Hachiman’s Classroom of Strength’s Supremacy

Chapter 182: Congratulations, First-Year Class A!

Compared to the downcast First-Year Class D, Hikigaya returned to the base of his own class.

After all, the final 1200-meter relay race had already ended, and staying in the audience would feel like going on a date with Sakayanagi.

Thinking about this.

“Eh…”

Hikigaya couldn’t help but sigh.

Because Sakayanagi had invited him over, although he had been tricked into going, when the invitation was extended, he felt that it strongly hinted that she might be confessing her feelings to him in an artistic way.

Of course.

This could have just been his misunderstanding.

After all, Sakayanagi was cute and adorable, and both her academic abilities and family background were outstanding. She was even a genius, so she could never be interested in someone who was a shut-in.

So, it was likely that he had misunderstood.

Perhaps Sakayanagi’s invitation could be interpreted as her noticing his efforts in leading Class D upward, and she wanted to legitimize that by bringing him over to stabilize her own class.

Therefore, the idea that she might have been confessing to him was likely false.

Thinking this way.

“Hikigaya, are you feeling down?”

Hikigaya had just returned to the class base when a golden-haired, cute little angel approached him.

Her clear eyes were focused intently on him.

It was Kushida Kikyo.

She had full marks when it came to reading the atmosphere and managing feelings.

She was also very considerate, easily noticing when someone was feeling down, then coming over to boost their mood.

However.

No matter what, even knowing that Kushida was just trying to boost her favor, the way she approached him was still cute.

“Kushida,” Hikigaya said.

“What?” Kushida Kikyo blinked innocently.

“Do you like me, since you’re so concerned about me?” Hikigaya asked. “I want to hear the truth.”

“……”

“……” Kushida.

Almost immediately after Hikigaya said that, Kushida hurriedly looked around to see if anyone had overheard his strange remark.

At the same time, she was completely confused.

What was this guy talking about?

Why did he think she would like him?

But since no one was paying attention to her now, she could tell the truth.

“It’s obvious that I don’t like you,” Kushida said. “I want to be friends with everyone, so I can’t get involved in a relationship. You’re hard to deal with, so I just came over to boost my presence because I noticed you were in a bad mood.”

Although she still had the cute angelic expression on her face, her tone had turned cold, showing a darker side.

And Hikigaya nodded seriously.

“Right.”

So, it wasn’t a misunderstanding. Hikigaya thought to himself.

When a girl shows you favor, it’s very likely just an act.

Someone as cute as Kushida was probably pretending too.

So maybe Sakayanagi’s invitation was also fake?

Moreover, someone like Sakayanagi Arisu, having her like you would not be a good thing. In fact, just closing his eyes would make him think of a terrifying future.

Thinking like this, Hikigaya suddenly felt calm.

Perhaps he had figured out something important. Hikigaya smiled at Kushida.

“Thanks for clearing things up,” he said.

Then, he walked over to his classmates.

“……” Kushida.

This left Kushida Kikyo standing there, completely baffled.

She understood that he didn’t like her, so he seemed relieved.

What?

Was she just a nuisance in Hikigaya’s eyes, even though everyone loved her?

Kushida felt that Hikigaya Hachiman shouldn’t drop from the top spot in her personal little book.

Meanwhile, Hikigaya had already returned to his class.

President Horikita had finished announcing that the White Team had won the red vs. white competition, and the total score rankings for the four first-year classes were out.

First-Year Class A was in second place.

First-Year Class B took first place.

First-Year Class C was in third place.

And First-Year Class D came in last.

“Yatta! We won!”

“We won! So, does that mean the class evaluation score can go up by 200 points? Does that mean our living allowance is going to increase by 20,000 yen?”

“Idiot! There’s also the score rankings, that will give us another 200 points!”

“Really? That means we’ll never run out of living expenses!”

Across the room, only the students of First-Year Class B were in uncontrollable ecstasy.

Because they had succeeded.

“Is it over now?”

Hoping to rest in the camp due to an injury, Horikita Suzune sat there dazed.

The look on Horikita’s face, injured, was one of disbelief and a sense of loss.

Because she was very intelligent, it didn’t take her long to realize that now Class B was going to become Class A.

Class D had broken through the school’s history step by step, climbing from the very bottom.

And, compared to other classes, they even had an advantage.

“Yes, it’s over.”

Hikigaya walked over, sat beside her, and calmly spoke in a neutral tone.

“And if I’m not mistaken, then we’ve achieved our goal.”

Thirteen matches.

In the end, based on the total score ranking results:

• First-Year Class A: +0 points
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• First-Year Class B: +200 points
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• First-Year Class C: -100 points
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• First-Year Class D: -200 points
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And, due to the advantage, the White Team won without any suspense.

For the White Team, each class received 200 points. For the Red Team, each class lost 200 points.

Additionally, in the grade ranking:

• The class in first place in the overall score gets +200 points.
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• The class in second place in the overall score gets +0 points.
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• The class in third place in the overall score loses 100 points.
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• The class in fourth place in the overall score loses 200 points.
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As a result, the final scores were recalculated.

• Original Class A: 908 points
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• Original Class B: 1491 points
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• Original Class C: 1171 points
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• Original Class D: 0 points
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The school’s class rankings were based on the class evaluation scores, and these rankings were fluid. This meant that—

“Did we really become Class A?”

“It doesn’t feel real at all.”

“It feels like a dream.”

The students in Class B hadn’t woken up from their dreams yet. They were sitting at their desks, stunned.

It was the first time they had become Class A, the first time they could receive a living allowance that would surpass 100,000 yen again. And for the next month, they would have tens of thousands of yen left to spend without being able to use it all.

So many joyful things overlapping, it would only lead to more…

“Class A! We’re Class A now! We are Class A!”

Suddenly, Sudo jumped up, his face full of excitement as he loudly shouted.

“Hey, what’s wrong with you guys?”

After shouting for a while, Sudo suddenly realized that something felt off about the atmosphere. He scratched his head and said, “Or maybe I’m actually dreaming? If so, just pretend you didn’t hear anything…”

Before he could finish speaking, Class B suddenly erupted into thunderous cheers.

“We are—”

“Class A!” The score change led to the class rankings shifting as well.

Class A: 1491 (Horikita’s class)

Class B: 1171 (Ichinose’s class)

Class C: 908 (Sakayanagi’s class)

Class D: 0 (Ryuen’s class)

Class B surged forward and became the real Class A.

Although.

Even if they couldn’t hold onto this ranking.

There was no doubt that they had successfully moved up to Class A.

Even if this ranking only lasted for a month.

“……”

Chabashira Sae had already left the audience section. She returned to the student camp, looking at the cheering students with a calm expression.

But her body was slightly trembling, and her hand resting on her waist was clenched tightly.

“We did it… we really did it.”

Inside, Chabashira Sae trembled with excitement, as if she had acquired a long-desired treasure.

“Class A!”

In less than half a semester, in just one term.

Class D had been slowly brought up to Class A!

After Hikigaya’s lessons, Chabashira had never hoped they could keep the Class A position, because the school wouldn’t allow it.

Because the people in Class D couldn’t be relied on.

From start to finish, the only person who had pushed Class D step by step onto the pedestal was one person alone.

But that was enough.

She used ten years of her youth to prove to everyone that Class D could also be elevated to Class A!

Perhaps it was just a fleeting moment, perhaps it would wither the next second.

But this had already proven that her past dream was not a mere fantasy.

Her long-cherished wish had been fulfilled.

Ding—!

“Excuse me!”

At that moment, a burst of static came through the loudspeakers on the playground, followed by the voice of the student council president, Horikita Manabu.

“Please, first-year Class A’s Hachiman Hikigaya, report to the student council now.”

“Repeat, first-year Class A’s Hachiman Hikigaya, please report to the student council now.”

But the students below were more concerned about Hikigaya than he was.

“Did you hear that?”

“First-year Class A! The student council president is calling for our Class A!”

“They really did become Class A!”

The students of Class B nearly jumped up with excitement. This meant that everything that had happened earlier wasn’t just a figment of their imagination.

It was real!

The school had officially recognized that Class B had successfully been promoted to Class A!

“Teacher.”

Hikigaya glanced at Chabashira, who was standing to the side, and stood up.

“Go ahead.”

Chabashira Sae nodded at him.

Hikigaya had done everything he promised to do for her.

And she had already fulfilled her dream, so there was no need to worry about anything else.

As the saying goes—

“When I die, let the floods rise.”

In a certain sense, she was just as selfish.

As long as Class D had become Class A, she had no more regrets.

……

As for the former Class A, it’s called “former” because they were now Class C.

They had never imagined that they would fall, and even if they did, they never thought they would drop all the way to Class C in one go.

“Hachiman Hikigaya.”

Back in their own base, Sakayanagi gently bit her lip, and her mood seemed complicated.

Her classmates felt the same way.

“Sakayanagi.” Katsuragi, seemingly resigned, walked up to her. “These past few times were my mistakes.”

“The class has dropped, and I have no face to continue holding the position of representative.”

“So.”

Katsuragi admitted with a sigh, “From now on, I’ll leave it to you to lead the class.”

“Oh.”

In the face of this voluntarily handed-over authority, Sakayanagi Arise seemed indifferent.

This made Katsuragi feel somewhat regretful.

This meant that Sakayanagi had probably predicted this outcome all along. In fact, she had never expected him to succeed from the beginning.

And the result was just as expected.

He couldn’t hold the class steady in Class A.

“Anyway.”

“From now on, I’ll leave it to Sakayanagi to lead!”

“As long as we are Class A by the time we graduate, that’s enough!”

Sakayanagi didn’t react much, but her supporters were different.

The members of the Sakayanagi faction had been many from the start.

So they had been eagerly waiting for the moment when Sakayanagi could truly take control.

And now, that moment had come.

They still had confidence in their representative.

Thus, the members of the Sakayanagi faction were suddenly energized.

Even though the class had dropped, there was still morale.

“I think Sakayanagi isn’t really paying attention to this right now.”

However, some people felt that Sakayanagi’s attitude was wrong at the moment.

But they didn’t speak out.

At the same time, she noticed that Sakayanagi Arise had already stood up.

Her silver hair was adorned with a black beret, and her fair little hand gripped a cane, which she used to support herself and prevent falling.

Sakayanagi’s mood was indeed not focused on the class right now.

If she truly wanted it, she could have stripped Katsuragi of his authority from the beginning, rather than letting him control things.

So this situation couldn’t shake her.

But.

Indeed.

Her rare initiative to invite was directly rejected, leaving her in a very bad mood.

……

On the other side, Hikigaya had arrived at the student council.

Most students were just resting after the sports day, doing nothing.

But the busy student council president returned directly to the office.

Hikigaya quickly understood why Horikita Manabu had called for him.

Before the sports day began.

There had been some issues with the third-year class evaluation scores.

Third-year Class A: 2154 points

Third-year Class B: 1530 points

Third-year Class C: 310 points

Third-year Class D: 255 points

Now.

The first-year scores were shocking, but the third-year ones weren’t light either.

In the Red and White competition, the White team won.

At the same time.

In the third-year total scores, Class A took first place, Class B took second place, Class C took third, and Class D took last place.

Although the overall ranking of the year’s classes was fine, the Red and White team’s win or loss had indeed affected them.

Because now, the third-year class evaluation scores looked like this.

Third-year Class A: 2154 points

Third-year Class B: 1730 points

Third-year Class C: 410 points

Third-year Class D: 0 points

This wasn’t a good sign for third-year Class A.

Hikigaya had arrived at the student council office.

Knock knock—

He politely knocked on the door.

“Come in.”

Horikita Manabu was still very polite.

Despite having just participated in the 1200-meter relay, where he even overtook Matsuhita Chiaki and closed a 25-meter gap to take first place, the student council president, Horikita, was completely calm, with no signs of exhaustion.

“First of all, congratulations,” Horikita Manabu said. “It wasn’t easy for Class D to climb up from the bottom. It’s almost like a miracle.”

Horikita seemed rather formal.

“If you just want this kind of praise, I’ll leave now,” Hikigaya said. “We’re having a celebration party in my class. If I’m late, I’ll still pay for it.”

“…” Horikita Manabu said. “On the entry list for your class’s 1200-meter relay, Suzune was listed as the final runner.”

“But in the end, another student took her place.”

“What happened there?”

Oh.

Horikita-kun is paying such close attention, isn’t he? He’s a bit of a sis-con.

Hikigaya thought it might be worth staying a little longer.