Anime Crossover: About How I Spoiled an Angel

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At most, the school will only commend those with outstanding academic performance at the awards ceremony.

There was no criticism of those who came in last, and there were no so-called denunciation meetings. Nothing was said, as if nothing had ever happened.

All that remains are the proud souls that have long resided in those young bodies, burning with nothing but their unwillingness as fuel.

"Hey, Hachiman, all alone?"

Within Soubu High School, there is a road lined with cherry blossom trees. Every year when the cherry blossoms are in full bloom, accompanied by gentle breezes, the delicate pink petals dance in the air, as light as feathers, like a dream.

Among students, there is a legend that if you open your palm and a petal happens to fall, something good will happen.

This includes, but is not limited to, reuniting with important friends, successfully confessing to someone you have a crush on, or even having your crush take the initiative to confess to you.

However, all of this remains to be investigated.

Unfortunately, it was September, not the season for cherry blossoms to bloom, so Su Qing couldn't enjoy the road lined with flowers or verify the legend's authenticity.

And at this moment, Hikigaya and Su Qing met by chance here.

Even without turning around, Hachiman knew who it was. In this school, only Su Qing and Ayaka would take the initiative to greet him like this.

The two voices are easy to distinguish, after all, not every boy is like Ayaka the Little Angel.

Even Su Qing is not an option!

"Oh, what a coincidence."

Hachiman returned the greeting, then quickly put his hands in his pockets again, only slowing his pace until Su Qing caught up beside him.

"How was the exam? It went well, didn't it? On the first day in the Service Club, you said you were third in Japanese."

Ha, when did you say that?

Hachiman fell into thought. He wasn't the type to boast about his achievements; that would be no different from being a simpleton.

No, wait, it seems there really was such a thing, and it was said in front of Yukino, the top student in the grade...

It's a bit embarrassing.

Well, all I can say is that sometimes a person really wants to go back to the past and wash away their past self.

"Well, I'm still confident in Japanese and humanities, but I'm probably going to fail in math this time."

Hachiman thought for a moment and decided that there was nothing to hide, so he answered truthfully.

Su Qing didn't ask for any more specific details like the estimated score. She just nodded to indicate that she understood, and then walked away with Hachiman.

I'm not used to walking with other people.

Hachiman sighed, glancing occasionally at Su Qing beside him, as if worried that she would be embarrassed and speechless, or perhaps worried about something else.

After walking for a while, Hachiman still hesitated.

"that……"

"how?"

"Uh, so you're confident you can beat that guy Hayama?"

What would you do if I said I lacked confidence?

"Seriously? You lack confidence but still want to compete with others?"

Hachiman exclaimed in surprise, as if he had heard something earth-shattering.

He truly didn't expect that someone as shrewd as Su Qing would fall into such a blatant trap as Miura. When Su Qing agreed so readily, he thought she was at the level of Yukinoshita or slightly below.

After all, although it sounds nice that Ye Shan is third in the grade, in reality, there is a gap of about thirty points between Ye Shan's score and the top two.

The higher you climb, the harder it is to go any further, and the more you feel the pressure from the summit.

[Damn it, I should have stood up and fiercely criticized Miura, that bitch, back then!]

However, Hachiman can only keep this to himself; when the time comes, he'll most likely resort to self-destruction.

"If we can't win then, I'll go with you."

This was the only method Hachiman could think of.

"Come with me? For what? To apologize and be humiliated together?"

For some reason, Hachiman felt that Su Qing's smile was somewhat amusing, which sent a chill down his spine.

"Well... I don't care anyway. If there's one more person with me, Miura probably won't dare to go too far," Hikigaya said awkwardly, as if he really didn't care.

"Or we can talk to Hayama beforehand, anyway, Miura is incredibly clingy to Hayama."

Yuanfang's version of Hikigaya discovered the blind spot, and his tone became somewhat agitated.

"Hahahaha, Hachiman, you're such a nice person."

After listening, Su Qing didn't comment on Hachiman's plan. Instead, he patted Hachiman's shoulder a few times and then burst into laughter.

What's going on? Why did I get friend-zoned? And by Su Qing no less!

If anyone's going to send it, it can only be sent to me by Caijia, please. It's unacceptable.

Seeing Su Qing's expression, Hachiman realized that Su Qing was playing a trick on him.

"Damn it, you clearly have a good chance of beating Hayama!"

Hachiman has a temper too; don't underestimate the anger of a paramecium!

"No, no, I think I just said 'if,' right? As the third-best Japanese speaker, doesn't Hachiman understand what 'if' means?"

Su Qing sighed, then stared intently at Hachiman, as if to say: "Third in Japanese, is that all? I thought you were much stronger~"

A smooth, fluid combo from the mainland left Hachiman doubting his own abilities.

"Then just say you're confident you can beat Hayama. If you said 'if,' I would have thought..."

Fortunately, Hachiman has his own sound logic, otherwise he would have been fooled by Su Qing, this terrible entertainer.

"I've never been ranked alongside Hayama, so of course I can't say I'm confident I can beat him."

Su Qing looked at Hachiman with an expression as if he were an idiot, and for a moment, Hachiman actually felt that what Su Qing said made a lot of sense.

"No, then you still agreed?" Hachiman was truly confused now. Was he playing an English listening game and asking whether or not to buy coffee?

Chapter 80 The Distance Between Hearts (4) (Part 2)

"Just because I'm confident doesn't mean I lack confidence. Mother, that was it."

What is the mother style?

This has nothing to do with cultural differences between the island and the mainland; it's just that Hachiman doesn't surf the internet often, so he naturally wouldn't know about this meme.

"Formulas are logical and based on evidence, while parent formulas are the opposite."

Su Qing said calmly.

"Oh dear, isn't this a bit inappropriate?"

Hikigaya was worried that Su Qing would be completely overwhelmed by the feminist boxers.

"Tsk, the formula master is just a tool. How you use it depends on the individual, right? I'm using the master right now, aren't I?"

"……makes sense."

Suddenly, Su Qing put her hand on Hachiman's shoulder. The sudden weight caused Hachiman's left knee to bend, but he quickly straightened it.

"Ah, I was really touched when Hachiman said he wanted to apologize with me. I never imagined that our friendship was so deep. He truly is my good brother."

"Hey, I remember we were talking about being friends that day! And why are you suddenly calling me by my name?"

"Good friends in mainland China call each other that, so you have to learn to adapt."

Besides, what's wrong with calling my eldest son by his name?

Su Qing argued sophistry, but anyone who has been to school knows that Su Qing is right.

"Whatever makes you happy... but I won't admit it."

Hachiman pursed his lips; he knew Su Qing was just joking with him.

Well, if we can joke like that, it means we're really close, right? That's a bit unbelievable.

Hachiman felt the pressure coming from his shoulder, and the feeling of reality became even more real, making him sigh.

"School lets out too early, how about we go play a couple of rounds of arcade games? I've never played before, I want to give it a try."

Su Qing suddenly made a suggestion.

"No, I want to go back and be with my friend."

I'm sorry, Su Qing, even though we have a good relationship now, it's not that important.

Sister? Come to think of it, Hachiman did mention her last time.

"Come on, we're here so early because of exams. Is your sister taking exams too?"

"Actually, my sister gets scared if she comes home and doesn't see me..."

Hikigaya Ai tells the truth.

"Are you trying to fool your dam? If you joined the Ministry of Service, wouldn't you be going home so late every day?"

Hachiman's little lie has been exposed.

"Okay, actually I don't really like it..."

"I invite you."

"really?"

"It's even more real than real fruit granules."

"...Why didn't you say so earlier? Let's go then."

I'm sorry, Komachi, but your brother needs to protect this precious little friendship.

However, this was only Hachiman's surface thought; what truly moved him was...

[Hehehe, I've finally found a good opportunity to trick Su Qing!]

……

Friday evening, at Su Qing's house, after dinner.

Is this an estimate of scores?

Su Qing looked curiously at Shiina, who was sitting upright in the living room. Shiina was neatly stacking all the exam papers from this exam and carefully comparing them.

"Yes, because I was worried that the score of the previous subject would affect my mindset for the next subject, I always waited until the very end to estimate the scores together."

Shiina saw Su Qing approaching, but she didn't try to cover up the exam paper; to her, there was nothing shameful about it.

"So, how did the estimate go?"

Because Shiina didn't deliberately block Su Qing's view, Su Qing silently saw Shiina's answer without any obstruction.

"Hmm... it should be about the same score as before, but it's just that some subjective questions can't be judged very precisely."

Shiina put down her pen and, after estimating that her score remained at the same level, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Isn't that great? I heard from them that this exam was much harder than before. A lot of people said they wanted to jump off a building."

Su Qing played a joke that was absolutely horrific.

Upon hearing this, Shiina's beautiful eyes flashed with confusion; she couldn't understand the connection between exams and jumping off a building.

"Why jump off a building if you didn't do well on the exam? You can just do better next time."

"Yeah, if you didn't do well on the test, you can just take it again next time, right? Since you understand that, why are you letting your guard down?"

Su Qing suddenly looked at Shiina, her expression serious. Their relationship was quite close now; otherwise, given their previous relationship, Su Qing would never have asked so directly.

However, Su Qing spoke so directly mainly because of Shiina's personality.

"……I.."

Shiina didn't know how to answer, or what kind of answer to give. It touched on the deepest part of her heart, her pain. She didn't really want to hide it from Su Qing, but she really... really didn't know how to answer.

Moreover, how did Su Qing notice? Even if the two are indeed very close, only a few fists apart, they shouldn't be so obviously aware of each other.

Most importantly, he had only exhaled a breath, so why would Su Qing ask that?

Are "absolute sense of smell" and "the gaze of the abyss" really just as simple as the literal descriptions suggest?