Chapter 085 This Dead-Fish Eye Guy is Actually Quite Useful!
"Wait a minute, Sato!"
"What is it?"
"Uh, I think I saw a rat..."
"Nani?! Run!!"
Sato Maya jumped in place from the shock and immediately grabbed Matsushita Chiaki, turning to flee.
As they turned, Matsushita Chiaki's gaze lingered for a moment on a lady's shoe abandoned in the shadows.
'As expected, we were found out...'
Hikigaya looked at the spot not far ahead; it was precisely the shoe that Kushida Kikyo had taken off earlier. The moonlight shone on the metal nameplate on the shoe, reflecting a faint silver light. Matsushita Chiaki had clearly seen the shoe, using the rat as an excuse to pull her companion away.
'See? That right there is social tact!'
"Phew~ Fortunately, we weren't discovered..."
"My heart was about to jump out of my chest just now!"
Kushida Kikyo clutched the front of her clothes where they bulged and let out a long sigh of relief.
"By the way, Hikigaya, what do you have in your pocket?
It kept... poking me... Uh, wait, hm?!"
Kushida Kikyo's expression froze instantly, and her cheeks began to turn beet-red at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"This is my phone," Hikigaya said expressionlessly as he pulled a phone out of his pocket.
"Can your phone... extend and grow longer?"
"Hmm, that's a good creative idea. I'll talk to Tim Cook about the design for the new iPhone another day."
"Hikigaya! You actually dared to use your....to poke me!!"
"Shut up!!!" Hikigaya shouted loudly to stop her, fearing she would say more unidentifiable words.
"Are you trying to cover up your mistake by getting angry?" Kushida Kikyo's face darkened.
'Eh? I didn't manage to bluff her?'
Hikigaya had no choice but to bow ninety degrees and apologize sincerely: "I am extremely sorry!"
"Hmph!!"
Kushida Kikyo let out a heavy, cold snort. She gritted her teeth and said in a low voice, "The things you did to me—even if I reported you, it wouldn't count as a false accusation!"
"Yeah, I practically got what I deserved," Hikigaya nodded in admission. Then, he shifted the topic: "However, I wouldn't want Kushida-san to be mocked or discriminated against by others because of this..."
"I feel like you're tricking me again." Kushida Kikyo's gaze was suspicious.
"Not at all, I'm doing this because I'm worried about you, Kushida-san!" Hikigaya gazed at her with incredibly sincere eyes.
"I'll keep this debt on the books for now!"
Kushida Kikyo grabbed his collar, pulling him down to meet her eyes. She stared at him for a full ten seconds before letting go.
'If she had the Mangekyo Sharingan, I'd probably have been hit by Tsukuyomi three or four times by now' Hikigaya complained inwardly.
"Tsk~ I came here tonight to vent, but now I feel even angrier!" Kushida Kikyo hopped back lightly and sat on the wooden barrel, swinging her legs back and forth.
"..." Hikigaya looked helpless. He picked up the shoe and sock from the ground and prepared to put them on her himself.
"Huh?!
What are you doing?!"
The blush that had just faded from Kushida Kikyo's face surged back once again.
"Uh... wasn't your posture just now an invitation for me to put your shoes on for you?" Hikigaya looked bewildered.
"When did I invite you?!
You over-conscious idiot!" Kushida Kikyo wanted nothing more than to kick the man in front of her away.
"Oh." Hikigaya dropped the shoe and sock without any lingering attachment.
"..." Kushida Kikyo narrowed her eyes. "Wait!"
"Now what?"
"Pick them up and help me put them on."
"Didn't you say I wasn't allowed to?"
"Now I'm allowing it... heehee!"
Looking at Hikigaya Hachiman crouching down to put on her shoes and socks with a look of displeasure, the frustration accumulated in Kushida Kikyo's heart was suddenly fully released! Even her entire body and mind became joyful.
She had to admit... this dead-fish eye guy was actually quite useful~
Under the moonlight, the girl's smile was more sincere and brilliant than ever before.
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The Next Morning
Hikigaya woke up with a face full of exhaustion. He had been tortured by Kushida Kikyo at night and then tormented by a "Hikigaya-Kushida" hybrid in his dreams. Was there any man in the world more miserable than him?
"Good morning~ Hikigaya-kun." Kushida Kikyo greeted him as usual.
'This talent for face-changing... if she didn't go to Hollywood to study acting, it would be a real waste!'
"Morning, Kushida-san," Hikigaya responded normally.
"Hachi's dark circles are really heavy. Could it be you had more perverted dreams last night?"
'Miss Hasebe, why are you blurting out the truth like that?'
"Hachiman, is your body okay?"
'Miss Sakura is the real angel.'
"I'm fine. It was just rocking violently, so it was hard to fall asleep for a while."
"Was the ship rocking that hard? I didn't feel it much."
'I wasn't referring to the ship...'
Hikigaya used his peripheral vision to observe the last person to walk out of the rest area: Horikita Suzune. Her complexion looked slightly better than yesterday, but despite the heat, she was the only one present wearing a long-sleeved school uniform.
"Kushida-san~ I wanted to find you to play UNO last night, but you weren't in your room," Matsushita Chiaki asked tentatively.
"Ah~ Sorry, I went to the deck to look at the stars," Kushida Kikyo lied with a smile.
"I see..." Matsushita Chiaki's gaze shifted downward, lingering on Kushida Kikyo's shoes for a few seconds.
'It really was her...'
She hadn't expected that the seemingly "good girl" Kushida would actually go to a place like that for a tryst with a boy. Even her shoe fell off—were they playing that intensely?
It was a pity she didn't see who the man was.
Driven by a certain intuition, Matsushita Chiaki suddenly looked in Hikigaya's direction. Her eyes met Hikigaya's just as he was looking over.
Matsushita Chiaki was stunned at first, then her mouth opened slightly, her face occupied by an incredible shock!
'No way? No way? Hikigaya-kun, just how many "affairs" of yours am I going to stumble upon!'
'This girl is probably making up some wild nonsense in her head again.' Hikigaya really wanted to rush over and say: It's not what you think!
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After breakfast, the ship's broadcast rang out.
"Attention to all students. The cruise is about to dock. Please gather on the deck. We are about to see a very meaningful island..."
The school's official statement was that they were arranging a vacation for students on a southern artificial island. For most students, they wouldn't care about this short broadcast at all; they would likely be excitedly discussing how to play once they reached the island.
"A very meaningful island?
That's practically a blunt hint..."
Hikigaya moved away from the crowd without a word and headed toward the deck.
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Shimizu Akira unexpectedly transmigrated into the world of "Classroom of the Elite," becoming an ordinary student in Class D.
Relying on the advantage of foresight thanks to his daily intelligence system, Shimizu Akira navigates between the various factions.
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