Zongman I fight weirdness in everyday world

Iroha Isshiki's original plan was to see if any members of the Supernatural Quantum Mechanics Research Club had any thoughts of running for student council president.

This is basically common knowledge among the teachers and students of Soubu High School.

Losing to a member of the Super Quantum Club is not embarrassing at all.

Of course, after confirming the list of candidates and discovering that Yukino Yukinoshita and others were not participating in the election, Iroha Isshiki knew that her plan had failed, but when she saw Yumiko Miura from the second year appearing on the list, she breathed a sigh of relief.

Iroha Isshiki has also been busy during this time, specifically inquiring about information within the school.

It is said that Senior Yuko Miura from the second year is one of the few people in the school who has a good relationship with the members of the Super Quantum Club. It is said that she and Senior Yui Yuigahama are also good friends.

Thinking this way, since the members of the Super Quantum Club are not participating in the election, they will definitely support Yuko Miura, right? Right!?

What was the result!?

Throughout the entire election, the Super Quantum Club was like it was invisible, without the slightest sign of helping Yuko Miura.

Whether they helped or not is not important.

What's important is that without the participation of the Super Quantum Club, she actually lost... and Hayato Hayama, who was the most popular, even withdrew from the election, wouldn't that be a huge embarrassment!?

It can be said that the student council election, from beginning to end, went directly against Iroha Isshiki's ideas.

This is... a huge embarrassment.

After Yuko Miura finished her speech and the teachers and students in the auditorium left, Yuko Miura sat alone in the backstage preparation room, took off the badge on her chest that symbolized the position of student council president, and placed it on the table. The reflection of her face in the mirror did not show the slightest joy of being successfully elected, only lingering loneliness and gloom.

Just then, the door of the preparation room was knocked.

Yuko Miura took a deep breath, adjusted her emotions, and then whispered.

"Please come in."

When the door was pushed open, Yuko Miura saw that the person who came in was not Yozora, but Shizuka Hiratsuka. She couldn't help but reveal a hint of disappointment in her eyes, but she didn't show it, and said in a flat tone.

"Teacher Hiratsuka, is there anything I can do for you?"

"Why do you look so unhappy? Our new student council president?"

Hearing Shizuka Hiratsuka's smiling words, Yuko Miura just shook her head and mocked herself.

"You should also be very clear about how I got the position of student council president..."

"Yes, of course I know."

Shizuka Hiratsuka nodded first, and then said with a smile, something that Yuko Miura did not expect.

"It's all thanks to your own efforts, how could I not know that?"

"Huh?"

Yuko Miura was stunned for a moment when she heard this, and then frowned, with an unhappy expression on her face.

"Teacher Hiratsuka, are you mocking me?"

"Eh eh eh, of course not."

Shizuka Hiratsuka hurriedly waved her hand, and then said with a smile.

"You don't really think that we went to communicate with the school and played some kind of behind-the-scenes operation to ensure that you would be elected, do you?"

"Eh? Isn't that so..."

"Of course not."

The smile on Shizuka Hiratsuka's face became even brighter. After all, as a teacher, her favorite thing was to witness the growth of her students.

"During your election process, the Super Quantum Club didn't contribute at all. After all, Hayato Hayama also originally planned to withdraw from the election... Oh no, if we really want to talk about help, it has a little bit to do with the Super Quantum Club."

Speaking of this, Shizuka Hiratsuka paused for a moment and slowly opened her mouth.

"Among the members of the Super Quantum Club, three were selected as outstanding student representatives with voting rights. Two of them were Yukino Yukinoshita and Rio Futaba. They did not vote for anyone and chose to abstain."

"And the remaining person... he told me that he chose to vote for you based on his own wishes, and this has nothing to do with any commission."

"He said that he believes that you can become an excellent student council president with your own ability."

"Yozora chose to cast his vote for Yuko Miura."

Chapter 512 Christina's Predecessor, Terrorist Attack Planned at the Airport

"He... he chose... to believe in me?"

Yuko Miura didn't know how to respond when she heard Shizuka Hiratsuka's words, she just muttered to herself, looking a little complicated.

"Yes, he believes in you, and..."

Shizuka Hiratsuka showed a smile and patted Yuko Miura on the shoulder.

"The facts have proved that Yozora did not believe in the wrong person. You successfully won the election for student council president with your own ability. The success of the election has nothing to do with the behind-the-scenes operations of the Super Quantum Club. It's all thanks to your own ability."

"My own... ability?"

Yuko Miura didn't know what to say anymore.

She originally thought that it was a behind-the-scenes operation, because the Super Quantum Club had asked the school to help with the relationship, that she was able to successfully be elected as the student council president. Just in order to save face, when she went on stage to give her speech, she still maintained a normal heart and finished the prepared speech in her best state.

As a result now... Shizuka Hiratsuka actually told her that she was able to be elected as the student council president, except for the vote that Yozora cast because of personal trust, it had nothing to do with her asking the Super Quantum Club to help with the election?

Even Yukino Yukinoshita and Rio Futaba, the other two student representatives in the Super Quantum Club, did not vote for her because they were not very familiar with her?

"The position of student council president... was obtained by myself...?"

Looking at Yuko Miura, who was still at a loss, Shizuka Hiratsuka stepped forward and put her arm around the other person's shoulder, couldn't help but touch the other person's golden long curly hair, secretly praising that the hair quality was really good, and then smiled and said.

"Yes, this is all your personal effort."

"Yozora, he... has always believed in you. He said that since he believes in you..."

"Then if you still do some behind-the-scenes operations, it's simply an insult to his vision."

"From beginning to end, he has believed in you, believing that Yuko Miura can become the student council president."

...

At the same time, inside the terminal of Kyoto Airport.

"Should it be almost time?"

Hearing Miko Yotsuya's words, Rio Futaba took out her phone and glanced at it, nodding slightly.

"Yes, in another ten minutes or so, the flight that Maho Hiyajo is on should be arriving. Looking at the flight information table, it doesn't seem to be delayed."

"That's good."

Miko Yotsuya responded first, and then said lightly.

"Fortunately, Kyoto now has an international airport with connecting international flights. Otherwise, Maho Hiyajo would have had to go to Tokyo first and then take the train back after we picked her up."

The original Kyoto did not have a large airport, let alone international flights connecting to overseas destinations.

The usual approach was to fly to Tokyo and then transfer to a train to Kyoto.

However, since the appearance of the "Mask" group, Kyoto has gradually transformed from its original state as a city filled with traditional cultural atmosphere, numerous shrines, and seemingly disconnected from the times, into the most famous metropolis in the Sakura Province, with a reputation even surpassing Tokyo.

Although its overall atmosphere hasn't changed much.

"Only a dozen minutes left…"

Kurisu Makise stared at the empty airport outside the terminal and the clear, cloudless sky above, her expression somewhat melancholic.

It wasn't that she and Maho Hiyajo had a bad relationship. Under the conditions of the research institute at the time, how could she and Maho Hiyajo, both young female scientists from Sakura Province, not have a good relationship?

But precisely because their relationship could be described as friends and senior-junior colleagues, Kurisu Makise was now conflicted about what to say when she met Maho Hiyajo later…

If the other party asked about Professor Leskinen, what should she say?

The explanation given to the people at the research institute was that Professor Leskinen had suddenly disappeared and his whereabouts were unknown.

However, Kurisu Makise was not good at lying, especially in front of Maho Hiyajo, who knew her well. Even if she could fool her today, it would be difficult to keep it from her during future experiments together.

Then… tell the truth?

Impossible.

Kurisu Makise knew that Maho Hiyajo had joined the research institute earlier and knew Professor Leskinen longer than she did. Even if she told her everything the professor had done, would Maho Hiyajo, who was both a student and friend of Professor Leskinen, simply believe it and accept such a fact?

Taking a step back…

Kurisu Makise's invitation to Maho Hiyajo to Kyoto actually contained a thought in her heart that she hadn't told anyone, and even she herself was unwilling to admit.

What if… Maho Hiyajo was the same kind of person as Professor Leskinen…?

Kurisu Makise was unsure whether Professor Leskinen, who had arrived here from a future worldline, had left any relevant information in the overseas research institute, but she only knew one important point.

If Professor Leskinen had really left behind any backup plans, then the only one with enough ability and qualifications to inherit his arrogant and grandiose ideals would be Maho Hiyajo.

Such a dangerous person…

Must be monitored.

There cannot be a second Leskinen… absolutely not.

Just then, Miko Yotsuya suddenly frowned slightly and said softly.

"Wait, something's not quite right."

"Not right?"

"Yeah."

Miko Yotsuya's golden eyes flickered as she looked at the other people in the terminal lobby who seemed to be preparing to pick up someone. Maintaining a calm expression, she whispered in a voice that only Kurisu Makise and Rio Futaba could hear.

"The middle-aged man in the black coat, the young woman carrying a handbag, and the old woman dragging a suitcase, judging by their movements, they should be carrying weapons."

"Weapons?"

Rio Futaba frowned slightly upon hearing this, but didn't reveal any flaws. She simply pushed up her glasses as if casually chatting.

"Isn't there security at the airport entrance? How did they bring weapons in? Could their target be…"

"I don't know."

Miko Yotsuya shook her head and said in a flat tone.

"I observed a bit before coming in. Although there aren't many people in this terminal, if we take action in such an open space, we'll definitely be witnessed, and there are also surveillance cameras. Ryuzaki is no longer a special consultant for the Metropolitan Police Department. It probably won't be as easy as before to have him hack into the network and delete all the surveillance footage. Moreover… if the enemy's goal is to confirm our identities, then deleting the surveillance footage is equivalent to exposing ourselves, and there's no difference."

"So… it's a premeditated plan…"

Rio Futaba's eyes revealed a thoughtful look as she muttered.

"The defense work of the international airport doesn't seem to be under the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Police Department… Even Souichirou Yagami's Kyoto Metropolitan Police Department is being guarded against… And they can even direct the security personnel at the airport entrance to let people carrying weapons in. Meticulous and possessing this level of power… It seems that the one who formulated this plan is a big shot."

Speaking of this, Rio Futaba changed the subject and looked at Kurisu Makise, who seemed a little at a loss after hearing her and Miko Yotsuya's words, and said calmly.

"Kurisu, it seems… you've been targeted, but that can't be helped. After all, your father and Professor Leskinen have both ‘disappeared’ one after another, and they are both scientists who are receiving close attention. I'm afraid that from the moment Maho Hiyajo booked her ticket to Kyoto, the other party knew you would be here today. After all, the only one who could get her to come to Kyoto is you, her close junior colleague from the same research institute."

Although Kurisu Makise is a scientific genius, she is, after all, just an ordinary person, and she couldn't help but feel a little panicked in her heart after hearing Rio Futaba's words.

"Then what should we do now?"

"There's no good way."

Rio Futaba shook her head and said in a flat tone.

"Since the other party has discovered that Miko and I have appeared with you, then the two of us have already become suspects. Even if we kill them now, it won't help. In that case, we might as well see what they want to do next."

"But…"

Kurisu Makise hesitated.

"If it's just the two of you… won't there be a risk of your identities being exposed?"

"Two?"

Rio Futaba smiled slightly, shook her head, and said softly.

"There are more than just the two of us. Besides… you don't really think that we came to the airport with you just to pick up Maho Hiyajo, do you?"

At the same time that Rio Futaba finished speaking, Miko Yotsuya added lightly.

"Professional exorcists always come prepared."

…

Meanwhile, outside the terminal.