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Two months after school began.

Ayakoji Chiyoko and Kiryu Hina had several clashes that involved the whole school, their opposition was laid bare for all to see, and even the freshmen who had just enrolled were aware of it.

The clever ones had already guessed that their fights were in preparation for this year's Student Council election.

Of course, their relationship was genuinely bad.

If making a wish upon a shooting star really worked, then at the moment a meteor streaked across the sky, they would surely each make a wish to inconvenience the other—in the eyes of the students at Uka, this was the type of relationship Ayakoji Chiyoko and Kiryu Hina had.

It was at such a time that the annual sports festival at Haneoka Private High School was about to begin.

Student Council meeting room.

Representatives from the four major power departments among the students of Uka gathered together—

The Student Council, which coordinated everything, was at the pinnacle of power among all students.

The Disciplinary Committee, responsible for school discipline, inspections, and the confiscation of contraband, was ostensibly under the Student Council but had decided to go its own way since its establishment.

The Sports Committee, in charge of managing the athletic departments and organizing the sports festival.

The Culture Committee, responsible for overseeing the literary and arts departments, and in charge of the News Department and publicity work.

These four student departments formed the Executive Committee, which could be said to involve every aspect of all activities at Uka High School, both internal and external.

Cultural festivals, sports festivals, graduation ceremonies, school opening ceremonies, field trips— their presence was felt in all these events.

This time they had gathered for none other than the Uka sports festival that was to take place a week later.

It was the first major event at Ugao since school had started in spring, and everything had to go off without a hitch.

In the meeting room, all members of the Student Council were present.

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Kiryu Hina and Hosaka Yui sat in the main seats, flanked by the new vice president and secretary.

Kagura Hikaru and the Gorilla Vice President sat on the other side of the long table farthest away from the Student Council, representing the Disciplinary Committee at the meeting.

Putting the Gorilla Vice President aside, Kagura Hikaru was actually there in place of Ayakoji Chiyoko, who had officially left the Disciplinary Committee.

With him present, they could to some extent prevent Kiryu Hina from setting traps for the Disciplinary Committee—this was Ayakoji Chiyoko's view.

After all, Kagura Hikaru was considered to be one of the people who knew the opponent best.

But, Kagura Hikaru thought she was probably overthinking it.

Given Hina's intellect, if she were to set a trap and let them notice, it would have to be intentional.

"... This year's sports festival must be no less exciting than previous years, showing off our style and youth, and boosting the students' enthusiasm," Kiryu Hina said with a smile, speaking some standard phrases, "Especially the safety of the athletes, which is of the utmost priority, Sports Committee, this is your responsibility."

"Yes, we will make sure it's done properly."

A short-haired girl with an athletic appearance responded.

She was Saijo Mari, the President of the Sports Committee, a senior student.

It was said that during Ando Naoto's term in the Student Council, she served as secretary and later withdrew voluntarily when Kiryu Hina came to power, choosing instead to work in the Sports Committee, and this year she became its president.

Kiryu Hina smiled and glanced at Saijo Mari, nodding her head and turning her attention to the Disciplinary Committee, "The Discipline Committee members are responsible for security outside the venue, and I have always trusted you with this task."

"... Yes." The Gorilla Vice President responded in a deep voice.

Kagura Hikaru met her eyes, but quickly looked away.

"Culture Committee, your promotional work also needs to be well-executed, the posters for the sports festival, updating the school's official website, and posting slogans around the school. It's the same as in previous years, everyone understands, right?"

"Leave it to us, President!"

"Good, it looks like nobody needs a reminder from me, so let's move on to the next agenda item."

Kiryu Hina turned to the next page of the document on the table, and the representatives present followed suit, "Regarding the equipment needed for the sports festival, it will be procured separately by each department, and the funds will be distributed by the Student Council after the meeting."

The sports festival was not as simple as organizing students to run; a lot of items would be consumed in the process.

Such as flags, class uniforms, food and beverages, and so forth, every year the school would allocate a certain amount of funds for the Student Council to purchase on their own.

Sometimes the quantity was too much and too complicated for the Student Council to manage alone, so they would allocate the task to other departments to help with procurement.

This year, the budget was slightly increased because many sports clubs reported that the school's current sports equipment was too old and needed to be entirely replaced.

The Student Council approved this proposal.

The procurement of new equipment was entrusted to the Sports Committee, after all, they are the ones who know these equipment best and can communicate with all the sports clubs.

Compared to other departments, the Disciplinary Committee should be the most relaxed.

Apart from providing security at the sports festival and guiding visitors, there were no other primary duties, so other departments said they would request help from them, and they were also assigned the most procurement tasks.

This even included handling the old sports equipment that was about to be phased out by the sports clubs, a task that sounded very troublesome.

Shouldn't this be the responsibility of the Sports Committee?

But in reality, it was the Disciplinary Committee that proactively took on the duty.

The Gorilla Vice President was only too happy to oblige.

The Student Council elections were set to begin in just over a month, just after the summer holiday at the start of the second semester.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

Before that, any work that could expand the Disciplinary Committee's influence and reputation would not be overlooked.

Perhaps there would be grateful members of the sports clubs who, to show their appreciation for the Discipline Committee members, would cast a vote for Ayakoji Chiyoko.

This kind of thing is called "currying favor."

After the meeting, Hosaka Yui, who served as the accountant for the Student Council, divided the procurement funds into several portions and handed them over to the other departments.

Kagura Hikaru received a yellow envelope full of banknotes from her; by its weight, it seemed to contain around two hundred thousand yen.

To be given this much budget meant they had to procure items worth this amount of money, which was no easy task.

Luckily, he didn't have to deal with it; it would be handed over to other Disciplinary Committee members to handle later.

Unlike other high school students who might get slightly excited upon handling such a large sum, Kagura Hikaru was unconcerned, casually holding the envelope along with other documents in his hand.

"Hey, be careful not to lose it," Hosaka Yui scolded him indifferently, her glare piercing from behind her large glasses.

"No worries, if it gets lost, he can just reimburse it," Kiryu Hina said while organizing files, laughing, "Yui, don't be deceived by his looks; this guy is actually rich."

"Psh, he's just living off his parents," Yui retorted.

"99% of high school students live off their parents, including us, Yui. We have no right to laugh at anyone else," Hina replied.

Kiryu Hina tapped Hosaka Yui's head lightly with her folder.

"Besides, you're mocking the 1% that's not part of the 99% of high school students, and that's not funny at all."

"Is that so?" Yui covered her fluffy hair.

"What's all this about?" Kagura Hikaru looked at them strangely. "Did you put on a comedy sketch just to flatter me?"

His relationship with Kiryu Hina may have warmed due to the incident where they got lost on the school trip, but not to the point where she would speak for him without reason.

By this time, representatives from other departments had almost all left. The Gorilla Vice President had also been intending to leave, but seeing Kagura Hikaru seemingly caught up by the Student Council President, he waited at the door and looked over with an inquiring gaze.

Kagura Hikaru shook his head at him and looked toward Kiryu Hina as she approached.

"Kagura Hikaru, there's something you need to know," she said.

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"How much do you know about Saijo Mari?"

"Sports Committee President, popular among the sports clubs...?"

"So, essentially, you know nothing, right?"

"Yeah, pretty much."

Kagura Hikaru couldn't argue.

"Well, then, this is something you should be aware of," said Hina.

Saijo Mari is my enemy."