The Heroines Want to Fall in Love 39
by TINY FAN FICTIONThe Heroines Want to Fall in Love 39
Edited by: Tiny Fan Fiction
Chapter 39 The Egoist
“In short, we just need to catch the culprit behind the anonymous rumors, right?”
After listening to Yui Yuigahama’s statement, Yukino Yukinoshita arrived at the aforementioned conclusion.
Hayato Hayama shook his head gently: “My goal isn’t to catch someone; it’s enough to clear up the misunderstanding.”
“I see, Asakura member, let’s go catch the culprit then.”
“Um…Yukinoshita-san, did you hear what I said?”
In response to Hayato Hayama’s somewhat timid question, Yukino replied: “The forum, as a breeding ground for evil, should be dismantled as soon as possible. After finding the culprit, I plan to contact the teachers and principal to have the staff disband the anonymous forum.”
At this moment, she seemed like a proud young lady who had just stepped out of a large family, acting with a boldness that could be described as ‘naive’.
In short, Yukino resolves issues by advocating for ‘correctness’, often overlooking many details and not considering things from multiple perspectives.
“Yukino… an anonymous online forum is a place where people vent their frustrations. Apart from speaking ill of others, many people also share their daily struggles. Yukino, wiping it out completely isn’t very good, is it?” Yui Yuigahama said in an attempt to persuade.
“Yuigahama-san, your ability to clearly express your opinion is reassuring to me.”
But it would be even better if you used it elsewhere, instead of refuting my words.
“Hehe~”
Yui Yuigahama let out a silly laugh before her smile faded as she said:
“Because I used to voice my troubles on the anonymous forum, and quickly received comfort and encouragement from kind people, so not all the users on the anonymous forum are bad.”
Hayato Hayama agreed with Yui and suggested to Yukino: “That’s right, Yukinoshita-san, if possible, just clearing up the misunderstanding would be enough.”
“Is there a possibility that the information on the forum isn’t a misunderstanding?”
Yukino pondered and said: “Rationally speaking, any information leaves traces. Do you think it’s possible for groundless content to be hyped up on the forum?”
Everyone is spewing dark thoughts, enjoying the pleasure of bullying others.
Why should your bullying comments go viral?
…To put it in a word… [Intrusive bullying].
Only credible slander can resonate with people; fabricating lies will just make you a clown to be mocked.
After all, there’s a chance that the person posting the information will be cursed at by other ‘viewers’ on the forum, right?
Haha, it’s a bit funny, isn’t it?
The fact that you even have to prepare thoroughly to bully others and risk the possibility of backlash from the audience is enough to make Yukino laugh out loud.
It seems being a bad person isn’t that simple.
“No, the probability of that is low.”
Hayato Hayama faced her question, shaking his head: “Tobe may look like a delinquent, but his grades have always been among the top 30 in our year, and I’ve never seen him get angry and hit someone. As for the others, although their grades are only average, they’re smooth talkers and won’t easily do things that would offend people.”
In short, it’s 3 words… I don’t believe it.
“I agree with Hayama’s point.”
Asakura Yuu nodded: “Popular people need to solidify their position, and as popular people, or rather, the top of the school’s social hierarchy, they won’t really do the things depicted on the forums, or else the image they’ve carefully built up would be ruined in an instant.”
“Sorry, but my opinion is the opposite of yours. I think the rumors might have been spread by one of the 3, and another thing, the ‘ocial hierarchy’ you mentioned makes me sick, so please don’t say it again.”
Yukino Yukinoshita didn’t like these man-made rules, even if they were conventional.
“If what you say is true, and they haven’t done anything like that, but do you really think they wouldn’t fabricate rumors?”
“Motive?”
“Using your theory about popular people…” Yukino said, revealing a disgusted expression: “Popular people need to stabilize their image, right? So, to achieve that purpose, and even raise their own status, what do you think is the best method?”
“…Working hard to improve themselves?” Yui Yuigahama gave a naive answer.
Yukino shook her head: “No.”
At this moment, Hayato Hayama’s expression was gradually becoming complicated.
He understood what Yukino was saying.
In a race, to get a good ranking, aside from speeding up, there’s also the method of tripping others, but Hayato Hayama didn’t think his friends would do something so harmful!
“Eh, eh, eh, so what’s the answer?”
Asakura Yuu helped Yui understand:
“Lowering their competitors who are on the same level…”
Yui Yuigahama’s eyes widened, clearly showing her shock, and after a few seconds, she shook her head and said, pursing her lips: “I don’t believe they would do that.”
Since the start of the school year, she had been getting along pretty well with the popular group, and didn’t think the people she had been laughing and talking with would be that kind of person!
Asakura Yuu sighed at this moment: “Yukinoshita’s words have made me lose confidence.”
He actually wanted to believe more that the 3 of them had unintentionally offended some group, and that’s why rumors were being maliciously spread about them.
“Asakura…” Hayato Hayama looked at him and asked, “Do you think the culprit is among them?”
“Emotionally, I don’t think so, but rationally, it’s hard to say.”
Asakura expressed his thoughts, “I just want to spend a pleasant high school life with friends I get along with, but I’m not sure if everyone shares the same thoughts as me.”
They might be eager to improve their social status – after all, as the saying goes, people strive for higher positions, and water flows downhill.
It was like when Asakura and Hachiman Hikigaya entered the classroom together in April.
Kakeru Tobe had said something…
[Asakura, what are you doing hanging out with that gloomy guy all the time?]
Perhaps he was worried that Asakura’s position in the class would be dragged down by Hachiman Hikigaya, so he gave a straightforward reminder out of kindness?
But Asakura didn’t care about such things.
Hachiman Hikigaya was interesting to talk to, and chatting with him was fun, so Asakura chose to be friends with him… regardless of social status or roles – being too concerned about these things when making friends wasn’t a good idea.
Moreover, if simply being friends with a class outcast could lower one’s evaluation, then that evaluation wasn’t worth much to begin with.
That was Asakura’s way of thinking.
But not Kakeru Tobe’s.
Hayato Hayama also sensed this: “Asakura, are you planning to expose the mastermind behind this incident?”
“Hayama, what are you talking about?”
Even if Tobe, Oka, and Yuigahama hurt each other, what did that have to do with him?
As long as he could eliminate the rumors this time, his relationship with them wouldn’t deteriorate.
In that case, why would he want to take things to the extreme?
They had fun playing baseball last time, and they would have fun next time too – he could guarantee that.
Yukino listened to his words, glancing at him with the corner of her eye.
‘Extreme self-interest?’
No, that wasn’t it – Asakura’s words earlier were definitely not as simple as they seemed.
As Yukino’s thoughts swirled in her mind, she gradually understood his meaning…
Asakura was confident that he could prevent those 3 from doing anything unpleasant in front of him; he believed he could be the link and bridge between them – what a arrogant guy!
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