The lively and busy second semester of autumn has begun, but it has failed to calm the students' enthusiasm. The summer heat has not yet dissipated at this time, but Raizen High School has not been affected by the hot weather, and is now shrouded in an unusual atmosphere.
Because of the opening ceremony, first-year and second-year students gathered in the school's gymnasium. After the principal finished speaking, the student council president, Yamabuki Ai, came to the microphone and gave an exciting speech. Her speech focused the minds of the students in the gymnasium, and the suppressed rally echoed with loud shouts, causing the glass windows of the gymnasium to shake slightly. The design of the gymnasium caused the sound to reverberate several times, making it deafening.
According to the content of Yamabuki Ai's speech, we can know that the school is about to hold its annual cultural festival! And this cultural festival is different from other cultural festivals. It is jointly organized by ten high schools in Tengu City. It is called the Ten'ou Festival!
The small festival, which was originally co-organized by high schools in areas with sparse populations, has become a large-scale event that can rent the entire Tengu City Square for three consecutive days after many years of effort. The total number of students in the ten schools is about 10,000, so you can imagine how lively this festival is. Moreover, this number does not include the residents of Tengu City and the tourists who come to hear about it.
And there is an unspoken rule in the Ten'ou Festival, that is, the best schools in various categories such as sales department, exhibition department, and stage department will be selected based on the voting results in this festival. The school that wins first place in the total score of the three departments can dominate Tengu City for the next year, so Yamabuki Ai will issue a declaration of victory to make the students seem like they have been injected with chicken blood.
In this state of excitement, the students kept shouting the slogan of Raizen High School, causing chaos in each class, but this also represented their determination.
"Okay, everyone, please be quiet for a moment. Now I can feel your enthusiasm, but because there are so many things to do, we need to select some assistant representatives. Is anyone willing to serve as an executive member of the Ten'ou Festival?" After Ayai Yamabuki's words, the students, who had been making deafening noises, fell silent in unison. At the same time, they collectively lowered their heads, avoiding looking at her face, as if worried about being chosen.
"Oh dear~ You don't have to be like this. Actually, there isn't much work for the Ten'ou Festival executive members. Most of the work has already been completed. You just need to go to the meetings to arrange the tasks. It's a very free and easy job," Ayai Yamabuki said, trying to smooth things over when she saw the atmosphere turning deathly silent.
"In that case, President! I recommend Classmate Shikino from Class 4 of the second year!" A male student stood up and said to Ayai Yamabuki. Hearing his words, everyone in the stadium turned their heads to look at Yoshino, who didn't understand what was happening. When they saw such a cute Yoshino, their eyes became brighter and brighter.
"Yes! We recommend Classmate Shikino!" Many people in the stadium said.
Although Yoshino is a second-year student and looks very delicate, like a small animal that makes people want to protect her, Yoshino's cute face and kind personality have made her very well-known in all grades. The fact that so many students are chanting Yoshino's name shows how many fans Yoshino has at school.
Although Yoshino is petite, her grades are also among the best in the grade, and her classmates feel that Classmate Shikino is a very reliable person.
"Okay, then I announce that Classmate Shikino will temporarily become the chairperson of the executive committee." Seeing that most of the students were echoing Yoshino's name, Ayai Yamabuki thought about it carefully and decided to let Yoshino become an executive member. After all, Yoshino is very popular at Raizen High School, and all the students love her very much. If she is the one assigning tasks, no one will disagree.
"But in that case, could we ask Toujou Nozomi to serve as the vice-chairperson to assist Yoshino?" Looking at Toujou Nozomi sitting next to Yoshino, Ayai Yamabuki invited her. Everyone at the school knows that Toujou Nozomi dotes on Yoshino, to the point of spoiling her. So, if Yoshino becomes an executive member, Toujou Nozomi will definitely agree to her request.
Ayai Yamabuki also secretly plotted in her heart. If these two participate, then Minami Kotori and others will definitely come to help Yoshino. They are all top students in the grade, and their ability to handle things will definitely not be too bad. With the help of so many people, winning this year's Ten'ou Festival will become very promising!
"Really, you're really cunning, President. If Yoshino agrees, I'm willing to become the vice-chairperson." Toujou Nozomi shook her head with a wry smile. She, who was the vice-president at Otonokizaka Academy, was always the one plotting against others. She never thought that she would be the one being schemed against one day.
But it doesn't matter, after all, she also has experience in this area, and letting her help Yoshino is indeed a very correct decision.
"If... if everyone believes in me, I... I won't let you down." Although she really wanted to refuse, she didn't want to refuse them when she saw so many expectant eyes. It seems that this time she will also go to Itsuka Miku's Private Rindouji Girls' School, and it would be better to act if she becomes the chairperson. Moreover, she has helped Ayase Eli handle student council affairs in the *Muse* world, so she already has some experience.
The final rally ended after the two were decided to be the executive members of the Ten'ou Festival, and the students gathered in the gymnasium returned to their classrooms. Because each class must come up with a program, Yoshino's job is to collect the things that these classes want to do and then consider the venue to be allocated to them and how much activity funding.
"Classmates, we already knew about the upcoming Ten'ou Festival in the gymnasium just now, right? Now, let's decide what kind of activity our class should hold. Does anyone have any ideas?" Tamae Oomine, the homeroom teacher of Class 4 of the second year, stood in front of the podium and asked the students in the class with a smile.
"Little Tamae Teacher! Let's hold a maid cafe in our class! We have so many beautiful girls in our class, and with their help, the business will definitely be very good!" A male student in the class stood up and suggested. In fact, he just wanted to see the beautiful girls in his class wearing maid outfit, after all, that scene is still very rare for them. Not only can it attract many customers, but it can also be pleasing to the eye, which is a win-win decision!
"Eh~ A maid cafe? Isn't that great, Kotori? You know, you are the legendary signboard maid Minalinsky in Akihabara. If we want to hold a maid cafe, you are everyone's senior." Thinking of when she caught Minami Kotori as a maid in Akihabara in the original world, Toujou Nozomi couldn't help but smile.
"Ya haha~ That was all in the original world. No one knows me in this world, Nozomi." Scratching her head with a wry smile, she originally planned to hide this matter. But in the end, it was still exposed. Fortunately, everyone didn't blame her, otherwise she wouldn't know what to do.
"A haunted house. This can attract a lot of couples to our class."
"Have you considered the feelings of single dogs?"
"I think an opera is also possible."
Because there were too many suggestions, the class finally held a vote to decide what kind of program to hold in the end.
Finally, after a vote by all the students in the class, the maid cafe won with an overwhelming number of votes. After all, the male students in the class wanted to see Yatogami Tohka and other beautiful girls in maid outfit, and it was also a good decision.
After deciding what kind of shop the class would open, Ayai, Mai, and Mii immediately said that they would participate in the Ten'ou Festival's stage performance, striving to defeat Rindouji Girls' School in the stage department. Let Raizen High School dominate the Ten'ou Festival. After all, with Itsuka Miku's existence, she is the biggest competitor.
"I think we can't only have one program. I and others have decided to participate in the stage performance. After all, wouldn't the probability of winning be greater this way?" At this time, Toujou Nozomi stood up and announced. This matter was something that Yoshino had agreed with Itsuka Miku before, and she had started arranging it together during this time.
"Oh? Toujou, have you decided to participate in this stage performance?" Hearing Toujou Nozomi's words, Tamae Oomine's eyes flashed with a bright light. Although Toujou Nozomi and others don't have as many fans at school as Yoshino, they all have quite a few fans. If this group of people perform together, it's not as simple as 1+1=2.
"Yes, this time Yoshino and I will participate in the performance together. We have already decided which programs to perform, and I believe we won't let you down." She had heard the accompaniment that Yoshino gave her some time ago, and her eyes lit up. This song is no worse than the previous *Muse*. She also plans to let everyone in *Muse* perform this song when she goes back.
"If there are so many people, we can perform several more programs. Then whether our school's stage performance can win against Rindouji Girls' School this time depends on you." Tamae Oomine said to Toujou Nozomi and the others.
"We will do our best!" The group stood up and said to Tamae Oomine. Their confidence inspired the students in the class, and everyone couldn't help but applaud for them.
'This victory or defeat was already decided from the beginning!'
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