Hachiman Hikigaya, who returned from his studies after completing his training.

A few days after the sports festival ended, the handover ceremony between the old and new student councils was also held in the gymnasium.

As the students below the stage began to drowsily listen to the unoriginal and repetitive speeches, Horikita Manabu calmly walked to the front of the stage to deliver his resignation speech, following the emcee's remarks.

"I am proud to have led the student council for about two years, and I am also very grateful. Thank you."

After a brief and indifferent speech, Horikita Manabu returned unhurriedly to his seat on the podium next to Tachibana Akane, who was almost moved to tears.

Your tone doesn't convey any gratitude at all.

And what are you doing, Tachibana-senpai? What's so touching about this? This is clearly just a voluntary statement, and it might not even have been written by Horikita Manabu herself.

Standing on the same platform, Hachiman, who was inwardly criticizing the two, maintained a blank expression. His white undershirt was neat and straight, without a single wrinkle.

This was ironed by Shiina last night.

"Thank you for your hard work, Student Council President Horikita. Now, please welcome the newly elected Student Council President, Hachiman Hikigaya from Class 1-B, to speak."

After Horikita returned to his original position, the emcee continued to advance the handover ceremony.

Having received the signal, Hikigaya strolled leisurely from behind the podium to the podium, and the students in front of the student line, who had been obscured by the podium, gradually came into his view.

Almost everyone's eyes were focused on him, the newly appointed student council president, and each face had a different expression.

Dissatisfaction, envy, confusion, joy, indifference.

"First of all, I would like to thank Chairman Horikita for his tireless support and guidance. Thank you for your hard work."

Turning towards Horikita Manabu, Hikigaya bowed deeply to express his gratitude for Horikita's help all along.

This was not a routine, obligatory act, but rather an act that came from his heart.

Horikita Manabu has helped him so much along the way; compared to Horikita Suzune, it seems like he is Horikita Manabu's younger brother or sister.

After straightening up, Hikigaya faced the students again and placed his hands on the podium.

"I am Hachiman Hikigaya from Class 1-B. I am the student council president who succeeded Horikita after he stepped down."

"During my two-year term, I will change the school system to the way I want it to be. Just look forward to the new system that focuses on the overall strength of students in each class."

"Class leaders, please work hard to improve the academic performance of your students. That's all."

Hikigaya glanced at Kiyotaka Ayanokoji, who stood expressionless next to Ryuen Sho, and then took his bow at the handover ceremony between the old and new student councils.

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In the student council room after school, the chair in the main seat had a new owner.

"I posted a recruitment notice on the bulletin board in the name of the student council. First- and second-year students can apply, as long as they pass my interview."

"Recruitment will be held tomorrow after school until 6 p.m., and we will not accept latecomers. The location is the student council room."

Sitting in the main seat, Hikigaya issued his first order as student council president.

After the third-year students withdrew from the student council to prepare for the exams, several second-year students from Class 2-A, along with Nan Yunya, also submitted applications to withdraw from the student council.

The student union these days is really small, with only a handful of members, and it desperately needs to recruit new members.

"Understood, I'll do it now." Nodding to Hikigaya who was looking at him, Kiriyama quickly created an announcement template on his laptop.

Within minutes, he had finished making and printing the announcement and left the student council room.

Only Ichinose and Hikigaya remained in the huge student council room.

"I feel a little sad."

Looking at the seat where Akane Tachibana was no longer present, a shadow crossed Ichinose's face.

A few days ago, the student council was quite lively. Akane Tachibana, who was depressed because Hikigaya and Horikita were too close, would occasionally 'make a fuss' about Hikigaya.

This is a common occurrence in the student council for playful bickering and teasing.

"If you miss Tachibana-senpai, go visit her. If you can find her and help her out, I'll thank you."

After glancing at Ichinose and understanding her sadness, Hikigaya lowered his head again and began to peruse the various documents left by Horikita Manabu regarding the rights and obligations of the student council president.

"She would probably be happy to call Ju-senpai back to beat up the student council president."

"Then it's my turn to be unhappy."

Thinking of how moved Akane looked at President Horikita's back that morning, Hachiman felt he should have taken a picture and shown it to her.

It's a pity that the falling flowers are sentimental, but the flowing water is indifferent.

Hikigaya twirled the ballpoint pen in his hand, also feeling somewhat indignant on behalf of Akane Tachibana.

Hikigaya is almost ready to confess his feelings, but he doesn't believe Horikita is unaware that Akane admires and likes him. Akane's lack of confession is probably not because she's timid, but because she knows it's impossible.

I hope my senior's wish will come true.

"Dong dong."

"Please come in."

Upon hearing the knock, Ichinose immediately called out, and the door to the meeting room was slowly pushed open after she responded.

Leaning on her small wooden cane, Sakayanagi Renbu moved lightly to sit in her usual spot next to Ichinose. Accompanying her was Kamuro, who always held his head high and seemed somewhat arrogant.

"May I ask what's the matter, Sakayanagi-san?"

"The student council is recruiting, right? I'm here to apply."

Taking off her cute beret and placing it on the table, Sakayanagi smiled as she looked at the somewhat busy Hachiman Hikigaya.

"next."

Without even looking up, Hikigaya resolutely refused.

Put Sakayanagi into the student council? Is he just asking for trouble?

If that clever little devil Sakayanagi were to join the student council, I feel like Hachiman would die a few years younger.

"Is this revenge against me?" Sakayanagi didn't expect Hachiman to act so unpredictably.

There weren't even any questions in the interview, so how could she possibly demonstrate her intelligence? She was hoping to effortlessly solve the questions Hachiman asked and show off her skills.

Sakayanagi originally looked down on the benefits of joining the student council, but now Class D is in a dangerous situation, and the successive defeats have almost completely dampened the students' morale.

We must win the next special exam, and joining the student council will provide us with a lot of information about it.

After the sports festival, Class D ranked last among the first-year students in total score, and their Red Team also lost.

After deducting 200 class points, Class D now only has 680 class points left, while Class C, which is above Class D, has more than 1,100 class points, almost twice that of Class D.

You have to understand that this is Class C, not Class A. How can the students from the original Class A accept this?

"You reap what you sow. In my opinion, the only one from Class D who is fit to join the student council right now is Ge Cheng."

Hikigaya looked up, his cute little face filled with unhappiness.

"Don't think I'm retaliating against you. The student council values ​​following the rules the most."

"And you—are not someone who can follow the rules."

Chapter 175 Project OAA

The day after rejecting Sakayanagi, the student council recruitment did not go very smoothly, with only a few first-year students recruited and none second-year students recruited.

I really hope the new students can enroll soon so I can take on more new members.

In the student council room, Hachiman was slumped in the main seat, looking rather disheveled. He had just taken over the student council and there were just too many things to deal with. Including the new recruits today, the total number of student council members was only slightly more than half of what it used to be.

Adhering to the principle of "better to have fewer but better quality students," the number of first-year students who passed the interview during the recruitment process was less than a handful.

Class D recruited Katsuragi, while Class C rejected Kaneda, the only student who signed up. Class B recruited Horikita Suzune and Yukinoshita, and no one from Class A signed up.

"Yukinoshita and Horikita serve as student council secretaries."

Katsuragi was appointed as the vice president of the student council.

After the recruitment process concluded, Hikigaya appointed the three new student council members to their respective positions.

"You want me to be the vice president?" Katsuragi asked in surprise. He hadn't expected Hikigaya to give the vice president position to him, his enemy, instead of Horikita or Yukinoshita from his own class.

"Lack of confidence in your abilities?"

"I'm just a little surprised, but I accept it."

Seeing that Katsuragi had no objections, Hikigaya looked at Horikita and Yukinoshita. Katsuragi's appointment as the student council vice president was something he had decided long ago; the vice president he needed was someone who was steady, obedient, and capable.

Ichinose is used to his accounting job and has no intention of advancing further, while Horikita and Yukinoshita are capable but rather self-centered, making it more likely that they will clash with him.

According to the vessel (one) (three) two wines, “I have no problem.”

"I don't have a problem either."

Yukinoshita answered first, and Horikita followed with some dissatisfaction, probably because she had some objection to his decision to appoint Katsuragi, an enemy, as vice president.

However, Horikita had many opinions about him, but Hikigaya didn't care much.

"Since there are no problems, let's get to work. First, take a look at this proposal that Nagumo once made. Horikita, you distribute it."

[over all ability] Comprehensive ability.

This was a plan proposed by Nagumo when he was the vice president of the student council. The plan involved the school creating a mobile application, just as the title of the plan suggests.

The software displays the overall abilities of students in the school in five levels, from E to A, and allows all students to view their own evaluations as well as those of others.

The evaluation is conducted by the school, based on the student's performance since entering the school.

There are four individual evaluations and one comprehensive evaluation.

"Academic ability, physical ability, flexible thinking, social contribution." Looking at the plan in her hand, Yukino frowned slightly. "Isn't this dividing students into different classes? Won't this lead to unfairness and discrimination?"

With everyone able to see the information, underachieving students will have nowhere to hide, which will naturally lead to them being discriminated against.

Even if some highly rated students don't say it aloud, they will still complain in their hearts that the bad students are dragging the class down.

Even worse, it's possible that those with high ratings will associate with each other, while those with low ratings will band together for warmth and look down on each other.

"Yukino, you haven't been at this school long enough to know that the midterm and final exam results are announced in front of the class and not hidden, which is different from other schools."

"Students have long been divided into different levels, but the Over All Ability (OAA) software makes the gap in ability between students even more obvious."

"The school is very supportive of this and I don't intend to oppose it. The student council's next task is to assist the school in implementing this system."

The OAA software was originally scheduled to be launched and announced to students on the day Hachiman entered his second year, but he plans to let students know about it six months earlier.

He plans to dedicate these six months to students who are interested in improving their evaluations.

"Are you serious, Hachiman? Isn't this punishment a bit too harsh? You know how many students are in our class..."

"My current role is student council president." Hikigaya glanced at Horikita, whose expression wasn't good. "When I'm working, I use my job title."

OAA's concept was proposed by Nagumo, so Hachiman would not simply copy it entirely; he significantly altered the punishments and rewards.

He was kind-hearted and couldn't bear to see students drop out of school.

The punishment has been changed so that the bottom three students in the grade's OAA ranking will be penalized with a deduction of 100, 50, and 30 class points respectively. The OAA will be updated at the end of each semester.

There are three semesters in a year. If one class takes the bottom three spots, the class will lose 600 to 700 points, which is undoubtedly very disadvantageous to Class D, which has many poor students.

"Then I'd like to ask the president how to respond to the questions raised by classes with many struggling students regarding the punishment. The new system is undoubtedly very disadvantageous for students assigned to lower-ranked classes with many struggling students at the start of the semester." Horikita also wanted to try to see if the punishment could be changed or reduced.

"Although it is a system that benefits my class, it is undeniably unfriendly to some students."

Katsuragi's face showed no joy; it could be said that apart from Kiriyama, who was somewhat selfish by nature, none of the other students present liked this system.

The bottom three students will have points deducted from their class score, so you can imagine the situation of the last three students after the OAA results are announced.

"Instead of thinking about changing the punishment, you should think about how to ensure that your students don't fall behind the bottom three. Secretary Horikita, there are still more than six months left."

"The official announcement to students will be made in January next year, but you will not be prohibited from telling your own students. This is also a benefit of the student council."

"Any other questions?" Hachiman asked.

"Can't this first-place reward be converted into personal points? Maintaining first place for a year and getting the right to transfer to another class is just too unfair." Kiriyama thought of Nagumo.

According to the evaluation reference provided by Hikigaya, Nagumo is definitely the number one in the second-year OAA.

"This point is also rejected. If the top student in the entire OAA class cannot graduate from Class A, it is a loss for the school and does not conform to the school's meritocratic principle."

Hachiman's eyes lit up slightly. "But you've reminded me that students who don't choose to switch classes can receive a reward of two million personal points."

If Nagumo is definitely the top student in the second year, then the top student in the first year must be Hikigaya, even if Ayanokouji goes all out, he can't compare to him.