Mibuomi Aoi's expression was sincere, as if he was truly thinking for Miharu Taki Sakura.
But Miharu Taki Sakura sighed inwardly.
Sure enough, Aoi still doesn't want to let go of these positions...
She was not stupid; on the contrary, she was very intelligent, otherwise, she would not have been chosen as the Student Council's Beautification Committee Chairperson, responsible for managing the casino.
Collecting rent from various casinos was a very thankless task, easily leading to resentment, but she did it exceptionally well.
Not only did she have high intelligence, but her emotional intelligence was also not low. She knew Mibuomi Aoi's thoughts perfectly clear.
Although Mibuomi Aoi was also a member of the Student Council, he was only an Accounting, a leisurely position responsible for managing accounts, and most of the time he was very idle.
However, Mibuomi Aoi was not content with this; he wanted to know more about the school and control the overall situation.
He had no power in his hands, but his "fiancée" Miharu Taki Sakura's Beautification Committee had the role of supervising the school.
So he tried every means to persuade Miharu Taki Sakura to infiltrate these Zenshoukai members into the Beautification Committee, making them his "eyes and ears" to accomplish things that were difficult for him to do in his own capacity.
On the surface, the Beautification Committee Chairperson was Miharu Taki Sakura, but these members were all "loyal" to Mibuomi Aoi. They only regarded Miharu Taki Sakura as Mibuomi Aoi's fiancée and completely disregarded her identity as "Beautification Committee Chairperson."
Miharu Taki Sakura also knew that, apart from some extremely lazy individuals, the personnel Mibuomi Aoi arranged still had some working ability. It's just that... in their eyes, completing Mibuomi Aoi's orders was more important.
They wholeheartedly completed Mibuomi Aoi's tasks, and when it came to tasks assigned by Miharu Taki Sakura, they naturally lacked energy, always feigning compliance and procrastinating whenever possible.
As long as he continues to secretly give orders to these people, even if he replaces them with another batch, won't the efficiency still be the same?!
Miharu Taki Sakura really wanted to say these words, but she couldn't.
Because she was the "fiancée" assigned to Mibuomi Aoi by her family, a "councilor" of the Zenshoukai. She had to consider Mibuomi Aoi's position.
Even if she raised objections and forcibly kicked all these people out of the Beautification Committee, once Mibuomi Aoi reported the matter to her family, her relatives would definitely try their best to persuade her to help Mibuomi Aoi.
"...Forget it, no need to change them." Miharu Taki Sakura said coldly, "I'll give them two days off first, and then call them all back in a few days."
"That's good too. They've done so much for you; a rest isn't bad." Mibuomi Aoi was stunned for a moment, then nodded with a smile.
He could also see that his "fiancée" was somewhat displeased, but what of it? As long as she didn't affect his plans, it was fine.
Now was a critical moment; these members of the Beautification Committee had been assigned very important tasks by him and could not afford to fail.
Working for me? Aren't they working for you?
Miharu Taki Sakura gave him a cold glance, not bringing up the topic again, only saying, "Tell me, what do you want from me?"
"Oh, right, I almost forgot..." Mibuomi Aoi smiled as he jumped off the table and handed the member card he had been playing with for a long time to Miharu Taki Sakura: "Look at this."
"This is..." Miharu Taki Sakura took the card. It was just a cheap IC card with nothing special about it. Why did he want her to look at this card?
Today was Monday. Before Miharu Taki Sakura was called by Mibuomi Aoi, she was still working in the office. What she said just now was not merely an excuse but that she truly had many matters to deal with.
This ranking competition "member card" had only been released an hour ago, so Miharu Taki Sakura naturally hadn't seen it yet, nor had she heard Ayanokoji talk about his plan.
"What is this?" Miharu Taki Sakura looked up and asked in confusion.
Mibuomi Aoi smiled and said, "You don't know? I thought you would know. This is a member card just released today by the Chemistry Cooking Room casino. Only by getting this member card at their casino can you participate in the ranking competition."
"Member card? Ranking competition? What are you talking about?" Miharu Taki Sakura looked puzzled.
Mibuomi Aoi felt a little regretful. He could see that Miharu Taki Sakura truly didn't know, so he patiently explained what had happened today to Miharu Taki Sakura.
"This is something that just started this afternoon at the Chemistry Preparation Room casino..."
Miharu Taki Sakura was very surprised when she heard Mibuomi Aoi say that participating in the ranking competition required paying a one percent service fee.
Ayanokoji Kiyotaka actually wanted to make money by "drawing a percentage"!?
She certainly knew that outside casinos made money by "drawing a percentage" and collecting five percent of the gambling money.
Before this, it wasn't that no students had tried it when opening club casinos, but they mostly failed, reluctantly closed their casinos, and still owed the Student Council a large sum for casino usage fees.
Oranges grown south of the Huai River are oranges, but grown north of it, they are trifoliate oranges. Many previous failures had already proven with their painful experiences that in Private Hyakkaou Academy, making money by drawing a percentage of gambling funds was unfeasible.
She hadn't expected Ayanokoji Kiyotaka to actually open one, and from Mibuomi Aoi's tone, it seemed to be doing quite well.
Before, she just hadn't thought about it that way and even felt that Ayanokoji Kiyotaka spending money to host this Landlord Competition was just a whim, and she had warned him not to waste money.
She hadn't realized that his original invitation to Yomotsuki Runa as a guest was to "leverage influence," and his true purpose was to open a casino that drew a percentage of gambling funds.
Miharu Taki Sakura felt a hint of admiration for Ayanokoji in her heart. Daring to take such a bold step, Ayanokoji Kiyotaka was even more outstanding than she had imagined.
Thinking of this, Miharu Taki Sakura sighed slightly in her heart again.
It would be great if Ayanokoji Kiyotaka could work under me and help me; he alone should be more useful than all the people Mibuomi Aoi sent.
Mibuomi Aoi had no idea what Miharu Taki Sakura was thinking. He saw Miharu Taki Sakura lost in thought and suddenly asked, "Sakura, you should know who the operator of the Chemistry Preparation Room casino is, right? After all, weren't you a guest at that competition two days ago?"
Miharu Taki Sakura came back to her senses and said with a cold face, "I don't know who the casino's operator is. I just owe someone a favor, and I appeared before the competition to repay that favor."
Of course, she knew the casino was opened by Ayanokoji Kiyotaka, but since she promised to conceal Ayanokoji's identity, she would keep her word.
"Who do you owe a favor to?" Mibuomi Aoi was slightly taken aback. "Don't you dislike owing favors the most?"
"Ayanokoji Kiyotaka, you should know him."
"Ayanokoji… what a coincidence." Mibuomi Aoi was stunned for a moment, then chuckled, "What favor do you owe him? I know he recovered your gambling funds for you, but didn't you also help him check the surveillance cameras? You shouldn't owe him anything anymore."
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