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In other words, she herself felt that being isolated by her companions in the small boat was terrible, and then she chose to selectively forget that period?

"Are you working here now?" Hachiman asked.

"Yeah," the junior student said. "You can get 1000 Private Points per hour by working here."

So you're quite diligent.

But this is during an exam, and you, from another grade, can come here to work, which means... you're completely giving up and don't want to take the exam?

Hachiman then took out a tablet.

The search revealed that Iroha Isshiki and her friends only scored 11 points.

One group had only scored 11 points after 4 days.

It looks quite outrageous.

And the ranking has reached around 150.

"Your ranking is pretty bad," Hachiman said.

"Hehe." Despite being directly exposed, Iroha Isshiki maintained a polite but not rude expression, though her eyes conveyed something like, "[Senbei, why do you always bring up such annoying topics]."

"Ichinose and I are friends," Hachiman said.

"Oh?" This question piqued Iroha Isshiki's interest.

Because she knew that Ichinose- senpai was a popular Archangel.

And now that this Hachiman Hikigaya has mentioned Ichinose- senpai's name, does that mean... he actually wants to lend a hand?

"Actually," Iroha Isshiki said immediately after making her assessment, "My team has fallen apart."

"One of my teammates withdrew because he was bitten by a snake."

"Then the other one returned to the starting point and didn't want to go back into the forest," Isshiki said. "And if I were alone, I definitely wouldn't be able to hold on."

Having been through the forest before, Isshiki knew that it was difficult to travel alone.

And.

If it's not a group going to the designated area to check in and earn points, then at most one person can get 1 point. There are 4 designated areas a day, so one person can get 4 points. However, generally speaking, the location of the fourth designated area is relatively far from the third designated area, so very few people can get the full points for the 4 designated areas each day.

Hachiman and his group always act as a team, so each person gets 1 point for each check-in, which adds up to 4 points. If they are lucky enough to be among the first three groups to check in, they can get extra points.

However, for the average student, the pressure is too great.

"There aren't as many requirements for the number of people in the group after abstaining," Hachiman said. "If all the other members of the group abstain, then you are a group by yourself."

"Then, if you check in at the designated area, you will have a chance to win the top three prizes."

"..." Iroha Isshiki. "That's not realistic. Because if it becomes a one-person group, and I also run into trouble and have to give up, then the scores of all three of us will probably end up as 0, and then all three of us might be expelled from school."

"Well then." Hachiman already had a plan in mind for dealing with Iroha Isshiki's current situation.

But.

Why have you been ostracized by your students until now?

"Even though some people don't get along, they'll still cooperate for the sake of exam results," Hachiman said. "And Isshiki, something's wrong with you."

"If I'm not mistaken, you've probably been ostracized by your class."

"What exactly did you do?" Hachiman asked.

Hachiman noticed that while he was saying this, a black-haired girl who was selecting supplies in the convenience store had her eyes on a can of yellow peaches, but her attention was probably drawn to him.

P. S.: I rushed to the supermarket this morning to grab some salt, but I arrived too late and it was all sold out. I had to go to several stores before I finally managed to buy 20 packs.

Even though I know it's useless, I'll just do it for peace of mind.

I just got back and immediately started writing. This is my first update of the day, not counting as paying back what I owe. There will be a guaranteed update tonight.

Currently, I have 170,000 words in debt.

And I'm also humbly begging for monthly votes, because I'm about to get my ass kicked.

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Chapter 31 Hachiman Hikigaya is about to be captured, Sakayanagi, save him! 6k!

Iroha Isshiki is an isolated junior student.

But judging from her appearance, she is actually quite cute.

She has light-colored hair that's neither too long nor too short, very smooth, and a lovely face. She's the kind of girl whose smile can make your heart flutter.

To be precise, she's the kind of girl who can make people helpless when she acts cute.

But.

"Isolation and all that?" Iroha Isshiki replied to the question posed by Hachiman Hikigaya. "Actually, I just don't get along well with about thirty people in my class."

There are over thirty students, but your class only has 40.

So, are your thirty-odd people really in their early thirties, or are there 39 other people besides you?

In other words, Iroha Isshiki was quite unpopular, and even resented by many.

He can think about these things but won't say them out loud; Hachiman Hikigaya is still very kind.

"Ah... well, actually, some people might say that I like to show off or something? And as a junior, I often pester Ichinose- senpai, and I teamed up with Ichinose- senpai in the cross-year written exam between first and second year students, and I often eat with Ichinose- senpai... so it seems that I've left them with that impression."

Iroha Isshiki spoke without any hesitation.

His expression also seemed somewhat aggrieved.

She said she felt wronged, but what she really meant was that other people who disliked her were just jealous of her.

At the same time.

She should have been in a position to be disliked, but the way she said these words was surprisingly clear-headed, meaning she had long realized that getting along well with Archangel Ichinose would arouse jealousy.

But she did it anyway.

This Iroha Isshiki seems to be unexpectedly rational.

However, it was only now that Hachiman realized that Ichinose had actually been getting along quite well with this junior student lately.

Only.

"That's not the main reason," Hachiman Hikigaya said. "You chose to contact Ichinose, and Ichinose is very approachable. If you ask her for help, she can help you."

"But."

"When we were on the boat heading to the starting point on the 8th, I saw that although Ichinose had brought you the group members, the two of them completely ignored you," Hachiman said.

"Clearly, Ichinose's approach didn't work," Hachiman said.

"You're so annoying, Senbei. You were staring at me back then." Iroha Isshiki said this in a deliberately sweet voice, but her face didn't look very pretty, and her eyes were full of unhappiness.

She just didn't want the other person to reveal this.

Iroha Isshiki was also struggling with whether or not to be honest.

And now.

Give it a try.

"Actually," Iroha Isshiki said, "I was indeed isolated by my class, but not because I behaved badly after coming to school, but because there was a student in my class who came from the same junior high school as me."

"They've wrongly accused me of stealing my friend's boyfriend."

"This is fake. It's just that the other person's boyfriend was interested in me. I rejected him, and then he started spreading rumors in his inner circle, saying that I seduced him and even sent him lewd pictures."

"The record he provided was a chat log, and although it was my profile picture, I really didn't send him anything like that."

"Moreover, this method is very clumsy."

Iroha Isshiki said, "Because profile pictures and names can be easily faked."

"Nobody believed me. I thought my friends wouldn't believe this kind of thing, but they immediately thought I was a bitch."

"And then... that was it. I felt that these people were not worth getting close to. So I decided to apply to the Soubu High School has a very high deviation score, to stay away from them."

"As a result... I was told about this school by the principal, and with a 'give it a try' attitude, I got in."

"However, I never expected that after coming in... I would run into people from that circle back then."

"Then on the first day, she talked about my junior high school days directly when the classmates were introducing themselves."

"And then I became a bad woman who would seduce my best friend," Iroha Isshiki said.

That's really scary.

His reputation was ruined on his very first day of school.

Although Isshiki's classmate may not be able to produce direct evidence, her statement has tarnished Isshiki's image.

Ordinary students certainly wouldn't want to associate with such bad students.

"I definitely wouldn't want to do that," Iroha Isshiki said. "Everyone says this school is Meritocracy, right?"

"So I went to meet Ichinose -Ichinose senpai at the exchange meeting."

"Senior is beautiful, popular, and incredibly kind. She's also a member of the Student Council and is very popular among us lower-year students. So when they see me having dinner with Ichinose- senpai, everyone else is quite jealous," Isshiki said.

"..."

You really are good at courting death.

He found himself isolated by the students in his class, so he sought out a popular senior student to connect with.

On the one hand, it expands your network of contacts, and on the other hand, it lets those in the class who isolate you see that you can still get on the good side and make them jealous.

But wouldn't that mean giving up your interpersonal relationships in your class?

You should know that this school has Special Exam every month. If you, as a first-year student, also have Class Vote to get you expelled, you will be voted out.

"As someone who's been there," Hachiman thought for a moment and decided to tell Iroha Isshiki, about the harsh side of this school. "If you want to stay here for three full years, it's very important to get along well with the students in your class."

"I think so too. Don't you only have thirty-odd students you don't get along with? Then go and form a small team with people you don't get along with yet." At this moment, a voice broke in.

That's Shinohara has short hair but a strong sense of justice, and who stood up to fight in last year's Karuizawa underwear incident.

"What are you doing here?" Hachiman asked.

At this point, Shinohara actually joined the chat, which was actually quite bad, because it would be awkward if too many people knew that Iroha Isshiki was being isolated.

Look.

She seemed to be looking at the clock on the side, probably waiting for her workday to end so she could run away.

This means they've been publicly executed.

However, Shinohara is clearly not good at observing the atmosphere.

"I came to see if they had any instant noodles, planning to have something to eat later," Shinohara said. "But what I just said, you could try it, junior."

"Once a team is successfully formed, even a small team of only two or three people can become easy," Shinohara said casually.

But although she said it so casually, Hachiman felt... that this guy might actually do it.

In other words, she joined Karuizawa's small team with a specific purpose in mind from the beginning.

It's obvious even if you just think about it.

Hot girls and the like have a very low status in a regular class.

So, she joined Karuizawa's small team because... she initially thought the team was low-class and that it would be easier for her to fit in.

Then they can be bound together and have a place to stay.

"..." Hachiman.

Karuizawa is a fake gyaru (a Japanese term for a woman who is actually a gyaru).

Her strong exterior is an act.

Matsushita is not actually a gyaru (a Japanese term for a sexy woman), and she deliberately concealed her true abilities.

Result.

You, Shinohara, aren't you actually a real hot girl?