Manabu Horikita: I Heard You Changed My Sister (Continued)

The trip to Horikita was just for a discussion about exams.

It was strange for a girl to come to a boy's dormitory, so Hachiman often went to Suzune Horikita's room. Her room had been lent to Karuizawa before, and later, during the written exam, Kushida was allowed to come in.

So Horikita seems to have no objection to turning her room into a combat camp.

In particular, in the last two days, she has confirmed her goal of gaining her brother's approval and being promoted to Class A.

Horikita was willing to help.

"Ah... um."

Hachiman then looked towards Horikita.

Previously, considering the strange behavior of the Ryuen class, Hachiman arranged for Kushida to contact the upperclassmen to obtain information. It seems that she has already obtained the information, and then he plans to go to her place to share the information after school this afternoon.

But.

"The information discussion after school has been postponed today," Hachiman said. "I might be a little late."

"I've been asked to meet this person." Since they were still in the classroom, Hachiman didn't use the phrase "your brother," but instead showed Horikita his phone screen.

At the very top of the screen, Suzune Horikita saw the words "Manabu Horikita".

"Waaah!"

Perhaps it was because she saw her brother's name that Suzune Horikita's state changed.

It seems to have weakened.

Although it's not very polite to say it like that, Hachiman thinks that Horikita, who is a bit timid, is kind of cute.

Only.

"But."

"He invited you, so he must approve of you," Horikita's little sister said.

Then she looked at him with a hint of jealousy.

Hello.

Is it that important to be approved by your brother? Maybe so, after all, Horikita has always been chasing after her brother.

Only.

Hachiman felt that Manabu Horikita probably didn't mean that.

"By the way, have you run into him these past two days?" Hachiman asked.

"I met him after school yesterday," Suzune Horikita said. "And then..."

She paused for a moment. "I told him what I was thinking, and I will no longer chase after him."

In other words, do you want to be yourself?

She actually took Hachiman's probing words about Horikita's inner thoughts to heart.

And so, Hachiman probably knows why Manabu Horikita is looking for him.

Because.

As an older brother, Manabu Horikita must know what his younger sister looks like.

Suzune Horikita had been imitating him, so he must have known.

But now they suddenly say they want to terminate it.

Therefore...

Perhaps it's accountability or a reward.

Being reprimanded by the Student Council President is never a good thing. But if it's an award, perhaps it's possible to get some information out of them.

In this way.

After school, Hachiman Hikigaya first put his schoolbag back in the dormitory and then went to the location where Manabu Horikita would send him off.

There is a public bathhouse located quite far from the student dormitories. Because it is far away, few students usually come here.

There were public bathhouses around Hachiman's former residence.

I remember when I was little, my sister Komachi and I went to the bathtub at home because it was broken.

I remember the milk at the bathhouse was really delicious back then.

However, it still feels a bit strange.

Why is the meeting place a bathhouse?

The school's bathhouse is free, but you do have to pay for towels, shampoo, soap, etc.

The total cost is 700 Private Points.

Only.

After Hachiman washed his body and wrapped it in a towel, he suddenly realized what was happening.

That is, I came here to keep my appointment, so why did it turn into me coming to take a bath?

However, Manabu Horikita's location is inside the bathhouse, probably in the sauna area.

Perhaps because we arrived early, there weren't many people in the bathhouse.

When Hachiman pushed open the sauna door, he found it was very heavy because of the intense heat inside.

However, they only pushed open one corner.

"..." Hachiman felt a sense of shock.

Because.

There are already people here.

The other person was sitting there wrapped in a towel, shirtless.

And he was wearing glasses in this hot place.

And he had already noticed him.

"Oh... Hachiman Hikigaya, you're here. Don't just stand there, come in."

That's what they said.

And the other party was the Student Council President, Manabu Horikita.

Manabu Horikita probably enjoyed it quite a bit.

Just sit there.

Hachiman noticed that his glasses were completely fogged up, yet he was still recognizable, which was quite peculiar.

"... Well then, I'm sorry to bother you." Hachiman would still accept the Student Council President's invitation.

Only.

This feeling is indeed a bit strange now.

Since there was only one bench inside, he could only sit next to Manabu Horikita.

Indeed, something is amiss.

Despite his busy schedule, Manabu Horikita has a very toned physique; to be specific... he has six-pack abs.

In other words, it is through hard training.

Suzune Horikita studies every day.

Manabu Horikita is very busy as the Student Council President, but he hasn't forgotten to exercise.

These two siblings seem to share a common trait – self-discipline.

"You're a bit too thin, how about you work out and build some muscle?" Manabu Horikita pushed up his glasses and looked at Hachiman before saying this.

Is that so?

However, Hachiman feels that his goal is to be a stay-at-home dad, not a handsome man.

"So," Hachiman said after sitting down, "Is there something wrong this time?"

"First of all," Manabu Horikita said. "In the written exam that just ended, Sakayanagi received 100 votes from the third-year students."

"These are the votes from some of the students in Class B, as well as all the students in Class C and Class D."

That's an interesting point.

This indicates that Manabu Horikita's class was not involved in the voting process; instead, they chose to vote for other classes.

The Third-year Class C and Class D are very realistic; most of them are academically weak, so they are very resistant to the idea that the exam questions might be leaked and everyone would have to take the exam unprepared.

But this means that Third-year Class B might not be very good.

Some students in Third-year Class B were also worried about having their test papers changed.

However, Hachiman remembered that when he first entered school, he had looked at the data on the blackboard of the older students.

The class evaluation scores for the four classes at that time were as follows.

Third-year Class A 2530 points

Third-year Class B, 1300 points

Third-year Class C, 300 points

Third-year Class D, 20 points

Third-year Class A is far ahead.

Before coming to the bathhouse, he made a special trip to the first floor where the third-year students were staying.

Then I saw the changes on the blackboard.

Third-year Class A 2330 points

Third-year Class B, 1700 points

Third-year Class C, 250 points

Third-year Class D, 100 points

After this written exam, all four classes received bonus points because they had the exam papers in advance.

However, the scores for Manabu Horikita's Third-year Class A, Class C, and Class D actually decreased.

In other words, in Horikita month's Special Exam, all three classes failed.

Third-year Class B won.

However, Third-year Class B wasn't as strong.

In other words, Horikita probably feels that there's something wrong with this.

For example, is it due to external interference?

For example, is it possible that he received assistance from Nagumo?

After all, that man has a second-year student as his backer. It's entirely possible for him to help an entire class.

But do you need to contact him about something like this?

He clearly gave Sakayanagi away.

Classmate Sakayanagi is very radical and aggressive, and then Tou went directly to campaign for votes, thus standing on the opposite side of Nagumo.

It could serve the same purpose as Manabu Horikita Gakura's enrollment in the Kiriyama school, which suppressed Nagumo.

So, the plan is to provide assistance to Manabu Horikita.

So if you want to deal with Nagumo, you should commend Sakayanagi instead.

"So, you dislike Nagumo?" Hachiman asked.

"Nagumo," Manabu Horikita said.

"I didn't expect you to bring him up on your own initiative."

"However, rather than saying I hate him, I can't agree with his philosophy. I follow the school's philosophy, which is to focus on class competition and hope that students can grow through competition as a class unit."