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

"No, it's nothing."

She quickly smiled and shook her head, realizing that her previous thoughts had indeed been a bit too petty.

So the group of five left the school and boarded the tram to the community center.

"This is part of the proposal I wrote for a football match. Take a look."

On the tram, Himekoji took out his proposal. A detailed proposal is essential for organizing such a large-scale event. He made more than ten copies of the proposal and gave four of them to Kikuya Kitahara and others.

The sports festival is expected to last for four days, with each match lasting approximately 120 minutes. The competition will begin on the first day. After surveying the soccer clubs of the three schools, each school's soccer club can be divided into two teams, with each team consisting of 11 players plus 5 substitutes, multiplied by 2. Each school will have a total of 32 spots available to participate.

A total of 6 teams will compete, drawn into numbers 1-6. Teams 1 and 6, 2 and 5, and 3 and 4 will play against each other on the first day. Each of the three schools will play one match, scheduled for 9:00 AM, 2:30 PM, and 5:30 PM. A knockout and revival system will be used. For example, if teams 1, 5, and 3 win, they will be drawn again on the second day.

On the morning of the second day, one of the three losing teams received a bye, while the other two played against each other. The losers were completely eliminated, while the winners were revived.

On the evening of the second day, the three winning teams were drawn into a group. One team received a bye, while the other two teams competed. The losers were completely eliminated, and the winners advanced.

On the morning of the third day, the teams that received a bye in the losers' bracket played against the teams that received a bye in the winners' bracket. The winners advanced, while the losers were completely eliminated.

On the evening of the third day, the teams that were revived from the losers' bracket competed against the teams that advanced in the morning. The winners advanced, and the losers were completely eliminated.

On the evening of the fourth day, the two teams that ultimately advanced faced off in the final battle.

On the first day, the three schools shared the right to host the three matches. The two matches on the second day and the match on the morning of the third day were drawn by the three schools. The elimination matches on the evening of the third day were held at Zongwu High School. The final match on the fourth day was held at the regional gymnasium. If the final match was an internal battle between two schools, it would be held within each school.

Of course, the proposal contains much more than just these items. The sports festival will include more than just soccer matches. Each school also has its own traditions, but we won't go into details here.

"However, if the event is held in a regional stadium, how will the budget for renting the venue be covered?"

Kitahara, who has always lived with her mother, is most concerned about the budget. As long as there is enough money, it is not difficult to do anything.

"It's simple. Whichever two schools' teams advance in the finals, those two schools will pay for it. The cost of renting a sports stadium once isn't that much. And—," Himeko said slowly, looking at Juya, "if Soubu High School can advance, there will probably be many reporters from certain media companies covering it. The content published in the newspapers will also take up some space. At that time, we can easily find a small brand to do some advertising and get some sponsorship to completely offset it. As for the other two schools, I don't know, but if our school advances, it will definitely be like that."

Author's Note:

P.S.: Sorry there was a slight bug in the event arrangement, it has just been fixed. Thanks to the reader with ID [Strawberry Häagen-Dazs] for pointing it out.

From the very beginning of Chapter 058, the [Seaside High School Boy] was captivated.

I apologize for the minor bug in the event arrangement in the previous chapter. It has now been fixed. Thank you very much to the reader with the ID "Strawberry Häagen-Dazs" for pointing it out.

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"A reporter from a media company..." Kitahara clicked his tongue inwardly as he looked at Mariya, while Mariya simply maintained an elegant smile and remained silent. She knew very well that the Himekoji family wouldn't ignore Soubu High's advancement, and there would definitely be publicity for it. It was really just a side advertisement for a certain brand. After all, all the school board members naturally hoped that the school's reputation would increase and the number of students would grow. They weren't afraid of not having enough people; they were afraid of no one coming.

"But if that's the case, then the budget isn't a big problem."

Ogiso Setsuna, standing between Mariya and Himekoji, revealed a lively and adorable smile.

"Well, if Soubu High School doesn't advance, the other two schools that agreed to this plan will have to figure out their own way."

Himekoji shrugged and spread her hands. Just then, the subway began to brake as it entered the station. Yukina, who had been looking at the proposal and was feeling dizzy, leaned towards Himekoji. Luckily, she managed to grab Himekoji's arm in time, or she would have definitely fallen flat on her face.

"N-no... I'm sorry." She awkwardly and slowly released Ji Xiaolu's arm, then stole a glance at him. She met Ji Xiaolu's frighteningly calm eyes, and heard him say indifferently, "You should stand more steadily next time and pull up the handle."

"yes...."

Yukina was slightly startled and quickly pulled the handrail inside the carriage. Himekoji took back the documents distributed to everyone, hung up her schoolbag again, and silently looked out the window at the street scene that was tinged with honey color by the setting sun, without saying a word.

Setsuna's inner thoughts: This student council president is different from most of the boys I've met before... It seems like he doesn't treat me like any special girl at all. Why is that?

Himekoji thought to herself: Ridiculous! Do you think I'd fall for such temptations in front of Mariya?! Mariya, my little angel, is the best! Let's go see the snow and soak in hot springs together in winter!

"Next stop: Community Center Library, passengers please..." The announcement came over the loudspeaker. Ji Xiaolu turned around and looked at everyone, saying, "If you think there's anything too outrageous about what they're saying, just refute it directly, don't hold back."

"But... President, wouldn't that easily cause the meeting to fall apart?"

Kitahara was taken aback; it was the first time he had ever heard a student council president speak like that.

"Thinking about it, although the holiday schedules of different schools vary, the re-election of student council president usually starts around December 8th. Then, at most, they plan a Christmas event before winter break. After that, there are no events for the next two months before spring break. Now, it's only been less than a month since school started. This means that the current student council of Haibin High School has probably only planned one event, last year's Christmas community event. In fact, I participated in that event. Overall... the other student council is really terrible."

Himekoji criticized without mercy, and Kitahara and Yukina exchanged a few awkward smiles for a few seconds. Himekoji then hummed and said, "Besides, Kiso-san is here too, there won't be any problems."

"Eh, me? Didn't Himekoji-kun say I could do nothing?"

"Ah, that's right. Sometimes, someone who does nothing is more useful than someone who does everything. At least she won't do useless work."

Setsuna was completely confused by Himekoji's words and didn't know what he was referring to.

Community center library, arrived.

In the first conference room, there are still fifteen minutes before the meeting officially begins.

Himekoji, taking the lead, knocked on the door first. The person who opened the door was a girl with chestnut-colored, shoulder-length wavy hair. Although Himekoji had never seen her in real life before, he recognized her at a glance as Kaori Orimoto, an acquaintance of Hikigaya. He never expected that she would be brought in as a helper this time.

"Hello, hello, please come in."

Although it was their first meeting, she didn't show the slightest bit of awkwardness. Perhaps being able to communicate normally with anyone was her special skill. She gave Himekoji that formulaic sweet smile, and Himekoji nodded slightly and said, "Hello, sorry to keep you waiting."

Upon entering, the meeting room was furnished with four long tables that enclosed a large open space in the middle, forming a nested rectangle. The long tables at both ends were slightly shorter, and sitting there was Seiji Asashima, the student council president of Hamakai High School, whom Himekoji had met once before.

Having collaborated on an event before, Seiji Asashima immediately recognized Himekoji, whose aura was quite unique. He was slightly surprised for a moment, then got up from his seat, walked over, and shook hands with Himekoji, saying, "Hello, long time no see."

If the eccentric boy Tamaki is the talkative type, then Seiji Asashima is the action-oriented type with no plans. He's a well-behaved Japanese guy with black hair and black eyes, and he has a sunny smile. When he's doing activities, he initially has some things to say, but later he just says things like, "Okay, I understand, I'll do it now."

"Long time no see, President Asashima."

Ji Xiaolu answered calmly, stepping aside to let the other four people in first. They were all standing behind Ji Xiaolu, waiting for his introduction.

"Oh, excuse me, has your school's student council president, Shiromaru, not arrived yet?"

Asashima scanned the faces of all the girls in the meeting group, his gaze lingering on Setsuna and Mariya for quite some time, for which he had to touch his nose to hide his embarrassment.

“Senior Xun transferred schools due to certain matters, so I am now the official student council president of Soubu High School. Also, I hope that President Asashima can at least remember that my name is Himekoji.” Himekoji slowly pushed up her glasses. When she looked up, Asashima, who was shorter than Himekoji, immediately smiled and said, “Ahahaha... I see. I’m so sorry.”

Meanwhile, Himekoji scanned the rest of the student council members at Hamakai High School and discovered that, in addition to Orimoto Kaori, there was another "familiar face" among them.

Isn't that Tamaru sitting at the very back? He still looks a bit shy. I wonder what position he holds in the student council, or if he's just someone who was pulled in to help out like Orimoto Kaori. If someone really asked him to help, he has terrible taste.

"Everyone, let me introduce you," Himekoji said formally to her four helpers. "This is Seiji Asashima, the student council president of Binhai Comprehensive High School. He is one of the most proactive student council presidents I have ever met."

"You flatter me, please take good care of me."

Please take care of me.

The four of them spoke in unison.

"The girls at Soubu High School are...so cute."

"Ugh, I regret going to Shanghai Binhai High School!"

"Especially that girl with the 'Yamabuki' tea-colored hair, wow... I really want to get her contact information."

"What?! Say that again if you dare?!" (These words were spoken by Kaori Orimoto)

Meanwhile, whispers about Soubu High School's "public relations team" had already begun to spread among the group of people who had just been discussing something at the Seaside High School meeting.

Chapter 059 Rasengan, [Jade Rope] can no longer control himself!

Both sides introduced themselves, a process that took about ten minutes. Ji Xiaolu also figured out that Yu Sheng, a second-year student, was currently serving as the secretary in the student council, but Ji Xiaolu really couldn't figure out how he managed to garner votes in the next election.

Unlike Iroha Isshiki, who would give up the second seat without fighting for anything, Himekoji pulled up the seat one seat away from Seiji Asashima and sat down first, saying, "There's no need for unnecessary formalities. You can discuss matters unrelated to this meeting during the break. As the student council president of Soubu High School, I'd like to ask if your school has a preliminary plan for this large-scale event?"

So, the representatives from the seaside high school looked at each other, and finally all focused their attention on Asashima Seiji. Asashima squinted and grinned, saying, "Um, Himekoji-kun, you see, this matter was hastily notified to us by your school, and after an emergency meeting, we decided that it could be held. As for the proposal... wasn't it supposed to be discussed today?"

"Yes yes yes!"

"Yes Yes."

"This is great! This is great!"

"Phew—," Ji Xiaolu shook her head, rubbing her forehead, thinking to herself: I was so naive to expect you guys to bring a different kind of proposal. This is just a student council version of Tamaki with some practical skills.

Meanwhile, the four people at Soubu High School immediately lowered their opinion of the Seaside High School student council. Kitahara Haruki could finally understand why Himekoji had said on the train that the Seaside High School student council was terrible.

"I don't know how you all view the concept of time. Perhaps you have plenty of free time and can come here for several days in a row to have meetings, drink tea, and chat, but I'm sorry, the time of our members is very precious."

Ji Xiaolu twirled his pen and spoke without holding back. He noticed that several members of Binhai High School had shown anger, but since the student council president, Asashima Seiji, did not lash out, they did not want to overstep their bounds.

"So, did your school prepare a proposal for this event, in just a few days?"

Kaori Orimoto stood up and spoke directly to Himekoji.

“Of course we did it. I thought you guys did it too and then came to compare and discuss it together,” Himekoji nodded, looking as if it were a matter of course. Then he looked at Setsuna and said, “Excuse me, Kogiso-san, could you please distribute the proposals from the document bag to everyone?”

"..." Orimoto Kaori sat down silently, while Setsuna nodded obediently. She got up, opened the file bag, took out the stack of documents, and first distributed them to the three people on her side. Then she went around to the long table in the conference room and bent down to distribute a copy to everyone who came from the Seaside High School. The proposal was bound together and consisted of three pages. What was mentioned earlier was only a small part of the competition.

Meanwhile, the clever Setsuna realized Himekoji's intention in bringing her here. Although she thought Himekoji was a bit cunning, she still cooperated with his work diligently. Otherwise, she could have simply handed a stack of documents to Orimoto Kaori and said, "Please pass them over there." There was no need for her to bend down and smile at each of them before handing them out.

The students at Binhai High School were already feeling dizzy from just receiving a single document, except for Orimoto Kaori, of course.

"Now you all have fifteen minutes to look through this proposal and write down your questions and suggestions in your notebooks. After fifteen minutes, please raise your hands to speak. I will ask questions to those who do not speak, so I hope you will all take it seriously."

After all the items were distributed, Ji Xiaolu pointed to the clock hanging high in front of the conference room; the time was now 6:15.

Himekoji himself was idly twirling a pen. He had personally prepared the proposal at Kazusa's house using Kazusa's computer. It was not the kind of proposal that was simply a ready-made template from the internet with some nonsense stuffed into it. Therefore, he didn't need to read it anymore.

Fifteen minutes later, almost everyone's eyes were filled with a hint of eagerness. Everyone on the Soubu High School side except for Jasmine was raising their hands, while on the Binhai High School side, only Tamaki was raising his hand, which surprised Himekoji.

"President Asashima, shall we begin with Tamaki, a student from your school?"

“I think that’s a good idea. So, Yusheng, why don’t you share your thoughts on this proposal first?”

Seiji Asashima raised his hand.

"Yes!" He stood up, nodded to Himekoji and Asashima Seiji, and said directly without taking out his notebook, "Everyone, I think a single proposal lacks the ability to brainstorm. At this point, we should have a discussion and create another proposal that everyone can agree on. President Himekoji, what do you think?"

"Snap!" Ji Xiaolu snapped her fingers and answered directly, "That's right. So, Yu Sheng, the first thing to do when creating a football event proposal is to understand the composition and number of people in the football departments of each school, right? That's what's called preliminary investigation. Since you're so enthusiastic about the second proposal, could you please investigate the detailed situation of the football departments of the three schools? If you can, that would be a great help, since we only have my 'one-sided' data right now."

"this..."

Yu Sheng was speechless, and the movements of his hands gradually became strange, as if he was about to say something.

"First of all, the members of my school's student council basically agree with my proposal and will definitely not spend extra time on this. So if you really want to go, I suggest you pick a few helpers from your school's student council to go with you. After all, it must be quite tiring for one person to go to three schools."

So Tamaki slowly looked at his colleagues, including Orimoto Kaori. Everyone silently lowered their heads, their eyes wandering and avoiding his gaze. He couldn't let the student council president Asashima run away with him, so he reluctantly asked Himekoji again, "Then may I ask, when President Himekoji was conducting the preliminary investigation, did you visit three schools and conduct detailed inquiries and take detailed notes?"

"How could that be?" Himeko couldn't help but laugh, then waved her hand apologetically, "I'm sorry, your question was really quite unexpected..."

"Then how did you arrive at these figures, Chairman, without conducting any on-site investigations?"

Yu Sheng's face showed a hint of mockery, and the members of Binhai High School nodded in agreement.

"Phew—," Ji Xiaolu said, resting her chin on her hand and making a bored expression. "I really can't do anything about you guys still wasting time on this kind of problem. All the data is from detailed consultations with the secretaries of the chairman of your school and Biyang Academy. Since you don't have the contact information of those teachers, you can only investigate it yourself. Who knows, others might even think you're a spy... I just said, your idea is good, but that's all it is."