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

So those of you assigned to the media publicity team will really be on TV and in newspapers, and of course, posting posters is also a must.

Personnel coordination mainly involves demarcating viewing areas and guiding visiting students and guardians from other schools. Item management is the responsibility of the supervisor to register rented school equipment and ensure its timely return. Health and hygiene are handled by the rescue team, as ambulances and medical teams will be on hand to prevent accidents. Decoration and construction will likely involve hammering and sawing wood. Costume alteration is done when special costume projects are involved. Accounting goes without saying, but miscellaneous record keeping is a bit more delicate.

Although it may seem like all you need to do is take photos during the competition, there's actually a lot more to it than meets the eye, because almost all the work can be categorized as "miscellaneous tasks." Himekoji, who already knew that Hikigaya was planning to choose this option, couldn't help but smile slightly.

"Well, everyone's pretty much done looking at it and decided on their preferred groups, right?" Himeko asked. Seeing that most people nodded in agreement, she sat down and said to Sagami Minami next to her, "Then, Sagami-kun, you'll be the one to chair the rest of the meeting."

Chapter 151, the grand finale, [Himekoji Haruto] is full of anticipation.

"Eh--?"

"Don't worry, Ju will help you too."

Himeko pointed to Juya sitting to her left. Juya waved to Sagami with a grin, which made Sagami Minami feel a little better. But from Himeko's perspective, Sagami Minami's legs were still trembling a little, and she didn't know where to put her hands. She was probably regretting it to death. To be honest, Himeko didn't expect that even with such a division of volunteers, Sagami Minami could still come to this conference room. The World Will is really powerful.

"Then, let's begin now, let's start deciding on the positions..."

Seemingly sensing the weight of this burden, Sagami was so overwhelmed that he could hardly speak. Compared to Himekoji and Mariya's composed and confident remarks, Sagami's performance was utterly clumsy, and his voice was so soft that it was almost inaudible.

Himekoji is someone who is too lazy to help others grow. Although he joined the Service Club, it does not mean that he agrees with the Service Club's working style. According to Yukinoshita, no matter how hopeless a person is, as long as he desires to be saved and seeks her help, they will lend a helping hand. But Himekoji is different. To him, if you can't do it, someone else can. If you can't, then get out.

Therefore, he only had a "watching the show" attitude towards Sagami Minami. As for what would happen to her in the next month, Himekoji felt that it would depend on how the Service Department would intervene.

"First, first and foremost... are the people who want to join the media outreach team..."

Her voice grew softer and softer, and silence fell over the room. Everyone kept their heads down as much as possible, afraid of being chosen.

"Ahem, first of all, let me make a brief statement," Ju Ye said, "If I participate in the media publicity team this time, I will definitely appear on television and in newspapers, so..."

As soon as she said that, several people immediately raised their hands, mostly girls.

Then Himekoji noticed that Sawamura Spencer Eriri had also raised her hand, but she seemed very reluctant, probably encouraged by Aki Tomoya. Aki Tomoya himself also raised his hand.

“Very good, then I’ll leave it to… Kasumigaoka-senpai to write this down.”

Because she is the secretary, now is the time to take notes.

Moreover, Eriri is just right. If it were anyone else, Himekoji would be a little hesitant to entrust her with this only formal job, but Eriri would be perfectly fine. She would handle this kind of situation with ease, and she is also good at drawing. She can also be taught the task of drawing posters, which is a win-win situation.

It's pretty much the same as last year's cultural festival.

"Then, there's also a personnel coordination team..."

Sagami Minami continued, forcing herself to ask the question.

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In short, with the help of Juya, the task of assigning positions was barely completed. People that Himekoji was more familiar with, such as Eriri, Aki Tomoya, and Kato Megumi, were assigned to the media publicity team. Isshiki Hajime was assigned to the personnel coordination team. Yuihama was assigned to the decoration production team, while Hikigaya and Yukinoshita were assigned to the miscellaneous tasks recording team.

Then, each group conducts an internal election for a group leader. Group members are responsible to their group leader, who in turn is responsible to the operations committee chairman, who in turn is responsible to the student council. That's roughly the process.

Eriri became the head of the media publicity team without any controversy, Aki Tomoya appointed himself as the deputy head (in reality, this position did not exist), Isshiki Hajime became the head of the personnel coordination team, and the rest of them were just team members.

Himekoji had anticipated that he would feel listless under the snow.

After all the group leaders had made their decisions, Himekoji gestured to Sagami Minami and said, "Next item."

"Next...the next item? Oh, right," she had been a little stunned, but seeing that Himekoji was a little unhappy, she immediately looked at her task list. The next item was also the final item for discussion in this meeting, and by the way, it was also the final item for discussion in the recent meetings. That was the grand finale of the Soubu High School Sports Festival, as is traditionally the case.

"Alright, everyone, please be quiet for a moment. Now... we're going to discuss the next matter, the grand finale of this sports festival."

Last year's grand finale was the Cospl-ay race, where participants had to wear all sorts of bizarre cosplay outfits for a 100-meter race. Since the participants had no idea what they would pick when they drew lots to choose their outfits, some of the results were quite surprising, such as a boy wearing a nurse's uniform and high heels tripping and falling flat on his face, and a girl in a black spy suit and sunglasses attracting a lot of whistles.

Although it was called a 100-meter race, it was really just a fun competition. The main event was seeing how the participants made fools of themselves; the rankings didn't matter at all. Of course, to appease those participants who made fools of themselves, the prize money was quite generous regardless of the rankings, otherwise, not many people would have participated.

By the way, last year, Totsuka Saika was forced to wear a short-skirted, cat-themed maid outfit, complete with round-toed leather shoes and her skirt tucked under, making her look incredibly awkward as she walked the entire race. She won fifth place with a prize of 10,000 yen, while the first place prize was 100,000 yen. This competition lasted for ten rounds, costing Soubu High School a considerable sum. (The original "Oregairu" manga mentions that Totsuka was forced to wear a very embarrassing outfit at last year's sports festival, but the manga doesn't specify what it was.)

However, little angel Juya is very happy. No matter how much he spends, even if he gets another ten million, it doesn't matter. It's only 60 RMB. I, Juya Gidou, have plenty of money (and I can even crossdress).

So at least during the years that Himekoji and Mariya were in Soubu High, there was absolutely no need to worry about the budget for activities. They could just do whatever good ideas they had, and problems that could be solved with money were not problems—but they still had to save where they could.

"Yes, anyone with suggestions can bring them up now."

Himeko took the whiteboard marker from Kasumigaoka and stood in front of the whiteboard manager, writing "The Grand Finale Competition" in flamboyant handwriting.

"Okay... Yuihama-san."

Seeing that Yui Hama immediately raised her hand, Sagami Minami felt as if she had been saved, and she immediately called out Yui Hama's name.

At times like these, whether someone proposes a solution at the outset will significantly impact the liveliness of the meeting. Regardless of the opinion, it's crucial to ignite the discussion from the outset. In fact, the lower the level of the speaker, the better. While it's a bit unfair to Yuihama, it's perfectly appropriate for her to bring this up.

If we just mess around and mess things up, we'll eventually get to the point, right?

Himekoji looked at Yuihama. At this moment, her expression was almost exactly the same as when Himekoji and the Service Club went to Chiba Village to make curry and suddenly raised her hand to ask to put "peach" in it. She was smiling sweetly and silly, raising her hand without thinking at all. That was probably it.

Anyway, Hayama's face immediately froze... Hopefully, she won't make a proposal that would froze Himekoji's face too.

Author's Note:

PS:

PLA is a sensitive word... speechless, I can't even type PLAAY in the main text...

Furthermore, what truly embarrassed Sagami was the cultural festival, not the sports festival. The sports festival is very important, and people shouldn't be taken advantage of carelessly.

Also, in the draft of the story, when it comes to the student council election, Kasumigaoka, who is the secretary, is retiring. Who should be the secretary?

Eriri? Or Megumi Kato? These are the two current candidates.

Chapter 152 Unreliable, [These Guys'] Suggestion is Too Ridiculous

"Club-organized racing or something like that!"

"In that case, students who didn't participate in clubs would be dissatisfied because they can't participate."

Hiratsuka Shizuka immediately pointed out the problem. Judging from the way her two fingers were constantly tapping on the table, Himekoji knew that she was definitely having a nicotine craving.

So Ji Xiaolu immediately crossed out the words "club racing" that she had just written.

She sat down a little dejectedly, and Yukinoshita gently patted her head, as if to say, "Don't cry, little puppy."

By the way, how's your cat doing, Yukinoshita? The name you chose is really something else.

"Then, next one, ah, Yukinoshita-san."

Seeing that Yukinoshita had raised her hand, Sagami immediately called out to her.

"A bread-eating race!"

It's probably like eating bread while racing. If that's the case, Himekoji is even planning to suggest a water balloon fight, so we can see those girls with their clothes soaked and looking quite attractive.

"The rice pie will go berserk!"

Hiratsuka Shizuka continued to object with a resentful look on her face, saying, "Speaking of which, you're a rice person, aren't you?!" Yukinoshita, on the other hand, was a bread person.

As a result, Yukinoshita's "bread race" was immediately marked with a line.

"Okay, that student, please speak."

Because it was Aki Tomoya who raised his hand, Sagami Minami had no idea what his name was, so she hesitated for a long time before finally calling him "that classmate".

Clearly, Aki Tomoya was a little disappointed after being singled out like that. Could this be considered a victory for the first clash between the "normies" and the "otaku" groups?

Why don't you bring over the timber frame too, and have the two of you compare them?

"An obstacle course to answer questions about anime and manga!"

Aki Tomoya excitedly pushed up his glasses and answered.

"Oh, that's great!" Before anyone else could speak, Hiratsuka Shizuka immediately feigned excitement, clenching her right fist and slamming it onto her outstretched left hand. Then, realizing the awkward atmosphere, she coughed and waved her hand, saying, "No, no."

Atsugi-sensei's gaze towards Hiratsuka Shizuka became somewhat strange, and Hiratsuka Shizuka's earlobes seemed a little red. Speaking of which, is it really okay for you to be so obsessed with anime at your age, teacher? By the way, do you like watching "The Fallen Girl Teacher, Beautiful Feet Under the Boots"? We can study it together sometime.

"I!"

Yuihama raised her hand excitedly again. "Very good, well done! Our party and country are in dire need of talents like you!" So Sagami Minami immediately called out to her.

"A race using borrowed objects!"

"If we consider the impoverished students struggling with debts owed to their families..."

Hiratsuka Shizuka raised her objection again: "Teacher, are you on the opposition? Also, does our school really have students like that? Isn't there a subsidy? Where's the subsidy? Which bastard swallowed it?"

So the race using borrowed objects was also "choo" and rejected.

By the way, Ji Xiaolu will have to check if that bastard embezzled the subsidy when he gets back. It seems that Ju Ye has also written this down in his little notebook. He and Ju Ye exchanged a tacit glance and nodded together.

Nevertheless, various suggestions were put forward one after another, and the whiteboard became quite remarkable.

"Pitching (Tamaru)"

"Pushing the Ball (Tamaten gashi)" (Himekoji: So, what exactly are you trying to push...?)

Obstacle Race

Eating Contest

"Running in Stockings" (Himekoji: The guy who suggested this must be a pervert...)

The Holy Grail War (Himekoji: This one is...???)

Decathlon

"The Big Watermelon" (Note: alludes to large breasts)

Botticelli (Note: A Renaissance painter who served the Medici family and created many fruit paintings)

"Chim Chim Cheree" (Note: a song from the music film "Mary Poppins")

"Ooka is Cherry" (Himekoji: Cherry seems to also mean hymen... Ooka should be a member of the Hayama Nocturnal Group, right? What the heck, does it mean "Ooka is a virgin"? Is this a consequence of the previous email scandal? That's really scary.)

Anyway, there were a lot of unreliable suggestions, and it would be troublesome if the meeting wasn't ended quickly, so Himekoji bypassed Sagami and directly called on Hachiman, who had been looking out the window, and said, "Hachiman, think of something."

"Why me...?"

Even with Shizuka Hiratsuka in charge, Hikigaya still relentlessly criticized Himekoji.

"Because I know you always manage to win by surprise, and you should make the most of those who are capable."

“You call that a surprise attack… never mind,” Hachiman’s eyes rotted a bit, and Yuihama turned to him and asked, “So what should we do?”

Yukino: "At times like these, we need to let the professionals handle it."

“That’s what they call ‘fitting the right person for the right job,’ right?” Hachiman continued, picking up where Yukino left off. “Well, to put it simply, it’s the norm in this world to have capable people used by the organization until they’re exhausted. In contrast, their wages hardly increase, so the work seems like that of an idiot.” (Himekoji: Are you talking about yourself...?)