Probably because the midterm exam is less than two weeks away, the number of people in the library has increased significantly lately, and there is still a tense atmosphere in the air.
From the first to the third grade, everyone studies hard, afraid of being expelled.
Hikigaya doesn't like crowded places, but considering the library is a good place to gather information, he needs to go.
Silence is required in the library, but there is no strict requirement not to talk, but silence must be observed so as not to disturb others.
Therefore, many people will have the illusion of thinking that talking about things here will not be easily noticed by others.
During this time, hiding Hikigaya's presence played a huge role, allowing him to gather a lot of useful information.
——I'm really qualified to be a ninja!
Just when Hikigaya was thinking about something boring, Horikita Suzune led Sudou and the others to the library.
Speaking of which, after the incident with Horikita's siblings last time, although outwardly nothing seems to have changed, Horikita actually has changed quite a bit. At least she's willing to put her face down and convince the trio of idiots to get back to work.
Sudou and the others may have sensed Horikita's sincerity, or perhaps they just didn't want to leave school.
However, it remains to be seen how long this zeal will last.
According to Hikigaya's idea, it is supposed that after the midterm exams are over, these guys will return to their original form.
"Okay, let's hurry up and read the book."
The person who said this was Kushida Kikyo. When she said that in her sweet voice, the trio of idiots immediately pulled out their textbooks.
Just like last time, in addition to Horikita and Ayanokouji, Kushida also squeezed into this study group.
But given the natures of the three fools, the reason they managed to convince them was mostly down to Kushida's strength.
However, Hikigaya doesn't think she really wants to help her classmates. More like she wants to create trouble for Horikita.
Hikigaya still doesn't fully understand why Kushida hates Horikita: in his opinion, Kushida interacts with almost everyone in the class, but only Horikita is the only one Kushida really hates.
It's definitely not just Horikita's short temper.
There must be some deeper reason.
— Hey, be quiet, it's so noisy in here.
At that moment, it seemed that Sudou and the others were talking too loudly, which caused discontent among the neighboring boy.
"Sorry, sorry, I'm too excited."
Kiyo smirked and said, "Because I'm so happy to answer the question correctly? Francis Bacon was the one who invented induction! You should also write down this question, it will be useful in the exam."
"Huh? What are you talking about?"
The boy had a strange expression on his face as he heard the words and then looked at Kiyo and the others for a while.
"...I told you guys, shouldn't you be Class D students?"
"What do you want to say?" Sudou was annoyed by the speaker's appearance and dryly said, "What if we're from Class D, do you have any opinion?"
"No, no, I have no opinion. I'm Yamawaki from Class C. Nice to meet you."
Yamawaki smiled wickedly as he looked over at Sudou and the others, clearly ready to make fun of them.
However, this is really great news for Hikigaya.
Those idiots from class C gave him a chance to act!
Hikigaya immediately got up and walked over there.
"Seriously, it's great that this school can be divided into strength classes," Yamawaki said with a smile, "If I have to be in the same class as you guys downstairs, I won't be able to bear it. "
"What you said!"
The most hot-tempered Sudou naturally could not stand it and immediately stood up to beat him.
However, he was stopped by an unexpected person.
"Hey, can you turn it down in the library... Really, why is it your class C again?"
Hikigaya pretended to be helpless and intervened, and Yamawaki seemed to recognize him, with a disgruntled expression on his face.
"Ha! You're the same Hikigaya, don't think that after joining the student council, you can interfere in other people's business. No matter what, you're only in class D, and your class has zero points!"
"Yeah, so you don't have to be polite when you see our class?"
Seeing the stupid faces of the people around him, Hikigaya smiled disapprovingly.
"Don't think I don't know what your class C was doing at this time. Your brute is fine to use against class A and class B, only our class D doesn't have points to deduct, so the king of scumbags in your class should have warned you thugs so as not to provoke our class D? But you dirty bastard is not very obedient."
"..."
Everyone was stunned when they heard Hikigai Hachiman's rude words.
Especially Yamawaki, his face gradually turned from mocking to red.
"You, you are the worst! Your class D is clearly the lowest level, but you dare…"
"Lower level? Are you kidding me?" Hikigaya interrupted him unceremoniously. "According to this school's system, the other three classes except class A are meaningless, and even if class C is a thousand points ahead of us, it's useless, as long as you can't get into Class A, you'll be just like us in terms of grades."
Hearing Hikigu talking about grades, Yamawaki immediately cheered up and said loudly, "Yes, the average grade of our trio is higher than yours! Also, I heard that there are seven fools who failed in Class D!"
"Tsk, this guy..."
The faces of the three Sudos showed anger and reluctance, but what the other side said was the truth and could not be refuted in any way.
However, ordinary people cannot refute this.
"Average rating? Alas, you're really just an ordinary idiot."
Hikigaya wordlessly spread his hands, pointed to his head and said, "Please think about it with your rusty brain, if you get a job and go to college, will people look at your class GPA? Know that even though this is class D, there are at least seven people in the top 30 of the class, what about your class C? There are only two or at most three.
It's not exactly nonsense.
Hirata Yosuke, Kushida Kikyo, Wang Meiyu, Yukimura Teruhiko, Horikita Suzune, Koenji Rokusuke, and Hikigaya Hachiman, seven in all, and Ayanokouji Kiyotaka and Matsushita Chiaki's latent powers don't count.
Looking at it from this point of view, this class D is really full of talent, no wonder the rotten dog teacher Chabashira can't sit still.
"How is it, stop talking nonsense!"
Yamawaki seemed unbelievable, but he lacked confidence as Class C's position had indeed been confirmed.
"You can check things like that," Hikigaya said angrily, "Even if it's a sport, your C class is still not very good." I remember that Komiya and Kondo in your class belong to the basketball club, based on their level, they will have to sit on the bench for three years."
As he said that, he suddenly pointed to Sudou.
"On the contrary, although Sudou has no brains in our class and doesn't like to read, his basketball level is very high and he will probably become an official player soon."
"Who, you say, has no brains... Eh? Really?!"
Hearing the first half of the phrase, Sudou was still angry, but the second half immediately surprised and delighted him, but now he has no time to talk to him.
Hearing this, Yamawaki almost passed out.
After a long time, he said with a face full of displeasure, "Who knows what you said, true or false, why you know so much."
"Why should I know?" Hikigaya seemed to have heard the funniest joke in the world. "Because I'm in the student union, should I lie to you? If you don't believe me, you'll find out after the midterm."
In fact, Hikigu didn't know anything at all, he just watched these people play basketball when he checked the club's activities as a member of the student union.
In his opinion, Sudo's level is undoubtedly the best among first years, even surpassing most sophomores, so he dares to make such a statement.
Of course, it doesn't matter if you say something wrong.
"So, after all that's been said, you should understand, right?
Looking at Yamawaki, who was speechless, Hikigaya decided to give him the final blow.
"Grade C is higher than class D, it does not mean that you are an excellent student. In fact, on the contrary, you are simply too mediocre, and you are more timid and obedient, so it is not surprising that you succumb to Rien's violence and want to become his slaves.
Hikigaya's gaze on Yamawaki was full of pity, but his tone was full of contempt.
"Alas, you are a real rabble."