"It sounds like a wall-breaker…" Ayanokouji Kiyohira murmured to himself.
"Wall-breaker… Are you referring to the description in 'The Three-Body Problem'?"
Mibuomi Aoi had actually read "The Three-Body Problem." He quickly realized what Ayanokouji Kiyohira was referring to and nodded in agreement.
"That's a good term. If every Student Council member is a Wallfacer whose inner thoughts are unknown, then we, who need to analyze their behavior and decipher their true strategic intentions, can also be called Wall-Breakers. As long as we defeat them, we can win the uprising."
Ayanokouji Kiyohira was noncommittal, only asking, "Do I not have a document?"
Everyone else had documents, but there wasn't one for him on the table.
Mibuomi Aoi's smile gradually disappeared, and he shook his head regretfully: "Ayanokoji, Momobami Kirari has not engaged in any public gambling for the past six months. No one knows her information, so I don't have any data on her either."
He looked at Ayanokouji Kiyohira and said solemnly, "Ayanokoji, your task is the most arduous and the most crucial link. Even if everyone else wins against their opponents and successfully abolishes their status as Student Council members, if you fail, the uprising will fail."
"You're betting everything on me. Do you trust me that much?"
"Of course." Mibuomi Aoi nodded without hesitation: "You are the best opponent I have found to fight Momobami Kirari. If even you cannot defeat her, then it is even more impossible for the rest of us to defeat her."
"Mibuomi-sama, I can do it too!" Shimotsuki Okuri couldn't help but say.
Mibuomi Aoi looked at her with a gentle gaze, then shook his head: "...Okuri, I am glad you have this intention, but this is not the time to be brave."
Naoko Ominogashira seized the opportunity to taunt her: "You, who can't even beat Mary Saotome, should stop thinking about challenging the Student Council President. How embarrassing it would be if you lost!"
Shimotsuki Okuri clenched her fists, but did not retort.
It was a fact that she lost to Meari, so it was no wonder she wasn't trusted.
"There's still one problem. Mibuomi-sama, you are so confident that Ayanokoji will win, but what if he loses?"
Rokujo Enero had only just met Ayanokouji Kiyohira, and she voiced a concern that others also had but had not spoken aloud.
They could all see that in this uprising, the task Ayanokouji Kiyohira needed to shoulder was the key; their wins or losses would not affect the overall situation.
Even if they won, if Momobami Kirari remained the Student Council President, then everything they did would be in vain.
"Even if he loses the match, it doesn't mean that what you have done is useless."
Mibuomi Aoi scanned the group, then slowly said: "Every Student Council member now is carefully selected. They all play a significant role for the Student Council, especially Igarashi Sayaka and Sachiko Juraku. They are like the two pillars under Momobami Kirari.
As long as a gamble is public, it is mandatory. If you defeat them and make them resign from their Student Council positions and you take their place, the Student Council President, even if she is displeased with you, cannot expel you from the Student Council in a short time.
If one uprising is unsuccessful, we will have other opportunities.
As long as one of us can win, we can announce our existence to the other students. Even if I am purged by Momobami Kirari afterwards and forced to leave the school, there will be others to take my place and overthrow Momobami Kirari's rule!"
Mibuomi Aoi's words were very righteous, like a saint who had already prepared for sacrifice. Shimotsuki Okuri and Ibuki Jotaro, who were beside him, looked at Mibuomi Aoi with adoring eyes.
Ayanokouji Kiyohira surveyed the expressions of the others.
Kamishita Nagi was just leaning against the wall, smiling. Rokujo Enero wore a mask, making her expression unreadable. The Elder Okinotou Sisters were looking at each other, communicating with their eyes.
It seemed that apart from these two loyal subordinates, the other council members all had their own ideas.
It seemed Mibuomi Aoi did not have sufficiently strong control; the Zenshoukai was not monolithic.
After this pre-war meeting concluded, the council members dispersed, each taking their own set of documents and leaving the casino.
Mibuomi Aoi said that they should wait for a few days, go back and think about ways to win against them, and then take action on Friday.
Ayanokouji Kiyohira also left the meeting room. He was about to return to the casino to see Meari and the others when someone suddenly called out to him from behind.
"Wait a moment!"
Ayanokouji Kiyohira turned his head and saw the twin sisters, who were happily waving and walking towards him.
"Is there something you need me for?" Ayanokoji asked.
"We're very curious about you, you know. Can we chat?"
"I don't have much time. Let's talk another time." Ayanokouji Kiyohira refused outright.
"It won't take much time. Oh, by the way, we're the presidents of the softball club. Let's chat at the softball club, it's not far, just nearby!"
Naoko Ominogashira and Uba no Atama Bako each took one of Ayanokouji Kiyohira's arms, pulling him forcefully towards their casino.
There was still some time until dinner, so Ayanokouji Kiyohira thought about it and didn't resist, allowing the sisters to pull him to their club.
The club room was not large, just a small, exquisitely decorated room.
Although it was called the softball club, there was nothing sports-related here. The room contained a gambling table, and the bookshelves were filled with various gambling tools.
"Are there no other people in the club?"
"There are only the two of us in this club. We are both the presidents."
One girl pulled Ayanokouji Kiyohira to sit down, and the two of them, one pouring tea for Ayanokouji Kiyohira and the other sitting in front of him, chatted with him with smiling faces.
They were still curious about the assassination and kidnapping case, wanting to get some undisclosed information from Ayanokoji that wasn't in the news.
Ayanokoji didn't say much, just casually brushed them off with a few words.
Uba no Atama Bako could also sense Ayanokouji Kiyohira's reluctance, so she changed the subject.
"Ayanokoji, we've also heard that Mibuomi-sama has been targeting you and even had Kamishita Nagi and Ibuki Jotaro trouble you, but you joined the Zenshoukai today. Why is that?"
"I didn't join the Zenshoukai. I just reached an agreement for cooperation with Mibuomi Aoi." Ayanokouji Kiyohira emphasized.
"Just a cooperative relationship, then… can we know the content of the cooperation?"
"This is a private cooperation between Mibuomi Aoi and me. I won't tell anyone else until I get his permission." Ayanokoji refused to answer.
"As expected…"
Uba no Atama Bako sighed, feigning sadness: "Although Mibuomi Aoi is the nominal president and we are council members, and we can raise opinions if we have them, that's just what he tells ordinary members.
Decisions related to Zenshoukai activities are actually controlled by Mibuomi Aoi alone. We have no power to object at all, and we don't even know the details of the plans…
The so-called executive positions are just empty titles. It seems like we are stronger than ordinary members, but in reality, we are also precarious, not knowing when we might be expelled like Miharu Taki."
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