Hachiman: "Sakayanagi, Do You Believe in Luck?" Part 1! (Continued)

Sakura seemed a little timid standing next to Hachiman.

However, being a girl, she still had a pleasant fragrance on her.

Hachiman is already immune.

And for this, we have to thank Kushida for his contact; otherwise, he would probably be feeling butterflies in his stomach right now.

After all, I saw Sakura's real face, that top-tier beauty.

Um.

I can't calm down.

Rather, he had always thought Sakura was quite cute, so seeing her face immediately made it seem perfectly reasonable.

But.

"Hachiman, are you really, really going to come here?" Sakura seemed cautious, or rather, not very confident.

Hachiman came to check on things because she said her sixth sense was very accurate and she felt something might be wrong here.

However, intuition is not something that can be said to be 100% accurate.

Just like today, she had no idea that she would come here with Hachiman.

The camera issue was resolved by the other party, and the encounter with the store clerk was quite terrifying; Hachiman helped.

She also knows how to repay kindness.

So Sakura is still very well-behaved.

"Let's see," Hachiman said. "I'd like something to happen."

His suggestion to Ichinose that Class A might launch an attack was not unfounded.

It's just that the timing and opportunities are just too good right now.

If we let it go, it will be a huge loss.

The students in Class A had collected all the points in the class when they first enrolled and purchased the school's assets.

Now that some time has passed, whenever they make purchases, they find themselves struggling financially compared to students in other classes.

At the same time.

The intelligence they obtained by spending those points... has been compromised.

Admittedly, the students in Class A are very strong.

Only 4 points were deducted in 6 days.

But.

Hachiman understood that he had undermined the advantage of the Class A students.

Because if he didn't reveal the class's evaluation scores, students in other classes wouldn't be able to know the true nature of the school beforehand.

Then, because the students in this year's Class A are well-prepared, they will be more outstanding than the previous Class A, and can create a significant gap with other classes from the very beginning.

This is the advantage of Class A.

As a result, that advantage is now gone.

The published figures show that the difference between Class A and Class B was only a little over 100 points.

Class A is still in the lead, but this score is not safe.

Therefore, there is a high probability that they will do something to maintain and consolidate their position.

However, Class D has not yet received any information from Class A.

So it's possible that Class A went to find people from Class C. We got this information from Kushida, who's good at socializing. It seems some of the students in Class C were delinquents or troublemakers during their junior high school years.

Ryuen Kakeru, the current representative of Class C, was once a notorious local thug.

Actually, judging from the fact that there was a representative from Class C, the students in Class C are quite outstanding.

Because they achieved something that Class D lacked... unity, instead of being a disorganized mess.

Hachiman had never met Ryuen; he only knew her name and what she looked like from the roster.

However, the methods that hooligans or delinquents might use are probably unacceptable to ordinary students.

Class A's target is probably Class B, but Hachiman doesn't think his class is safe.

Since there are four first-grade classes, if we can deal with them all at once, then we should deal with them all.

Certainly.

Perhaps Class D was underestimated and considered the easiest to deal with, so it was the first to be attacked.

And that's what I was thinking.

"Is that guy not coming?"

A somewhat impatient male voice suddenly rang out in the corridor.

Hachiman and Sakura were at the corner of the stairs.

The sound wasn't far away.

Hachiman's body has already reacted.

He is very fast.

He rushed forward immediately, embraced Sakura, and covered the girl's cherry lips with his hand.

"Shhh."

Hachiman made a shushing gesture, probably telling Sakura to be quiet, as he wanted to eavesdrop.

Only.

Eh?

I was hugged by two boys!

Sakura was caught completely off guard when she was hugged.

Faced with Hachiman's actions, she could only obediently nod.

Hachiman's attention was focused forward.

The profile of the boy who made the sound is already visible.

Based on the information obtained, we know that this is a student in Class C, and his name is Daichi Ishizaki.

In other words, although 80,000 points were paid, all that was received was a roster, but it has already come in handy.

Moreover, because he sold the data to Itayuki, Hachiman didn't actually spend a single penny.

"Can I borrow your camera?" Hachiman said quietly.

"Waaah... um." Sakura probably remembered that Hachiman told her to be quiet, so she nodded obediently.

Actually, she now hopes that Hachiman will let her go soon.

Because this kind of contact feels strange, it makes my heart race.

Hachiman quietly walked to the corner with his camera, and because he was standing on tiptoe, he didn't make a sound.

Then, I quietly turned on the camera's video recording mode.

Peek out and look down the corridor.

In the hallway, three boys were leaning against the wall, smoking and complaining.

"Don't worry, he'll come."

A thug with brown hair threw his cigarette butt at the ground and stomped it out, saying with disdain, "How could that idiot who gets angry over a single word possibly tolerate it after seeing our letter?"

"That's true."

The red-haired delinquent who had spoken first also laughed, "If this guy weren't so stupid, why would we have gone after him?"

"Hey, shut up!"

Daichi Ishizaki, who was recognized by Hachiman, scolded, "Sudō will be here soon. Be careful not to let him hear us. Otherwise, if Ryuen's plan is ruined, none of us will be happy."

"Remember to make him beat us all up later."

"I see."

Upon hearing the name Ryuen, Brown Hair trembled slightly and nodded.

"Damn it! Where are you? Show yourself!"

Just as Red Hair was about to speak, a furious voice came from the stairwell below.

"Keep your voice down!"

Daichi Ishizaki angrily retorted, "Are you an idiot?"

They deliberately chose a place without cameras, wasn't it to avoid being discovered?

Is this idiot making such a loud noise because he's afraid no one can hear him?

"Quick, grab him!"

Daichi Ishizaki's expression changed, and then he rushed down the stairs, and the three of them together pulled up another red-haired guy.

Hachiman, at this moment, also saw what the newcomer looked like.

The red-haired guy who was surrounded was none other than Sudō, Ken Sudō, from his class.

He has excellent motor skills, almost like a cheat code.

He is also good at basketball and has become a regular member of the club since joining.

Although they thought Class C might attack Class D first, the first target they chose was actually... Sudō.

"What exactly do you want?!"

Then Sudō's angry voice came through.

Three thugs almost completely restrained him, two holding his arms and the other pulling on his collar, trying to lift him up.

Sudō has already shown considerable restraint by refraining from making a move until now.

After all, everyone in the class is trying to restrain themselves and maintain the class's evaluation score, so he doesn't want to lose points because of himself.

"Beat him up!"

But the three delinquents exchanged glances, and then Daichi Ishizaki was the first to shout.

Then he swung his fist and smashed it at Ken Sudō.

The other two also shouted in unison.

Surrounded in the middle, Sudō's pupils contracted, but Ishizaki's fist had already come crashing down.

He endured it.

Then, almost instinctively, he broke free of his restraints and swung his fist at Ishizaki.

Ishizaki instinctively adopted a blocking stance, but suddenly lowered his hands, as if giving up the fight.

In this way.

"Bang--!"

Ken Sudō's fist was faster, landing hard on Ishizaki's face.

"Damn it! Want to fight? Come on!"

Ken Sudō cursed angrily, appearing extremely furious.

In his view, it was clear that the other party had made the first move.

Even if it comes up later, it's just considered self-defense.

At that time, they will definitely be able to absolve themselves of most of the responsibility.

In that case, he wouldn't need to worry at all.