The next day.
The school garden.
Although he was suspended.
It didn't mean Hikigaya couldn't come to school; he just couldn't attend classes.
At this time.
It was near noon.
Hikigaya leaned against a bench in the garden, waiting to enjoy lunch with Ichinose and the others.
Just then.
Many students finished class and rushed toward the cafeteria like crazy; Ryuen, Ishizaki, and others walked past him.
"Yo."
Ryuen walked up to Hikigaya and smiled playfully: "Hikigaya, I heard you've been suspended?"
In the morning.
Upon learning that Class B had been docked one hundred class points.
Ryuen was stunned.
The original gap of only two hundred class points was suddenly narrowed to about one hundred points.
He didn't expect such a "pie falling from the sky" event would occur.
"I suppose so."
Hikigaya glanced at him indifferently.
He didn't want to talk to Ryuen.
Not just the matter of the deducted class points, the student council matter had also spread across the forums.
Accusing Hikigaya of being treacherous, a big idiot who likes to "hurt the enemy by a thousand while losing two thousand himself."
It was clearly Nagumo Miyabi's doing.
Nagumo Miyabi wanted to replicate what he had done to Class D.
Today, he had already heard many people's ridicule; unfortunately, Nagumo Miyabi didn't realize that his own reputation in the school wasn't great either.
After all.
Class B had no necessity to help Nagumo Miyabi keep secrets.
The matter of utilizing personal points to try and date Ichinose had already been known to everyone since last year.
More importantly.
Nagumo Miyabi himself had problems.
Clearly stating it was money for the third-year, yet he pocketed it himself.
None of them were good people.
Just dogs biting dogs.
Obviously.
Nagumo Miyabi misunderstood the essence of the two matters.
Horikita Suzune and the others lacked morality by using their companions to trade for a future; Hikigaya was acting out, hurting others and himself.
Although both were wrong.
Nagumo Miyabi clearly could not yet grasp the difference between them.
However.
In Nagumo Miyabi's eyes, Hikigaya was treacherous.
Regarding a clearly agreed-upon matter—I didn't even think of breaking the contract—you instead struck me in the back first.
If this isn't treachery, then what is?
Unfortunately.
Regardless of Hikigaya, Nagumo Miyabi, or Horikita Suzune.
Personal views were not important; the key was how the people around them viewed it.
"Truly peaceful..."
Ryuen's eyes suddenly became sharp as he leaned toward Hikigaya, scrutinizing him from above.
"But I can't figure it out; are you really a big idiot, just like Nagumo and Horikita said?"
"What is the meaning of doing this?"
If we talk about a goal.
Hikigaya's goal was obvious—no, it should be said that this was the only reason one could think of.
It was to make Ichinose the Student Council President.
But even taking a step back.
Even if Ichinose could become the Student Council President.
What use is it?
Won't she still have to honestly participate in the school exams?
Exams that cannot be won still cannot be won.
"Who knows."
Hikigaya drank his MAX coffee and said nonchalantly: "I simply find Nagumo annoying; is that not allowed?"
"Humph..."
Ryuen snorted coldly and brushed his sleeve as he left.
If you don't want to say it, fine.
Hikigaya clearly was a bit unwelcoming toward Class C and Class D, or rather, unwelcoming toward him and Horikita Suzune.
However.
Now Class B has offended Class D to death, and offended Nagumo Miyabi to death.
And they were directly docked one hundred class points.
For Class C.
It's a good thing!
Originally, Ryuen felt that he was already very disliked.
He didn't expect there to be someone even more so.
In front of Hikigaya.
It was truly a case of "small wizard meeting a great wizard."
He felt Hikigaya was truly an idiot; just let him continue to court death and see how far he can go.
In the garden.
Hikigaya found an open space with Ichinose and the others to eat lunch; this time it was only Himeno Yuki and Sakura Airi.
Oh, and also Hasebe Haruka.
Hikigaya was truly a bit helpless; this person was really clingy, and clingy regardless of the occasion.
"Honami."
Hikigaya sat between Hasebe Haruka and Sakura Airi, looking at Ichinose and Himeno Yuki opposite him and said:
"Tomorrow should be the Student Council President election, right? Do you have confidence?"
"Um..."
Hearing this.
Ichinose knitted her beautiful brows and began to think seriously.
Clearly, this was Hikigaya's main purpose; if it didn't succeed, it would be a huge loss.
"I suppose I have some..."
Clearly.
Her confidence was a bit lacking.
"I see that among the second-years in the Student Council, there is only Horikita."
Hikigaya frowned and said: "It shouldn't be a big problem, right?"
With Horikita Suzune's current reputation.
Even if she feels good about herself now, wanting to become the Student Council President is impossible.
"Honestly, Hikki, aren't you looking down on Horikita too much? She is also a very strong opponent."
Ichinose changed the subject: "Between me and Horikita, it should be about a seven-to-three split; the key is Yagami-kun, Senior Nagumo seems to support him a lot."
"That first-year?"
Hikigaya immediately frowned.
The third-years are about to graduate, and first-years don't know much about the school; generally speaking, it is most suitable for a second-year to take over as Student Council President.
However.
There are always exceptions.
From Nagumo Miyabi's perspective as an outsider, he more or less understands that trying to support Horikita Suzune now is somewhat unrealistic.
Turning to support Yagami Takuya is normal.
With the votes from the third-years, and Yagami Takuya's popularity among the first-years seems to be very high.
He is indeed a strong opponent.
"Um..."
Hikigaya took a deep breath.
He had regarded Horikita Suzune as the primary competitor, but he didn't expect a ""A Wild Card" " to appear halfway.
This made things a bit difficult.
Hikigaya was very confident in his strategy.
There are twelve classes in the whole school.
Setting aside the entire third-year controlled by Nagumo Miyabi, they couldn't possibly cast their votes for Ichinose.
But even so.
Since this is an anonymous vote, he could try to find Kiriyama and others to pull votes.
With Nagumo Miyabi's dictatorial style, it was impossible for everyone to be satisfied with him; the third-year might still have some rebellious vote-splitting.
Second-year Class D would likely also vote for Horikita Suzune.
Let Horikita Suzune and Yagami Takuya split the votes.
As long as they can win over the majority of the votes.
The probability of Ichinose winning is not low.
But according to Hikigaya's thinking, at most he could only win over the options of four classes; it could only be considered a fifty-fifty split with Yagami Takuya.
This success rate was clearly unacceptable to Hikigaya.
At least two more classes needed to be persuaded.
Only then could it be considered safe.
"Honami, after school, let's go meet with the leaders of the other classes."
Saying that, Hikigaya took a piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to Ichinose, saying in a deep voice:
"Additionally, I'll trouble everyone to work a bit harder to distribute this questionnaire; have the people in school fill out this questionnaire as much as possible."
"This is very important; you can use some personal points if necessary."
Even if money is needed.
At most one hundred personal points per person; the whole school would be less than fifty thousand points, it's nothing.
"Understood."
Ichinose took the paper, and suddenly felt a bit unable to understand again.
How come in front of Hikigaya, she always feels a bit silly?