Hachiman's Meritocracy Classroom

This school had its own bottom line, especially now that Chairman Sakayanagi was in charge. His bottom line could be firmly upheld.

So.

Could it be that Chairman Sakayanagi had violated the rules this time?

As Manabu Horikita pondered this.

"Wow, someone's coming out," Komachi Hikigaya said from inside the car.

Manabu Horikita looked toward the school gate and, sure enough, saw guests coming out.

But it was not the girl named Haruno that Shizuka Hiratsuka had mentioned.

The gates opened again, but four men came out.

Three well-dressed adults were dragging along a boy whose mentality had completely collapsed.

"I refuse to accept this!"

"I refuse to accept this!"

"I haven't even fought Kiyotaka Ayanokoji yet! I haven't even faced him!"

"You don't want to see me expelled before I've done anything, do you? After all, my failure is your failure too."

"I refuse to accept this!" The boy looked delicate and innocent, but his emotions seemed completely beyond his control.

"Yagami, it's regrettable, but give up. Don't you understand yet? We were all played by him." One of the adults shook his head. "That's why he's still the strongest. In truth, you already fought him. And you already lost."

Those words were like poison. The boy, who had just been wildly emotional, instantly wilted like an eggplant struck by frost. His spirits completely sank.

"..."

Kiyotaka Ayanokoji.

Manabu Horikita knew that name. He had been a classmate from Hachiman Hikigaya's former class.

It seemed that not only was this school unique, but its students were also extraordinary.

A great many things had happened in places unknown to him, a senior.

And indeed, a great many things had happened.

5:00 p.m.

Hachiman returned to the Student Council.

"Meow, meow—"

The moment Hachiman entered the Student Council office, he saw