Uneasy daily life

Aim, scissor hands—I'm going to poke your cat's eye!

It's not a psychological problem, or at least not entirely a puberty syndrome caused by psychological issues? When the brave plus is in a good mood, she might be forgotten, and when she's in a bad mood, she might also be forgotten; perhaps it has nothing to do with her personal mood?

Her mother might be in a state of forgetting about Sakurajima Mai one second, and then remembering Sakurajima Mai's existence the next second?

Is the hero in a state of long-term forgotten hero plus?

Do I sometimes forget and sometimes remember?

"God rolled a die, and scientists wanted to work on the brain."

Chapter Fifty-Nine: The Demolition Before Summer Vacation

"Why did my Chinese language score drop so much? Who is targeting me? I protest! I want to see my exam paper! I demand a fair and transparent answer!"

In the office, Bai Ying was frantically typing away at her report card.

"What do you say?"

Hiratsuka Shizuka didn't want to pay attention to this guy, but she was getting annoyed by the noise. She pulled out someone's Chinese language test paper and slammed it on the table. She reached out and opened the window next to her, lit a cigarette, and said in a deep voice, "Although I wasn't the teacher who graded it, I think that teacher graded it very correctly."

"Hmph! The person who set the question must be the same person who graded the exam, deliberately deducting points from my essay!"

Bai Ying picked up the test paper indignantly and shook it. She first looked at her essay score and exclaimed in shock, "I only lost one point?!"

"Your thinking is broad, your reading is extensive, your expression is clear and organized, there are no typos, and some of the beautiful sentences even have a finishing touch effect." Hiratsuka Shizuka took a puff of her cigarette and repeated the comments on the paper, "It's normal for your essay to get a high score. Understanding the theme from the opposite perspective is a good approach. Of course, considering the face of this type of subjective question, I symbolically deducted one point from your score."

"So the person who set the question only has one point in their face."

The white figure nodded repeatedly.

“It leaves room for comparison with other essays,” Hiratsuka Shizuka added with a smile. “I remember that Hayama Hayato’s essay was the only one to get a perfect score this time.”

"I have no rivals behind me." Bai Ying carefully examined the test paper, finding the areas where she had lost a lot of points. "Why did I lose so many points on the reading comprehension? I lost one point on every single question?!"

Hiratsuka Shizuka smirked, tapped the exam paper, and said in a complicated tone, "Who told you to answer like that on the exam!"

The exam's reading comprehension section used Ryunosuke Akutagawa's "Rashomon" as the reading material and provided three different questions.

The story of Rashomon is simple—will the instigator have no descendants? She does bad things, so I will do them too.

[Original text: If one chooses any means, the only option is to starve to death in the street's garbage heap, then be dragged to this door and thrown away like a dog. But if one doesn't choose any means—the servant thought about this repeatedly, and finally came here. But this "if," after much deliberation, remained just a "if." It turned out that the servant, having decided to use any means necessary, and then adding the "if," naturally lacked the positive and affirmative courage to embark on the path of "becoming a bandit."]

[Question: What thoughts does the recurring use of "if" in this paragraph reveal about the character? What foreshadowing does it foreshadow later events?]

It's easy!

Bai Ying replied, "To cover one's face in a brothel is to know shame before committing shameful acts. The old customers in the brothel gather like clouds, and I consider myself elegant, not vulgar."

[Original text: "Pull out the hair from this dead man, pull out the hair from this dead man, it'll be used to make a wig." Upon hearing the old woman's unexpectedly mundane answer, the servant felt a wave of disappointment, and the anger he had just felt was replaced by a cold contempt.]

[Q: Why would a family feel disappointed? Why would they feel a cold contempt in their hearts?]

Bai Ying replied, "I believe in righteousness, and I am not satisfied with punishing minor evils; I consider myself a gentleman, and I do not regard petty people as virtuous."

[Original text: This was the courage he lacked when he was still a servant, and it was a different kind of courage than when he first came upstairs to catch his wife.]

[Q: What are the two kinds of courage mentioned in the text? What is the courage to stand under someone's door? And what is the courage to catch an old woman?]

Bai Ying replied, “The magistrate’s residence has been set on fire, and the people not only want to light lamps, but also set fires. Some people set fires indiscriminately, burning other people’s houses and their own houses, happily burning whatever they want. Others shouted to stop the fires and tried to stop those who set fires everywhere.”

[Original text: No one knows where this family will go.]

[Question: After reading the entire text and interpreting its content, what is the meaning of the last sentence? Where did the servant who stole the old woman's clothes at Rashomon go?]

Bai Ying replied, "Luo Sheng is not a gate. Good and evil, cause and effect, are determined by a single thought. The human heart is beyond questioning."

……

……

"and then?"

Yui Yuigahama asked with great interest, "What's next?"

"Then the teacher made me crawl, wasn't that awful?"

Bai Ying put down the report card expressionlessly and slumped into her chair.

From a purely rational perspective, wasn't it entirely the minister's own blunder that caused the trouble?

Hachiman Hikigaya calmly remarked, "It's already a blessing that we weren't knocked down by Hiratsuka-sensei's punch, Captain."

"Damn it!" Bai Ying slammed her fist on the table in anger, shouting in an unfamiliar voice, "That old hag who can't get married!"

Indeed, I completely agree... Wait a minute, whose voice is that?!

Hachiman Hikigaya immediately looked up and met the subtle gazes of Yukino Yukinoshita and Yui Yuigahama.

"Minister! Stop talking! Spare my life!"

Hachiman Hikigaya glanced at the doorway in horror—the activity room door was still closed, and no violent teacher had suddenly barged in.

so far so good……

"Hachiman, your test results were terrible this time."

A deep, husky voice drifted from behind.

In the time it takes for rationality to make a quick turn, one can guess that it must be the minister using clever words and flattery, while emotion directly drives the body, the body drives the chair, the feet push off the ground, and the person and chair slide a distance!

Hachiman Hikigaya stopped, and as the three people's gazes converged upon him, he gradually understood everything.

Hachiman Hikigaya: "Minister, you'll lose your subordinates if you do this."

Bai Ying asked meaningfully, "If you have nothing to hide, what are you afraid of?"

"It seems like Xiaoqi is really afraid of Teacher Xiaojing," Yui Yuigahama remarked.

"Is it possible that Haku-kun is synonymous with Oni (demon) to Hikigaya-kun?" Yukino Yukinoshita pondered. "Hmm, and add Hiratsuka-sensei as well."

One tormented the pitiful Hachiman mentally, and the other tormented him physically.

Hachiman Hikigaya sighed, "Tomorrow is summer vacation, let's talk about something fun instead of wasting time on me."

"Yes, happy things, but I've been quite troubled lately."

The white-clad figure walked back to the chair with his hands behind his back, sighing, "I never thought that even with my ultimate skill, I would still lose to a hero."

"This is none of my business."

Hachiman Hikigaya immediately boasted, "My ranking is above Yuihama's."

"Gulp..." Yui Yuigahama was a little embarrassed, but she perked up and said, "But, but in terms of the results, our Service Club still has a higher total score! Right, Yuki?"

"In terms of results, your performance met expectations, but your improvement was even greater than Hachiman's." Yukino Yukinoshita was happy, but still a little concerned. "Haku-kun, how did you improve Hachiman's grades?"

You have to understand that when it comes to learning, if your grades in a certain subject are too low, it will be extremely difficult to improve them. This is especially true for someone like Hachiman Hikigaya, whose grades in science are in the single digits. It's basically like he didn't learn anything in high school and only learned a little in middle school.

Improving grades normally involves identifying and addressing weaknesses, while extreme imbalance in a subject is like building a new skyscraper.

"It's very simple. As soon as Hachiman gets distracted, I'll switch to Komachi's voice to offer some friendly encouragement. If he starts to give up, I'll call Komachi on the spot and chat with him. If he tries to resist, I'll immediately use even more force to suppress him..."

Seeing Hachiman Hikigaya's remorseful expression, Shiro carefully summarized, "In fact, I still have many follow-up plans that I haven't developed yet, and my subordinates have completed the learning targets with great diligence."

Hachiman Hikigaya's eye twitched violently: "Follow-up plans?"

"Mmm." Yui Yuigahama listened intently. "Any follow-up plans?"

Baiying gave a simple example: "Inviting Komachi on a date."

As soon as he said that, the activity room fell silent for a moment.

Yui Yuigahama's eyes widened: "Huh?!"

Yukino Yukinoshita coldly replied, "Terrible."

Not only is she entangled with Sakuta Azusagawa, moving into his house and jokingly expressing her homosexuality, but now she's setting her sights on middle school students...

"minister--!"

Hachiman Hikigaya's chilling high-pitched voice interrupted Yukino Yukinoshita's thoughts. The siscon bravely rushed in front of the white figure and grabbed her shoulders tightly with both hands: "You didn't go on a date with Komachi, did you?!"

“We’re just getting ready for a date.” The white figure frowned, slowly pushing away Hachiman Hikigaya’s claws. “Calm down, isn’t this a normal thing?”

Four hands were locked in a struggle, and Hachiman Hikigaya roared inwardly.

Is this normal?! This is a date! A date!

"Minister!" Hachiman Hikigaya mustered his courage and said, "You're on a date, it shouldn't be a problem to include me, right?"

"Oh, no."

Bai Ying immediately refused, saying, "Komachi said you can't know."

Hachiman Hikigaya sneered, "You're lying!"

Bai Ying retorted with a cold laugh: "If I had uttered even half a lie just now, may I be forever barren of inspiration and unable to create anything ever again!"

"..."

Hachiman Hikigaya fell silent, recounting his memories of his captain. If he had to pinpoint something the captain truly cared about, it would undoubtedly be creation—for the sake of creation, he would relentlessly devour souls from all directions, even at the cost of selling out his morals and conscience, which he might not even have…

What a terrible oath!

In other words—Komachi is really going on a date with the club president?!

As he deduced the conclusion in his mind, Hachiman Hikigaya's pupils dilated in shock, and his hands gradually lost strength.

"Hmm..." Yukino Yukinoshita pondered for a moment, a little puzzled. Assuming Komachi was going on a date with Haku, first, ruling out the possibility of a romantic date, and then... right, what about Hachiman's...?

"It's Xiaoqi's birthday!"

Yui Yuigahama concluded: "If it's for Hachiman's birthday, it's reasonable for Komachi to go shopping with Shiro on August 8th."

"Phew, so it's my birthday..." Hachiman Hikigaya breathed a sigh of relief, then his expression hardened again. "Wait! This doesn't make any sense! Why did Komachi and the club president go to buy me a birthday present?!"

The white figure shifted its gaze and said, "If you're so capable, go ask Komachi."

"I'm incompetent."

Hachiman Hikigaya escaped at lightning speed, immediately admitting defeat, and happily sat back down in his chair to continue reading his novel.

"My general's weaknesses are too obvious. Yuihama, watch carefully and learn from them."

Yui Yuigahama chuckled twice: "Ahahaha..."

Bai Ying offered advice: "If you want to win him over, I suggest you first get along well with Komachi and take the younger sister route to launch a roundabout attack."

Yui Yuigahama: "Huh?!"

Hikigaya Hachiman: "..."

Yukinoshita Yukino: "..."

Before summer vacation arrived, Bai Ying gave the activity room its last explosion of the semester.

Chapter Sixty Summer Vacation is Here

First, we can rule out the possibility that Yui-hama likes him.

The result was quite obvious: the minister was deliberately creating a smokescreen, trying to inflate his ego and create the illusion that "she likes me," leading him to do all sorts of foolish things based on this delusion, only to be met with Yuihama's comment, "Haha, I didn't mean that, you're overthinking it, aren't you?"...

Afterwards, all I could do was roll around in bed, banging my head against the wall, wrapped in a blanket, wishing I could forget everything on the spot and compress all those stupid memories into a file named something like "My Nth Friend.7z".

That terrifying future is obvious!

Devilish thoughts!

Hachiman Hikigaya sneered inwardly, his face expressionless, and calmly turned another page of the light novel—Don't try to fool me, you devilish con artist! At times like this, you should think about happy things, like the summer vacation that's coming tomorrow.

Starting tomorrow, I'll be living a comfortable stay-at-home life, with air conditioning, games to play, and Komachi's giggles—it's wonderful! For a whole month, I won't have to participate in club activities, worry about the club president coming up with some random event, or suffer the headache of being torn apart by the club president and Yukinoshita's constant back-and-forth...

Hmm, thinking about it this way, summer vacation does seem a bit boring.

No! Hachiman, calm down! This is a hallucination caused by the minister's oppression. You're a masochist, you're a PUA!

Hachiman Hikigaya's expression was solemn, his demeanor as dignified as if he were silently reciting Buddhist scriptures, making it impossible to discern the mental turmoil he was experiencing.

"Ah ha ha……"

Yui Yuigahama chuckled calmly, "I didn't mean that, Shiro, you're overthinking it."