Several hours later.
Sakayanagi Arisu opened her hazy eyes, her mind feeling as if in a daze, feeling the slippery skin on her body.
Sakayanagi Arisu immediately came to her senses and hurriedly pulled up the sheet, only then discovering Hikigaya and Kamuro Masumi sitting at the low table.
"What... is going on?"
Sakayanagi Arisu rubbed her somewhat dizzy head, not yet able to sort out the situation.
This morning.
Kamuro Masumi had come to her door to report the latest intelligence on Hikigaya.
The two were drinking tea.
Her memory stopped right there.
"Sakayanagi..."
Hikigaya picked up his phone, pointed the video currently playing toward Sakayanagi, and said coldly:
"I don't think I need to explain the consequences of this video being exposed, do I?"
"Hmm?"
Looking at the white-haired girl being pressed down, Sakayanagi Arisu confirmed that it was indeed herself, and her pupils immediately contracted.
No need for Hikigaya to explain.
Once this video was exposed.
She would inevitably no longer be able to become the Class A leader.
Hikigaya would certainly go to jail.
But she would also inevitably become a complete laughingstock of the entire school.
Ichinose and her kind would certainly sympathize, but most of those in Class D would likely treat her as material for ridicule behind her back.
Although Sakayanagi didn't care much about such things.
But the world doesn't care.
Once labeled as someone who had been forced, trying to reclaim one's reputation is bound to be extremely difficult; at least within the three years of school, it is absolutely impossible.
But soon.
Sakayanagi calmly moved her right foot, her skin feeling a trace of water on the bed, and she frowned.
Would someone like Hikigaya use force on a girl?
She didn't believe it!
It might be possible for someone like Yamauchi Haruki, but if the subject was Hikigaya, she truly found it hard to believe.
But the sensation of moisture on her thigh would not lie.
Clearly.
If you're going to put on a show, you have to do it thoroughly.
Hikigaya was naturally prepared; as long as Sakayanagi lifted the bedsheet to look, there would even be bloodstains.
However.
Sakayanagi pretended to rub her small head.
She still didn't believe it.
If Hikigaya had that kind of resolve, he wouldn't have ended up in his current situation.
Hikigaya and Katsuragi belonged to the same category of people.
They were both people who would rather sacrifice themselves for their companions.
A naturally kind person like that would use force on a defenseless girl who was still fast asleep.
Sakayanagi obviously didn't believe it.
She had more confidence in her own judgment.
However.
Whether force had actually been used or not.
Sakayanagi didn't know either; after all, she had no experience. She only felt that besides her head being a bit dizzy, other parts of her body didn't seem to have any abnormalities.
Looking at the cold-eyed Hikigaya,
And Kamuro Masumi sitting beside him.
Although she still had many questions in her heart, now was not the time to consider them.
Suppose.
This was a "god-tier move" Hikigaya had come up with after being driven into a dead end.
She had to quickly find a way to turn the situation back around.
Thinking of this.
Arisu Sakayanagi threw back the bedsheet, her petite and exquisite body presented before the two of them. She keenly noticed Hikigaya's gaze flicker away for a moment.
"Heh..."
Seeing this.
Sakayanagi let out a light laugh, and instead stopped caring.
She stood up directly facing the two in front of the low table. From this angle, one could just see a glimpse of pink between her legs.
Immediately, Hikigaya lowered his gaze.
"If this video were exposed, it would indeed be quite troubling for me."
Looking at Hikigaya's avoiding gaze, Arisu Sakayanagi began to laugh with the confidence of victory.
"Unfortunately, Hikki, you can't do it."
Saying so.
Sakayanagi stood up shakily, dragging her immobile left leg, and walked with difficulty to the front of the two people sitting on the floor.
"I should have told you."
Sakayanagi's smile became more pleasant: "Kindness is your greatest weakness. If I'm not mistaken, this video is just a superficial facade, isn't it?"
"..."
To the side, Kamuro Masumi rested her chin on her hand, glancing at Hikigaya with indifference.
She had said it.
If you're going to do it, do it for real.
This kind of half-baked resolve couldn't deal with Arisu Sakayanagi.
She easily detected the flaw.
Since the decision had already been made, why waste more time?
"Of course."
Seeing Hikigaya fall into silence, Arisu Sakayanagi became even more confident in her judgment:
"Even if it's just a superficial video, it still has the effect of ruining my reputation."
"Unfortunately, Hikki, you can't do it!"
Arisu Sakayanagi was extremely certain.
Hikigaya and Katsuragi were very similar.
It was precisely because they cared too much about the class and others that they failed repeatedly in competitions.
And in fact.
Hikigaya lowered his head and gave a bitter smile.
He indeed couldn't do it.
Simply exposing the video would undoubtedly cause a huge loss to Arisu Sakayanagi; her whole life would probably be ruined.
Arisu Sakayanagi had accurately grasped his so-called weakness.
Unfortunately.
"Sakayanagi..."
Hikigaya looked up, his gaze first seeing Sakayanagi's "white tiger" below, then her "small buns," and finally her joyful face.
"I bet you've never been beaten?"
"Oh?"
The rhythm was a bit beyond expectations; Arisu Sakayanagi was slightly stunned.
"Are you trying to talk about violence?"
Arisu Sakayanagi then smiled: "I admit that at certain times, violence is indeed a powerful weapon, but violence cannot represent a person's entire strength."
"Just like you, Hikki, even though your physical fitness isn't strong, I still clearly know you are a strong person."
"Unfortunately, violence is something you can't do."
A person who has never been beaten.
Talking nonsense about violence here.
Clearly.
Sakayanagi's family protected her too well, to the point that she developed such an arrogant personality, only acknowledging so-called geniuses.
However.
Hikigaya knew very well.
Bullying and violence.
The sense of despair felt from the bottom of one's heart.
Just how terrifying it is.
Even a strong girl like Karuizawa needed to be cautious and not make any mistakes to pull herself together again.
An Arisu Sakayanagi who has never tasted violence obviously lacks this awareness.
To be sure.
Creating an environment where violence cannot be used and accurately grasping the opponent's psychology.
This is what Arisu Sakayanagi is good at.
She indeed did not need to fear the kind of violence Ryuen used.
After all.
Ryuen was only jumping back and forth in front of the rules.
As long as one wasn't a lunatic.
One would not use violence after weighing the pros and cons.
Sakayanagi knew this well, which was why she could be so confident; with Hikigaya's disposition, he couldn't do anything to harm others.
"No."
"I want to tell you."
"A cornered dog will jump over a wall; even an ordinary person shouldn't be underestimated."
Hikigaya's eyes suddenly sharpened: "Kamuro-san, please."
"If you had done this earlier, it would have been over; what a waste of time."
Kamuro Masumi stood up somewhat speechlessly and easily threw Sakayanagi onto the bed. Sakayanagi, having realized what was happening, immediately knit her brows.
Watching Hikigaya take off his pants.
Gazing at that dark holy sword that seemed to point straight to the sky, Arisu Sakayanagi's mouth still held a playful look:
"Oh? Although I indeed cannot resist, don't you think that trying to threaten me now feels like a bluff?"
"..."
Hikigaya did not respond, walking to Arisu Sakayanagi with a cold face.
He had already given her a chance.
If he could rely on a fake video to make Sakayanagi compromise.
That would naturally be a happy ending for everyone.
Unfortunately.
Given the chance, Sakayanagi was useless.
Did she really think she was some kind of heaven-blessed child whose every calculation was perfect?
Until she felt that dark holy sword pressing against the "water curtain cave," the weight pressing on her body, and the masculine scent coming from Hikigaya.
Arisu Sakayanagi finally felt a bit panicked.
Something that big.
How could it possibly go in?
It would break!
"Wait a moment, let's talk again!"
"Get out."
Hikigaya was not polite at all and pierced directly into the cave entrance. Feeling a sting of pain, Arisu Sakayanagi's pretty face became somewhat distorted.
"I indeed didn't want to expose this video, but didn't you want to threaten and use me? Then prepare to experience the feeling of being trampled upon for these next two years."
"Let's see who can hold out until the end!"
As long as Sakayanagi still wanted to use him as a chess piece, she wouldn't choose to give up easily.
In other words.
During these two years, he could do whatever he wanted to Sakayanagi; as long as she still wanted to continue using him, she could only endure it.
"Since you love playing so much, I'll let you play."
Hikigaya said fiercely.
This person was protected too well by her family; she had no regard for the emotions of those around her.
She just needed a beating.
Feeling the pain from below and seeing the camera that Kamuro Masumi had set up again.
Arisu Sakayanagi finally realized.
Originally.
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If he really used unscrupulous means.
She was just a "mesugaki" (bratty girl) at someone's mercy.