Gymnasium No. 1.
The sports festival officially ended.
Aside from the Sudou fighting incident, no other major problems had occurred.
Under the supervision of these school guests.
The sports festival was also considered to have concluded perfectly.
At this time.
A class teacher from the third year announced the sports festival results.
First Place: Second-year Class B; Reward: 150 Class Points.
Second Place: Second-year Class A; Reward: 50 Class Points.
Third Place: Second-year Class C; No change in Class Points.
Fourth Place: Second-year Class D; Deduction of 150 Class Points.
After the sports festival.
Changes in second-year class points.
Second-year Class A led by Katsuragi: 1258 points.
Second-year Class B led by Hikigaya: 953 points.
Second-year Class C led by Ryuuen: 748 points.
Second-year Class D led by Horikita Suzune: 528 points.
Merely by canceling Sudou Ken's exam results, Second-year Class D lost nearly fifty score points, falling directly to the last place.
And on the other side.
Similarly having Albert's exam results canceled, Class C only fell from second to third place.
This was also a weakness of Class D, as well as a strength of Class D.
Class average strength was uneven.
Individuals with strong personal strength were incredibly strong, while weak ones were extremely weak.
As long as they lost top combat powers like Sudou and Horikita Suzune, the remaining majority of Class D were a bunch of 'muggles'.
Hikigaya turned his head to look at Class D's team; sure enough, everyone's face was very grim, it was just that they hadn't broken out yet.
This might be the defect of heroism.
Sudou carried far too much on his back.
Losing Sudou, Class D was nothing.
Unless it was an extraordinary monster like Kouenji.
Otherwise.
Wanting to resist a collective as a single individual was clearly impossible.
Unfortunately.
Kouenji clearly didn't think much of Class D.
He would only act for himself.
"Great~"
"We are the champions!"
Ichinose excitedly high-fived Amikura Mako and the others, the smile on her face becoming even brighter.
Sure enough.
She preferred to assist in the rear.
Leadership without a sense of responsibility was one thing, but only after having been a leader could one understand the pressure borne by the person in charge.
Handing everything over to Hikigaya, she could more easily laugh and play with Amikura Mako and the others, no longer needing to force herself to hold up.
However.
In the eyes of Horikita Suzune and others, this might be a manifestation of Ichinose becoming mediocre.
"Hikki... so amazing."
Kobashi Yume clenched her small hands with some excitement: "It really happened exactly as you said."
"Eh? What happened?"
The uninformed Andou Sayo asked with some confusion.
"Actually..."
Tsube Hitomi explained with a smile: "Sayo-chan was just competing earlier, right? Even before the sports festival ended, Hiki-kun had already predicted the competition results; it really was exactly as he said."
As soon as these words were said.
Kanzaki and others who had just been competing could not help but turn to look at Hikigaya.
Except for a small number of people.
The majority of Class B had participated in the subsequent five events to be able to achieve this first place, and were fundamentally unclear about what had happened.
Therefore.
Quite a few people looked at Hikigaya with some astonishment.
Clearly it looked like Hikigaya had done nothing; exactly how was it accomplished?
"Eh!? Really?"
Andou Sayo said with some shock: "Hikki, how did you do it?"
"No, this was all the credit of Nakanishi and Beppu..."
Hikigaya explained the matter simply.
Making Sudou emotional was mainly the credit of Nakanishi and Beppu, and being able to take first place was mainly the result of the unremitting efforts of Shibata and others.
It didn't have much to do with a 'salted fish' like him who only mingled through five events.
On the other side.
Feeling the gazes of the people around him, Nakanishi rubbed his nose somewhat embarrassedly.
This was actually the first time he had contributed to the class.
Finally, he was no longer the class's dead weight and could realize his own value.
This feeling was quite good.
"Don't look at me."
Nakanishi looked up at Hikigaya and said somewhat awkwardly: "This was all what Hikigaya taught us; we only did what he told us to do, that's all. It was mainly Hikigaya who could think of such a method."
"However."
Before anyone else could speak, Hikigaya took the lead to speak:
"A large part of the reason is that the other classes all believed Class B would not use tactics and would only compete fairly."
"This kind of opportunity only happens once, so don't be too happy; next time there might not be such a good opportunity."
Hikigaya was very clear.
Nothing unexpected happened, catching the other classes off guard.
Although for some unknown reason Ayanokouji didn't exert himself either, this success could only be considered a fluke.
"Hikki, there's no such thing."
Ichinose held Hikigaya's arm, her mouth carrying a gentle smile.
"Being able to win the competition is all because of everyone's strength; compared to that, shouldn't we hold a victory celebration now?"
"..."
Feeling the expectant gazes of Andou Sayo, Kobashi Yume, and others—this bunch really liked gatherings.
However.
To increase team cohesion.
Such a gathering should also be necessary, right?
Even if it weren't.
Hikigaya also wanted to fulfill their wishes, and a smile appeared on his face as he said:
"Alright, then what are we going to eat?"
"Barbecue?"
"Eel rice, how about that?"
"I want to eat steak."
Kobashi Yume and the others chattered incessantly in discussion.
Every month they only had 30,000 private points as pocket money, and all other private points had to be handed over for class storage.
Although it was enough to use.
They certainly couldn't eat whatever delicious food they wanted.
Was it that they didn't want to eat it?