first, being forced by the Sakayanagi Faction was one thing.
After all, they weren't on the same side to begin with.
But now, even their own people from the Katsuragi Faction were starting to distrust Katsuragi.
How could that be tolerated?
"Are you saying we're not allowed to talk about what you did yourselves?"
The male student named Saito, instead, had an angry expression, shouting, "If Sakayanagi were here, things definitely wouldn't have turned out like this!"
"That's right, it's all Katsuragi's fault!"
"If Sakayanagi hadn't been absent…"
Katsuragi stood in the middle, surrounded by angry students.
Katsuragi's face was grim, not saying a word.
But his complexion wasn't very good.
Although he had indeed lost, and indeed failed.
But when truly facing betrayal, he still found it a bit hard to accept.
Moreover.
Initially, he had hoped to recruit people from the Sakayanagi Faction through the Uninhabited Island exam, but now, the result was a complete mess.
Not only could he not recruit people from the Sakayanagi Faction, but even his own supporters were wavering.
And now, everyone was looking at him.
"According to the seniors, the two-week exam has ended, and we'll be going back. The next exam… will be led by Sakayanagi…" Katsuragi said in a deep voice.
He was willing to take responsibility for his failure.
Now the Class evaluation scores of Class A, Class B, and Class C were very close, so Class A had lost its advantage and even felt a sense of urgency.
If Sakayanagi could lead the Class forward and widen the gap with Class B and Class C, then he was willing to… step back.
So it wouldn't matter to let Sakayanagi lead two exams after they returned.
"Hmm?"
But Katsuragi suddenly realized that he might still have a chance to recover.
Because.
The duration of this outing for the exam was 2 weeks.
But they had been on the island for 2 days, and the island exam lasted 7 days.
So only 9 days had passed.
Therefore, there were still 5 days left.
"…?" Could it be that there was still another exam?
…
Meanwhile, on the other side.
After lunch, Hikigaya checked the message on his phone and then began to act.
Because he had received a unique message.
"Come to the theater later. You alone." by Chabashira.
Oh.
So she wants to say something privately.
Thinking this, Hachiman headed to the theater.
The cruise ship offered various enjoyments and facilities, and open-air theaters, etc., were held every 2 hours.
However, it seemed that sea lion performances would also be open in the facilities in the afternoon.
Every 2 hours, the timing overlapped with the theater's schedule.
So when Hachiman arrived at the theater, he didn't see any students.
However, this also made it easier to find Chabashira.
Only.
Hachiman noticed that she seemed to be on the phone.
"Yes, that's right…"
"No, I just want to teach now, I'm not interested in arranged marriages…"
"Mm, that's how it is, Mom." Chabashira sat in her seat, talking on the phone.
"…" Hachiman.
??
Hachiman then stood aside and waited for about 2 minutes, then Chabashira ended the call.
Chabashira also noticed Hikigaya's arrival.
"You did very well in this exam." Chabashira said, putting down her phone.
However, Hikigaya didn't seem interested in such praise; instead, he looked at the phone in her hand.
"Can your phone contact the outside world?" Hachiman asked.
"You want to contact outsiders?" Teacher Chabashira quickly reacted.
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