A comic book, but a librarian

"Really? What a pity..." When Ebina saw that her proposal was rejected by the two leading actors, she slumped in her chair, looking extremely depressed, like a salted fish that was about to be dried.

"But speaking of which, I have a script here. What do you think of it?" Uesugi Cheng took out "Dialogue of Others". Although the audience probably won't be able to understand the metaphors related to mysticism, as a satirical drama, it can fully provide some laughs.

"Well... first of all, it's difficult to achieve some of the effects with the time and money we have now. Also, this script is probably more difficult than the Little Prince we adapted..."

Ebina gave a very pertinent comment on the script in Uesugi Sumire's hands. Although it was a good script, they probably wouldn't be able to achieve the desired effect.

"In that case... I still won't participate, but I can help you with some logistics and other miscellaneous tasks, such as... costumes."

"Huh?! Is it okay? So Uesugi classmate knows about this? I thought only Kawasaki classmate knows about these things in the class!" Ebina seemed a little overjoyed, and Kawasaki Saki, who was called, responded a little confused.

"Yes, although it's not very impressive, it can be of some help."

Of course, it was more than just a little help. Uesugi Sumiko himself had not carefully studied any modern tailoring techniques, but the collection of books in the bookstore provided him with the power of relevant great techniques, so he had the confidence to refuse to star in the script adapted by Ebina, a veteran fujoshi.

[Sewing and Knitting LV1]: "Hehehehehehehehehehe. Hey." - Valentin DeWolfe (2 hearts, 1 moth)

And it came from a book he had just found, The Restless Tantra, which was said to be incorporated into the menacing ballet created by the avant-garde choreographer Nicholas Cale.

But he only read out this strange and great technique from it.

"Then... I'll leave it to you. As for the role left by Uesugi-san..."

Hikigaya Hachiman's expression of enjoying the show disappeared instantly, and he secretly arched his back, as if he wanted to sneak out of the classroom.

"Hachiman-san!! It's you!!"

"Ah?" Hikigaya Hachiman almost suffocated. He never expected that even after he was pulled out to be an executive committee member, Ebina still wouldn't let him go.

However, these problems did not seem to affect the happy chat of the small group of Sagami Minami next to them. After all, they had long since gotten rid of their internal class work on the grounds that they were going to work on the executive committee.

"In that case... let's decide on it for now and then submit it to the committee. There aren't many programs our class can produce." Hayato Hayama spoke with a lack of confidence as he looked at the plan in front of him that barely seemed to be accepted.

"If it doesn't work, I'll help you revise it. Now just hand over the first draft and see their feedback. Ye Shan and I will go over and hand it in."

Hayato Hayama opened his mouth in surprise but said nothing. He did not expect that Uesugi Sumire would choose to go to the executive committee with him at this time.

But he soon felt that it was a blessing in disguise that Uesugi Cheng was with him.

Because an unexpected person appeared in the committee's temporary office.

Yukinoshita Haruno was enthusiastically greeting the committee members as the Student Council Great Wall Patrol introduced her with a look of longing.

"Ah, it's that troublesome woman." Uesugi Sumiya's words made Hayama Hayato turn his head in surprise.

"I'm starting to feel irritated..."

Chapter 99: The Fuse

"It seems like we came at a bad time, right?" Uesugi Sumiko rubbed his sore eyes as he looked at Hayama Hayato, who was pretending to know nothing but seemed to be ready to run away at any time.

"Well, if you must ask me, I think we should leave here right now and come back later, but that's not realistic." Hayato Hayama lost his signature sunny smile and looked more like he was in worry.

"You still want to run? Forget it. People have seen the two of us. I don't care, but your expression tells a story. I don't think she will let you go."

To be fair, Uesugi Sumiko didn't want to see this woman named Yukinoshita Haruno at all. She perfectly fits the characteristics that Uesugi Sumiko hates the most: she smiles with a dagger behind her back, speaks with ulterior motives, and likes to pretend to be ignorant even though she knows the truth. Her family cares about her in a way that their family doesn't like.

That's right, he really couldn't stand Yukinoshita Haruno's attitude towards Yukino. It wasn't because he had any ideas about Yukino, but simply because after comparing Uesugi Saki and Yukinoshita Haruno, he really couldn't agree with Haruno's methods.

"Sorry, I was the one who called them here. Since the volunteer group was not big enough, I called Senior Haruno here." The student council was patrolling the Great Wall. With just one sentence, she made Uesugi Sumire and Hayama Hayato want to slap their foreheads at the same time.

"Isn't it said that Japan is a place that knows how to read the atmosphere? Does she really speak without thinking?"

Uesugi Sumiko spoke in a low voice, and Hayama Hayato looked around and made sure that no one heard them talking, and finally seemed unable to help but speak.

"Shiromai-senpai really did the stupidest thing this time..."

Afterwards, Hayato Hayama realized that he had said something out of turn and shut his mouth. He didn't know why, but when he talked to Uesugi Sumire, he would always unconsciously express his true thoughts.

"Have you seen the face of Yukinoshita Yukino? She looks like she's been punched and can't fight back." Uesugi Sumiko pointed at Yukino who turned her face away next to Joe Kairan. She looked like a child who refused to communicate.

"I thought you were the chairman... Then who is the chairman?"

Hayato Hayama and Sumire Uesugi looked at each other, and only then realized that Chairman Sagami Minami was not even in this room. Uesugi Sumire could not help but laugh coldly twice.

"What on earth is this person doing here? Doesn't she know what she should do?"

"Sorry, sorry, I went to class twice and came late."

Although she said sorry, there was no apology on her face and she even had a smile on her face. Sagami Minami finally arrived in the classroom late. Then she saw Yukinoshita Haruno, who looked like she was not a high school student at all, and was stunned for a moment.

"The cultural festival executive committee chairman was late for class because he was wandering around..."

When Sagami Minami heard this, he seemed to finally realize that he seemed to have made a mistake and immediately lowered his head, but seemed to want to explain something.

"that......."

"As expected, this is what the Chairman should do!"

Uesugi Sumire suppressed his laughter, while Hayama Hayato had a hopeless expression. He turned around and saw Hikigaya Hachiman who had a look of "what nonsense is this" on his face, and suddenly felt a sense of pity in his heart.

"Only the person who enjoys the cultural festival the most is qualified to be the chairman..."

Seeing that Sagami Minami seemed to have found a reasonable reason and was happy, Uesugi Sumika finally showed a relieved expression.

"A bad woman with bad intentions goes to deceive a fool, and this fool not only holds an important position but also believes it. This world is probably hopeless." Uesugi Cheng sighed and patted Hayama Hayato on the shoulder.

"I have to go back first, otherwise I'm afraid I won't be able to hold back my scolding. You can just submit this stuff yourself later..."

Hayato Hayama nodded. Not to mention Uesugi Sumire, even he almost couldn't help but open his mouth to refute. Sagami Minami actually seriously believed in this ridiculous theory that Yukinoshita Haruno got from nowhere. This made him feel helpless about the development of the upcoming cultural festival.

Hikigaya Hachiman has begun to miss the art classroom. At least when he is helping Uesugi Sumire, he doesn't have to receive spam messages, think about what to do next, or even think about what he should or shouldn't say.

Uesugi Sumiko sat in his seat. He now looked like he was lying on the table as if he was going to sleep, which seemed out of place in the noisy environment. But if Yotsuya Miko was there, she would be surprised to find that several spirits that looked exactly like Uesugi Sumiko slowly emerged from his body and began to move their bodies.

In the art classroom, the paintbrush suddenly floated up, and the paint was squeezed into the palette by itself. The canvas was unfolded and placed on the drawing board. According to the commission of the student union, Uesugi Cheng began to make the final poster for them using his soul.

"I didn't expect that making the soul move in the real world would be like this. It feels like there is a little more resistance than in the waking world... or is it outside the scope of Silent Bookstore?"

Uesugi Cheng's brush was still waving smoothly. To others, the scene that looked like another haunted incident only made Uesugi Cheng feel a sense of harmony and order. This allowed him to temporarily escape from those irritating emotions and enjoy his own creation like an ordinary painter.

"Brother, how about I come over to you?"

Hikigaya Hachiman's words The text message came a bit unexpectedly.

"What happened? Is that chairman up to something again?"

"Yukinoshita Haruno is supporting her unscrupulously. She keeps praising her no matter what she says. I feel a little sick now. If this continues, I will apply for work injury... And Sagami Minami seems to think that enjoyment is more important, so she suggested slowing down."

Hikigaya Hachiman rarely used a long string of sentences to express his dissatisfaction. Of course, Uesugi Sumiya didn't feel that there was anything wrong with his statement, but he really couldn't understand what benefit Yukinoshita Haruno got from treating her sister like this. He picked up his phone and started replying to Hikigaya Hachiman's text messages while sitting in the classroom.

"Then just enjoy it. If you really feel disgusted, just quit."

"No, that guy said a lot of polite words and ran away, and Yukinoshita Haruno did the same. If we don't stay here and work now, the whole cultural festival will be ruined."

Hikigaya Hachiman put down his phone with some pain. The documents in front of him had begun to pile up. Even though his energy and concentration were beyond ordinary people after studying, he couldn't help feeling helpless.

Of course, he didn't expect that this incident in the morning would eventually act as a fuse to ignite everything.

Chapter 100 Detonation

It was a great afternoon if everything went according to plan.

Uesugi Sumiko put down his paintbrush. While the executive committee members were decorating the cultural festival with various posters and other materials in the morning, he was working overtime in the art classroom. This was a small price to pay for being able to use the art classroom exclusively during the cultural festival. He helped the executive committee with posters and various art materials. When the art club members heard about this, they almost immediately vacated the classroom for him, and even asked considerately if anyone needed an assistant or if he wanted to accept apprentices.

"Oh, it's finally done. The next step is to submit it to the executive committee... Forget it, let's find someone to help me take the things over." Uesugi Cheng wiped the sweat off his forehead. After he finished all the work today, he could enjoy his cultural festival. Whether he concentrated on his studies or enjoyed the activities, it would not be affected in any way.

"Oh, just in time. I didn't expect you to pass by here, Ye Shan. How about helping me move these things over?"

Hayato Hayama, who was holding the form, looked startled. He didn't expect that someone would jump out of the art classroom where no one was, but when he saw it was Uesugi Sumire, he nodded immediately.

"No problem, what are these?"

"Oh, the things the Executive Committee wants... To be honest, these people's needs are really weird. If I didn't have some skills, I would have been out of business long ago." Uesugi Sumira experienced the pain of taking large orders as the second party, but when he thought of the upcoming vacation, he put aside his dissatisfaction and asked Hayato Hayama to pull the small trailer with him to the classroom where the Executive Committee was located.

"You look very busy, Hikigaya. What's going on? Normally, no matter how ignorant you are, you shouldn't let things pile up to this extent, right?"

Uesugi Sumire took a look and the whole classroom seemed very busy, but he found that he couldn't tell what they were busy with, so he approached and saw that it was Hikigaya Hachiman who was struggling with data and miscellaneous items.

"As expected, it's because I seriously rejected Sagami-san's proposal."

The Johkai Patrolman next to her looked at Yukinoshita Yukino, who was extremely busy but the number of documents on her desk had not decreased at all. He muttered to himself with a hint of apology, then turned to look at Uesugi Sumire.

"Um... classmate, as for those posters, just leave them there. If there are any changes that need to be made, we will contact you then."

"What do you mean by 'again...'" Uesugi Sumiya frowned. Hikigaya's heart suddenly tightened. For no reason, he felt uneasy.

"That's it... that... because the chairman is not here, we can't check the needs for the time being, so we can only..."

"So I have no choice but to suffer again, right? Where's the chairman? Don't tell me...she went out to play?" Uesugi Sumiya's words were so sharp that Joe Kaipan looked like a small animal being hunted by a wild beast. He shrank his body and trembled a little.

Hayato Hayama had originally planned to say a few words to Hikigaya Hachiman and Yukinoshita Yukino, but the moment he saw this situation happen, he realized some not-so-good possibilities.

"Um...the chairman..."

"By the way, is this the reason why you gave most of the work to Yukinoshita Yukino alone? A chairperson who can neither take responsibility, nor do her job well, and can't even show up where she's supposed to be at the appointed time? What's the point of having her?"

"Uesugi-san, please be careful with your words... and I volunteered for this."

"I don't care whether you volunteered or not. This is undoubtedly a disaster of project management. Everyone who caused this should shoulder their own responsibilities and reflect on why they are here. Is it because it can make your resume look good? Do you know that your arrangement of manpower is undoubtedly a waste of the time of the entire school's clubs and volunteer groups?"

Uesugi Cheng was very restrained from saying bad words, otherwise he would have started to curse. If something like this happened in Shuchi Academy, the student union would be pressured by a group of clubs.

"that......"

The atmosphere gradually became tense, and the people who were still working here were obviously very dissatisfied with the boy who broke in and spoke nonsense, but there seemed to be nothing offensive in what he said.

"Hello everyone! Sorry I'm late." Sagami Minami's happy voice was heard along with the sound of the door being opened. Hikigaya Hachiman suddenly realized what made him so uneasy, but it was too late. He could only pray that Sagami Minami would not be in too much trouble later.

"Sagami-san, please sign and stamp here. The errors and omissions have been corrected." Yukinoshita Yukino seemed unaffected. She took out the document and the seal and handed it over.

"Well, the seal is already in your hands anyway, why don't I just give it to you and you can stamp it yourself."

Sagami Minami picked up the document and began to stamp it, saying these words in a very frivolous manner.

"What's the point of having a piece of trash like you?"

"Eh?" Sagami Minami hadn't realized that he seemed to be scolded.

"Wait..." Hayato Hayama wanted to speak to ease the atmosphere, but unexpectedly Hikigaya Hachiman suddenly tripped him.

"I say, what's the point of having a committee chairman like you who is as useless as a piece of trash and shouldn't be here? Are you going to make everyone busier?"

"You...what are you talking about? I'm obviously trying very hard..." Sagami Minami moved her lips twice. Faced with such sharp accusations, she was obviously panicked.

"Oh, I really can't help it. Seeing a stupid and useless person like you standing here wasting my time... How can I be so naive to believe that you can get things done?"

For some unknown reason, Uesugi Cheng came in front of Sagami Minami, and before her mixed emotions of confusion, anger and surprise could be released, he took the seal from her hand. No one even saw how he did it.

"You know what? The only difference between you and a cow is that a cow at least knows how to stick to the position it's supposed to be at, instead of being an idiot and throwing the chairman's responsibilities to others as if it has nothing to do."

Uesugi Cheng threw the seal to the side. Just as someone was about to rush over to catch it, a furry Maine Coon cat that appeared in the classroom out of nowhere pressed down the seal with its paw.

"By the way, the cow I was talking about is the cat in the classroom right now."

Chapter 101 Tyrant

"I can now see that the cat should play a bigger role than Sagami Minami..."

Hikigaya Hachiman's words made Hayama Hayato a little dumbfounded. After all, Sagami Minami was a healthy teenager. Why was he even worse than Maine in Hikigaya?

"See for yourself, that cat not only provides emotional value, but also stamps with its tail and paws."

Following Hikigaya's finger, Hayato Hayama was surprised to see a rare scene. After the long-haired Maine Coon fixed the seal with its furry tail, it actually began to press it down with its brain. The intelligence revealed in its behavior could probably be considered a genius among cats.

Then he saw an even more amazing scene. The place where the cat stamped was exactly the document that needed to be approved. It even used its paws to flip over the page and prepared to stamp the next page.

"See, you're not willing to do the work that my cat can handle. Why don't you tell me what you can do?" Uesugi Cheng pointed at the cow, his tone becoming more and more kind, but the content of his words was difficult to accept.

"I...I just stood up because...no one else chose me...I don't know what to do..."

"That's right. Xiaonan only decided to step forward out of kindness and the desire to help everyone get into work faster. How could you do this?" As if she had found an excuse, her good friend began to chime in.

"Is that so? Then I have something to say. Since you feel that you can't stand up and can't do anything, how about just stepping down from the position of chairman? After all, no matter where we are, we all value efficiency, right?"

Uesugi Cheng's meaning was very clear. Either she got off the stage, or she honestly picked up all her work again.

"But...but I really don't know how to do it, and I need to learn...and now let me..."

Sagami Minami originally wanted to ask where to find a replacement, but she wisely closed her mouth before she opened her mouth, because she found that with regard to what she was doing, it seemed that replacing her with a cat would make no difference.

"Why, have you finally realized that your current status is even worse than that of a cat? I don't want to sound harsh. Since you feel that you have no intention and can't do anything, let's make a decision happily. After returning the seal to the Executive Committee, quietly walk out of this classroom and go to 'enjoy' your favorite cultural festival. Everything here has nothing to do with you anymore."