There is something wrong with Hikigaya's classroom of supreme ability

Does that mean that there are some unstable and unsafe factors in the school, which is why so many surveillance cameras are necessary?

On the other hand, can the absence of surveillance cameras be understood as...an intentional act by the school, or even a very subtle hint?

Otherwise it is difficult to explain this inconsistency!

"It's so disgusting!"

Hikigaya showed a look of disgust. This was just like those politicians who only knew how to abuse power. The rules on the surface were just a fig leaf for them, and in fact, they were doing another set of secret operations behind the scenes.

You really treat me like a monkey!

It's not just a problem with surveillance cameras, the same goes for the so-called personal points. The school is so generous in giving out 10 personal points per month, so why does it also set up [free supplies and food]?

According to Hikigaya's observation, there are indeed some senior students who use the [free supplies] and [vegetable packages], so it can be basically confirmed that some students [lack sufficient personal points] as an objective fact!

At the same time, there are also many students who choose high-consumption packages. These different consumption habits also indicate that there is a large [rich-poor gap] between different students?

The question is, every student has received 10 personal points issued by the school, so why is there such an extreme difference?

Even if your financial management skills are poor at the beginning, you can't live in this school for a year without making any progress, right?

If this influencing factor is excluded, then the factors that can affect the [rich-poor gap] between students are most likely to come from the school level!

This means that there are certain differences in the personal points obtained by different students. It is not the "fair" treatment of 10 personal points per month that Chabashira-sensei claimed at the beginning?!

And...is there a way to increase or decrease personal points?!

Hikigaya couldn't help but shudder. He vaguely sensed the true nature of this school, or rather the truth that had been hidden from the beginning!

The existence of anything must have a reason for its existence.

Hikigaya seemed to have thought of something and quickly took out something from his backpack. It was a student handbook that each student was equipped with. It was obviously information specially provided to students, but ironically, not many students took it seriously, and there were probably not many students who could read the contents completely.

At that time, Hikigaya flipped through it casually, and the content that flashed by was passively imprinted in his mind. However, under normal circumstances, these imprinted contents would only appear when he actively recalled them.

This is even better than memory bread and quantum reading!

Perhaps this is fate's compensation to Hikigaya.

Hikigaya accurately flipped to a certain page: Each class has 1000 initial class points...

It's an inconspicuous sentence, even a little confusing.

"Why do we need to set up so-called class points? Is it a standard for measuring class evaluation?"

Just like in elementary and middle schools, there are evaluations and assessments similar to "Civilized Classes" every week and every month. Is this school the same?

At the same time, Hikigaya also recalled the conflict that occurred outside the convenience store at noon. The words of those senior students vaguely revealed the existence of a chain of contempt among the classes.

In other words, there's a reality where classes with higher [Class Points] are recognized by the school and have a certain level of superiority? So, is this what fosters a sense of superiority among students?

Generally speaking, the formation of a subtle atmosphere and trend can only be from top to bottom, penetrating from a higher level.

Suddenly, a fragment flashed through Hikigaya's mind.

"Personal points are automatically transferred on the first of each month. This school evaluates students based on their abilities. Enrollment means you possess corresponding value and potential..."

This is what Mr. Chabashira said. If we combine these two words, can we understand that the school's standard for measuring students' abilities is not based on personal factors, but on [class points]?

Regarding the 10 individual points issued by the school, are they not only an evaluation of the student himself, but also an evaluation based on the class?

1000 class points, 10 individual points.

"Tsk tsk, what a symmetrical number! It's like they're deliberately waiting for us to discover something fishy!"

Hikigaya sneered, "So the [Class Points] will change? Even drastically? That's right. Otherwise, it's hard to explain why there's such a huge gap between the rich and the poor among students. This is the true face of the [S System]!"

The class points are used as the assessment criteria to evaluate the strength of each class, and individual points are the [Assessment Rewards].

All the previous contradictions can be explained clearly.

To be honest, Hikigaya didn't dislike this kind of assessment method. He had been mentally prepared from the beginning. Whether a high school that was closed for three years might implement a semi-militarized management system would inevitably involve similar assessment methods.

But...this doesn't mean that Hikigaya can accept the school's deliberate deception. This is clearly an intentional attempt to create intense conflicts among students!

It is not difficult to see that the senior students are very clear about the true nature of the [S System], and only the freshmen are still deceived in the dark. For example, the two foolish duo in his class are probably spending money lavishly!

What is the school’s purpose?

"Fight!"

From the beginning to the end, Hikigaya experienced firsthand the fact that the school encourages [fighting], a very fierce and cruel [fighting] like [survival of the fittest and elimination of the weak]!

The winners have the right to speak and enjoy a rich material life; the losers become stepping stones to the bottom, living a gloomy life that is called "free" but is actually "being given charity."

Even the preferential treatment in academic advancement, employment, etc. that the school has advertised from the beginning, I guess... no, it will only be enjoyed by these winners. As for the others, haha... who will remember the losers?

"It's often said that school is a small society, a microcosm of society. This school, on the other hand, is simply applying the same social rules to its students, allowing them to experience the pressure and cruelty of social competition in advance, thereby cultivating the best talents. Or is this a pilot program for some kind of experimental education policy?"

Hikigaya sighed. There is indeed no free lunch in the world. With such incredible benefits as 100% admission rate, employment rate, three years of tuition exemption, etc., one naturally has to pay a corresponding price.

"Is this what Chabashira-sensei meant... You need to demonstrate appropriate value and potential? That's right, only students of appropriate value can receive this [privilege] that anyone would flock to!"

After discovering this "truth", Hikigaya not only did not feel any joy, but instead felt a deep sense of exhaustion.

He, Hikigaya Hachiman, just tried to spend these three years peacefully. Obviously, considering the tone of this school that encourages "fighting", it is almost impossible to spend these three years peacefully.

Should I tell other people about this?

This thought flashed through his mind and was instantly denied by Hikigaya. What a joke! The guy who was labeled as an "outlier" on the first day had already lost his voice in the class.

You might even get comments like, "I knew about this a long time ago," "Huh? You didn't just realize it now," or "Tsk, you're so conceited."

Don't think you are too smart, and don't think others are too stupid.

The Sixth Rule of the Lone Ranger:

Absolute avoidance!

After deducing the truth about this school, the dead-eyed boy, who only wanted to be a househusband in the future, felt uncomfortable and extremely resistant.

"How about running away?"

Hikigaya rejected his idea the next second. Before leaving home this morning, he had promised Komachi that he would study hard. If he ran away on the first day of school, Chiba's most loving brother-sister relationship would definitely be broken!

You can’t break a promise you made, especially one between siblings!

This is the love between Chiba brothers and sisters!

There was a small red amulet lying on Hikigaya's palm. It was an important item that Komachi, the only relative who saw him off before he left this morning, had solemnly handed to him.

"This is a talisman that Komachi personally got for my brother at Inage Sengen Shrine. It's filled with Komachi's blessings and wishes for my brother. 'Komachi' will stay by my side for the next three years, so I don't have to worry about crying alone in my room because I can't make new friends!"

Hehe, as for Komachi's score just now, the score was very high!"

The image of Komachi's cute little fangs appeared in Hikigaya's mind. After his sister's energy was replenished, Hikigaya's decadent mood eased a lot. Of course, it would be better if Komachi could remember to tear off the 250 yen price tag on the amulet next time.

Chapter 8: Same Kind

"So Miss Haruno is leaving Chiba too? Coming to this school doesn't mean she's going to Sobu High School like in the original worldline?"

"Even though it's a younger version of the Great Devil, the essence is still exactly the same!"

"With Ms. Yang No's abilities, she should... no, she will definitely discover the truth hidden in this school very soon!"

This was a very subtle intuition, and even Hikigaya couldn't explain what it was.

Compared to discovering the truth about the school, the impact of meeting Haruno again was far less great. Hikigaya had already decided not to touch the people and things of the past. Even after learning that he was going to school in Tokyo, Hikigaya once thought that this non-existent relationship had finally come to an end.

Fate played a joke on him again.

When they met again in this school, Hikigaya finally realized that he had always hoped to "meet" Yukinoshita Haruno in his heart.

"Haha, what a coward!" Hikigaya laughed at himself.

That night, Hikigaya had a dream.

He seemed to have returned to that snowy night on the bridge. He suddenly heard an inexplicable cry behind him. Looking back, Hikigaya found himself standing on a railroad track. A roaring train was rushing towards him. The steel behemoth crushed his body and took the boy's soul back to the past.

.......

The next morning, Hikigaya arrived at the classroom door very early, in stark contrast to his lateness yesterday.

"It's all because of that weird dream." Hikigaya muttered.

The classroom always seems extra deserted in the early morning. Sitting alone in the classroom, looking at the empty chairs, I always feel an inexplicable loneliness and a sense of secret joy and superiority that "I am special".

However, when he entered the classroom, he was stunned. It turned out that there was already someone in the classroom who had enjoyed this secret joy first.

His deskmate, the iceberg girl.

The other person looked up at Hikigaya, and even after Hikigaya sat down, he didn't offer any opening remarks like "Good morning," nor did he make any move to greet him.

A deserted classroom, classmates sitting less than a meter apart, a silent man and a silent woman. If it were someone else, they might have felt very awkward, but for Hikigaya or Horikita, who were used to being alone, neither of them felt uncomfortable... No way!

It's true that both of them don't care about other people's gazes and comments, but this is only relative. Hikigaya will inevitably feel a little curious about his "same kind" and his eyes will unconsciously observe the other's condition.

Regarding how to reduce the influence of the outside world on oneself, Hikigaya believes that reading is one of the best ways. Immersing oneself in a world where books and one's own thoughts are intertwined, it is obvious that the Iceberg Girl has the same habit.

Crime and Punishment?

What Horikita was holding in her hand was Dostoevsky's most well-known masterpiece, a very famous novel. If Tolstoy represented the breadth of Russian literature, then he represented the depth of Russian literature.

His books are full of complexity and contradictions, and it is difficult to feel the word "interesting" from them, so his books are difficult to understand for most ordinary people, and Hikigaya is no exception when he reads them for the first time.

Therefore, for most people, the works of these literary giants are just decorations on bookshelves, or they are "inadvertently" displayed as a communication tool during interpersonal interactions.

But can the Iceberg Girl understand this book?

As if noticing the dead-eyed boy's gaze, the temperature around them seemed to drop several degrees. The girl looked directly at someone with an icy gaze: "What's the problem?"

Hikigaya was slightly surprised. Just as he was about to speak, Horikita on the other side spoke up: "You think I'm pretending to be profound?"

"......"

Hey, wait, why is it an affirmative sentence?

"Your eyes, disgusting, betray you."

Hikigaya was in a trance, as if hearing such cold words, he had a very familiar feeling?

That's it!

No! How do you know what I'm thinking? Can you read my mind?

"I can't read minds," Horikita said matter-of-factly. "In today's modern society, violent crime is declining year by year, but crimes against women are increasing. So, in potentially dangerous situations, any normal woman would be more vigilant."

"......"

"Don't mind me, I'm just stating an objective fact. Also... I've learned martial arts."

Wait...there's no need to add that last sentence!

Iceberg Girl, what are you hinting at?!

Well, Hikigaya kind of understood Sudo's feelings when he faced Horikita yesterday. In just a few tens of seconds, Hikigaya felt his blood pressure soar. At the same time, Hikigaya vaguely saw someone's shadow on the other person, a very strong sense of déjà vu.

Suddenly, Hikigaya noticed a change in Horikita's gaze. First, there was a hint of doubt, then a strange look, and finally a look of disgust.

"Uh......"

Hikigaya lowered his head. He also had a book in his hand, but it was much inferior to the world book in Horikita's hand, even pale in comparison. The cute girl on the cover was particularly eye-catching.

She's obviously my sister, so I can't be my girlfriend

It's just a light novel!

It’s just a light novel about a younger sister!

Besides, Hikigaya bought this at a convenience store yesterday using his personal points. What does this mean? It means that the boss also likes his sister!

This is something that appeals to both the elite and the masses, do you understand?

Hikigaya had naturally endured this kind of gaze too many times, and had no intention of "repenting" at all.

Even if you repent, there will be no substantial changes, so it is meaningless to force yourself to become a "normal person" in the eyes of others. It will only make you more abnormal.

In a sense, Hikigaya and Horikita are similar people.

The two of them were silent, each doing their own thing, and they were surprisingly harmonious. However, this harmony did not last long and was soon interrupted by students arriving in the classroom one after another.

"Good morning, Horikita-san. You're here really early."

The energetic girl named Kushida Kikyo came to Horikita and greeted her naturally. Her energetic voice and cheerful smile were perfect and no one could refuse her greeting.

Horikita simply said "Good morning" and turned her attention back to her books. Even Hikigaya could feel the awkwardness of being ignored, but Kushida seemed unaffected. The smile on his face became even brighter, and he even took the initiative to praise her, "Horikita-san really loves studying."