Simply put.
The most important powers of the student council are roughly four.
First, discretionary power.
Like Horikita Manabu's punishment of campus violence, or Nagumo Miyabi's lenient tolerance, the student council judgment holds the power of discretionary action.
Second, the right of proposal.
Like during the forest training camp when Nagumo Miyabi proposed changing part of the rules to scheme against Horikita Manabu, possessing the power to propose rule changes to the school authorities.
It seems that as long as fairness can be maintained, there is even the power to design exam projects, though the final decision remains in the hands of the school authorities.
This is truly too difficult.
Maintaining fairness means.
At least it must be an exam where, even if the rules are known, it still won't affect the exam, and the school might still make some revisions.
Third, the management power over clubs.
Whether it is membership applications, budget approvals, or project usage, all need to be agreed upon by the student council.
However.
Anyway, it's all the school's money; this aspect has always seemed very lenient.
As long as one applies.
If there's no major problem, it can basically pass; those rejected are basically rejected by the school authorities.
Fourth, a certain degree of power over teacher allocation.
Like when Sakura Airi started school, Horikita Manabu could command a teacher to stand aside as a witness for fairness; even during vacation periods, he could still command teachers.
Of course.
The premise for everything is established upon having an appropriate reason.
There are other large and small powers, but Hikigaya had temporarily not been able to think of uses for them.
Regardless.
Power is unrelated to size; it will certainly all be useful.
If he couldn't think of a use.
It must be his own problem.
To be frank.
Expending so much effort to let Ichinose become Student Council President was for using power for Class B's private gain.
Having sat in this position.
There must be many people who want to fawn, and there must be people who want to pull them down; who knows how many people are watching.
Although they were all just a group of students.
But using power for private gain is not a good thing after all; it's better not to leave openings for others to talk, like Nagumo Miyabi did.
At this time.
The atmosphere in the student council room was a bit oppressive, primarily due to Teacher Mashima sitting in the corner.
With the mistakes Nagumo Miyabi committed, he was clearly not suitable to continue as Student Council President, so Teacher Mashima was also responsible for the handover work.
Being assigned tasks even after clocking off.
Being a fair teacher is truly hard work.
Katsuragi and the others asked Teacher Mashima various questions from time to time, and he answered them one by one.
Occasionally, within the scope of his own knowledge, Yagami Takuya also provided some thoughtful guidance.
As for Hikigaya.
He simply wrote down cliché phrases like "currently processing" in the remarks and passed them through; anyway, almost everything was just "pass, pass, pass."
Regardless, the Cultural Festival was currently underway.
Nagumo Miyabi had already handled most of the problems.
Only one entry.
Slightly caught Hikigaya's attention.
When the deserted island exam ended, Ryuuen appealed to the school that his classmate Komiya had been ambushed, resulting in a fractured right leg, and the culprit had still not been found.
It has been nearly three months already...
Hmm.
This one cannot be passed.
Hikigaya rubbed his chin, carefully examining the record.
The incident occurred on the night of the fourth day of the deserted island exam. Komiya from Class C and Shinohara from Class D were attacked by an unknown person while out at night.
Afterward, they were discovered by Ayanokouji, Ike Kanji, and others.
Then school staff were called in.
Even through the watch's GPS positioning, no clues could be found.
Ryuuen, Nagumo Miyabi, and others had been investigating for nearly three months and still hadn't found the culprit.
Wait.
The third night?
Komiya and Shinohara were attacked in the wild? Isn't Shinohara dating that Ike Kanji?
Hikigaya was suddenly a bit confused.
Forget it.
He had heard about it during the last class vote.
Shinohara wavered between Ike Kanji and Komiya; it wasn't particularly surprising.
Clearly, she had the personality of "dating the best option" that Karuizawa talked about.
Karuizawa said that dating an excellent man could improve one's own evaluation, but in reality, Karuizawa wasn't like that.
Unexpectedly.
Such a person actually existed.
Joining the Student Council even provides a chance to hear gossip.
Back to the main topic.
To cause a fracture, it couldn't have been accidental; the person who did it acted quite covertly, though the motive remained unclear.
Forget it.
The Cultural Festival matters are more important.
Investigate this matter later.
Anyway, Nagumo Miyabi and Ryuuen have checked for three months; he is in no hurry for this moment.
Club time ended.
"Hard work, President Ichinose, Vice President Hikigaya... then I will head back first. If there is anything, you can contact me anytime."
"See you tomorrow."
Yagami Takuya nodded with a smile and left, while Katsuragi, Horikita Suzune, and the others also turned to leave the Student Council.
"Phew..."
After everyone left, leaving only Ichinose and Kanzaki, Hikigaya breathed a sigh of relief and said:
"Kanzaki, what do you plan to do next? Stay in the Wool Club or stay in the Student Council?"
"If you stay in the Student Council, it's best to quit the Wool Club to avoid giving people something to talk about. I will also hand the Wool Club over to Nakanishi."
Letting Kanzaki join the Student Council.
Was just to create a motive for Shibata to sue.
Although it was obviously fake at a glance, this process was necessary.
Only by having a leg to stand on could he facilitate others to help.
"Is it already over like this..."
"Pretty much."
Kanzaki gazed at Hikigaya with a somewhat complicated expression.
Unexpectedly.
To help them, he just let him walk around inside for a couple of laps; it was just such a trivial little matter.
Hikigaya's method clearly had issues.
Although he didn't know what Hikigaya was thinking, he solved everything by himself, only letting them do some seemingly insignificant and extremely easy tasks.
The others were fine.
Kanzaki and the rest felt somewhat guilty.
Was it because they were too useless that Hikigaya had to solve everything alone?
Feeling like a useless person, completely unable to play any role.
Class B could operate in an orderly manner.
Entirely relying on Ichinose's organizational skills and everyone's thoughtfulness and kindness.
If it were in Class D.
Ike Kanji and the others would have probably jumped up long ago; regardless of what was planned, speak clearly first—why should I do this kind of thing?
"Um... I myself don't really like Student Council work."
After a moment of thought, Kanzaki nodded: "There probably isn't a need for too many people here, so I'll just continue staying in the Wool Club."
Clearly.
Next, Ichinose and Hikigaya would put more energy into the Student Council, so he would just be responsible for class matters.
Kanzaki could always clearly find his own position.
Wanting to join the Student Council is indeed not simple, but wanting to expel a Student Council member also requires school approval.
Extremely troublesome.
Unless one commits a major mistake, it's basically impossible.
Otherwise.
Hikigaya would have fired Horikita Suzune right now.
"I see, that's fine then."
"Then I'll leave the class matters to you, Kanzaki-kun."
Ichinose stood up and said with a smile.
She herself did not have such a conscious realization.
It was just that through long-term social interaction, she instinctively grasped how to guide the development of things to make them go more smoothly.
Hikigaya lacked the ability to integrate opinions, and Ichinose was too kind and lacked means against enemies.
Both of them had their own deficiencies.