Hikigaya wanted to contact the outside world.
Was this reasonable?
Of course it was reasonable; Advanced Nurturing High School was a three-year closed-campus school, and closed-campus also meant being unable to contact family.
And all the students had phones, but unfortunately, the phones were set with restrictions similar to a youth mode, so they couldn't contact the outside world.
And Chabashira's current phone…
"Only the Teacher's phone is a bit different." Chabashira said. "To allow contact with the outside world in case of an incident."
Oh.
I see.
If Teacher Chabashira's phone could contact the outside world.
So Hachiman stared intently at Chabashira Sae.
"…" Chabashira. "Alright."
Chabashira stared at Hachiman's expression and said, "Originally, this exam, he performed well, so I wanted to give him some rewards, but now it seems that being able to contact his family is more appealing to him."
When they first met, Chabashira also knew that this guy was from Chiba and brought Chiba's specialties with him.
He's a siscon.
So, he's probably trying to contact his sister now.
Today is Saturday, and not only Advanced Nurturing High School, but also regular schools don't have classes.
And after the children entered junior high school, their parents provided them with cell phones.
"Although the school doesn't specifically check the teachers' phones," Chabashira said, "I can't lend you my phone for too long."
"Understood," Hikigaya immediately said.
Then he took the phone from Chabashira.
After coming to Advanced Nurturing High School, he had seven or eight phone numbers added to his phone.
But he could remember his home phone number very clearly.
Because in junior high, besides his family, almost no one contacted him. So he had memorized his family's contact information many times before.
Eh.
While thinking about his dark past, Hikigaya dialed the number.
Soon.
"Moshi moshi… Ah, I'm sorry, I'm just a student, I don't take loans, and I don't accept sales pitches, so if you're a big brother or big sister who just graduated from college, please let me go, it's useless to try to sell to me."
A girl's extremely fast voice came from the phone.
It was clear that she was in a good mood.
But she was also very kind, still able to worry about others, probably because she knew that college graduates also had a tough time.
However.
This was also a trace left after being frequently harassed.
"Komachi, it's me. Your Oni-chan," Hachiman said.
"Ah, Oni-chan, holy crap Oni-chan—"
"??"
"Komachi, how can you use foul language!" Hachiman quickly said.
"Oh no, Oni-chan, I should say, how did you call me? Isn't your high school a closed-off one?"
"About that—" Hachiman rubbed his head. "Actually, this school is quite unique. As long as you spend money, you can do anything, so you can even spend money to call you. And the school also distributes living expenses every month."
"..." Komachi.
His sister seemed to pause for a few seconds.
But very quickly.
"You idiot, Oni-chan, you actually chose to spend money to make a call, wouldn't it be better to save it up?" his sister said, "I've long known that my brother won't get married in the future, so isn't it quite important to start accumulating savings now to deal with future retirement? Idiot Oni-chan!"
"..." Hachiman.
As expected of his sister.
Hachiman had also initially thought of collecting points and money for his future life.
"No, you should think that I'm willing to spend money for you, so doesn't that mean Komachi holds a lot of weight in Oni-chan's heart?" Hachiman said.
"Right, Komachi scored very high just now ~" Komachi seemed to giggle on the other end. "So, Oni-chan, are you happy in high school now?"
"It's alright."
"Then have you made any friends?" his sister's voice quickly followed. "More accurately, have you met a girlfriend?"
"..." Hikigaya Hachiman, "There's no such thing."
"Eh."
"...Why are you sighing? I'm currently trying to make friends," Hachiman said. "And now, it seems I already have a target."
"You already have friends?" Komachi seemed to be interested. "Then are they girls?"
"Girls?" Indeed.
Aside from Hirata, all the contacts in Hachiman's phone were girls.
And for the person he wanted to be friends with... he thought Sakura might be a good choice.
Horikita was very reliable, and Kushida seemed to have no secrets.
All of them met the criteria for becoming friends.
"I want to be friends with a girl," Hachiman said.
"Eh!" But Komachi sighed even longer. "Oni-chan, you completely don't know that girls during school are the easiest to pursue, so why don't you seize the opportunity?"
"You should know that after graduation, everyone will have their own lives, enter society, experience the beatings of society, and then the ones who will ultimately be popular are definitely—"
"So, the sooner the better," his sister Komachi said earnestly.
"Then that's probably not going to happen," but his brother Hikigaya said. "What I hope for is not to pursue any girl, but to be pursued by a girl."
"Eh, although I've heard this more than once, Oni-chan, do you really think you'll be supported by someone?"
Komachi said, "If this continues, Komachi will just have to keep studying hard."
"By the way, Oni-chan, are you sure what you said is true? Your school, the school gives money to students?" Komachi seemed very interested in this topic.
"What do you want to do?" Hikigaya immediately became alert.
"Of course I want to earn money," Komachi said. "If I can earn enough money while still in school, that would be a wonderful thing."
I see.
"Komachi," Hachiman said, "It's not good to fall too early into the trap of money. As for money, I'll figure it out. I've already accumulated over a million points now. And in the next three years, it's possible to accumulate a total of 20 million points."
"So Komachi, you don't need to be obsessed with money," Hikigaya said.
Is that so?
But his sister on the other end of the phone pouted. Because 20 million wouldn't be enough to support the two siblings for too long.
And later, when they grew up, they would have to support their parents and so on.
So, Oni-chan, you're still too young and don't know that this amount of savings isn't enough.
Therefore, perhaps she should find an opportunity, think of a way to also go to her brother's school.
Hikigaya Komachi thought to herself.
After talking on the phone with his sister, Hikigaya sat for a while with the phone in his hand.
Then he handed the phone back to Chabashira.
"Thank you, Chabashira-sensei," Hachiman said. Then he watched Chabashira extend her left hand to take the phone; her fingers were fair and slender.
Hikigaya suddenly realized that Chabashira-sensei was actually very feminine.
Completely different from Hiratsuka-sensei.
However.
"Can you do me a favor?" Hikigaya made a request.
"What?" Chabashira looked over.
Lending him the phone was just a small favor, and in this exam, he had indeed played a very important role.
Although they were still Class C, they were only about 200 points away from Class A.
They were within the range where another push could bring immense pressure to Class A.
So, helping again wouldn't hurt.
However.
Hikigaya seemed to blush slightly, hesitating to speak, then wanting to speak again.
"Actually, some things happened in the Class on the Uninhabited Island. Ryuen Class arranged a spy to infiltrate our Class and caused some trouble, attempting to incite unrest in our Class," Hachiman said concisely.
"And now this is the evidence, and I don't know how to deal with it."
"..." Chabashira.
Chabashira's golden pupils were full of confusion, bewilderment, and even shock.
Because.
You don't know how to deal with it, so you're going to leave the two girls' lost underwear with her?
You know that if someone finds lost girls' underwear in your possession, you'll be considered a pervert.
But for her, Chabashira, holding a student's underwear... that's also perverted.
Because although they were both women, she didn't wear blue and white stripes.
...
He threw the hot potato to Chabashira and also dealt with the troublesome Yamauchi.
In the evening, Hikigaya invited the key individuals from this Uninhabited Island Exam to a celebration party.
Only Kouenji said he had recovered and was going swimming.
So he declined.
He was unwilling to mingle with everyone.
There was nothing to say about that.
Kouenji had always wanted to go solo.
Hirata was originally there, but then he went to pacify Sudo and the others who wanted to get even with Class A.
Thus.
Out of the final seven people for the celebration, only Hikigaya, Sakura, Horikita Suzune, and Kushida remained.
The Uninhabited Island Exam ended.
The Class evaluation points for the four Classes were also updated.
Class A Katsuragi Class 1258 points
Class B Ichinose Class 1121 points
Class C Horikita Class 1041 points
Class D Ryuen Class 0 points
The above values had already been confirmed and written down by Horikita, and then Kushida announced them in the Class group chat.
"This time, Sakura deserves the most credit."
Hikigaya said.
"Eh, eh, uh, eh... I, I didn't do anything," Airi was startled.
She quickly waved her hands.
"If it weren't for your camera, we wouldn't have been able to get a head start," Hachiman said.
"I agree with that point," and after recovering, Horikita Suzune was in high spirits. "Because of Sakura's camera, we were able to obtain stronghold information first, and then occupy 20 strongholds."
"So, Sakura, you are the hero of this exam."
"Eh... this... that..."
"Sakura, is there anything you want?" Hikigaya asked. "If there is, and if we can do it, we can buy it for you."
"Me, me...? If I can be of help, I think that's enough, I don't want, don't want any reward," Sakura Airi quickly said.
For her, being able to stay here and not be driven away or disliked was already a very good situation.
"It's alright," Horikita Suzune said, "I received some compensation from this exam. I can give you a portion of it."
Horikita thought about going with Hachiman and Kushida to find Ichinose Class.
The two Classes signed a contract.
As long as they correctly guessed the information of the AD Alliance's Team Leader, they would receive 400,000 point from Class B every month until graduation.
Although they needed her help to exchange 2 initial point due to the underwear incident, there was still a contract value of 98 points.
Therefore, Horikita gained something from this exam.
And she did not like to owe favors, so since Sakura helped her in this exam, she would repay it.
"Um..."
Sakura was a bit embarrassed by Horikita's piercing gaze, so she said, "Actually, I've been wanting a lens recently."
"Just a camera lens, I can afford it," Horikita Suzune said generously.
But Hikigaya knew that camera lenses were also very expensive.
The average price starts at 20,000.
So.
Sakura was actually a big spender.
"I can help too," Kushida also offered at this moment.
As someone who had always watched Horikita Suzune and understood her habits, she knew how stingy Horikita Suzune was.
So she was willing to pay for Sakura.
She must have made money.
And the money Horikita Suzune could earn was probably from that deal with Class B.
And she also participated, so she naturally got a share.
Currently, she also had to appear generous.
"Um, lenses are quite expensive..." Sakura also knew the value of lenses.
So she wanted to decline.
"Don't worry about the money," Hachiman also said. "Sakura, you were indeed the main contributor in this exam."
"So don't decline, as for the money."
Hachiman looked at his phone.
[Hikigaya, do you have time? If you're free, let's sign the agreement from the Uninhabited Island.] by Ichinose Honami.
See.
Isn't that how it is?
...
Hachiman and Horikita had looked for Ryuen on the Uninhabited Island, and both parties had set up a verbal agreement.
But it was directly invalidated, and they betrayed each other.
And Hachiman and their agreement with Ichinose was also just a verbal agreement.
The three arrived at a restaurant.
"Actually, the exam is over, Class B could even not fulfill their agreement with us," Horikita Suzune said. "After all, there's nothing in writing."
"Ah... I don't think Ichinose and her Class will break their promise," Kushida shook her head.
"Mm." Hikigaya also nodded.
"I don't think Ichinose and her Class will break their word."
"That's why there was nothing in writing on the Uninhabited Island, because we knew they would definitely fulfill the contract."
"Are you that trusting of Ichinose?" Horikita said.
"It's not a matter of trust, it's that they simply won't break the contract," Hachiman said.
"That's right." As he spoke, Hikigaya suddenly looked at a customer at a booth in the restaurant who had a menu propped up. "Ichinose, you won't default on your debt, will you?"
She had changed back into her school uniform.
Under her pleated skirt were white short socks.
But she was sitting, and the large menu covered her face. So one could only confirm that her legs were beautiful.
"Mew..."
"I'm sorry, I wasn't intentionally eavesdropping." When her presence was discovered, Ichinose quickly put down the menu and stood up.
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