Hachiman’s Classroom of Strength’s Supremacy

Chapter 136: Kushida’s Acting is Really Good!

Koenji has a strong physique.

He also has excellent insight.

“I was just photographed.”

After swiping the card and leaving with Hachiman, Koenji said.

“When are you planning to forfeit and change the team leader?” Hachiman asked.

This question came out of nowhere, but it seemed to make Koenji smile slightly.

He always thought of himself as a genius, and that ordinary people simply could not understand geniuses. They couldn’t keep up with his thinking.

So, he looked down on communicating with ordinary people.

At the same time, in this class, he often felt bewildered because there were so many foolish people around him, and some even surprised him with their stupidity.

However.

If no one provoked him, he wouldn’t do anything.

In fact, he didn’t want to do anything for this class.

But, during this deserted island exam, he had put in some effort, and it was still because of Hikigaya Hachiman’s temptation — the more capable would work more and could earn points for the class.

He had to come to this school due to family reasons and needed to graduate with the excellent status of Class A.

Before, he didn’t know the true nature of the school, but after Hikigaya intentionally violated the rules, he understood.

Only by graduating from Class A could one be recognized by the school.

As a proud genius, naturally, he wanted to graduate with the most excellent status.

Therefore, upon graduation, he had to either bring the class up to Class A or earn 20 million points to transfer to Class A upon graduation.

Although he had money and could exchange points with upperclassmen.

However, if he could earn the points himself, he was willing to do so.

“It’ll probably end on the sixth day,” Koenji said. “If it’s through an illness, it will take some time to brew, but I’m planning to catch a few snakes.”

Catch snakes, huh.

That means getting bitten by a snake.

Although this island is uninhabited, there are snakes, and it was because he saw a snake that Hachiman confirmed that Horikita was really reliable.

“And you purposely let me leak my team leader status to Ibuki, what are you thinking? Are you planning to get to the part where the team leader is guessed?” Koenji asked.

“It’s not just that.” Hachiman shook his head. “On one hand, I’m bringing points to the class; on the other hand, I also want to form an alliance with Class B. Then we can gain points from Class B.”

“…” Koenji.

Koenji understood. Hikigaya was intentionally letting Ibuki spread the wrong information about the team leader to Class D and the class A allied with Class D.

Then, they would deduct points from Class A.

And if Class A loses points, it benefits Class B.

So this was like doing business with Class B.

And doing business meant that Hikigaya Hachiman was also collecting points.

“Do you want to go solo?” Koenji asked.

He was planning to go solo himself, and if Hikigaya also wanted to go solo, it wasn’t a bad option.

This class really couldn’t be helped.

“I’m not thinking that way. Going solo requires 20 million, but wouldn’t it be better if 20 million were exchanged for money?” Hachiman replied.

“…” Koenji.

Well, that’s really short-sighted.

Koenji comes from the Koenji conglomerate, and he had no interest in ordinary students aiming to get into a good university or secure a job with the school’s rewards like exempted tests or tuition fees.

Because he was born superior.

Ordinary people can move up a level through school rewards, which is useful both for themselves and their descendants.

But.

Hikigaya thought that 20 million was more valuable.

“It seems like you have a bit of a lack of ambition, Hikigaya. I thought you wanted to soar through the ranks,” Koenji commented.

Is that so?

But Hachiman’s and Koenji’s thoughts were different.

Because, when compared to the chance of rising above, he would still choose 20 million.

Because rising above might come with various problems.

But 20 million was something tangible.

Also.

Want to rise above?

Hachiman thought that, besides his own hard work, there was another way.

That is.

If he could meet a rich woman who was willing to support him, wouldn’t that also be considered rising above?

It’s just that ordinary people need to spend a lot of time and effort to accumulate a financial base and only have a small chance to rise through hard work.

This fact was quite cruel.

…

So, feeling that cruelty, Hikigaya and Koenji continued to swipe the outposts.

Around 7 o’clock, the two of them returned to the base.

And the classmates were already awake.

The sky looked like it might rain, but it didn’t.

However, the air on the island was very pleasant.

The classmates had already started washing up and…

And Hachiman noticed that Ibuki was still in the camp.

And.

“Good morning.”

Ibuki, sitting by the fire, unexpectedly greeted Hachiman first.

“Good morning.” Hachiman responded.

“Are you the team leader?” However, Ibuki surprisingly spoke directly to Hikigaya.

And the topic was surprisingly blunt.

Hachiman thought to himself that maybe he was a straight guy, but this Ibuki seemed to be a super straight girl.

Because she basically had the information about the team leader status written all over her face.

Didn’t you see how Horikita Suzune, after washing up, looked shocked when she came to the fire?

In other words, she really had taken a photo of Koenji swiping the card.

“Why do you say that?” Hachiman maintained a calm expression and asked.

“Because you just came back from outside with Koenji, right?” Ibuki replied. “Normally, you three — you, Sudo, and Koenji — swipe cards together at the base.”

“And today, Sudo didn’t go with you.” Ibuki continued.

“…” Hachiman didn’t speak.

And Ibuki, seemingly in a good mood, continued,

“However, I think your class should be a bit more careful. You’ve occupied so many outposts, and if the team leader is guessed, your efforts will be wasted.” Ibuki said. “Because you took me in, I’ll keep quiet. I won’t tell anyone, but you should still be careful.”

“Then, thank you,” Hachiman said, his expression darkening slightly.

“…By the way, do you trust me?” Ibuki asked.

“Of course, I trust you,” Hachiman replied. “Because you can’t be acting with Ryuen. Your face is still bruised.”

“…” Ibuki.

Indeed, Ibuki was acting with Ryuen.

However, she felt that the sympathy she gained from the injury on her face helped keep her from being suspected.

However, Hikigaya was playing along with her, because she had captured a photo of Koenji as the team leader.

As a result, Hikigaya was showing himself as the team leader.

In other words, they were becoming a bit more cautious of her. They wanted to disguise the situation.

But unfortunately, Hikigaya, your class is finished.

Although she was taken in, she still had her own position.

So, even though you are all good people, she would have to do something bad.

“Thank you for trusting me,” Ibuki said, then lowered her head.

But Hikigaya, who trusted her, turned to look at the cute little angel with golden hair who had come out with Horikita Suzune.

“…” Kushida Kikyo realized she was being stared at.

Then she noticed Hikigaya was looking at her.

Kushida immediately understood.

This was the agreement between Hikigaya and her.

To let her panties be stolen once…

To drive Ibuki away.

And now, here, immediately?

Damn.

Kushida felt that Hikigaya had given her a high-difficulty task, testing her acting skills.

But…

“It just feels sticky this morning,” Kushida said.

“Yeah, the weather seems to have gotten a bit warmer. Kikyo-chan, how about you go take a shower first?” Wang Mei-yu said.

Wang Mei-yu was Kushida’s best friend and also knew that Kushida had the habit of showering in the morning.

“Mm-hmm.” Kushida nodded, then turned and walked toward the tent.

She entered the tent.

There was no one inside.

Horikita had been feeling unwell these past few days, but her condition today seemed better, and the redness on her face had disappeared. It seemed like she had recovered from her cold.

That was something to be happy about.

But for Kushida, she now had a troublesome task.

Because she had to act as if her panties had been stolen.

Earlier, Karuizawa’s panties had been stolen, and she cried.

And Hikigaya, the dense guy, seemed to be trying to regain Karuizawa’s popularity by having her panties stolen too.

It was so annoying.

But…

She did have acting skills.

So…

“Ah—”

Kushida’s voice came from the tent.

“Why did this happen…?”

“My panties were stolen.”

Kushida’s anxious and scared voice echoed.

The other girls quickly gathered around, and soon everyone could hear Kushida’s crying.

If Karuizawa was famous because she was a member of the student council and had made contributions in the last exam, she had already become well-known in the class.

When her panties were stolen, Shinohara immediately stood up for her.

And now…

Kushida was everyone’s angel, and now something had happened to her.

Naturally… many people wanted to help.

Then…

“Who did this?!”

“How could they do something so outrageous?!”

“Yeah, it’s so rage-inducing!”

“No, who is the pervert who did such a thing?!”

Although they thought there might really be a pervert in the class, Hachiman also stood up.

Hirata quickly came over too.

The class had finally been getting along well, and now there was conflict again. He didn’t want to see that.

But he also remembered what Hikigaya had said when Karuizawa’s panties were stolen — that he would do the same with Kushida’s panties.

And now this situation has aligned.

So she quickly began to act.

She put on the appearance of trying to keep the peace and avoid any arguments.

But…

“If it wasn’t someone from our class, then it must have been someone from another class?” Someone said.

Someone from another class.

And as soon as this other-class person was mentioned, many eyes turned toward Ibuki.

Ibuki was the one from another class.

“…” Ibuki.

“Everyone, calm down!”

At this moment, Ibuki was called out by name, but she didn’t mind. She calmly stood up.

“Although it’s best to thoroughly investigate this kind of perverted incident…”

“However, as someone from another class, I am indeed the most suspicious.”

“So.”

She took out her bag and said, “Girls, please check it.”

“And then…”

“I’ve decided to leave. I’m going back to the boat,” she said.

“No, Ibuki, nobody wants to make you leave,” said the friendly Hirata immediately.

“Let’s first check on Yamauchi’s situation,” said Horikita Suzune, frowning. “If this kind of thing happens again, it might be the same culprit.”

“If it’s still Yamauchi,” Horikita Suzune said, “then we’ll have to report it to the homeroom teacher after this exam.”

Yamauchi was the scapegoat in the previous panty-stealing incident. Now, three days had passed, but many people still didn’t believe that Yamauchi was the culprit.

So now that another panty-stealing incident had occurred, some of the girls’ disdain for Yamauchi had increased.

They fully agreed with Horikita’s statement.

Some even felt disgusted.

How could their classmate be such a pervert? They didn’t want to be in the same room anymore.

“But.” Horikita Suzune raised her voice at this point. “If it wasn’t Yamauchi…”

“Then Ibuki-san,” Horikita Suzune looked at her. “We might not be able to continue harboring you.”

“This exam is crucial,” she said.

In other words, Ibuki had been in the camp during both incidents.

So now, for safety, should they kick Ibuki out?

Ibuki glanced at Horikita Suzune after hearing this.

“I, as someone from another class, am indeed suspicious. Although I didn’t do anything like this, I… I’ll leave,” Ibuki quickly handed her bag to Shinohara to check, then put it on her back and turned to leave.

She left resolutely.

The students of Class C could only silently watch her back.

But soon…

“By the way, it was probably Ibuki who did it,” Sudo said. “I got up at 6 this morning. I didn’t see anyone from another class nearby.”

“It was Ibuki,” Horikita Suzune said. “Ever since the panty-stealing incident happened, I haven’t slept at night. I’ve been pretending to sleep.”

“Then, at 5 AM today, after Hikigaya and the others went to the checkpoint, I saw Ibuki in action. She stole Kushida’s panties,” Horikita Suzune said.

“Why would she do something like this?” When Karuizawa’s panties were stolen the first time, some people suspected Ibuki, and some girls thought Ibuki wasn’t a pervert.

But now, Horikita was saying Ibuki was the culprit.

“Could it be that Ibuki is a pervert?”

“Maybe she really is a pervert, or maybe she’s trying to divide our class,” Horikita Suzune said. “Don’t forget, she’s from another class. If she figured out our class leader, their class could get extra points.”

“Wouldn’t that be just terrible?” Finally, some classmates realized.

They realized they had let the wolf into the house.

“Don’t worry,” Hikigaya said. “Ibuki didn’t get our class leader’s information. Because if she really did get our class leader’s information, she wouldn’t need to keep stealing panties to cause division among us.”

“That makes sense.” Some of the more forgiving classmates felt reassured.

And Hikigaya was also relieved.

Because…

She had received false information.

After leaving Class C’s camp, Ibuki found the hidden walkie-talkie and went to Ryuen’s side.

However…

“Kushida’s acting is really good,” after the class settled down, Hirata walked over to Hikigaya with some admiration.

After Karuizawa’s panties were stolen, Hikigaya contributed the idea to also steal Kushida’s panties.

So Hirata knew that Kushida was helping with the act.

But now she was still crying, really committed to the role.

She was in the tent, and her best friend, Wang Mei-yu, was still comforting her. From time to time, the sound of sobbing could be heard.

“She probably is,” Hikigaya said vaguely.

But his focus wasn’t on that.

Instead…

Do all girls cry when their panties are stolen?

It seemed that Karuizawa’s reaction wasn’t that surprising after all.