After deciding to give up, he started to gain popularity

After Shinomiya Kaguya came to his side, Natsukawa Kanade continued:

"And then? Is this the end? Where should we go to check in?"

"Ugh! What... what do you mean by clocking in? I don't know what you are talking about. Let your female companion leave now..."

"You're not giving up yet? Do you have to let me tell you your name before it's over? Secretary Fujiwara Chika?" Natsukawa Kanade crossed his arms and sighed.

"..." The other party was silent for a while, and then said stubbornly, "I, I don't know anyone named Fujiwara Chika... You, don't change the subject, go and call someone to send the ransom."

Xia Chuan Kanade shrugged, not caring about her stubbornness, and slowly said, "It seems that the club funds for the next game club will be reduced again..."

"What do you mean by reducing it again? Explain yourself clearly, stupid president!" Fujiwara Chika finally couldn't help it.

He took off the pig head mask and shouted to Natsukawa Kanade:

"This is abusing power for personal gain! I want to report it, I want to report it!"

"Heh..." Xia Chuan Zou didn't say anything, just sneered.

The silly lady standing by was dumbfounded.

"……what?"

How could it be Fujiwara Chika?

150. The Student Council President is the mastermind! (4K)

"President, this is really too much. Since you've discovered it, you should have told me earlier. Now you've forced me to continue my performance so seriously..." Fujiwara Chika said angrily with a puffed face.

"So didn't I bring it up? Who was it that just now refused to admit it?" Xia Chuanzou glanced at her, unmoved.

"Guuuu... No! I won't accept it! How could you recognize us so quickly? We disguised ourselves so well! Even the props we used were real!" Fujiwara Chika was very unconvinced. She moved closer to Natsukawa Kanade and poked him madly with her fingers.

"President, please tell me the truth. How did you know that?"

"It's a problem if you can't see this, right?" Xia Chuan Zou complained, and then explained.

"When I untied them just now, I found that the rope was not tied firmly. It could be undone with just a slight pull. Would a normal robber do such a thing? He would be afraid that the robbers would not be able to escape, right? The key is that he did not even block their mouths, which completely gave them a chance to escape."

"..."

"And then there's the timing of your appearance. It would have been fine if you were all there from the beginning, but you came out right after we showed up. This must have been a good plan, or else you were hiding in the dark and observing us in advance."

"..."

"That's not all. What's even more outrageous is that you, the leader, didn't take us hostage when you first found us. Instead, you hypocritically proposed to play a game with us... I'm afraid even the middle school students can't believe that this is a real kidnapping, right?"

"Kaguya-san must think so, right?"

"Ah? Um... yes, yes." Shinomiya Kaguya nodded woodenly.

What the hell is she! If Fujiwara Chika hadn't taken off her mask, she would have really thought she had encountered an emergency!

As for Natsukawa Kanade, of course he had no idea what the girl next to him was thinking, and he was still frantically expressing his own opinions.

"Of course, I think the biggest flaw is because of you, Fujiwara Chika."

"I?"

"Yes, not only the lines, but also the tone is totally unlike that of a serious kidnapper." Natsukawa Kanade added.

After all, what serious kidnapper would let a slender girl who can cry for a long time after being punched be the leader? It's more like a rich girl and her bodyguards performing a farce.

The pink octopus was stunned, but immediately became angry and protested with an indignant expression, "Damn it! This is clearly an insult to my acting master Fujiwara Chika! I demand that you retract such inappropriate remarks!"

"I performed so well! The players who came before me didn't notice any flaws at all. It's obvious that you are talking nonsense!"

"Is there a possibility that it's just because everyone is too kind, and even if they see through your disguise, they deliberately don't reveal it, but continue to cooperate with your performance?" Xiachuan Kanade interrupted.

“……” So Fujiwara Chika was stunned.

No one spoke for a long time.

Just when Xiachuan Zou thought she had finally admitted defeat, she suddenly made a face at him and yelled, "I don't want to listen, the president is a little turtle, lelelel(?????)..."

"..."

You're just making a fuss because you can't win the argument? Why are you acting like a child, you idiot?

So Natsukawa Kanade looked at the big guys who had followed Fujiwara Chika as "thugs" before, and found that they all looked as if it had nothing to do with them, and some had even picked up dumbbells and started training on the spot.

"..."

Good! You are indeed a talent in the sports department. You should seize every opportunity to exercise and train hard!

I just don't know what Fujiwara Chika used to bribe them to make them willing to accompany her in such mischief.

"It's no use for you to play dumb. After all, what I said is the truth..." Xiachuan Zou continued to insist.

"And have you ever thought about another question? Even if your acting is really good enough to fool everyone, what are the consequences? What if many people have conflicts because of the 'choose one or the other' event you proposed? Have you ever thought about how to resolve the grievances between those partners? What if you can't resolve it and they become resentful and end up going to the student union to complain?"

"After all, the entire grade is involved. There will always be some people who are so angry about being cheated or something and go and complain, right?"

"But, but this performance is specially prepared for the group of people who choose their own partners. How can there be so many people?" Fujiwara Chika said weakly, looking aggrieved.

"..." This was something that Xiachuan Kan did not expect, so he turned to look at Shinomiya Kaguya, but saw that she was shaking her head slightly, indicating that she didn't know either.

"Even so, there will always be some fish that slip through the net, right? Can you be sure that none of these people will complain about you?" Xia Chuanzou said seriously.

He always considers the worst possible situation just in case.

Previously, he handed the design of the event levels to the game department essentially in order to seek certain innovations. It just so happened that Fujiwara Chika agreed to do it, so he handed it over to her. However, this kind of game content was definitely not what he wanted to see.

Because compared to the fun and playability of the content, he has to consider the feelings of the experiencers more. Only by completing the basic point of "not making them feel embarrassed" can he come up with the subsequent elevated content such as "the activity is very interesting and novel".

But judging from this game segment, if the two partners not only failed to see that this was a farce, but instead followed their own hearts and chose the "cowardly" actions, it would inevitably cause conflicts between the two, and such conflicts might turn into resentment towards Fujiwara Chika when all the truth is revealed.

Because it was she who organized this "test", which was the source of conflict between the partners.

People are unreasonable. Even if it is indeed caused by their own cowardly behavior, as long as there is an object that can divert the conflict, they will raise the sharp thorn in their hands without hesitation.

Of course he didn't want that person to be Fujiwara Chika.

For this reason, he had to remind the other party even if he had to use a harsh tone.

"do you understand?"

“……” Fujiwara Chika did not reply.

Xiachuan Zou thought she was reflecting on herself, but the next second he heard faint sobbing sounds coming from her.

“Wow, I’ve been thinking so hard about the activities… but I’ve been criticized by the president like this… I’m not going to do this anymore…”

"..."

It's just an objective analysis. There's no need to be so sad, right?

Natsukawa Kanade was a little overwhelmed.

He certainly didn't mean to blame her, he just wanted her to realize the seriousness of the matter.

But when he saw that the people around him were looking at him with an expression that said "The student council president is bullying a fool", he couldn't control himself anymore.

"Hehe, I said too much. Actually, I think... well... it's not that bad. I was just asking too much." Xiachuan Zou tried to coax this idiot.

"Wuwu...you are lying...you must still be laughing at me in your heart, right...wuwu..."

"No, how could that be!" Xia Chuan Zou quickly shook his head to deny, "At most I just feel that... there is still a lot of room for improvement!"

"Wow……"

The crying seemed to get louder.

Even Kaguya standing by seemed to be unable to bear it anymore and reminded him with her silent mouth shapes - just give in to her.

"..."

Ok.

Xiachuan Zou was really at his wit's end, and he didn't want to be labeled as someone who "likes to bully fools", so he had to swallow his pride and say something against his will.

"Actually, I really think your acting is great! Your ideas are great too! It's just... I just said that because I wanted to come up with a more complete idea..."

"What perfect idea?" Fujiwara Chika asked him immediately.

The speed was so fast that it seemed as if the girl who was sobbing just now did not exist at all.

"Uh..." Xiachuan Zou was a little embarrassed. After all, this was just a statement he came up with on the spur of the moment. It would take a long time for him to come up with ideas for improvement.

"Wow, you're still lying to me! The president is a fool! Wuwu..."

"No, I didn't lie to you... I was just, just organizing my words! Yes, I was organizing my words!" Xia Chuan Zou explained.

"..."

Seeing that the other party's emotions seemed to have stabilized, Xiachuan Kanade continued:

"The game content cannot be changed. After all, it is your responsibility. The ideas you come up with on the spur of the moment cannot be put into use immediately. Props and other things are also a problem. The only thing we can do is change the performance itself."

"Yeah, yeah." Fujiwara Chika listened carefully.

"First of all, regarding the 'realism', I think you don't have to make the performance so realistic. Like I said just now, those flaws can be completely preserved. You can even take off all the masks on your faces and replace them with a pair of sunglasses... Oh, no, it's almost dark outside, you can't see anything, you can't wear sunglasses..." Xia Chuan Kanade coughed twice to hide his embarrassment.

"Ahem, that's pretty much what I mean. It doesn't need to be extremely realistic, and the more flaws the better. The purpose is to let the participants discover the trick and then see through the truth of the performance."

"But if we are discovered, we won't be able to achieve our goal. Our plan to break them up... and test their bravery won't be accomplished?" asked Fujiwara Chika.

"That's what I'm going to remind you of next." Xia Chuan Kanade nodded and continued, "If you encounter a participant like me who suddenly exposes you right at the beginning or in the middle of the performance, just ignore it."

"in spite of?"

"Yes." Xiachuan Zou nodded.

"What I mean by 'don't care' is that you just continue to act as you want to act - continue to perform according to the process of your performance. No matter what the other party says, choose to ignore him. It means just give him one question - who will choose to stay."

"To be frank, anyone with a bit of emotional intelligence would not continue to expose you at this point. They would probably just go along with your performance. After that, the other things between the two participants have nothing to do with you. You just need to complete your mission."

"Hmm... but this is too boring, right? It feels completely fake..." Fujiwara Chika disagreed.

She could accept being recognized, but she would never accept deliberately exposing her flaws.

Xiachuan Zou glanced at her and thought, isn't this fake?

"Then this plan can be put aside for now, and we can talk about other things later."

"Yes, yes, please tell me quickly, President."

"Since you want to pursue a realistic performance, your acting skills...anyway, you should change your image first." Ignoring Fujiwara Chika's angry look, Natsukawa Kanade continued.

"Although your physical appearance and figure are fixed and cannot be changed, you can change your temperament. For example, in the situation just now, you don't need to speak out. Just find a chair and sit down with your legs crossed, and then find a 'subordinate' to speak for you. You just need to sit beside them and look at them like a 'boss'."

“Gah… But then I won’t have any lines to say…”

"It's very simple to speak the lines. If you don't care about the authenticity, just sit on the chair and use your original voice. After all, not everyone is familiar with your voice. If you are afraid of being exposed, you can try using a voice changer." Xiachuan Kanade suggested.

"This not only masks your original voice so that people familiar with you can't hear it, but also gives others a more realistic sense of 'guilt' - speaking in a false voice will make it less likely for you to be caught later."

Even if she doesn't take off the mask, the other party might not even be able to recognize Fujiwara Chika.

Xiachuan Zou has also let it go. Since the suggestion has been made, it won't be a big deal to come up with some bad ideas. As long as the other party doesn't talk big enough to reveal the fact that he is an accomplice, she can do whatever she wants.

But the best way, of course, is to seal her mouth, just like the "silent boss" setting he proposed.

Fortunately, voice changers are not easy to find. They are not common at ordinary times, and now they are in the venue, so it is almost impossible to get one. In this way, she can only choose to be a "silent boss" or simply "fake"...

"Oh, yes! There is this method! In this way, the voice changer we purchased before will be useful!" Fujiwara Chika raised her head instantly and a happy smile appeared on her face.

"As expected of the president! He can always offer some useful suggestions!"

"..."

“Well… although it’s a bit annoying that I can’t use my original voice, it’s all for the sake of the event! All right! Fujiwara Chika, move out!”

"I say, why don't you think about it again? I think the first method is more suitable..." Xiachuan Zou struggled.

"Hey, Guild Master, please stop getting in the way. The next wave of challengers should be arriving soon! Guild Master and Kaguya-chan, please sign in and leave right away. Don't get in the way of us breaking up...testing the bravery of the players!"