In the anime, people are in everyday Tokyo, but they are playing the reincarnation game

"What I want to talk to you about today is very simple. I will be running for this student union. I will be the president, Qianhua will be the secretary, and I would like to invite you to take the position of vice president."

Having said that, without waiting for Asagiri to give a rejection response, Shinomiya Kaguya immediately spoke.

"Don't worry. Although I've invited you to be vice president, you won't have to deal with the tedious daily work of the student union. You'll just be in the title of vice president. If you can become vice president of the student union, Mr. Ashikaga will have more say in the board of directors. From your personal perspective, you seem to enjoy the feeling of winning. Participating in the student union election should be very interesting to you."

"so..."

There was a hint of nervousness and anticipation in Kaguya Shinomiya's ruby-like eyes. She lowered her head, not wanting Asagiri beside her to notice, and just spoke softly.

"Please think about it."

002 The Undercurrent of Shuchiin

After hearing what Shinomiya Kaguya said, Asagiri did not respond immediately, but asked back in a flat tone.

"You just said you were running for the position of student council president? If I remember correctly, there's no precedent in the history of Shuchi Academy where a freshman who just entered high school has become the student council president."

Shinomiya Kaguya nodded and spoke in a calm tone.

"You're right. And let me add one more thing. Not only has there been no precedent for a successful election, but since the founding of Private Shuchiin Academy, there has never been a precedent for a freshman directly running for the position of student council president. I'm the first."

The student union of the private Shuchiin Academy is completely different from the student unions of ordinary universities, which spend all day dealing with club activities and funding allocation, helping students solve personal problems, and are like playing house.

The Shuchiin Student Union has great power, including but not limited to allowing school teachers to set up additional courses, deciding the location of school trips, sponsoring funds for school clubs, and even influencing the way the school is run to a certain extent.

However, just like the student unions at regular universities, the election for the student union president position is ultimately just a competition.

That is the candidate's support on campus.

Demonstrating personal abilities and talking about future plans, all these actions during the campaign are just to increase one's support among other students.

Compared with students in higher grades, freshmen have a natural disadvantage. On the one hand, even Kaguya Shinomiya, a pure academy student, has just been promoted to the high school department and is not that familiar with Shuchiin High School.

On the other hand, if a freshman becomes the student union president right after entering high school, the senior students would feel somewhat embarrassed. After all, they are the seniors. If a junior who has just enrolled becomes the student union president, doesn’t that mean that they are not even as good as the junior freshmen who have just enrolled?

Therefore, it is difficult to gain the support of senior students.

The most important thing is that senior students who already serve as student union presidents will also participate in the spring election. As long as they have not made particularly serious mistakes, most students are still willing to support them.

"Normally, the process for becoming student council president is to join the existing student council in your first year, serve as the incumbent's assistant, familiarize yourself with the daily work of the student council, and build up your reputation. Then, in your second year, you can run for student council president. With the experience and reputation you've accumulated over the past year, you'll ultimately win."

Asagiri looked at Shinomiya Kaguya who looked serious and said with a smile.

"Losing an election is truly humiliating. You're someone who values your image so much, always displaying the dignity expected of the eldest daughter of the Shinomiya family, never revealing any flaws. Why would you risk embarrassment in front of the entire school by running for student council president at this time?"

"I..."

Seeing that Kaguya Shinomiya did not answer directly, Asagiri stood up and said in a calm tone.

"You come to me for cooperation, but you're not even willing to explain the motives behind your actions? With that attitude, I'm afraid it'll be hard for me to agree to your request. Goodbye."

"Wait a moment!"

In a hurry, Kaguya Shinomiya stretched out her hand, as if she wanted to grab Asagiri's sleeve to stop him from leaving, but when her hand was halfway out, she reacted, stopped her action, put the lunch box on her legs to the side of the bench, then stood up and said softly.

"I need the position of student council president... because I need a legitimate reason to stay in school after school. I must be the student council president with the power to make decisions. I also need the student council office as a place of absolute privacy. As for why I need it..."

Kaguya Shinomiya pursed her lips, her eyes revealing a complex look.

"I can't tell you this. I don't want to implicate you."

"That's it..."

Asagiri replied without comment, looked at Shinomiya Kaguya and smiled.

"I'll consider it, but before I give you an answer, I need to discuss it with Ashikaga Miwa."

Shinomiya Kaguya nodded slightly, tucked her long hair by her ears, and said softly.

"Well... the candidate list won't be submitted until next week, so just give me your answer before this Friday."

"OK, then I'll leave first."

"See you."

Looking at Asagiri's receding figure, Kaguya Shinomiya breathed a sigh of relief, looked towards the bushes beside her, and said lightly.

"Come out, stop hiding."

As Kaguya Shinomiya finished speaking, a blonde girl with blue manicure, a jacket tied around her waist, looking very fashionable and dressed in a gyaru style, stood up from behind the bushes.

"You were able to spot me! Has my disguise skills deteriorated?"

Hearing the slightly puzzled words of the blonde girl, a rare smile appeared on Shinomiya Kaguya's beautiful face, and she couldn't help laughing.

"Actually, I didn't notice you at all. It's just that this was the only obstruction within the area where we could hear our conversation, so I said that on purpose. I didn't expect that I could actually trick you out."

"How cunning."

Shinomiya Kaguya pursed her lips and smiled, then asked curiously.

"By the way, since you heard my conversation with Utsunomiya-san, what is your impression of him?"

"Impression..."

Hayasaka Ai gently tapped her chin with her white index finger, recalling the scene just now and answered.

"He treats you like an ordinary person, seemingly not considering you the eldest daughter of the Shinomiya family at all. He's also very good at negotiation, always taking the initiative in the conversation. His personality seems a bit eccentric and frivolous, but also has a complexity that is difficult to see through and predict. Most importantly..."

Hayasaka Ai paused for a moment before speaking.

"I have a feeling he's already noticed me, but he just hasn't said anything. Utsunomiya Asagiri... This person gives me the feeling of being unpredictable and dangerous."

"I'm feeling it too."

Shinomiya Kaguya nodded, thinking that Utsunomiya-san was indeed a very dangerous person. After all, he had just said that no matter what he did, he did it out of interest and did not consider the practical reasons too much. This kind of pure fun-loving person was the most unpredictable.

"Even so, I do need his help, as well as Ashikaga Miwa's, and in my eyes..."

Shinomiya Kaguya was silent for a while, then spoke softly.

"Utsunomiya-san's help is more important than the help of Ashikaga Miwa, who is a member of the board of directors."

..............

Later, in Ashikaga Miwa's office.

"I had the monsters check. The person who posted the online comment about the death game... is dead. The Osaka Metropolitan Police investigated the crime scene and determined it was a homicide. Aside from the deceased's usual cell phone, nothing was stolen. The Metropolitan Police are investigating, but haven't made any progress."

After hearing the investigation results reported by Iwanaga Kotoko, Asagiri nodded noncommittally and then asked.

"What was the cause of death?"

"The victim's throat was cut with a sharp weapon, and he died from excessive blood loss. Judging from the modus operandi, the murderer did not use any special force."

"I see."

Asagiri smiled nonchalantly and spoke in a relaxed tone.

"Tracking the murderer is the Metropolitan Police Department's business, and has nothing to do with us. However, what is certain now is that someone has begun exploiting that hidden law. Whether it's for props and equipment, or for the player's identity registration rights, in short, someone has already started taking action in the real world."

Upon hearing this, Yuuki Asuna looked worried and murmured.

"There's no problem for the three of us. We have Ashikaga-sensei, a member of the school board, to help cover for us. Asagiri and I live alone, and Kotoko's family won't ask too much about her affairs. But as for Kei..."

"Do not worry."

Kotoko Iwanaga raised her hand, patted Asuna Yuuki's shoulder, and comforted her with a smile.

"So far, we have been very cautious in our actions. I had already thought of this and instructed the monsters around Private Toyosaki Academy and Kei's residence to report to me immediately if they see anything suspicious or someone suspicious, so there is no need to worry."

Yuuki Asuna breathed a sigh of relief and smiled.

"Ah That's good."

Kotoko Iwanaga not only possesses the abilities that are rewarded after clearing the dungeon, but her most important and crucial ability is that she can command the monsters in the real world. Although she cannot order them to attack humans, she can still let them do things like investigate, guard, and gather intelligence.

Her ability is enough to give the team many intelligence advantages, but in return, she also needs to help the monsters handle commissions.

"After school today, let's get Hui together to discuss our next plan."

Hearing Yuuki Asuna's suggestion, Asagiri nodded.

"Okay, let's also have a party to celebrate the successful completion of the first dungeon in the second phase."

Yuuki Asuna smiled gently: "Well, I'll email her later."

Just then, there was a steady knock on the door.

Asagiri stood up and walked over to open the door, and saw Ashikaga Miwa standing outside, wearing a professional suit and gold-rimmed glasses, and dressed as meticulously and seriously as ever.

"Utsunomiya-san, I want to talk to you."

Asagiri smiled and nodded, then turned sideways.

"That's right, I have something to talk to you about."

Seeing this, Yuuki Asuna and Iwanaga Kotoko both stood up tactfully.

"Then we'll go have lunch first."

After Yuuki Asuna and Iwanaga Kotoko left, Ashikaga Miwa walked to the large desk and sat in her seat.

Then, Ashikaga Miwa looked at Asagiri sitting on the black leather sofa and spoke slowly.

"Utsunomiya-san, you..."

"Are you a player?"

003 Helper

Faced with Ashikaga Miwa's sudden question, Asagiri did not show any panic on her face, but nodded directly.

"Since you even know the word 'player', it means you already have a certain understanding of the game that's going on."

"As expected... you are a player..."

Although Asagiri's affirmative answer was the expected answer, when she heard it with her own ears, Ashikaga Miwa's expression couldn't help but become a little complicated, and she sighed heavily.

"I was wondering... if you don't plan on becoming a fighter, why did you come to me for special training? And why did you bring Yuuki-san and that Kato-san from another school with you? Unlike you, who are already a sports genius, their outstanding physical fitness was obtained through game rewards, right?"

"Correct."

"Since you and Yuuki-san are both... then Iwanaga Kotoko-san, who suddenly transferred to our class and whose father is on the school board, could she also be..."

"Yes, she is also a player."

Hearing Asagiri's repeated affirmative answers, Ashikaga Miwa's expression became increasingly heavy, and she held her forehead and sighed.

"There are actually three players in our school..."

"Three?"

Asagiri corrected with a smile.

"There are five. Shinomiya-san and Fujiwara-san from Class B are also players."

"They too?"

Faced with this shocking news, Ashikaga Miwa was even shocked to the point of being numb.

"There are five players among the first graders alone? This is too... I really don't know what to say."

Asagiri picked up the Coca-Cola on the table and took a sip, then asked.

"Mr. Ashikaga, how do you know about players and games?"

"Don't underestimate me."

Ashikaga Miwa sighed, stood up, and walked to the coffee machine with a cup. Without caring that the coffee inside had cooled down, she poured a cup directly and drank it all in one gulp. Her action even seemed a bit heroic.

"After all, I'm a member of the Shuchiin board of directors and own so many businesses. I have many connections in the police and political circles. More than one person has reported to the police, claiming they've been dragged into some kind of death game and become a so-called player. At first, the authorities thought these people were crazy, but as the number of reports increased, they began to take it seriously."

"The decisive evidence is that this group of people claiming to be gamers are able to use some kind of extra-dimensional pocket-like method to retrieve things that aren't there. A few days ago, several people who refused to leave the police station, claiming to be gamers, vanished in full view of everyone."