Street.
The two returned to the base of the dormitory building one after the other.
Hikigaya Komachi asked tentatively.
"Ichinose-san, are you angry?"
"Phew..."
Ichinose Kanon took a deep breath and looked back at Hikigaya Komachi.
"Coercing girls, playing with feelings—your brother is a genuine piece of trash. Don't you have any thoughts after hearing what was just said?"
"Eh?"
This person is saying quite a lot.
However.
Having heard such information.
And her own sister is still dating such a man—it's natural to have such thoughts, right?
"Well."
Hikigaya Komachi pinched her chin in thought, still not quite believing it.
However.
Since the other party spoke so vividly, there must be some basis for it, right?
Moreover, these things just need to be verified with others.
"Although Komachi originally thought that after leaving Komachi, brother would turn into a loser, she really didn't expect him to turn into such a scumbag Onii-chan. But a brother is a brother."
"Is that so? You really have it hard..."
Ichinose Kanon's gaze held a faint trace of pity.
After all.
Hikigaya Komachi didn't mind speaking ill of her brother; their relationship was clearly not very good.
If someone dared to speak ill of her own sister, Ichinose Kanon would absolutely not let them go.
A brother is a brother.
That one sentence revealed a lot of helplessness.
Simply because of a blood relationship.
She has to be called the sister of such a scumbag, and she might even be dragged down by her brother and have to use a fake name.
Having such a brother.
It must be quite difficult.
"Anyway."
Ichinose Kanon's tone became slightly serious.
"You heard the information just now. You must have been deceived by your brother's facade before. It's better to stay away from that guy in the future. If you have any difficulties, you can find me anytime. That's it; see you next time."
Even though they met for the first time.
She wasn't stingy about offering help.
Although her tone was a bit cold, she was unexpectedly a good person.
"Wait..."
Hikigaya Komachi hurriedly followed: "What does Ichinose-san plan to do after this?"
"..."
Hearing this.
Ichinose Kanon couldn't help but stop her footsteps, her gaze sharp as she stared straight ahead.
"Get your brother expelled and make him leave my sister's side."
"Eh eh!?"
Hikigaya Komachi was somewhat dumbfounded.
As expected.
Feeling that her sister is being held by some kind of weakness, it's normal to think this way, right?
But they finally managed to enroll.
Hikigaya Komachi wouldn't sit by and watch either.
"But specifically, how are you going to do it? Getting someone expelled isn't an easy task, right?"
"This..."
Ichinose Kanon clenched her fists, her lips pursed in some unwillingness.
In fact, there wasn't any particularly good method.
Regarding Hikigaya, who controlled the Student Council and successfully deceived her sister or held her sister's weakness.
Normal methods probably wouldn't be useful.
However.
In this school.
There exist tests called Special Exams.
They must be the best opportunity to get someone expelled.
But as for those so-called Special Exams, she didn't know when they would have to wait, not to mention an exam taken together with the third-years?
Does such an exam really exist?
Ichinose Kanon wasn't very clear on that either.
Moreover.
It's too slow.
Is she going to let her sister continue to have her body toyed with by that guy?
Thinking of this.
Ichinose Kanon couldn't stand it.
She wished she could make a scumbag like Hikigaya Hachiman leave her sister's side right now and get him expelled.
Unfortunately, it can't be done.
"Hmm..."
Seeing that Ichinose Kanon hadn't responded for a long time, Hikigaya Komachi tested:
"How about discussing it with your sister first? Maybe there's some hidden reason?"
"No, I don't have the qualification to do that..."
Hearing this, Ichinose Kanon couldn't help but clench her fists and mutter.
"Eh? What did you say?"
"Nothing."
Ichinose Kanon quickly adjusted her mindset and said coldly:
"What kind of hidden reason do you think there could be for that number of women to be dating that kind of guy? Instead of a hidden reason, isn't it more believable that they are being threatened by your brother, like that senior just said?"
"Indeed..."
Hikigaya Komachi nodded.
Compared to a hidden reason, what that senior said indeed seemed to make more sense. By the way, what was that senior's name?
Forget it, it's not important.
What did she mean by saying she didn't have the qualification?
"Since you don't want to meet with your sister."
Hikigaya Komachi suggested: "Then why not discuss it with my brother first? After all, everything we heard was rumors. Maybe it's better to meet my brother in person."
"It is indeed all hearsay."
Ichinose Kanon shook her head: "However, the fact that your brother is dating multiple seniors is true; he is a genuine piece of trash."
"...Meeting will expose me and lose the advantage of being hidden in the shadows. I don't think there's a need to meet."
Makes sense.
If you want to get someone expelled.
Being hidden in the shadows is definitely better.
She seems to have a brain, but it also seems she doesn't have much of one.
"But..."
Hikigaya Komachi said somewhat confusedly: "Your sister is also in this school, right? With the OAA, she should also know you've already enrolled. You should have been exposed long ago, right?"
Without a doubt.
Brother must also already know she's enrolled.
She originally prepared to see Onii-chan on the first day, but she really didn't expect to hear these rumors, so she could only delay it by two days.
"No, Sister won't notice me."
Ichinose Kanon shook her head.
She seemed extremely sure of this.
"Is that so..."
Hikigaya Komachi didn't say much more.
Maybe a sisterly quarrel or something?
But letting Ichinose Kanon continue to act freely like this would definitely be unfavorable to Onii-chan.
And.
The girl in front of her didn't seem so disagreeable anymore.
She just had a feeling of being overly self-deprecating?
"But you don't have any particularly good method right now either, do you?"
"..."
"Right?"
Hikigaya Komachi smiled and suggested: "My brother is trashy, but he really doesn't seem like that kind of person in the rumors. To put it bluntly, he's the type who has the guts for lust but not the actual courage?"
"As long as you meet and communicate properly, and hear what the person involved has to say, you can at least understand your sister's current situation, right?"
"Sister's situation..."
Ichinose Kanon muttered.
Undoubtedly, she was moved by the last sentence.
"It's fine."
"If Onii-chan really turned into that kind of trash who coerces girls, Komachi will stand on your side then."
Hikigaya Komachi patted her shoulder, pursuing the advantage.
No matter what.
She couldn't leave this person who held hostility toward her brother alone.