There is something wrong with Hikigaya’s classroom of the Elite, as expected

Chapter 147: The Only Victor

After leaving the student council meeting room, Horikita, Ichinose, and the others all felt like they were “alive” again.

Horikita, Hirata, and the others first apologized to Ichinose, as the primary responsibility for the incident still lay with Class D. It was truly sorry to have dragged Ichinose into such a dangerous situation.

Ichinose, with a somewhat forced expression, said it was fine. In reality, even now, Ichinose still felt a lingering sense of unease. Furthermore, when facing Horikita, Ichinose felt a sense of regret and guilt, especially because Horikita had taken all the responsibility upon herself to avoid dragging Ichinose into it. Although Horikita had done this willingly, Ichinose still felt deeply sorry for her.

Afterward, Ichinose said she was a bit tired and quickly left.

Horikita sighed as she watched Ichinose leave. Although Ichinose had not been dragged into trouble this time, in truth, a crack had already formed between them.

After that, Horikita saw Hikigaya coming out of the student council meeting room. She clearly understood that the reason she was “lucky” to be saved this time was largely thanks to him. Although Hirata seemed to play a big role, Horikita could easily tell that, in reality, Hirata was just “cooperating” with Hikigaya!

From beginning to end, Hikigaya was the one truly leading everything!

Moreover, after reflecting on the situation, Horikita was almost certain that Hikigaya had already anticipated her “failure” today!

Otherwise, that so-called “application document” could never have been prepared so quickly. Additionally, during the break earlier, Hikigaya’s words had actually been a “warning” to her, but she hadn’t been able to take it in at the time.

Thinking about this, Horikita felt even more embarrassed. Compared to this failure, what was harder for her to accept was the huge gap between herself and Hikigaya!

Horikita was about to go over to find Hikigaya, but a noisy sound interrupted her. Ike and Yamauchi, the pair of idiots, had immediately seized Ayanokouji, the “culprit,” after leaving the meeting room. They were shouting and making a scene, with Kushida and Hirata trying to intervene. In the end, it was Tachibana who stepped in to calm the argument down.

By the time Horikita wanted to look for Hikigaya again, she couldn’t see him anywhere.

At this moment, Hikigaya was in the cafeteria with Haruno.

“Hikigaya-kun has been quite active lately~” Haruno ordered a mixed fried platter, while Hikigaya opted for a standard set meal. In Hikigaya’s memory, Haruno seemed particularly fond of fast-food-like meals.

“That’s because I’m the only one doing all the work!” Hikigaya couldn’t help but complain after hearing Haruno’s gloating, almost rolling his eyes. “Do you know how I’ve spent the past month? Up early, late at night, not even a weekend to rest. I seriously wonder if this school is designed to turn people into corporate drones!”

“Heh, do corporate drones need special training?” Haruno teased.

“…”

“Please don’t say such depressing things!”

The student council work was already busy, and then he had to split his attention to deal with things like today’s incident. Hikigaya truly felt exhausted. None of the people in Class D were easy to handle!

However, after this lesson, he expected to have a relatively peaceful period for a while.

“It’s rare to see you so angry today, Hikigaya. Looks like Ayanokouji really upset you, huh?”

For Haruno, today’s Hikigaya was indeed quite different from the usual. Compared to when he lectured Ryuen, Hikigaya today was more aggressive and assertive, like a volcano on the verge of eruption.

“From your tone, it sounds like you know Ayanokouji?”

Hikigaya faintly sensed something strange in Haruno’s tone just now.

“Heh, you’re still as sharp as ever.”

Haruno let out a light laugh, “But unfortunately, I don’t know him.”

“Although I do have some impression of that surname.”

At this moment, Haruno’s face lost all traces of a smile.

“Ayanokouji… that surname?”

Hikigaya furrowed his brows. From Haruno’s expression, he vaguely sensed that something was off, but unfortunately, Haruno didn’t seem to want to continue the conversation.

After returning to his dorm, Hikigaya collapsed on his bed as if he had exhausted all his energy, and began mentally sorting through the events that had taken place in the special teaching building earlier that afternoon.

In this incident, Class D, Class C, and Class B all suffered to varying degrees. Class D was naturally the hardest hit, followed by Class B and Class C. It could be said that no one really came out of this incident as a winner.

Wait, if there had to be a winner, there was only one person.

Yukinoshita Haruno.

Haruno’s appearance had caught Hikigaya completely off guard. Originally, he had planned to help Class B by using the excuse of “Ichinose being deceived by Class D,” but unexpectedly, Haruno stepped in first.

Although the outcome hadn’t changed, this incident forced Ichinose to owe Haruno a favor!

It could be said that Haruno was extremely “cunning,” and her foresight and timing were incredibly “sharp”!

Not many people had Haruno’s ability, and it was also clear that she possessed an extremely formidable “information-gathering ability”!

Haruno’s timing for intervening was simply too perfect. The whole incident had nothing to do with her, yet she appeared at the crucial moment, making it seem like she was the one waiting to catch the opportunity.

“Could it be Kushida?”

The only possibility Hikigaya could think of was this. He knew that recently, Haruno had been very close with Kushida. He had been wondering why Haruno had interfered in the Sudo fight incident earlier. It seemed that, in retrospect, Haruno had probably already set her sights on Class B!

Or rather… on Ichinose!

Ichinose’s personality, compared to the “good-natured” Hirata, was much less forgiving. This was both her strength and her weakness, and this event demonstrated it perfectly. Hikigaya had already warned her not to get too involved, but in the end, she still didn’t listen.

At that moment, Hikigaya’s phone vibrated, and a message popped up.

【Midsummer Night’s Dream: Right now! Open the door!】

Hikigaya opened the door and immediately saw Kushida with a dark expression on her face.

Once inside, Kushida sat down on Hikigaya’s bed without saying a word.

Originally, Kushida had planned to wait for Hikigaya to explain what had happened this afternoon, but this irritating guy had just left her hanging and started reading a book on his own.

“Hey, aren’t you going to explain anything?!”

Unable to hold back, Kushida was the first to speak.

“Explain what?”

“The Ayanokouji matter. Were you planning to drag me into this too?!”

Kushida coldly questioned him. Just thinking about what had happened in the student council meeting room earlier made her tremble with unease.