"I washed the bath. You can always boil it."
Hiyori comes from the bathroom and says so. When I looked at the clock, it was past 9 o'clock.
"Is it already that time? Then, let's boil it at 10 o'clock."
"Let's do that. Good luck in the battle."
"Oh, thank you."
After saying that, I looked back at my computer.
The screen shows a chess board, but this is an online match. I'm studying this in case I have to play chess in a battle with A-class.
Arisu also goes to Hashimoto's room to give a lecture to Hashimoto, whom she is currently using in a chess game.
According to Arisu, Hashimoto has also been studying with her since before the summer vacation, and he seems to be a little stronger than Masumi.
In that case, Hashimoto's ability would be equal to or slightly lower than mine.
However, in the case of chess, the control tower is very involved, so I don't know Ayanokoji's ability, but I need to make a difference against Hashimoto before Arisu goes on a business trip.
I'm currently playing an online match, and it's been a close battle since his rating is close to mine.
I currently have a slight lead, but I can't let my guard down.
While thinking about that, I moved the queen and approached the enemy camp.
Right now, I'm preparing my strategy and when the opportunity arises, I attack at once.
While we were exploring each other like that, the chance finally came.
The bishop on the other side takes the rook that I prepared as bait. It hurts that Rook was taken away, but...
"Check."
Move the knight that was left as is at the beginning. Moreover, there are no enemy pieces that can defeat the knight.
Of course the other side misses the king, but I don't aim for the king and take the enemy's bishop.
There's no need to rush as there are only pawns near the bishop who took my rook earlier. It's also a position where you can take a rook.
Then, the other side misses the rook, but we have already completed our preparations and send the bishop to the enemy's camp to take the knight.
When this happens, I think I have a chance of winning and deal with the enemy's moves one by one.
That's when I finally captured the enemy's queen with my knight, and was convinced that I had won.
The opponent stops the bishop from moving.
(S-shit... the queen is a decoy!)
With the knight retreating, the bishop moves into a position where he can capture the king.
In a panic, I miss the king, but the other side moves his knight to block my escape route.
I tries to escape further, but the pawn on the other side promotes and turns into a rook.
Needless to say, if you don't move the king, you will lose.
I move King one step back while sweating coldly, but a different rook stands right next to King.
When I saw that, I chose to concede.
You can still fight if you use rooks and bishops as shields, but it will only serve as a hindrance, and you won't be able to win if you use pieces that have cut into the enemy's territory to defend.
(I never expected to use Queen Sacrifice... it's too frustrating for the victim)
A move that uses the strongest piece as a decoy is a great move that gives you a sense of exhilaration and humiliates your opponent.
However, it is also a high-risk technique that could put you in trouble if you use the queen, the strongest piece, as a decoy and fail.
I never expected him to make such a bold move.
I thought I could win, So I let my guard down.
He also lost a lot of pieces up until the middle of the match, so it's hard to tell whether it was a coincidence or necessity.
Well, it doesn't change the fact that I lost, so I cut off communication and turned off the computer while accepting defeat.
I've already played 5 games today, so I'm feeling pretty tired.
"Hiyori, Masumi. I'm tired, so please heal me."
When I say that, the two people sitting on the sofa stand up and come over.
Then, as they approach me, the two of them take off their jackets and bras, and Hiyori presses her breasts against the front of my head and Masumi presses her breasts against the back of my head.
An unearthly softness is felt in my head.
"Hachiman-kun, please get some rest, okay?"
“Are you really happy about this Hachiman, the boobs alien?”
"Wait, Masumi. Don't call people such dishonorable names."
"I think you said the other day, "If I have three children, I want to try breastfeeding."
...Well, I'm not denying it, but I'm only interested in three people's breasts.
I don't have much interest in other breasts, so I don't think I'm a breast alien.
but……
"Even though you usually have a cool habit, at night you moan lewdly and say, "Hachi-kun's dick is so big!'' You also say,
Ow!''
"It hurts! Don't hit my head!”
"Noisy! Idiot Hachiman! Pervert! Swindling women!"
She must have been quite flustered just now.
"Well, well. It's too late now that you two are so naughty, so there's no point in fighting."
I say that, but Hiyori is just Hiyori.
When Arisu and Masumi are my opponents, I often take the lead, but when it's Hiyori, Hiyori takes the lead.
Hiyori uses her hips so well that she makes me eviscerate her every time, and I don't want Hiyori to call me naughty.
Well, I won't deny that I'm erotic.
After that, I was given pleasure by the two of them until Arisu returned, and when Arisu returned, I was given pleasure by the three of them in the bathroom, and I was able to fall asleep feeling satisfied.
The next day……
"Then, let's finish HR. Tomorrow is the actual exam, so don't oversleep. If the student is not seated by the time HR begins in the morning, he or she will not be able to choose an event."
Chabashira-sensei says that and leaves the classroom, so I get ready to go home and leave the classroom.
Hirata has already recovered from some kind of influence, so I will be the first to leave the classroom.
(But what did that creep do to Hirata?)
It was unexpected that Hirata, who had become delinquent, would be able to recover.
Perhaps, instead of words of consolation, he spoke words of denial about Hirata that broke his heart.
And it's a very harsh word.
In any case, this won't cause any loss of motivation for tomorrow's exam, and I'm sure Arisu will be satisfied.
With that in mind, I headed to the library, secured a booth for the group, and waited.
There is still time until the meeting time, but this booth is fairly popular so you need to secure it as soon as possible.
I take out a book from my bag and start reading slowly. I think it's annoying because this match is a match that doesn't need to be played.
Ayanokoji, if you're going to send me out from the beginning, please tell Horikita that it's best to leave it to Hikigaya.
If that was the case, there would have been no game today.
As I continued reading while thinking about this, I heard the sound of the door opening, so I looked up and saw Ayanokoji and Horikita come in.
When I looked at the clock, it was already past 5 o'clock, quite a while.
They were probably having their last meeting in the classroom.
"Are you here? Let's get started. Also, are the rules the same as the exam? Or do you want to do it differently?"
"I've decided to do it the same way as the exam."
In other words, is it a one-hour time limit rule? I heard that she is a beginner, but she seems confident.
"Understood. Looks like there's a timer..."
Ayanokoji sets the timer. After confirming that, I set up the chessboard.
"Then let's finish this quickly. I don't have time either."
"There's plenty of room."
I wouldn't say I can afford it, but I don't feel like losing. I've done a lot of research and practice to reach Arisu's level, so I don't plan on losing easily.
And if I win against Horikita in the game from now on, I will definitely appear. I'll do my best to make Arisu happy.
Even with this in mind, I used the pieces to decide which player would go first, and Horikita ended up going first.
"Are you ready? Let's get started."
Horikita moves her pawn along with Ayanokoji's dull voice, and I do the same.
(Well, now that we're doing it, we have to aim for complete victory...)
I started building multiple strategies while moving the pieces.
Cough Cough Cough
The sound of chess pieces being moved echoes in the group booth of the library.
Kiyotaka Ayanokoji looks at the two people playing chess...Hachiman and Horikita with a blank expression.
As for the two in question, Hachiman was expressionless, and Horikita had a hint of impatience on her usual expression.
Currently, Hachiman has lost 3 pawns, a rook, and a knight, for a total of 5, while Horikita has lost 2 pawns, a knight, a bishop, and a rook, a total of 5.
Looking only at the board, Hachiman has a slight lead, but Horikita still has a chance of reversing the match.
If that was all there was to it, Horikita wouldn't be so anxious.
The reason she is in a hurry is because of time. In terms of time, Yawata has just 30 minutes left, while Horikita has just under 20 minutes left, so there is a big difference.
(Maybe the thickness is different?)
The reason lies in a long thought. Basically, the two of them move their pieces within 10 seconds, but Horikita spends a lot of time thinking. Hachiman doesn't think things through too much, and worst of all, he sometimes makes moves that don't make any sense.
Normally, this would be considered a completely meaningless move, and with Horikita's current ability, it is not difficult to understand that it is a meaningless move.
Still, Horikita always thinks about his pointless moves for a long time, and Ayanokoji believes that this has something to do with his usual behavior.
Hachiman is famous not only in his class, but also in his grade, for how he happily takes advantage of the hate that is directed at him, and how he thoroughly and efficiently crushes his opponents.
Horikita must be thinking that she can't believe that Hachiman would make such a meaningless move.
What's more, in Hachiman's case, he sometimes thinks for a long time, but sometimes he makes meaningless moves because of it, which makes Horikita more wary and causes her to think for a long time more often.
Ayanokoji is not particularly surprised by this.
He thinks that Hachiman is a better human being than Horikita, and was originally willing to use Hachiman in chess if Horikita didn't interfere.
While Ayanokoji thinks so, the match continues. Horikita is trying to find some way to counterattack, but she is confused by Hachiman's meaningless move and is only taking a passive attack.
Hachiman, on the other hand, toyed with Horikita without worrying about his opponent, and placed pieces around the king to avoid further defeat.
Ayanokoji believes that if this situation continues, the King of Hachiman will be surrounded by a castle wall, and Horikita will be unable to break down his defenses and lose due to time running out.
(Is it impossible for this class to rise to A class?)
Ayanokoji vaguely thought so while watching the match between the two.
At the moment, Hachiman is many steps above Horikita, and I don't know what happened in the past, but I think that his growth rate over a year is close to what he was when he was in the White Room.
(If that man knew about Hikigaya's existence, he would be uncomfortable.)
What if the growth rate of Hachiman, who was thought to have attended a normal school, was similar to the growth rate of Hachiman, who was thought to have attended, in the White Room that, that man risked everything to create, and invested a huge amount of money, excellent human resources, and strict education?
The value of the White Room could be shaken.
Horikita has also grown, but there is no doubt that his growth is way smaller than Hachiman.
Furthermore, Chiaki Matsushita is his pawn.
She has worked under him behind the scenes several times, but she's only a piece of Hachiman, so it's not easy to make a living, and since he is paying her a lot of money, it's easy to imagine that she's quite talented, and if she transfers to A-class like Hachiman, she'll be a threat.
It's obvious.
Above all, the quality of soldiers is different between our class and A class.
There will probably be weak students in A class who are not typical of A class, but they will still have at least some level of ability.
On the other hand, in our D-Class, there are quite a few useless students like Airi, Shinohara, Sato, and Inokashira, but Hachiman will definitely beat them up.
Hachiman's style is to thoroughly attack his opponent's weak points and never challenge a higher rank opponent.
If you just look at his style, it's the style of wearing accessories, but the trouble is that Hachiman's own potential is higher than the accessories who originally prefer this style.
In fact, students such as Katsuragi and Ichinose, who are highly talented even in their grade, have been hit hard by Hachiman.
If Hachiman were to transfer to Class A, he would definitely bash Airi and the others, but Ayanokoji himself has no intention of helping.
Because when he tries to help, they will only hold him back while he was fighting the people coming from the
White Room.
However, Ayanokoji does not feel guilty.
What's important to him is himself, and it doesn't matter what happens to people who don't put in the effort even if the school says D-Class is defective.
I also agree with my friend Airi.
This school does not place much emphasis on academic ability, and requires all kinds of skills such as athletic ability, communication skills, and independence, but Airi's quality in all of these is low.
Of course, it may be unavoidable because some people are not suited to communication skills or independence, but in Airi's case, even though she got the lowest grade in the school year except for Sakayanagi at the sports festival, she still needed to improve her physical strength to the bare minimum.
Ayanokoji thinks that if she doesn't put in the effort, she will be expelled from school within two years if she continues like this.
While thinking about the future if Hachiman makes A-class, he watches the match between the two, which is still going on, but Horikita's queen finally exposes the gap as she is at the mercy of Hachiman's meaningless move.
I take the.
"What are you trying to do...!"
Apparently Horikita wasn't expecting it either, so she exclaimed in surprise.
Review the pieces that currently remain.
Hachiman's camp has a king, queen, rook, two bishops, and three pawns remaining.
On the other hand, Horikita's camp has a king, knight, bishop, and four pawns remaining.
There is a considerable difference at this point.
Moreover, there is a queen and a bishop as guards near the Hachiman king, and a rook and another bishop are in the enemy camp, acting as one in attack and defense.
On the other hand, Horikita's knight is guarding the king and cannot move forward, and it is clear that the moment she promotes her pawn, she will be eaten by the queen.
Therefore, only one bishop can actually be attacked.
Looking at the time, Horikita had less than 10 minutes, while Hachiman had 20 minutes, a difference of more than 10 minutes from beginning to end.
Seeing this, Ayanokoji opens his mouth, which had been closed since the match started.
"Why don't we just end this game? Checkmate hasn't happened yet, but Hikigaya is already guaranteed to win."
Ayanokoji says so. In reality, it is impossible for Horikita to turn this situation around.
In fact, he doesn't feel like he can win even if he takes her place.
No matter how good your chess skills are, it won't matter if the number of actual pieces is small.
"Then I'll go home."
"Wait. It's still a battle...!"
When Hachiman tries to stand up, Horikita calls out to him, but Ayanokoji sees this as nothing more than a struggle.
"Horikita. There's no chance of a turnaround. In fact, the difference in status is starting to show when you're caught up in Hikigaya's bluff."
“Bluff?”
"Of the number of pieces that Hikigaya moved earlier, 20% of them were completely meaningless moves. I think he was trying to get you at his mercy, but the ranking was decided by the time you didn't notice that plan.''
"Did Ayanokoji notice?"
"You have made pointless moves regularly. In fact, in Hikigaya's case, wouldn't he have won faster?"
Judging from the movement of the pieces so far, he had three opportunities to tell Horikita to checkmate, but I didn't think she would be able to see through any of them.
"Well."
"Huh...you were slacking off from the beginning!"
Horikita glares at Hachiman in frustration, but Hachiman just seems like the wind is blowing.
"I was just being kind to a newbie. In any case, it's a waste of time, so I'll go home."
While saying this, Hachiman grabs his bag and leaves the booth.
Since Hikigaya rounded up his pieces before the match was ended, Horikita wins according to the rules.
However, Horikita felt nothing but humiliation. It's dangerous to leave the fate of the class to Hachiman, who wants to move classes, so she plays chess to persuade him not to participate in the exam.
The result was a crushing defeat to Horikita, who was in a weak state.
From her perspective, this was the ultimate humiliation.
Ayanokoji opens his mouth to Horikita.
"Even though Hikigaya threw the match, the difference in rank was exposed and I will use Hikigaya.''
"...I understand. Regardless of whether I object, the control tower has the right to choose."
"But I'm planning to include Horikita in the written event over there."
"Yeah. By the way, Ayanokoji-kun. Are the results this time as expected?"
"It's just as expected except for Hikigaya's lack of control. In my opinion, he is stronger than Sakayanagi."
There is no doubt that Hachiman is superior in terms of overall strength, at least due to the difference in physical ability.
"In any case, the participants for this chess game have been decided, just like the other events. Tomorrow, I will choose them accordingly."
After saying that, Ayanokoji organized his things and stood up.
"I'm going home now, but what will Horikita do?"
"...I'll stay for a little while. I want to review the game."
When Horikita said that, Ayanokoji gave a small nod, left the booth, and left the library.
And think about the future.
(The match between Class D and Class A is not very important other than the protection points. Sakayanagi will not challenge right away if I can clearly make black and white once.)
From Ayanokoji's point of view, what is important is that he is also concerned about the B and C classes.
Up until now, the B class students have been harassing Ichinose's C class, but if this was Ryuen's idea from the beginning, the chances of Ichinose winning would be greatly reduced.
(If that happens, Ichinose will be shocked, so I would like to guide her well so that I can use her in the future.)
From Ayanokoji's point of view, he wants to have a shield and a wall to protect against harassment from his own father, so he has no intention of letting the opportunity pass.
(Also, I have to study about love.)
Ideally, Ayanokoji would like to study with Kei Karuizawa as his textbook and Hachiman, who is known as God, as his instructor.
Just like that, Ayanokoji heads home with a different direction from Hachiman, with devilish thoughts in his mind.
"I washed the bath. You can always boil it."
Hiyori comes from the bathroom and says so. When I looked at the clock, it was past 9 o'clock.
"Is it already that time? Then, let's boil it at 10 o'clock."
"Let's do that. Good luck in the battle."
"Oh, thank you."
After saying that, I looked back at my computer.
The screen shows a chess board, but this is an online match. I'm studying this in case I have to play chess in a battle with A-class.
Arisu also goes to Hashimoto's room to give a lecture to Hashimoto, whom she is currently using in a chess game.
According to Arisu, Hashimoto has also been studying with her since before the summer vacation, and he seems to be a little stronger than Masumi.
In that case, Hashimoto's ability would be equal to or slightly lower than mine.
However, in the case of chess, the control tower is very involved, so I don't know Ayanokoji's ability, but I need to make a difference against Hashimoto before Arisu goes on a business trip.
I'm currently playing an online match, and it's been a close battle since his rating is close to mine.
I currently have a slight lead, but I can't let my guard down.
While thinking about that, I moved the queen and approached the enemy camp.
Right now, I'm preparing my strategy and when the opportunity arises, I attack at once.
While we were exploring each other like that, the chance finally came.
The bishop on the other side takes the rook that I prepared as bait. It hurts that Rook was taken away, but...
"Check."
Move the knight that was left as is at the beginning. Moreover, there are no enemy pieces that can defeat the knight.
Of course the other side misses the king, but I don't aim for the king and take the enemy's bishop.
There's no need to rush as there are only pawns near the bishop who took my rook earlier. It's also a position where you can take a rook.
Then, the other side misses the rook, but we have already completed our preparations and send the bishop to the enemy's camp to take the knight.
When this happens, I think I have a chance of winning and deal with the enemy's moves one by one.
That's when I finally captured the enemy's queen with my knight, and was convinced that I had won.
The opponent stops the bishop from moving.
(S-shit... the queen is a decoy!)
With the knight retreating, the bishop moves into a position where he can capture the king.
In a panic, I miss the king, but the other side moves his knight to block my escape route.
I tries to escape further, but the pawn on the other side promotes and turns into a rook.
Needless to say, if you don't move the king, you will lose.
I move King one step back while sweating coldly, but a different rook stands right next to King.
When I saw that, I chose to concede.
You can still fight if you use rooks and bishops as shields, but it will only serve as a hindrance, and you won't be able to win if you use pieces that have cut into the enemy's territory to defend.
(I never expected to use Queen Sacrifice... it's too frustrating for the victim)
A move that uses the strongest piece as a decoy is a great move that gives you a sense of exhilaration and humiliates your opponent.
However, it is also a high-risk technique that could put you in trouble if you use the queen, the strongest piece, as a decoy and fail.
I never expected him to make such a bold move.
I thought I could win, So I let my guard down.
He also lost a lot of pieces up until the middle of the match, so it's hard to tell whether it was a coincidence or necessity.
Well, it doesn't change the fact that I lost, so I cut off communication and turned off the computer while accepting defeat.
I've already played 5 games today, so I'm feeling pretty tired.
"Hiyori, Masumi. I'm tired, so please heal me."
When I say that, the two people sitting on the sofa stand up and come over.
Then, as they approach me, the two of them take off their jackets and bras, and Hiyori presses her breasts against the front of my head and Masumi presses her breasts against the back of my head.
An unearthly softness is felt in my head.
"Hachiman-kun, please get some rest, okay?"
“Are you really happy about this Hachiman, the boobs alien?”
"Wait, Masumi. Don't call people such dishonorable names."
"I think you said the other day, "If I have three children, I want to try breastfeeding."
...Well, I'm not denying it, but I'm only interested in three people's breasts.
I don't have much interest in other breasts, so I don't think I'm a breast alien.
but……
"Even though you usually have a cool habit, at night you moan lewdly and say, "Hachi-kun's dick is so big!'' You also say,
Ow!''
"It hurts! Don't hit my head!”
"Noisy! Idiot Hachiman! Pervert! Swindling women!"
She must have been quite flustered just now.
"Well, well. It's too late now that you two are so naughty, so there's no point in fighting."
I say that, but Hiyori is just Hiyori.
When Arisu and Masumi are my opponents, I often take the lead, but when it's Hiyori, Hiyori takes the lead.
Hiyori uses her hips so well that she makes me eviscerate her every time, and I don't want Hiyori to call me naughty.
Well, I won't deny that I'm erotic.
After that, I was given pleasure by the two of them until Arisu returned, and when Arisu returned, I was given pleasure by the three of them in the bathroom, and I was able to fall asleep feeling satisfied.
The next day……
"Then, let's finish HR. Tomorrow is the actual exam, so don't oversleep. If the student is not seated by the time HR begins in the morning, he or she will not be able to choose an event."
Chabashira-sensei says that and leaves the classroom, so I get ready to go home and leave the classroom.
Hirata has already recovered from some kind of influence, so I will be the first to leave the classroom.
(But what did that creep do to Hirata?)
It was unexpected that Hirata, who had become delinquent, would be able to recover.
Perhaps, instead of words of consolation, he spoke words of denial about Hirata that broke his heart.
And it's a very harsh word.
In any case, this won't cause any loss of motivation for tomorrow's exam, and I'm sure Arisu will be satisfied.
With that in mind, I headed to the library, secured a booth for the group, and waited.
There is still time until the meeting time, but this booth is fairly popular so you need to secure it as soon as possible.
I take out a book from my bag and start reading slowly. I think it's annoying because this match is a match that doesn't need to be played.
Ayanokoji, if you're going to send me out from the beginning, please tell Horikita that it's best to leave it to Hikigaya.
If that was the case, there would have been no game today.
As I continued reading while thinking about this, I heard the sound of the door opening, so I looked up and saw Ayanokoji and Horikita come in.
When I looked at the clock, it was already past 5 o'clock, quite a while.
They were probably having their last meeting in the classroom.
"Are you here? Let's get started. Also, are the rules the same as the exam? Or do you want to do it differently?"
"I've decided to do it the same way as the exam."
In other words, is it a one-hour time limit rule? I heard that she is a beginner, but she seems confident.
"Understood. Looks like there's a timer..."
Ayanokoji sets the timer. After confirming that, I set up the chessboard.
"Then let's finish this quickly. I don't have time either."
"There's plenty of room."
I wouldn't say I can afford it, but I don't feel like losing. I've done a lot of research and practice to reach Arisu's level, so I don't plan on losing easily.
And if I win against Horikita in the game from now on, I will definitely appear. I'll do my best to make Arisu happy.
Even with this in mind, I used the pieces to decide which player would go first, and Horikita ended up going first.
"Are you ready? Let's get started."
Horikita moves her pawn along with Ayanokoji's dull voice, and I do the same.
(Well, now that we're doing it, we have to aim for complete victory...)
I started building multiple strategies while moving the pieces.
Cough Cough Cough
The sound of chess pieces being moved echoes in the group booth of the library.
Kiyotaka Ayanokoji looks at the two people playing chess...Hachiman and Horikita with a blank expression.
As for the two in question, Hachiman was expressionless, and Horikita had a hint of impatience on her usual expression.
Currently, Hachiman has lost 3 pawns, a rook, and a knight, for a total of 5, while Horikita has lost 2 pawns, a knight, a bishop, and a rook, a total of 5.
Looking only at the board, Hachiman has a slight lead, but Horikita still has a chance of reversing the match.
If that was all there was to it, Horikita wouldn't be so anxious.
The reason she is in a hurry is because of time. In terms of time, Yawata has just 30 minutes left, while Horikita has just under 20 minutes left, so there is a big difference.
(Maybe the thickness is different?)
The reason lies in a long thought. Basically, the two of them move their pieces within 10 seconds, but Horikita spends a lot of time thinking. Hachiman doesn't think things through too much, and worst of all, he sometimes makes moves that don't make any sense.
Normally, this would be considered a completely meaningless move, and with Horikita's current ability, it is not difficult to understand that it is a meaningless move.
Still, Horikita always thinks about his pointless moves for a long time, and Ayanokoji believes that this has something to do with his usual behavior.
Hachiman is famous not only in his class, but also in his grade, for how he happily takes advantage of the hate that is directed at him, and how he thoroughly and efficiently crushes his opponents.
Horikita must be thinking that she can't believe that Hachiman would make such a meaningless move.
What's more, in Hachiman's case, he sometimes thinks for a long time, but sometimes he makes meaningless moves because of it, which makes Horikita more wary and causes her to think for a long time more often.
Ayanokoji is not particularly surprised by this.
He thinks that Hachiman is a better human being than Horikita, and was originally willing to use Hachiman in chess if Horikita didn't interfere.
While Ayanokoji thinks so, the match continues. Horikita is trying to find some way to counterattack, but she is confused by Hachiman's meaningless move and is only taking a passive attack.
Hachiman, on the other hand, toyed with Horikita without worrying about his opponent, and placed pieces around the king to avoid further defeat.
Ayanokoji believes that if this situation continues, the King of Hachiman will be surrounded by a castle wall, and Horikita will be unable to break down his defenses and lose due to time running out.
(Is it impossible for this class to rise to A class?)
Ayanokoji vaguely thought so while watching the match between the two.
At the moment, Hachiman is many steps above Horikita, and I don't know what happened in the past, but I think that his growth rate over a year is close to what he was when he was in the White Room.
(If that man knew about Hikigaya's existence, he would be uncomfortable.)
What if the growth rate of Hachiman, who was thought to have attended a normal school, was similar to the growth rate of Hachiman, who was thought to have attended, in the White Room that, that man risked everything to create, and invested a huge amount of money, excellent human resources, and strict education?
The value of the White Room could be shaken.
Horikita has also grown, but there is no doubt that his growth is way smaller than Hachiman.
Furthermore, Chiaki Matsushita is his pawn.
She has worked under him behind the scenes several times, but she's only a piece of Hachiman, so it's not easy to make a living, and since he is paying her a lot of money, it's easy to imagine that she's quite talented, and if she transfers to A-class like Hachiman, she'll be a threat.
It's obvious.
Above all, the quality of soldiers is different between our class and A class.
There will probably be weak students in A class who are not typical of A class, but they will still have at least some level of ability.
On the other hand, in our D-Class, there are quite a few useless students like Airi, Shinohara, Sato, and Inokashira, but Hachiman will definitely beat them up.
Hachiman's style is to thoroughly attack his opponent's weak points and never challenge a higher rank opponent.
If you just look at his style, it's the style of wearing accessories, but the trouble is that Hachiman's own potential is higher than the accessories who originally prefer this style.
In fact, students such as Katsuragi and Ichinose, who are highly talented even in their grade, have been hit hard by Hachiman.
If Hachiman were to transfer to Class A, he would definitely bash Airi and the others, but Ayanokoji himself has no intention of helping.
Because when he tries to help, they will only hold him back while he was fighting the people coming from the
White Room.
However, Ayanokoji does not feel guilty.
What's important to him is himself, and it doesn't matter what happens to people who don't put in the effort even if the school says D-Class is defective.
I also agree with my friend Airi.
This school does not place much emphasis on academic ability, and requires all kinds of skills such as athletic ability, communication skills, and independence, but Airi's quality in all of these is low.
Of course, it may be unavoidable because some people are not suited to communication skills or independence, but in Airi's case, even though she got the lowest grade in the school year except for Sakayanagi at the sports festival, she still needed to improve her physical strength to the bare minimum.
Ayanokoji thinks that if she doesn't put in the effort, she will be expelled from school within two years if she continues like this.
While thinking about the future if Hachiman makes A-class, he watches the match between the two, which is still going on, but Horikita's queen finally exposes the gap as she is at the mercy of Hachiman's meaningless move.
I take the.
"What are you trying to do...!"
Apparently Horikita wasn't expecting it either, so she exclaimed in surprise.
Review the pieces that currently remain.
Hachiman's camp has a king, queen, rook, two bishops, and three pawns remaining.
On the other hand, Horikita's camp has a king, knight, bishop, and four pawns remaining.
There is a considerable difference at this point.
Moreover, there is a queen and a bishop as guards near the Hachiman king, and a rook and another bishop are in the enemy camp, acting as one in attack and defense.
On the other hand, Horikita's knight is guarding the king and cannot move forward, and it is clear that the moment she promotes her pawn, she will be eaten by the queen.
Therefore, only one bishop can actually be attacked.
Looking at the time, Horikita had less than 10 minutes, while Hachiman had 20 minutes, a difference of more than 10 minutes from beginning to end.
Seeing this, Ayanokoji opens his mouth, which had been closed since the match started.
"Why don't we just end this game? Checkmate hasn't happened yet, but Hikigaya is already guaranteed to win."
Ayanokoji says so. In reality, it is impossible for Horikita to turn this situation around.
In fact, he doesn't feel like he can win even if he takes her place.
No matter how good your chess skills are, it won't matter if the number of actual pieces is small.
"Then I'll go home."
"Wait. It's still a battle...!"
When Hachiman tries to stand up, Horikita calls out to him, but Ayanokoji sees this as nothing more than a struggle.
"Horikita. There's no chance of a turnaround. In fact, the difference in status is starting to show when you're caught up in Hikigaya's bluff."
“Bluff?”
"Of the number of pieces that Hikigaya moved earlier, 20% of them were completely meaningless moves. I think he was trying to get you at his mercy, but the ranking was decided by the time you didn't notice that plan.''
"Did Ayanokoji notice?"
"You have made pointless moves regularly. In fact, in Hikigaya's case, wouldn't he have won faster?"
Judging from the movement of the pieces so far, he had three opportunities to tell Horikita to checkmate, but I didn't think she would be able to see through any of them.
"Well."
"Huh...you were slacking off from the beginning!"
Horikita glares at Hachiman in frustration, but Hachiman just seems like the wind is blowing.
"I was just being kind to a newbie. In any case, it's a waste of time, so I'll go home."
While saying this, Hachiman grabs his bag and leaves the booth.
Since Hikigaya rounded up his pieces before the match was ended, Horikita wins according to the rules.
However, Horikita felt nothing but humiliation. It's dangerous to leave the fate of the class to Hachiman, who wants to move classes, so she plays chess to persuade him not to participate in the exam.
The result was a crushing defeat to Horikita, who was in a weak state.
From her perspective, this was the ultimate humiliation.
Ayanokoji opens his mouth to Horikita.
"Even though Hikigaya threw the match, the difference in rank was exposed and I will use Hikigaya.''
"...I understand. Regardless of whether I object, the control tower has the right to choose."
"But I'm planning to include Horikita in the written event over there."
"Yeah. By the way, Ayanokoji-kun. Are the results this time as expected?"
"It's just as expected except for Hikigaya's lack of control. In my opinion, he is stronger than Sakayanagi."
There is no doubt that Hachiman is superior in terms of overall strength, at least due to the difference in physical ability.
"In any case, the participants for this chess game have been decided, just like the other events. Tomorrow, I will choose them accordingly."
After saying that, Ayanokoji organized his things and stood up.
"I'm going home now, but what will Horikita do?"
"...I'll stay for a little while. I want to review the game."
When Horikita said that, Ayanokoji gave a small nod, left the booth, and left the library.
And think about the future.
(The match between Class D and Class A is not very important other than the protection points. Sakayanagi will not challenge right away if I can clearly make black and white once.)
From Ayanokoji's point of view, what is important is that he is also concerned about the B and C classes.
Up until now, the B class students have been harassing Ichinose's C class, but if this was Ryuen's idea from the beginning, the chances of Ichinose winning would be greatly reduced.
(If that happens, Ichinose will be shocked, so I would like to guide her well so that I can use her in the future.)
From Ayanokoji's point of view, he wants to have a shield and a wall to protect against harassment from his own father, so he has no intention of letting the opportunity pass.
(Also, I have to study about love.)
Ideally, Ayanokoji would like to study with Kei Karuizawa as his textbook and Hachiman, who is known as God, as his instructor.
Just like that, Ayanokoji heads home with a different direction from Hachiman, with devilish thoughts in his mind.
