"Oh."
But Horikita was extremely cold.
Then she walked straight ahead.
Kushida could only stop and watch her.
Suzune Horikita was still as cold as ice.
She had thought Horikita and Hachiman were on good terms, but now it seemed that, just like her, Hachiman had been treated as nothing more than a tool by Suzune Horikita.
Suzune Horikita really was too much.
Kushida thought to herself.
Yet her brows furrowed slightly.
Because...
Hirata's role was similar to hers. Both of them were the kind of people who acted as the class's glue, enthusiastically helping others.
But...
Since their functions overlapped, it was surprising that Hikigaya had not come to her and had chosen Hirata instead.
Kushida wanted to become friends with her classmates.
So far, her progress with Suzune Horikita had been minimal, while Hikigaya's standards were high. What he wanted were genuine friends, and friends like that were almost impossible to find.
So Hikigaya was also a difficult target to win over.
Yet after she had left him alone for a while, he had gone to Hirata, someone similar to her?
"..."
Kushida pondered the difference.
Meanwhile.
As a companion in the effort to advance to Class A, Hirata also played his part.
His proposal was that before advancing to Class A, they should first get the team together.
It was a reasonable suggestion. Know yourself and know your enemy, and you would never be defeated.
As for the students of Class D, aside from some who were simply unusable, there were also problem children with wildly skewed abilities.
So far, they knew about Suzune Horikita, Hirata, and Kushida.
Were there any others who could be recruited?
"So the person you recommend is Airi Sakura?" Hachiman said.
"I think it would be better to start with someone