Zongman, gain super powers after helping others

Could it be that... someone else was actually being ostracized?

Could there be a statistical error?

"Could there be a mistake in the statistics?" Yuka, who was chosen, asked in a trembling voice, unable to believe it.

But Yukino's cold reply quickly dispelled that idea.

"Yuka got three votes, Hitomi got three votes, Rumi got two votes, and Komori got one vote, for a total of nine votes. The vote count is correct."

"Wait, why are there only nine votes when everyone has two? Shouldn't it be ten? There must be a mistake!" Renmei shouted, as if she had grasped at the last straw.

"That's because Rumi only wrote her own name," Yukino Yukinoshita gave the answer.

"how come……"

Rumi only wrote her own name, but in the end, Hitomi and Yuka were the ones who were voted out. When such a darkly humorous scene unfolded before their eyes, the girls present fell into a long silence.

In other words, at least three of the four of them didn't write their names about studying in the US, but instead turned their anger towards each other...

In fact, the moment they wrote their names on the paper, their false friendship, built on the pretense of framing others to feel at ease, was already destroyed.

Even if one of the two elected is a student studying in the US, the friendship among the remaining four will still develop cracks and eventually collapse irreversibly.

What is fake will always be fake. No matter how well it is packaged, friendship gained through despicable means will eventually fall into the abyss because of some trivial matter.

After a long silence, the first to erupt was Yuka, the sacrificial offering.

"Who voted for me? Komori, you're definitely involved! It's always the same, one way in public and another in private!" Yuka's delicate face contorted with a demonic expression as she glared fiercely at Komori, whose eyes were darting away, and posed a soul-searching question.

Realizing things were going badly, Komori immediately responded, "Didn't you vote for me too? Why don't you say Hitomi voted for you too?"

Hitomi, who was already timid, was emotionally devastated after learning that she had been chosen as a sacrifice. When she heard Komori pointing the finger at her, she immediately exploded.

"You're lying! You were the one who voted for both of us!"

"I only have two votes in total. Even if I vote for both of you, what about the remaining four votes? You two will definitely vote for each other. Stop pretending to be nice!" Knowing he couldn't keep up the act any longer, Komori tore off the last fig leaf.

None of the three pointed the finger at Tsurumi Rumi, because Rumi only kept her votes for herself, so how could they criticize her? Should they blame her for not attracting enough hatred?

There's nothing to criticize.

Seeing that the farce was about to escalate into a full-blown fight, Lin Qianshu had no choice but to walk out of the woods wearing a vest. As if completely unaware of the situation, he interrupted, "Yukinoshita-kun, come here for a moment."

After whispering a few words in Xue Xia's ear, Lin Qianshu went to the five-person team that was fighting amongst themselves and announced: "The last level has been temporarily canceled because of a problem with the staff's props. I will give you the pass tokens later. Now you just need to follow the signs to the end."

Lin Qianshu originally planned to let these elementary school students experience the shock of Hikigaya, while using the suspension bridge effect to help Tsurumi Rumi get along with the unlucky guy who was singled out, so that she could get rid of the situation of being isolated first, and then make plans later, but he did not expect it to turn out like this.

Are you suggesting that Lin Qianshu tampered with things?

It definitely happened.

The problem is, he only blocked one person, so how did the two of you get voted out?

Chapter 133 Just...Friends?

Inside the camp, the elementary school students formed a large circle around the huge bonfire in the center, singing and dancing to celebrate the successful conclusion of the test of courage and to praise the friendships that had deepened through this experience.

I don't know how much of it is true and how much is false.

Anyway, the girls in that small group who studied in the US were probably fake, because even when they were dancing the folk dance in a circle, they weren't holding hands with each other.

After all, they had just gone through the "surprise" game of the test of courage, which almost completely exposed each other's true feelings and revealed their most genuine relationship. It was only natural that they had achieved this result.

But one thing must be acknowledged: Lin Qianshu has completely failed this time.

After this incident, he clearly realized that Rumi Tsurumi couldn't make friends, at least not in the short term.

Even the possibility of making superficial friends was completely extinguished by Lin Qianshu's orchestrated "Secrets of Human Nature".

It's hard to imagine that Rumi Tsurumi would actively seek out friends again so soon after witnessing such a farcical spectacle.

So in a sense, Lin Qianshu buried himself.

On the contrary, before Yukinoshita could do anything, Tsurumi Rumi had already adapted to being alone... Well, it can't be said that she did nothing at all; at least she made Tsurumi Rumi face reality and provided assistance for Hayashi Chiki's future plans.

I wouldn't call myself a "sleeping winner".

"But this means she probably won't want to make friends for a while."

Yukinoshita, carrying a bucket in one hand and a plastic bag containing candles, a lighter, and sparklers in the other, sat down next to Lin Qianshu.

"Yes, you won this time." Lin Qianshu said this without any particular emotion, as he had already prepared to lose before the competition.

He looked at the fairy wand that Yukinoshita had handed him, and besides, to be honest, had he lost?

I'm afraid that's not necessarily true.

Upon hearing this, Yukino shook her head and said, "I didn't win."

Although the result seemed to indicate that she had won, Yukinoshita felt that she had not played a key role in achieving the result, so it could not be considered her achievement, and the fruits of victory should not belong to her.

"Wasn't the criteria for judging the outcome of the competition already determined before? The current situation is quite clear. For a considerable period of time in the foreseeable future, Xiaoliu Mei will likely be accompanied by 'loneliness,' and even she herself has already made mental preparations."

"Based on the previous wins and losses, you are the winner of this match, without a doubt."

The moment Yukinoshita declined, Lin Qianshu knew that he had already achieved 'victory' in essence. Now, to seize an even greater victory, he needed to make Yukinoshita accept this victory.

It's somewhat ironic that the victor is declining the offer, while the loser has to find ways to get them to admit victory. This kind of situation probably only happens between the two of them.

"I didn't play a decisive role..."

"In the real world, the process only has weight when there is a result. In a competition, as long as there are no violations during the process, the result is greater than everything else."

"You mean the result is more important than the process?"

"At least for now... Yukino, you don't mean to discuss philosophical topics like process and result with me, do you?"

Upon hearing this, Yukinoshita seemed to have had something on her mind. She took a candle out of the plastic bag, lit it with a lighter, and then retorted:

"I just want to say that what you said before was sophistry."

"Where is the sophistry? Judging from the results, you did win. As for the process... well, that's something that can't be quantified. Who can guarantee that your actions in pointing out her unrealistic fantasies about studying in the US didn't play a decisive role in her current development?"

Lin Qianshu placed the tip of the sparkler on the small flame of the candle, and soon the tip began to sizzle and emit colorful sparks.

Pretty good looking.

The elementary school students who hadn't yet dispersed were all attracted by the fireworks, but unfortunately, children are prohibited from playing with fireworks, including sparklers, without adult supervision!

So they could only watch us play.

Jie Jie Jie...

"Aren't you afraid I'll make you wear a maid outfit?"

Lin Qianshu paused in mid-air while waving her sparkler, then said with a shy expression, "It's not impossible, but only you can see it."

Yukinoshita couldn't help but imagine what Lin Qianshu would look like if she changed into a maid outfit and acted coy in front of her... and immediately shuddered.

Very good, maid outfit PASS.

Xue Zhixia lit the sparkler in her hand without any expression. She only wanted to take a small revenge on Lin Qianshu, but she didn't expect to get herself involved.

It's too harsh on the eyes.

Given the other party's obsession with maid outfits, Yukinoshita had reason to suspect that the other party had actually wanted to wear a maid outfit for a long time, but just didn't have a good reason, so he wanted to use her to achieve his ulterior motives.

However, seeing that Lin Qianshu was even willing to change into women's clothing, Yukinoshita knew that she had to win this time.

"Get ready for me to make things difficult for you," Yukino said to Lin Qianshu with a stern face.

Lin Qianshu, however, was not afraid at all and replied with a smile, "A bet is a bet."

Yukinoshita Yukino:......

She had a feeling that this guy didn't take her threats seriously at all, as if he was sure she wouldn't really make things difficult for him.

—I really don't know how.

Because Lin Qianshu had previously used the condition of going to Chiba Zoo to see the pandas together after winning the competition, it was obvious that he was letting Lin Qianshu win.

Now that I've won, I can't really embarrass the other party, can I?

That would make one an ungrateful and treacherous person!

Although it wasn't explicitly stated, since Lin Qianshu had helped him out, he would definitely reciprocate by helping him out in return.

Yukino Yukino is a woman who is never inferior to anyone, and she always repays kindness and avenges wrongs!

"Here, this is for you."

"what is this?"

"photo."

Lin Qianshu succinctly explained that he had used the printing room at the camp to develop the photos he had taken while in the US.

Because we were volunteers, the printing shop didn't charge us. They even printed two extra copies after seeing that it was a group photo.

He's a nice person.

In addition, Lin Qianshu also noticed that there were many more photos of small birds in Tsurumi Rumi's camera, and then he looked at the camera's brand - ○Kang.

Suddenly it all made sense.

He got into bird hunting at a very young age.

Well, shooting birds is better than photographing people. What if the other person suddenly accuses me of taking pictures without my consent?

Oh, Rumi Tsurumi is a T0, and a minor T0 at that, so it's fine.

Thinking about it carefully, his behavior at the Tokyo cat and dog market was quite dangerous. Fortunately, the other party was Yukino, who was magnanimous enough. Otherwise, he would have been in trouble with the police.

Even hiring a lawyer won't help!

"Thank you for sparing my life."

"?"

Yukino didn't understand what Lin Qianshu was suddenly saying, but she didn't think much of it and instead focused her attention on the photo Lin Qianshu had given her.

They took not just one photo together, but several in a row.

His own expression kept changing, from the initial surprise when Lin Qianshu pulled him to take a picture, to the serious smile after he adjusted, and finally the shyness after realizing that the two of them were too close. The whole process was faithfully recorded by the camera.

The photos are actually quite good...

"Just leave the photos with me," Yukino said calmly, worried that her sister might see them if they were in Lin Qianshu's hands.

"Okay," Lin Qianshu nodded in agreement.

Anyway, he has more than one copy.

You can never have too many backups.

He also saved these photos to a cloud drive, so he wasn't afraid of losing them. He could print them out at any photo studio whenever he wanted.

"...You don't have a backup, do you?" Yukinoshita became wary when she saw that Hayashi Chiki agreed so easily without any hesitation, and asked with her eyes narrowed.

"The printing shop saw it was a group photo, so they printed a few extra copies for me."

Lin Qianshu didn't hide anything and spoke directly.

Yukino Yukinoshita: ...As expected.

"what happened?"

This guy is asking a question he already knows the answer to!

"It's nothing, I was just thinking that maid outfits seem a bit too conservative, how about trying a bunny girl outfit?" Yukinoshita threatened with a forced smile.

This won't do; he actually has this at home.

Even though she knew that Yukinoshita was unaware of Mai Sakurajima's existence, Lin Chishu still couldn't help but feel a chill down her spine when Yukinoshita mentioned the bunny girl.

Is it sweat? No... I knew this kind of attack, which isn't even a probing attack, couldn't possibly make me sweat.

Lin Qianshu tossed the burnt-out sparkler into the bucket of water beside him, stood up, stretched, and subtly pulled up his pants.

It's not wet!

However, the summer nights on the plateau are indeed quite humid, and the wind blowing through the forest can be a little chilly.

The music in the center of the camp square had stopped, the elementary school students' folk dance had ended, and it was time to adjourn the meeting.

Lin Qianshu spotted Liu Mei's figure, accompanied by members of her team. Unlike before, their formation was no longer 4:1, but rather they were spaced very subtly apart. They could be seen as a group, but not so close.