Hikigaya doesn't want to be a force of strength

Their most important goal is actually to launch personal attacks on their opponents, directly collecting or even fabricating all kinds of negative information to discredit their rivals.

Because most audiences often don't care what the candidates said or what proposals they put forward. Even if they pay attention, it is only for a while. What is most likely to leave an impression on the audience is the candidate's own dark history, what mistakes he or she has made, and what gossip he or she has had.

As long as they can successfully discredit the other party and make their supporters deny the candidate as an individual, no matter what they say, it will be regarded as bullshit.

Now Kushida is using this method. She revealed Horikita Suzune's dark past in public and made personal attacks on her.

As long as public opinion is stirred up among the students of Class D, they will naturally reject Horikita's proposal, or at least cause great trouble to Horikita himself.

"..."

Horikita did feel a bit of a headache about Kushida's methods.

If it were her in the past, she might even be provoked by Kushida in public and have a passionate fight with him, which would directly make the situation awkward and make her own Narukami even worse.

Now, although she still felt helpless and dissatisfied, she did not express it too much, but said calmly: "As you said, due to the many mistakes I have made, everyone may not trust me. I will not avoid this point, but I still hope that my classmates can understand that I sincerely hope that this class can become better. For the class to be promoted, I can do anything!"

Horikita's heartfelt words touched some students.

Until now, Horikita had never used such a humble attitude to ask other students in the class.

This alone has improved many students' impression of her.

On the other side, Kushida frowned at Horikita's performance. She obviously didn't expect Horikita to play by the rules so unconventionally. Her reaction was completely different from what she expected.

But she reacted quickly and immediately decided to launch a further attack, slandering Horikita's character first and not giving him a chance to prove his innocence.

However, before she could take action, Karuizawa suddenly stood up from his seat.

As Hirata Yosuke's girlfriend and the female representative of the entire D class, Karuizawa's existence can almost be said to represent the entire D class girl group.

As soon as she appeared, the girls all showed serious expressions, realizing that Karuizawa's choice would greatly affect their subsequent actions.

"I approve of Horikita's plan." In front of everyone, Karuizawa spoke slowly, "I think everyone shouldn't dwell on her past. In fact, Horikita has helped the class a lot, with the midterm exams at the beginning of the school year, Sudo's troubles, and even the uninhabited island... Of course, she has made mistakes, but who doesn't make mistakes? Just as we are often tolerant of ourselves, we should also give Horikita a chance."

Karuizawa's words almost instantly reversed the situation.

After hearing her words, the girls from the Karuizawa faction changed their original attitudes and began to approve of Horikita.

The other students in the class had no ill feelings towards Horikita, so naturally they would not stand up to refute her.

Most of the class immediately agreed with Horikita's proposal.

When Kikyo Kushida witnessed all this, she realized that everything had been arranged in advance. She looked at Horikita with almost resentment, and finally lowered her head with gritted teeth.

Chapter 511 Hikigaya: Why am I on the list of nominees for leader?

After Kushida stopped talking, Horikita Suzune was finally able to formally describe her proposal for the leadership election.

She first described the leadership candidates nominated by herself and Hirata, namely Horikita Suzune, Karuizawa Megumi, Kushida Kikyo, Yukimura Teruhiko, Koenji Rokusuke, Shinohara Satsuki, Ike Kanji, and Hikigaya Hachiman.

This list undoubtedly aroused heated discussion among the students in Class D.

Among them, no one was surprised that Horikita Suzune herself was nominated. She and Kushida Kikyo had already been acting leaders, and could be said to be the two most qualified people.

Apart from them, not many people had any objections to the inclusion of Karuizawa Megumi and Yukimura Teruhiko on the list.

After all, Karuizawa is the leader of the girls in Class D and has a large number of supporters among the girls, while Yukimura Teruhiko is the top student in the class and can be called a symbol of the brainpower group.

No one had any objection to these two people, including Kushida and Horikita, being on the list.

But towards the end of the list, it became clear that something was not right.

Let's not talk about Enji Rokusuke, who is extremely independent, even to the point of being extremely rebellious, and is also on the nomination list. Shinohara Satsuki and Ike Kanji are both people with such extreme personalities that no one can be sure they can become leaders. As for Hikigaya, he is relatively less controversial in comparison.

After all, most of the actions Hikigaya had taken so far hadn't caused any trouble to the class.

In the last sports festival, he successfully led the class to a comeback in the pole-turning competition, gaining a certain amount of popularity.

Of course, many people were unwilling to accept that Hikigaya was on the list. The moment the entire list came out, it immediately aroused reactions from many people.

"Cough cough."

As if she had anticipated this chaotic scene, Horikita Suzune did not speak hastily, but waited patiently for the students to discuss.

When the quarrel gradually subsided, she slowly spoke:

"I know that you all have opinions about these nominees, but please rest assured that all the nominees were decided after consultation with Hirata-san. Everyone on the list has the potential and qualities to become a class leader."

"Of course, I also allow all students to express their dissatisfaction. You can speak freely. If there is something unacceptable, as long as more than half of the students agree, I can allow the name of the member to be erased from the list."

After hearing Horikita Suzune's words, the class, which had been noisy, suddenly quieted down.

This is the case with the guys in Class D. When they chat privately, they are extremely enthusiastic, even excited.

But once things really happened to them and they were required to speak, they all became silent.

Especially when Horikita said that in order to reject a candidate, more than half of the class would need to agree... With this condition and the fact that one had to reject a person in person, most people were obviously unwilling to do such an offensive thing.

"Well, can I suggest erasing a person's name?"

To everyone's surprise, the first person to speak was Hikigaya.

He was extremely surprised the moment he saw the list. Since he did not participate in Horikita and Hirata's plan, he only saw these names now, and he never expected to see such a name on it.

"Who do you want to deny?"

Horikita Suzune seemed to have anticipated this scene. She just looked at Hikigaya with a calm expression, waiting for him to speak first.

Hikigaya, facing the fact that everyone in the class was looking at him, didn't want the trouble to spread any further, so he quickly said, "Of course it's me! I don't think I have the qualifications to be on that list at all!"

Yes, the person Hikigaya wanted to deny the most was none other than himself.

Although it was he who suggested to Horikita that the next class leader could be chosen through election so as not to cause a backlash from the students, he never expected that Horikita Suzune would actually put her name on the list.

Are you kidding? Just thinking about himself becoming the leader of Class D gave Hikigaya goosebumps all over his body. There was no way he could allow that to happen.

"Really? But I think you are quite qualified." Horikita Suzune said calmly, "And this is a common consideration of Hirata-san and I."

"I don't think I'm qualified. Besides, most people in Class D hate me."

"There are more people in the class who hate me, but I still come here hoping to become a leader, right?"

Horikita Suzune spoke in a calm tone, denying Hikigaya's idea.

Hikigaya was speechless for a moment when he saw this, not knowing how to respond.

The students in Class D did not expect that these two people would actually talk about being disliked in public, and they felt complicated for a moment.

Just when the situation was at a stalemate and Hikigaya didn't know what reason to find to defend himself, an unexpected voice suddenly sounded.

"I think Hikigaya boy's idea is correct." Kouenji Rokusuke suddenly joined the topic, "Horikita girl and Hirata boy will not force someone who has no interest in becoming a leader to do this, right?"

Koenji's words were referring to both Hikigaya and himself.

Like Hikigaya, he was forcibly added to the list of leaders without his own opinion.

Even worse than Koenji and Hikigaya, he is the kind of person who is truly hated by the entire class and there is no way he can become a leader.

"We didn't think this through." Horikita Suzune nodded. "At the time, Hirata and I only considered all the candidates who were qualified to be leaders. Koenji and Hikigaya, we think you both have the ability to be leaders, but we really shouldn't force people who don't want to be leaders to participate in the election."

After making a summary, Horikita slowly crossed out Koenji and Hikigaya's names from the list and turned to look at the rest of the class.

"Well, if anyone on the list doesn't have the intention to become a leader, you can say so now. If you are not on the list and you are interested in becoming a class leader, you can also ask for it now. We can judge on the spot whether you have the qualifications."

Horikita Suzune's words caused most of the people in Class D to fall silent.

The people on the list had even more complicated emotions and generated a lot of ideas.

But in the end, no one stood up to deny themselves, and no one took the initiative to propose to become a leader.

This list is almost the final product.

Chapter 512: Results of the First Round of Elections! Some Are Happy, Some Are Sad!

Seeing that no one was speaking, Horikita Suzune and Hirata Yosuke looked at each other and revealed satisfied expressions.

Everything was just as they had expected, and there were no unexpected developments.

To some extent, this was like a pre-written script, and Horikita Suzune was just directing everything to develop according to the instructions in the script.

However, the previous development is easy to manipulate, but the subsequent election stage will inevitably be quite complicated to implement.

Horikita seemed to be preparing herself mentally, took a deep breath, and spoke slowly:

"Then, after Hirata-san gives up the position of leader of Class D, the remaining people will hold an election to take over his responsibilities as leader. I am here to announce the final list of nominees once again."

"Horikita Suzune, Kushida Kikyo, Karuizawa Megumi, Yukimura Teruhiko, Shinohara Satsuki, and Ike Kanji, the above six people will participate in this formal leadership election."

In response to Horikita Suzune's final announcement, the students in Class D all looked serious, realizing that the next choice would determine the fate of the entire class.

Even the students in Class D, who were always unreliable and always made trouble at critical moments, did not dare to do anything out of line and waited patiently for the election to begin.

As for the participants in this election, from Horikita Suzune herself to Shinohara Satsuki and Ike Kanji who never thought they would be chosen, everyone had a nervous expression and could hardly imagine what would happen next.

Horikita Suzune on the stage let out a breath.

The stiff look made Hikigaya inexplicably nervous, and he couldn't help but think of his own cat named 'Xiaoxue', who made almost the same movements.

After making the decision, Horikita spoke loudly, loud enough for everyone in the classroom to hear:

"Now I will announce the rules of the election. The rules were set by me and Hirata. Every student in the class, except for the nominees participating in the election, will vote anonymously. Each student has an unlimited number of votes. The vote will first select two or three people from the above six people. The specific number will be determined based on the final total number of votes. After the initial round of voting, a second round of general voting will be held."

There is no doubt that selecting a leader from six people at once is a very unscientific thing to do. Not only will the votes be dispersed, causing problems in the results, but it will also be difficult for students to make a single choice.

So after Horikita and Hirata discussed it, they decided to divide the election into two rounds. The first round was a pure popularity election, and students in the class could vote at will, and as long as they got enough votes, they could advance to the next round.

This cautious approach was undoubtedly recognized by the students in Class D. They all became nervous and filled in the names of the members they wished to choose on the paper.

"Kanji, I will vote for you!" Yamauchi Haruki made no secret of his attitude, "We are good brothers, and when you are elected, you must protect us!"

"This……"

Ike Kanji was so upset that he could not even cry at all for Yamauchi's overly upright attitude.

Because he could clearly see that the attitudes of the students around him were declining little by little. After all, the three idiots were the most annoying group in the class, and Yamauchi Haruki was one of the most unpopular people. Although Ike Kanji had performed quite well in past exams and gained recognition from many students, which allowed him to be nominated for the leader, his possibility of success was the lowest among all the nominees.

Now Yamauchi came over and bribed him in public, which was a huge hindrance to him.

Chi suddenly realized helplessly that he was being dragged down by his own social group.

But he couldn't complain because it was all just his personal choice and his interpersonal relationships meant he couldn't go any further.

In contrast, although Shinohara Satsuki's situation is better than Ike's, one of her problems is that her supporters overlap with Karuizawa Megumi on a large scale.

And Karuizawa is superior to her in every aspect.

Since they are in the same circle, many people deliberately voted for Karuizawa Megumi instead of her because they didn't want the two to clash.

In a sense, she, like Ike Kanji, suffered from interpersonal relationships, but Ike Kanji's interpersonal relationships were so bad that they aroused the disgust of other people, while Shinohara Satsuki's interpersonal relationships were too strong, and she was completely overshadowed by Karuizawa.

"Well, everyone's voting is over now."

Horikita Suzune took a look and found that most of the people in the class had already written their names on the paper they wanted to vote for, so she and Hirata collected everyone's papers.

Since she was also a competitor, in order to avoid suspicion, he entrusted all the subsequent work of recording votes to Yosuke Hirata.

Hirata himself quickly took over the work, writing the names of six people on the blackboard and recording the corresponding votes one by one.

Hikigaya watched this scene and did not write anyone's name in his vote because he still adhered to the biggest principle of not interfering in class competition.

No matter who comes on stage from Class D, nothing will change for him.

So he just watched everything silently, and inexplicably felt a strange sense of emptiness, as if he was witnessing something wrong happening without being aware of it at all.

Soon, Hirata Yosuke counted everyone's votes on the blackboard one by one, and the results were as follows:

Kushida Kikyo: 36 votes, Horikita Suzune: 28 votes, Karuizawa Megumi: 20 votes, Yukimura Teruhiko: 11 votes, Shinohara Satsuki: 8 votes, Ike Kanji: 3 votes.

There were six nominees, and the final result was almost the same as expected, with Kushida and Horikita far ahead, followed closely by Karuizawa, and the remaining Yukimura, Shinohara, and Ike having no supporters at all.

Ike Kanji's situation was even more miserable. Considering his situation, only Sudo Ken, Yamauchi Haruki, and an unknown person voted for him.

It's totally to embarrass myself.

Such a tragic situation made even Chi, who was always optimistic and lively, fall into confusion for a moment, realizing that he might have made some huge mistake.

When Ike Kanji himself fell into reflection, the final voting results were a mixed bag.

Horikita Suzune glanced at everyone present, then at the final voting results, took a deep breath, and spoke silently: "The first round of voting ends here. According to the rules, the candidates who will enter the second round of elections are Kushida Kikyo, Horikita Suzune, and Karuizawa Megumi."