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

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The resentment that most of the students in the classroom felt towards their classmate's expulsion was quietly transferred to Hachiman, the student who had made outrageous remarks immediately after his classmate's expulsion.

"You've really done something amazing, Hachiman."

On their way out of school after finishing the special exam, Hikigaya and Shiina were intercepted by Ryuen and his three companions. At this time, Ishizaki, one of Ryuen's three followers, had been replaced by Hashimoto.

"Would you believe me if I said I didn't do it?" Hachiman glanced at the blond newcomer among the four.

There's a saying that a friend of a friend is not my friend, and Ryuen and Komiya and Kondo, who belong to his faction, are the same example.

Having lost Ishizaki Daichi as a bridge of communication, Ryuen's decision to bring in Hashimoto, a shrewd person who can speak to anyone and anyone, was probably a last resort.

The female leader of Class C, Yamashita, is a member of Hikigaya's group, while the male leader has become Hashimoto, a fence-sitter.

Going against Class A right now would be a disastrous start for Longyuan.

"Hehe, I'll keep a close eye on you."

Without giving Hikigaya a chance to explain, Ryuen and his group turned and left, as if stopping him was just to tell him they would keep an eye on him.

"You've been targeted by Ryuen-kun, Hachiman." Shiina smiled gently, showing no sign of worry for Hikigaya.

"I'm not afraid, because I know my little Rihe will definitely protect me."

Hikigaya quickly steals a glance at Shiina's cute little face, and together they walk towards the dormitory building as Shiina's cheeks turn red with embarrassment.

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The next day, Hikigaya had a follower, Kinoshita Minori, on his way to school, and also on his way back to the dormitory after finishing his student council work.

This kind of tracking will only annoy him and won't yield any useful information.

It has to be said that Ryuen is a real genius for making good use of someone as useless as Kinoshita.

"Upon closer inspection, Kinoshita-san is quite cute too."

Back in the dorm, Ichinose jumped on Hikigaya's back and let him carry her back to her room. She hadn't absorbed enough of Hikigaya's energy these past few days, as she was struggling with the class voting and special exams.

Taking a deep, greedy breath from Hikigaya's neck, Honami Ichinose wore a satisfied smile.

She didn't even consider Kinoshita, who betrayed his class for personal points, a mere nobody.

"No one like Kinoshita is as cute as my Honami."

Knowing what Ichinose wanted to hear, Hikigaya responded at the right time, carrying Ichinose's soft and delicate body into the room and gently placing her on the chair at the desk.

Unlike Shiina, who doesn't have to attend student council meetings, Ichinose usually does her homework back in her dorm.

"Hachiman is so cunning. He assigned all the work to Horikita and Yukinoshita while he did his own homework." Ichinose pulled Hachiman's cheeks with some dissatisfaction before letting him stand up.

She felt that doing homework was more enjoyable than having someone like Qi Gu accompany her.

“Next month, first-year students will be enrolling.” Hikigaya patted Ichinose’s head. “I’ll find you a skilled person to help you with the accounting work.”

With less than a month until the new students' enrollment on April 1st, it's expected that some new students from the White House will apply to join the student council.

Hachiman decided to give them a good squeeze to teach them a lesson about the harsh realities of society, something that experimental institutions like the White House couldn't teach them.

"Junior?" Ichinose asked with a touch of emotion, as she didn't yet have the real feeling of becoming a senior student.

"Hachiman is already thinking about how to boss around his juniors before he even enrolled. What a heartless student council president."

"How dare you, a mere student council accountant, question me, the student council president? Take this!"

Hikigaya placed his hand on Ichinose's waist from behind and tickled his subordinate, punishing him severely for calling him a heartless student council president.

Only after Ichinose's face turned red and he begged for mercy with a wide grin did he let her go and enter the kitchen. Shiina's cute figure with a single ponytail and an apron appeared in Hikigaya's view.

Wearing heat-resistant gloves, her small hands held two slender wooden chopsticks. The tempura shrimp were fried until golden brown on each side as the chopsticks flipped them, releasing a rich meaty aroma.

"It smells so good." Hachiman skillfully put on his apron and took over the task of frying tempura without saying a word.

"It's been almost a year since I met Hachiman. Time really flies."

Without a hint of displeasure, Shiina watched Hikigaya's skillful cooking with a gentle smile, and from inside the kitchen, she also heard Hikigaya and Ichinose's conversation.

She and Ichinose shared similar sentiments, with Ichinose feeling that this year was more precious than her three years of middle school.

During her junior high school years, she repeated the same routine of going home after school day after day. She had no boyfriend to call her, and naturally, no friends to play with after school.

Hachiman was her first friend, and someone she could never replace.

"But I feel that Hiyori hasn't changed much since I first met her. She's still as cute as ever—or rather, even cuter."

Turning his head to see Shiina's shy expression, Hikigaya unconsciously changed his words and quickened his pace in frying shrimp.

He really wants to finish cooking this dish as soon as possible so he can hug this cute, shy girl.

"Ichinose got the most votes in Class B, isn't there something fishy going on?" Shiina forced back her embarrassment and changed the subject. She couldn't understand why Kanzaki, the leader, didn't get the most votes in Class B.

The existence of protection points clearly indicates that this system will definitely play a role in the next special exam, and it is very likely that it will be a guarantee that even if an excellent commander fails in the special exam, he will not be expelled.

She was in Class A, Longyuan was in Class C, and Gecheng was in Class D. All three of them were leaders of their respective classes.

Only Class B made a mistake, and that was because Class A didn't interfere with Class B during the special exam. As for Class C and Class D, their allies who voted with Class B in favor of Hachiman, they probably won't take action against Class B either.

Logically, the well-behaved students in Class B wouldn't disobey Kanzaki and vote for him instead of praising him.

There must be something wrong with Ichinose getting the most votes.

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