Chapter 65
The moment Eli Ayase heard that Honoka and her two friends had come to plead for the establishment of a school idol group—and were officially submitting a club application for it—her mind immediately flashed back to her conversation with Mineo just moments ago.
That jerk... could he actually have the power of prophecy?
Eli's eyelids twitched ever so slightly.
In the next second, she composed herself and set her phone down on the edge of the desk.
"May I ask why the three of you came up with the idea to start a school idol group like this?"
"If I recall correctly, the Chairwoman already stated during the all-school assembly that our academy is currently facing a crisis of forced closure."
"In a situation like this, do you really have the spare time to busy yourselves with something like this?"
"President!"
"We aren't just busying ourselves without a goal!"
Honoka stepped forward to stand directly before Eli, speaking with an incredibly sincere tone.
"It's precisely because I don't want to see this school simply disbanded that I thought of starting an idol group!"
"If our school has an idol group that is loved and welcomed by everyone, then there will definitely be many people willing to apply to our school!"
"So..."
"So, your primary goal in doing this is entirely out of consideration for the school, is that it?"
"But in my opinion, what you are doing is completely pointl—uugh."
After hearing Honoka's answer, Eli's instinct was to tell them that as second-year students, they should focus on their own duties and not waste time on meaningless endeavors.
She didn't believe for a second that these three girls, who were clearly "acting on impulse," were capable of producing any real results in a field like this.
However, Eli suddenly remembered her chat with Mineo.
Even Mineo-kun thinks a school idol group can save the school? For some reason, at that very moment, Eli changed her tune.
Her beautiful eyes focused calmly on the three girls. Looking at their earnest expressions, Eli sensed a peculiar kind of spirit.
Was this... the spirit of "recruitment"?
Eli gently toyed with the pen in her hand. At this moment, even she didn't quite know what she was thinking.
About half a minute later, Eli looked up at Kosaka Honoka.
"Kosaka-san from Class 2, was it? Do you know what things are actually required to establish a school idol group?"
"I do!"
Seeing that Eli seemed intent on questioning her, Honoka immediately poured out the thoughts in her heart.
"To establish a great idol group, at the very least, you need good music, as well as dancing! And as members, we must have tireless perseverance for it!"
"Then... then there's... we must have an eye for finding beauty! And we have to think of every possible way to actively pull those beautiful things into the team!"
Hearing Honoka's words, Eli was stunned.
Tojo Nozomi was also stunned.
This girl's previous answers were concise enough!
But what on earth did that last sentence mean?
If you find something beautiful, do everything you can to bring it into the team?
????
To be honest, Honoka didn't quite understand what Mineo meant by those words at first, either.
Mineo had given Honoka a very simple explanation.
While establishing an idol group required a lot of preparation, those things weren't the most important.
So, what was the most important? Talent, of course!
That's why Mineo had told Honoka:
"You should persistently try to invite all the talented girls in the school to join the idol group together!"
"There's a saying that many people mean great strength! As long as you succeed in pulling talent in, what else could possibly be difficult for you?"
Honoka truly lived up to her reputation as a natural-born recruitment leader.
She had quickly and fully grasped the meaning Mineo wanted to convey.
Right now, Honoka felt that what Mineo said made perfect sense.
Even if I can't do anything myself, it doesn't matter! As long as I have the eyes to find beauty, isn't that enough?
As long as I can find talent and move their hearts to invite them into the team, isn't that where my value will be seen?
Because of this, Honoka had immediately gone to see Nishikino Maki, the first-year. Originally, Honoka thought she would be rejected again.
She was even prepared to fight a long-term battle to reel in the talent.
But to her surprise, Nishikino Maki's rejection this time was clearly not as harsh as it had been yesterday. This discovery made Kosaka Honoka incredibly happy.
She instinctively assumed it was her sincerity that had completely moved Nishikino-san's heart.
So now, she decided to continue using that same sincerity to move the heart of the Student Council President.
The whole concept of a "recruitment spirit" was immediately scrubbed from Honoka's mind.
She now felt she was fighting for the sake of attracting talent.
Yes, this was the Honoka version of the "Talent Acquisition Plan."
Commonly known as: Operation Mass Recruitment!
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