COTE: Mysterious Siblings(DISCONTINUED)

Volume 6: Fallen Leaves

"This may be sudden, but for my first order of business, I pledge to change the term length for student council members, as well as the general election method. The previous student council president held the general election in October instead of December each year. This arrangement, which saw the next generation of leaders move into their roles early, yielded mixed results. Therefore, the new student council has determined that it's time to take things a step further. From now on, the student council president and officers will have indefinite terms while attending school, so that they may serve continuously until graduation. At the same time, we'll annul both the current general-election system, and any restrictions on the student council's size. The council will constantly accept new officers. In other words, an excellent candidate may join the student council no matter how many people are currently on it. Also, if someone is determined to be unfit for office, they can be removed by a majority vote. Please allow me to confirm this to all students, teachers, and student council members who served under the previous president. To bring this school into the future, I intend to thoroughly destroy the past."

Nagumo spoke forcefully, as if he meant his remarks to deny the achievements of the previous student council president, who still stood right behind him.

"I wanted to implement these changes at once. Unfortunately, a newly elected president must deal with many obligations and restrictions first. A revolution is coming. Students with real ability will rise to the top, and students without any will fall. I intend to turn this school into a true meritocracy, so please, give me everything you've got. I look forward to seeing what you can do."

The entire gymnasium had been silent during his announcement, but as soon as he finished speaking, almost every second-year student shouted with sheer delight. Apparently, there was some kind of tension between the second and third-year students that we first years didn't know about.

Students with real ability will rise to the top, that's individualism at it's finest. But, he should know that no human can face everything alone, and win. Even if they were the smartest person in the world, their movements would be restricted specifically because they have no allies. Nagumo is trying to find the wolves among sheep, but in a way that's unacceptable for me. 

After all, under that intrinsic value, some people have a lot of instrumental value. 

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The second semester continued.

Our class had been changing overtime, and the results are finally showing. Aside our leaders, Hirata and Horikita, others, especially the Idiot Trio, took class seriously and never procrastinated, well, never is kind of an overstatement. They behaved properly during class, but outside, they still act like themselves, I suppose change only goes so far. 

Sakayanagi and I met up and changed the contract a bit, removing Kushida from my list of allies. Then, Yuko told me about my deal with Horikita-senpai, and what my end of the bargain was about, before Shizuko finally came back. My end of the bargain was that if there was an opportunity to stop Nagumo, I would take it. Expel him, throw him out of his position, or just cull down his movement, he just wants me to preserve the tradition in this school. He even suggested I work with Ayanokouji on this, but I had to think about it. 

With my new lineup of trusted allies established, I couldn't really let them openly help me with these problems. One such problem being Ryuuen, who would definitely still have a score to settle with me. Well, I caused these problems myself, so I should be the one to solve them as well. 

Right now though, Matsushita, Shizuko and I were all walking into the classroom to start the first few periods of the day. Upon moving, we saw Ayanokouji by the hallway, talking with Katsuragi of Class B.