A Meeting of Powerful Families: Hikigaya-kun Is No Outsider! Making Up for Yesterday's Update!

"Pretty interesting."

"You couldn't beat me at skiing, so now you want to win at a snowball fight?"

Kito and Ryuen were clearly throwing snowballs, but the atmosphere around both of them seemed to have changed. It had become exceptionally intense.

Ryuen seemed to have made a private bet with Kito. If Kito won, Ryuen would pay him double the prize money.

And if Kito lost, then naturally... he would owe Ryuen a favor.

And such a favor might prove useful in future class battles.

But this was essentially using money to approach and buy off Kito.

Clearly, Ryuen was still thinking about class competition even during the school trip.

Thinking that, Hachiman felt a little ashamed.

Still.

"It's a little unfortunate to lose at the very end," Hachiman said to Horikita, who had left the field in disappointment.

"Ibuki dragged me into participating. I had no ambition to win," Suzune said. "Still, I rarely get memories like this—having a snowball fight. It's just..."

Horikita seemed to notice that Hachiman had shown no sign of participating at all.

"Did you go into the city?" she asked.

More precisely, she had noticed Hachiman coming over to the open area, lost focus for a moment, and gotten hit.

But she was too embarrassed to say that.

"Yeah," Hachiman said. "I went to Sapporo this morning to buy some souvenirs, then had them shipped out."

"Wait." Suzune finally realized that she had missed her chance to buy souvenirs and have them delivered to her brother's home.

"I sent your share to your brother for you," Hachiman said. "So don't worry about it."

"I-Is that so?" Suzune Horikita looked a little awkward.

But she also felt relieved.

Because Hachiman was as dependable as ever.

And Hachiman was naturally dependable. He had not only considered