Hachiman’s Classroom of Strength’s Supremacy

Chapter 011: Loners Are Drawn to Each Other—No, the Proud Soul Has No Place for Ties

Horikita Suzune.

Female.

First-year, Class D.

She has an outstanding appearance, with long, waist-length black hair draped over her back and shoulders. On the right side, she wears a small, delicate white ribbon tied into a bow, accompanied by a long, thin braid.

Her cascading black hair carries a faint lily fragrance, likely the scent of her shampoo.

She sits with an elegant and refined posture.

Long eyelashes, captivating orange eyes reminiscent of a fox’s gaze, and delicate facial features.

However, the cold expression on her face constantly radiates an air of rejection.

Like an ice-cold beauty, her demeanor wards off many weak-willed individuals—but, conversely, it only makes others even more intrigued by her.

Take Hachiman, for example.

But for Hachiman, what matters is not her appearance.

It’s the value she represents—200,000 points.

When he opens his phone, he sees that his student ID information has been updated.

[Name: Hikigaya Hachiman
Class: First-year, Class D
Student ID: 108510000
Private Points: 89,100]

Compared to the full 100,000 points he had yesterday, there’s been a slight decrease, indicating some spending.

However, Hachiman’s private points aren’t decreasing—in fact, they’re increasing.

After returning to his dorm, he scanned his points card with his phone and confirmed the transfer of 200,000 points.

Chabashira-sensei didn’t lie.

So, he’s quite interested in saving up points.

And the 200,000 points represented by Kushida have already been secured.

To be honest, the evaluation of Kushida was somewhat opportunistic. If he truly wanted to gather information on her, what he had done wasn’t nearly enough—he might have needed to pay a price of some kind.

Kushida has a strong ambition to win people over.

So obtaining information about her would normally require a significant cost.

All he did was point out that, despite Kushida’s perfection, being placed in Class D made her a ticking time bomb.

Chabashira-sensei accepted this reasoning.

Very fortunate.

It shows that Chabashira-sensei is someone willing to pay up.

Now, what about Horikita?

Hachiman is intrigued by Chabashira-sensei’s words:
“Get close to Horikita Suzune. That girl is just like you.”

Horikita is like him?

In what way?

…

“……” Horikita Suzune.

Sitting at a single-person desk, she holds up her physics textbook, flipping through the pages as if studying intently.

Her fingers are long and slender, her posture poised, and her side profile is stunning.

Her textbook is brand new, yet it gives the impression that she takes studying very seriously.

This is evident from the notes in her book—things like “Pay attention to this section in class” and “This might be an important point, better memorize it.”

Since she only received her textbooks yesterday upon enrollment, she must have started studying and even previewing the material last night.

That’s something Hachiman could never do.

In fact, he hadn’t even opened any of his textbooks yet.

But then—

“What do you want?” Horikita’s cold voice rang out.

The one she was addressing…

A girl with short golden hair, like a little angel.

Kushida Kikyo.

Kushida had approached Horikita with a smile.

As someone who spends most of his time alone, Hachiman is skilled at observing others unnoticed.

Horikita sits next to him.

But right now, he rests his elbows together, his face down on his arms, seemingly asleep.

However, that’s not the case.

This position allows him to monitor a wide area from the corner of his eye.

Lowering his presence like this—he calls it… the “ultimate surveillance camera.”

And right now, the ultimate surveillance camera is online.

“You’re Horikita, right? I’m Kushida Kikyo.” Kushida spoke. “Last night, I invited you to join our class group chat. Why did you decline?”

Ah, so that’s what this is about.

The class group chat.

That makes sense.

Yesterday, when Hachiman joined, there were 25 members in the group.

Both Yousuke-mama and Kushida are popular extroverts.

Hirata is friendly to everyone, and he especially pays attention to people like Hachiman, who tend to be alone. He wouldn’t want anyone to be left out.

Naturally, if a class group chat is created, they’d want everyone to join.

How touching—having a “class mom” like Hirata.

But for someone as perfect as him to be placed in Class D, it means he’s also a ticking time bomb.

Hachiman continues playing the emotionless surveillance camera, silently recording without participating.

Gathering information.

It seems Kushida invited Horikita to the group chat, but Horikita declined.

“Did you reject it by accident? Maybe you were up too late studying?” Kushida said. “It was my fault—I shouldn’t have asked so late at night, it was already 11 PM.”

Kushida truly is an angel, giving Horikita an easy way out.

“Hah? An accident?” But Horikita replied, “I didn’t make a mistake.”

“In fact, a class group chat—something like that isn’t necessary.”

In other words, she refused on purpose.

“But the group allows us to share information and build connections,” Kushida pointed out.

“I have no interest in that. If anything, it would just interrupt my study time.”

Horikita’s response was… as cold as ice.

Or, to put it another way… utterly indifferent to social interaction.

Because—

Even if you don’t like the class group chat, you could still join and mute it.

Rather than outright rejecting it in front of half the class, who are already present in the classroom.

Have you considered the consequences of expressing yourself this way?

Did you not notice the bewildered gazes of your classmates?

After today, Horikita Suzune will likely be labeled as someone difficult to get along with.

“…And if there’s nothing else, could you leave?” Horikita continued. “I still need to read.”

She resumed reading.

This left Kushida feeling somewhat awkward.

But Horikita remained calm, continuing to read.

This behavior… how should one describe it? Completely oblivious to social norms.

This made Hachiman, the silent observer, start to reflect.

Reflect on why he had chosen the seat next to Horikita Suzune.

Since yesterday, no one had sat beside her. She exuded an aura of cold rejection, and the others seemed to be intentionally avoiding her.

And as it turns out, Horikita Suzune truly is difficult to approach.

Thinking back on it now, he must have sensed the air of solitude surrounding her.

In other words, she had no friends.

Nor did she make any effort to accommodate others.

Like a lone wolf that refuses to run with the pack.

Did he choose to sit next to her because lonely souls are drawn to each other?

But—

Hachiman closed his eyes.

If Horikita Suzune is a lone wolf…

Then what he wants to be is a bear.

A proud soul has no need for a place to belong.