Farewell, Tsukishiro! 6k! (cont.)

And the whole class did it together.

In other words, a farewell party is being held.

Ichinose's class chose the option of having someone drop out in this exam.

However, this will not change their unity and their emphasis on human relationships, which is something Hachiman has always hoped for.

Only.

Hachiman turned around and saw that Kushida was still in his Kushida state, gossiping about others to vent his emotions.

However, he felt that he should also go and see Ichinose.

3:30 p. m.

Hachiman went to the girls' floor. There was a power outage in the afternoon, so he had to slowly walk up the stairs.

Hachiman quickly arrived at the girls' dormitory on the 7th floor where Ichinose was located.

However, just as he was about to turn towards Ichinose's room, he came face to face with a blonde girl with a single ponytail.

The other person was holding a rabbit-shaped pillow, and Hachiman prepared to step aside to let the other person pass.

But.

When Hachiman stepped aside, the other person seemed somewhat surprised, "Hachiman Hikigaya..."

How did you get here?

"..." Hachiman.

Hachiman felt he was really lucky to meet girls today, as he ran into Ichinose while having dinner with Kushida.

Then, when they came looking for Ichinose, they ran into Karuizawa again.

"What's this?" Hachiman didn't reply immediately, but instead asked Karuizawa.

"If the thing is heavy..." The pillow Karuizawa was hugging was half her height. It was quite large.

It was only after realizing this that Hachiman tried to dodge.

"It's alright, I can get it myself," Karuizawa said. "I took it to the rooftop to dry this morning, but it looked like it was going to rain soon, so I went to get it back."

"But the power outage this afternoon was really bad," she said, sounding somewhat complaining.

But.

So you girls are still free, aren't you?

The rooftop area where things can be dried is mostly occupied by girls.

The boys and girls live in the same building, but the boys' dormitories are on different floors than the girls' dormitories. The boys' dormitories are on floors 1-4, and the girls' dormitories are on floors 5 and above.

However, starting from the 5th floor, each floor has a access control system.

You need to swipe a female room key to get in.

This is also Hachiman got Horikita's room key, so he often swiped the access card to go upstairs.

However, it seems that the school doesn't take any precautions against girls coming into the boys' rooms.

There were no obstacles.

But.

Hachiman didn't think anything too outrageous would happen, because if something like pregnancy occurred, he would definitely be expelled from school.

Because the school waives tuition fees and even provides living expenses for students, although it is Meritocracy and requires students to earn their living expenses through their own efforts, it is clearly not intended for students to be pampered and indulge in dating.

So once the girl reports it, the boy also sends it.

"So... are you... going to find Horikita now?" Karuizawa moved the bunny pillow she was holding down slightly, revealing her face, and looked at Hachiman with a somewhat inquiring gaze.

"No." But Hachiman immediately denied it.

Horikita's dormitory is on the sixth floor, but he is currently on the eighth floor, which is obviously incorrect.

So he said directly, "I'm here to see Ichinose. In this exam, some students in her class dropped out."

Is that so?

So you're really good to Ichinose. Do you think that Ichinose is upset about something like this?

But.

Megumi does know some things about Hachiman, such as that he's only coming to find Ichinose now, which means he was with other girls before.

Is that Kushida?

Or is it the purple-haired twin-tailed Ichika Amasawa I met once or twice during the Uninhabited Island Exam?

This guy is definitely a very busy person.

"Hui, wait for me! You're walking too fast. By the way, why did the power go out this afternoon? I should have known better than to take a nap."

"Huh? Hachiman."

However, while the two were talking, other girls were coming down the stairs.

It's Sato.

"How did you end up on this floor...? And this isn't the floor where the girls in our class are—"

Sato walked up the stairs alone, carrying a yellow blanket in her arms.

They probably came to dry things together with Karuizawa, and then packed them up together.

In the morning, I should have taken the elevator to the top floor, which would have been much easier, but now that the power is out, I have no choice but to obediently carry my blanket down the stairs.

Fortunately, their room was on the sixth floor, so it was only a matter of climbing four more flights of stairs to get there.

"There are some things," Hachiman said.

He will still have basic courtesy to his former classmates.

Furthermore, this Sato has a good relationship with Karuizawa, and hasn't done anything particularly outrageous; he's a normal student.

This is reassuring.

"Do you need a hand?" Hachiman asked.

He didn't arrange a time to meet Ichinose; he went to her place himself, so being a little late was fine.

"Huh? Is that okay?" Sato seemed somewhat interested.

"No need, no need." But Karuizawa walked towards Sato while hugging the pillow. "There are only two more floors left. We can carry them down ourselves. Sato, please try your best. I'll help you carry the blankets next time too."

"Eh..."

Even though it's a two-story building, there are still more than seventy stairs to climb, so the Karuizawa quilt is a bit of a challenge for Sato.

Ah.

I understand.

Sato seemed to have figured it out.

It must be because it's Karuizawa's blanket that she was worried about getting a boy's touch on it.

Indeed.

It's so hot, Hachiman still climbed the stairs from the first floor; he must have been sweating.

In other words, Karuizawa is a germaphobe.

Sato then stopped trying to stop him and obediently carried the blanket downstairs.

"..."benefit.

Actually, it's not that. It's because if the blankets smell of Hachiman, I won't be able to sleep tonight.

We still have to attend classes as usual tomorrow.

So Hui asked the person in the way to leave.

Despite a minor hiccup, Hachiman managed to reach Ichinose's room without any major incidents.

However, there seems to be someone in Ichinose's room.

So Hachiman waited for a while until Ichinose opened the door and brought out Chihiro Shiranam, whose eyes still had a trace of tears, before he picked up his phone.

"I have already seen the exam results."

"There has been a dropout in your class."

"Is there anyone I need to confide in right now? I'm walking up the stairs of the boys' dormitory." - by Hachiman

The message had only been sent out a short while when Ichinose's door was immediately opened.

You should know that when Hachiman sent her the message, he was still climbing the stairs.

In other words, Ichinose definitely needs a life-changing talk right now.

Then.

After inviting Hachiman to her room, Ichinose recounted her class's exam process.

From the hard-won accumulation of points, to Kanzaki's self-destruction, and then to... her decision...

Choose to have your classmate drop out of school.

Hachiman listened quietly.

If Kushida's way of venting is to swear, then Ichinose can reduce her stress as long as someone listens to her.

"Ah... I'm sorry, I've been the one talking, I haven't even poured you any water yet."

Ichinose talked for about half an hour, and her tense emotions finally eased.

Then he quickly realized that he had been impolite.

That is to invite Hachiman in and treat him like an emotion processor.

It's just that Hachiman is quite willing to be this emotion processor.

Kanzaki's self-destruction and outburst were actually orchestrated by him.

Kanzaki is someone who really wants to play support and hopes to stay with the class and move forward together.

However, he wasn't stupid, and he quickly realized that his ideals were only suitable for Manabu Horikita's class.

His class wasn't that outstanding, so he realized the problems within the class when faced with the choice between reality and extremely high goals.

Even making efforts to make changes.

However, since the biggest flaw in this class cannot be changed, it is impossible for them to climb higher.

Because.

The idea of everyone helping each other, succeeding together, and being happy together is just an ideal.

In reality, for every person who is happy, someone else will be abandoned; for every person who is glamorous, someone else will be covered in mud.

Once Kanzaki vice class president, explodes, Ichinose, the class president, is forced to make a choice.

Or rather, from Honami's words that if he couldn't collect enough points and ultimately had to drop out, he would compensate the student who dropped out with the points he had collected, Hachiman understood that although Ichinose was kind, he would still feel pain if he was beaten too much...

I understand the gap between ideals and reality, and I've begun to learn to face reality head-on.

That's why Hachiman detonates Kanzaki at this stage.

Last year, Class Ichinose used money to protect their classmates during the Class Vote school.

And this time they want to replicate that.

If they could protect their classmates again, then Class Ichinose would continue as before.

But awakening will have to wait until next time.

Therefore, Hachiman deliberately led Ichinose to Tsukishiro's side, so that they would suffer a setback.

They will then arrange for Kushida to lend them money, but not the full amount.