Fish on the hook

Silence reigns in the space of the stage.

Hikigaya lowered his head and thought, but Ryuuen didn't rush him and cooked the meat himself.

"That, Hikigaya-kun…"

"Hiyori, this is a conversation between men, don't talk too much."

Shiina didn't seem to have the heart to embarrass Hikigaya so she just wanted to convince him, but Ryuuen stopped her.

According to Ryuuen, Hikigaya is involved in a fierce ideological struggle, and currently he can succeed if he puts pressure in the back.

Unfortunately, the truth is very different from what he thought.

"Honestly, I don't have any feelings for the class," Hikigaya said slowly, "It just seems very strange to me, why do you think that I will listen to you dutifully?"

Ryuuen immediately laughed, "Haha, I don't care if you are obedient or not, anyway, no matter who dares to interfere with me, I will mercilessly kill them."

"O? Do you want me to drop out of school?"

"No, even though you're an asshole, you're not a single-minded fool."

To Hikigaya's surprise, Ryuuen rated him unexpectedly highly and thought he would be treated like trash fish.

"Besides, you must have guessed what I'll do?"

"…If I don't listen to you, Shiina will drop out of school?"

"Haha, you really are not stupid.

"After all, you're the type of dictator, and it's easy to guess what you're doing."

Hikigaya was sure that if Shiina was naughty and kept in contact with him, Ryuuen would definitely ruthlessly expel Shiina.

Looking only at the character of this kind of leader, his level of approval is undoubtedly the lowest, but according to Ryuuen's idea, he must be ready to win the trust of the class with his real actions, so he actively acts.

But this approach also has the disadvantage that if it fails, the class can easily strike back.

However, looking at Ryuuen's facial expression, it can be said that the word defeat should not be in this guy's vocabulary, even if he fails, he will do his best to get up again.

Judging only by the strength of her self-confidence, I'm afraid that she is comparable to Sakayanagi.

Just as Hikigaya was about to say something, Ryuuen suddenly opened his mouth and spoke.

"Actually, you have nothing to worry about, do you?"

After saying that, Ryuuen looked up and down at Hikigaya with contempt and smiled, "Anyway, a guy like you who is only smart, no one in the class has ever looked at you, and you are treated like a paramecia."

"...Hey."

Even though it sounded unpleasant, Hikigaya really couldn't deny it.

He really was ostracized.

The main reason is that the current environment is too incompatible with Hikigaya.

If Hikigaya is Grade A or Grade B, even if he hasn't done anything special so far, that's enough for a lot of people to notice that he's unusual.

No matter how often he had no reason to exist, at least no one would despise him.

But there is a difference between class C and class D. Most of the students in these two classes are mediocre people who follow the trend.

Simply put, they tend to use instinct to judge a person's worth rather than think with their brains.

Usually it's looks, popularity, and whether or not they'll fight.

It is a pity that the above three points are not taken into account by Hikigai Hachiman.

Because of this, Ryuuen could use violence to control Class C, but switching to Class A or Class B would not work.

On the other hand, Sakayanagi, who is physically handicapped, can use her mind to win over half of the people in Class A, but if she moves to Class C or Class D, things will definitely not progress so smoothly.

"That is really rude of you.

Hikigaya was surprised that Ryuuen could see him so clearly, so he decided that this guy should be blown away.

"Like you said, I don't have any burden in my heart because of class betrayal… I'm just wondering if it's necessary to make a deal with a guy like you."

"…What do you mean by 'a guy like you'?"

Ryuuen's face suddenly darkened, not because he was angry or out of patience, but because he realized that Hikigaya seemed to mean something else.

"How should I say this, I don't know whether to tell you or not," Hikigaya frowned, but he seemed to be smiling, "But forget it, for the sake of your invitation to dinner, I will open it a little." Just listen to you."

"You must have heard of President Horikita, right?"

Seeing Ryuuen's nod, Hikigaya continued, "For the entire third and second year, almost no one dared to challenge President Horikita in person, do you know what happened? Or do you know where the Student Council President's power comes from?"

"Because they're a bunch of cowards," Ryuuen chuckled, "I admit that President Horikita is a bit capable, but if you're planning on using him as a way to intimidate me, I suggest you save it."

"No, no, I never thought about it like that, and the president won't help me with things like that," Hikigaya immediately shook his head.

"Then what are you trying to say?"

"I just want to tell you that our school is like some big companies. In order to maintain the tension of the students, there should be several people in each class to drop out, even Class A is no exception."

This is really not Hikigaya's nonsense, at least judging by the results.

"... some kind of nonsense."

"If you don't believe me, you can find out by asking the second and third grade seniors."

After saying that, Hikigaya felt that the performance was almost over and an evil smile appeared on his face.

"Now you should understand that even though President Horikita is in Class A, but according to the system of this school, no one should take care of him in other classes, but he can control the entire class by relying on one thing - fear."

"..."

Ryuuen was silent, probably thinking about the truth of what he said.

However, Hikigaya wasn't completely lying, at least the third year upperclassmen were really sick of Horikita Manabu.

"Especially our current freshman class seems to be the worst in history. If you don't drop out of school, I'm afraid it won't be easy in the future."

"Che, you bastard, you think I'm scared," Ryuuen snorted.

Hikigaya didn't bother, just nodded.

"Indeed, at first glance you seem chaotic, but in reality you are quite cautious. You can't use the rules to force you to drop out of school, but…"

After a pause, Hikigaya smiled slyly, "It's because you like to use rough methods, you can understand that until you get caught, the problem will remain a problem, and the student council will do everything to deal with thorns like you, and even I will help a little in this matter.

After saying that, Hikigaya looked at Shiina.

"Shiina, remember yesterday I told you to look for last year's midterm papers?"

"Yes."

"Actually, it was an order from the president."

Ignoring Shiina's inexplicable face, Hikigaya looked back at Ryuuen.

"The freshman midterm papers are the same every year. Initially, it was a test for students, but, unfortunately, few people see it. So every year, students in class C or class D fail the exam and drop out of school, but don't worry about it. This year, because the president doesn't want unimportant people to waste their dropout quota."

Ryuuen's face gradually became solemn.

"I don't know if you've heard of the idiom, it's called killing chickens to warn the monkeys," Hikigaya said with a smile, "Your great work since April, and the way you told your subordinates to disturb other classes this month. made you elected successfully. Where is the chicken? After saying that, Hikigaya stood up.

- Okay, that's enough. Thanks for the hospitality. First, I'll say goodbye. Hikigaya said and got up from his seat, but before taking two steps he turned around.

"By the way, Shiina, for now, you have to obey Ryuuen. In any case, soon everyone in Class C will be able to enjoy their freedom."

"..."

Shiina didn't know what to say so she could only stare silently at Ryuuen, who was looking at Hikigaya with contempt.

It seems that Ryuuen is not afraid at all, but in fact he is.

However, Hikigaya never intended to scare Ryuuen, he just wanted Ryuuen to take the lead in the action.

Thus, the fish will fall on the hook.