Why Not Make Both Twins 'Girlfriends'?-Chapter 11Volume 2 .2 - An Unexpected Appearance...?

An Unexpected Appearance…? 2

Ayaka approached Hikari.

“Thank you, Hikari-chan. I think the quality has improved considerably compared to what the club had before.”

“Uh, I didn’t really do anything…”

“No, it’s not just the content but also thanks to your technical skills, Hikari-chan. It’s because of you that we were able to produce something this good despite the time constraints. Really, thank you very much.”

Perhaps embarrassed, Hikari blushed and giggled.

Sakuto thought to himself while observing the scene.

‘As I thought…. Ayaka-senpai must have noticed…’

──The problem with the Newspaper Club was originally a lack of editorial skills.

Sakuto had also looked through the back issues and felt that the quality of the paper’s appearance had noticeably dropped after a certain point.

It was around October of the previous year, coinciding with the retirement of the third-year students who had been leading the club.

The articles themselves were of no less quality than before, and it seemed that they had been conducting even more meticulous interviews than their senpai had.

Previously, Wakana had mentioned the ‘very basics of being an interviewer’ with frustration. It was clear that Ayaka and Matori had been placing great importance on these fundamentals.

However, reporting and editing are separate issues──

『I wonder if people will actually read the newspaper we’ve worked so hard on…』

The answer to Wakana’s previously voiced concern lay there. (TN: V2 Chapter 4)

In short, the problem was poor design and layout.

The editing techniques that the Newspaper Club had cultivated seemed to have been lost, and when comparing articles before and after October of the previous year, the content was still good, but the editing flaws were too noticeable.

Therefore, even well-written articles were going unread.

Just as there is the concept of ‘legibility’, the paper hadn’t been designed in a way that made people want to read it at a glance.

In essence, the efforts of the Newspaper Club had not been in vain.

Although their direction had skewed toward scandal news after feeling discouraged by their work going unread, their motivation and passion had been lying dormant within them.

It was unfortunate that their enthusiasm had been misdirected──

‘So that’s why Tachibana-sensei didn’t want it to end like this…

External pressure and internal reform were necessary to steer them back in the right direction.

And that’s where the specialist named Usami Hikari came in.

With the versatile Hikari joining the team, the problem was quickly resolved.

At the same time, this also contributes to creating a place for Hikari, establishing her as someone who is needed.

In addition, Usami Chikage kept a watchful eye in the form of an audit from the outside.

Inside and outside—the Newspaper Club has probably recovered this far thanks to the Usami sisters.

(Really… it’s like we’re completely in Tachibana-sensei’s palm…)

Sakuto asked Ayaka with a wry smile.

“Ayaka-senpai, is it time for the teacher’s check now?”

“Yes. But I think this will probably pass. I’ll take it to the staff room for now.”

Then there was a knock at the door.

“Hmm, everyone is here, I see.”

The person who entered was Tachibana. Ayaka uttered an ‘Ah!’ upon seeing her.

“Tachibana-sensei, perfect timing. We’ve just finished the next issue of the newspaper.”

“That’s good to hear. I’ll pass it on to the assistant advisor Nakamura-sensei and the teachers from the student guidance department, so please print out the teachers’ copies.”

As Ayaka began printing the necessary number of copies, Matori looked at Tachibana.

“By the way, what brings you here, Tachibana-sensei? We’re not doing anything bad at the moment, you know?”

“So you admit to your past misdeeds and foolishness? Hmm. As for my business here, I think I’ll let the person in question explain directly. Please, come in—”

The one who entered from the door was Ishizuka, the third-year president of the Broadcasting Club.

“Hello, Uehara-san. Hi everyone~”

Ayaka showed a startled expression at Ishizuka’s smile.

“Ah, Ishizuka-senpai. Thank you for yesterday…”

“Actually, I wanted to have a meeting about that upcoming matter. Is it okay if Tachibana-sensei joins us?”

“Um, that’s fine, but why Tachibana-sensei?”

“Because it’s a live broadcast. We’ve got the school’s permission, but we still need to discuss things like words that shouldn’t be during the broadcast and the performers’ attitudes in advance.”

Ishizuka explained the situation smoothly.

Officially, the Broadcasting Club is engaged in streaming activities known as the ‘Influencer Club’, but since they represent the school on the internet, there are quite strict meetings behind the scenes.

This serious approach is one of the reasons why the school values them.

“That’s why I’m here to see the participants of the broadcast, Kousaka.”

“Hmm… well, since I’m not participating, I’ll step out for a bit.”

Matori left with her camera, and Sakuto stood up as well.

“I’m going to use the restroom.”

Saying that, Sakuto followed Matori.

Matori was standing in the corridor away from the clubrooms, looking down with a camera in hand.

She lacked her usual lively atmosphere and seemed somewhat downcast.

“Is there something wrong?”

When Sakuto spoke to her, Matori let out a small laugh.

“It kind of stinks, stinks really bad.”

“What do you mean?”

“How this whole thing is proceeding too smoothly. Doesn’t the timing of the Broadcasting Club seem too good?”

Matori said this and then leaned forward on the railing, elbows resting on it, and aimed her camera.

“Am I the only one who feels like someone is pulling strings behind the scenes?”

“…aren’t you a little overthinking it?”

“What do you think? The Broadcasting Club that triggered us to start writing scandal pieces is suddenly trying to pull us into a broadcast. It feels too blatant. At least that’s what my intuition is telling me.”

“Maybe that is the skepticism of a journalist at work?”

“I’m a photographer. Capturing the truth is my job.”

With that, Matori suddenly pointed her camera at Sakuto and pretended to take a picture. Sakuto was taken aback by the audacity of someone who was about to write a fabricated article saying such things, but he decided to listen to Matori’s story.

“Well, I have no proof, but it’s all too convenient. Our newspaper articles have been perfect so far, and the only thing left is how to spread them. Of course, we distribute them around the school on foot, but if we used the Broadcasting Club’s stream, our recognition would skyrocket.”

Listening to her, Sakuto was completely exasperated.

“You’re capable of such thought, yet you go into writing scandals news and ignoring the risks…”

“Shut up. A cornered little mouse will go chomp-chomp a kitty!” (A cornered rat will bite a cat)

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“I’ve never heard such a cute proverb before, but were you really that cornered?”

“Sort of.”

“By what?”

Matori made an awkward face and took a deep breath.

“Since Ayaka and I took over, the Newspaper Club has been ignored by everyone. Our reliable advisor went on maternity leave, and the assistant advisor, Nakamura-sensei, is mainly focused on the Art Club, so he doesn’t care about us. What choice did we have but to do it ourselves?”

“I guess I can somewhat understand that feeling.”

“We were aware that we were inferior to the senpai who won the Asada Newspaper Award the previous year… So, maybe that’s why we felt pressured? The graduated senpai were nice people, but there was this insurmountable wall, you know? That kind of thing was there…”