Hikigaya turned his gaze away from Ayanokouji and stopped paying attention to him, and started talking to Horikita about the previous topic.
"According to what you said, Nanyun's policy is to win over the elite class to form a group of vested interests. This is an irresistible temptation for students who want to graduate from Class A."
When Hikigaya and Ayanokouji were talking just now, Horikita gradually came to understand what Hikigaya meant.
"Even when I heard what the other party said, I was shocked and had the urge to do something."
Horikita directly expressed her feelings at the time.
"That's normal because the ones who are really insecure are the students who don't have confidence in themselves or who don't have the ability."
Hikigaya said coldly: "But Nanyun overlooked one thing, that is, he underestimated others."
The reason why Nan Yun could be so unscrupulous and make such fierce remarks at the election conference was largely because he ruled the second grade now. Regarding the current situation of the second grade, Hikigaya had also collected a lot of information from various sources and learned how the other party controlled the entire second grade.
Nan Yun did manage to dominate the entire second grade, which was enough to prove his ability, but if he wanted to expand the scope to the entire school and still use the same methods as before, it would seem a bit too confident.
"Nanyun's policy is undoubtedly exacerbating class conflicts and divisions, deliberately creating such conflicts in order to gain greater benefits. Just like Horikita, the reason why you have ideas about Nanyun's policy is because it gives you hope, the hope of getting rid of other lagging students in the class and being promoted to Class A."
Hikigaya's words left Horikita silent, because... this was indeed what she was thinking at the time, or rather, what she first thought when school started.
"This is actually what most people think. There are even quite a few students in Class D who think this way. Why should I be with the other laggards and burdens when I am so outstanding? With my ability, even if I am not assigned to Class A, I will not be in Class D with these defectives. I can't see any hope of rising or leaving here."
Hikigaya's eyes looked a little deep: "So when someone tells you 'I can help you get rid of these annoying guys', it's natural to have similar thoughts. What price can you pay for this?"
As soon as Hikigaya finished his last words, Horikita suddenly felt a chill on her back and even got goose bumps all over her body.
There was also a barely perceptible sharpness in the eyes of Ayanokouji standing beside him.
"So the speech just now by the new student council president was a trap from beginning to end?"
Unexpectedly, Ayanokouji interrupted at this time.
Hikigaya looked deeply at Ayanokouji, then retracted his gaze and said, "If Nanyun can really fulfill his promise, then it will not be a lie."
Hikigaya didn't say the rest of the sentence because everyone already knew it.
Horikita couldn't help but clench her fists slightly. If it weren't for Hikigaya's step-by-step instructions, she would have no idea what had just happened in the gym.
"So Hikigaya, you don't think highly of the new student council president's abilities?"
Ayanokouji spoke again.
"From a very simple perspective, if you want to make a comprehensive reform to the rules and regulations of this school, would you express this idea in front of all the teachers and students in the school?"
Hikigaya sneered in his heart, this was not just a trap, but also a blatant conspiracy!
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Chapter 32: Unexpected Misfortune.
October passed in a flash and it is already November.
"Okay, everyone return to your seats. We have something important to discuss next."
After Mr. Chabashira entered the classroom, he spoke at the podium. Many students were slightly stunned when they heard his words, and seemed to realize something and hurried back to their seats. In the blink of an eye, the originally noisy classroom became quiet.
Teacher Chabashira noticed the changes in the students below. He nodded slightly and said, "It seems that you all are very serious. The midterm exam results will be announced next."
The day before yesterday, which was the end of October, the second midterm exam was held. Everyone still remembers the midterm exam of the previous semester. After all, if you fail in any subject in the midterm exam or the final exam, you will be expelled.
"Congratulations, everyone has passed for now."
After Chabashira-sensei displayed the midterm exam score sheet, everyone in the audience cheered, but there were also people who were happy and sad, because the last person at the bottom just barely passed the passing line.
"Phew~ It was a close call. I almost came in last. Fortunately, Jian is at the bottom of the list!"
Yamauchi heaved a sigh of relief when he saw Sudo's name was the last one, and then he couldn't help but joked: "Takeru, you have to study hard. Last semester's final exam was with Kanji at the bottom, and now that guy is gone, it's your turn. You have to be more careful. I don't want to lose another friend!"
"What did you say!!"
Suddenly, Sudo stood up abruptly as if he was stimulated, looking furious as if he was about to rush up and beat someone up!
Yamauchi seemed to be shocked by Sudo's sudden action, but after finding out that Sudo was just bluffing, he couldn't help feeling annoyed, especially since the eyes around him seemed to be laughing at him.
"Hey, Ajian, what are you going to do to me?"
Yamauchi couldn't help but yelled: "It's just about the basketball team, there's no need to vent your anger on me, and I'm telling the truth. You were the last one in the group, and you disappointed everyone at the sports festival, losing so many points for nothing..."
"Yamauchi-san, stop talking..."
At this time, Hirata stepped forward to stop Yamauchi, because he could see that Sudo's face had turned red, but Yamauchi seemed to be in a state of drama. Not only did he ignore Hirata's persuasion, but he became more excited, as if this could prove that he was a man that even Hirata couldn't control: "Hirata, get out of the way, this is none of your business. Ken's desertion at the sports festival..."
Bang!
Before Yamauchi could finish his words, Sudo's fist had already hit Yamauchi's face, and Yamauchi flew backwards. It could be seen that Yamauchi's face instantly swelled up as he lay on the ground, and a tooth fell out of his mouth.
Yamauchi looked at his teeth on the ground and the severe pain on his face in silence. After a moment, an unexpected scene happened... Yamauchi actually cried!
He collapsed on the ground, covered his face and burst into tears. This scene made everyone feel that Yamauchi was very pitiful and also looked very funny!
"Asshole, don't think I don't know. It was you, Yamauchi, who spread bad things about me everywhere that caused me to lose the election!"
Sudo seemed to have lost his mind and kept kicking and smashing things around him.
The first to suffer were naturally the surrounding students. Sakura was also affected because she was close to Sudo. Sakura seemed to be frightened by the scene and did not move. The next second, a figure blocked the girl's body.
"Hey, enough of the noise!"
Hikigaya's action seemed to anger Sudo even more, and he swung his fist directly at Hikigaya's face, but Hikigaya seemed to have anticipated it. He tilted his head slightly, then suddenly stepped forward with his left foot. He lowered his body and grabbed Sudo's arm, and in front of everyone's shocked eyes, he actually pulled Sudo up in the air!
boom!
With a loud thump, Sudo was thrown heavily to the ground!
The originally noisy classroom suddenly became quiet. After a few seconds, others finally reacted. Many people looked at Hikigaya with eyes full of shock and... fear!
Hirata also hurried over to check on Hikigaya. He couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw that Hikigaya was fine. But when he saw Sudo fainted on the ground, Hirata couldn't help but smile bitterly.
And a normal class meeting had to be temporarily suspended because of this incident.
After Yamauchi and Sudo were sent to the infirmary, Chabashira-sensei continued the class meeting as if nothing had happened, and he didn't seem to be too concerned about the violence that had just occurred in the classroom.
"The matter of Yamauchi and Sudo will be dealt with later. When the time comes, whoever of you is willing can tell them what I am going to explain next."
Teacher Chabashira looked at the students coldly and said, "Next week, there will be 8 tests on the subjects. The content is very simple and anyone who has studied hard in junior high school will know it."
When they heard that they would have to take a small test shortly after the midterm exam, many students showed painful and wailing expressions on their faces. However, because they had just experienced an accident, everyone was very restrained, but sighs and groans still continued.
"But don't worry, this test won't have any impact, so you can get either zero or 100 points. In the end, this test is just a test of your current abilities."
The people who had looked so sad just now suddenly breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, but some people had already noticed that something was wrong.
As expected... Mr. Chabashira looked coldly at the students who looked "saved" and said, "Although this small test will not affect you, it will affect the content and method of the final exam."
Before anyone could ask questions, Chabashira continued, "Because the format of this final exam is a little special, it will be conducted in a [partner] format, which means that the results of the quiz next week will determine your [partner] for the final exam."
Then Mr. Chabashira began to explain that there were two types of failing scores for this final exam. The first was that the score for one of the subjects did not exceed 60 points. Of course, this referred to the combined scores of the two students. In other words, even if one of them scored zero, as long as the other scored 60 points, both of them could avoid failing.
The second type of failing line is based on a score of 60 in each subject, because there are a total of 8 subjects with a total score of 800. If the total score of the two does not exceed the failing line, they will be judged as failing. According to Mr. Chabashira, this score line in previous years was around 700, which means that for a total of 16 subjects for the two people, each person must get at least 43 points in each subject!
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Chapter 33: What a great official power.
The special method of this final exam is called Paper Shuffle by Chabashira teacher, but until now Chabashira teacher has only introduced the rules but has not explained the punishment of this exam.
"Regarding the penalty for failing Paper Shuffle, unfortunately, both of you will be expelled from school, which means this is a life-and-death exam."
After Chabashira-sensei finished speaking, the people in the audience looked at each other with expressions that were both reasonable and unexpected.
"As for the question of partners, it will be announced after the test next week. And there is another task that you need to complete together, that is, you will come up with the questions for this exam..."
Although the exam questions are set by the students, these questions are not used for the class exam, but are exchanged with other classes. That is to say, if Class D sets the questions, this question will be answered by one of the other three classes. Similarly, the questions for Class D's exam will be selected from Class A, Class B and Class C.
However, this is a one-on-one duel between classes, which means that once the class is selected, it will not change. If Class D and Class A compete, then both sides will give each other questions and answer them, and then compare their scores. The side with the lower score will be judged as a failure and 50 class points will be deducted. The class with the higher score will get 50 class points.
In other words, this Paper Shuffle exam not only tests the coordination between students, but also tests the collective teamwork ability, because there are 8 subjects and a total of 400 questions. This is undoubtedly a very urgent matter with only one month left.
After Chabashira finished explaining the rules, he left, and Hirata stood up and greeted Horikita, Kushida and others, seemingly preparing to start a discussion about the exam. Hirata also came over to find Hikigaya, but was rejected by Hikigaya on the grounds that the Student Council had other things to deal with.
In fact...the Student Union does have a lot of things to deal with.
"Hikigaya-kun, you came early today!"
In the student union office, as soon as Hikigaya entered the door, he heard the cheerful greeting of a pink-haired girl from inside. Ichinose has been a member of the student union for more than half a month, and Hikigaya has gradually become accustomed to not seeing the petite bun-haired senior who is often busy in the student union office.
"Thanks to Hikigaya-kun's help during this period, I have been able to gradually become familiar with the affairs of the student council. Thank you so much."
As he spoke, Ichinose took out an exquisite little gift box from under the table.
"If you don't mind, this is a small token of my appreciation."
Ichinose looked at Hikigaya with great expectation. Hikigaya, who was about to refuse, felt embarrassed by the brilliant smile of the girl in front of him. This was an offer that could not be refused, so Hikigaya had no choice but to accept it.
Originally, as a newcomer to the student council, Ichinose should have a "senior" to guide her to familiarize herself with the corresponding work. Nanyun, the pervert, naturally took on this role without hesitation. As for his thoughts, anyone with eyes could see what Nanyun was planning.
However, what Nanyun probably didn't expect was that Ichinose actually refused, saying "I can't let others think that I joined the student council because of President Nanyun's relationship, which will damage President Nanyun's reputation." This left Nanyun speechless, so the task of teaching the "newcomers" fell on Hikigaya, who was known as a "job slacker."
"Hikigaya-kun, how about you open it?"
When Ichinose saw Hikigaya was about to put away the gift, he couldn't help but speak quickly. Hikigaya opened it under the girl's expectant gaze, and found a handmade cookie inside.
Hikigaya looked up at Ichinose across from him, and saw Ichinose with a look on his face that said, "Hikigaya-kun, try it quickly." Hikigaya took a bite and heard Ichinose's voice: "How does it taste? I've made it many times in my dorm, but I always feel that the recipe on the Internet is a bit too sweet. I wonder how it tastes this time!"
"Hmm~ seems a bit bland?"
"Light?"
Ichinose reached out and took a piece and took a bite. The next second, he frowned: "It's still so sweet~"
"Uh... maybe it's my taste. Everyone has different tastes. The more you care about others, the harder it is to make something that's your own. So just make the taste you like and don't have to adapt to me."
Hikigaya said meaningfully.
But the girl opposite seemed not to notice at all, and instead looked distressed. The boy with dead eyes couldn't help but sigh when he saw this.
At this time, there was a sound outside the door. Ichinose hurriedly put away his things as if he was guilty and returned to his seat. The person who came in was Vice President Kiriyama, the "junior" who was expected by Horikita Manabu to compete with Nanyun.
Just as Hikigaya had initially assessed him, he had been quiet since Nagumo became the guild president, as if he had forgotten all of Horikita Manabu's expectations of him.
It can be said that during the period when Horikita Manabu was in office, Vice President Kiriyama was overwhelmed by Nanyun and had no sense of existence. Now that Nanyun has become the president, the situation is probably similar.
"Hikigaya!!"
Hikigaya thought so at first, but as soon as he entered the room, Vice President Kiriyama walked up to Hikigaya with an accusatory look on his face, and asked gloomily: "What's going on with the club's affairs? Just now, Mizowaki came to me and said that you didn't cooperate with his work at all. What do you want to do? This is the student union, not a place for you to act recklessly. Put away your little thoughts and obey our instructions honestly. That's what you should do as first-year students!"
It was obvious that Kiriyama came at Hikigaya with anger and resentment, and he put a big hat on Hikigaya right from the start. Kiriyama's sudden questioning also made Ichinose beside him stunned, and then he quickly stood up to ease the atmosphere: "Then, is there any misunderstanding with Vice President Kiriyama? Don't get angry first, why don't we calm down and understand what happened, maybe..."
"First grade, shut up!"
Before Ichinose could finish his words, Kiriyama interrupted him with a loud scolding. Ichinose's face froze and one could see that Ichinose looked very ugly, not only because of Kiriyama's aura, but also because Kiriyama was lecturing the 'junior' as a 'senior'.
In Japanese and Korean societies, the cultural customs of seniors and juniors are very similar and deeply rooted. They place great emphasis on hierarchy and order. It is common for people to curse or even fight if they don't like someone. Therefore, bullying often occurs. So when Kiriyama used the dignity and momentum of a senior to scold, Ichinose was immediately shocked by this "atmosphere".
It's just… some people will be cautious about this, but some people will not be afraid at all.
"Haha, Vice President Kiriyama really has such great authority. If you don't know, you would think you are the student council president!"
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Chapter 34: Troublemaker.
"What a great official power~"
Anyone could hear the sarcasm and disdain in Hikigaya's tone, which added a bit more gunpowder to the already tense atmosphere. Ichinose even hurriedly pulled on the corner of Hikigaya's clothes to signal him not to resist.
In Japanese and Korean societies, disrespect by juniors and subordinates towards seniors and superiors is a very serious matter. In some ways, it may be more serious than the so-called social death, because it is equivalent to a challenge to the rules and authority that have been tacitly accepted by "everyone". It will be excluded and suppressed by "everyone", and such things cannot be resolved through normal channels. It is more difficult and sensitive than solving problems such as school bullying!
To quote a line from a certain film or TV drama, subordinates are not allowed to kiss their superiors!
So after hearing Hikigaya's sarcasm, not only was Ichinose frightened, but even Kiriyama on the opposite side was dazed for a moment, as he seemed to have not expected that a mere first-year student like Hikigaya would dare to resist. In an instant, anger surged in his heart, and he raised his hand to slap him!
But his palm was firmly clamped in mid-air by the dead-eyed boy opposite him!
"you!!!"
Just as Kiriyama was about to open his mouth to scold the other person, he felt a sharp pain in his wrist the next second. Then, a huge force came and made Kiriyama step back quickly. He staggered and almost fell to the ground!
Hikigaya not only challenged Kiriyama's authority, but also took direct action. This scene not only stunned Kiriyama himself, but even Ichinose next to him was frightened.
"Vice President Kiriyama, why are you so careless? Are you okay? Be careful about the slippery ground."