What does it have to do with me if they hate vests?

She raised her eyebrows and asked softly. As a person who always acted decisively, she was obviously very uncomfortable facing such a soft atmosphere.

It was like a fish coming to land. Although there was oxygen everywhere, she was not Merlin and could not breathe with her gills.

"At a time like this, just introduce yourself to break the deadlock." Si Ji also said in a low voice.

In fact, this is not a skill that needs to be taught. Yukino just couldn't adapt to this kind of atmosphere for the time being.

After she calmed down, she took a decisive step forward and said to the other party: "Hello classmate, I am Yukinoshita Yukino from the Service Club."

Because her aura of an icy beauty was too strong, even the soft atmosphere that was like a tea party after school was broken at once. The chestnut-haired girl looked at her nervously and whispered, "Hello, Yukinoshita-san... I'm Nagisa Furukawa from the drama club. May I ask about the service department... eh, service?"

The girl's eyes were almost turning into small dots because of the name of the club, which seemed a bit unserious at first glance and indeed was not serious upon closer inspection.

Yukinoshita Yukino glared fiercely at Shiki, who was holding her stomach and laughing silently beside her, and then explained the origin of the name of the Service Club in words that were so skillful that it made people feel distressed.

Chapter 162 Give and Take

"In short," Yukinoshita Yukino concluded with great force, "There is nothing wrong with the word 'serve' itself. The problem lies in the people who have dirty thoughts in their heads and look at this word with a sour eye!"

"My head is full of filth..."

Nagisa Furukawa looked so shocked that even her two alopecia wereata were drooping limply.

"It's okay, Koga!" Yamada Fairy patted her shoulder.

"Yamada-san..." Nagisa Furukawa showed a touched expression at her gentle treatment.

Then, the Yamada fairy, who looked much younger than Furukawa Nagisa, gave a heartless thumbs-up and consoled her: "I also had the wrong idea when I first saw this name!"

"Ah..." Furukawa Nagisa looked even more frustrated.

Obviously she didn't want to have a sense of companionship with the Yamada fairy in such a strange place.

"Where are the other members of the drama club? No, to be more specific, where is the director of the drama club?"

Yukinoshita Yukino looked around and found that she was the only one in the room, so she asked Furukawa Nagisa.

"It's me." Furukawa Nagisa replied with a wry smile, "The original members of the drama club graduated last year, and now I'm the only one left. After I sort out the warehouse, I will go to the student union to submit an application to disband the club."

Then she looked at the Yamada Fairy again: "So if that piece of clothing is useful to you, just take it. It will be disposed of eventually anyway if it is left here."

"Didn't you recruit any new people this year?" Shiki was a little surprised. "I remember that the drama club was quite lively last year, and the drama performed at the school festival also received a lot of praise."

"Students these days seem to like joining trendier clubs."

Furukawa Nagisa smiled helplessly: "Since the year before last, we haven't been able to recruit anyone for three consecutive years... Don't look at me like this, in fact, I am not only a third-year student, but I also failed a grade due to poor health, so I am still here."

The expression on her face was not so much relief as numbness after helpless sadness: "Instead of downgrading the drama club to a hobby club, it would be better to abolish it directly, so that freshmen who like drama can form a brand new club by themselves in the future, without being hindered by the rules and regulations we left behind."

Although Fengzhiqi has an open school spirit and the number of clubs is second to none among the surrounding schools, this does not mean that new clubs can be opened indefinitely. After all, the funding budget that the school can provide to clubs is limited.

If two societies with the same positioning emerge, they will either merge into one based on the earlier one, or one of them will be downgraded to a hobby club with neither money nor venue.

So in order not to become an annoying stumbling block to the younger generations, Nagisa Furukawa decisively chose the path of disbanding the club.

"Indeed, after LoveLive was launched, many students joined the idol club, and the performance club and chorus club are also very popular." Aoyama Nanami nodded: "In addition, because of Sawamura-san, many people also joined the art club..."

In fact, there are so many people in the art club because of Mashiro Shiina. Many people think that she will join the art club. After all, you are a talented painter girl famous all over the world, so they join in advance just to see her.

Unexpectedly, more than a month later, he was just an ordinary returnee and never reported to the art room. It was completely confusing.

"Not only that, there are several supernatural clubs in the school, but they are named after the parts they are interested in, such as the UFO Club, Uma Club, Divination Club, etc." Shiki added: "This method circumvents the school rule that clubs with the same positioning must merge. It also attracts a lot of new students."

In addition, the two aliases of Shiki also contributed many popular clubs to Fengnosaki, such as the 'Wizard Club' that specializes in studying "The Adventures of a Young Wizard" and the Literature Club that is crazy about Natsume Makuru. As well as the appearance of 'Akira Bunpei', the robot Baymax and subsequent related products are selling well, and there is also a very popular robot club in the school.

These clubs alone have attracted a lot of new members. Add to that various small clubs and the home-going departments, and they basically divide up the new members of each semester.

In addition, there are clubs such as the Filming Club and the Directing Club, which are subtly similar to the Drama Club in positioning, but have better equipment and more trendy activities. In comparison, naturally no one wants to join an old-fashioned club like the Drama Club that can only perform plays.

For a moment, the air seemed to become quiet and stagnant.

The one who finally broke this icy silence was naturally Yukino Yukinoshita, who was also an iceberg.

"Furuga...senpai," considering that the other party had failed a grade and must be older than her, Yukino used the honorific that she rarely used on weekdays: "Is there a 'maid outfit' among these things?"

"Unfortunately, there is no such thing in my memory."

Furukawa Nagisa gave a slightly apologetic smile.

Yukino sighed helplessly.

But then I heard Furukawa Nagisa continue: "But there is a set of 'Magical Girl Nanaka☆Tokimeki Maid Model'."

"Why are there no maid costumes but such weird things in the drama club!" Nanami Aoyama couldn't help but complain.

“Because the previous minister said that we should be brave enough to take on new roles.”

Furukawa Nagisa replied quietly: "It's just that there was too little fabric, so in the end no one wore it on stage."

If that's the case, don't push that kind of thing on us! Aoyama Nanami cried out in her heart.

"We accepted it."

But Yukinoshita Yukino said without changing her expression.

“Huh, huh, huh——?!” Nanami Aoyama looked at the other person in surprise, unable to maintain the intellectual expression on her face any longer, and alarm bells were ringing in her heart.

After all, according to what Yukinoshita Yukino said before, this thing was for her to wear.

Just as she was about to object, Nagisa Furukawa had already found the cosplay suit wrapped in plastic film from the sundries and handed it to Yukinoshita Yukino.

"I did receive the things, but we in the Service Club follow the principle of give and take, so we won't take things from the Theater Club for nothing." Yukinoshita Yukino tucked the suit around her waist and continued in a somewhat cold, businesslike tone, "So as a reward, I will help you solve the problems in the Theater Club."

Only then did Nanami Aoyama understand what Yukinoshita Yukino really meant, so she felt relieved and looked at Yukino with some admiration.

With such an excuse, senior Furukawa Nagisa should not feel that it is too much trouble for them and refuse to help.

Then she saw the minister turned around and stuffed the cosplay suit into her arms.

"Okay, Aoyama-san can go change now."

"…………Eh?"

Nanami Aoyama was stunned for a moment.

"It will definitely be suitable." Shiki assured with a wicked smile, but was attacked from behind by the Yamada fairy and had his eyes covered.

Nanami quickly looked at Mashiro Shiina beside her, wanting to ask for help.

As a result, the girl stared at her blankly for a few seconds, then gave her a thumbs up and said, "Keep going."

Only then did she understand—there were no friendly troops here, only enemies.

Chapter 163: Let's Make a Big One

After Nanami Aoyama's desperate resistance, she finally managed to defend herself and did not really wear the cosplay costume with an area of ​​fabric that was almost as large as that of the late-night welfare animation.

Seeing that Nanami really didn't want to wear it, Yukinoshita Yukino didn't make things difficult for Nanami Aoyama. Instead, she decided to bring Wagunaria's maid outfit to school in a few days after asking the store manager for his consent so that she could try it on.

Since Nanami Aoyama's commission has been temporarily put on hold, the next thing the service department has to deal with is naturally the commission from the drama club.

"Actually, you don't have to worry so much..."

Furukawa Nagisa, who had long been disillusioned with the revival of the drama club, shook her head and advised: "Even if the drama club can survive, it is meaningless without members who like drama."

Her words made Yukinoshita Yukino fall silent.

Indeed, if all we had to do was keep the drama club going, it wouldn't be that difficult.

Even if they don't use Qiu Ling and Wen Ping's power to bully others, they can give the Drama Club some special care like they did to the Service Club. They can easily keep this club legally and compliantly by just finding a few students from the Returning Home Club and convincing them to join the Drama Club as ghost members.

However, the drama club that is preserved in this way will disappear in an instant after Nagisa Furukawa graduates. This formal "existence" has no meaning at all. It would be better to just cancel the club as Nagisa Furukawa said.

Only those students who truly want to join the drama club and are interested in drama will continue to maintain the existence of the drama club after Nagisa Furukawa graduates, giving this club meaning and value to continue to exist.

But now school has been open for more than a month and the recruitment period has passed. Where can we find members who are interested in acting?

"It's not that there is no solution at all."

But after thinking for a moment, Shiki suddenly said, "Whether the drama club can recruit people who like drama ultimately depends on the performance and the repertoire. As long as we can create a stage for the performance and let as many students as possible see Ms. Furukawa's performance, that will be enough, right? As long as the performance and the plot are exciting and interesting enough, it will definitely attract people who like drama."

"I'm afraid it's too late."

Yukino shook her head. "The nearest opportunity to apply for a performance in the auditorium will be in a month, around mid-June, during the school festival. However, given the current situation of the drama club, it is impossible for us to hold out until then."

"Can't I apply for it during normal times?"

Nanami Aoyama asked curiously.

She had originally planned to join the drama club, but was unable to do so due to her part-time job. Now, she can earn enough living expenses by working as a maid for Fuyuo Kishiku. In addition, after Shiina Mashiro declared independence, the number of times she needed to take care of him decreased, making the girl's life very leisurely.

Just now, she had even prepared herself to agree to join the drama club as long as Senior Furukawa asked. But the current situation did not seem that simple, so she could not help but ask, "If the auditorium is vacant, I should be able to apply anytime, right?"

"That's not the case. Although the auditorium can be used at any time, considering the maintenance costs of the facilities inside, it would be great if it could be approved once out of ten times. What's more troublesome is that even if we apply for the right to use it on weekdays, we don't have enough audiences."

Yukino shook her head and said, "Compared to the hall usage fee, publicity is the real big expense. If there are not enough visitors, we won't achieve the effect we want."

Then there was silence again in the drama department.

The fairy couldn't stand this atmosphere. Just when he wanted to say something to liven up the atmosphere, he suddenly found that Si Ji seemed to be thinking about something, so he leaned close to his ear and whispered, "Si Ji, do you have an idea?"

Si Ji came back to his senses and tilted his head calmly: "Are you so confident in me?"

"There is a little bit of that. After all, you're the one I like~" the girl said proudly, not knowing whether she was praising herself or Siji.

Si Ji sneered and clapped his hands to draw everyone's attention to himself: "Actually, I have another idea."

The girls looked at him together.

“The operation and maintenance of the auditorium, the promotion of the performances, and other miscellaneous expenses are too much of a burden for the drama department.”

Although Si Ji could easily take out cash worth ten or twenty times the cost, he did not intend to do so. After all, if he used his money power without doing anything, it would inevitably add a bit of money to his desired youth: "But that's just a bit difficult for 'a club', right?"

"What you mean is..." Yukinoshita Yukino seemed to have an idea.

"If we're going to do it, let's do it big!"

Shiki said happily, "We can connect those art clubs that need performances to boost their reputation and test their level. We can all chip in to hold a performance in the auditorium... No, the term "performance" is not so tacky. It should be called a "festival". Why not hold a "super high school level performance festival"? If you feel that the atmosphere in the clubs alone is not lively enough, you can also find some bands to help. I remember that there are many students in Fengzhiqi who play in bands, right? If that's not enough, we can even invite clubs, bands, and even idols from other schools to come and liven things up! It will definitely be fun!"

Shiki actually had no problem with what happened in the drama club.

He could also choose not to bother with such trivial matters.

But in this case, looking back after graduation, this period of youth would be too boring.

In that case, why not let yourself go and make a big one at school!

Anyway, he has his own backup no matter what, so at least this time, he doesn't want to regret not doing such an interesting thing in the future.

"Is it really okay to do this?" Nanami Aoyama said in amazement.

She never thought that students could come together to do such a big thing without the support of the school and adults.

Would the school's top management really agree? Or, even more so, would the student union agree? Would the teachers have objections? It felt too unreliable...

"no problem."

Yukinoshita Yukino also nodded: "Leave the student union to me. I'll go and convince them."

Not only the student union, the "Qiu Ling Wenping" identity that he could use should also be able to scare those people on the board of directors. After all, his parachuting into this school was a way of giving a heads-up to the board of directors.

As long as the board of directors has no objection, the teachers, except for some old-fashioned ones, will naturally not be particularly opposed to such things.

Although there was not much expression on Yukino's face and she still looked calm and composed, Shiki felt that the girl seemed eager to try.

It seems that this guy's nature is not as quiet as he looks on the surface, and he is also the type who likes to stir up trouble...

"Stage art." Shiina Mashiro, who had little presence, said, "I can help."

"Since Mashiro said so...Does Senior Furukawa's play need narration or something? I can't help much in organizing the activities, but I can help the drama club." Nanami Aoyama also said to Nagisa Furukawa.

Nagisa Furukawa looked at these people, most of whom they met for the first time, but who were willing to devote so much time and energy to helping him just because they felt lonely and sad.

She was touched but also felt guilty. "Thank you... But even if I could do this, I'm not sure I could attract anyone to join the drama club... And the scripts for the drama club were all written by previous members. From my perspective now, they are a little... I'm sorry, you guys have thought so much for me. If it really doesn't work, then forget it..."

“Huhuhuhu, this day has finally arrived!”

The Yamada Fairy let out a chilling laugh: "Leave the script to me. I will let the world know that one day the name of the Yamada Fairy will become the king of novels!"

"In that case," Si Ji, as the proposer, naturally would not stand aside. He touched his chin and smiled meaningfully, "Then I'll take care of the money. After all, if we want to expand it, the club's money alone may not be enough... Let me go and get sponsorship."