The goal of life is to break up all couples

But Yukinoshita Yukino just glanced at her, not even bothering to show any expression to her. She just ignored her and continued to look at Matsueda Azusa.

Songzhi Zi snorted and spread his hands. "I don't think I need any psychological counseling at all. My mentality is very healthy now. If you are really bored, why not go and get some psychological counseling for Xiaojing first?"

"The personality correction plan for Hiratsuka-sensei has already been scheduled. You don't need to remind me. I have my own arrangements and pace."

Yukinoshita Yukino said matter-of-factly, "As for you, Matsueda-san... you're jealous and pick on others because of your own setbacks. You're incompetent, have a bad temper, and you're evasive and rambling like a monkey. I can't think of any reason not to seek counseling. If that's what you consider mental health, then in this worldview where right and wrong are reversed, Miura-san next to you would be considered a brainiac."

The innocent Yumiko Miura was shot again for no reason. She was implicated when Yukinoshita Yukino shot Matsueda Azusa.

"No, sister... I admit that I do have a twisted mentality and am jealous of others, but so what? I envy those couples who treat each other sincerely and have the "real thing". I do wonder why I can't be one of them - but I have never had any bad thoughts about breaking up such couples!"

Matsueda Azusa retorted without hesitation, "Isn't it okay for me to just think about it? You're meddling too much! Haven't you investigated me? Then you should also know that the people I'm trying to break up are all lickspittles like the Queen of Sobu High School next to me, and fakes like Hayato Hayama who maintain a hypocritical facade. Isn't that a good thing?"

"No, you guys can argue all you want, but why do you have to scold me every time you say something?!"

Yumiko Miura lives in Bengbu: "Am I also a part of your play?"

Without waiting for Yukinoshita Yukino's reply, Matsueda Azusa continued, retorting, "Besides, at least I never hide the fact that I do have such a despicable mentality as jealousy. It's much better than some people who are clearly extremely jealous but pretend they're not jealous at all, and even deceive themselves."

Yukinoshita Yukino frowned, feeling completely baffled. "You mean I'm jealous? That's nonsense. What should I be jealous of? It's okay if you have a twisted personality, but please don't treat others as if they are the same as you."

"Yukinoshita-san, the last time we met, I analyzed the reasons why you founded the Service Club, didn't I? I was just giving you some face back then, and I put it mildly. You don't really think of yourself as a 'savior', do you?"

Matsueda Azusa's words were sharp and aggressive. "You call yourself a strong person, believing that you're being excluded because of the envy of the weak. On the one hand, you think these people are weak and need to be corrected, and on the other hand, you think you can change the world by helping others become strong from weak. It seems like a good idea, but the premise is flawed. What makes you think you're strong, Yukinoshita-san?"

"Although I've always been belittling Hayato Hayama, thinking he's just a bunch of fakes, a collection of 'evil in this world,' I have to admit that he's a strong man to a certain extent, right? Yukinoshita-san, have you ever seen Hayato Hayama being ostracized by the so-called weak?"

"Obviously not? So, Yukinoshita-san, your theory is completely wrong, because the premise of this theory does not exist - you are not a strong person, Yukinoshita-san. Not only that, you have deceived yourself into believing this, and then one-sidedly limited the reasons for others' exclusion to the opposition between the strong and the weak."

"Then the answer is obvious. The one who needs to correct his character the most is you, Yukinoshita Yukino! Before you cast your eyes of scrutiny and accusation at others, don't forget to first look at your true self."

Miura Yumiko, who was standing by, was stunned and couldn't help but applaud: "You really have a way with words! Didn't you give it your all in the classroom yesterday? I acknowledge your aggressiveness."

Songzhi Zi wiped the sweat off his forehead and let out a long sigh.

But even though he said this, he knew that he was still avoiding the problem. He was just circumventing the "correction" that Yukinoshita Yukino wanted to impose on him by attacking her.

He had a personality problem; how could he not know that? The trauma he felt from being dumped by Toyokawa Shoko was immense. However, Matsueda Azusa didn't believe he needed help from others to correct his mistakes.

This was his current way of being. Call it childish, call it chuunibaku, call it hurting others... so what? Matsueda Azusa never denied that he was a selfish guy.

In order to avoid the problem, Matsueda Azusa directly launched a despicable and mean personal attack on Yukinoshita Yukino.

"..."

Yukinoshita Yukino fell into a panic for a moment and subconsciously took a step back.

She took a deep breath, paused, and calmed herself down. "This debate about strength and weakness is completely nitpicking. Ultimately, even if we use quantitative, so-called interpersonal skills to measure strength and weakness..."

But before she could finish, Miura Yumiko suddenly seemed to have thought of something and said with sudden enlightenment: "Oh, that's right - Yukinoshita-san, it seems that you really don't have any friends?"

"No, sister, why are you stealing my head?"

Matsueda Azusa couldn't help but protest. Miura Yumiko was timid in the early stage of the laning phase and was completely ignored and ridiculed. As a result, after Yukinoshita Yukino was severely beaten by Matsueda Azusa, she jumped up and took the head... How shameless!

The enemy is in Honnoji!

Yukinoshita Yukino's face turned pale and she was about to collapse. "I don't agree with your conclusion made without any investigation. First of all, let's define what a friend is..."

"Still being stubborn!" ×2

Azusa Matsueda and Yumiko Miura complained in unison.

"Don't steal my lines!"

Yumiko Miura looked at Azusa Matsueda and turned the tables.

"Huh? Who's stealing whose lines?"

Songzhi Zi's eyes widened. "You are a traitor who stole the fruits of victory! You are a traitor! You are a traitor! How dare you confuse right and wrong!"

"Huh? What nonsense are you talking about!"

Miura Yumiko glared back, unwilling to be outdone: "You're such a smartass!"

"You want to fight, right?!"

"Who is afraid of whom?!"

Yukinoshita Yukino felt dizzy - how could she be so broken down by these two young children who hadn't even graduated from kindergarten?

This incident made her even more defensive.

36. We are the villains!

Seeing Azusa Matsueda and Yumiko Miura ignoring her and bickering like kindergarten kids, Yukinoshita Yukino hurriedly said goodbye, suppressed her emotions expressionlessly, and fled.

When did she become unable to understand others? When did she become convinced that others excluded her because they were weak and she was strong?

Did she really ignore the premise of all this, mistaking herself as a weak person for a strong person, and thus derive this set of erroneous logic?

Didn't Matsueda Azusa openly verbally attack a large group of people, including Miura Yumiko, in the classroom yesterday? It even led to a brawl and ended up in the infirmary...

He has gone much further than she did when she was a child. Logically speaking, he should also be ostracized or even bullied by those small groups... This is the normal development according to her experience, right?

But the truth is not so, it even seems that the relationship between Matsueda Azusa and Miura Yumiko is not as bad as imagined? Why... why is this?

Yukinoshita Yukino racked her brains but couldn't figure out the reason.

He obviously does things without considering the consequences, has a twisted and weird personality, and is as immature as a child... Why does this guy live a happier and more unscrupulous life than her?

Although Yukinoshita Yukino regained her confidence in herself after a moment of self-doubt, this incident still made her feel confused like never before.

Let’s put aside the matter of Yukinoshita for now.

On the other side, Matsueda Azusa and Miura Yumiko were still confronting each other.

However, unexpectedly, it was Yumiko Miura who broke the deadlock first.

She crossed her arms and looked away, no longer glaring at Songzhi Zi. "You... I didn't expect you actually know quite a bit about that so-called "high-class beauty." Looking at the way she fled, was what you just said true? Did she really think so?"

"That's only natural. If you're investigating someone else, you should be prepared to be investigated by them too. She's not the only one in the school with access to intelligence."

Matsueda Azusa replied matter-of-factly, "If I didn't even know this basic information, I wouldn't have been able to hit your sore spot so easily yesterday, right?"

"So, you're the worst one after all. Invading other people's privacy is outrageous!"

Miura Yumiko couldn't help but complain: "How dare you say that someone else opened your box."

"Why am I embarrassed? I'm hypocritical. I'm just shameless. I'm a villain."

Azusa Matsueda was so confident that she began to slander others: "I'll open the box of anyone who dares to disobey me! Otherwise, why is Yukinoshita a weakling? She thinks she is noble and right, but in the end she can only silently endure being excluded and isolated. In the end, even if she puts the blame on others, the solution she comes up with is just to improve others and change the world - she is a weak, kind-hearted high school girl!"

"You really only think about yourself."

Upon hearing Matsueda Azusa's "criminal declaration" (not really), Miura Yumiko couldn't help but gasp in shock. She pointed at Matsueda Azusa and said, "You're simply the world's worst bastard. A sick club founded by someone like you actually got the approval of the student council and alumni association. Sobu High School is really doomed."

"What's going on?"

Songzhi Zi tilted his head and reached out to touch his chin. "Aren't you no better? How can you be so ignorant of yourself? You run that little clique in class. Sometimes it's fine as long as they're restrained, but most of the time you're spreading nasty things, making nasty jokes on whoever you dislike, and using the group atmosphere to oppress others. You don't think it's bullying if you don't physically touch them, do you?"

"A school bully like you can still be called the queen of Sobu High School. Sobu High School is really doomed."

Matsueda Azusa spread her hands. "So, you better understand what just happened: I, a mentally ill villain, teamed up with you, a school bully, to verbally attack Yukinoshita, a pure and kind person who wanted to improve the world. We are the villains. Don't think you're good people. We are all first-class bastards. Don't laugh at each other."

As the term "herd stupidity" suggests, the larger the group of people, the more stupid the group becomes.

Although Yumiko Miura and Hayato Hayama are nominally the leaders of these real-life groups and have control over the groups, in fact, the moment they become the leaders of the groups, they are also placed in that position.

Not only do small groups represent their will, sometimes they also represent the will of small groups unknowingly or when they have to.

The atmosphere and mood cannot be defied. People can only be forced to take actions that go against their original intentions because "everyone" says so and does so. If they don't do so, they will not be able to fit in with "everyone." This is not only the members of the group who are bound by it, but also the group leader.

They wear titles from beginning to end, become complacent once they get recognition from others, and then become obsessed with their own situation, calling themselves important people. But in the end, they are bound by the rules they set, and cannot find their own world without the guidance of others.

Ultimately, regardless of whether Miura Yumiko subjectively thinks this way, regardless of whether her nature is kind or not, whether she is the leader of the group simply to protect her friends—it doesn't matter anymore. Because once such a group is formed, all the original intentions will be distorted.

The atmosphere suddenly fell silent for a while.

"You don't have to be so self-aware!"

Miura Yumiko finally couldn't hold it in any longer and complained aloud, but after she finished complaining, she sighed and asked unwillingly, "Is it really that excessive?"

"How about you guess who these guys are who have been mocking my loyal Vice Minister Hikigaya Hachiman, even deliberately calling him by the wrong last name every time?"

Matsueda Azusa curled her lips and casually gave an example: "It's Hikigaya. I've told you so many times, but you still call me Hikigaya. How about you try calling your dear friends by the wrong names every day and see how they react?"

Miura Yumiko rarely felt a hint of embarrassment and turned her head away guiltily: "This... I'm sorry, I really didn't know they would do this... I never thought of doing such a thing."

"You shouldn't apologize to me, you should go tell Hikigaya. You really didn't ask them to do this, you just didn't care at all, all you could think about was that idiot Hayama. But that's human nature."

Matsueda Azusa rolled her eyes. "But no matter what you think, what happened happened. If a student chose to end his life because of your bullying and exclusion, can you just cover it up with a casual remark like 'I never thought of doing that'?"

"Of course, I'm not in any position to criticize you. After all, we're all rotten people. I'm not blaming you by saying this, and I'm too lazy to do such a condescending thing."

Matsueda Azusa patted Miura Yumiko on the shoulder and changed the subject: "What I mean is, we shouldn't look down on each other. We are all villains from the same nest. Why should we compare who is worse? There is no need for that."

"No! You've got me sidetracked again! We weren't talking about this at all in the beginning, were we?! You're talking about something else and changing the subject!"

Miura Yumiko was completely dazed by what she was saying, and only then did she react: "Who would be in the same boat with you? What nonsense are you talking about!"

Songzhi Zi let out a "tsk" sound. She hadn't expected to be discovered. Had her ability to fish in troubled waters declined?

Just then, there were footsteps and Hayato Hayama's voice not far away: "Eh? Is that Yumiko? So you're here. Everyone was startled. How could you just go pick up a ball and then suddenly disappear? What happened?"

Yumiko Miura was shocked - oh no, she was so angry with Azusa Matsueda that she had forgotten about it!

No, she couldn't let them find out that she and Matsueda Azusa were alone in this place. Otherwise, who knows what would be spread! What if Ye Shan misunderstood?

Thinking of this, she pushed the pine tree behind her into the bushes next to her without hesitation.

"Hey!"

Songzhi Zi was caught off guard and was pushed, staggering and falling into the bushes.

Miura Yumiko lowered her voice and said anxiously: "Don't talk!"

37. Boomerang

"No, even if I don't speak, this bush can't hide me, right?"

Songzhi Zi lay in the bushes innocently, spreading his hands. "Have you watched too much TV? I'm such a grown man, squatting here, only a blind person can't see it, right? And why should I hide?"

"You hid when I told you to! Why are you talking so much?"

Looking at a large group of people slowly approaching from a distance, Yumiko Miura was sweating profusely and complained for the first time why there were so many people in this small group.

She hurriedly pushed Songzhi Zi into the gap between the bushes and the wall of the old school building, while she herself stood in front with her body tensed, trying to block Songzhi Zi's trace.

Soon, Hayato Hayama and his group came to Yumiko Miura.

Perhaps it was because Yumiko Miura chose a good angle, or perhaps their attention was focused on Miura, or of course it was more likely because they were all blind and did not notice Matsueda Azusa who was hidden in the bushes by Miura.

Yumiko Miura breathed a sigh of relief, and calmly kicked back with her heels, signaling Matsueda Azusa not to make any noise.

"Yumiko, why are you here?"

Hayato Hayama asked with some confusion: "Just now, Yui and the others came over and told us that you went to pick up the ball, and then you suddenly disappeared. We were all shocked."

"Yeah, yeah, I thought I was encountering some mysterious incident on campus or something."

Tobe Xiang agreed carelessly.

Ebina Hina glanced at him and said, "What nonsense are you talking about! Don't say such unlucky words."

"Ahahaha, this...that..."

Miura Yumiko smiled awkwardly, her brain racing—hard brain, think quickly! What excuse could she come up with to logically explain her presence here?

Songzhi Zi, who was squatting at the back, was speechless. If you want to lie, you have to act confidently. With the way you hesitate, anyone who is not blind or stupid can tell that you have something to hide.

Isn't this pure self-incrimination?

Hayato Hayama looked at Miura Yumiko's embarrassed expression and the beads of sweat on her forehead, and a hint of realization flashed in his eyes.

The more he thought about it, the more likely it seemed. He said confidently, "Yumiko, you just... came to look for Yukinoshita, right? We just saw her hurriedly leaving here on our way here. Did something happen between you two?"

Well, I guessed it wasn't wrong. It was indeed the case.

Matsueda Azusa could see that Miura Yumiko probably didn't get along well with Yukinoshita Yukino before, so it was reasonable for Hayama Hayato to have such a guess.

Miura Yumiko hadn't expected Hayato Hayama to come up with such a convenient excuse. Without hesitation, she quickly admitted, "That's exactly what happened. I just had a simple argument with her. It's nothing serious."

When the others heard Miura Yumiko admit this, they were not surprised. Perhaps they were already used to it.