COTE: A Man On A Mission || Love is War?

"They have surrounded a boy who is suffering badly from Hashimoto!"

"I already told you it was a neck disease. You should believe me now, Hikigaya-kun....."

Suzune was feeling proud of herself.

"...." Hachiman....'Okay, stop talking!'

Someone who went to toilet came back and told rest of the class.

And students in Class A, Shibata and his friends, were exactly the same that Ichinose was in.

Always been very united, and it can even be said they are harmonious and have never intended to provoke others.

But now they have to do something illegal like fighting.

"…"

Hachiman pulled out his phone and checked the time.

Only 2 minutes and 12 seconds had passed since Kushida sent the message to Shibata.

Then immediately set out to cause trouble for Hashimoto from Class C.

It seems that students in Class A care about Ichinose more than he thought.

It also shows that after receiving the information from Kikyo Kushida, Shibata and others believed it and went to cause trouble for Hashimoto.

Kikyo Kushida is really a surprising person.

Let's not talk about the contract between Kushida and him.

Even if he is just the class representative, even if Kushida has betrayed the class several times and has no deeper relationship with him, he cannot easily abandon her considering her value.

Even Suzune looked surprised.

She obviously just realized how valuable this woman named Kikyo Kushida was.

Kushida was good at interpersonal communication, which she was not good at or even unable to master.

Shibata and Kanzaki also led students from Class A to surround Class C.

They blocked the door.

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"Then I will not ask any more questions. Our request is simple. You stop spreading rumors and... apologize to Ichinose-san and clarify these are just rumors."

Although he wants to stand up for Ichinose, Kanzaki also knows where his bottom line is.

"I can't do it," Hashimoto refused very straightforwardly, "If you have a clear conscience, then why doesn't Ichinose face the rumors head-on? Just like when she accepted the school's investigation into huge amount of points a few days ago. Why didn't Ichinose come forward herself instead of letting you guys do it?"

Have to say that Hashimoto is indeed cunning.

Since Ichinose herself was not among those who came out to seek justice, he understood that Kanzaki and others were at a disadvantage.

Even Kanzaki could only give a vague answer to such questions.

They did not have Ichinose's authorization.

But now at least Hashimoto should be forced to apologize and clarify the rumors.

Although Kanzaki had tried very hard, acting was not his forte after all, so Hashimoto saw through him immediately, and realized these students in Class A really did not follow Ichinose's instructions.

It was completely their own action.

However, unity of Class A made the students in C, who were so indifferent to human relationships and only had to stand in line, somewhat envious.

While talking to Kanzaki Ryuji, Hashimoto reached into his pocket with one hand to edit a text message to himself asking the other party to bring Ichinose over.

On the other hand, he continued to be arrogant, "I still say that mosquitos don't bite female eggs. How do you know that Ichinose doesn't have a dark past? Maybe what you are pursuing is just a hypocritical existence."

This sentence shows that Ichinose is a fake person.

"This is impossible!"

But he was wrong.

Students in Class A were supposed to take the lead at Kanzaki and stay quietly at the back, but now they are all blown up.

People from Class A who came here immediately rushed into the classroom.

Nearly forty students squeezed into a class, and the atmosphere instantly became tense.

"We won't believe your lies," Kanzaki concluded, "It's true that we didn't get Ichinose's approval for this action, but this is what all the students in Class A want to do. All the members trust her unconditionally. It is precisely because of her that we are willing to risk our lives to protect her."

As he spoke, fallen angels of Class A also moved closer to him and became hostile in front of others.

They are very united, both men and women.

"Even if the outside world is criticizing Ichinose, we will do our best to protect her!"

"Even if she chooses to silently endure the slander now, we will not stand idly by!"

Ichinose Honami is such an important person who is worthy of trust of the whole class.

And it seems they also feel that it will turn into a fight next, and now President Horikita and all the third-year students are not in school.

Only one vice president, Kiriyama, remains in office, who is Nagumo's licking dog.

So when something goes wrong, don't know how class will be deducted points.

It will definitely be the maximum deduction.

Hashimoto chose to retreat, "Haha, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment you will feel after knowing the truth."

Then he took a few quick steps along safe route that he had confirmed at the beginning, left the encirclement and walked out of classroom.

"He's so cunning!" A student in Class A noticed that Hashimoto wanted to retreat, but just when he was thinking about it, he found that Hashimoto actually evacuated the encirclement easily, so he made a surprised sound.

"Do you still want to stay here?"

At this moment, bald-headed man who had been sitting at the table in third row and had been motionless since angels from Class A came in suddenly spoke.

This is Katsuragi.

As for random spreading of rumors, Katsuragi was sure that it was definitely done by Sakayanagi.

Sakayanagi was radical and unscrupulous, so it was possible that other party would really use such despicable means.

And now they are only Class C, so it is very likely that Sakayanagi will attack the current Class A.

Just now, he was trying to understand the specific situation.

Now that information is available, there is no need for students in Class A to continue staying here, so Boss Katsuragi chose to kick them out.

"It's just... you are in Class A now, right? Don't come into our home casually." Katsuragi spoke.

"Is this how you, Class A, act now? If you can't be respected, get down here! Give it back to us!"

Totsuka Yahiko, a member of Class C who had just hoped that Kanzaki and Shibata would confront Hashimoto, immediately responded to Katsuragi's words.

He just couldn't stand the way Sakayanagi faction behaved.

So if incident got out of hand, it would be best if Sakayanagi was expelled from school.

But he knew it was impossible, as the class still needed her, so was just agreeing with Katsuragi-kun.

"Fuck off!"

"This is Class C, not your Class A!"

"Since you are in Class A, you must protect your position!"

Although Katsuragi's performance in past few exams was not good, now they were facing an external enemy, so some people immediately started singing to boost morale.

"..." Students in Class C have not yet made a decision.

It is often seen that Sakayanagi takes Hashimoto with her when she travels.

They are still not sure whether the enemy is Hashimoto or Sakayanagi, who has been silent and looks weak, so it is hard to imagine that she would be kind of person who would throw dirty water on Ichinose-san.

So they are here now... to check with the weak Sakayanagi-san?

"Kanzaki-kun, and Shibata-kun... everyone, thank you."

However, at this moment, an apologetic voice was heard from the door of Class C's classroom.

That person was none other than Ichinose Honami, who was at center of the rumor.

She was bowing and apologizing to rest of Class C in a troubled manner, "Also, I'm sorry for disturbing the lunch break of everyone in Class C."

"...." This action was like a parent cleaning up the mess of a child who had caused trouble for others.

Her actions made students in Class A lower their heads deeply in guilt.

But this also shows that incident of collision with Class C must come to an end.

Hachiman also received the news quickly.

[The C-class collision incident did not yield any results. It is impossible to confirm whether there is someone behind Hashimoto.

After all, he himself has performed quite well, so he can also be considered a small leader.]

This is probably what students in Class C think.

But all these thoughts were stopped by Ichinose.

She didn't want to see her classmates go this far for her, so she stopped them from finding out the source.

Then she adopted a fighting style that only she could use.

Remain silent.

She is quite popular, so she kept silent and did not interfere, and her friends basically did not believe such rumors.

If the person who spread the rumor finds that it does not achieve expected effect, no point in continuing.

This is a pretty calm approach.

But this method makes people more certain about something wrong in her heart..

The first time she was reported with a letter of denunciation, she was able to report it to the student council and redress, but now even more outrageous rumors have been spread, she can only go to another class to apologize.

Such a show of weakness will only make people more demanding and demanding.

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On third day.

Someone sent a separate letter to Ichinose's shoe cabinet.

There is only one line of words on it.

[Ichinose Honami is a criminal]

No signature.

After receiving this news, Hachiman knew that plan of various forces to defeat and win over Ichinose was about to begin.

"It's really… too much!"

But impact is huge.

That is, students in Class A, both male and female, are blown away.

Almost everyone, both men and women, lost their minds.

No one in their class could continue to accept the Archangel being attacked like this.

"Everyone--"

Ichinose had already arrived at the shoe closet.

This was third time this week.

However, she read the printed words on the note carefully several times and ultimately decided not to blame anyone.

"I'm fine," Archangel was pretty good.

Everyone has a different attitude.

If previous rumors were just minor, current false accusations are simply too much!

It's absolutely too much!

Ichinose lived a good life.

Even after being wronged to this extent, she still did not choose to lose her temper, but continued to respond in silence.

She still maintains a strong smile on weekdays, and her demeanor and strength are admired by people who know her.

This option is invalid.

When someone spreads rumors, it means they have malicious intent.

Logically, if you ignore them, they will get bored and stop.

But this is 3rd time rumor has come out. Method is ineffective.

Simply disgusting.

So after Hachiman went to library to borrow books that evening, he received a message from Kushida-san.

[I will have a talk tonight]

She couldn't bear it any longer.

When he saw Kushida staring at him and talking to Suzune, Hachiman's argument was that Kushida would treat her friends equally, and if her friends were in trouble, she would help them.

Especially when it can help to win Ichinose's favor.

In fact, she did not lie about this.

Kushida really meddles in all her friends' troubles every day.

But these are also things that can increase her favorability, so she can't just ignore them.

Otherwise, she wouldn't be in so much pain and have so many emotions.

Hachiman also thought that since letter was out, it was almost done, so he took the initiative to contact Ichinose Honami and arranged to party in Suzune's room.

It can be kept confidential enough.

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