Life As Hikigaya Hachiman

Chapter 531: The Girl Who Hasn't Given Up Yet

Looking around at the once again somewhat empty gymnasium, Yui hesitantly spoke up.

"Yukinon, should we..."

But before she could finish her sentence, she saw Yukino shake her head, and then both girls turned their attention to Hachiman.

Sensing their gaze, Hachiman sighed.

In truth, he didn't want the two of them to get involved, but since they had found out, knowing their personalities, they certainly wouldn't leave it alone.

After some thought, Hachiman looked over at Iroha.

"Iroha, would it be alright for Yukino and Yui to help with organizing the graduation ball?"

After all, the girl was the nominal president of the student council and the initiator of this graduation ball, so it was important to respect her opinion.

Surprised by Hachiman's question, Iroha was momentarily taken aback, but she quickly adjusted her demeanor, flashing her usual smile.

"Really? The senpai are going to help too?"

"Of course, I don't have much to do anyway," Yui replied with a smile.

Yukino also nodded, "Yes, that's fine. The Service Club doesn't have any requests recently, so there's no problem with coming to help you."

"Thank you so much," Iroha expressed her gratitude with a smile.

Given that time was already a bit tight, having more people to help was certainly beneficial.

"It must be tiring for you two senpai today. Please go home and rest; we'll have the student council members edit the videos and photos we took earlier."

"As for you senpai, you can come by the student council tomorrow afternoon."

Hearing this, Yukino nodded, and Yui happily chimed in, "Yes, yes, we'll definitely be there tomorrow. I have a feeling it will be really fun!"

And so, the Sobu High Graduation Ball Executive Committee gained two more members.

.....

The next afternoon, in the student council office.

As promised, Yukino and the others arrived there, with Hachiman naturally among them as well.

Sitting across from them, Iroha sorted through a stack of photos and handed them to Yui.

"These are the photos we're planning to post on the official account. You can take a look first and select any that might be inappropriate."

"Got it."

Yui accepted the photos, intending to review them with Yukino.

However, at this moment, she thought of something and looked over at Hachiman.

"Hikki, do you want to look at them with us?"

"No, you two go ahead," Hachiman replied, shaking his head.

"Alright, then I'll look at them with Yukinon."

Hearing his response, Yui nodded, then she and Yukino leaned together, flipping through the photos one by one and occasionally exclaiming, "Wow" or "That's beautiful."

As for Hachiman, he sat there somewhat bored, resting his head on his hand and gazing out the window.

A bit noteworthy was that, although Iroha appeared to be going over the documents in her hands, her gaze would occasionally dart towards Hachiman.

At first, after hearing what Hachiman had said yesterday, she was indeed a bit shaken.

But upon thinking it over, wasn't this a challenge?

If she could change Hachiman's thought of wanting a harem into loving only her, wouldn't that prove that her charm surpassed that of Yukino, Yui, and the other girls?

Just imagine, achieving something that so many girls couldn't, but managing it single-handedly—what a proud accomplishment that would be.

Thinking of this made Iroha feel quite excited.

Sometimes, you just can't help but marvel at the intriguing ways a girl's mind works.

.....

Noticing the girl's gaze, Hachiman turned his head to look at her.

"Iroha, what's up?"

"Oh, nothing."

Realizing her gaze had been too obvious, Iroha quickly changed the subject.

"Senpai, do you think this plan works?"

As she spoke, she handed him a report.

Hachiman took the report and began to go through it.

It mainly recorded the progress of various departments over the past few days and the plans for the upcoming days. Seeing the records, Hachiman nodded repeatedly.

It seemed everything was proceeding according to the plan he had laid out, and the progress was quite impressive.

He handed the report back and nodded. "The progress is great, but we need to speed up a bit more since we're running out of time."

"I understand. I'll make sure everyone works faster," Iroha nodded earnestly.

At that moment, Yui and Yukino had finished reviewing all the photos.

Returning the photos to Iroha, Yui spoke cheerfully, "Iroha-chan, these photos are really nice. Everyone looks great in them."

"Indeed. If we use these for promotion, there shouldn't be any issues," Yukino agreed with a nod.

"I understand. I'll have these photos uploaded to the ball's official account shortly," Iroha said with a smile, then pulled up the post-processed video of the ball on her computer.

"This is the video we edited yesterday. Senpai, you should take a look. If everything looks good, we'll upload it together with the photos."

"Sounds good."

Yui nodded, and she and Yukino began to watch the video again.

There's no denying that the original video was already good, but after post-processing, both the editing and pacing were taken to the next level.

Soon, they finished watching the video, and Yukino shared her thoughts.

"It's very good. The viewing experience is much better than the original. Let's use this version."

"Got it," Iroha nodded in agreement.

At this point, Hachiman chimed in, "Alright, the next priority is to get the official account running effectively. We must focus on promotion."

"Understood, I'll have the team start uploading right away," Iroha nodded and began organizing the student council members to distribute the tasks.

The saying goes, you never know when internet enthusiasts might flock to something interesting.

Shortly after the photos and video were uploaded, comments began to pour in.

[What is this? A ball? It looks amazing.]

[This place looks like the school gym. Is our school hosting a ball?]

[Really? That would be fantastic!]

As more and more curious onlookers joined the discussion, the excitement grew.

[Yes, it's a ball! It's a graduation ball organized by the student council for the third-year students.]

With this message, a promotional photo taken in the gym was attached, showing everyone dressed in formal wear and dancing to the music.

Seeing the photo, the discussion heated up even more.

[This is great! Is our school finally having a ball?]

[Don't get too excited. It specifically says it's a graduation ball for the third-year students. It might only be open to them.]

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