Chapter 265: Truth or Dare, 10 Million Transfer!
Five o'clock in the afternoon, the study group ended. The members of Class D each headed back to their respective homes.
"Hikigaya-kun, can I go to your dorm to play... I mean, continue studying?" Sato Maya was still clinging to him.
"You said 'play' just now, didn't you?" Hikigaya ruthlessly exposed her.
"Hee-hee~ What was that four-character idiom called again... 'Life of Ease and Labor'?" Sato stuck out her little tongue and gave a playful smile.
"No, it's 'Balance of Labor and Leisure'... Forget it." Hikigaya let out a sigh, too lazy to critique her.
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Dorm Room 404.
"Sorry for the intrusion~" * ×3
"So, why did you two follow us here?" Looking at Karuizawa Kei and Matsushita Chiaki who had followed along, Hikigaya couldn't help but palm his forehead.
"We are, of course, here to... study together!" Karuizawa's eyes darted around.
"Hachiman-kun should be fair to everyone; I'm sure Maya wouldn't mind either, right?"
This was the first time Matsushita had called him by his name directly. However, at this point, there was nothing to be surprised about.
"I don't mind at all! A Gal's friendship is the most unbreakable thing in the world!!" Sato patted her small chest, her heart surprisingly broad.
"That's right! As long as we sisters are of one mind, we can definitely defeat the other 'stray cats'!!"
Karuizawa clenched both fists with a serious expression.
"I brought a deck of cards. Let's play Truth or Dare!" Sato spoke with great enthusiasm.
"Wait a minute! What happened to studying together?"
Hikigaya felt utterly speechless.
Although he already had a premonition that these three wouldn't honestly study, he didn't expect them to fail to last even a single minute.
"We just finished the study session; our heads are all dizzy.
Let's play for a bit first!" Karuizawa complained with her hands on her hips.
"Kei is right!"
"I think so too!"
Three against one; Hikigaya could not object.
"Sigh~ Let me state this clearly first: we only play for a little while.
Afterwards, all of you better study obediently!"
Hikigaya reached a compromise.
"Yay!" All three seemed very interested.
The rules were simple: everyone draws a card, and the one with the highest points designates the one with the lowest points to answer a question or perform an action.
"I've got a 10."
"I've got an 8."
"I've got a 12!"
"3..."
An unlucky start. This was exactly why Hikigaya had disliked playing cards since he was a child.
"Yoshi! This is the power of the heroine!" Karuizawa was very proud.
"Hikigaya-kun, do you plan to choose Truth or Dare?"
"Truth, I guess..." Hikigaya said casually.
"Question! May I ask if Hikigaya-kun had a romantic relationship in middle school?" Karuizawa began to scout for information.
"No." Hikigaya replied without hesitation.
"Really?" Karuizawa's eyes immediately lit up as she further confirmed, "No lying allowed!"
"What's so strange about that?
Forget romance; during my three years of middle school, the number of times I spoke with girls could be counted on one hand."
Hikigaya said with a look of helplessness.
"Uh, that's a bit too..." Karuizawa was very surprised, thinking he sounded just like an unpopular, gloomy loner.
"Sorry, I am an unpopular, gloomy loner." Hikigaya's "dead-fish eyes" swept over her, as if seeing right through what she was thinking.
"I-I didn't think that!" Karuizawa's eyes flickered, and she flatly denied it.
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Next round...
Hikigaya had the highest card, while Matsushita had the lowest.
"I choose Dare~"
"I hope Hikigaya-kun won't make things difficult for a weak girl."
Matsushita pressed her hands together, closing one eye in a cute, pleading gesture.
"Oh! You asked for it." The corners of Hikigaya's mouth curled. He had long wanted to teach this "bystander girl" a lesson!
"Chiaki, you are now a maid of the Hikigaya household.
Quickly, pour me some tea and bring me some water!"
Matsushita's expression changed.
"What?!"
"What? Can't do it?" Hikigaya showed a mocking expression.
"Chiaki, if you bet, you must be prepared to lose." The other two girls were also advising her to bow her head.
"..." Matsushita bit her lip. Although her background wasn't that of a "rich young lady," her family was well-off.
When had she ever done the work of a servant?
'I'll remember this grudge!'
Matsushita had no choice but to comply, bringing over some tea.
"Here! Drink it!"
Hikigaya looked at her as if she were a fool.
"Have you ever seen a maid who stands while serving tea to her master?"
"...!" Matsushita's eyebrows shot up. That angry little expression seemed to say: Are you sure you want to play this far?
Hikigaya: Exactly. If you can't afford to play, don't play!
Hikigaya was intentionally making things difficult. His goal was to completely provoke her so the game would end and everyone could go study!
His intentions were truly painstaking!
However, to his surprise, Matsushita actually chose to submit. She bent her knees and, in a kneeling position (seiza), raised her hands high above her head, holding the teacup. "Ma~ster~ please~ have~ some~ tea~~"
"..." Despite the sweet, delicate voice, Hikigaya detected a strange murderous aura within it. His hand trembled slightly as he took the teacup.
'Enduring humiliation for a greater goal... this girl is destined for great things!'
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Next round...
Retribution came quickly. This time, Matsushita had the highest card, and Hikigaya had the lowest.
"Ah-la~ Does Master want to choose Truth or Dare?" Matsushita's mouth held a smile, but there was no hint of mirth in her narrowed eyes.
"Cough cough!" Hikigaya suddenly felt a cold sweat.
"I choose Truth..."
"Please tell us a piece of your 'Dark History.'
Note! It must be a real dark history!! Stuff like wetting the bed when you were little doesn't count!" Matsushita counterattacked strongly.
"I have plenty of dark histories..." Hikigaya began to search through his brain's memory, trying to find one that wasn't too dark among the many options.
"It was during my second year of middle school. The school organized a trip, and a bonfire party was held at night... The teacher asked the students to find their own partners to dance around the fire..."
Karuizawa couldn't help but say, "A bonfire dance? Isn't that very romantic?
How is that a dark history?"
"Let me finish!" Hikigaya's mouth twitched, and a trace of pain appeared on his face. "Because I couldn't find a partner, I could only dance alone, holding a partner named 'Air,' performing bizarre movements in front of the fire, like a primitive person holding some strange religious ritual..."
The room suddenly became quiet. The three girls imagined the scene Hikigaya described, and they all got goosebumps!
"..." The three of them looked at him with pity.
"Sometimes pity is also a form of harm." Hikigaya's dead-fish eyes became even deeper.
"Sorry." Matsushita showed a look of guilt.
"No matter. Compared to other dark histories, this level is nothing." Hikigaya looked calm.
"When you say it like that, I'm actually more curious now!" Matsushita's mouth twitched.
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Next round...
Sato Maya's card was the highest, and Karuizawa Kei's was the lowest.
"I choose Dare."
"Go easy on me, Maya~" Karuizawa gave her best friend a meaningful look.
"Okay. Kei, go to Hikigaya-kun's wardrobe and steal a pair of his underwear." Sato commanded.
"Ah?! St-steal Hikigaya-kun's underwear?!"
Karuizawa's face turned red instantly. What kind of shame-play was this?!
"Interesting~ Maya, nice!" Matsushita looked on, eager for chaos.
"I object." Hikigaya expressed his opposition.
Sato, however, suddenly moved behind him and covered his eyes with her hands.
"Now, you can't see."
"Isn't this just 'covering one's eyes to steal a closet'?" Hikigaya critiqued strongly.
"Yoshi~ Now's the time! Pervert Kei, attack!" Matsushita encouraged loudly.
"I'm not a pervert..." Though her mouth was reluctant, Karuizawa's body moved. She rummaged through Hikigaya's wardrobe and pulled out a pair of underwear with an elephant pattern.
"This... should be enough, right?" Karuizawa looked embarrassed.
"Click!" "Wait, what are you doing?"
"Taking a photo for a souvenir, of course."
"Yamero (Stop it)!!!"
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As the game progressed, the Truth questions became more and more tricky, and the Dares became more and more over the line...
"I haven't measured, maybe 21...?"
"Wow—!"
"Is it convenient to have a tour?"
"Of course not!!"
"Stop!!! The game ends here!" Hikigaya forcibly brought it to a close.
"Now, quickly do a few sets of math exercises to wash your brains!!"
The brainwashing failed. In his dreams, he met the Gal trio again.
He was destined to experience a hard battle.
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The next morning.
Hikigaya entered the elevator, yawning.
"Looking so exhausted early in the morning, what were you doing last night?" Horikita Suzune stared at him with suspicious eyes.
"Studying. I was immersed in my studies and couldn't pull myself out."
Hikigaya talked nonsense with a straight face, then to change the subject, he acted surprised and said, "Eh? Why does Suzune look different today?"
"You noticed?" Horikita's eyes moved, showing a surprised expression.
'No, I just said it casually...' But now he could only continue to make things up along with her.
"I feel that you are particularly cute today."
"Th-thank you..." Horikita's cheeks warmed, and she turned her head away.
'Is she this easy to fool?'
Upon closer observation, Hikigaya found that the braids on the side of Horikita's hair were tied a bit thinner, her white hair ribbon was tied into an exquisite bow, and for the first time ever, she had applied a bit of light makeup.
Overall, these were very subtle adjustments; if one didn't look closely, it would be hard to distinguish them.
"Is there something happy happening today?" Hikigaya reached out and fiddled with her braid to prove he wasn't lying.
"You really don't care about the school's major events at all." Horikita gave him a white-eyed glare and then explained: "Today is the handover day for the Student Council President. My brother will give a speech on stage."
"Oh, the Student Council?
I thought it was something big." Hikigaya expressed a lack of interest.
"Putting aside my brother's resignation for a moment.
You don't think the Student Council of this school is the same as the student councils elsewhere, do you?" Horikita looked serious.
Hikigaya also knew she wasn't exaggerating. In the Advanced Nurturing High School, the power of the Student Council was exceptionally massive!
They not only controlled the activity funds of all clubs but could even formulate school rules within a certain range!
Therefore, the Student Council was a territory that must be contested in the battle between classes! In the first semester, Sakayanagi Arisu, Katsuragi Kohei, and Ichinose Honami had all realized this and submitted applications to join the Student Council early on, but they were all rejected by Horikita Manabu.
Horikita Manabu had even invited him to join the Student Council back then, but Hikigaya found it troublesome and refused.
Barring any accidents, the next Student Council President would be that Nagumo Miyabi from Class 2-A. Although he hadn't had direct contact with him, from Horikita Manabu's descriptions and some campus reputations, Hikigaya could roughly understand what kind of person Nagumo Miyabi was.
"Well~ It has nothing to do with me anyway." Hikigaya shrugged with an indifferent look.
However, nothing in the world is absolute...
Hikigaya suddenly felt his phone vibrate in his pocket. A silent vibration. This was a setting he had for his hidden account.
Hikigaya calmly pulled out his phone.
[You have received a personal point transfer: 2,000,000]
Hikigaya's dead-fish eyes widened as he repeated the digits above. 2 million personal points!!!
Facing this sudden huge sum of money, instead of feeling pleasantly surprised, Hikigaya was startled! Because he never believed in the good luck of "pie falling from the sky." If it happened, it was bound to be a sweet trap!
Beep beep~ The contact sent a text message.
[Horikita Manabu: Come to the Student Council office immediately.]
"What's wrong? Is another girl looking for you?" Horikita Suzune raised an eyebrow.
"Yes." Hikigaya raised his phone and said crossly, "If your 'Onii-chan' becomes an 'Onee-chan.'"
"It's actually Brother... What would Brother want with you at a time like this?" Horikita was very surprised by this.
"I have a feeling it's nothing good." Hikigaya had a faint, ominous premonition in his heart.
"Don't say that!" Horikita glared at him unpleasantly and urged him repeatedly: "Since Brother is looking for you, there must be something important!
Go, now, immediately!!"
For a moment, Hikigaya wanted to refuse going to the Student Council. But seeing the extra 2 million in his hidden account, he held back.
Admittedly, he knew the Student Council was a place of trouble.
However, the points were very fragrant!
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Hikigaya knocked on the door of the Student Council.
"You've come, Hikigaya.
Please, have a seat." Horikita Manabu was very polite, proactively brewing black tea for him.
Hikigaya immediately looked terrified. Seeing this, Horikita Manabu stopped acting and said directly, "Indeed, your vigilance is correct."
"Sorry! I refuse to comply." Hikigaya immediately stood up, preparing to leave.
His phone vibrated silently again with a message.
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