Ichinose, Have You Ever Considered What You'd Do If Someone Sponsored You?

"Oh, please, I won't interfere." Kushida pointed out the reason why Horikita wanted to come along, "Besides, shouldn't you have raised your opinion of me by now?"

"..." Horikita. "Because if Ichinose can't hold on, then won't you be the only one left in the school who's good at socializing?"

"So I suspect you might still harbor ill will towards Ichinose," Horikita said seriously. "That's why I have to come along and keep an eye on you."

"..." Kushida.

"?"

However, Kushida looked completely bewildered.

It's obvious they just discovered that this is another way to develop things.

The only advantage that made Kushida feel different from others was her friendliness and communication skills, which allowed her to quickly integrate into other people's small groups.

This is what makes her proud.

However, when she arrived at Advanced Nurturing High School, she discovered that Ichinose's abilities in this area were even stronger than hers.

So she was actually a little jealous of Ichinose.

Certainly.

He wanted to help Ichinose because Ichinose was his friend.

However, Ichinose is undoubtedly a major enemy of her Kushida Empire. Therefore, if Ichinose drops out of school, she will be the only person with maximum affability at Advanced Nurturing High School.

Kushida found himself somewhat attracted to the idea.

"..." Hachiman took in the changes in Kushida's expression.

As expected, Kushida remains as foolish as ever, only appearing intelligent.

"Alright, then you two can go together," Hachiman said. "I have to see someone later."

"You still need to meet someone?" Kushida looked over, seemingly paying attention.

Because at such a crucial time, is Hachiman Hikigaya meeting with someone who is very important?

In fact, she was right.

Hachiman's way of comforting Horikita by reading was indeed unusual, because after Ichinose left, he found that he had received a message.

[Could you come out for a moment?]

He had noted down the sender's number.

Ichiya Haho.

After leaving Horikita's room, Hachiman did not act immediately.

Instead, he stood alone in the corridor of the girls' dormitory, leaning against the railing and looking outside.

This is the girls' floor, so it's strange that a boy suddenly appeared. However, he's been here so many times that the girls around him are used to it.

So, Hachiman would occasionally get approached by people.

It wasn't until more than ten minutes later that Hachiman began to act. However, instead of taking the elevator, he headed towards the emergency staircase. Sure enough, after walking for a while, he heard a sound and someone was following him.

He went straight down to his room's floor.

Then suddenly he looked up and saw it was true.

A girl with long, golden-pink hair followed behind.

Ichinose didn't go anywhere after leaving Horikita's room. Instead, she hid in the shadows, seemingly wanting to talk to him, but since he was standing in public, she couldn't bring herself to speak.

So he watched as the man walked up the stairs that few people would use, and then followed him.

Hachiman deliberately slacked off in the corridor for over ten minutes, and she was still waiting, which means she must have something very important to say.

So the two of them had their own thoughts, and Hachiman, after making sure not to encounter any other classmates, took Ichinose to his room to talk.

He guessed that she had something to say to him alone.

"Hachiman Hikigaya—— "

"Ichinose— "

However, once inside the room, the two of them made a sound almost simultaneously.

"You go first, Hachiman." Even at this point, Ichinose remained so humble.

"So—" Hachiman nodded, "You really have no change of mind about the plan to deal with this incident?"

"..."

As expected, it's this again.

Just like Horikita and Kushida.

"I think the best approach right now is to remain silent and ignore it. The other party will eventually get tired of it and realize that such slander is ineffective." Ichinose's answer remained unchanged.

"No." But Hachiman shook his head. "I mean, after you've been hurt once, you stop trusting anyone and then hide your inner secrets from everyone."

"Is it even possible that you can never forgive yourself?"

!!

Huh?

Upon hearing this, Ichinose instantly transformed into a glutton.

Because what exactly is Hachiman talking about?

"Don't you want to admit it?"

"Indeed," Hachiman said.

"Because I came to this school with new hope, I felt that I finally had a chance to be reborn. I wanted to study hard, get a good future, or accumulate enough points to take with me when I graduate."

Hachiman said, "So I chose to let go of the past, and even took the initiative to tell my senior about the dark history that I had always kept in my heart."

"But I never expected to be betrayed by this senior."

"You know very well that this targeting of you isn't just a simple class competition. Sakayanagi from Class C won't use targeting you as a strategy for class competition."

"Because."

"There is one point in the rumor in the letter from a few days ago that I agree with."

"That's the first point. With you in Class A, your class won't be able to maintain its Class A status. So only Ichinose's class is easy to beat."

"And Sakayanagi must know this too, so there's no point in her competing with your class."

Oh, this.

I wonder how Ichinose felt after being so harshly rejected.

Only.

"Um, Hachiman, what you said earlier... about me telling you about my dark past, senpai, that's..."

"It's true, isn't it?" Hachiman said. "Your current performance has proven me right."

"Hmm." But Ichinose's expression grew increasingly astonished.

"Don't make such an exaggerated expression," Hachiman said. "I'm just looking at things from the perspective of a human observer."

"Observer?" Ichinose seemed to be hearing this title for the first time.

"Yes, it's because I don't have any friends after class, so I just stay in my seat. But I don't want to be bored, so I started observing the people around me."

"I call this behavior the human observer," Hachiman said. "You'll discover many unexpected aspects of people."

Forehead.

I feel Hachiman having a lot of negative emotions lately.

But.

"It's not really appropriate to bother you at this time," Ichinose said. "But Hachiman Hikigaya, I don't quite understand what you're saying."

"It seems I haven't earned your trust," Hachiman said with a sigh. "Ichinose, I'm disappointed. I thought we were friends."

"Meow—" Ichinose instantly felt her conscience was being severely condemned.

Finally, after opening her mouth and being unable to speak for a long time, she finally said, "Um, Hachiman, can you tell me how you knew I had a dark past?"

"It's based on analysis," Hachiman said. "First, there was the report that you had a huge number of points, and then there was the report by Sakayanagi."

"And at that time, you know how you handled it, right? You responded directly and flexibly, showing neither arrogance nor servility."

"But Classmate Sakayanagi- san won't let those who target her get away with it, so she has some kind of response to it," Hachiman said.

"So it was the students from Class C who caught everyone from Ryuen's class red-handed?" Ichinose asked.

"That's right. Two days before we caught them red-handed, I noticed that the boys in Class C seemed listless, so I deduced that they might be doing something that required a lot of energy and prevented them from sleeping well."

"Then when I caught them red-handed, I found out that Sakayanagi had arranged for students in his class to lie in wait for him."

"Sakayanagi believes the culprit will definitely launch another attack," Hachiman said.

"Mm." Ichinose nodded.

Sakayanagi is her friend, though she looks timid and polite.

However, he is also a representative of the class.

He is very decisive in his actions, completely different from her.

It should be said that one cannot judge a book by its cover.

"But Sakayanagi didn't stop there. That's why she arranged for Hashimoto to spread rumors about you."

"I think she believes the Ryuen's class isn't the culprit. Or rather, she's obtained more important information through Ryuen's people. She found out the Ryuen's class were just tools, that someone behind the scenes gave them information, and Ryuen Sakayanagi, upon hearing this, couldn't believe it. That's why she arranged for Hashimoto to act, her goal being to get the answer," Hachiman said. He looked Ichinose in the eye. "Get the answer... is the information she obtained actually true?"

Ugh.

Ichinose quickly avoided his gaze.

"It seems you really do know who's behind this," Hachiman added. "And you also know that your dark past has been exposed by them."

Oh, this.

At this point Ichinose didn't know where to look.

Because she felt like she wasn't wearing any clothes in front of Hachiman.

Because everything has been seen through.

P. S.: There's only one day left to close the bounty.

P. S.: I'm going to cook now, so today's update is an hour early.

Besides.

Monthly passes, razor blades, have you run out of them all?

PY Crossover Anime Little Spark

Synopsis: [Alice, what did I do to make you disrespect me like this? You won't even call me "Dad."]

Liu Changsheng's soul transmigrates to Japan, and at the start, he kills his twin brother who used him as an experiment.

And by using his identical appearance, he impersonated his deceased brother and stole his position as a university professor.

When he got home, he found a blonde, blue-eyed girl looking at him with disgust.

Her name is Airi, she has an older sister named Marina, and her mother's name is Sato Kayoko.

Airi: Unless you tell the Yukino sisters, Kato Megumi, Kasumigaoka Utaha, Eriri and the others not to have any designs on you.

Chapter 017 Ichinose, have you ever thought about what it would be like if someone sponsored you?