Before the grand show begins, the stage is usually darkened, and then, a sudden glimmer of light, with this strong contrast, draws everyone in that direction. The performers on the stage are the leaders of the path that everyone is chasing. People will naturally obey the leader's direction, and will not even wonder if the previous darkness is a situation deliberately created by the leader to achieve the best leadership effect.

No one thinks about this, just as a noisy human voice in the dark automatically pushes the stop switch at the beginning of the opening ceremony, and people are so commonplace to adapt to someone else's leadership. In other words, the so-called masses, in the end, have to obey an authority, whether that authority is a decree, a leader, or something else that is coercive.

So, the question is just whether this authority, instilled in the public, belongs to their true future direction. As for the self-awakening of the masses that I once longed for, in the end it was just empty talk.

Admittedly, if you ask if there are people who are engaged in self-awakening, I certainly think that there are. At the very least, I believe that when Yui-san and I solemnly uttered her declaration, when Issei was exhausted and expressed her desire to part ways with me, they should have done it to some extent. However, many more people are unable to do it – it has nothing to do with the wisdom of the person himself, and even the most intelligent people will unconsciously fall into the quagmire of being dominated by others.

For example, now standing quietly in the corner of the dark stage, in a few minutes, Yukino Yukishi, who will become the focus of the stage. In front of the others, of course, she was as calm as ever, but only I knew how weak the foundation was under the snow.

- Of course, maybe I don't just know, but Bikiya, who is in charge of the lighting in the background with me, probably also knows.

I don't know what kind of psychology Hikiya is now: I think that, in theory, he should be satisfied with the status quo, he doesn't like to cause trouble, and every time he tries to help someone else solve a problem, I get a head start, which objectively makes his work on the executive committee very leisurely, and this is also the case. Although there was a problem in the middle of trying to help under the snow at the behest of my sister, I solved it in my own way - thankfully, my sister never seemed to think about giving her expectations of me to anyone else.

However, I think that Biqigu should be unhappy, and while solving the problem, I am also attacking his way of doing things without restraint - to a certain extent, I am preventing Biqigu's "self-sacrifice" by solving all problems first.

And at least so far, my approach is without loopholes. So, during the last ten minutes of casual conversation before the opening of the festival, it seemed that I was able to calmly discuss some things with Hikiya Hachiman-senpai.

"I've been wondering what this year's festival would have been like without me? That's an interesting hypothesis, isn't it?"

"I don't know anything else, but without you, I wouldn't be the chairman of the executive committee under the snow. Although Hikiya seemed to be staring intently at the instrument in front of him, he still replied to me seriously.

"But with the character under the snow, I always feel that it will still become the executive committee she leads in the end, right? That guy can't tolerate imperfections?"

"The premise is that the executive committee is too bad for her to bear. Biqigu shook his head and said in a disguised manner.

"If everyone thinks the same as the predecessors of Biqigu, isn't it impossible?"

"But there's always going to be a guy with a lot of energy. ”

"If a motivated guy doesn't have the ability, it's easy to be hollowed out, wasn't that the case last year?"

"It's different every year. ”

My purpose in initiating this conversation was to deduce what would have happened if Bikigu had intervened to solve the problem—I was confident that his approach would have turned out worse than mine, but Bikiya had clearly been careful to avoid the question.

However, he was still unwilling.

"By the way, under the snow, it's okay now, right?" When he spoke again, his eyes focused on Yukino under the snow.

"As you can see, where the chairman of the committee is pointing, I can help her solve all problems. ”

"Yubihama, you're not fit to say witty things, and it always feels strange when you say them. ”

"In the same way, you are not suitable for preaching, and when you say these things, you always give people a feeling that they are not convincing enough. I shrugged my shoulders and replied.

"The situation under the snow is actually not as good as she shows, right?"

"She's just lost for a while. For people in her position, once there is hesitation and lack of confidence in herself, it is very scary, so what you have to do is to constantly strengthen her self-confidence, no matter what way it is. And in fact, we did, as long as the state under the snow was confident and unwavering, no one else would get in her way, wouldn't they?"

"But—"

"—When you say 'but', you lose, Hibi-senpai. If you want to use your method, if the opposition is too loud, then break up the opposition bloc, this is certainly a good way to do it. Therefore, the key issue is not how to restrain the enemy, but to consolidate one's own authority as much as possible, because the opponent can never be eradicated, but only one's own ability can be constantly improved, isn't that so?"

"She didn't realize the situation under the snow. Biqigu turned his head and whispered.

"So, there is no need for her to notice now, the problem now is the cultural festival, to help her survive the cultural festival, with her talent under the snow, sooner or later she will realize her own problem, and this goes back to the problem of tigers and sheep at the beginning, there is only one tiger, and sooner or later it will die, and the flock can continue to reproduce. Our time is our greatest advantage, and if we make it to the end of the celebration, isn't it victory?"

"Hopefully, it's the same as you imagined, right?" Hikiya said after staring at me for a long time, "But, Yubihama, you can't help the snow every time. ”

"That's true, but don't you think you're too vulnerable under the snow?"

The reason why I believe so much in Xue Xia is also due to my experience of a long struggle with her - if Xue Xia Xue has really fallen into a stage where she can't stand without my support, it will undoubtedly be the biggest insult to this opponent who had left me helpless before.

So, while practicing my own opinions, I also believe in Yukino under the snow.

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It's not the first time I've experienced the opening ceremony of the cultural festival, but I was really surprised by the enthusiasm of the students of Sobu High School before the start of the school festival.

Perhaps, students with high deviation values will always choose to explode at this time because their emotions have been suppressed for too long?

If everyone only quietly maintained a certain degree of restraint at the beginning of the countdown, the final countdown, the sound of "three", "two", and "one", has almost become the collective cry of the whole school.

Whether it is an indifferent person or an enthusiastic person, it is worthy of the name "burning" at this time.

From this point of view, the slogan of the cultural festival without much thought was quite successful.

The mayor of the castle, who usually seems to be very gentle, seems to be uncharacteristically excited in order to cooperate with the situation at the scene: "Everyone, are you going to burn?"

"Oh oh oh!"

"It seems to be winter now, but, everyone, tell me, right now, is it cold?"

"No!"

"From brand new—"

"—to the new cultural festival!"

"So, from now on—"

"—burn!"

Although a considerable number of students, including the executive committee members of each class, played the role of "support" here, it is not necessarily necessary to say that the atmosphere of the scene was really guided by these people.

Of course, this is the case, and the combination of the agitated masses and the adapted elite of the masses is the most effective form of agitation in modern times. The automatic confluence of the ideas of the masses and the ideas inculcated by the elites.

Members of the Dance Lovers' Association and the Cheerleading Club used dance music to bring the atmosphere of the opening ceremony to a climax from the very beginning. Of course, it would have been better if there had been a rock band around at this time. However, who made our light music club have only four members in it?

"Work, work, work!" came the voice of the person in charge of the scene, who didn't know who it was, from the side of the headset.

Of course, once you get to work, you don't have time to worry about what's going on on the scene.

The task of switching sound and lighting is much more important than you think.

However, the most important thing for the opening ceremony of the festival is the congratulatory message of the executive committee. While the vast majority of people may scoff at the message, it is one of the few occasions when the chairman of the executive committee has been given a public appearance – especially when the closing ceremony has already been given.

"Under the snow, Chairman of the Committee, please prepare—"

I looked far away under the snow on the other side of the stage.

To some extent, the next congratulatory message is an end point in this campaign. Although the specific cultural festival is also important, after the opening ceremony, it means that the preparatory work of the executive committee is completely completed. It was only natural for the executive committee members to want to enjoy the festival just like a normal student.

Next, I would like to invite Yukino Yukishita, one of the executive chairmen of the Cultural Festival, to give a speech. The student council's voice rang out just right.

Under the snow, he walked awe-inspiring to the center of the stage.

In front of others, Xue Nai is always calm and calm under the snow.

"Don't think too low of your minister, Biqigu-senpai!" I said with a gentle smile at Biqigu beside me.

The leader who is supported, provided that she still has the ability to become a leader!

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Okay, I know this chapter is not well written.,But I really don't know how to write this chapter.,Sunday was stuck and couldn't think of it, so I didn't change it.,Thinking that it would be too bad if I didn't change it today.,So I still barely wrote it.。 It is to create the atmosphere of "harmony is also very advantageous, and harmony is also a go up" (looking at the sky), in short, abandon the treatment, everyone can experience it for themselves! All in all, the three days of the cultural festival are the time when the contradictions erupt in a concentrated manner - but it is not necessarily the right to solve it, well.

Also, at the end of the last volume, it was said that the cultural festival would have two volumes, but I didn't expect one volume to be concluded, and the plot progressed much faster than I imagined - according to this, it is not a dream to have two more volumes to finish?

Besides, the last vote or something, you made a prediction in the book review, I can't draw people, so the results will be drawn according to the people who voted in the group!