I, the mastermind behind the scenes at Soubu High, refuse to be caught in a bloodbath.

"The third song?!" *N

“Ah, that’s right, the third song, but for the third song…” Himekoji looked at Kazusa and said, “I hope Kazusa can sing it.”

"I'm not the queen of the single karaoke room, and I'm not good at singing."

"Really? At least I wrote this song myself (plagiarized)."

Hearing Himekoji's words, Kazusa's ears twitched, and she looked at him again. (Author's note: My skills are insufficient for composing and writing songs; my abilities have limits.)

"But then Yukina won't be able to perform. How about you two each take a turn?"

Yukina, whose eyes had been somewhat dim just moments before, immediately became overjoyed.

"Really?! Himekoji-kun wrote the song himself?!"

"Ah, really, but I just haven't told you yet."

“Well… if we sing in sections with Ogiso, it would be alright, but the music would be in a real predicament,” Kazusa said, then looked at Iizuka and said, “Captain, could you play a more difficult guitar piece? I want to test your skills, and if you can, I'd like you to come on stage.”

Didn't you just say you absolutely wouldn't sing...?

"Yes Yes."

Although Iizuka usually seems carefree and nonchalant, he is quite capable. After he picked up his guitar and played a tune, both Himekoji and Kazusa nodded in approval.

"So, regarding the mixing," Kazusa immediately instructed with the practiced ease of a mistress, "I'm leaving it to Himekoji. You must have connections, right?"

"OK."

Ji Xiaolu gave her a thumbs up.

"Ah—, it's so great to be able to form a band without having to do this. I've been staying up late every day and sometimes all night, and I'm almost having a nervous breakdown."

Iizuka immediately stretched and expressed his heartfelt gratitude to the two of them.

"So, has the piece of music you composed yourself been named?"

"We tentatively named it 'Yukitoki'..." (That's right, it's the opening theme of "My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU").

"Go and bring me the sheet music and lyrics to take a look."

Kazusa pointed to the doorway and gave the order with a frown.

After reviewing the sheet music and lyrics, everything proceeded smoothly. Since Setsuna already knew how to sing Sound of Desire, rehearsals were very easy. Himekoji was also able to smoothly execute the high-speed glissando guitar solo after familiarizing himself with it once or twice.

Of course, since the song "Yukitoki" is sung by two people in sections, it's impossible for them to take turns singing each section. The lyrics need to be allocated based on the vocal characteristics and personalities of the two people. Therefore, Kazusa is not very suitable to sing the climax, but it's fine for the two of them to sing the final climax together. After listening to their suggestions, the lyrics were allocated.

Himekoji's cultural festival is also progressing smoothly. Thanks to the improved teamwork from rehearsals, he is finally able to find time to come to the cultural festival executive committee's meeting room to help out.

As always, Minami Sagami wasn't here.

Upon seeing Himekoji arrive, Yukinoshita, who had been giving orders just moments before, seemed somewhat surprised. A few seconds of silence fell over the room. The number of people remained roughly the same as before, close to half but not quite half. Although all the student council members were present, the disadvantage in total numbers still led to a continuous backlog of work. All the important tasks were gathered and assigned to Yukinoshita. Among them was a portion of the work that Sagami originally needed to authorize, which she had picked out and temporarily set aside, waiting for Sagami to arrive so she could ask for authorization.

Hikigaya already has a mountain of documents piled up in front of him. Is the miscellaneous tasks group such a troublesome place?

"Okay, okay, please pause for a moment," Ji Xiaolu clapped her hands in front of everyone to attract their attention and said, "In order to alleviate this situation of low work efficiency, I have temporarily borrowed more than 30 laptops, which should be delivered in about two minutes. Please organize the documents you have on hand first, and then we will all switch to working on the computers."

Originally, the executive committee only borrowed a few computers from the student council, meaning that only those responsible for important matters had access to computers, while everyone else still had to work on paper. This reduced work enthusiasm to some extent and caused the workload of those with computers to increase exponentially. Therefore, Himekoji allocated a computer to everyone present, which greatly improved work efficiency and reduced everyone's burden—of course, this was something only Himekoji and Kikuya could do in the school.

"Chairman, what do we do with the documents that are more than half processed?"

"Ah, that's true. We also brought a few scanners, so they'll come in handy."

Ji Xiaolu spoke to a boy wearing thick glasses who looked like he had been tricked into becoming an executive committee member.

"President," Hachiman reluctantly raised his hand. Himekoji nodded at him, signaling him to speak, but Hachiman said, "If you could allocate so many computers, why didn't you bring them over sooner..."

"Well, when I came last time, the number of people wasn't this high, so I thought the student council's computers might be enough."

The last time he came was the day Haruno first came. As a result, from that day on, Sagami issued the instruction that "executive committee members should also take care of class work," which resulted in many people being absent every day.

The computer deployment came just two days after Himekoji took care of Yukinoshita. It could be said that the people who felt the most fortunate were Yukinoshita and Hikigaya, who was almost exhausted.

Himekoji sat back down in her seat. Yukinoshita was staring intently at the screen, her slender fingers rapidly tapping on the keyboard. There seemed to be a band-aid on the inside of her left wrist, which Himekoji guessed was from being scratched by the cat.

After the computers were delivered, Himekoji also took one and took half of the files next to Yukinoshita, including the files that she originally needed Sagami's authorization for. Yukinoshita opened her mouth, but ultimately swallowed what she wanted to say.

Yes, you didn't intend to rely on anyone; I just took back my original job.

Or rather, you're the one who should be sharing the workload; all the work you do should be done by me.

Sagami arrived late, and was a little bewildered by the sight of everyone having a computer in the conference room. As she walked forward, she was stared at by all sides and nervously made her way to her seat, only to find that someone had already taken their place.

Chapter 200 Unexpectedly, [Yukino Yukinoshita] became a waitress.

"Sagami, Class 2-F, you have been removed from your position as the executive committee chairperson of the cultural festival due to repeated lateness, early departures, and absences. I will now take over as the executive committee chairperson of the cultural festival. You can go back and focus on your class affairs. Thank you for your continued assistance."

Ji Xiaolu glanced at her, then lowered her head to continue processing the documents, saying without looking up.

Yukinoshita's shoulders suddenly twitched. When she turned to look at her, she saw several sheets of paper stacked together in front of her, covering her face. Noticing Sagami's astonished expression, many others in the meeting room couldn't help but chuckle. Hachiman finally smiled, even though the number of documents in front of him didn't decrease as a result.

But I definitely feel much better, don't I?

"Yes...that's how it is, I understand."

Sagami forced back his tears and bowed in this direction, then wiped away his tears, covered his face, and ran away.

They escaped, routed and defeated, like stray dogs.

Oh, wait, you still have a home, right? Second year, class F, isn't that your home? Go home and work hard!

I hope you still have a place in the class.

She would never dare to cause trouble. Last time, Haruka and Yuko were making a scene in the meeting room, and now they are both becoming isolated figures in the class. No club is willing to accept them. Even if Sagami is stupid, he wouldn't do something so reckless.

After Sagami Minami finally ran out, Yukinoshita composed herself and removed the paper from her face. However, the corners of her mouth were still slightly upturned, making her look quite playful. At this moment, Himekoji clapped her hands again and said, "I am very sorry for the oversight that occurred in the past two weeks, but things are different now. From now on, bring all important documents to me, and I will reassign tasks to Yukinoshita and everyone in the student council."

"learn!"

With the computer providing a great boost, the executive committee members responded enthusiastically. Hachiman, on the other hand, leaned back with his hands behind his head, taking a short rest. He kept glancing at Himekoji's position out of the corner of his eye, but ultimately shook his head with a smile.

Simply dumping all the work on others is obviously not the right thing to do. If Himekoji knew the Shadow Clone Technique, she would never do that.

Therefore, when the time is right, the corrections must be made completely, and those who have stayed should be given special care. The so-called reward and punishment should be clear, and hard work should be rewarded. Yukinoshita had a very hard time before, but now her job should be among the easiest. Yukinoshita, who had worked hard for two weeks, was still a little unaccustomed to this.

"If you have nothing else to do, go and get me a glass of water."

Seeing that Yukinoshita, who had nothing to do, had started secretly searching for videos of fluffy and cute creatures on the computer, Himekoji suddenly gave her an instruction. Yukinoshita, feeling guilty, immediately shuddered and her body almost stiffened. Then, without turning her head, she simply shifted her gaze to Himekoji, making a murderous expression.

Do you have any objections?

Himeko pointed to the thick stack of documents.

"Before this, I was also shouldering all of this on my own."

"Continue with these responsibilities or go pour water, choose one."

"..."

Yukino sighed deeply and got up to get some water from the water dispenser.

Of course, Himekoji is probably the only one in the whole school who would dare to openly order Yukino down to fetch water.

"Wait a minute, banning cooking? Who came up with this idea?"

Himekoji discovered a ban on cooking at the cultural festival. How can we have fun if we can't cook? The cultural festival is supposed to be about everyone enjoying snacks, visiting haunted houses, watching plays, and watching performances. If cooking is prohibited, where will we get our delicious takoyaki?

"That was instructed by Professor Hiratsuka Shizuka."

Yukinoshita vaguely remembered the documents she had handled, and while everyone else was bewildered, she explained it this way.

"Cancel, cancel, this ban is lifted. I'll handle things with Ms. Hiratsuka. In short, go and notify them immediately. There are still two weeks left. Those who want to hold classes that offer freshly prepared meals can still start preparing now!"

Ji Xiaolu crumpled the document from the student life office into a ball and carefully threw it into the trash can.

Actually, there is another prohibition: "No overnight stays are allowed on campus during the cultural festival." Himekoji considered this and decided it would be better to add it.

Although we had to persuade Ms. Hiratsuka, the ban on lighting fires was indeed lifted, and the class that had been planning to secretly cook began to cheer. However, today also marked a relatively important moment.

The slogan for the school anniversary celebration needs to be changed. After the committee members started working on it seriously, some raised questions about it.

We had been putting this off while Sagami was away, but now that Himekoji is here, we have to get this matter on the agenda as soon as possible.

Meanwhile, Yang Nai arrived at the school, having somehow gotten wind of it. Although Himeko could forbid her from forming a symphony orchestra, it was unreasonable to prevent her from entering the conference room. So she sat next to Hiratsuka Shizuka. The two had a past relationship and were both beautiful, making them a particularly pleasing sight to behold when they sat together.

Fortunately, Yang Nai wasn't dressed as conspicuously as she was the other day, so a simple action wouldn't attract everyone's attention; otherwise, the meeting would have been impossible to hold.

"Very good, let's begin the committee meeting now. Today's topic is the slogan for the cultural festival. As everyone has said, this slogan won't work, it really won't work. So, please use your brains and write down any slogans you can think of on paper. I will collect them in five minutes."

Himekoji distributed the tasks in one go. Hiratsuka Shizuka-sensei leaned back in her chair with her arms crossed and nodded. Haruno pretended to search, looked around for a moment, and then suddenly said cutely, "A question~~~" while waving her little hand and raising it.

"Yang Nai, what's wrong?"

"I don't seem to see that girl who was the executive committee member before... what was she again? Wasn't she the committee chairperson?"

Yang deliberately changed her tone, making it sound very strange. You could say she was obviously faking it, using a childish voice.

“I’ve been serving as the committee chair since the day before yesterday. Sagami has gone back to class and is doing her best, since she can’t manage both.”

Ji Xiaolu spoke casually, but some of the committee members who were frequently absent and had only gathered for this emergency meeting were sweating bullets. Moreover, it was almost immediately obvious who was frequently absent and who had perfect attendance, since those who were frequently absent almost never had a computer. This made them all lower their heads dejectedly and quietly scribble in their notebooks, perhaps seriously thinking of slogans.

P.S.: It's so frustrating that we can't complain or comment now. The real reason probably isn't a problem with the tech department; it's because the crackdown on pornography and illegal publications has started again.

Chapter 201 Hehehe, Can cross-dressers participate in competitions?

"Eh—, I see. Haruto, you're amazing."

"Instead of wasting your time chatting with me, you should come up with some slogans for the cultural festival. After all, you're an OG."

Yes~~~~!

She gave a military salute as if obeying an order. By the way, are you imitating that idiot Yuihama? If you keep imitating idiots, you'll become an idiot yourself.

It's like when you were a child, you always tried to speak with a stutter, and then you became a stutterer yourself.

Five minutes later, most of the collected blank papers had "friendship, effort, and victory" written on them. These are the three core elements of shonen manga, and they can be applied to any place that needs positive energy. However, using such a versatile material is like finding arguments for essays in elementary and middle school, or Sima Qian suffering castration again and again. Being a jack-of-all-trades means having no special characteristics.

Another slogan that seemed quite different was "Hakkō Ichiu," which could be described as full of fascist connotations. When Himekoji saw this slogan, she couldn't help but turn her gaze to Haruno, who then put on a cute "come and praise me" look. Himekoji couldn't even get angry.

The saying goes, "You can't hit a smiling face." Even if you dislike Haruno, you can't deny that a beautiful girl's smile is still very effective—at least it won't make you feel disgusted.

"Oh, this."

After seeing the next slogan that was somewhat unique, Himekoji immediately wrote it down.