During class, when she was suddenly forced to bully Hachiman, she had absolutely no mind to think about the reason.
But after calming down, thinking it over again and again, she still felt that the pink wristband she wore today had a problem.
In the past, Hachiman couldn't do such a thing, but the moment she wore this pink wristband today, something happened, and even the three who also wore pink wristbands, Yuina and the others, had 'bullied' Hachiman together with her.
With so many suspicious points, how could she not suspect that the oddity during class was caused by the wristband?
That guy had a good relationship with the Elf Princess. Maybe this thing had been cast with some strange magic.
"It's not about that, why did you give it to them? You knew this wristband had issues and still gave it to them?", Hachiman looked speechlessly at Miura Yumiko. Was that the main point? The main point was: why give it to Nijika and Marin?
He had guessed that Miura Yumiko knew the wristband had issues, but didn't expect she would actually give the sympathy wristband to Nijika and Marin.
"Don't you like being bullied? Then wouldn't it be good if I asked Nijika and Marin to join in and satisfy you?", Miura Yumiko looked at Hachiman, who wanted to refuse, and snorted coldly again.
She could be forced to bully, so Nijika and Marin couldn't join in the bullying?
Did this guy think she was that easy to push around?
"Uh, Yumiko, do you know what you're saying? Nijika, Marin, do you clearly understand what Yumiko means by bullying?", Hachiman rolled his eyes at Miura Yumiko with a bit of speechlessness and looked at Ijichi Nijika and Kitagawa Marin behind her, both with flushed and pretty faces.
Miura Yumiko was a normie queen lacking common sense. Having a bit of an eroge atmosphere was still within expectations. But Ijichi Nijika and Kitagawa Marin had always been normal people, right? And they were actually persuaded by Miura Yumiko to 'bully' him too?
He felt there must be some kind of misunderstanding and needed to ask clearly first.
Otherwise, if he enjoyed it and it strained everyone's relationship, that wouldn't be good.
"Hachiman, don't worry, there's no misunderstanding... We know what that 'bullying' means...", Ijichi Nijika lowered her head, not daring to look at Hachiman, face red, shaking her head and murmuring softly.
They of course knew what the bullying meant, and they had confirmed it several times before agreeing to help Yumiko with this.
This form of bullying was indeed strange, but helping Yumiko wasn't about the bullying. It was because they felt Yumiko liked Hachiman and wanted to help her.
Although Yumiko spoke with contempt toward Hachiman, even this bullying was to properly teach Hachiman a lesson, make him regret, and correct that incredibly odd fetish of his.
But if Yumiko didn't like Hachiman, then why go through so much trouble to correct him?
If she really hated him, she would've long left him alone, why use such a shameful method to continue bullying him, satisfying his needs and then punishing him? Yumiko very likely liked Hachiman without realizing it herself.
"Hikigaya-kun, let us see the wristband first. Let us try it. If it's really as magical as Yumiko said, then your need will be fulfilled by us together with her," Kitagawa Marin's face was also flushed, but she was still a little suspicious if this was all a dream. She decided to try out the function of that pink wristband first before continuing to help Yumiko.
Not to mention that Nijika basically didn't understand this kind of thing. Even she had only watched some adult works, with no real-life experience, at most, she knew a lot of theoretical positions.
And since Yumiko mentioned being troubled by the wristband she couldn't remove during class, she proposed using this special method to get a bit of experience first.
If she and Nijika couldn't adapt to this weird 'bullying' method, then they certainly couldn't continue helping Yumiko.
"Yuina, do you have time after school today? Let's go to Hikigaya's house and properly train him. If he doesn't perform well, we punish him," Miura Yumiko looked at the stunned Yuina and her two friends and proactively suggested.
Suddenly dragging Nijika and Marin to deal with this p*rvert Hachiman wasn't realistic.
They had to witness it firsthand and confirm that this didn't go against Hikigaya's will,only then would they join in correcting this guy's p*rverted hobby.
"Yeah, we're free. We originally planned to go to little Hiki's place."
"Anyway, there's a holiday tomorrow, so going home late tonight is fine."
"Umm... six people playing together... are you sure...", Yuina, Minami, and Rin looked at each other with astonishment and shock on their faces.
Who would've thought? Really, who would've thought?
They hadn't even figured out how to completely drag Miura Yumiko down and get her to party with them and Gabriel...
And now Miura Yumiko took the initiative to drag her besties down herself?
'We underestimated you, Yumiko!'
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"..."
Even the kind-hearted gyaru trio like Yuina and the others were stunned by Miura Yumiko's actions. As for Gabriel, having witnessed it all, she felt it was all just absurd.
'What's going on? How did it become like this?'
She just went out for a bit, and even Ijichi Nijika and Kitagawa Marin were going with Miura Yumiko and Yuina to play bullying games at Hachiman's place?
Now, among the familiar classmates in the back row of Class 1-F, it seemed like only she and Ichinose Honami still maintained a pure relationship with Hachiman...
"Gabriel, are you joining us after school?", Yuina watched Hachiman pull out the last two pink sympathy wristbands and put them on Ijichi Nijika and Kitagawa Marin, then turned to Gabriel with eyes full of excitement.
Although she didn't expect Miura Yumiko to go this far, the outcome was great. Only two people left, and the back row would completely be their turf.
All the girls in the back row were nearly taken. Would taking over the entire class's girls be far behind?
"After school, Vignette and I have some matters. You all go to Hachiman's house and play. I won't go."
Seeing the crazy anticipation in Yuina's eyes, Gabriel didn't hesitate at all, shook her head, and immediately found an excuse.
She was an angel, how could she go bully Hachiman.
"What a pity...", Yuina looked regretfully at Gabriel, who firmly refused, and Ichinose Honami, who was sleeping at her desk.
Forget it, let's not disturb the unwell Honami today. Gabriel lives next door to little Hiki, so there's no rush.
She needed to discuss with little Minami and little Rin how to get Ijichi Nijika and Kitagawa Marin to truly blend in. This time it wasn't just Miura Yumiko alone. A simple 'bullying' game might not stimulate them enough, it might not let them feel the wonder of little Hiki.
Maybe she could imitate the Elf Princess Iris and the others' game and make Ijichi Nijika, Kitagawa Marin, even Miura Yumiko completely fall for little Hiki.
"You have to remember, here's the hidden start/stop button. The toggle button is here. This thing doesn't have a port, so it's not convenient to charge. You need to use a dedicated wireless charging device. When it runs out of power, you can tell me."
Hachiman, while putting the wristbands onto the slender, fair wrists of Ijichi Nijika and Kitagawa Marin, explained how to use the sympathy wristbands.
He wasn't someone who took the initiative, but now that Ijichi Nijika and Kitagawa Marin had offered themselves, he couldn't possibly push them away.
"Is this black tech or magic? Just from the surface, you really can't tell," After Hachiman helped her put on the sympathy wristband, Kitagawa Marin touched its surface and discovered two hidden buttons on what appeared to be an ordinary pink wristband. She couldn't help but be amazed.
To make such a powerful function on a wristband. Was today's tech really this advanced? Or was this a magical item made by the Elf Princess and the others?
"...."
Ijichi Nijika also looked at the pink wristband on her wrist. Her fair and delicate face blushed slightly, and she bit her lip without speaking.
Unlike Kitagawa Marin's straightforwardness, Nijika's keen sensitivity made her instantly think of a very embarrassing problem.
This magical wristband that could remotely let little Hiki feel bullied had a great function, being able to activate/deactivate empathy at any time. But charging it required asking Hachiman...
Didn't that mean the frequency of using the wristband would be clear as day to Hachiman?
After all, same wristbands, same battery life, same usage time per full charge.
If someone had to charge it several times a day, and someone only charged once every few days...
"Heh heh...", Miura Yumiko stood expressionless on the side, watching Hachiman carefully help the two girls put on the wristbands and even explain hidden buttons she hadn't known.
'Scared now? Trying to please Marin and Nijika?'
'Too late! Marin and Nijika are absolutely on my side, we will bully this guy hard together!'
Miura Yumiko still didn't know that the sympathy wristbands didn't just allow them to feel the forced bullying of Hachiman, they could even empathize with more thrilling things.
Although the sympathy wristband couldn't transmit mutual feelings like the Empathy Bracelet, it was one-way only.
But its advantage was that it could stop the empathy at will, much better than the uncontrollable Empathy Bracelet, perfect for them. They could choose to continue or not: if acceptable, keep going; if not, stop in time.
Ding~ Dong~
The class bell rang. Miura Yumiko, Yuina, and the others wearing the same pink wristbands returned to their seats. Hachiman's side quieted down again.
The first period had been Hiratsuka Shizuka's Classical Literature class.
Speaking of which, he hadn't visited Hiratsuka Shizuka's student guidance office lately.
He had solved all the problem girls' issues like Karuizawa Kei. Maybe he should tell Hiratsuka that he was skipping class to do serious things, not because he didn't want to study.
Hachiman looked at Hiratsuka Shizuka, who gave him a glare from the podium before beginning class. He reached out to grab two swaying, slender black tails in front of him and pulled out the silver, exquisite Empathy Bracelet.
Gabriel watched the alien princess Lala and the dragon chief Ursula from another world swaying their tails as they passed her. Lala even smiled and greeted her. Her mouth twitched, feeling an overwhelming urge to escape this increasingly ridiculous class.
She was already regretting. Not regretting coming to school, because then Hachiman would surely punish her by spoon-feeding.
Maybe Hachiman should just skip class. If he skipped class, she could pretend not to know.
But now that Hachiman was right next door with Lala and Ursula, if she still pretended not to know, not to see or hear, it'd be too fake, too hypocritical...
Gabriel quietly turned to look at Ichinose Honami beside her, who had just gotten up from her desk and was focusing on the lesson, totally unaffected by Hachiman. She suddenly felt a little envious.
'Sometimes, knowing too much really isn't good. Maybe it's better to be like Honami, not knowing anything...'
Ichinose Honami noticed Gabriel staring at her from the corner of her eye. She turned toward Gabriel with some confusion, only to see Gabriel silently sigh and turn back toward the blackboard. She froze.
'What's going on?'
'Why is Gabriel sighing too?'
Before Ichinose Honami could figure out why the pure angelic Gabriel was staring at her, maybe trying to pair her up with Hikigaya, she suddenly felt something odd around her.
The gyaru girls in front, like Minami, were no longer secretly passing notes when the teacher turned around.
In the top left, Ijichi Nijika was still diligently listening and taking notes, but for some reason, always held a pen in one hand and covered her mouth with the other.
At the farthest seat by the wall, Kitagawa Marin and Miura Yumiko had their long, fair legs tensed under their skirts, their exquisite white faces covered in blush.
Ichinose Honami watched as Ijichi Nijika, Kitagawa Marin, and the others suddenly, as if by agreement, reached toward the pink wristbands on their wrists and seemed to press some button. Their tense bodies instantly relaxed.
Only Yuina, Minami, and Rin didn't move, just stared red-faced at the breathlessly trembling Ijichi Nijika group.
Seeing such bizarre behavior, Ichinose Honami blinked, full of confusion.
'Why is everyone wearing the same wristband?'
'And why are they acting so weird?'
Although Ichinose Honami came from a poor family and lived frugally with her mom supporting her and her sister, she had excellent grades and social skills. With good observation, she immediately noticed something was off with Ijichi Nijika and the others.
Still, even though she noticed the abnormality, she had no idea about the sympathy wristband's existence since she'd been napping earlier. So she couldn't guess the situation, only occasionally sneaking peeks at Miura Yumiko's group.
Was she being left out?
She had just taken a nap at her desk, why did it feel like everyone had changed?
Ichinose Honami glanced at Gabriel beside her, who still looked normal and focused. That reassured her a lot. She returned her attention to teacher Hiratsuka Shizuka at the podium and resumed listening seriously.
Gabriel had arrived earlier and was way more popular. Even if she got isolated, Gabriel couldn't possibly be isolated.
Since that's the case, she would focus on class for now. After class, she'd ask Yuina, Ijichi Nijika, and the others what was going on.
Ijichi Nijika and the others could activate or deactivate the empathy function at will, so they wouldn't accidentally embarrass themselves. And since their seats were all near the back, only Ichinose Honami sitting in the far back could clearly see their odd behavior.
However, even though the students in front didn't notice anything strange, Hiratsuka Shizuka standing at the podium could see everything clearly.
After writing on the blackboard, she turned around and swept her gaze across the flushed Ijichi Nijika and the others. Her brows furrowed slightly, and her eyes locked on Hachiman sitting among them.
That guy Hachiman… he couldn't possibly be this bold, right?
Daring to tease so many girls during her class?
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