After breaking up, my ex asked me to win her back

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Let's get straight to the conclusion, Ayakoji Chiyoko's speech was a resounding success!

Her views might have been controversial among the teachers, but among the students, they were an absolute perfect score.

This was precisely the effect Ayakoji Chiyoko and Kagura Hikaru had intended to achieve.

After all, the main characters of the Student Council elections are the students, not the school.

Only the Student Council President elected by all the students is truly recognized; the school's words are futile, which is why Ayakoji Chiyoko and her team never thought to curry favor with the school authorities from the beginning.

Their goal was clear from the start.

That is, to cater to the tastes of the Uka students and capture their hearts.

Abolishing the school regulation against romance was indeed a great angle to address. Choosing this path meant they were bound to clash with the school administration in the future, but if they couldn't even secure the Student Council Presidency, worrying about future issues would be nothing but needless anxiety.

This kind of short-sightedness, without regard for the future, actually has the taste of real-life political elections.

Real elections are like that too: during the campaign, candidates only think about pandering to the voters to secure votes. It's not uncommon, even majority behavior, for politicians to turn their backs and dismiss their promises as worthless once they start running the country.

Because they very well know that some of the slogans from the election period require undermining the country's interests and are fraught with difficulties to implement.

Those who, after taking office, really begin to fulfill their campaign slogans and turn them into reality are the true hard-liners.

As for what kind of leader Ayakoji Chiyoko will become in the end, to be honest, she is not sure herself at this point.

Right now, she and Kagura Hikaru have eyes only for the Student Council President position and are solely focused on how to oust Kiryu Hina from the seat.

There's no room left for them to consider anything else.

Ayakoji Chiyoko walked off the platform amid a round of applause and cheers.

At this moment, she truly epitomized unity.

No matter who the audience had supported before, at this instant, they all placed their hopes on Ayakoji Chiyoko.

"Congratulations, the speech was a success,"

As soon as Ayakoji Chiyoko returned, Kagura Hikaru was the first to congratulate her.

"This success is half yours. Without the speech script and ideas you provided, I couldn't have done it," Ayakoji Chiyoko said with a smile as she patted Kagura Hikaru on the shoulder, "Thank you, and please keep coming up with good ideas like this so that defeating Kiryu Hina will be within reach."

"Voting hasn't even started yet, don't jinx it."

"I didn't expect you to believe in metaphysics apart from philosophy."

"I mean for you to be cautious and not get carried away."

There are three rounds of voting in the Student Council election.

The first two are mock votes, which are only for reference and do not count, while the last vote will truly determine who gets the Student Council President position.

The first vote takes place right after the ten-minute speech in the auditorium.

Upon exiting the auditorium, students pull out their cellphones and cast their vote for their preferred candidate on the school's official election website.

It's the digital age now; of course, the voting methods have to be updated.

The past methods of anonymous paper ballots dropped into a collection box, or tally boards, now seem outdated and inconvenient.

Online voting is so much better, quick to tally and comprehensive.

It just tends to lead to instances of vote manipulation, which is why to ensure fairness, the website's administration is supervised by teachers during the election period.

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Kagura Hikaru and Ayakoji Chiyoko listened to the surrounding students' discussions, and knowing that roughly two-thirds of them were talking about the school regulations, they could tell that the initial voting results should be quite promising.

Once they had left, the words of Ayakoji Chiyoko recounted to their friends and classmates would likely help her approval ratings to continue to climb.

"I didn't expect you to target the school regulations, well done,"

At this time, a figure approached them and said so.

It was Kiryu Hina.

With her arms crossed, she stood not far from Ayakoji Chiyoko, followed by Hosaka Yui and several Student Council members, all of whom were her loyal supporters.

Behind Ayakoji Chiyoko stood Kagura Hikaru and a group of Discipline Committee members, showing no less imposing a presence than her.

It was as if a dragon and a tiger stood face to face, creating an atmosphere as if a storm was about to break.

The smile in Ayakoji Chiyoko's eyes slightly faded, and she gave a cold glance, "You wouldn't be so easily defeated by a single speech, would you? If that's the case, I would be very disappointed in you."

"Of course not, there's still a long way to go, the election isn't over yet," Kiryu Hina replied with a smile, then glanced at Kagura Hikaru opposite her and said without looking away, "Your speech wasn't written by yourself, right? If I'm not mistaken, it was written by Vice President Kagura, wasn't it?"

"That's correct, our newly appointed Vice President of the Disciplinary Committee is a talent I value very highly,"

Ayakoji Chiyoko brazenly put her arm around Kagura Hikaru's shoulder.

She did so as if to deliberately show off to someone, pressing close against him.

Kiryu Hina's eye twitched.

"Hmmph... well then, I have work to do, I'll be going now."

"As you wish."

Unperturbed, Kiryu Hina left with her loyal followers, smiling the whole time.

Watching her leave, a smile slowly returned to Ayakoji Chiyoko's face—lately she had become more prone to smile, especially when around a certain boy. She believed she had hidden it well, but it was obviously not well concealed. Your next read is at empire

"You should let go now," Kagura Hikaru said, prying off the hand she had around his left shoulder.

Ayakoji Chiyoko did not insist.

It wasn't that she wasn't willing to continue, but her height wasn't actually tall enough to stand shoulder to shoulder with Kagura Hikaru, so the posture while holding his shoulder had not been very comfortable.

If they were to put their arms around each other's shoulders, it should be the other way around, initiated by the boy.

While pondering such unsuitable thoughts, Ayakoji Chiyoko discussed the voting matters with Kagura Hikaru as they walked out of the school auditorium.

The initial selection vote started counting now, but the results would be announced in three days, and until then, specific numbers would be inaccessible—the voting feature on Yuqiu High School's official website had not reached the point of displaying real-time data.

During these three days, Kagura Hikaru and his group weren't just sitting idly by.

They leveraged their influence at the Society Discussion Meeting and serialized the story that Ayakoji Chiyoko had told in her speech into three sections in the daily publication of the Society Discussion Meeting, adopting a narrative approach akin to novel writing, with Kagura Hikaru as the writer, although it was published anonymously.

The news that Ayakoji Chiyoko wanted to put an end to Uka's tradition of prohibiting student relationships also spread throughout the school alongside the story.

This greatly encouraged the students who already supported her, while those supporting other candidates began to waver.

At least for now, it seemed that Ayakoji Chiyoko's sincerity in her intent to get elected far surpassed that of the others.

Moreover, her influence and tactics as the former Chairman of the Disciplinary Committee were well recognized. Saying that she intended to change the school regulations might not just be empty talk; if anyone could do it, it would be her.

In such a bustling atmosphere, the three days passed, and the results of the first round of voting for Yuqiu High School's Student Council election were announced.