On the other side.
Hikigaya stood by the window looking down, watching the crowd flood into the Special Building.
Witnessing this scene.
A smile appeared at the corner of Hikigaya's mouth.
This cultural festival.
He hadn't taken it to heart at all.
He just let Ichinose and the others enjoy the festival happily.
Rather than thinking about how to win.
It was better to think about how to keep customers from entering other classes' shops.
It was simply too easy.
As for whether the memories they left behind were beautiful or painful.
What did that have to do with him?
Next, as long as things proceeded normally, Class B getting into the top four was practically set in stone. Next, he would go to Class D to find some trouble.
Since they liked opening "indecent" shops, he would go be an "indecent" customer, and find out about Class D's situation while he was at it.
Outside the dessert shop.
In the hallway, Hikigaya leaned against the wall and observed for a while. Adults and children began entering the classroom one after another. Careful observation showed that the dessert shop seemed quite popular with children, and business looked good.
In terms of hosting customers.
This was Class B's strong suit. Ando Sayo and the others handled it with ease.
Private points were issued by the school.
If they weren't used up before the festival ended, they would be reclaimed by the school instead.
Perhaps.
Whether adults or students.
Everyone more or less had the idea of experiencing every project in the cultural festival.
Compared to those high-ranking officials.
Students were more easily influenced by the atmosphere, prone to impulsive spending, and unable to perfectly control their budgets.
The most important question was.
How to snatch more revenue from the students.
Forget it.
Regardless, the top four was basically guaranteed.
First or fourth place.
Made no difference to Class B.
Thinking of this.
Hikigaya prepared to head to Class D's maid cafe.
Along the way, he naturally heard rumors about Class B being despicable and shameless for selling surströmming to interfere with other shops.
But since this was completely inconsistent with Ichinose's style.
It could basically be inferred that it was Hikigaya's tactic.
Therefore.
The vast majority of the blame fell on Hikigaya.
Occasionally encountering students.
Their gazes seemed to say they were gritting their teeth.
But Hikigaya didn't mind. As long as it didn't break rules and they could win, it was fine.
Special Building.
In front of shop Special 03.
Looking at the long queue in front of him, with everyone's faces beaming with excitement, Hikigaya's mouth twitched.
Sure enough... the power of old perverts is second to none.
Ryuen and Horikita Suzune.
The two seemed to have made a bet, wanting to hype up the atmosphere to attract foot traffic; thus, there were quite a lot of people.
With such methods.
Even in a normal cultural festival.
It shouldn't be hard for Class C and Class D to enter the top four, but the most crucial reason was those maid outfits that kept the boys' eyes glued.
"The end of the line is here!"
At this moment.
Wang Meiyu was dressed in a modified Chinese-style maid outfit with a red miniskirt, holding a sign and standing at the end of the line to maintain order.
She was wearing black tights, with a square cutout at the chest revealing the snowy white cleavage within.
Of course.
The Class D girls surely didn't think too much of it, simply finding the clothes cute, but they certainly knew in their hearts why the boys were coming.
Looking at the long queue.
Hikigaya followed the rules and went to Wang Meiyu to line up.
"It's you..."
"What, aren't customers welcome?"
"No... no... you are welcome, please wait here for a moment."
Wang Meiyu's expression was tense.
If it weren't for Hikigaya hiring Ryuen, Class D wouldn't have been cursed so badly. They clearly blamed the mistake on Hikigaya.
It was by relying on this method of shifting the conflict that Class D could sustain themselves on that one breath.
Wang Meiyu naturally had no good face for Hikigaya.
But as a shop.
It was naturally impossible to just kick Hikigaya out.
Soon.
The people in front decreased rapidly.
Hikigaya followed a boy in front into the maid cafe.
"Welcome home~ Master Mwah mwah"
Sato Maya made a heart with her hands in front of her chest, flashing a cute smile, but her face stiffened for a moment when she realized it was Hikigaya.
"Is there a problem?"
"No, Master, this way please. Please rest here for a moment, I will be right back."
Following instructions.
Hikigaya obediently found a seat and sat down, and Sato Maya quickly turned to leave.
She probably didn't want to serve him and wanted to find someone to switch, or maybe Sato Maya herself was only responsible for reception.
Forget it.
These things weren't important.
Though he came to cause trouble, he had to wait for an opportunity.
Hikigaya took the chance to observe his surroundings.
The quality of Class D's products clearly couldn't match Class B's; they had spent most of their budget on the maid outfits.
But the demand was caught very precisely, perfectly hitting the psychological needs of the boys.
Most importantly...
Hikigaya carefully observed the Class D staff.
He couldn't find Karuizawa or Hasebe Haruka; the two should be helping in the kitchen.
These maids.
One had to say the quality was high; there really were many cute girls in Class D.
The girls didn't seem to show any changes, or perhaps every girl is a born actor.
But the boys...
Even though it was a happy cultural festival, the smiles on the faces of Ike Kanji and the others felt like professional fake smiles.
To put it a certain way.
It gave off an atmosphere lacking in vitality.
This was normal.
The world, after all, shows some favor to girls.
Seeing the other party is a girl, even verbal abuse is somewhat restrained. Thus, the state of Wang Meiyu and the others was acceptable.
But the boys.
People would swear at them without holding back.
That's why the state of Ike Kanji and the others was a bit low.
To be honest.
Hikigaya felt he had slightly underestimated Class D's psychological resilience.
But it made no difference.
No one can withstand endless ridicule and abuse, especially when they cannot talk back.
Even if they can maintain it now, it's only a matter of time.
Low spirits are just the beginning, followed by silence and wordlessness, and finally, feeling there is no place to belong and breaking down.
Just then.
Kushida Kikyo, dressed in a maid outfit, walked up to Hikigaya with a menu. Her majestic peaks attracted many gazes.
"What do you want to order?"
Kushida Kikyo's expression was indifferent.
She threw the menu directly in front of Hikigaya and sat unceremoniously in the chair opposite him with her legs crossed, leaning back.
Hikigaya's mouth twitched.
What kind of nasty personality maid style was this?
Forget it.
The reason for Kushida Kikyo's poor attitude wasn't hard to guess.
He had completely exposed the process of Class D's previous exam, which was bound to affect Kushida Kikyo.
If it weren't for the fact that the victim, Sakura Airi, was still at school.
With Kushida Kikyo's reputation.
It would probably be hard for anyone to believe she was a person with such exploding jealousy.
Although Hikigaya didn't think Kushida Kikyo was an unforgivably bad person, his actions certainly caused her harm.
Hikigaya also felt some apology.
But since they were in different classes, they were in a competitive relationship.
That apology wasn't much.
Furthermore, the relationship between the two wasn't very deep to begin with.
Better not to go looking for trouble.
Just let this relationship fade away naturally