Chapter 10: The Unexplained Trader
The time to hold the senior's hand was very short, or rather, in the pride and ambition full of my mind, I couldn't react to whether it was I who let go of Kogi Senpai's hand, or whether the other party quickly withdrew his hand because of surprise.
The only thing I can remember clearly is the rare flush on my senior's face.
This is what she never shows in front of me, her calmness, her gentleness, and her tolerance, this is the normal Koki Yukina, her elusiveness, her sadness, her dodge, is the occasional Koki Yukina. However, none of these expressions made her face flush.
I didn't wait for her response, just as she didn't want an immediate response from me at the time.
Maybe it was because of my shyness, but more because of trust, I knew that she would be able to understand me, just as she believed that I would be able to give her a satisfactory answer.
And, that's enough. I'm just announcing to myself that I don't need permission from Kogi's seniors, I don't even need my own permission, because, I know, I just want to do it.
I've been suppressed by myself for too long. Too obsessed with rational thinking, too obsessed with rational collections. However, reason is lying, and vacillating reason is not rationality.
When the person you value is hurt, what you need to do is not to use this false reason to judge the best way to solve the problem, but to respond with your strongest confidence. This world is not a cold and emotionless world, and the brainless blood of the male protagonist of the jump department is not an act that so-called rationalists can laugh at.
When was the last time I had this kind of thought? Probably when my sister was attacked by Miura? At that time, I broke the theory of the uselessness of talent and took extreme countermeasures. But after that, although the theory of the uselessness of talent no longer exists, I have used the shackles of reason to add a forward-looking personality to myself, thinking that I control other people, influence other people, and control everything, so that everything can move forward in the most correct way. But, in fact, in the process of pushing this "right" path, I also paid too much for hurting my own important people.
Now that I think about it, what the senior who repeatedly rejected me at that time wanted to say to me was such a simple thing, right? Didn't Isshiki choose such a path when he rejected my "assistance"?
Emotional control is a must, but it is also sad when emotions are forced to submit to reason.
Humans are distinguished from animals because they possess reason, but humans are distinguished from machines because they possess emotions. Emotion and reason, the two are never contradictory. I'm just building this either/or relationship in my own mind.
In a sense, I need to thank this rumor-monger, if he hadn't hurt three important people at the same time in this way, I wouldn't have allowed my feelings to be so presumptuous, right?
So, what we need to do now is to solve the problem.
- Even if it is a dead end, it must be solved, and even if it is considered brainless, it is necessary to break through this obstacle.
I will not be able to forgive myself if I allow the tenderness of others and my own forgiveness to numb myself.
Of course, it's one thing to use your blood to get yourself out of escape, it's another thing to solve the problem.
In the previous club activities, the analysis made by Biqigu was very reasonable, and there were only three ways to solve the problem from the incident itself, and I couldn't get rid of these three options.
Of course, as Hikiya thought, identifying oneself was a solution. However, I didn't want to do it, not because I was running away, but because I didn't want to respond in this forced way, which was not what I was expecting, and it wasn't the response that Kogi Sao's predecessors were looking forward to.
The other two levels of the problem are also unsolvable. Not to mention the thoughts of Yang under the snow, the current snow under the snow does not have the courage to bear such public opinion pressure - this was incomprehensible to me before, but now, when I look at the problem under the snow, it seems to be much clearer.
To some extent, I was also paralyzed by Yono's statement of "responsible" under the snow.
If the problem itself cannot be solved, then directly target the source of the problem - that is, the information department of the General Armed Forces High School. The press department of the general military high school is not so fond of sensationalism, so the key problem is with the so-called "informant".
"βTo tell you the truth, Kazuya, it's strange that you haven't come to me for questioning at this time!Do you think I should be happy or sad about this?" Then a potential "source" spoke.
"I think you should be happy about this, because I believe in the integrity of Ichiyu-san so much that I feel a little guilty when I doubt you, so in order to try to avoid the impression that I am here to interrogate you, I have not come to ask about you," I raised my head, looked at the girl who took the initiative to talk to me for the second time in a while, and squinted my eyes and said, "Or do you want to come to me and take the initiative to admit that this is the result of your manipulation?"
"Of course not, my conscience would be unpleasant if I didβthough it did turn out to be good for me. Isshiki blinked and said.
"To be honest, although I believe you, but Ishshiki-san, do you think it's a little ridiculous to use your conscience to prove that you won't do such a thing?"
"Of course, there is a reasonable explanation, that is, this matter is likely to involve me," Isshiki shook his head, and Masaseki said, "After all, I and Yukishita's seniors are both executive committee chairs, although there are only three people involved in this so-called 'transaction'. However, as one of the executive chairmen, it's easy to be said to be involved, right?"
"It's called 'people in the system are always unclean,' right, I didn't expect you to be able to take that into account. β
"Thank you for the compliment," Ichishi said proudly, puffing out his chest, "It's not like I haven't improved without you!"
"That being said, but that also explains why you're talking to me? You're starting to get worried, aren't you? Even though you're the only one under the snow right now, if there's a competitor outside of the executive committee at this time, you're probably going to be caught up in the turmoil. β
"Rather than getting caught up in the turmoil, it's better to solve it in advance. Isshiki raised an eyebrow and replied.
"But there's a problem here," I stared into Isshiki's eyes, "isn't it true that if this is solved, the snow will defeat you by a landslide? Friendly reminder to you, in the competition, we must always consider defeating the opponent in front of us, do not despise the present because the person in front of us is not worth mentioning, and the virtual potential enemy is more terrifying. β
"Ah, I seem to have forgotten thatβ" Isshiki stuck out his tongue.
"Did you really forget?" waited a long time without hearing her further reaction, which made me a little confused.
This may have been a mistake made by Isshiki, but I'd rather than make it like that.
"But I guess it's easy to solve, as long as he doesn't help the seniors under the snow, then the threat of the seniors under the snow will be greatly reduced, isn't it?"
This is probably the lowest level of the sentence of Isshiki today.
If you want to provoke an alliance between me and Xuexia, is this really okay? Taking a step back, even if I don't help Xuexia, with her own ability and capital, in the case of a head-to-head duel, the probability of defeating Isshiki is still very high.
I can feel the fact that Ichishiki has been in a sluggish state lately, and I can feel the fact that she has been in such a state lately, but does that alone prove that she will be so sluggish throughout the election process?
"It seems that Kazuya hasn't realized it yet? This is the so-called authority fan, right?" Isseki sighed and said, "However, this matter is no longer important, Kazuya, about that rumor, don't you really need information from my side?"
Despite all my doubts, Isseki's attitude is sincere, and now I am not stubborn enough to refuse all external assistance to solve the problem.
"Or, tell me about it?"
"First of all, about the blurry photo in the newspaper, I have a friend who said that it didn't look like it was taken candidly, but more like a picture taken from surveillance footage. β
"Do family restaurants now have the funds to install surveillance, or is the integrity of high school students declining to such an extent?"
"That's something I'd like to focus on from time to time, but you can check for yourself that the family restaurant where the seniors were talking about it was indeed monitored and running effectively. β
"Okay. β
In other words, for the person who provided this information, he may not have seen the conversation of his predecessors at the time, and if he learned of the existence of this conversation through a certain channel after the fact, he had every chance to find evidence by revisiting the video footage of that time. β
"However, there is a big problem with your reasoning - how can an ordinary person go and check the surveillance footage of a family restaurant, even if it is a police officer, and cannot make such a request without reason, right?"
"Well, so, this involves another situation that I have learned," Isseki nodded and said, "This family restaurant seems to have opened two years ago, and it is said that a certain graduate of Sowu High School was very dissatisfied with the lack of a place to eat light food around the school, so several classmates bought this piece of land around the school in the name of work and entrepreneurship, and built a family restaurant." β
"Being able to buy a storefront in a prime location near Zongwu Gao, that guy's family background is really not bad?"
"It's said that the Okayama family was the first to belong here, right? The location of the store near the school is relatively good, and they don't want to give it up, so they also own some shares in this family restaurant, and of course, the key to the problem is the graduates of two years ago. β
"Two years ago, when Kogi Senpai-senpai had just entered the school, the words of the graduates at that time-"
- It's not such a coincidence, is it?
"It's not very clear about the specifics, but it's rumored that the owner of the family restaurant has a very close relationship with Yono's predecessor under the snow!"
So, is it all going to be the woman?
However, this is incomprehensible. Although I understand that Yono Yukishita is in a sense a person who doesn't care too much about the consequences, there is one thing I believe in, she will not hurt her sister.
The practice of the school festival can also be understood as her sincere attempt to add luster to her sister's school festival, but this scandal incident did not benefit the snow in the snow, not only reducing her chances of being elected president of the student council, but also affecting her own reputation.
As if he saw the problem I was facing, Isshiki shook his head, "I was surprised when I came to the conclusion, at least I couldn't understand the reason why Yono-senpai was doing this. β
"So, what I'm going to do is go to that guy and verify that fact and ask why, is that right?"
I'm probably the only one who can do something like this.
Isshiki nodded slightly.
The feeling of finding the possible culprit without any doubts being resolved is probably how I feel right now.
Under the snow, Yono looks at everyone condescendingly like a trader, manipulating everyone's actions, but for the first time, I can't judge her purpose.
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This chapter leaves a very detailed hint of easter eggs.,I don't know if you can find it.γγγ