Mm, she understood, because she was also trembling a little.
Sakurai Hana unobtrusively looked down at the pink wristbands on herself, Usui Makoto, and Asai Saki, which appeared ordinary.
Last night, they didn't reply to senior Ryuzaki Hina not just because they were shy. Even if she and Usui Makoto were too shy and embarrassed to speak, Asai Saki, who wanted to drag Ryuzaki Hina into the water, would have definitely replied.
The reason Asai Saki didn't speak was mainly because she was too immersed in enjoyment to care about Ryuzaki Hina's inquiry.
Mm... senior Asai Saki was enjoying like a p*rvert; as for herself and Usui Makoto, they were both happy and suffering.
They didn't even know how terrifying Hachiman's stamina was. Clearly, their "custom activity" continued at school until nearly seven o'clock. After going home, showering, and lying down to rest, the wristband that couldn't be removed started again with that trembling sensation.
It couldn't be removed, couldn't be stopped, they could only switch the empathy target on the sympathy wristband. It wasn't until two or three in the morning, when the energy ran out, that it finally went quiet. Only then could she close her eyes and fall into deep sleep on the damp sheets.
If she hadn't set several alarms ahead of time, she might not have been able to get up this morning.
It was absolutely ridiculous. She thought since there were so many disciplinary committee members, even if they couldn't handle him, they could call in more to help and shamefully take down Hikigaya together.
But the elf princess Iris and the others had things like sympathy wristbands… If more were distributed, and each committee member had one.
Forget punishing Hikigaya, they, the committee members, would be totally wiped out.
After all, if the wristband hadn't run out of energy last night, she probably wouldn't have been able to sleep until morning. And forget about waking up early for patrol.
Sakurai Hana maintained her usual radiant smile on her face. Her eyes swept from Asai Saki, Ryuzaki Hina, to Usui Makoto on the opposite side, and the various beautifully proportioned disciplinary committee members around them. She sighed inwardly.
'Sorry, everyone… Hikigaya-kun is just too powerful. Even without the wristband, I feel like I wouldn't be able to handle him. And now that we've been made to wear these sympathy wristbands...'
Now she had been taken down. Usui Makoto and Asai Saki had also been taken down. How far was it until all of the disciplinary committee fell?
Her only hope now was that elf princess Iris and student council president Kaede could allow her to stop during the day. Even if the wristband kept working at night when she was home, that would be fine.
Because, as far as she knew, Hikigaya often skipped classes during the day and disappeared with the elf princess or other girls from other classes.
A whole day... Who could withstand that. She didn't ask to remove the wristband, just not to be embarrassed during class.
Sakurai Hana watched the students entering the school gates one by one and turned to scan the students lining up to be checked by the disciplinary committee.
Suddenly, with her sharp eyes, she spotted that boy from last night, whom she even dreamed about, getting out of a black sedan in the distance.
On his left was elf princess Iris, on his right was student council president Kaede, and several more black cars behind them brought out a whole group of beautiful girls in the Sobu High uniform.
One, two, three, four… Just casually counting surpassed ten, no wonder she couldn't find any rest time no matter how she switched empathy targets last night.
"Hikigaya-kun, your tie isn't done properly again," Shocked by Hachiman's life outside of school, Sakurai Hana hesitated. Just as she was about to greet him, she saw he had already walked to the other side, being checked for appearance by Usui Makoto.
"My tie? Sorry, I'll fix it right away."
Upon hearing Usui Makoto's reminder, Hachiman looked down at his tie and buttons, and smiled helplessly.
He had actually fixed his tie before leaving the house, but it got messed up again in the car thanks to Ursula and Iris.
And nobody reminded him when he got out. Were they just waiting to see him scolded by the disciplinary committee? Luckily, he walked toward Usui Makoto specifically. With his relationship with Kaede, Makoto would surely be more lenient with him.
Hachiman glanced at Iris, Lala, and the others being checked on the other side, raised his hand to fix his tie, but was stopped by Makoto using a ruler.
"Kaede is the student council president. You're her childhood friend. Please always be mindful of your image and don't damage her reputation."
Usui Makoto stared at his tie while carefully untying it and retying it for him, giving a quiet warning as she did.
"Mm, thanks, Makoto-chan."
Watching Makoto fix his tie like always and remind him not to shame Kaede, Hachiman smiled and nodded.
He had thought Makoto would try to avoid him. After all, she was first tricked by Iris, then pulled in by Kaede. It was half push, half consent.
Earlier, Rurikawa Tsubaki had tried to avoid him too. It looked like Makoto had more endurance, not like Tsubaki, who still got embarrassed easily.
"…Go on in, don't hold up the students behind you," Makoto, who had been avoiding eye contact, almost lost her composure as Hachiman stared at her and called her by Kaede's usual nickname. She quickly pushed him forward.
Then, picking up her ruler again, she turned to another boy who also hadn't tied his tie properly and said coldly,
"You're not a new transfer student, right? You still don't know how to tie a tie? Hurry up and fix it."
"…"
The boy behind them, who overheard Makoto gently admonishing Hachiman, thought maybe he'd receive the same treatment. But hearing her cold words, he could only silently tie his own tie, pass inspection, and walk away, muttering to himself.
So what if she's the student council president? Even her childhood friend gets special treatment from the disciplinary committee.
How infuriating… Good thing the student council president is a girl. If it were a guy, he'd start to suspect abuse of power, forming a harem with all these gorgeous disciplinary committee girls.
"…Um, Princess Lala…", Seeing that easy-to-talk-to Hachiman had passed inspection and entered the school, Sakurai Hana could only look expectantly at the friendly pink-haired demi-human Lala in front of her.
Iris also seemed approachable, but she felt Iris was too deep and mysterious, so she could only seek help from the cheerful and completely honest Lala.
"Hana, do you need something? Is your sympathy wristband out of energy and needs a recharge?", Seeing Hana's hesitant expression, Lala blinked, then immediately pulled out a power bank-like device and tapped it to Hana's pink wristband.
Recharging the wristband wasn't difficult since the energy capacity was low, a simple touch was enough. But because of its crude design, it would run out of energy in one night and needed frequent recharging.
"No, that's not what I meant!"
Hearing the beep and feeling her pink sympathy wristband reactivate, Hana's face turned pale in shock.
Why was it recharged again? She didn't want to socially die in front of her classmates.
"Hehe, Lala, give her a new one. That wristband has defects and isn't convenient to use."
Elf princess Iris gently reminded Lala while advising the nearly panicking Hana.
"The new one still can't be removed, but you can choose to stop empathy anytime. Hehe, use it as you like. If it runs out of energy, just come find us."
The president's reward was great, no one could ignore it. But their bodies were still normal humans. Even though they were enhanced by the president, without life energy nourishment, they couldn't overdo it. They needed to moderate and pace themselves.
Besides, with the ability to stop empathy at will, they'd surely get curious and use it again eventually.
And then, they would be the ones begging Lala to recharge their sympathy wristbands.
"Oh, got it. I'll give you a new one."
Lala understood, pulled out her multi-tool scissors, cut off the sympathy wristband on Hana's wrist, then took a newly made one from her bag and happily reattached it.
Since the wristband wasn't made with high-grade material and lacked a release function, it could be removed with brute force.
Still, the durability was relative, normal people couldn't break it even with a cutting machine, despite how ordinary it looked.
"Tha… thank you, Princess Lala… thank you, Princess Iris…", Looking at the newly replaced pink wristband on her wrist, visually indistinguishable, still irremovable, just with an empathy on/off switch, and at the pile of pink wristbands in Lala's bag, Hana gulped and thanked them.
'So many sympathy wristbands… The disciplinary committee… is probably really doomed.'
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"Little Gab, how did you sleep last night? Stayed up peeking again?"
While Iris was teasing the disciplinary committee, Hachiman, after saying goodbye to the others, entered Class 1-F with Gabriel and sat down, smiling at the angel who pretended nothing had happened.
Tsubaki had asked Shion to send enough cars to pick everyone up, so naturally Gabriel and Vignette weren't taking the train. Shino and Ursula also came along in the cars.
Though they weren't in the same car, on the way he had once again calmed down Iris and Ursula, getting them to shake hands and make up.
At least on the surface, everyone seemed peaceful for now, no more snide bickering.
"…You already know, why ask?", Gabriel organized her school bag, pulling out textbooks and supplies for class. When she heard his teasing, she rolled her eyes.
Hachiman had changed. Last night, he'd not only forced her and Vignette to eat dinner, but also saw through her holy light. Now he was teasing her again.
"Remember to come over for dinner tonight. Unless you want me to feed you in your room," Hikigaya grinned as he looked at Gabriel, who had a conflicted expression.
He hadn't intended to corrupt Gabriel. But between a lazy angel who refused to do anything and a sweet angel who would help with everything, of course he preferred the latter.
But now Gabriel seemed to be influenced by him and was slowly descending… He couldn't help but wonder.
Would Gabriel truly fall in this alternate world? Would she become a lewd angel?
She had already been peeking at him. Next time, if she couldn't resist...
He was just a normal guy. How could he possibly resist an angel?
Maybe he should just give up and fully lie flat.
Hm… if Gabriel fell, and he lay flat, then wouldn't Vignette be the one stuck with saving both of them?
Vignette working hard to take care of them, only for the two of them to keep degenerating while she was at work… just imagining it was thrilling.
"…Got it," Gabriel blushed deeply and nodded helplessly at Hikigaya's "threat."
How did it come to this?
She had wanted to save Hachiman. Now she couldn't even save herself, and was being affected by his debauched life.
Just this morning, when she greeted Kaede and the others in front of the house, during the brief eye contact, she felt Kaede's extreme awkwardness.
Of course, not just Kaede was worried about being discovered. She herself was just as embarrassed.
The only saving grace was that Kaede and the others didn't know she and Vignette could see everything happening in Hachiman's house, lying in bed and peeking from all angles.
Mmm… today she must make Raphiel take the punishment. It couldn't be just her and Vignette taking such shameful punishment, right?
"Good morning~ little Hikki~"
Just as Gabriel firmly made up her mind to find fun for Raphiel, the three-girl gyaru group of the class arrived at the classroom together. The blonde gyaru, Minami, tossed her schoolbag onto her seat and plopped down right onto Hachiman's desk.
The sound of the desk shifting caused a few students who had arrived early to look over at this side.
Sitting by the window reading a book, wearing black-rimmed glasses, with a gloomy aura and slightly dowdy hairstyle and outfit, Kasumi Sugisali also turned her head, silently watching Hachiman, Gabriel sitting beside him, and Yuina who was playfully interacting with him.
"Sorry, sorry, I'll tell Minami to lower her voice."
Yuina smiled apologetically with hands clasped toward the classmates who looked over, then turned to Minami and gave a strong slap to her smooth, round thigh, which was raised without any sense of ladylike posture in front of Hachiman, and softly reminded her, "Minami, don't go overboard. Be careful at school these days. I heard the disciplinary committee is cracking down really hard lately."
Although Yuina's social skills weren't as great as Kitagawa Marin or Ijichi Nijika, her gentle and understanding personality had still earned her a fair bit of popularity in other classes.
Someone had revealed to her that they recently saw the disciplinary committee members come out of the meeting room with solemn and subtle expressions.
What else would the disciplinary committee talk about in meetings, if not school discipline?
But honestly, the timing was reasonable. First-year students had already been in school for over a month. Maybe some couldn't suppress their adolescent urges and started sneaking around with improper romantic relationships.
On top of that, there were quite a few demi-humans in Sobu High, and a batch of students had also come from the Advanced Nurturing High School. The school was already overflowing with beautiful girls, and with each class having at least two or three pretty girls, the beauty ratio at Sobu High was even higher. The disciplinary committee likely held the meeting to enforce stricter discipline.
"Relax~ The only disciplinary committee member in our class, Kotegawa, is still patrolling the school. I saw her at the school gate just now. The others won't tattle on us, it's fine~"
Upon hearing Yuina's well-intentioned warning, Minami waved her hand carelessly and continued swinging her plump white legs wrapped in black mid-length socks in front of Hachiman, grinning.
Her jump onto little Hikki's desk hadn't gone smoothly and made a bit of noise, which disturbed the class, that was indeed a bit inappropriate.
But being a little closer with little Hikki? Totally fine.
Humph humph humph, they weren't the only ones close to little Hikki. Transfer student innocent Gabriel, Ichinose Honami, and Miura Yumiko, Kitagawa Marin, Ijichi Nijika, those three normie group girls.
The only one who could ignore their numbers and influence was political heiress Ichinose Ayano, who also happened to be little Hikki's club member.
As for the rest of the class, aside from Kotegawa Yui, who would dare speak out? Who would dare tattle?
If they weren't still trying to pair up little Hikki and Gabriel, they could be hugging and cuddling him right on their seats all day without worrying about classmates at all.
"Exactly. It's not like we're doing anything bad. What's wrong with just sitting on little Hikki's desk?"
Just as she was about to remind Minami along with Yuina, Nijou Rin squeezed Minami aside and sat on Hachiman's desk too, also raising her long, toned leg.
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