Hachiman’s Classroom of Strength’s Supremacy

Chapter 028: Going on Two Dates in One Day—Is This the Peak of My Life?

At 1:29:30 PM.

Hachiman arrived in the classroom just as the bell rang.

After lunch, he had escorted Sakayanagi Arisu to the library.

Earlier, he had impersonated Sakayanagi to arrange a meeting with Kamuro-san there. When he actually arrived, he found Kamuro-san really waiting at the library.

Although she wore an impatient expression, she had, in fact, followed the order and showed up at the designated time.

This was somewhat difficult to understand.

Kamuro-san seemed like someone with a strong will, even refusing to accept points from Sakayanagi, a wealthy loli.

And yet, she still obediently completed the task.

It felt like if she wasn’t naturally submissive, then Sakayanagi Arisu must have some leverage over her.

She clearly didn’t want to, yet she had no choice but to listen to Sakayanagi.

Truly pitiful.

But right now, the pitiful one seemed to be him.

Even though he arrived at this time, he could feel an increased level of attention from his classmates.

As someone who had long functioned like a background camera, suddenly being noticed meant only one thing—Kamuro-san had deliberately come to his class last period to ask him out.

Now that lunch break was over, most of his classmates probably wanted to know if he had been confessed to.

Hmm.

In other words, this was about romance.

And this kind of thing actually happened to him?

Well, it was still acceptable.

Because his classmates only knew he had been invited to the rooftop by Kamuro-san.

They didn’t know that he had actually spent lunch with an ultra-cute silver-haired, white-stocking-wearing loli.

Thinking about Sakayanagi Arisu, Hachiman re-evaluated her.

Sakayanagi’s physical condition was truly terrible—she was forbidden from any physical activity.

According to the information he had gathered, the school held a special exam every month, and whenever it involved sports, she would have no choice but to forfeit.

Looking at it this way, her situation was pretty tragic.

For an ordinary person, constantly dragging a group down would likely result in being abandoned by them.

But she was different.

Despite only just enrolling, she had already brought massive benefits to her class.

She had grasped the true nature of this school.

She was even more outstanding than the previous A-Class students.

With experience, her strategic planning and confidence were on a whole different level.

From this perspective, Sakayanagi Arisu had already reached the peak of her life.

This also meant that she was truly formidable.

According to the school’s evaluation system, even with her poor physical ability, she was still placed in A-Class.

Which meant the school must have rated her other abilities extremely highly.

Meanwhile, in his own class, Hirata and Kushida were like ticking time bombs.

Sigh.

Hachiman let his thoughts wander.

…

“Alright, that’s the end of this class.”

The lesson was math, and the teacher’s name was Asahi Ogura—a bald, middle-aged man.

Far from the cross-dressing Ogura Asahi that Yamauchi and the others liked to talk about.

However—

“Hey, Penguin-kun—”

Almost the moment Ogura-sensei left the room, a few students immediately surrounded him.

“You weren’t in class during lunch break, so you really went to the rooftop, right?”

“Was it a confession? A confession, right?”

“That girl, Kamuro, she confessed to you, didn’t she?”

That was Yamauchi.

He looked rather unkempt.

But he was full of excitement.

Based on Hachiman’s years of observing people, this guy once introduced himself by bragging about how great his ping-pong skills were and that he almost made it to the prefectural team.

That was probably nonsense.

If he were really that good at ping-pong, his hands would have the marks of dedicated training.

But his hands were completely smooth.

He was probably the type who didn’t like sports at all.

“Man, you’re so lucky. Getting chased by a pretty girl right after enrolling!”

Yamauchi said. “By the way, does she have any cute friends?”

“…” Hachiman.

First of all, his name wasn’t “Penguin.” It was Hikigaya.

“Penguin” was just a nickname from third grade.

“You guys surrounding Hikigaya-kun like this isn’t very nice.”

A gentle male voice cut in.

“This is his personal business, after all…”

It was a warm-hearted boy with short, light-green hair mixed with gold.

Hirata.

As expected of “everyone’s Hirata.”

If anyone in the class was in trouble, Hirata would step in to help.

A meticulous and good man.

But too bad.

Hachiman had his own ways of dealing with situations like this.

That was—

“It wasn’t actually a confession,” Hachiman said. “I just picked up her hair clip and returned it to her. Then she wanted to give me a small gift, but I didn’t accept it.”

“Doesn’t that still have the potential to turn into romance?” But the classmates didn’t seem satisfied with this explanation.

“I think high school is a time for studying. Wasting it on romance is pointless,” Hachiman added. “Romance is something I have no fate with.”

“Ohhh.”

“Well, that’s good then.” Yamauchi seemed suddenly satisfied.

He was probably thinking—I’m so outstanding, yet I’ve never had a lucky encounter with a girl. And this guy, who barely has any presence, why should he get to be asked out by a pretty girl?

That kind of classmate was truly annoying.

Hachiman thought to himself.

“Alright, everyone, let’s disperse.”

And just like that, “Mama Hirata” sent Yamauchi and the others back.

That was truly reassuring.

Hachiman hated dealing with these foolish classmates, and if he were to make friends, he definitely wouldn’t choose this kind of person.

…

After the boys left, a few girls walked out together through the back door.

But as they left, they glanced back at him with strange expressions.

That was puzzling.

Hachiman noticed that among them, the cutest girl—a little angel with short golden hair—winked at him.

It seemed like she was hinting at something.

So he checked his phone.

Sure enough.

There was a message from Kushida.

[Hikigaya-kun, are you really not interested in romance?]

“…”

Kushida, you’re really nosy.

Hachiman decided to ignore her.

But soon after—

[Aren’t you getting along quite well with A-Class’s Sakayanagi?]

“…” Hachiman.

So, Kushida, you really do have a close connection with Sakayanagi, huh?

[She actually hates me now, so don’t say something so terrifying.]

[I see.] Kushida seemed to believe him.

[But the girls saw you holding an umbrella for her.]

[And having lunch together. In a private room.]

[No one would’ve thought Hikigaya-kun was such a ladies’ man, taking action so quickly.]

[This kind of thing is spreading among the girls, and now everyone thinks they need to be cautious of you.]

[If you end up ruining them, that would be bad.]

Kushida’s texting speed was insane, and the amount of information she sent was overwhelming.

Damn.

So that’s why the girls had looked at him with disdain?

Did they think he was a lolicon?

That was such an injustice.

Sure, he thought Sakayanagi Arisu was cute, but that girl was a cunning little brat.

She was not easy to deal with.

Besides—

As a teenage boy, of course, he was more into girls who were rich, could make money, and were good at making money.

Speaking of money—

Hachiman felt he needed to plan ahead.

From Sakayanagi, he had learned the true nature of this school.

As a student in Class D, relying on the class was tough—even covering basic living expenses was a struggle.

So he had to work alone.

Right now, his solo business partner was Chabashira-sensei, who had tasked him with investigating his classmates.

The price per student was 200,000 yen.

But he had also confirmed that Chabashira-sensei had ulterior motives—she was a bad woman.

She wanted to use him as a pawn.

So, should he try to negotiate a higher price with Chabashira?

Since she was a bad woman, wouldn’t it be fair for him to be a little bad too?

But—

How should he go about it?

As he pondered, Hachiman suddenly looked up.

He noticed an intense gaze coming from the seat next to him.

Horikita Suzune was staring at him intently.

“…” Hachiman.

Hmm.

Horikita’s brother had tasked her with finding his weaknesses, but what the brother actually wanted was for her to start paying attention to others, learn something, and become more socially adept.

Not to be this ridiculously stiff and straightforward.

“How about having dinner together tonight?” Hachiman said.

After inviting Sakayanagi Arisu—possibly the cutest girl in school—to lunch, Hachiman extended an invitation to another person.

This time, based on looks alone, it was the most beautiful girl in school—Horikita Suzune.