Why Not Make Both Twins 'Girlfriends'?-Chapter 4Volume 2 .2 - Various Pinches...?

Various Pinches…? 2

With a composed face, Sakuto calmly opened his mouth to speak.

“Why are Chikage and Hikari here?”

“I came to greet you as an auditor! And then Sakuto-kun…”

“By the way, this is not my fault——What about Hikari?”

“I was invited by Chii-chan to say goodbye if I was going to quit the club——I just got the resignation form.”

With that, Hikari pulled out the resignation form from her bag.

Seeing this, Wakana couldn’t help but exclaim, ‘Ehh?’

“Hikari, you’re quitting…!?”

“Well, I was basically just a ghost member, and I thought I wasn’t really needed…”

“No way! It’s going to be a serious problem if Hikari leaves…!”

Sakuto let out a sigh of exasperation.

“For now, could someone please explain the situation with the Newspaper Club…?”

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The clubroom, which had settled down for a moment, was now filled with an even more gloomy atmosphere.

After the Usami sisters took their seats on either side of Sakuto, the three members of the Newspaper Club faced the three of them across the table, but it was hard to describe the situation.

It was as awkward as——going to a restaurant in a good mood, cuddling with your girlfriend, and being told by the staff ‘it’s full, but you can share a table other people,’ only to find out that the group of three you end up sharing a table with are all your ex-girlfriends.

The angel sitting opposite Sakuto opened her mouth with a heavy heart.

“I’m Uehara Ayaka, the president of the Newspaper Club… I’m truly sorry for any terrible inconvenience our members may have caused you…”

Ayaka looked so downcast that it looked a bit pitiful.

“Um… aren’t you going to ask what those two did to me?”

“Well… I can guess. It’s not the first or second time this has happened…”

Somehow, he was beginning to feel sorry for Ayaka.

“Anyway, I’d like to move the conversation forward. What’s happening with the Newspaper Club now?”

“About that… actually, the Newspaper Club is pretty much obsolete now——”

——To summarize Ayaka’s story, it went like this:

At the beginning of April, the Newspaper Club was actively engaged in its activities, which seemed unbelievable given what he had seen of their ‘activities (?)’ today.

Originally, the club wasn’t well-known within the school, and with only a few members, it was the kind of club that people would say, ‘The Newspaper Club? We had one of those?’

Nevertheless, the members still enjoyed their time together and worked diligently.

The situation changed around that time.

The Broadcasting Club, which was about the same size as the Newspaper Club, had made a significant shift in its activity direction.

Since the start of the new academic year, the Broadcasting Club has been actively expanding its activities, quickly disseminating useful information about Arisuyama Academy through the tablets distributed to each student by the school and using YouTube to promote the school.

Their content was interesting, and now the YouTube channel 【Arigaku Ch】 had become popular enough to monetize in less than two months, boasting a significant number of subscribers and views.

It seems to have gained popularity even outside the school.

Their efforts were recognized throughout the school, and the Broadcasting Club was now treasured within Arisuyama Academy as the ‘Influencer Club.’

Amidst all this, what about the Newspaper Club?

They were diligently working on the school newspaper, upholding the tradition passed down from their senpai… or so it seemed.

However, compared to the rapidly updated video content, the newspaper, which was published on a monthly basis, clearly wasn’t as popular with the students.

As for the general opinion on the Newspaper Club——

『…School newspaper? Oh, I don’t read it. Actually, I’ve never read it before.』

『Not interested.』

『I’m subscribed to 【AriGaku Ch】, and that’s enough for me.』

『Besides, considering the SDGs, isn’t it a waste of paper resources?』

(TN: SDGs, Sustainable Development Goals, global set of goals designed to be a “blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all.”)

——that was the sentiment.

In short, the Newspaper Club was on a steady decline into obsolescence after being overshadowed by the Broadcasting Club——

“——damn it! Starting in May, the Newspaper Club decided to pivot to publishing scandal-based articles…”

Matori, who joined the explanation midway, summarized it rather crudely.

“No, that’s a huge mistake, that change in direction… Just to be clear, when you say ‘damn it,’ you’re referring to yourselves, the Newspaper Club, right? You were trying to write scandalous, or rather, fabricated articles… And why target me in the first place? Targeting someone as insignificant as me is a bit…”

“Why? Because you’re top of our grade. And the Usami sisters aare also at the top, right? There’s definitely something fishy going on there.”

——Ayaka started to explain while Sakuto’s hands were tightly gripped by the Usami sisters under the table.

Sakuto thought to himself that Matori was an idiot but had sharp intuition.

“For the record, the Usami sisters and I are just good friends, nothing more. So please… don’t target us anymore, okay?”

Sakuto said with exasperation, and Matori opened her mouth to retort him.

“I’m sorry about that, but it’s mostly not our fault! It’s because freedom of speech isn’t being respected, and the school keeps rejecting our newspaper publications! It’s censorship!”

Well, of course, the school is being reasonable, Sakuto thought.

Matori seemed to want to argue a point that sounded like a valid argument, but she probably didn’t understand the meaning of freedom of speech correctly.

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She should learn the word ‘human rights’ before attempting to fabricate scandals.

Besides, directing her anger at the school was misguided.

The school was making sound decisions. It was the Newspaper Club that was in the wrong.

“Then, about that thing from earlier?”

Sakuto was at a loss for words, thinking there was no saving them.

“We thought ‘that’ was the only way left to us…”

“…? What do you mean by ‘that’? And what about the scandals you mentioned…?”

“I’d like to know too. What are ‘that’ and ‘scandals’ about?”

The Usami sisters looked at Sakuto with puzzled expressions from both sides.

“Yeah, about that…”

However, he hesitated to speak out loud,

“…Matori-senpai, please explain.”

So, Sakuto deferred to the main culprit.