Chapter 149 Hikigaya: If You Don't Agree, I'll Self-Destruct
"Ryuen, you keep saying that you've mastered the pattern of the VIPs.
Then is there even a need to talk?
Your Class C can just end the exam right now." Horikita Suzune was the first to speak, raising a point that hit the nail on the head.
"That is true.
But I want to win even more." Ryuen Kakeru spoke as if victory was already in his grasp.
"Does Ryuen-kun mean that he intends to achieve Result One—?"
Ichinose Honami's heart stirred; this was exactly what she was thinking as well.
"Correct.
Result One. Everyone fleeces the wool off this bastard school together. Isn't that great?" Ryuen Kakeru's wording was very provocative. After all, everyone felt some level of dissatisfaction with the school's various bizarre rules.
"Ryuen, are you really kind enough to share the VIP information?" Katsuragi Kohei expressed his doubt.
"Of course it's not for free.
This place follows the law of meritocracy. Since I am currently the strongest, I naturally deserve to take a larger share of the profits!"
Ryuen Kakeru stared at everyone with an arrogant expression, then pulled out a pre-prepared contract.
As everyone leaned in to look, almost everyone's brows furrowed deeply.
"You actually want to take half of all the points? Your appetite is too big!" Hashimoto Masayoshi couldn't help but suck in a breath of cold air.
With Result One, everyone can obtain 500,000 points. In other words, once the contract is signed, everyone in every class would have to hand over 250,000 to Ryuen!
"What? Leaving you with 250,000 isn't enough to satisfy you?" Ryuen Kakeru sneered: "If the chosen VIP is caught, they don't just get zero points—they also lose 50 class points."
"...." Everyone suddenly fell into silence.
"Hikigaya, what do you think?"
Horikita Suzune subconsciously turned her gaze toward Hikigaya beside her.
"I agree with Ryuen's idea of fleecing the school together, but I reserve my opinion on the distribution ratio." Hikigaya didn't care about class competition, but he was still very interested in personal points.
"Wait a moment, has Ryuen-kun really mastered all the VIP information?" Hirata Yosuke's IQ rarely came online as he asked a key question.
"The VIP for the Dragon Group: Kushida Kikyo." Ryuen Kakeru suddenly threw out an answer.
"!!!" Hirata Yosuke's face changed.
"Eh, I was guessed?!" Kushida Kikyo looked shocked.
But Hikigaya knew she was faking it. To deal with Horikita, she was selling out Class D's interests.
"Kushida-chan is actually the VIP..." Hashimoto Masayoshi looked incredulous.
As a member of the Dragon Group himself, he hadn't seen a single flaw indicating she was the VIP.
Ichinose Honami and Kanzaki Ryuji looked at each other, their faces becoming solemn. In their eyes, Kushida Kikyo was a girl of "excellent character" who couldn't possibly betray her own class. Therefore, they could conclude that she had been figured out by Ryuen Kakeru.
"Just guessing Kushida alone isn't enough to prove you've completely mastered the pattern of the VIPs." Hikigaya suddenly spoke up to raise a challenge.
"Heh~ then I'll say another one..." Ryuen Kakeru said with full confidence: "Tiger Group VIP: Kamuro Masumi!"
Everyone immediately turned their tense gazes toward the two from Class A.
Katsuragi Kohei looked at Hashimoto Masayoshi: "She is a member of your Sakayanagi faction. What do you have to say?"
"Uh, I'm not sure either...Kamuro has a pretty cold personality; she didn't tell me."
Hashimoto Masayoshi showed an embarrassed look. It was indeed quite embarrassing that even their internal faction wasn't united.
"Haha!
It seems that woman Kamuro only gets along with you, Hikigaya!"
Ryuen Kakeru spoke sarcastically.
"I just chatted with her a few more times, that's all...
I have no idea if she's the VIP or not."
Hikigaya lied through his teeth.
"Still giving me that act? That day you intentionally blurted out that Kamuro was the VIP—it was clearly a diversionary tactic!
You wanted to use that to cover up the fact that Kamuro is the real VIP!"
Ryuen Kakeru's eyes gleamed, indicating he had seen through the scheme.
"And then?
Ultimately, all of this is just your groundless speculation.
If you're so capable, go ahead and fill in Kamuro's name right now!" Hikigaya made it clear he wouldn't admit to anything, no matter what.
Looking at his unmoving expression, the others couldn't tell for a moment if he was telling the truth or not.
"Hikigaya, are you trying to argue with me on purpose?" Ryuen Kakeru was getting a bit anxious; he didn't understand the point of Hikigaya doing this.
"You don't even understand that?
Ryuen, your IQ is worrying!" Hikigaya cast a look of contempt.
"Stop the nonsense!
State your conditions!"
Ryuen Kakeru finally realized the other party was setting a rhythm for bargaining.
"Class D will not participate in the profit sharing." Hikigaya stated his stance.
"What did you say?" Ryuen Kakeru's face darkened.
"Can't you understand human speech?" Hikigaya asked back.
"Where do you get the confidence to challenge me?" Ryuen Kakeru's momentum was aggressive.
"If you don't agree, we'll flip the table.
No one gets to eat!" Hikigaya gave a look to the three people from Class D. The three were smart and quickly understood his meaning.
"Hikigaya is right!
If you don't agree to our conditions, we will have everyone in every group submit a guess!" Horikita Suzune was the first to react, speaking aggressively.
"Are you crazy?
Could it be you've also obtained the pattern for the VIPs?"
Ryuen Kakeru stared straight at Hikigaya.
"I haven't."
In fact, Hikigaya had guessed a bit; the VIP names should be related to the zodiac order, but he had too few samples to verify it. However, that wasn't the point.
"Um, Hikigaya-kun, if you guess wrong, the class will lose points..." Ichinose Honami offered a kind reminder.
'What a great reminder!'
"If we lose points, we lose points. Anyway, our Class D is at the bottom regardless." Hikigaya looked indifferent.
Class D's current score was 340, with a gap of over 600 points from Classes A, B, and C. Through normal means, the hope of catching up to those three classes was almost non-existent.
Since they couldn't win anyway, they might as well drag everyone down with them!
At this point, everyone finally understood Hikigaya's intention, and their expressions became quite colorful.
Especially Ryuen Kakeru—his whole face turned as black as charcoal!
As long as everyone in Class D submitted a guess, regardless of the result, the exam for all groups would be declared over.
When that happened, everyone would be relying purely on luck...
From a probabilistic standpoint, the likelihood of achieving Result Four was the highest. Classes A and B didn't really care; if Class D guessed wrong, they would still get class points. However, if that happened, the VIP information Ryuen Kakeru held would be completely useless!
Ryuen Kakeru had truly had his defenses broken!
"Hikigaya............!!
Are you a damn self-destructing truck?"
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