Hachiman’s Classroom of Strength’s Supremacy

Chapter 012 – Cute Kushida: Hikigaya Seems Interested in Horikita Suzune

The high school curriculum at Advanced Nurturing High School seemed to be more difficult than that of other schools.

The textbooks were the latest editions, and the teaching pace was fast.

However, the teachers appeared rather indifferent. As soon as the class time ended, they would announce the end of the lesson, regardless of how much content had been covered.

There were no extensions.

Moreover, there were no in-class questions.

The teachers didn’t even step down from the podium. Some students read manga or played on their phones during class, but the teachers didn’t seem to care.

What excited the students the most was probably the fact that there was no homework.

“This isn’t bad, right? I hate teachers who drag the lesson past the bell.”

“Yeah, and when PE class gets replaced with math, that’s the worst.”

“By the way, I heard our PE class includes swimming. Playing in the water at school? That sounds great.”

The students shared their thoughts.

The classroom became a bit noisy.

Even though it was only the second day of school, students had already begun forming their own little groups.

Cliques were forming.

One of the most obvious groups was the boys in the front rows.

Someone had bought a laptop last night and brought it to class. He was quickly creating a voting poll or something similar.

“What are you guys doing? Oh, there are several girls’ names from our class here.”

A student came over.

His name was Ike Kanji.

“We’re making a poll!” Haruki Yamauchi, who had introduced himself as an almost-professional table tennis player, said. “I saw Hirata’s phone, and the girls were ranking the hottest guys in school, so I thought we should make a ranking for the prettiest girls too!”

Oh.

I see.

“So obviously, as guys, we care about things like boobs, right?”

“I think we shouldn’t just judge based on the face. A great body is a must too!”

“What do you think of our criteria, Ayanokouji?” Yamauchi suddenly asked a boy with delicate features and a low presence.

After all, they were using Ayanokouji’s desk.

“Huh? I think it’s all about the same,” Ayanokouji replied, perhaps surprised to be asked.

“Eh…”

“Actually, I think Horikita is really pretty,” a tall, red-haired boy chimed in.

It was Sudo Ken, the same guy Hikigaya had seen yesterday.

Sudo had dismissed self-introductions as childish yesterday, yet he still introduced himself. Now, seeing the boys chatting, he had joined in as well.

So this was… an attempt to avoid being ostracized by clinging to a group early?

This social dynamic was quite interesting.

“Horikita does have a high face score.”

“But her boobs probably don’t make the cut. It’s gotta be Hasebe!” Yamauchi added.

The “Hasebe” he referred to was Hasebe Haruka, a classmate with a wide forehead, long blue hair, and a beauty mark under her right eye. She was quite pretty.

And she had a great body.

But… this was really bad.

It was natural for teenagers to be interested in the opposite sex.

But was this the kind of thing to discuss in public?

Did they not notice how the girls in the class were looking at them like trash?

The reason they were talking about Horikita and Hasebe was probably because both of them had left the classroom to go to the restroom.

So while Horikita might be socially oblivious, it seemed like their classmates weren’t much better in terms of emotional intelligence.

Hikigaya had already lost hope in the idea of the class working together to earn school credits.

Because—

Even if they were given all the necessary information, the personalities of his classmates wouldn’t allow them to unite or put in the effort.

They would slack off, refuse to cooperate, and resist authority. That was the reality.

Unless there was some kind of extreme intervention.

However, instead of observing the boys, Hikigaya had noticed a particularly cute girl.

There were many cute and pretty girls in the class.

But the fact that she had caught his attention several times meant she was unique.

She was a hidden beauty.

She sat quietly to his right.

She had long pink hair tied into two large twin tails and wore red-framed glasses.

She looked a little plain.

But—

Wasn’t there a saying?

A girl with glasses becomes a super beauty when she takes them off.

Actually, she was already very cute.

When he deliberately raised his head to look at her, she seemed a bit confused upon noticing his gaze. She then glanced behind her, as if assuming he was looking at someone else.

But when she saw no one was behind her and realized he was still looking, she finally understood.

Then she hurriedly lifted her book, hiding her face behind it.

Only her eyes peeked out.

When she confirmed that he was indeed looking at her, her face instantly turned red.

She then buried her face behind her book, too embarrassed to look up again.

Like a timid little squirrel.

Meanwhile, continuing his role as an observer, Hikigaya lowered his presence and kept observing those around him, letting his thoughts wander.

He had so much free time because it was already the break after the third period.

One more period, and then it would be lunchtime.

For the past two breaks, his seatmate, Horikita Suzune, had done the same thing—read.

It was terrifying.

But just now, she had finally moved and left the classroom.

Considering her thermos was half empty… she was probably going to pick some flowers.

But that wasn’t something an observer should be paying attention to. That would be impolite.

Just as he was thinking this—

“Hikigaya-kun~”

A sweet voice called out from beside him.

Hikigaya recognized the voice.

It was Kushida, the classmate he had interacted with yesterday—the one he had sold out to Chabashira-sensei for 200,000 points, yet who was now completely useless to him.

“Hikigaya-kun~ are you sleepy?” Kushida asked.

“…” Hikigaya remained in his pretend-dozing state.

“Was S-Sakura cute?” Kushida whispered. “You kept looking at her.”

“…” Hikigaya.

Alright, so she had noticed that he had been sneaking glances at Sakura.

Kushida was terrifying.

Actually, Hikigaya had already considered that Sakura might have noticed him staring.

Sakura had a timid personality, so she had probably asked Kushida for help.

It wasn’t his fault, though. He was just looking at her normally. But with his dead-fish eyes, it probably seemed intimidating.

So she must have misunderstood him.

“Hikigaya-kun, can you talk to Horikita?” Kushida continued.

Judging by her words, she hadn’t just come to help Sakura—she had her own agenda as well.

Recalling the start of class this morning, Kushida had tried to talk to Horikita but had been completely ignored.

Naturally, anyone would be frustrated by that.

So.

Right now, Hikigaya was a bit curious—between him and Horikita Suzune, who did Kushida find more difficult to deal with?

Otherwise, there would be no reason for her to be bothering him now.