100. Try Being More Proactive

Inside the broadcasting room, a few minutes before going on air.

After going through the upcoming question segment once, Kiso Yukina breathed a sigh of relief. It was just some very simple questions and answers. Just as Murakami Yuu said before, a conversation style just like chatting.

Somewhat more at ease now, she still worriedly instructed once more:

"I'm counting on you, Yamada-san. Please don't ask any strange, difficult-to-answer questions."

"Ah, don't worry, Kiso-san. I won't do that."

Don't worry, Kiso-san - I wouldn't dare ask those kinds of questions.

Yamada Ichiro smiled cheerfully on the surface, but in his heart he thought of the news club president, Ono Miyuki, who had taken action against Vice President Murakami Yuu, wanting to create a big scoop but instantly disappeared from school.

With such a cautionary tale, who would still dare jump around in front of him?

Don't mess with anyone if you don't want to mess with your own future.

Looking at Murakami Yuu talking with Kiso Yukina, Yamada Ichiro only hoped to start quickly and then finish quickly.

After making a gesture to the member outside responsible for control and playing BGM and getting an OK response, he said to the two:

"Um, we're starting now, Murakami-san, Kiso-san."

"Okay."

The two put on headphones.

"Adjust your breathing. We're starting right away."

"Okay."

The master control's voice came through the headphones:

"Countdown five seconds. Five, four, three, two..."

When reaching "one," the BGM started. At the same time, Yamada Ichiro spoke into the microphone with an enthusiastically overflowing voice:

"Saint Chronia's lunch break! This is a special broadcast from the broadcasting club! Hello everyone, I'm your favorite host, Yamada Ichiro! Today we welcome two special guests. First, the first one - who could it be, who could it be!?"

He skillfully utilized his voice, pausing for a split second before suddenly raising his tone the next moment:

"That's right!!! It's our Saint Chronia Academy's new student council member who stood out among numerous candidates with excellent grades and outstanding looks - Vice President Murakami Yuu!!!"

He applauded into the microphone, then extended his hand to gesture at Murakami Yuu.

Murakami Yuu understood and spoke into the microphone:

"Hello everyone. I'm second-year Murakami Yuu, the newly appointed student vice president. Please take care of me."

"Ohhh! I'm the one who should say please take care of me! Now for our second guest! She shone brilliantly at the school festival and is called Saint Chronia's unattainable flower - Kiso Yukina-san!"

"Hello everyone. I'm second-year Kiso Yukina. I'm also Vice President Murakami Yuu's friend. Please take care of me."

"You two are too polite! Well then, without further ado, let's get to the main topic!"

...

"Didn't Murakami Yuu invite Sawamura-san?"

Listening to the broadcast, Kasumigaoka Utaha casually asked the person beside her.

"Yuu did invite me. He said the broadcasting club indicated it would be best to bring one or two friends to liven the atmosphere, but I always felt it would be somewhat embarrassing to speak before all the school's teachers and students, so I didn't go."

Eriri listened to Murakami Yuu's voice in the broadcast. Unconsciously, the corners of her mouth curved up and her eyes brightened.

"What should I say about you, Sawamura-san?"

Kasumigaoka Utaha sighed. The gaze she looked at Eriri with revealed a flavor of disappointment at her failure to meet expectations.

"Wh-what! That's just how it is! It's natural to feel shy about such things!"

Eriri met her gaze defiantly.

"Sigh..."

Another light sigh. Kasumigaoka Utaha spoke meaningfully:

"You feel shy - do you think others don't feel shy?"

"Hey, what do you mean..."

"Some things can't be avoided just because you feel shy. While you're standing still due to shyness, others are bravely stepping forward despite the pressure of being shy."

Kasumigaoka Utaha said.

At this time, the broadcast came through the speaker.

Yamada Ichiro: "Vice President, I heard your grades rank within the top ten of the year. Do you have any good study techniques usually? Would you mind sharing with everyone?"

Murakami Yuu: "I'd be delighted to. Studying is a matter of perseverance - it's not something where you can see the returns of your efforts in just a day or two. But even so, there are some small techniques that can be taught to everyone to speed up the learning process a bit..."

Kiso Yukina: "Ah! I'm so frustrated. If the vice president had told me these techniques earlier, I wouldn't have done so poorly on the last monthly exam."

Yamada Ichiro: "Hahaha, Kiso-san, please don't joke. As far as I know, your grades rank around 30th in the year, which is also quite impressive. If grades like that count as poor, I'd be completely ashamed."

Kiso Yukina: "It's mainly because I have a friend like the vice president by my side. You see, isn't there a saying that goes like this - when you're with excellent people, you become excellent too."

Murakami Yuu: "Hey hey hey, stop joking around about me."

Yamada Ichiro: "My my, you two really have a good relationship. I heard you're very good friends privately?"

Murakami Yuu: "That's correct."

Yamada Ichiro: "Then I have a question for Kiso-san. Does Vice President Murakami have any little-known secrets? If possible, please share with us all."

Kiso Yukina: "Eh? What should I do?"

Yamada Ichiro: "Don't look at the vice president with questioning eyes. Please just say it. Everyone wants to know. Please!"

Kiso Yukina: "Let me think... there really is something. Everyone probably doesn't know - the vice president's cooking skills are extremely superb, even better than some professional chefs!"

Yamada Ichiro: "Oh! That's truly unexpected..."

...

You could hear that Kiso Yukina's voice was somewhat nervous at first, but with the host's atmosphere building and Murakami Yuu's intentional or unintentional cooperation beside her, she was calming down bit by bit, gradually becoming accustomed, relaxed, and handling it with ease.

Her originally pleasant voice, through the enhancement of professional equipment and transmitted through the speakers, became even more melodious - exactly like a professional broadcaster.

Eriri understood the meaning of Kasumigaoka's earlier words.

The eyes that had lit up at first from hearing Murakami Yuu's voice were slowly dimming.

After this broadcast ended, at school, Kiso Yukina and Murakami Yuu would become the CP that everyone publicly recognized as belonging to each other.

She should have gone together. Even if nervous, even if shy, she still should have gone together.

Kasumigaoka looked at Eriri whose expression kept sinking:

"Just feeling down won't solve any problems. Try being more proactive."

Eh?

Eriri turned to meet Kasumigaoka Utaha's gaze.

Her wine-red eyes were dull and expressionless, but her face had an imperceptible flush.

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