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"It's someone from the student council." Natsume was very sure.
Because he barely knew that person, she was Senior Igarashi, whom he had passed a love letter to and whom he had met once.
How small is Sobu High School? Even in this situation, I could still run into a few familiar faces.
Or maybe he has too many social contacts...
Igarashi-senpai didn't notice Natsume at the communication office. After quieting the room, she told Hiratsuka-sensei that the free election adopted by the executive committee this time would not allow their students to put too much energy into it.
In response to this, their official answer was that it was for training, but Natsume Rin seriously suspected that they just wanted to slack off.
"What's your expression?"
Yukino, who arrived late, stood at the door and looked around. After nodding to the somewhat surprised Igarashi-senpai, she found the other two members of the Service Club in the classroom.
"Ah?" Natsume Rin came back to her senses from the daze and looked at the minister who suddenly appeared in front of her with confusion.
"It feels like you're going to fall asleep in the next second."
Walking around the table, she looked at the seat next to Mahiru, and finally chose to sit on the other side of Natsume Rin and opened the folder she carried with her.
"Nothing, it's just that they haven't started the real work yet, it's so boring."
Just as he said, although Senior Igarashi on the stage stopped the commotion, there was no plan to move forward. Some people had already started looking at the time and were ready to ask for leave and escape.
"Not everyone is here?" Mahiru guessed.
"Who knows? If the minister really wants to run for executive committee, we will all support you." Natsume Rin encouraged her.
But they alone are not enough. Minister Yukinoshita does not have a very good reputation on campus, not only because of her personality, but also because of her serious attitude towards work.
Igarashi Shimizu looked at the people present, glanced at Kasumigaoka Utaha and Natsume Rindo in the corner, paused for a while, then politely asked the Sagami-chan girls around him to return to their seats.
"Everyone please be quiet. The Student Council will entrust the responsibility of this school festival to everyone present, but please rest assured that we will provide all the help."
"Now we are starting the election for the Executive Committee Chairman. If you are interested, please raise your hand."
Natsume Rin rubbed his temples. Yukino beside him raised her hand and gave her name. At the same time, several familiar classmates also stood up.
It seems that not everyone is like him and Mahiru, who come here simply to have a bad time.
"Yukinoshita-san, Sagami-san, Takase-san, and Ito-san. I think there is no one else willing to participate." Igarashi Shimizu carefully wrote the names of several candidates on the blackboard.
The next process is for the candidates to make their campaign speeches and then the committee members to vote.
"It feels like the boss is going to win for sure." Mahiru observed them and found that only Yukino was the most fully prepared, while the others were obviously memorizing scripts at the last minute.
"It's hard to say." Natsume touched his chin and did not make any judgment.
After all, elections are not about how well prepared you are, but mainly about whether you can mobilize the emotions of the voters.
Yukinoshita is fine in other aspects but lacks in bragging. The only bragging she likes to say is that she is the cutest person in the world, which actually makes some sense.
The order of speaking was according to the order of names. Sagami Minami from Class 3 stood up first. The only impression I had of Natsume Rin was her name and appearance, which I wrote down when Yukinoshita reminded me to remember her name.
She has a standard Japanese JK face and looks very energetic, but judging from the movements of her hands, she seems to be a little restless.
"If I were to become..."
After just half a minute of listening, Natsume Rin frowned and said to Mahiru, "Maybe she was elected."
"What?" Mahiru, who was listening with great interest with her chin propped up, was a little surprised.
Although what Sagami-san said was very good, it was obviously unrealistic. How could it be possible that an executive committee member would not be tired? With so much workload, if no one is tired, who would do the work?
Yukino, who was writing something with her head down, also looked at him, not quite understanding what he said.
"Minister, I'm not targeting you. Let's assume that I'm an executive committee member who was forced to work here. So many things are annoying, but the chairman told me that even if we just play here, our work can be completed normally. Who would you choose?" Natsume Rin said.
Of course he knew that this woman was bragging, but the reality is that everyone likes to brag. In the end, the school festival was a mess, and if anyone wanted to cause trouble, they would definitely look for Sagami Minami, the executive chairman, first.
Mahiru pondered and nodded in approval.
She would feel pretty good if she could get everything done while on vacation in the classroom.
Yukino realized the seriousness of the situation, and the pen in her hand began to move uncontrollably, her mind constantly thinking about how to solve this problem.
Noticing that Natsume Rin, who asked the question, was waiting to watch the show, her hand unconsciously pointed at him.
"You're sure you have a solution?"
"what?"
"Please help me take her down later. I will continue writing my speech."
Chapter 93 The More You Work, the Less You Work
Natsume Rin glanced to the left and saw Yukino carefully revising her speech. She glanced to the right and saw Mahiru smiling. If she hadn't been worried that he would get angry, she would have laughed out loud.
"Does it have anything to do with me?" He touched his head in confusion.
"Yes, if Yukinoshita-san becomes the chairman, none of us will be able to sit idle." Mahiru approached him and poked his cheek with her finger.
"Don't move. What I mean is that the harder I try, the worse the result will be." Natsume Rin lay on the table depressed.
"Who knows, Xiaoxue, it's almost your turn."
Yukinoshita Yukino blew away the non-existent ink marks, gave Natsume Rin a knowing look, and stood on the podium to continue her speech.
Organizing the clubs, each class having its own committee members, arranging the venue for the campus festival, and whether to seek sponsorship for the event...
As soon as she opened her mouth, she suppressed everyone who had been there before her in terms of her actions, and the originally happy atmosphere became serious.
"Finally, as long as the school festival is going on, the executive committee members have a very heavy responsibility and must obey the chairman's management in all matters."
Yukinoshita Yukino nodded to Senior Igarashi and walked down with the manuscript.
It was only then that Natsume Rin realized that her long hair, which was usually casually draped, was combed into a high ponytail today.
After she came down, the conference room became a little quiet. Natsume Rin was the first to applaud and gave a thumbs up to the minister who walked up to him.
It seems that her desire to defeat her sister is really taking shape. Judging from the materials prepared in advance, Yukino has already left those ordinary high school students far behind.
"How about it?"
As soon as she sat down, Yukino felt relieved and a slightly trembling voice came out of her pink lips. It seemed that although she appeared calm and composed on the stage, she was still a little guilty as a high school girl.
"Very impressive, Minister." "I will support Xiaoxue!"
After hearing what they said, Yukino calmed down a lot. Igarashi Shimizu on the other side guided them to the next process, and all the committee members who wanted to question the candidates could speak.
After all, they are just playing badly and have not thought of asking the school to take action against the Student Union. The Executive Committee must maintain a basic framework.
In this segment, Yukinoshita was basically ignored. Her speech was too rigorous, and people could not find any point to refute it. Moreover, her reputation as a young lady was also quite loud in the school.
Sagami Minami was the one who was attacked the most. When she stood up to respond to the questions, her face looked a little strange.
"Sagami candidate, I have a question!"
When she was wiping the cold sweat from her forehead and felt that this difficult period was finally over, Natsume Rin suddenly raised her hand, making her heart tremble uncontrollably.
Everyone knows the relationship between the three members of the Service Club. She is now competing with Yukinoshita Yukino. If Natsume Rin stands up, nothing good will happen.
I glanced at Igarashi-senpai who was trying so hard to curry favor with me. She had a gentle smile on her face.
"Natsume-san, please ask."
Obviously, she had no way to seek help from outside the field, so she could only face the sunny-looking Natsume Rin alone.
"Okay, many classmates have asked the Sagami candidates a lot of questions just now, so I only have one." Natsume Rin's easy-going appearance ignited a glimmer of hope in her heart.
"You just said during the campaign that you want the campaign committee to complete its work in a relaxed atmosphere. Can I take it that means everyone's workload is not heavy?"
"Of course, because the school festival is a celebration. If the executive committee members can't be happy, the school festival will lose its meaning."
Sagami Minami felt relieved and immediately repeated the words he had prepared long ago, thinking that Natsume-san was no better than her.
"That's great. Does that mean Chairman Sagami plans to complete all the work for the school festival himself?"
Although she had only asked one question, Natsume Rin counted the amount of work to be done on her fingers, and finally said with admiration, "It turns out that Chairman Sagami is so capable that he can complete all the work that everyone else doesn't do."
“This…” Cold sweat broke out on her forehead. She wanted to admit it shamelessly, but when she saw Igarashi-senpai’s thoughtful expression, she reluctantly gave up the idea.
She ran for executive chairman not to work for others, but simply because she liked the title and thought it would be something to show off.
If I really take on all the work, I'd feel like a fool.
The others also reacted. Not doing the work doesn't mean it will disappear. It has to be completed sooner or later. Since Sagami Minami doesn't want to do it, it will fall on their shoulders when the time comes.
"Could it be that Sagami-san is just talking big, and when he really becomes the chairman, he will still follow the original process, or even go even further and have everyone do nothing during the school festival, waiting for things to pile up?"
This kind of speculation without evidence sounded excessive, and Igarashi Shimizu stopped him from continuing, but did not say much more.
If she didn't still have covetous thoughts about her junior, it would prove that the third-year senior student obviously saw that Sagami Minami's foundation was not good.
The voting went on normally. Even senior sister Kasumigaoka, who had been sleeping on the ground, was pulled up to work. When she saw the familiar face, she yawned and voted for the person she knew, then moved her chair and sat next to Natsume Rin.
"Why are you here, senior?" Natsume Rin asked tactfully.
"It's because I'm the only one who has free time. Everyone else says they're busy as hell, but when I look over, they're all writing with their heads down." She pouted and greeted the new member of the service department who she was not familiar with yet.
"Hello, Kasumigaoka-senpai." Mahiru had a deep memory of this black-student senior, but of course, the memory was not a very good one.
"Senior sister, don't you need to review?"
The vote counting began on the stage over there. Sagami Minami, who was originally the most confident, looked increasingly uneasy, as Yukinoshita Yukino's votes had more than doubled hers.
"Since I got admission to the University of Tokyo without taking the entrance exam after the new semester started, it seems like nothing's happened. I'm staying in school just to find you, Natsume." She blinked and lay down on the table.
Although the Sobu High School uniform is designed very conservatively, her figure in this posture still has a hint of whiteness that cannot be blocked from appearing in Natsume Rin's sight.
Shiina Mahiru also noticed the undisguised seductive behavior of her senior, and with a gentle smile on her face, she glanced at the not-so-honest Natsume Rin, and placed her slender fingers on his thigh under the table.
"Hiss, senior sister, I beg you to sit still." Natsume Rin suddenly clenched her teeth, her eyes kept echoing between the two people beside her, and for a moment she didn't know who to look at.
Chapter 94 Leisurely shooting time
"Yukinoshita Yukino: 21 votes."
"Sagami Minami: 6 votes."
"If everyone has no objection, Yukinoshita-san from the International Class will serve as the executive chairman." Igarashi Shimizu looked around the classroom and after making sure that only Sagami Minami had an unconvinced expression on her face, he announced the result with satisfaction.
Yukinoshita Yukino stood up on the podium unceremoniously, and the student council members began to leave. Just as they said, it might be helpful, but most of the time they were the ones who had to deal with it.