A Joke: Yukinoshita Yukino Wants to Be Independent! Quack!

But.

Was it possible that the matter of Butler Matsuo was fake?

After all, no one had seen Butler Matsuo and his son. Not even Chairman Sakayanagi had personally attended Matsuo's memorial service.

So had Matsuo and his son really died?

There was no way to know.

And the White Room's brainwashing capabilities were so strong. What if Nanase had been brainwashed afterward as well?

And if that was the case, then it was far too terrifying.

Hachiman Hikigaya felt that the current Nanase was cuter.

Huh.

Thinking about it that way made things complicated, but the person being targeted for expulsion was Kiyotaka Ayanokoji.

As long as no rules were broken to harm ordinary students, and no companions around him were dragged into it, Hachiman would probably just watch.

Soon after Nanase left, a brown-haired girl from First Year Class B was asked to come out.

"Huh?"

"Is this a gift?"

"I thought you asked me out on a date, Senior, but you just wanted to give me a present. I can tell you put some thought into it, but it still won't do."

"Ask me out when you genuinely want to date me, not just to give me a gift and send me home."

"..."

?

"This is a souvenir from the school trip. If you ever go on a school trip, please make sure to bring me one as well. Consider it returning the favor," Hachiman Hikigaya said.

Hachiman felt that this junior was toxic.

He had merely opened his mouth, yet she had already rejected him.

And besides.

What did she mean, ask her out when he wanted to date?

Could the progress bar for getting rejected actually rise?

Still, he could ask her out when he wanted to date. Recently, Hachiman had mostly been dating