After leaving the theater, Ayanokouji Kiyohira didn't go directly to meet Meari and the others but instead went to Mibuomi Aoi's Zenshoukai.
He suddenly received a call from Mibuomi Aoi, who said he had something important to discuss and hoped Ayanokouji Kiyohira would definitely come.
Arriving at the entrance of the Zenshoukai, Ayanokouji Kiyohira knocked on the door, and in less than five seconds, the door opened.
The person who opened the door for him was Mibuomi Aoi.
"Ayanokoji, you're finally here."
He came before Ayanokouji Kiyohira with a smile on his face. After a warm greeting, he casually mentioned the concert that afternoon.
"Ayanokoji, I heard that at Yumemite's concert, you were chosen as the lucky audience member and then lost the game against her?"
Mibuomi Aoi had many sources of information, so Ayanokouji Kiyohira wasn't surprised he knew.
"That's correct." Ayanokoji nodded.
Mibuomi Aoi smiled and shook his head: "I know Yumemi Yumemite's strength very well. Her acting is decent, but when it comes to gambling skills and mental fortitude, she's only slightly above average, far inferior to you. I don't believe you would lose to her. Actually… you lost to her on purpose, didn't you?"
"I didn't do it on purpose, I really couldn't beat her." Ayanokoji Kiyotaka yawned and replied lazily, "After all, Yumemi is a Student Council executive, isn't it normal for me to lose to her?"
"That kind of talk might fool others, but not me." Mibuomi Aoi chuckled, "I know very well how much weight Yumemite's Student Council membership holds. She somehow pleased the Vice President and fortunately obtained this position; its value is even less than Sayuri Nishikinotoin's."
"But the reality is, I really did lose to her." Ayanokouji Kiyohira shrugged, "If you think my losing to her is embarrassing, will you consider me useless and end our cooperation?"
"How could that be? You're overthinking it." Mibuomi Aoi smiled and shook his head, "The outcome of this match is not important at all, and I don't care."
He had already paid a sufficient price, even giving away his fiancée; how could he change commanders at the last minute?
Besides Ayanokouji Kiyohira, he wouldn't choose anyone else.
He didn't believe Yumemi could defeat Ayanokouji Kiyohira; she must have paid some "price" just like him.
Such things were irrelevant and not the focus now.
"Ayanokoji, since you don't want to talk about it, I won't ask. The reason I suddenly called you here today is to introduce you to the other council members of the Zenshoukai, so you can get acquainted."
Mibuomi Aoi said, leading Ayanokouji Kiyohira into a small conference room.
"Everyone, this is our new companion, Ayanokouji Kiyohira. You should all know him, right?"
As Mibuomi Aoi spoke, everyone in the room looked up.
There were already several people in the room, including some acquaintances of Ayanokouji Kiyohira.
Kamishita Nagi, who liked to cheat in gambling and relied on small tricks to gamble; Ibuki Jotaro, the former Kendo Club president, who was burly, serious-faced, and clearly a tough guy; and Shimotsuki Okuri, the Landlord champion, a gloomy girl who had lost to Meari a few days ago.
"Ayanokoji, we meet again!" Kamishita Nagi had lost to Ayanokouji Kiyohira before, but now he seemed as if nothing had happened, enthusiastically coming up to greet Ayanokouji Kiyohira, acting very familiar.
"I didn't expect that half a month ago we were opponents, and now we've become companions…" Ibuki Jotaro's expression was a bit complicated.
Both he and Kamishita Nagi were Ayanokouji Kiyohira's defeated opponents, but he clearly hadn't moved on.
After all, as the Kendo Club president, he had lost the Kendo Club's territory to Ayanokouji Kiyohira. At this moment, seeing Ayanokouji Kiyohira appear before him, his expression was very unnatural.
He wasn't hostile towards Ayanokouji Kiyohira; he just didn't quite know how to face him.
As for Shimotsuki Okuri, when she saw Ayanokouji Kiyohira enter, she merely lifted her head for a glance, then quickly averted her gaze and remained silent, looking down.
She had always been very quiet, but after losing to Meari, she seemed even more so.
These were the council members Ayanokouji Kiyohira had met before. The remaining few council members Ayanokouji Kiyohira hadn't met were all girls.
Ayanokouji Kiyohira first noticed a girl sitting on the sofa, wearing a mask even indoors.
She was wearing a panda jacket, had twin pigtails, and a Sony camera hanging around her neck. When she saw Ayanokouji Kiyohira walk in, she raised her camera and took a photo of him.
"…Mibuomi Aoi, what does this mean?" Ayanokouji Kiyohira looked at Mibuomi Aoi, "Give me an explanation."
"You don't like having your picture taken?"
"I'm not used to others taking pictures of me with a camera, and I don't want news of our cooperation to be leaked." Ayanokoji said coldly.
This photo contained both him and Mibuomi Aoi. If the photo were leaked, it could be used as evidence to prove his cooperation with Mibuomi Aoi.
Although Ayanokouji Kiyohira had already thought of how to explain it, he still didn't want more trouble.
"Did you hear that, Rokujo Enero, Ayanokoji doesn't like photos, quickly delete it."
"What a shame…" The girl shrugged dejectedly and operated the camera to delete the photo.
After Mibuomi Aoi reprimanded her, he scratched his head with an apologetic expression and said with a smile, "Sorry, that's her bad habit. I forgot to remind her."
"…" Ayanokouji Kiyohira was noncommittal. Who knew if Mibuomi Aoi hadn't intentionally let her take the photo to test his limits?
"Aren't you going to introduce them to me?"
"Why don't you introduce yourselves?" Mibuomi Aoi looked at the masked girl.
"I am Rokujo Enero, an executive of the Zenshoukai, and also the president of the Photography Club." The girl, whose candid photo had been forcibly deleted, was not in high spirits now. She casually waved at Ayanokouji Kiyohira, "Taking photos is my hobby."
Kamishita Nagi chuckled, "By the way, this guy has a lot of photos of girls in her hands. If you need them, you can buy them from her."
"Photos, what kind? You don't mean…"
Ayanokouji Kiyohira didn't finish his sentence. When he saw Kamishita Nagi's ambiguous nod, he understood that his thoughts were correct.
"Oh, right, Ayanokoji, don't you have a lot of cute girls in your Cooking Room? You must tell them to be careful. It will be troublesome if this guy sets her eyes on them. If she sees a body she likes, she will go to any lengths to take their photos and then sell them to other classmates to make money." Kamishita Nagi directly warned in front of Rokujo Enero.
"Hey, Kamishita Nagi, what kind of good person are you pretending to be? You don't give me any face at all, saying it as if you haven't bought those photos yourself…!"
Ignoring their argument, Ayanokouji Kiyohira looked directly at Mibuomi Aoi: "Aren't you going to do anything?"
"…That's the hobby of every Zenshoukai member. I have no right to interfere." Mibuomi Aoi spread his hands helplessly.
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