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

The two were still immersed in joy that Ichinose was just cleaning for Hikigaya-kun, working part-time and repaying a favor, and that she was not being deceived by a scumbag, so they didn’t notice this.

Hachiman thought that he could get some information from Kushida first.

Although Kushida Kikyo is not as popular as Ichinose, she is an intelligence tool.

Of course, she can sometimes be a weapon, but because of rumor incident, her attack mode of releasing rumors as weapons has been banned.

Now Kushida-chan’s attack power is 0.

”The cable car is 2,000 yen per use. Is it for two people?”

”We can give you an offer of 3,000 yen for two people.”



Twitch~! Lips~

Kushida-chan found it difficult to maintain her smile after hearing this staff worker’s reply.

”It’s okay. We are rich now....”

Although you can ski from here to upper area, it is now full of students and skiers, so it is more convenient to take cable car like your classmates.

Hikigaya and Kushida are not people who are short of money, so they have no objection.

But she always felt this guy...cheated her of money.

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Other side.

Also in beginner group.

”Skiing is really difficult....” Hiyori said with some confusion.

She was assigned to Group 1. One in which Sakayanagi was put together.

As a result, sbe wanted to approach Kamuro-san while owner was away, but her pet was very aloof.

Sure enough, it was too difficult for someone like Hiyori who was not good at socializing.

It was no use asking Ibuki for help.

When Ibuki found out that Horikita was taking the intermediate skiing course, she ran over.

It seems that two of them made some kind of agreement at sports festival, and she wants Horikita to fulfill it.

So, Ibuki-san is useless now.

It’s quite fun to ski with Ichinose-san.

After all, she is archangel of grade, and no one doesn’t want to play with her.

”Cable car ride is pretty nice, too....” But Ichinose is not as timid as Hiyori. She took initiative to talk to Kamuro-san, ”I saw some classmates go and sit there.”

”Then do you want to go together?” Kamuro-san suggested.

She didn’t really like skiing, or rather, after falling twice in a row, she had no interest in the activity.

Sure enough, being good at sports doesn’t mean you’re good at everything.

”Kamuro-san can go, I won’t need it. It seems that cable car charges extra, and I only exchanged 20,000 in cash, so I think I should save some money.....”

Is that so for Ichinose?

In fact, it is true. You can see students from Class B at entrance of the cable car, but after asking about price, they left.

In other words, students in Class B are all saving money and trying their best not to spend.

What a united class.

Kamuro-san also felt a little regretful.

’Because if I bring Sakayanagi out with me, given her personality, she will definitely be more interested in the cable car....As Sakayanagi is not in good health, there is actually nothing wrong with her taking inside. It can even add some travel memories....’

So, she can get Sakayanagi for free and let her pay for Ichinose.

But, unfortunately, Sakayanagi was not allowed to come out.

While talking to Ichinose, she seemed to see Hikigaya and Kushida going to the cable car together.

Sakayanagi probably doesn’t want to come over definitely now.

Hachiman and Kushida were sitting on the cable car.

It started moving very quickly, not too fast or too slow, but quite steadily.

”It would be nice if there was a camera at this time.”

Since no one brought their cell phones, Kushida-chan looked out the window and saw a busy snow scene, and then there were students working hard on ski slopes.

”As for the camera, it won’t be a problem if we find Sakura.”

”It seems so. Sakura-san always keeps her camera in her hand.” Kushida-chan nodded cutely, but soon her face darkened, ”Did you receive news that Sakura was uneasy in the team, and then you wanted me to coordinate?”

”That’s really annoying. We can just take cable car together and think of it as a date. But you still have to assign me work.” Although she said so, Kushida-chan didn’t mean to refuse.

After all, Kushida is just this kind of person, who wants to get close to others, gain their trust, and then get their secrets.

There are very few people who can do this, and it is even very difficult, but she can do it easily, so she can get a huge sense of identity from it.

This is a lack of recognition.

However, this kind of thing would usually only make her feel miserable, while others would be helped, so Hachiman had no intention of stopping her.

Although Kushida-chan is a little perverted, it cannot be denied that she is good at collecting targeted intelligence.

”What’s wrong with Yamamura? It seems like she’s being too reserved....something wrong at home?”

”Her parents divorced, and she lived with her mother. She remarried, and the relationship between her parents after the remarriage was not very good. Sometimes they would quarrel....Yamamura felt that her existence had affected her mother, and that she could have married someone better...She feels like a burden. It would be nice to be able to be invisible. Over time, she found that her presence seemed to have diminished a lot.”

”...why do you always tell me such dark stories?”

”I just want to give you some information about why Yamamura has an extremely low sense of presence. In the end, can you even grasp this situation?”

”So, her behavior pattern in school seems to be as low-key as possible?”

”Yeah. But I didn’t learn that. Sakayanagi sold it to me. That’s why I took the initiative to come to you, just to improve Yamamura’s favor.”

’So, you were tricked by Sakayanagi a few times, but every time she threw the bait down, you took it obediently.’ Hikigaya-kun sighed inwardly.

However, cable car soon reached the area of superiors.

He probably understood why Yamamura came here.

’She must have fallen on the flat ground in beginner area and noticed me looking at her. Thought it might cause trouble for me, so Yamamura went to a place where no one else would go.....But area for advanced players is not a place for beginners. Like Kito, he rolled down and hasn’t come up yet.’

So, Hachiman and Kushida brought back Yamamura who looked more sullen from before.

Reason...she was being reprimanded.

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It was evening time.

After having spent half a day in car and on plane in the morning and having fallen many times while skiing in afternoon, most of the students were almost exhausted.

After everyone has finished dinner, it is time to take a bath.

Because it is a hot spring hotel, so...naturally the most eye-catching thing is hot spring!

After students have eaten and drunk their fill, they should consider taking a break and a shower.

Hikigaya-kun also has expectations for this.

Although temperature in Hokkaido is very cold and skiing will make you sweat, he wants to take a shower.

There is a large bathhouse in the hotel, and you can go to hot spring after taking a shower.

This time, place is reserved for the second-year students, and there is no limit on bathing time, so it should be quite crowded.

Hikigaya-kun is actually quite averse to being with so many people.

When he returned to his dormitory, found a note under his cell phone.

There is only one line of words on it.

[You go take a shower first, we will wait for a while. It is equivalent to booking the whole place.]

by a sophomore boy.

The boy who wrote this note did not leave his name.

However, the handwriting was handwritten, but Hikigaya-kun gave up after just a few glances.

After all, he obviously had never seen handwriting of boys in entire grade.

Therefore, it is difficult to confirm who the other party is.

So, he looked at Yukimura who returned to room earlier than him, so maybe he saw who left the note.

”Oye Yuk...”

However, Yukimura, who had already returned to his room, looked a little nervous.

According to Hikigaya’s understanding, Yukimura is the type who is not good at hiding his true feelings.

Otherwise he would have been easily seen through by Nagumo when he got invited to play Ugly Cards during training camp exam last year.

It can be confirmed that Yukimura left this note, but why did he let Hachiman take a bath alone, and rent the whole place?

Albert was not in the room. He went to find Ryuen.

As for Kito, he hadn’t finished his meal yet, while Watanabe went to contact other students in his class.

So, in this situation, you can indeed take a bath alone.

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