Just then.
"If we need to send out notifications, it'd be faster if I did it directly." —Kushida.
Kushida quickly sent back a reply.
But Kamuro felt a little slapped in the face. This girl seemed almost too capable.
"Actually, there'd be no harm in applying for a Student Council member position for Kushida," Hachiman said.
"What do you mean?" Kamuro looked at him in confusion.
"We'll be third-years once next month ends," Hachiman said. "After graduation, whether they go to university or straight into work, their high school records might come in handy."
In other words, they could give some students an opportunity to pad their résumés.
For a moment, Kamuro could not tell whether this was Hachiman, as Vice President of the Student Council, taking care of the students serving during his term, or whether it was simply favoritism toward Kushida.
But Kamuro could not deny that having Kushida's help had improved their efficiency.
Soon enough.
After receiving the message, the students whose parents had already arrived came to the school gates to pick them up and headed toward the school building.
The Student Council could have notified the relevant students through the broadcast system.
However, that would have disrupted the first-year and third-year students attending classes as usual today, so they could only temporarily abandon that option.
"The buses come every twenty minutes, so we can take a break for now."
Before long, the parents around Hachiman and Kamuro had all left. Only a few students remained, waiting beneath the trees near the school gates.
"You've worked hard. Have some water." Shibata from Ichinose's class and a student named Asako Amikura walked over, bringing two bottles of water.
Hachiman had learned from Ichinose that these two ranked relatively low, so their parents were probably not arriving until