Uesugi Cheng's words gradually became more serious, and he looked like a king who could not be disobeyed at all. In order to make himself more persuasive, he even raised [Fortitude] as his current dominant soul quality.

"So... do you have any opinions on my proposal? By the way, you can report what I did today and let the teacher decide. It would be a good idea."

"No one would do that... They don't have anyone who stands out, otherwise Sagami Minami wouldn't have become the chairman." Hikigaya's low muttering made Hayato Hayama feel a chill on his back. He seemed to be watching a fight without weapons.

"Wait...even if that's the case, what about the next job...and Nan didn't do nothing, did she? Why are you doing this?" The female classmate who looked indignant was met with Uesugi Cheng's smiling face.

"I can take over the next job..."

Before Uesugi Sumire finished speaking, many people showed expressions of "I see". However, even Yukinoshita, whose attention had just been focused on the Maine Coon cat protecting the seal, and Hayama Hayato, who didn't know Uesugi Sumire at all, could feel that this was definitely not his purpose.

"What?... You just want to be the chairman, right?"

"No, what I mean is... I will only take over the work and power, and I won't be named in name only. In fact, I don't want the title of chairman. Only people like you would be obsessed with such an empty title, right?"

Uesugi Cheng glanced back and was not at all surprised by the other party's words.

"And if you're worried, we can just post it. Post what everyone did in this cultural festival, who made which decision, who confirmed it, and who was responsible for it. It's a completely open and transparent accountability system. Since you're the chairman, I'm sure you've done a lot of work, right?"

"you......"

The faces of several girls around Sagami Minami froze, including herself, who began to feel embarrassed. After all, she knew best what she had done in the past few days. If what Uesugi Cheng said was true, she would probably be embarrassed in front of the whole school and even the entire volunteer group.

"Allow me to ask you something. Uesugi-san, have you ever had this kind of planning experience before? It may be hard to hear, but I don't think the executive committee needs another person who knows nothing."

Yukinoshita looked up in surprise. She did not expect that Hikigaya Hachiman would stand up and question Uesugi Sumire at this time. This made many people feel like they had found their backbone. They nodded and agreed with Hikigaya Hachiman's idea. However, Yukinoshita Yukino could only watch the situation without even a wry smile.

"Ah, no wonder... I was fooled by their cooperation."

"Of course, I transferred from Shuchiin... I used to be the executive planner and committee member of the Fengxin Festival. If you want to verify it, you can directly ask the student union of Shuchiin... I believe you don't think that the vice president of Shuchiin has any reason to lie to you."

Yukinoshita shook her head. The vice-president of the student union of Shuchiin was referring to Miss Shinomiya. With her identity and status, there was really no need for her to lie.

"And if you really don't trust me, how about letting me try first? Right now... let me take over the job here."

Ignoring Sagami Minami's grim expression, Uesugi Sumiko stood next to the seats of the executive committee with his usual smile.

"Well, please take your seats, and let's see what the Executive Committee can do."

As if he did not need the consent and opinions of others at all, Uesugi Cheng expressed his "inauguration thoughts" like an arbitrary tyrant, and then completely ignored the former executive chairman named Sagami Minami and began to handle the remaining work.

"You guy...why can't you choose better..." Looking at Hikigaya who had no expression at all, Hayato Hayama suddenly felt powerless.

Chapter 102: The Chairman Is Empowered

Hikigaya looked at the dwindling number of documents in front of him and vaguely felt himself breaking out in a cold sweat. It was not because of the pressure from work. In fact, he felt that his current work intensity was the easiest in the past few days.

"Yes, change this one. This one won't pass. I'll send that document back and have them format it in a qualified format. No problem. Let's do this and let them arrange it."

Uesugi Sumira, who was sitting in the executive chairman's seat, really looked like an autocratic tyrant, but the people under his command did not feel any discomfort at all.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the errors and omissions in this document have been pointed out. Please revise them according to the standards. And Hikigaya, the documents sent to you are the final records and reviews. If there are any questions, please send them back to me."

Everyone unconsciously bowed to Uesugi Cheng, regardless of status or power, just because he was "right", every word he said had a basis, every matter was mentioned, and all they had to do was follow his requirements. The entire executive committee was forcibly put together by Uesugi Cheng alone, and began to exert the administrative efficiency it should have.

"What a terrifying persuasiveness... the majesty of a tyrant combined with the ability of a wise man... is that the way to put it?" Hikigaya talked to himself as if he was complaining, but he spoke very softly now, because in just these few short hours, Uesugi Sumire had become the backbone of most of the executive committee members. As long as they asked questions, they would get definite answers and feasible decisions. No one could escape from this comfortable and intimate feeling.

"Ding ding ding ding ding..." The preset alarm clock rang, and the executive committee members present were surprised to find that their work efficiency had really increased a lot, and it even seemed to be a little faster than they had originally expected. Happy smiles appeared on their faces.

"As expected of a graduate of Shuchiin...she's really amazing." Hikigaya Hachiman heard such words starting to come out of his ears. Correspondingly, Sagami Minami, who had stayed here with the idea of ​​​​reluctance at first, had already left secretly. Well, it can't be said to be sneaky, she left openly, but when she left, everyone was already immersed in work, and except for a few girls in her small group, no one paid attention to their actions, as if they were the ones who were in the way.

"You mean the executive chairman... forget it. If we let her come, we'll probably have to work ourselves to death to meet the deadline. Where are we going after school? Should we buy comics first or play ball first?"

"Very good, that guy has already grasped the righteousness and the people's hearts in his hands... Then there is only one problem left."

Although there were probably no problems for others, there was still one problem left for Hikigaya, so he stopped Uesugi Sumire who seemed to be about to go home.

"There's really no need for you to get involved in this matter, right? After all... that idiot will fall down on his own." Hikigaya Hachiman was a little puzzled. Uesugi Sumire was indeed very indifferent to things that had nothing to do with him. No matter how you look at it, the matter of Sagami Minami seemed to have nothing to do with him, who was not a member of the executive committee at all.

"I took over the job for less than a few hours and found that it was full of hidden dangers... Do you know how I really wanted to call her back and scold her? Seriously, are you really seriously considering her wild and completely worthless suggestions?"

Uesugi Cheng snorted coldly, yawned, and then suddenly became lazy, completely lacking the sharpness he had just had.

"I really don't want to get involved, but do you know that the final consequence of what they are doing now is that the entire cultural festival will become a huge makeshift team that may fall apart at any time and need to be replaced. I am an outsourced employee and no exception. Do you think it's fun to suddenly receive a notice asking me to come back to save the day when I am in immersive practice in two days?"

"That's all the reasons. There's no more. Anyway, just think of me as a patient with paranoia and mania, but without the physical aggression."

Uesugi Cheng waved his hand, picked up his bag, and left in a cool manner.

"Hikigaya-san, the cooperation was good, wasn't it?" Yukinoshita Yukino walked in and looked at Hikigaya Hachiman with a calm expression.

"This is also for the good of the entire committee, otherwise..."

Yukinoshita Yukino tilted her head in confusion, then clapped her hands lightly as if she had realized something.

"Otherwise, Hikigaya-kun will start doing things that he shouldn't do again, right? In that case, Uesugi-kun actually did a good thing."

It was rare for Yukinoshita Yukino not to say that Uesugi Sumire was wrong. In fact, she was also a little distressed. Uesugi Sumire's methods of doing things could be said to be terrible, but all the results showed that the choice he made was completely correct and could even be said to be the most appropriate.

"That's it, it's good for both of us... I don't want to see something go wrong and we have to figure out how to fix it."

It was rare for Yukinoshita Yukino to agree with Hikigaya's point of view. Of course, she had something else she wanted to say, but she was too embarrassed to speak it out.

"That...Uesugi-san's cat..."

"Oh, that, I don't know. He should have started keeping cats recently. But that cat is really smart..." Hikigaya shook his head. This was the first time he had seen a cat that could help people stamp stamps in his more than ten years of life.

Just like that, in a corner where no one cared, Sagami Minami, the former executive chairman, seemed to have been forgotten. At most, someone would contact her to attend some meetings and give speeches at the opening and closing ceremonies. After all, she was still the elected chairman in name. If Uesugi Sumire did not intend to take over this position, they could only bite the bullet and let this already sidelined chairman take the stage.

As for Uesugi Sumire.

"We said this at the beginning, didn't we? I won't put my name on the work. Now the work is almost done, you guys just need to follow the steps to do the rest. Don't tell me you can't do a job that's as difficult as filling in 1+1=2."

"As for the problems you mentioned, classmate, do they have anything to do with me? You chose this person yourself. I am only here to protect my own interests. Shouldn't you handle your own affairs?"

Uesugi Cheng shook his head. In fact, he had also arranged a program for himself in this cultural festival, which made him feel a little restless again.

Chapter 103: Uesugi Cheng's Thoughts

"I say, why are you guys opening this place?"

Uesugi Sumire sat next to Sagami Minami. Obviously, the sign of executive chairman was placed in front of Sagami Minami, but it seemed that she could only sit in her seat like a wooden sculpture, because almost everyone reported to Uesugi Sumire.

"Probably... the slogan for the cultural festival? Because no one could decide on the slogan for this cultural festival, so we brought everyone together to discuss it, including you, Uesugi-san. After all, you have done so much, and everyone wants to hear your opinion."

Even the usually gentle Joekai Pan seemed to have unintentionally ignored Sagami Minami, which made her even more uneasy.

"......Chairman, do you have any comments?"

Hikigaya thought of a metaphor that was not very appropriate but he really couldn't help thinking about it. Uesugi Sumire was now just like Cao Cao asking Emperor Xian of Han for his opinion on something.

"Is there any difference between this and a powerful minister... You don't have to surrender so quickly?" Hikigaya Hachiman looked around, and except for Yukinoshita Yukino's expression which didn't change at all, Yukinoshita Haruno's face which had a playful expression, and Hiratsuka Shizuka's look of "what the hell just happened?", everyone turned their eyes to Uesugi Sumire, as if they unconditionally trusted the answer given by this person.

"this and that......"

Because Uesugi Sumika threw the question to Sagami Minami, everyone's attention was focused on her, making Sagami Minami, who was originally daydreaming and feeling aggrieved and annoyed, feel a little breathless.

"Enough!! Why are you asking for my opinion now?! Is it because this guy asked me? Is there any need for me to be in this meeting? You all listen to him anyway, right? I've had enough!!"

For some reason, Sagami Minami suddenly seemed to collapse. He threw the seal aside, opened the door and ran out without looking back.

"Heh..." A sneer came from the classroom. Everyone was a little surprised at Sagami Minami's sudden outburst and seemed a little at a loss, but Hikigaya saw clearly that Yukinoshita Haruno showed an expression as if she saw something boring and sneered just now.

"It seems that the fool has had enough of the performance and no longer finds it interesting... or the fool's performance can no longer make her feel interesting. How pitiful." Hikigaya Hachiman couldn't help but make some malicious guesses. Of course, he still looked as steady as a rock sitting in his seat. If he hadn't sat upright, someone might have thought he had fallen asleep. The corner of Hayato Hayama's mouth twitched next to him. He felt that it would be better if he hadn't heard these words.

“Well, Shirokai-senpai, could you please go and find him? For now, if you don’t plan to elect a new chairman, it would be better to invite him back. Everyone else, do you have any ideas for the promotional slogan?”

Uesugi Sumika didn't look like he was about to be hit in the face by the seal. He bent down, picked up the seal that fell on the ground and placed it next to the chairman's sign, and then continued to speak as if nothing had happened. Seeing Uesugi Sumika assigning tasks in such a leisurely manner, everyone quickly got rid of the feeling of being overwhelmed and quickly returned to work.

"What a terrible junior. It's interesting that there is such a student in your class, Jing." Yukinoshita Haruno secretly poked Hiratsuka Shizuka next to her with her elbow and said with a relaxed look, but her eyes gradually became serious.

"Vice Chairman Yukinoshita, what do you think of those slogans just now? I personally don't have any inspiration for things like propaganda slogans." Uesugi Sumire readily admitted that he really didn't have any ideas, then turned around and asked Yukinoshita Yukino.

“Although your slogans are very creative, but…”

"I understand. Vice Chairman Yukinoshita has reservations now, so I will personally propose a slogan now. Whether it is adopted depends on your opinions. Since it is a cultural festival, in addition to showcasing the characteristics and culture of this school, I think what we should do more is to let visitors and students of our school have an... interesting cultural festival."

"So the slogan I personally proposed is, please come and join us in this interesting cultural festival banquet... Sorry, it sounds a bit weird, I will modify the wording, please enjoy our cultural festival happily together."

"A party? So this is what he thought. It's really crazy, but just right..." Yukinoshita Haruno thought of this and raised her hand at the right time, attracting everyone's attention.

"I think it's great. After all, the cultural festival is for everyone. It would be meaningless if everyone can't have fun, right?"

"Sorry, let me add one more thing. Although it's a pity, the executive committee members will not be able to fully enjoy the entire cultural festival. Please be mentally prepared. What we have to do is to let everyone who comes to Tonghe enjoy this cultural festival. For this, we will have to make certain sacrifices."

After hearing what Yukinoshita Haruno said, Uesugi Sumire thought that this woman was indeed a bit annoying and had to emphasize the matter again. Seeing the executive committee members nodding in understanding, he did not look at Haruno, but looked at the documents in front of him.

Yang No was not angry after hitting a snag. She sat back with a smile and said nothing more. This kind of thing should be done in moderation. She didn't want to offend the youngest son of the Uesugi family. It was obvious that the acting chairman in front of her would not be angry over such a small matter.

Without the presence of people who get in the way, the efficiency of the executive committee reached a level of efficiency that Shizuka Hiratsuka could not possibly understand. She even thought she had walked into the office of a large company team that had been working together for a long time.

"Then everyone please do your job. I have finished my part of the work today, so I will take my leave now. Finally, I wish you all a happy cultural festival."

Then, something even more unimaginable happened to Hiratsuka Shizuka. Uesugi Sumire, who seemed to be in the position of the shadow emperor, the shogun, left in such a casual manner without any sign of nostalgia. He left behind plans for everyone's work and then turned and left.

Although the person in charge had left, the room committee members were still working in an orderly manner, making it look like an automated factory.

"No...I just wasn't here for two days. What happened?"

Until Haruno left with a smile on her face, Shizuka Hiratsuka still hadn't figured out what had happened in the past two days, so she simply found Hikigaya, who seemed to be working very hard but was actually cheating, and questioned him.

Chapter 104: Missing Uesugi Cheng

"Hikigaya, you look very free."

"No, no, no, I'm very busy. If you have something to say, please tell me now, or wait until work is over..." Hikigaya Hachiman's heart skipped a beat. He had guessed what Hiratsuka Shizuka wanted to ask, but he didn't want to say anything. He could only use these words to drag it out, and then find a chance to slip away.

"Then let me make it short. What happened in the past two days? I remember Sagami was the chairman. Why did Uesugi make her like this? And your work..." Shizuka Hiratsuka wanted to light a cigarette in annoyance, but the atmosphere in the classroom was so bad that she couldn't even light a cigarette. If she didn't lower her voice enough, she felt that she would become the one who was hindering the work.

"Why don't you go ask Sagami about this in person? I think this is a good idea..." Hikigaya tried his best to look extremely busy and could only respond with a few words casually.

"......." Shizuka Hiratsuka looked at Hachiman Hikigaya in silence, and finally decided to put the questioning session after the cultural festival. The primary goal now is indeed to ensure the normal operation of the cultural festival. After all, a lot of effort has been put into this matter from top to bottom, and they can't let down in this link.

"Where's Uesugi?"

"I don't know. He always leaves by himself after work. After all, his efficiency is a little faster than ours."

Although it was only a little bit, looking at the expressions of those people in the classroom, if it was just a little bit faster, they would not be so impressed as to worship him.

Uesugi Cheng was certainly not idle. He was making some small preparations to prevent some possible unexpected events, for example...

At a certain corner, Uesugi Sumiko's soul seemed to have left his body and went on a completely different path from him. [Ming Shi] easily found his target, ran to the rooftop and looked at the sun outside, like a very decadent Sagami Minami.

"Ah, you don't look like you're reflecting on yourself, but what does that have to do with me? Anyway, I'm not a pushover like Hiratsuka Shizuka, so I just hope you don't affect my plans."

Sagami Minami's eyes blurred, as if a strong light hit her face directly. She subconsciously covered her eyes, and her heart was full of dissatisfaction with Uesugi Cheng. She didn't understand why everyone was so harsh and relentless towards her when she was just a little slack. She had obviously been reflecting on herself, but they were completely unwilling to give her a chance.

"So it's here, Sagami-san, please come back with me." Joe Huan Xun finally found Sagami Minami. She had tried very hard to look for her everywhere, but due to some minor misleadings, she still wasted a lot of time.

However, at this time, Uesugi Cheng's soul had already completed its mission and was floating silently in a place where no one could see it.

After these few days, Sagami Minami seemed particularly calm, as if she had accepted her own incompetence, and sat in the classroom as a mascot with peace of mind. Of course, only she knew that she didn't want to do this.

"What a joke... I... I don't want to go up and give a speech. The preparations for the cultural festival... weren't done by me." Her heart was roaring, as if persuading her to do something crazy, which was to flee the speech scene. Anyway, the cultural festival could still go on without her, so why should she stay here and be laughed at?

However, when she was standing backstage and the prelude was about to end and she was about to escape, she heard a faint whisper in her ears, followed by a brilliant light that blinded her eyes again. She suddenly felt dizzy and as if she was about to fall.

"Well... Next! Please invite the executive chairman of the cultural festival to come to the stage and give a speech."

"Go, go, why...why can't I move my legs?" Sagami Minami felt as if her legs weighed a thousand pounds, and there was no part of her body that she could control.

Then, the next second, the corners of her mouth curled up in a strange angle, as if she was smiling. She was startled and then seemed to realize something, but her brief moment of clarity soon ended again. In a daze, she only felt the light above her head swaying and hitting her body.

Hikigaya Hachiman half-crouched in front of the stage, watching Sagami Minami slowly walk out, rubbed his eyes, and rubbed his eyes again after careful confirmation. He felt that he was probably really busy with work, how could he see an evil spirit that looked like Uesugi Sumire confusing Sagami Minami.

Yotsuya Miko also saw this rare scene. She blinked her eyes and watched what happened and instinctively wanted to do something. Then she saw her classmates around her and her best friend Yurikawa Hana who seemed to be concerned about her sudden frightened expression. She could only suppress her doubts temporarily and planned to ask Uesugi Sumire later.

"Hello, can everyone hear me? This is the executive chairman..." Sagami Minami's tone was appropriate and her movements were elegant. She really looked like a chairman. If you ignore her somewhat weird, as if she was being manipulated, she did not have the low-pressure look before going on stage. Even Jonghyun and Yukinoshita Yukino were a little amazed.

When Sagami Minami came to her senses again, she was holding the microphone, and the people on the other side had changed from Yukinoshita Yukino, who was in charge of backstage work, to members of the executive committee. They seemed to be encouraging her wonderful speech, but...

"What did I do?" Sagami Minami looked at her microphone in confusion. She didn't even know what had happened. She only knew that the speech seemed to be over, and she still couldn't do anything.

At the end of the chairman's speech, which marked the beginning of the carnival of the cultural festival, Hikigaya Hachiman sat silently in front of his class. He felt that his life was becoming more and more miserable, although he was slightly relieved that the person on duty with him was Totsuka Ayaka.

"Eh, you didn't see him at all? It's like he disappeared? But if I remember correctly... there's a program in the program for tomorrow's open day that Uesugi-san will be leading, right? If he disappeared at this time?"

Joe Wai-pan went to their class with a few executive committee members, looking a little worried. According to them, Uesugi Sumiya was exactly as he said before taking over the job. He disappeared without a trace after the cultural festival started. Although he did help the committee a lot, it cannot be denied that his disappearance now brought direct trouble to the committee.

"Is that so? Then I can only help you look for it, but I don't know if I can find it..."

Hikigaya Hachiman bit the nail of his thumb. Although he guessed where Uesugi Sumire would be, he had no idea about his mysterious style or what he would do next. He could only hope that he would not fall into his own paranoia at this time.

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