Negotiations, but They're Not the Ones Doing the Talking! 6k (Continued)

"That's true..." Suzune didn't prepare lunch today.

"But my teammate's situation is a bit special," Hachiman said. "In that situation, the only way to get out of trouble is for me to team up with her."

Although I don't know when Hachiman Hikigaya was referring to "[at that time]".

However, the other person's teammate was better than hers, so she really had nothing to say.

And in the classroom.

"Kushida— "

Kushida showed off her social skills at the Ichinose exchange meeting yesterday. Although she didn't manage to get a team spot for her best friend Meiyu Wang, this was mainly because Meiyu Wang is a top student, so she could be used to create a "one top student + one underachiever" pairing with other classes.

This decision was made at Yukimura's suggestion, and the Class Ichinose's proposal was adopted.

However, she did invite her close Kokoro Inogashira, to join her team. She immediately received praise and gratitude from her friend.

Because Inogashira's academic Academic Ability is really poor, and he doesn't have many points left.

So Kushida really helped a lot.

But.

"Kikyo?"

Meiyu Wang noticed that Kushida seemed to have been chatting happily with them just a moment ago, but now he looked like he had a furrowed brow.

"No, it's nothing."

Kushida glanced at her phone and then resumed her discussion with her friend.

[I'm having lunch with Horikita.] by Hachiman Hikigaya.

Grass.

Kushida felt that Hachiman Hikigaya didn't understand at all.

Because you're in a relationship with her, what's the meaning of you going to have dinner with Suzune Horikita?

As a close and understanding friend, Kushida has met many students in relationships and knows that love is not just about sweetness, but also about jealousy, worrying about one's boyfriend cheating, or even the possibility of the other person cheating, and even negative emotions.

But.

This is terrible!

Is she really going to be exposed to these negative emotions so soon after starting a relationship?

Love is supposed to relieve stress, but now it's turning into a negative force.

Kushida felt that something was definitely wrong.

And at this time.

"Beep beep!"

Hachiman discovers a private message on his phone from Yukimura.

Actually, I received it last night as well.

Last night, I was busy learning about dating with Kushida, so I ignored him.

But if we ignore him now, he'll probably keep sending messages.

The following is information about Yukimura.

"Hachiman, there are 39 students in the class. 12 students have formed teams, and 27 students have not yet formed teams."

"Among those in our class who Academic Ability of B- or above but did not form a team are me, Horikita, Kushida, Hirata, Meiyu Wang, and Kōenji."

To be honest, it's quite rare to find someone in a class like this who's willing to take on the main responsibility.

Horikita has now gone back to reading.

Hachiman then sent a message.

[Horikita told me yesterday that she thinks the system of pairing the top and bottom students from Class Ichinose to exchange points with other classes is a good idea; it would solve the problem of finding teams for double-player content immediately.]

[We can appease the students first and discuss it again in the afternoon. On the one hand, some students in the class are unwilling to contribute points, making it difficult to recruit more students; on the other hand, there are simply too many academically weak students. Therefore, we will continue with the lottery system.]

[There are 6 top students in our class, so we can pair them with 6 struggling students from other classes. But the rest will have to find their own partners.]

In other words, top students are willing to agree without compensation.

"Understood."

Yukimura glanced at his phone, then put it down.

At that moment, Chabashira-sensei walked in. Chabashira-sensei was dressed rather casually today, still wearing black stockings, but it was a little unfortunate that she wasn't wearing high heels.

"Chabashira-sensei".

Upon seeing Chabashira-sensei enter, Yukimura, who was surrounded, quickly said, "Could we use the class meeting time for a moment?"

"Oh?"

Chabashira nodded.

Although she no longer harbors any ambitions, she still hopes that her students can grow and improve.

Even those who came from Class D.

So Yukimura stood on the podium and began to explain the solution proposed by Hachiman.

In other words, today we will sell the team of 6 top students in the class.

However, you can get free rides with 6 academically weak students in your class.

"How could this happen..."

However, yesterday, Hirata asked in the class group that if they teamed up with First-year Class D, each student would have to contribute 100,000 points. However, those with good Academic Ability and those who felt they were okay were unwilling to contribute, leaving only the underachievers who were willing to contribute up to 80,000 points.

Now, does this mean that six people don't have to pay?

This approach has already satisfied some academically weak students.

Because there are 10 students in the class whose Academic Ability ranges from E- to E+.

So even if they draw 6 lots, their chances of winning are still quite high. Therefore, there's a good chance they can get through this safely.

The underachievers were very satisfied.

But.

Immediately, some people expressed their dissatisfaction.

Those were students with Academic Ability of D and D-.

Because Yukimura's proposal to replace top students with underachievers involved getting rid of those at the E-level.

But even so, those with D- Academic Ability are still in some danger, aren't they?

"That's all for now," Yukimura said. "From now on, it will depend on everyone's own efforts."

"This is all I can do."

"Besides, teaming up with first-year students is everyone's own responsibility, isn't it?"

In other words, after making this arrangement, they're going to shirk their responsibilities, right?

"—" Meanwhile, Chabashira-sensei remained quietly standing to the side.

Compared to the initial chaos and lack of leadership when we first enrolled, things are now barely manageable.

Although it was Yukimura, not Horikita, standing on the podium now Chabashira was somewhat surprised.

However, she also knew Hachiman Hikigaya was not Horikita.

Because.

That's all for the discussion on the possible matching options; the rest is up to the students themselves.

If it were Horikita, it would definitely turn into something like, "Ultimately, it's because you guys aren't good at Academic Ability that you were kept here. So, I can't understand why you're not good at Academic Ability."

So the students began to look forward to the lottery when school ended in the afternoon.

Only.

During lunch break, however, a terrible message arrived.

"Everyone, something terrible has happened!"

Some students have been paying close attention to team-up information on OAA.

But very quickly.

"All the students in Class A, First Year have been matched."

"Then there aren't many students left in First Year Class B, and the same goes for Class C."

In other words...

In just one lunch break, all the first-year students were gone.

So now the only matching targets left are... First-year Class D, right?

Would First-year Class D really be willing to be matched with them?

"It's a pity."

"They are still doing the same thing as yesterday, insisting on matching 500,000 points per person."

The students stayed in the classroom, and someone sent messages to contact the students in First-year Class D.

Kushida, who has the best communication skills, contacted students in First-year Class D.

But the result was... they even rejected the plan to pair up top students with struggling students for an exchange.

Things suddenly became tricky.

Suzune Horikita said.

And now, Hachiman and she are in the library.

The data query on the tablet shows that Class A, First Year has been fully matched, while there are still 2 people in First Year Class B who have not been matched. One of them is Yagami Takuya, who is the fanboy who expressed his desire to be matched with Kushida-senpai at the exchange meeting.

The matching process for First Year Class C has also been completed.

So.

There are still 40 students in First-year Class D who haven't been claimed yet.

Or rather, this was Hōsen's order; otherwise, they would have matched with anyone else.

"Yes." Hachiman nodded.

Second-year Class A was successfully matched, as was Ichinose's class. Ryuen's class is still short of a dozen or so students.

His class is still 27 students short.

The strategy Horikita learned from Ichinose —matching top students from her own class with students from the opposing class, and then pairing the top students from the opposing class with students from her own class to create a combination of top and underachieving students—also became ineffective.

Because now there are only 2 students left in First Year Class B, and 40 students left in First-year Class D.

"So," Horikita sat down in a seat on the first floor of the library, looking at the beautiful girl with long silver hair across the table.

Shiina's skin was snow-white and translucent, somewhat resembling the snow woman described in novels.

However, Shiina has a very human touch.

She is reading a book.

"Ryuen is also facing problems now."

"But it shouldn't be a big problem," Shiina said.

The school gives a week for matching.