Zongman: Unknowingly trapped in the hatchet

"Tell me, why can I lose even though I took your card drawing order..."

Hikigaya said angrily.

When he saw the Q in his hand, he was already prepared to control Su Qing.

First this... then that...

But in the end, Yukino got the upper hand?

A terrible thought suddenly occurred to Hikigaya:

Could it be that all this was part of Su Qing's plan?

"You talk as if I've shuffled myself a deck of cards that will win."

"Is not it?"

Hikigaya was also a little shaken at this moment.

Seeing this, Su Qing patted Hikigaya's shoulder again, with a sincere look on his face, "Fair competition, understand?"

"You want me to answer truth or dare?"

After symbolically coaxing Hikigaya, Su Qing turned around and asked Yukino.

"Well... tell me the truth." Yukino hesitated for a moment, as if considering the next question to ask, "What do you... think of me?"

Su Qing opened his mouth and was about to speak.

But Yukino rushed in before that and emphasized:

"It's the truth."

"My ears haven't degenerated to that extent..."

After Su Qing was interrupted by Xue Nai, a look of helplessness appeared on his face.

"What do you think? If anything, it should be that the female college students have good academic performance, excellent moral character, and lack of physical fitness..."

As Su Qing slowly spoke, Xueno's brows furrowed deeper and deeper, and she seemed not very satisfied with the result.

Seeing that Su Qing seemed to have finished his evaluation, Xue Nai couldn't help but ask:

"Gone?"

"Gone."

Su Qing shrugged, indicating that there was no more money even if he squeezed harder.

"All right……"

Yukino tried her best to keep her voice as calm as usual to hide the slight sense of loss.

[Is this the only evaluation in his mind...]

[But...is this evaluation incorrect?]

[What am I looking forward to...]

Layers of ripples swayed in Yukino's eyes like clear springs, just like her complicated emotions at the moment.

"It's getting late. Let's play one last time."

Su Qing looked at the time and suggested.

"OKOK, I must beat Xiaoqing this time!"

After several rounds of failure, Yui is still full of energy.

Another round of drawing cards has ended...

The youngest is Ayaka.

The winner is still Su Qing!

However, Hikigaya did not question it this time, because Su Qing, the deadbeat, probably would not admit it.

Oh, he's admitted it.

"Knowing how to shuffle cards is also a skill."

“Truth or dare?”

Ayaka asked.

But this time Su Qing did not answer in front of everyone. Instead, he stood up and walked to Caijia, and told Caijia in a very low voice what he was going to do next.

But when Su Qing finished speaking, Caijia's face turned red visibly.

"Really...do you want to do this?"

Caijia raised her head and looked at Su Qing with a very complicated look.

There is fear, joy and anticipation.

"It's just a game."

Su Qing comforted.

"OK then."

Ayaka nodded with difficulty.

"Hey, what do you want Ayaka to do?"

Hikigaya tensed up, because he couldn't hear what Su Qing said, he was almost dying of anxiety!

"You'll know in a minute."

Of course Su Qing couldn't just say it directly, so he just sat back in his seat.

"Xiao Qing, what did you say to Xiao Cai? Your face is turning red."

Yui noticed that Ayaka's face was flushed, so she leaned close to his ear and asked quietly.

"you guess?"

"Are you asking Xiao Cai to confess her feelings?"

Yui thought that the purpose of this game was to simulate.

Since this is the last time, it seems a bit unreasonable not to confess.

Following this logic, Ayaka plays Tobe and Hikigaya plays Ebina.

"more or less."

Su Qing smiled at Yui and then returned to the topic.

He thought that the time left for Caijia to prepare should be about right, so under the expectant and nervous gazes of several people, he looked at Caijia and asked softly:

"Ayaka. The person you like is Hikigaya Hachiman, right?"

Su Qing specifically read out Hikigaya's full name.

It's not Hikigaya Shichiman, nor is it Kuma Hachiman.

"What...are you doing?"

Hikigaya, who was originally worried that Ayaka would really be asked to do something strange, didn't know what to say for a moment.

He now feels powerless, as if he is eating a melon on himself.

"Yes……"

Caijia took a deep breath and almost used up all her strength to barely utter this word.

"Why???!!!"

Yui covered her face and let out a sharp cry.

Yukino also widened her eyes, looking shocked.

[This world... is fake, right?]

Compared to the shock of the others, Hikigaya's shock was more complicated.

Fear……

Excited……

nervous……

Although he tried his best to stay calm, his arms still couldn't stop shaking.

After a long pause, he trembled and said with difficulty:

"Is it... a game?"

Don't have unnecessary expectations for anything.

If you don't have expectations, you won't lose anything, and you won't feel sad about it.

This is the law of survival that Hikigaya has always believed in since middle school.

But now, Hikigaya was horrified to find that this rule was shaking.

[It turns out that for some things, even if you try your best to suppress them... expectations will still keep growing like seeds breaking through the soil...]

[After all, expectations are not something that people can completely control!]

"No...it's not a game...it's real..."

Even with a red face, the temperature from the skin was getting higher and higher.

Ayaka still tried to look at Hikigaya, and took this opportunity to do her best to express her feelings.

The girl who has a crush on a marginal man has a intermittent voice, as if the wind will completely extinguish it.

Yui and Yukino couldn't help but worry about him.

Only the sound can be covered.

This feeling that is hard to express is destined to fail.

The vague feelings that were conveyed with all her might finally reached Hikigaya's ears.

He raised his head suddenly and met those misty eyes.

If you want to say something, you should say it if it is true.

But when the words stay on my lips, even I forget what I should convey.

Time passes minute by minute.

Because of nervousness, beads of sweat appeared on Caijia's forehead.

But she didn't choose to brush it off.

She just pursed her lips.

Then just wait for an answer.

?

Secret love is a self-centered and fruitless thing.

But if possible, who would choose this bitterness?

Because the heir to their family can only be male, her parents were afraid that power would be divided and that other branches would take this opportunity to seize power.

Her parents forcibly changed the gender on her resume, forcing her to learn to live as a man.

She just didn't play it well.

It is still the same today.

Collective creatures are averse to "aliens".

Ayaka, who can't act like a man but can't act like a woman, has no idea how many times she has been ostracized.

No one spoke for her.

No one handed over a piece of paper.

But she doesn't want this to happen.

It’s not like she chose to be “neither male nor female”.

She doesn't have a choice... does she?

Caijia always thought that was the case.

until one day.

She squatted in a little-known corner of the school.

Suddenly, a not-so-straight figure stood in front of her, and like a peerless hero, she transferred all the conflicts to him.

Then he grabbed her hair, took out a not-so-new handkerchief, and seemed to have spent a long time organizing his words before he said to her:

"Wipe it off. If you don't mind someone like me..."

After saying that, he turned around.

As if leaving her some space, he continued to talk to himself:

"Ah. The secret place I finally found to be alone is gone."

strangeness.

I don't know why I specifically looked for a place like this, but shouldn't I feel disappointed if it's gone?

Why didn't I hear it at all...

strangeness.

I was obviously crying.

But why...

I'm so happy now.

?

Hachiman, do you know?

You are the most gentle person...

and so.

I actually have a choice...

At least I can choose who I like.

……