Hachiman Hikigaya, who returned from his studies after completing his training.

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Even though today is not Friday or Saturday.

"What exactly is Hachiman trying to do? He gave both vice-president positions to Class D."

In Class A classroom at noon the next day, Horikita Suzune, who had learned from Chabashira that Hikigaya had also taken the afternoon off, muttered to herself in annoyance. Yukinoshita stood next to her with an icy expression.

By this time, the bulletin boards of all grades had posted the announcement that Sakayanagi Arisu had become the vice president of the student council, while Kiriyama's position as vice president had been demoted to secretary.

As student council members, neither of them heard a word about it; it was entirely Hachiman's arbitrary decision.

Furthermore, the bulletin board also announced the conditions for abolishing the requirement for student council president to run for office, and instead, the president will be directly appointed by the previous student council president.

Almost without exception, the students who saw the notice thought that Hikigaya was paving the way for Sakayanagi Arisu to become the student council president.

Openly and blatantly using public office for private gain.

Hachiman has absolutely no shame.

Chapter 221 Class Voting Special 9 Phosphorus (=[Six) is a bird instrument (eight?) 児〆dam special exam

"What's going on, Hachiman?"

In the student council room, Horikita Suzune finally met the student council president, Hikigaya Hachiman, who had taken a day off.

At this moment, the first person to his left changed from Vice President Kiriyama to Vice President Sakayanagi, and Katsuragi sat behind her.

"Well, it's a long story. Just think of Arisu-kun as a backup plan in one of my schemes." Hikigaya tapped the table, gesturing for Horikita Suzune to sit back down.

"I have other important announcements to make."

Having rejected Sakayanagi Arisu's offer, he naturally didn't want to use the Sakayanagi family's power to fight Tsukishiro properly, and frankly, he wasn't confident of winning.

So before Tsukishiro arrived, he took a day off and, with the help of the Sakayanagi family, designated Sakayanagi Arisu as his successor.

Even if he fails and leaves the game, at least there's a substitute, which can be considered as him responding to what Chairman Sakayanagi asked of him.

"I'll find you and demand an explanation when I have time." Horikita Suzune said sternly, no longer standing.

Hikigaya picked up the still-warm document he had just received and handed it to Katsuragi, indicating that it should be projected onto the student council's large screen.

After he finished, Hikigaya rested his elbows on the table, interlaced his fingers and placed them below his nose, quietly waiting for everyone's questions.

"This is not a special exam at all. Hachiman, are you sure you're not joking?"

After reading the document, Katsuragi could no longer maintain his calm expression. Apart from Kiriyama and Sakayanagi Arisu, none of the other student council members could remain calm.

Kiriyama said it was because it was just a special exam for first-year students, while Sakayanagi Arisu knew about it beforehand.

Tsukishiro, who had just assumed the position of acting chairman that afternoon, retaliated after learning about the tricks that Hachiman had hastily pulled that morning.

This special exam, which was only for first-year students, was almost impossible for Hikigaya to resist.

[Class Voting]

The special exam, which began on March 1st and lasted for four days, is scheduled to begin on March 1st.

Rule 1: Each student in each class has three praise votes and three criticism votes to cast for students in their own class, plus one criticism vote to cast for students in other classes.

Rule 2: The number of praise votes and criticism votes received by each student can cancel each other out.

Rule 3: All tickets must include a name; leaving it blank or writing your own name is not allowed.

Rule 4: The exam will not end until the first and last place in each class are determined.

Rule 5: Voting shall be conducted anonymously and without public disclosure, and the student council shall not be allowed to conduct inquiries.

Only the student with the most praise votes receives a reward, while the student with the fewest criticism votes is punished. The reward, which can exempt one student from expulsion, corresponds to the student being expelled.

"The school's original chairman, Sakayanagi, has temporarily stepped down. This is a special examination proposed by the new acting chairman, Tsukishiro Tsunehiro, and it has been approved and confirmed by the school."

"Generally speaking, shouldn't special exams be announced to the student council first, and then the student council give its opinion before finalizing the decision? Why did we have absolutely no right to make suggestions for this special exam?"

Yukinoshita frowned, her slender hand gripping the ballpoint pen on the table with a slight strain. This special exam was nothing short of blatant bullying and unreasonable behavior towards the students.

Regardless, every class in the first year will be subject to an expulsion penalty once, and apart from Class D in Katsuragi, no class can come up with 20 million personal points to eliminate the expulsion penalty.

Even Class A can't afford it, unless Hachiman can pull out his secret stash.

"Don't even think about changing the rules of this special exam. Look, Hachiman accepted them without hesitation, didn't he?"

"I didn't accept it readily; I just don't make a futile struggle about things that can't be changed."

Facing Sakayanagi's somewhat mocking smile, Hikigaya placed his hands on the armrests of his chair and leaned back. Tsukishiro's counterattack was faster and fiercer than he had imagined.

If we only consider the class's internal vote, no matter how many votes are cast, Hachiman would not be the last in the criticism votes and would not be expelled.

What could pose a fatal danger to him were the 119 criticism votes scattered across the other three classes. These criticism votes were difficult for Hachiman to control but were very easy for him to obtain.

If there were a poll for the first-year student who most wanted to drop out, Hachiman would definitely be number one.

Not only did other classes want to get rid of him, this very strong competitor, but there were also quite a few students in his own class who secretly hoped that he would drop out of school.

He was certain that there were at least a few fools who would vote for him, such as Bentang, who betrayed him along with the villagers during the forest exam.

The voting method is completely anonymous and cannot be viewed by anyone. It also does not allow the purchase of votes with personal points. At the same time, class leaders cannot completely control who their students vote for.

"That's so unreasonable." Horikita's face was clearly cold. With her judgment, she naturally knew who in her class was most likely to get the last spot in the criticism vote.

Apart from Class 1B, which has a strong sense of unity and can control which students vote for, the other three classes, each with its own tyrant, can only absolutely control a portion of the class votes.

Horikita Suzune had no idea how to break the deadlock, which was one of the reasons for her anger.

"There are still fifteen days until the special exam. Although there's not much to prepare for, please make your own preparations."

After speaking calmly, Hikigaya gestured to Kiriyama, who looked like an outsider, to turn off the projector. This special exam had absolutely no need to use the student council.

The only benefit he received from his position as student council president during this special class election was that he knew about it more than ten days earlier than other students.

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At night, two more students appeared in the small grove of trees by the sea, which had no surveillance cameras or fences.

One sat under the tree, while the other stood beside him, looking down at the ground.

"Ichinose told Kanzaki and me about the class vote." Kushida kicked away a tree branch on the ground, his face displeased. "Afterwards, Kanzaki asked me to secretly coordinate with students who didn't like you to cast critical votes for you."

Kanzaki still hates me.

Seeing Kushida's uncouth actions, Hikigaya smiled helplessly. After Ichinose stepped down as the leader of Class B, Class B not only failed to become his helper but also became his enemy.

Longyuan's good buddy from Class C will undoubtedly get people to vote for him and empty his savings.

As for Katsuragi from Class D, he might not call on the students to vote for him, but there must be quite a few Class D students who would vote for him privately, after all, he was the 'benefactor' who made them become Class D.

"Yi] Long Qi Xia Si Qi Qi Lu Hachiman, if you have any plans, use them as soon as possible, and I will do my best to help you."

After learning about the exam rules from Ichinose, Kushida kept thinking about it, but unfortunately, like Horikita Suzune, she couldn't think of a solution.

Is Hachiman so attractive that he's likely to draw a lot of hatred from students and prevent them from voting against him?

In a word, difficult.

Chapter 222 Kushida's Chocolate

“No, I don’t plan to do anything for now.” Hachiman picked up a withered leaf.

Although this special exam was particularly disadvantageous to him, it wasn't a hopeless situation yet—as long as he was ruthless enough and abandoned his bottom line.

Yamamura, Kamuro, Totsuka, and Sakayanagi from Class D.

Class C: Kinoshita, Yamashita, Morofuji, and Hashimoto.

Ichinose, Kushida, Himeno, and Shibata from Class B.

Through personal relationships, threats, and individual points, Hachiman was able to control who would receive the criticism votes from these dozen or so people.

With his wide circle of friends and the trust he enjoys, Kushida and Ichinose are able to influence the voters, and he can probably control about twenty dissent votes.

If these twenty criticism votes can be concentrated on a certain student in Class A, and combined with the thirty-odd criticism votes that the students in Class A can cast, the number of criticism votes for that student can reach more than fifty.

As for the remaining less than one hundred criticism votes in the other three classes, there is still room for manipulation by Hikiya, for example, by inciting the students in Class D to secretly cast their criticism votes for Hashimoto, the class traitor.

Not only Hashimoto, but also Ryuen is someone who can incite people to cast their criticism votes for him.

After a series of actions, even if Hachiman still receives eighty criticism votes from other classes, he only needs to subtract the criticism votes from the praise votes concentrated on him within Class A, leaving him with just over thirty.

Achieving this is not difficult. For example, after threatening the students in Class A that he is voted to be expelled, he will use 20 million personal points to save himself and then start getting angry and expelling the people who might vote against him.

All of this is predicated on Class A having to choose a scapegoat.

"Are you running a fever? If you do nothing, Hachiman, you'll definitely be chosen for expulsion." Kushida bent down, brushed away Hikigaya's bangs, and pressed his forehead against it.

A pleasant, light fragrance, the delicate touch on the forehead, and an adorable face so close to my eyes.

Similar to Ichinose, yet different.

"How could I have a fever? I'm perfectly healthy." Somewhat flustered, Hikigaya gently pushed Kushida away by pressing his shoulder. He hadn't expected Kushida to do this.

Don't you think you're getting too close? Although he did feel that his friendship with Kushida had progressed a little further during the forest exam.

But it shouldn't have come to that.

"Since he doesn't have a fever, why would Hachiman plan to do nothing?"

Kushida, who was pushed away, did not show any dissatisfaction on his face. Instead, he even showed a slightly smug smile, with his hands behind his back and his body leaning forward to look down at Hachiman.

"It's only temporary." Hachiman stood up and dusted off his pants. "I thought you called me out tonight to let you get some fresh air."

While Kushida is not in her angelic state now, she is also not in a ferocious form that has accumulated a lot of dark emotions and needs to be vented.

When the two are alone, Kushida increasingly gives Hikigaya the feeling of an ordinary girl.

There's nothing wrong with that; being ordinary isn't a bad thing.

"Here, here you go."

Kushida pulled out a small gift box from somewhere and handed it to him. Judging from the size of the box, Hachiman probably thought it contained chocolate.

"All the boys who claimed to be my friends received my obligatory chocolates. I thought it would be too pitiful if Hachiman was the only one who didn't receive mine."

"I don't need your pity."

Hachiman took the chocolate that Kushida casually handed him with one hand, without specifying what type it was, and immediately opened it and took a bite.

Bringing such a gift, which was clearly from a girl, back to the dorm would be troublesome if Ichinose or Shiina found out, so he decided to deal with it on the spot.

"How was it?" Kushida looked at him with a grin.

"I can only say that it suits my taste perfectly."

Compared to the handmade chocolates made by Kushida that I tasted last time, this one tastes significantly better.

"Hehe, just say it's delicious, why be so awkward."

"I want you to manage."

Hikigaya gave a faint reply to Kushida, whose smile deepened, and then took another bite of the handmade chocolate that was clearly made by Kushida himself.

The rich and delicate flavor continues to unfold on the taste buds.

So sweet.

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The next afternoon, after the student council work was finished, Hikigaya once again went to the supermarket with Horikita Suzune to buy dinner for that night, which was quite rare for them.

The earthquake-like upheaval in the student council was something that Horikita Manabu, as the former student council president, could not possibly be unaware of.

In particular, Horikita learned from Kiriyama about the particularly outrageous additional special exam for first-year students.

"I always feel like you only call me when you need me to cook for you, Hachiman."

On the path back to the dormitory, Hachiman was leisurely following Horikita Suzune, carrying two shopping bags full of groceries.

With her smooth black hair cascading down her back, Horikita Suzune's graceful and light figure as she walked ahead was no less impressive than that of a top model.

"Then let's call her Yukinoshita next time. Her cooking skills are quite good, enough to entertain Horikita-senpai."

"you dare!"

Hearing Hikigaya's somewhat teasing tone, Horikita Suzune stopped and glared at him before continuing on her way.