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It's just that this phenomenon only appeared today.
He wanted to clear his mind during Class, but he felt like he was being watched, so he had no choice but to pay attention again.
However, he probably knew why she was watching him so nervously.
Yesterday, her secret and her scar were exposed.
And this was a matter of life and death for her.
If it were exposed, her circle of girls would probably collapse immediately.
So, her place of belonging would suddenly disappear.
It's just that Hachiman also promised her he wouldn't reveal it.
But he hadn't even revealed it, and Karuizawa had already revealed it herself.
Because when the first Class ended, he received a message.
"What happened between you and Karuizawa?" by Kushida.
Hmm.
Although there are no longer behavior exams, Kushida, please pay attention in class and don't observe others.
Observing people is his job.
It's just that after Hachiman edited the message, he sent it to Karuizawa.
"Don't look back during Class, just play with your phone."
Last night, to contact each other, they added each other as friends, so now they can send messages directly.
Karuizawa was chatting with the girls during the break, and her phone was on the desk.
"Buzz~"
The sudden vibration of her phone startled Karuizawa, almost making her stand up directly.
It wasn't until she opened her phone and saw the message from Hachiman that she finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Then she subtly turned her head and nodded slightly.
And then, sure enough, in the next Class, and even up to the fourth Class, Karuizawa didn't continue to look at him.
Hmm. It seems her execution ability is very strong.
"…" Hachiman.
He had been stared at throughout the first Class, and now, suddenly not being stared at, he felt a sense of loss.
Hachiman experienced this strange feeling.
…
So, it was lunchtime.
Normally, lunchtime means going to eat, but the Student Council of this school is a bit different.
Hachiman has been to the Student Council several times and found that even during break time, Student Council President Horikita Manabu is always there.
In fact, he is very busy.
As President, he has many permissions, but… he also has many corresponding responsibilities.
It's very hard.
However, at lunchtime, he didn't go directly to the Student Council with Karuizawa.
Instead, he waited alone at the bottom of the stairs for a while, and then Karuizawa came over.
It wasn't that she was putting on airs.
Rather, Hachiman was curious about how well she could obey the command he gave her after the first Class.
So he tested her.
And now, she really came after 5 minutes, just as they had agreed.
Her execution ability is good.
Although Horikita said that Karuizawa's academic ability was poor, that she was a bad student, and Karuizawa wasn't very good in other areas either, such as athletic talent.
But now, isn't this execution ability very good?
Watching Karuizawa arrive, Hachiman said, "Let's go to the Student Council. I'll introduce you to Student Council President Horikita Manabu."
"Thank you." Karuizawa said, seemingly a bit awkward.
"But why would the Student Council President directly give you a position? Could it be… you two are acquaintances?"
"You also know about the Student Council?" Hachiman looked over.
"Because the girls also discuss Student Council matters."
"For example, the current Student Council President is very aloof, so is his personality secretly passionate or something?"
Okay.
The girls' discussions are not about the same thing at all.
"He previously offered me a position, and then I transferred it to you. However, since it's not for the original person, the value of the position has decreased." Hachiman said.
And this is the difference between a secretary and a mere disciplinary committee member.
…
The two arrived at the Student Council together.
The Student Council office was empty, but Student Council President Horikita Manabu was working alone.
It seems that the higher the position, the harder the work.
Horikita Manabu looked at Hachiman, then glanced at Karuizawa behind him.
"Oh!"
Karuizawa seemed surprised.
She was probably intimidated by Horikita Manabu's aura.
So Hachiman explained the reason for bringing Karuizawa: to fulfill the position Horikita Manabu had mentioned.
But then.
"So." Horikita Manabu pushed up his glasses and looked at Hikigaya-kun.
"Have you made up your mind?"
"Yes." Hachiman said.
"Thank you for the President's kindness, but I feel I cannot handle such an important job, so please transfer this position to Karuizawa behind me."
"Heh heh…" Horikita Manabu seemed to let out a small laugh.
Actually, he was getting a headache.
Because he offered Hikigaya a Student Council position partly as an affirmation of him.
And on the other hand, he had his own intentions.
He is a Third Year, and even his position as President will be relinquished.
However, if he doesn't intervene, the next Student Council President might be Vice President Nagumo.
Horikita Manabu recognized Nagumo, but he didn't agree with some of Nagumo's ideas.
For example, this is a school where ability reigns supreme.
Horikita Manabu supported the school's Class-based competition method, but Nagumo was more extreme.
He directly believed that the strong should be strong, so he wanted to change from Class competition to an individual model.
And once he stepped down, Nagumo had a high probability of taking over.
So even if the hope was relatively small, he still hoped for a solution.
That's why he considered recruiting Hikigaya to the Student Council.
But he was rejected.
But now.
"You don't come, yet you still want to keep the position? You're dreaming." Horikita Manabu said.
"Since the position has been transferred, Karuizawa, is it? Starting today, you are a member of the Student Council, and your duty is a disciplinary committee member."
"Ah… Yes." the mere disciplinary committee member Karuizawa quickly replied.
Thus, the arrangement for Karuizawa to join the Student Council was completed.
The two came out of the Student Council together.
"Although it's just an insignificant position." Hachiman said.
"And you don't have to do many things. But you can gain the honor of being the only Grade 1 Student Council member currently."
"As long as you reveal your identity, Manabe and the others will understand."
"They are students from Ryuen's Class. Ryuen now understands the school's rules very well, so Manabe and the others also understand."
"I understand." Karuizawa nodded gently to Hachiman.
Then she seemed a little embarrassed, and a little awkward.
"Um… thank you."
"…" Hachiman said.
"I also have my own goals. I want to be promoted to Class A, so I need someone to assist me."
"Ah… Hmm, that." Karuizawa understood very well.
Indeed, some of the students in the Class have problems.
And with such strength, being promoted to Class A is a bit stressful.
In fact, her current appearance is a disguise.
The real her has probably always been observing others.
And she distinguished that some students in this Class look very excellent, but there are also some… who are very bad, worse than anything she had seen before.
"So, this way, you don't have to get influence by fake dating others anymore."
"Just being the only Grade 1 student to join the Student Council already provides enough deterrence." Hachiman said.
"After all, you are a member of the Student Council. Although you're just a mere member, you are indeed a member."
"Eh!"
But Karuizawa blinked gently.
"Dating?"
"Yes, Hirata told me." Hachiman said.
"You hoped to fake date him to gain his influence and then establish yourself among the girls in the Class, right?"
"No." but Karuizawa shook her head.
"I never said anything like that to him. I just told him I used to be bullied and hoped for help. Then he said he would figure something out."
Eh?
Hachiman's eyes widened.
Because, is that so?
Hirata!
So you deliberately said that, hoping he would help Karuizawa, right?
...
That afternoon after school.
"Katsuragi, there's a new announcement on the bulletin board."
In Grade 1 Class A, their last Class that afternoon was chemistry, and Katsuragi was still sitting in his seat.
But most of the ordinary Class A students had already left the classroom.
Some went to the cafeteria, and some, of course, went to club activities.
As Class A students, they were practically models among students, loving studies and club activities, and of course, wanting to maintain their position.
So, the students began actively gathering all sorts of information.
Of course, as Class A students, there were also some problems, which was that Katsuragi felt the conflict between the two factions of students was increasing.
It was as if the seats in the Class were being pulled apart.
They were divided into the Katsuragi Faction and the Sakayanagi Faction.
And this was not a good thing.
Just then, his supporter, Totsuka Yahiko, scurried over to report some news.
"The Student Council roster?" Katsuragi said.
The Student Council of this school had considerable authority.
It was said that the Student Council President could even have a certain degree of involvement in the monthly special exams.
And wasn't that terrifying?
If they encountered an unfair Student Council President who deliberately targeted Class A, then the pressure on the Class A students would instantly explode.
Of course, this was only a minority of cases.
If someone had ulterior motives, they wouldn't be able to climb to the position of Student Council President.
Just that.
The announcement of the Student Council roster.
"It seems a new member has been added, and they're a First Year." Totsuka Yahiko said excitedly.
"So, is there a possibility that Katsuragi, you've joined the Student Council?"
"About that…"
Katsuragi spoke, wanting to dissuade Yahiko, because his previous application for the Student Council had been rejected by the President.
Yahiko knew this too.
But even if he said so, Yahiko probably still thought that perhaps...
Yahiko had a fanatical admiration for him.
This feeling wasn't bad, but Katsuragi also felt that he still needed to maintain a sense of composure.
And at this moment.
A Class A student spoke.
"Isn't this quite interesting? Katsuragi didn't join the Student Council, but someone else did." the other person said.
The person had beautiful yellow hair, was tall and thin, and was the most handsome boy in Class A.
Hashimoto Masayoshi.
"Hashimoto!"
But Totsuka Yahiko immediately glared at Hashimoto.
Because Hashimoto was one of the earliest people to join the Katsuragi Faction, but after it was discovered that he also had his name in the Sakayanagi Faction.
The other person even moved his desk to the Sakayanagi Faction's side.
Yahiko immediately understood.
So, this was a traitor to the Katsuragi Faction.
And now he was deliberately trying to annoy Katsuragi, wasn't he?
"I didn't say anything wrong." Hashimoto said.
"I received information that the newly joined Student Council member is a student from Class C of Grade 1."
"Class C of Grade 1, huh… that original Class D." Yahiko frowned.
"That Class was rotten, but because of Ryuen's own problems, they fell, so they got a free pass to move up."
"Yahiko, don't say that for now." But Katsuragi interrupted Yahiko's words.
On one hand, speaking ill of others was not the behavior of an excellent Class A student, and at the same time, he also deeply considered it.
That was, he received news that Sakayanagi Arisu often ate with a male student from Class C.
The other person was Hikigaya Hachiman.
Hmm.
Katsuragi had already remembered this name.
But this student was not only noticed by Sakayanagi, but even the Student Council President extended an olive branch to him.
So.
Was the failure of Ryuen's assault on Class D during the fight incident because of this Hikigaya?
So.
"Sakayanagi, is this why you're paying attention to Hikigaya?" Katsuragi said.
Because a new Student Council member had just joined, it meant that Hikigaya had ultimately chosen to join, right?
"What do you think?" Sakayanagi Arisu was still in the Class.
She replied upon hearing this.
"The announcement says the newly joined Student Council member is a First Year from Class D named Kei Karuizawa." a student who had already gone to the bulletin board said.
"…" Katsuragi.
Eh.
In other words, Hikigaya had truly rejected the Student Council President's invitation for the secretary position, and instead recommended someone else from his own Class to join, but that would only get them a disciplinary committee member position.
So, he couldn't understand.
Because compared to a minor disciplinary committee member, the secretary position looked much better.
So, why was this?
"Heh heh—" Sakayanagi Arisu stood up, gripping her cane.
Then she glanced at Kamuro.
"…" Kamuro.
Kamuro then went to get Sakayanagi Arisu's bag as well.
So now she was carrying two bags.
Because she had served Sakayanagi for a month, she probably understood what she wanted to do, so now she probably thought the name Kei Karuizawa was unfamiliar and wanted her to investigate.
What a troublesome person who knew how to boss people around.
...
On the other side.
It was also after school.
Quite a lot of students in Class C were still in the Class.
After all, a month had passed, and there were a total of 4 students in the Class who participated in clubs.
Hirata, who knew the number of students in the upper grades as a cost.
Onodera, who was good at track and field but ultimately joined the swimming club.
Then, there was Miyake Akito, who seemed uninterested in other things but surprisingly was good at archery.
And Sudo, who explained the situation of the fight incident and then regained his position as a regular member of the Basketball club.
So most people were part of the go-home club.
Hachiman and Suzune were the same.
However, some students in the Class had already gone down to the Floor and seen the bulletin board.
"Eh!"
"Invited to join the Student Council by the Student Council President?"
"Congratulations, congratulations!"
"Karuizawa, that's too strong!"
Among the group of girls, it could be seen that Karuizawa's friends were congratulating her.
Everyone had been at this school for a month and understood the value of becoming a Student Council member.
"Oh, it's nothing, just good luck… I was chosen for no reason." Karuizawa said vaguely.
Although there were confusing points, the Class C students wouldn't think that much.
But this also meant that her position as the leader of the gyarus was secure.
She had gained the prestigious halo of being a Student Council member, unlike everyone else.
And this was the solution.
Karuizawa herself said that she came to this school to live a stable life and not be bullied anymore, so she played the type she hated the most.
So, let's follow her path.
Give her a buff.
Make her gyaru image more positive.
At the same time, because she joined the Student Council, the matter with Manabe could be completely resolved.
After all.
You're going against a Student Council member?
Are you out of your mind?
And facing such a situation.
"It seems you've finished recruiting her." Horikita Suzune said.
She still knew that Hachiman was trying to recruit Karuizawa and make her a partner for promotion.
And now that Karuizawa had accepted the Student Council position, it meant she was already a partner.
"Eh!"
But even though he had accomplished something, Hachiman sighed softly.
"Horikita, am I the kind of person who looks like he can solve all sorts of troublesome things?" Hachiman said.
From Karuizawa's incident this time, he realized that he hoped Hirata would recommend reliable partners.
But Hirata always recommended problem children.
Solving the problems of problem children while also gaining partners.
But.
In that case, you're making it too easy for yourself, Hirata!
Because these are all problem children in the Class who need your help when they consult you.
"…" Horikita Suzune.
And Hachiman's words seemed to make Horikita Suzune slightly stunned.
Because.
Aren't you that kind of person?
At least Horikita had personally watched him solve several troublesome matters, and he even got his brother's approval.
Beep beep!
Just then, Hachiman picked up his phone.
He received a message.
[I've got the information.] by Kushida.
"Here it comes!"
Hachiman immediately perked up looking at this message.
"The trump card for this exam."
...
So, he and Horikita went to the cafeteria to meet Kushida.
It wasn't necessary to bring Horikita Suzune everywhere, but Kushida was still trying to gain Horikita's favor, so giving Kushida some motivation would make her work harder.
Kushida was in the cafeteria.
The three found an empty spot, away from the crowd.
Because it was still too early for dinner.
So there weren't many people in the cafeteria.
....
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