A comic book, but a librarian

"You haven't encountered anything that you can't handle, right?"

Only after seeing Yotsuya Miko shaking her head did he finally feel relieved.

Chapter 95 Composition and Cultural Festival

"Today is a good day. Jing didn't even come to bother us." Uesugi Sumire licked his lips. Although the atmosphere in the classroom was not very hot, it was definitely not cold. Many people were sharing their holiday experiences, such as Hayato Hayama who was the focus of the crowd and Yotsuya Miko who looked like she had a story to tell.

"How can you say I'm causing trouble for you? You're showing no respect for Ms. Hiratsuka. She's a good teacher who's so concerned about her students that she doesn't even have a boyfriend. How come you're saying I'm causing trouble for her?"

Hikigaya curled his lips. Uesugi Cheng didn't know for a moment whether Hiratsuka Shizuka's blood pressure would rise after hearing this and she would drag Hikigaya out and beat him up. Could it be that practicing Night Wandering Technique would actually have the side effect of increasing verbal aggression? But Uesugi Cheng didn't seem to have this feeling when he was learning it.

"Ahem, go back to your seats. Today is the first day of school. You should understand what I mean, right?" When Shizuka Hiratsuka walked in, Hikigaya subconsciously touched his stomach. It was obvious that he still had a very clear memory of being punched for saying the wrong thing last time.

Although they did not have as deep a memory as Hikigaya, most of the students in the class listened to Hiratsuka Shizuka's words and returned to their seats.

"Well, first of all, I am very happy that everyone has returned to school safely after a summer vacation. At least everyone was very safety-conscious during the summer vacation."

When the word "safety awareness" was mentioned, Hiratsuka Shizuka glanced at Uesugi Sumika vaguely, and seeing that he seemed to have no reaction at all, she shook her head and continued speaking.

"In short, I hope we can all make progress together in the new semester. By the way, Uesugi, come over after class and explain to me the problem with your composition."

Hiratsuka Shizuka finally took off her disguise and nodded at Uesugi Sumiya, looking a little exasperated. However, seeing how calm he was, the anger that had just risen up was extinguished in an instant.

"Then let's start the class."

And so, they began the first lesson of the new semester.

"Okay, Uesugi, now let's talk about the 'holiday gains' essay I asked you to write. Why did you write this kind of thing for me?"

Shizuka Hiratsuka very calmly pushed Uesugi Sumiya's composition paper over. On it was written "A shallow study on the use of color depth and picture shaping". This title almost made Shizuka Hiratsuka burst into laughter at first sight. At first, she thought that Uesugi Sumiya took his brother or sister's paper and handed it directly to her, but when she looked carefully, she found that it was indeed written by Uesugi Sumiya.

"This is what I gained during the holiday, Jing. You know I stayed at home quietly for the whole summer studying art and painting. I was very well behaved." Uesugi Cheng gave a standard smile, but there was no respect for Hiratsuka Shizuka in his tone. At least Hiratsuka Shizuka felt that students who casually called her 'Jing' did not seem to respect her.

"Do you think this is what I want to see? Don't you know that writing an essay also requires trying to figure out the intentions of the person setting the question? This kind of essay, although it's not off-topic and won't get a low score, it will definitely not get a high score, you know?" Hiratsuka Shizuka finally took out the scoring system, her ultimate weapon. Since Uesugi Sumika chose to use a high-scoring essay to fool her last time, she was going to hit this boomerang back hard today.

"Oh, so what do you think of this one, teacher?" Uesugi Sumiya still smiled as he took out a few other pieces of composition paper from somewhere, which contained compositions that were completely in line with the topic.

"Teacher, I thought you wanted to see my real summer vacation experience, but I didn't expect such a topic is just a composition assignment? I was just being too sentimental." Uesugi Sumiko even pretended to sniff, but from his tone, Hiratsuka Shizuka could tell that he was definitely not sad at all.

"You kid..." Shizuka Hiratsuka suddenly felt the boomerang she had thrown hit her head again. She even subconsciously touched her forehead as if she had really been hit, and then she slapped the table lightly in anger and embarrassment.

"Teacher, look at this article I wrote, isn't it pretty good? Why don't you just let me go and I'll show you what I learned on the spot." Uesugi Sumiya did not further provoke Hiratsuka Shizuka, but picked up a black and red signing pen and pencil and started sketching on the draft paper.

Not long after, the class bell rang and Uesugi Sumiko left the office in a leisurely manner, leaving Hiratsuka Shizuka in silence looking at the draft paper in front of her. After a while, she lit a cigarette and asked the teacher next to her tiredly.

"Why don't you think this kid wants to study art instead of pursuing a normal education?"

"Isn't that a student in your class? I remember his grades were pretty good... Maybe he is a genius. Ordinary people like me can't guess what geniuses and freaks are thinking." The teacher next to him was just making a perfunctory comment, but when he saw the sticky drawings on the draft paper, he was stunned. He really understood what Hiratsuka Shizuka really wanted to ask, so he couldn't give any answer and could only express his own guess.

"Forget it, since the boy likes it, let him do it. His family is supportive enough for him to find his own youth." Shizuka Hiratsuka lit the draft paper with a lighter and threw it into the ashtray while the man beside her glared at her as if to condemn her for wasting her talent.

In the classroom, the students who were just discussing their summer vacation experiences unconsciously turned their topic to the same thing, which was the upcoming Unified High School Festival, or the school open day and cultural festival.

Thanks to the old principal's open-mindedness and the strong support of successive student unions, the integrated college festival has always been very free and open. As long as it does not violate the basic school rules and bottom line, any activities can be held.

So people in the class have already started discussing what activities they will choose for this cultural festival.

"Where is Hikigaya?" Uesugi Sumire turned around. There was supposed to be a class meeting soon, but Hikigaya suddenly disappeared.

"It seems that Hikigaya-san went to the health room because he was not feeling well... By the way, Asumi, is Hikigaya-san okay regarding that strange feeling he has?" Yotsuya Miko was a little worried. She had indeed noticed the strange feeling in Hikigaya, so she asked.

"Oh, that's fine. It's just like you learn those things. Just learn some special skills. In this case... I guess he's going to be in big trouble."

Looking at the topic submitted by the class monitor and selected by the executive committee of the cultural festival, Uesugi Sumiko smiled unscrupulously.

Chapter 96 Troubled Times

"Judging from the results, Hikigaya Hachiman's visit to the health room was very appropriate. He gave all the male students in the classroom a shortcut. At least they no longer need to consider who to vote for the position of executive committee member."

Uesugi Sumire concluded that Hikigaya Hachiman did come back a step late. Although he already had a bad premonition in his heart, he was still devastated when he opened the door and saw his name written on the column of executive committee members.

"No, you're just going to sell me out like this? Do you really think I'm suitable for this position as an executive committee member?" Hikigaya Hachiman's expression looked like a corporate slave who was forced to take on additional work after get off work, and he looked as if he would suddenly die at his workstation in the next second.

Uesugi Sumiko and Yotsuya Miko both nodded directly, and Uesugi Sumiko even spoke.

"This is public opinion. Why don't you ask everyone?"

Hikigaya's chest heaved twice, but he finally swallowed his words.

"Forget it, let's just do it this way..." Hikigaya Hachiman felt that although this was troublesome, it was not unacceptable.

"The way that person talks... is so uncomfortable. What does she mean?" Yotsuya Miko looked at the female classmate with short burgundy hair next to her, who spoke with a hint of sarcasm when the teacher nominated Yuigahama Yui as another executive committee member. She and the other girls around her didn't know why they were suddenly smiling at Yuigahama Yui with some inexplicable malice.

"It's probably the malicious intent of idiots who are so bored that they don't even realize it." Hikigaya Hachiman frowned. Most of the people in this class were easy to talk to, but there were always those few who would come out and disgust others, which made him very unhappy.

"There's just something else going on. After all, she's just an ordinary high school girl." Uesugi Sumiko didn't bother to care about such trivial matters. He just felt that Hikigaya Hachiman would probably not think that this girl named Sagami Minami had any redeeming qualities.

"What do you mean by an ordinary high school girl? Could it be that..." Yotsuya Miko thought about it and realized that the three people sitting here chatting did not look like ordinary people, so she held back the second half of the sentence.

"Hachiman, it's wonderful to have such a good thing waiting for you just after the school starts." Uesugi Sumiya patted Hikigaya Hachiman's shoulder with a sly smile, then simply leaned back in his chair and began to enter a daze. Everyone in the class was used to the fact that this weirdo Uesugi Sumiya would often ignore the atmosphere and do things, so they simply ignored his actions.

With the promotion of Hayato Hayama, Sagami Minami successfully got the position of executive committee member, although people in the know basically did not think that she could do her job well.

"What? You asked me what I'm doing at the cultural festival? I can only say that I have something to talk to the teacher about and it needs to be kept confidential. If you have any problems, come to me and I'll see if I can solve them. Don't bother me at other times."

Uesugi Sumire dived into the art classroom, looking very comfortable and natural, leaving Hikigaya Hachiman rolling his eyes to attend the executive committee.

"Um, Uesugi-san, during the cultural festival, you..."

Of course, Yuigahama Yui, who didn't hear this, still found Uesugi Sumiya, as if she wanted to ask him about his plans during the preparation and holding of the cultural festival.

Then she saw that the art teacher, who was yawning but full of energy, seemed to be talking excitedly to Uesugi Cheng. The paints and drawing papers piled up beside him seemed to explain what he was going to do.

"Yuigahama... Can I just call you Yui-san?" Uesugi Sumiya's words made Yuigahama Yui a little confused.

"Yes...sure."

"That's good. I have something I want to ask you to do during the cultural festival. If you think it's possible and can help me with it, I'll consider it as a favor to you." Uesugi Cheng thought about it and decided to use all the people and resources he could. After all, looking at the performance of that guy named Sagami Minami today, he didn't dare to think about whether Hikigaya would come over and then something would go wrong with the cultural festival and he would have to save the situation. He didn't want to be disturbed at that time.

"Then can you please help me find out about the executive committee during the cultural festival?"

Yuigahama Yui was a little confused by Uesugi Sumire's request, but she agreed very happily. After all, her good friend Yukinoshita Yukino was also elected as an executive committee member, so this kind of news could be found out without any effort.

"Thank you so much... Teacher, please introduce these things to me in detail later."

Yuigahama Yui was a little curious. It was obvious that the conversation between the art teacher and Uesugi Sumika was actually led by Uesugi Sumika, which was a little unexpected for her.

"As for the reward, what does Yui-san want as a reward?"

"Well, this... Actually, there's no need for reward, and it's not a big deal..." Yuigahama Yui waved her hands a little embarrassedly. After all, she only needed to ask what Uesugi Sumiya wanted to know.

"No, compensation is necessary. Just think of it as the development of a good relationship. But since you haven't thought of it, Yuigahama, let's put it aside for now and wait until you think of what kind of compensation you need."

Uesugi Sumiya's words made Yuigahama Yui have some wild thoughts for a moment, but she immediately restrained her thoughts and nodded seriously. It was rare that Uesugi Sumiya would entrust her with something, so she had to do it well.

After seeing off Yuigahama Yui, Uesugi Sumiya went back into the art classroom. After all, this art teacher graduated from the University of Tokyo, and it would be a shame not to make good use of his knowledge.

Of course, things often don't come one by one but come all at once. Uesugi Cheng looked at his mobile phone and felt that it seemed a bit eventful just after the start of school.

"Uesugi-san, thank you very much for your guidance. This weekend, the Bond Band will be performing at the Stars. Please be sure to come and see my progress."

"How could Xiao Gudu write such a text message and send it to me? Who gave her the manuscript?" Uesugi Sumika suddenly frowned with an expression like an old man on the subway. He felt that the possibility of Goto being elected prime minister was probably much greater than the possibility that she wrote this email independently and sent it to his phone.

However, since they had invited him, Uesugi Sumiya had no reason not to attend. After all, he was also the guitar teacher of Kita Ikuyo and Goto Doku, although he could basically not teach any techniques.

"It will take a while for the paint to be ready anyway, so let's see how they are doing first."

Chapter 97 The worst happened

"Generally speaking, the preparations for the cultural festival take about a week. It's not just about setting up the venue, but also about reporting and rehearsing the programs, as well as various inspections and a series of other tedious activities. Now that the executive committee members of each class have been selected, the next step is to form an executive committee to conduct a unified review and proposal on various matters."

Uesugi Sumi put on glasses for the first time in a long time. Sitting in front of the blackboard was the well-behaved Yuigahama Yui. They were now sitting in the classroom that originally belonged to the Service Club, and Uesugi Sumi was explaining the operating model of the cultural festival to Yuigahama Yui.

"Then what is particularly important here is the responsibility of the chairman of the executive committee. If he does a good job, he can coordinate the overall situation and improve all the data of the cultural festival. But don't worry, even if he does the worst, he will just become a tool for stamping. So we'd better pray that the elected chairman of the executive committee is a capable guy, or at least a normal person. Otherwise, the cultural festival will be so busy that not only the executive committee members will be busy, but also ordinary students like us will be dragged down."

Uesugi Cheng wrote all the contents on the blackboard very seriously, and drew two circles at the top for the chairman of the executive committee with special attention.

"This is exactly what the old saying goes, 'One incompetent general can tire out the entire army'! I wonder how Yuigahama-san is doing with his studies?"

Uesugi Cheng changed his serious tone and put a hint of smile at the end of his words.

"Hey, so... so amazing?! What did Uesugi-san do before?" Yuigahama Yui felt a little dizzy just by listening. Uesugi Cheng explained not only the basic organizational structure to her, but also some specific practices and techniques, and even interspersed some strange details, which made her completely confused. Did her high school classmate in front of her really go to the same high school as her? How come she had never been exposed to these things before.

"Oh, when I was studying at Shuchiin, I started helping the student council in junior high school. I also helped plan their Fengxin Festival, although I didn't help much at the time."

Yuigahama Yui was stunned by what Uesugi Sumire said casually. She had heard of the name of Shuchiin, but Uesugi Sumire not only transferred from there, but also worked in the student union there. Looking at the lazy boy in front of her, this was really hard for her to imagine.

"Oh, by the way, the duration of each event at the cultural festival is usually roughly limited. If we want to be precise to the minute, then the executive committee will organize a finale program that is easier to control the time and perfectly limit the time to the predetermined range. However, it seems that the unified cultural festival should not need to do this."

Uesugi Cheng vaguely remembered that during the last Fengshin Festival he participated in, Shirogane Miyuki, who was not yet the president at that time, lost a lot of hair because of this kind of thing.

"Hey, our dear executive committee member Hikigaya Hachiman is back from the meeting? How did the meeting go?" Uesugi Sumire looked at the open door, Hikigaya Hachiman who seemed a little silent, and Yukinoshita Yukino who simply didn't want to talk, and had a bad feeling in his heart.

"Well...I have news that you probably don't want to hear..."

"Don't play that trick on me. Just tell me. I'm only responsible for part of the class activities. This matter is not a big problem for me." Uesugi Sumiko curled his lips. It couldn't be that the guy named Sagami Minami could become the executive chairman.

"The executive chairman is Sagami Minami... How about it, are you very surprised?" Hikigaya Hachiman also seemed to be holding back anger, but could only say this with a wry smile.

"I'm testing...Okay, I can't say bad words, but how did this guy get promoted? Isn't there anyone on the executive committee who has a brain?"

Uesugi Sumiya's merciless evaluation made Yukinoshita Yukino frown a little, but she didn't say anything. She just picked up her paperback and went back to reading.

"Well, I'll say it... She came out to recommend herself, and no one had any other objections, so they just let her be the chairman." At this point, Hikigaya Hachiman glanced at Yukino secretly, and Uesugi Sumire instantly understood that there were probably some things in this that were not convenient to say here.

"Uesugi-san, Hikigaya, I think that no matter what, talking about others behind their backs is a very bad thing." It seemed that Yukinoshita Yukino finally couldn't stand their nagging about Sagami Minami, so she spoke up to remind them.

"Sorry, sorry, in that case... Hikigaya, help me with a job." Uesugi Sumiya waved his hand and very naturally pulled Hikigaya Hachiman under his command. Anyway, he was free now, so there was nothing wrong with gossiping while working.

"Also, Hikigaya...I want to take a break from the service club activities during the cultural festival."

"That's a good idea. I think so too. Also, this year's cultural festival may be a little bigger. Perhaps it's because of the disappearance case last semester that the leaders think that the atmosphere should be diluted. So we should be busier than usual."

Hikigaya Hachiman gave a reminder, then followed Uesugi Sumire out of the Service Club classroom. Although it was not convenient to say it in front of Yukinoshita herself, it was not impossible to run to a place where there was no one and talk about it.

So in the empty classroom, Hikigaya Hachiman very skillfully and naturally began to get sundries for Uesugi Sumire, and at the same time began to talk about what he was going to say.

"In other words, the student council president didn't realize that Yukinoshita and her sister had a bad relationship and kept bringing up this matter? So that's why she ended up in such a state? She's really amazing. She stepped on a landmine and didn't even notice it." Uesugi Sumira's hand shook lightly, and a piece of drawing paper jumped into the fire. Although in principle it was not allowed to make a fire in the classroom, he alone contracted the right to use the empty classroom during the cultural festival, so no one would bother him.

"Yeah, and then you know, that guy Sagami Minami hypocritically recommended himself to be the chairman. It's obvious that he knows nothing but wants to show off this experience on his resume in the future. It's so ugly." Hikigaya Hachiman curled his lips, looking very disdainful.

"I see. So what do you think of this?"

".......You have to ask the art teacher. I, a layman, can only say it's amazing." Hikigaya Hachiman took a look and then looked away. He felt a stinging sensation on his skin as if it was burned by fire. After he learned the art of night wandering, he had a clearer perception of certain things contained in Uesugi Sumika's paintings, so he had to look away.

"Is that so? Then I should try drawing something bigger." Uesugi Sumire's words gave Hikigaya Hachiman a bad feeling.

Chapter 98 Uesugi Cheng only feels irritated

"You mean by drawing it bigger..."

"Probably just use half a wall. Although my ultimate goal is to have one painting on one wall, I have to take one step at a time. You know I've just learned composition and lines, so I can only make up for my shortcomings with a lot of practice." Uesugi Sumiya said casually, and Hikigaya Hachiman couldn't help but slap his forehead. He had already started thinking about what excuse he would use to pretend to be sick and not come.

"Don't worry, this is just a technical experiment. The final product I want will definitely not be just like this."

The evil ghost in the drawing paper has a hideous look on its face, as if it is about to jump out of the paper and stab the viewers outside, but what awaits it is only merciless fire.

"I feel uneasy when you say that, but that's it. Since you've paid, I can only help you." Hikigaya Hachiman sat down helplessly. He looked back and saw that outside the window, on the opposite corridor, several girls seemed to be about to enter the Service Club.

"Oh, that looks interesting. That's... Sagami Minami, right? She's going to the Service Club at this time?"

"I can tell with my ass that nothing good is going to happen..." Hikigaya Hachiman shook his head. Although he didn't know what would happen, he always felt that the appearance of this idiot in front of Yukinoshita Yukino was like dancing in a minefield, especially the hypocritical tone of her voice.

"It has nothing to do with me anyway, it's nice to have some free time."

Then Uesugi Sumire heard the bad news from his sister.

"What did you say? Are you and your elder brother so free? You still want to come and see our cultural festival? You ask me what I do at the cultural festival? I don't do anything." Uesugi Cheng felt a stomachache when he heard the expectant tone on the phone, and quickly hung up the phone. In his already limited free time, he had to be dragged out to entertain his brothers and sisters who came to watch the show. He could only sigh that his life was not always so smooth.

"Oh, you mean Sagami Minami went to Yukinoshita for help? How dare she take on such a delicate job if she doesn't have the skills? She's just bored and wants to increase the intensity for everyone, right?"

Uesugi Sumire learned what happened yesterday from Yuigahama Yui. To put it simply, Sagami Minami, who had just become the chairman, went directly to Yukinoshita Yukino to ask for help. The reason was that she had no idea what the chairman was going to do.

However, compared to this trivial matter that had nothing to do with him, there was a more troublesome thing waiting for him now. The gray-haired girl, who was barely wearing thick glasses and whose reflection was enough to cover her eyes under the lenses, was looking at him with great anticipation.

"Do you need me to explain? Uesugi-san." Ebina, a well-known fujoshi in the class, once fantasized about horrible words like Uesugi Sumika x Hayama, Uesugi Sumika x Hikigaya that should never appear in the world. She restrained herself only after Uesugi Sumika warned and asked her to do so. But now it seems that she still has evil intentions.

"I don't think... we can finish rehearsing the drama in the scheduled time by adapting it this way. Why don't we change the project?"

"It is true, and with all due respect to this script... I think I will definitely not participate in it."