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

The Confrontation

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

"I woke up one day and thought, 'Enough is enough with bullying myself.' The war is within you, and that's also where it's won. You just have to tackle your insecurities and then let them go." – Keala Settle

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Teacher's Office (Kiyotaka and Hachiman's POV)

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Sae's eyes widened as she seemed surprised by such a statement.

That surprise then turned to laughter as she engulfed into laughter.

"Ha ha ha ha ha! What an interesting idea... You really are a different kind of student. Even I didn't expect this, buying points in a test? How intriguing." Sae chuckled clearly finding this funny.

Kiyotaka looked at Sae with no real interest. "I mean, it's what you said the day we were all admitted, is it not, Chabashira? You said that we can buy anything with our points. The midterm test is just one more 'thing' at this school, is that not true?" Kiyotaka asked Sae, rhetorically obviously.

Sae smirked as she saw Kiyotaka's own circumstances he had placed on her.

"Very well, a good place to try this out. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt of being clever. However, do you even have enough money on hand to afford it?" Sae asked Kiyotaka.

"Well then, how much does one test point cost?" Kiyotaka asked Sae with a bit of apprehension, even if he hid it behind a rather stoic face.

"I've never been asked to sell test points before... Regardless, this is very interesting and a difficult question. Considering how special of an occasion this is, let's sell a test point for the exceptional price of 100,000 points."

"You're cruel, Chabashira." Kiyotaka spoke. In truth, it was the fair proof to him that such a system was beyond what they had. He didn't have enough and so he would have to accept that Kei might be a lost cause.

Everyone at this school had spent at least some of their points. No one that Kiyotaka knew possibly had 100,000 points to spare.

That was until someone from behind came by and spoke up. "I'll pay, too." Someone said behind Kiyotaka. When he turned around, he found Suzune standing there.

"Horikita?" Kiyotaka looked surprised.

Sae however smirked as if she had predicted this. "Well, as if I didn't expect this. You two after all are an interesting bunch of students."

Sae looked at both Kiyotaka and Horikita's student ID card.

"Very well, I shall accept your deal. I'll sell you both one point to apply to Kei's test, taking a combined total of 100,000 private points from the both of you. As for the matter, you can inform the class that is no longer the case." Sae concluded, seemingly fine with what she was dealing with.

Of course, that was until someone came in the office.

"I don't think so, Chabashira." Kiyotaka and Suzune both stood in confusion, turning to see Hachiman standing there. His eyes looked at Sae with no real emotion, but if anything had a face of criticism aimed at Sae.

"Isn't this a tragedy." Hachiman looked at this entire conversation. "Let me ask you Sae, you want to speak about equality about society, and even then, could you call the perception of human equality others strive for as a necessarily evil to combat such problems?"

Sae tuned to face Hachiman. "And the other individual I've been intrigued by you seem to finally show yourself."

Hachiman shook his head, "Not really, rather your own actions has forced me to make a decision." Hachiman explained as he stared at Sae.