Became a Dark Merchant in the Academy

209 – Student Council President Election_13

The name of the second campaign event is Debate.

To be exact, it was about verifying the candidate’s ability and ability to respond in an instant… There was a long, formal name of over 20 characters.

Its essence and direction are almost the same as a debate, so most academies, candidates, and cadets omit it and call it a debate.

And the rule is roughly as follows:

When the moderator raises a specific topic, each candidate is divided into two groups, one for and one against, and attempts to persuade the other party and the audience.

Most of the topics raised by the moderator are based on current issues at the Academy and the pledges made by the candidates.

However, we do not give advance notice of which topics will be discussed.

Candidates do not decide in advance whether they are for or against, but decide for or against after hearing the topic.

Each candidate must unconditionally maintain a position in favor of the issues related to the pledges he or she has put forward.

For issues such as those concerning the entire Academy, rather than individual candidates’ pledges, it is possible to have all votes in favor or all votes against.

In that case, the topic can be passed over.

After all the talks are over, cadets who participated as audience members may ask questions and answer questions with the candidates with the permission of the moderator.

Although the second event is a debate, it is not a formal debate, so there is no winner or loser like in a discussion.

There were also detailed rules, such as the speaking time for each candidate and the authority of society.

‘There’s no need to know all the details.’

It was impossible to discuss each and every one of those things.

If you’re speaking and the time goes by by one second, you can’t just close your mouth right away, right?

All you had to do was tacitly accept it to some extent and follow the important rules.

‘By the way, the host’s power is quite strong.’

Especially at the point where the topic can be determined, the absolute power of the two events can be seen to be that of the moderator.

Although the scope of the topic is limited, it cannot help but come from the major current issues of the Academy and the candidates’ pledges.

Since the term “limited” does not necessarily mean narrow, the structure was such that the moderator could, if he wanted to, bury only the topics that were unfavorable to one candidate.

To be exact, it means that the moderator can decide what topics to bring up or not to discuss after consultation between the academy and the institution.

At that level, it was overflowing.

Of course, if you openly criticize someone, the audience and the candidates are not stupid, so it is obvious that there will be backlash, so you cannot do it openly.

But don’t they say the future is full of unknown things?

There has always been a contingency.

“Hmm.”

The host is randomly selected from among all cadets in the Academy, excluding the candidates.

The cadet selected as the host must not disclose this fact to any outside party until the start of the second event.

Cadets selected as moderators must be secretly monitored by the Academy and the national election authorities.

That’s why the candidates and other cadets couldn’t tell who the moderator was.

Although, since they are under surveillance, it seems like they might be able to identify the candidates.

Since he said he had never been specifically targeted before, it wasn’t something that could be easily found out.

“Shall we go back?”

Inside window seat in a family restaurant.

Marie, who was sitting across from me eating a parfait, stopped and looked at me with a worried expression.

It seems like he must have judged that I was dazed for a moment because I had something on my mind.

‘Come to think of it, the approval rating dropped by about 1% in the second opinion poll.’

It was because the men’s vote was slightly off.

There’s also an upcoming two-event discussion there soon.

“are you okay.”

“But it’s still the election campaign period. It’s not right to come out and play like this…”

“It’s okay, really. And you can’t just work all week. You have to have days off too.”

He smiled as if to say there was no need to worry.

Of course, my momentary daze was due to thoughts related to the second event, but that wasn’t a problem.

It’s been a long time since I learned about the pledges of other candidates and the current issues that are likely to come up at the Academy.

I’ve already decided what stance I’m going to take on each topic and how I’m going to say it.

While writing Cheon-Gyeon and Cheon-Eum, I was also trying to figure out who the host was.

We’ll soon find out who the host is.

‘Well, it doesn’t matter if you don’t understand it.’

The preparations were perfect in their own way.

It was ambiguous to say 100 percent, though.

Even 99 percent is no problem.

The ranking is 5th.

Because in the discussion there, he will hide behind Tachibana.

You won’t be attacked, and you won’t attack, so you won’t attract aggro.

‘If you just stay still, things will just flow along.’

Of course, it was necessary to do some proper manipulation to win the election.

More importantly, it was the guy behind Tachibana.

Last time I checked, I realized that Tachibana was a dummy.

But I couldn’t see the guy behind me.

I couldn’t understand what the guy was doing, what his identity was, why he was after me, and why he was taking such a frustrating approach.

still…

[…is activated.]

National Academy Raid Incident.

Guild Internship.

And the student body president election.

Villains, heroes, and cadets.

Contact, behavior patterns, tendencies.

Meaning, intention, purpose.

Perception, memory, action.

It’s vague, but I get the feeling.

What action will the guy take?

The guy is definitely…

“This won’t work.”

Marie let out a small sigh and began to tidy up the place.

“I told you, you don’t have to worry.”

“How can you not be worried? I can see right through your eyes that you are worried.”

“…”

There was no change in facial expression.

There would have been nothing strange in Hengdong either.

Because I had made mistakes that weren’t mistakes several times, I was definitely in control.

But Marie immediately noticed that I was worried.

Of course, I’m probably just going off the rails as to why I’m worried.

‘Is this a woman’s intuition?’

I think it’s something like intuition or gut feeling.

Now that I think about it, that guy was like that too.

‘─ is bad at lying.’

Even though the circumstances and actions were perfect, he figured it out so easily.

That’s why it was so hard to hide the truth.

‘…..’

I’ve been having a lot of useless thoughts lately.

What I knew and what I didn’t know.

And the feeling of vague flashbacks of memories was extremely unpleasant.

“Let’s go back. And prepare more thoroughly. Even if we get 5th place, it’s still only the beginning.”

“That’s true.”

“If you do well in the second and third events, you can turn things around at any time… No, it is possible. So there’s no need to be completely down. Seonghyeon knows very well what kind of mindset you have for the election.”

“But I was the one who asked you out on a date. I can’t cause you this much trouble because of my circumstances…”

“My circumstances… Our circumstances. Or what? Was it just a passing remark when you asked me to help you out as a campaign support team?”

“That’s not it, though.”

“Then it’s okay. W, of course, it’s a shame to go on a date, but we can still do that later.”

An expression of slight regret.

But Marie pretended to still have some time on her hands, perhaps to comfort me.

It was truly unpleasant and unwelcome.

“Or what, there’s no next date?”

I don’t know if you know my true feelings or not.

Marie looked at me with a small smile.

“That’s not it, though.”

“Then it’s okay. This was unfair to begin with. Well… I didn’t intend to do it properly though.”

“huh?”

“I’m just talking to myself. Don’t worry about it. Let’s go back sooner rather than later. Time is money, they say.”

“I see… Thank you. As expected, Marie is the only one I have.”

Yeah, it wasn’t pleasant though.

Didn’t make tea.

Marie is a piece of shit that will be used later.

Even if that weren’t the case, there were many places where it could be used.

He held my hand and expressed his gratitude as if he was grateful to me.

“Oh, I know that.”

Marie turned her head hurriedly.

But the ears sticking out from between the hair were red as if they had a fever.

**

In the blink of an eye, the day of the second event debate arrived.

The host couldn’t find it.

Although Cheon-Gyeon and Cheon-Eum were certainly capable of searching, detecting, and gathering information, it was impossible to scan all of the thousands of cadets.

It might have been possible if we had only focused on finding a host.

This was because a significant amount of money was being allocated to finding the mastermind behind Tachibana.

If we had used Sarah to make a figure from the national election agency our subordinate, we could have found out right away.

Since the lower-level officials have no way of knowing, they say that the person in charge should be made a subordinate.

If you make a person in charge who isn’t even an S-class person your subordinate, there are more than a few problems, such as restrictions on daytime activities.

However, it is a bit ambiguous to make the Academy figures into your followers.

I just passed it over.

‘I don’t think that will be a problem.’

1st or 2nd place may be fine, but 5th place seems far from victory.

The approval rating also dropped there.

Even if I could poke at Lee Won-jun, who has his own grudge(?), a few times, I would not be the main target of this discussion.

Of course, the mastermind behind Tachibana seems to hate me for some reason, so he may have used some trickery.

What was the reason for doing image management up until now?

I think it was done because it can be used in times like this.

There were few means by which they could attack me.

And I’ve prepared everything for it.

I found the discussion board leisurely.

“I am Olivia Tersi, who will be hosting this second event.”

That must have been the case.

It must have been very relaxing.

“i look forward to.”

I wasn’t relaxed.