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

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Last-minute cramming is never going to work.

Amidst the anxiety of the three, Horikita did not immediately announce which of them was going to drop out of school.

Everything will be decided at the class meeting after the special exam starts tomorrow.

"I'm planning to ask for leave from the student council meeting today, Hachiman."

After school, Horikita Suzune asked Hikigaya, the student council president, for leave for the first time, and Hikigaya naturally granted her permission.

Before long, she arrived at the rooftop of the special teaching building, where Ibuki from Class C appeared before her with a displeased expression.

"too slow."

"You came too fast."

Horikita Suzune quickly dropped her schoolbag and dodged to the right, causing Ibuki's flying kick to miss. At the same time, she bent down and lowered her center of gravity, preparing to catch the next attack.

"Listen to what people are saying."

"Beat me first."

With an attitude of "I won't listen, I won't listen," Ibuki spun around and used the momentum to kick Horikita with great force. After being dodged, she continued to attack without hesitation.

Seeing this, Horikita stopped talking and calmly dealt with Ibuki's attacks one by one, dodging or blocking them without choosing to counterattack.

When Ibuki, eager to win, began to pant and her attacks slowed down, Horikita then launched a full-scale counterattack.

This is something she learned from Hachiman: defend first and then counterattack when the enemy is tired.

It's incredibly useful against equally matched, impatient opponents.

With her left arm fully supporting Ibuki's kick, Horikita's strength was greatly reduced as she lunged forward with her right leg. Horikita pressed forward and forcefully broke through Ibuki's defenses with her elbow, while Ibuki hurriedly raised her right hand and struck her chest.

Horikita did not stop when Ibuki's eyes widened in pain.

With a quick crouch and a sweeping leg kick, Ibuki fell gracefully onto the cold cement floor.

"You lost, Ibuki."

Horikita, now standing upright, looked down at Ibuki, whose face was filled with resentment.

"Can we speak now?"

"hateful!"

With her right fist clenched, Ibuki slammed it into the ground, venting her frustration with a gritted-teeth scream.

It's one thing that she couldn't beat Horikita in the sports festival race, but now even her most prized skill—physical strength—was easily defeated by Horikita.

That's infuriating!

"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!"

Ignoring the pain in her hands, Ibuki pounded the ground several more times before standing up and glaring at Horikita with eyes full of anger.

"Which student in Class A should we cast the criticism vote for?"

"I'll let you know once I've made my decision." Horikita Suzune paused. "You should also save one of your three criticism votes for Ryuen, and the praise votes can only be given to others."

Given Ibuki's persistent desire to fight her one-on-one, Horikita, thinking that every criticism vote she could get away with would reduce Hikigaya's chances of getting a better one, made a bet and agreed to the duel with Ibuki.

The two made the same bet, except that one of them chose Ryuen and the other chose Hikigaya.

"Why hasn't it been decided yet?" Ibuki said impatiently.

"There was a slight mishap, but I'll let you know who to vote for later."

Although the final exam results have been released, a problem has arisen regarding the selection of candidates.

Of the three, Sato's physical abilities were above average among the girls, so Horikita ruled him out first. But the remaining one was Shinohara, who had the worst physical and academic abilities among the girls.

The other one is Hondo, who has the worst physical and academic abilities among the boys.

Randomly selecting one will cause dissatisfaction among either female or male groups.

"Hmph, I'll definitely get my revenge next time."

With a cold snort, Ibuki picked up her schoolbag and left the rooftop, which was unmonitored, showing no intention of breaking her promise not to cast her criticism vote for Ryuen.

Is this strange?

Standing still, Horikita began to ponder why Ibuki had no objection to casting a critical vote for Ryuen.

Having successfully bribed a student from Class C, she now knew why Ryuen wanted most of the criticism votes from Class A; he was afraid that all the criticism votes from Class A would go to him.

But ever since that unpleasant night at the karaoke bar, Ryuen has never contacted her or Hikigaya.

The longer things drag on, the less time is left, and as time goes on, the price that Longyuan has to pay for buying the criticism votes for Class A gradually increases.

Has Longyuan found a way to avoid being expelled?

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Class meeting of Class A on the morning of March 1st.

The tea stand on the stage has already explained the rules for the additional special exam called the class vote.

Amid the dissatisfaction and opposition of many students, she stated that it was all the school's arrangement and that there was no point in opposing it, and then left on her own, leaving the remaining time of the class meeting to Horikita Suzune.

"This special exam is so simple and easy to understand that I don't think I need to explain it again."

Horikita stood on the podium, imposing and without a trace of confusion in his eyes.

One night was enough for her to figure out a way to choose who to drop out of school.

“Sato proved at the last sports festival that her physical abilities are stronger than those of the average girl, so Sato was selected from the list of candidates to drop out of school.”

"As for Hondou and Shinohara, I judged that their abilities were about the same, so I came up with a way to decide who would drop out of school."

"There's a saying that money is also a part of strength, and the importance of personal points in this school is self-evident."

"Kikuchi, lend me all your personal points first." Hondo's face turned extremely flustered. Before Horikita could continue, Hondo already knew how to get Shinohara to drop out of school instead of himself.

"Maya, Chiaki."

Similarly, Shinohara also began calling on his friends to raise money to buy his life.

In the now chaotic classroom, Horikita Suzune simply watched indifferently without stopping the farce. Today, one of Hondou and Shinohara had to decide who would drop out.

In order to reduce the chances of Hikigaya becoming last, the dropouts in Class A must be expelled with more than thirty criticism votes, so as not to give Hondo and Shinohara the opportunity to garner praise votes.

"The student who withdrew from the school is confirmed to be from this hall."

After the farce ended, Horikita Suzune compared the number of personal points on the phones the two had handed in, and Shinohara, who had more friends, came out on top.

"Hirata, we're both boys, right? Can you lend me some more?"

"Yukimura, you said you disliked Shinohara, right? She's not good-looking and has a bad temper..."

With a tense expression, Bentang started yelling at a boy he barely knew to borrow some points, completely disregarding his image.

"Just choose me as the dropout, and you, Bentang, sit down!"

With a ferocious, demonic expression, Hirata roared at Hondou, who had begun personally attacking his classmates.

Chapter 227 Everyone Takes Action

"I'm the one who decided to drop out of school, not you. You have no right to do so." After being stunned for a moment by Hirata's outburst, Horikita immediately looked at him seriously without hesitation.

It's impossible for Hirata to drop out of school.

First, Hirata is very strong and can make great contributions to the class. Second, even if Horikita wants to drop out of school, it is impossible for Hirata, because many students in Class A will definitely vote for him.

Even though Hirata himself urged them to vote for his expulsion from school.

“I said I’d drop out, and that’s it!” Hirata’s tone was terrifyingly heavy.

This made Wang Meiyu, who was standing next to him, look like she was about to cry. She opened and closed her mouth several times as if she wanted to say something but dared not.

I, too, had already sat down with some trepidation.

"Subdue him and don't let him cause trouble, Hachiman."

Um? ! !

Is this how you do it, Rin? You really are a little genius.

Hikigaya, who was still thinking about how Horikita would deal with Hirata, stood up with a smug look in his mind and slowly walked towards Hirata's position.

Since he had agreed to hand over the special exam supervisor to Horikita, he, as a student in Class A, was now considered Horikita's subordinate.

"Do you want me to catch you like I caught Kanzaki during the horse-riding battle at the Sports Festival, Hirata?" Hikigaya said, recalling how he controlled both of Kanzaki's hands with one hand during the horse-riding battle, completely defeating Kanzaki.

"You clearly have Hikigaya—"

"What I am is my own business."

With his hands on Hirata's shoulders, Hikigaya interrupted him and forcefully pushed him back into his seat.

Staring intently into Hirata's bewildered eyes, Hikigaya increased the pressure on his shoulders.

“I told you not to cause me any trouble, otherwise you will definitely not want to see the consequences, and it will not just be a personal problem.”

After threatening him softly, Hirata saw that he had no intention of causing any more trouble, so Hikigaya turned to look at Horikita, who had been watching them closely.

Although her face remained serious, a hint of worry could be seen in her eyes.

Nodding to Horikita to indicate that everything was alright, Hikigaya continued to stand next to Hirata without returning to his seat.

"If the number of criticism votes in this class is less than 34 after the special exam results are released, I will randomly select one student to be expelled from the class for the next special exam, even if no expelled student is required for the next special exam."

Horikita Suzune gave a stern look to the boys who had just lent Hondou personal points.

"As for the praise vote, everyone should cast one vote for Hachiman. Based on our judgment, the protection points mentioned by Chabashira-sensei will definitely be used in the next special exam."

"Usually, those who get this protection point are leaders, so the next special exam is very likely to be an exam where the leaders decide the outcome, and Hachiman, who got the protection point, will choose to fight."

"If you want to beat the other classes and keep your place in Class A, then vote for Hachiman."

"As for the vote criticizing students from other classes," Horikita paused, "we've decided to cast it all for Ryuen from Class C for now."

Although it's uncertain whether Longyuan has found a way to eliminate the threat of expulsion, these thirty-odd criticism votes are a good use of.

She chose to first spread the word that Class A had decided to vote against Longyuan, so that the students in Class C and Longyuan would know.

In this way, once the students in Class C see that the feasibility of voting to expel Ryuen has greatly increased, many students who are dissatisfied with Ryuen will definitely cast their criticism votes for Ryuen.

If Ryuen doesn't come to her for peace talks, Horikita will be at a loss.

"As for the final criticism votes from other classes, I have already agreed with Class B and Class C to cast all my votes for Hachiman from Class A."

Meanwhile, in Class D's classroom, after arranging the candidates for the top spot in both the praise and criticism votes for Class D, Katsuragi also began arranging the candidates for the criticism votes from other classes.

Although he owed Hikigaya a favor and was entrusted with important responsibilities, Katsuragi would not let his personal feelings interfere with the interests of Class D in matters of class competition.

"This is a good decision," Morishita said groggily, his voice muffled as he lay on the table, seemingly dozing.

"It's time to teach Hachiman a lesson."

"That's it."

Seeing the possibility of making Hachiman suffer a setback, most of the students in Class D showed interest and expressed their agreement.

After all, they had suffered under Hikigaya for a long time, so why would they oppose casting a critical vote for Hikigaya?

Similarly, Classes B and C did not object to their respective leaders' decision to vote for Hachiman.

There's no need to elaborate on Class C; they're not familiar with Hachiman.

Kanzaki stated that one condition for Class D to lend a large number of personal points to Class B was that all criticism votes be cast for Hikigaya.

Since everyone knew that Ichinose's boyfriend wouldn't actually drop out of school because 20 million personal points were in the hands of the 20 million, no one objected to Kanzaki's words.

Even Ichinose tacitly agreed that they had cast their criticism vote for Hikigaya.

It's inevitable that criticism will be directed at Hikigaya, a result of Ayanokoji's overly flamboyant and arrogant behavior in dropping out of the forest exam.

Shoot the first bird.

Hachiman didn't just stick his neck out; he practically blocked the gun barrel with his own head.

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