Chapter 009 Collecting Information, Asahina-senpai
Becoming the public enemy of the whole class because of hitting on girls from another class sounds ridiculous, but this was the reality.
Ultimately, what they rejected wasn't the act of "hitting on" someone, but Hikigaya himself.
They felt uneasy that such a marginalized character was doing something attention-grabbing.
If the person flirting had been Hirata Yosuke, the boys would just grumble, "It's nice to be handsome, you can do whatever you want," and the girls would praise, "As expected of Hirata-kun."
That's why Hikigaya truly hated groups.
Shaking off Yamauchi Haruki, who was trying to put his arm around him, Hikigaya left without a word.
"What's the big deal?
Do you think you're amazing just because you got a girl's contact info?
Stop daydreaming, Hikitani! No beautiful girl would message an introvert like you!!"
Seeing no benefit to be gained, Haruki Yamauchi instantly changed his tune and began to hurl insults.
"Ding~"
[You have a new message]
[Kamuro Masumi: Be careful of Sakayanagi, she is collecting information about you]
"Ding~"
[Sakayanagi Arisu requests to add you as a friend]
[Decline]
Hikigaya casually replied to Kamuro Masumi with a thank you.
"Hey, Yamauchi. He seems to be…"
Kanji Ike hesitated to speak, who would have thought that the slap in the face would come so quickly.
"N-Nonsense!
It must be fake, he's just putting on a show!"
Haruki Yamauchi was still being stubborn.
Horikita Suzune watched the direction Hikigaya was heading—the senpai academic building.
While curious, it wasn't enough for her to follow. She returned to her dorm to read.
Kushida Kikyo stared at Horikita Suzune's back, then looked in Hikigaya's direction, narrowing her eyes, lost in thought.
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Hikigaya arrived at the second-year floor, keeping his head down and hunching slightly to minimize his presence.
He was here for only one purpose: to gather information.
In a prominent position in the hallway, there was a bulletin board, and the numbers marked on it were quite noteworthy.
Class A: 1800 points Class B: 600 points Class C: 400 points Class D: 200 points
"Just as I thought."
Hikigaya had long guessed the rules for the ABCD classes; now he was only confirming his hypothesis.
The second-year Class A was far ahead of the other three classes.
Furthermore, the class points had uneven numbers, suggesting heavy human intervention.
Hikigaya then passed four more classrooms and noticed varying degrees of empty seats in each class.
He maliciously speculated: 'Could it be that someone has taken over the entire second year through threats of forced withdrawal…?
Does the school even allow such an outrageous thing?'
Hikigaya became increasingly dissatisfied with this lousy school.
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Student Council, Surveillance Room.
"To know to come to the senpai section to gather information on the very first day, it seems this batch of new students has some promising individuals." Vice President Nagumo Miyabi teased.
"No need to think about it, this must be a student from Class 1-A." Kiriyama Ikuto made a simple judgment.
"Tachibana, pull up this person's student file." Horikita Manabu instructed calmly. In his mind, he already had a basic recognition: Is that the boy who was standing next to Suzune at the Commencement Ceremony?
"Yes, President." Akane Tachibana handed him a tablet.
"Hikigaya Hachiman, Class 1-D…"
"What? It's Class D trash?!" Kiriyama Ikuto was shocked and blurted out, but seeing Horikita Manabu's icy gaze, he immediately corrected himself and apologized: "Apologies, President, I lost my composure for a moment."
"An interesting fellow." Miyabi Nagumo watched Hikigaya, who was discreetly moving through the surveillance footage, with great interest.
"The number of cameras in the second year is ridiculously high.
They cover almost all the blind spots."
Hikigaya also noticed that some of the cameras were clearly different from the ones supplied by the school, and most were concentrated in classes B, C, and D.
"Cameras purchased by Class A using points?
No wonder the other three classes are suppressed so tightly."
After circling around and taking photos of the class points on the second-year bulletin board, Hikigaya felt he had gathered enough information and was preparing to leave.
"Yahallo~ Cute kouhai."
Someone put a hand on his left shoulder. Hikigaya instinctively turned his head but saw no one.
"Hehe~ Over here~~"
A finger gently poked his right cheek.
He saw a beautiful senpai with orange-red hair and a sunflower hairpin.
'Wow! Where did this cute creature come from!'
Hikigaya's heart leaped, and his cheeks instantly flushed red.
Upon seeing Hikigaya's reaction, the Sunflower Senpai smiled even more happily.
"Pftt~
Coming to the second year for reconnaissance on the very first day, I thought you were a very daring kouhai
Turns out you're a shy little boy~"
The atmosphere in the Student Council Surveillance Room suddenly became strange.
Everyone subconsciously focused their attention on Nagumo Miyabi.
"Hehe~ Asahina is so mischievous." Miyabi Nagumo maintained a graceful smile.
"Cough, cough~"
"I, I was just walking around casually, taking some landscape photos along the way…" Hikigaya felt strangely uncomfortable with this overly familiar senpai.
"Oh?
What kind of landscape photos did you take? Let me see?" The Sunflower Senpai's eyes lit up, continuing to ask curiously.
"Oh, right, I haven't introduced myself yet…
My name is Asahina Nazuna, Class 2-A. I'm your senpai."
"Hikigaya Hachiman, Class 1-D."
"Class D?"
"Yes, Class D trash daring to come here, it's funny, right? I'll leave now." Hikigaya casually responded and turned to leave.
However, a soft hand gripped his wrist.
"Wait, Class D trash… I see." Nazuna Asahina's eyes focused, and she looked at him meaningfully: "You are a very clever kouhai."
School regulations prohibited senpais from disclosing any information about the S system to first-year students for the first three days of the semester.
After three days, some permissions would be gradually unlocked, but even then, first-years were only allowed to actively purchase information from senpais.
This meant that this kouhai in front of her had deduced the class placement rules through his own observation.
"..."
Hikigaya knew he had misspoken and simply kept his mouth shut.
"That's truly impressive. Even Nagumo only purchased information from a senpai using points after the third day back then."
Nazuna Asahina gave Hikigaya an admiring look, adding, "Nagumo is the Student Council Vice President. Oh, by the way, the Student Council might be watching the surveillance right now~"
While saying this, Nazuna Asahina flashed a V-sign at the overhead camera.
"...."
The entire Student Council collectively reacted.
'What?'
The Student Council can watch the surveillance? Their authority is that extensive?
Hikigaya immediately mentally noted his lapse in judgment.
In that case, his discreet attempt to investigate the senpai section had been an act of burying his head in the sand.
"Well~ Hikigaya-kun doesn't need to worry too much.
The Student Council is just carrying out school duties and generally doesn't interfere with class competition."
sahinaNazuna A patted his shoulder to reassure him.
"I'm not interested in class competition." Hikigaya spoke the truth.
He collected the information not for Class D, but to sell it to all four classes for personal points.
"Then what are you interested in, Hikigaya-kun?
"h~ You said you came to take photos, right?
" just got a new hairstyle today, take a picture for me."
Asahina Nazuna was impulsive; she took out her phone and simply tossed it to Hikigaya.
"Uh, I can't…"
Seeing the senpai in front of him already turning around, leaning against the railing, and posing in various cute and charming ways, Hikigaya had no choice but to swallow his refusal.