Hikigaya's Route to Senior High Is Not Normal, As Expected

Swimming Contest

Hikigaya's Route to Senior High Is Not Normal, As I Expected

"Patience is the foundation of eternal peace. Make anger your enemy. Harm comes to those who know only victory and do not know defeat. Find fault with yourself and not with others. It is in falling short of your own goals that you will surpass those who exceed theirs." - Tokugawa Ieyasu

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Hachiman's POV

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There wasn't much going on in Hachiman's mind for the past couple of days. After the small retort Suzune had done towards Hachiman, which only prompted Hachiman to completely ignore Suzune, angering the girl.

Besides that, Hachiman had done mostly thoughts regarding the whole result of the private points.

That and committing to his job in the library, he had, as expected, managed to finish the twelve hours by the end of Wednesday, meaning Hachiman was able to begin working for private points. Again, working six hours a day, at least for the month, would be sufficient for Hachiman considering the work was light, at least he thought and theorized.

Even if he had to cut hours, he assumed Nao would understand, considering how fair and nice she was being to Hachiman.

Furthermore, Hachiman still had a lot of stuff he had to theorize and find out. Now that he knew how individual private points were given, simply based on how students behaved in school and in class.

And if that was the case, Hachiman knew that his class would not fare well, considering most students were not really behaving appropriately. It was only a matter of time before the class would find out, and they would be plunged back to reality.

For Hachiman, he was content with the information he had gotten, and he had picked up over the course that not only was this crucial for understanding the dynamics of private points, but also the class dynamics.

Simply put, if the third year in class D were harassed and bullied due to their private point cost as what Hachiman had seen prior the first week, then it would explain why the classes may be arranged the way they are.

Perhaps the private points held a contentious role as to the classes. After all, Manabu did imply that classes do shuffle, so whether the classes shuffle due to private points, or that private points dictate the class shuffle, Hachiman wasn't sure which it was.

It was like a circle, one that Hachiman had to figure out. But it was a circle he was close to figuring out. He could feel it.

As for classes, Hachiman didn't really feel any stress with the content nor work. With the time he had, he could finish it appropriately, and even then, he had no problem with it. He followed the material, listened, and did his work. He individually should be fine.

The same could not be said for everyone else in his class.

Regardless, when Hachiman was told Friday of the first week that they would be out swimming, he was mildly surprised.

It wasn't that Hachiman didn't want to do physical activities, Aoki had somehow managed to break into Hachiman's brain and to remove any laziness genes he'd have. Coupled with the daily martial arts Aoki would force Hachiman to do, and Hachiman wasn't the scrawniness of people. If anything, he was above average at that.

However, whenever he would spar, even Hachiman admitted he would more often rely on his insight.

Regardless, overall, in stamina, muscle, and overall body proportions, Hachiman was above average. His body was like Yousuke Hirata.