Chapter 55: Powerful Leadership

"Very well, the rest depends on your performance!"

Takahashi replied.

Over these past few days, Kirihara had been quite diligent, preparing all sorts of drinks and snacks with great care.

With a lackey who volunteered to serve him hand and foot, why not accept?

"Great!" Kirihara jumped three feet high with joy.

"There is a matter right now that requires you to do it!"

Takahashi said indifferently, a cunning smile appearing at the corners of his mouth.

Eight-thirty.

In the first-year classroom.

The teacher stood before the podium, lecturing incessantly on the contents of the textbook.

Below sat a crowd of students holding textbooks and listening to the lecture.

Yamamoto Taro and Kimura Kojiro held their textbooks tightly over their faces, constantly turning their heads to look toward Takahashi's seat.

Heart-pounding!

Because, at this moment, sitting in Takahashi Yanichi's original seat was a seaweed-head.

It was Kirihara Akaya.

It was actually a second-year senior!

Thinking back to before class, this senior had threatened them, telling them to help him avoid being discovered by the teacher, otherwise he would directly cancel their qualifications to join the Tennis Club.

These two looked up at the teacher one moment and turned to look at Kirihara the next, feeling extremely nervous and flustered in their hearts!

And at this moment, Kirihara, sitting in Takahashi's seat, lowered his head and began to boredly draw little figures on Takahashi's book.

The other party involved, Takahashi, was sitting in the Tennis Club office, holding a game console and playing games with great interest.

Beside the Tennis Club office, Yanagi Renji was organizing his thick data book when he suddenly heard a sound nearby.

Curious, he walked over on tiptoe and gently pushed the door open.

He only saw Takahashi leaning on the sofa to the side, legs crossed and propped up on the coffee table, holding a game console in his hands, playing games with great relish.

The sound of the door being pushed startled Takahashi; he looked up and happened to see Yanagi Renji.

"Hi!"

"Want a drink?"

Takahashi greeted Yanagi Renji without changing his expression and gestured toward the Sprite at his side.

"No, thank you!"

Yanagi Renji responded politely.

He was stunned for a moment; as a first-year, shouldn't Takahashi be in the classroom attending class right now?

At the same time, Sanada was patrolling the school as a member of the Disciplinary Committee.

Having stepped down as Vice Captain of the Tennis Club, the heavy burden on him had been reduced by more than half.

Logically speaking, he should be much more relaxed.

However, there was a stone weighing on Sanada's heart; he always felt something was not quite right!

Takahashi Yanichi serving as Tennis Club Captain had more than enough strength, but he just felt like something else would happen!

But then he thought, the current Vice Captain was Yukimura. Regarding this friend who had grown up with him since childhood, Sanada understood and trusted him very much.

With Yukimura there to hold things down in the Tennis Club, and Takahashi not really wanting to manage things, there shouldn't be any problems, right!

Sanada comforted himself in his heart.

However, he was still a bit uneasy.

Thus, Sanada changed his route and walked toward the classroom where Takahashi was!

In the classroom.

Accompanied by the teacher's flat, monotonous voice, Kirihara was focused and fully engrossed in the contents of the book.

No, he was just drawing little figures on the book with great enthusiasm.

Suddenly, he felt his elbow being nudged by the person next to him.

Kirihara was immersed in his own world and didn't want to pay attention, but he didn't expect to be nudged again.

Being nudged several times in a row, even a clay figurine would have a temper.

Kirihara put down his pen, raised his head, and prepared to settle the score with the person next to him!

He raised his head and saw Yamamoto Taro frantically signaling to him with his eyes.

He was very confused and followed Yamamoto's gaze to look out the window.

He saw.

Sanada was standing outside the window, glaring at him!

In the afternoon, on the tennis court.

Sanada said angrily to Yanagi Renji and Yukimura: "I knew Takahashi was unreliable, but I didn't expect him to be this unreliable!"

"He doesn't even go to his own classes, and he even let Kirihara go in his place!"

"Kirihara can barely pass his own grades, and he even dares to skip class!"

"Too slack!"

Yukimura did not know the ins and outs of the matter, and listening to Sanada's words, he was a bit bewildered.

Yanagi Renji recalled the scene he had seen that morning, and his heart suddenly became clear.

After understanding the cause and effect of the matter, Yukimura was between laughter and tears, and said: "Takahashi just has this temperament, just bear with it!"

"It would be one thing if he messed around on his own, but once he arrives, other club members follow suit and violate school discipline and rules. If this continues, how is the Tennis Club supposed to be managed?"

"What about Takahashi's grades? Is he preparing to fail his courses?"

Sanada was very angry and said loudly.

"I have looked at Takahashi's grades; they are very good, and he can even rank in the top 10 of the grade," Yanagi said aloud.

"Skipping class like this, his grades must be bad, I just knew it... what?"

Sanada took the words as a matter of course, and only realized what he had said halfway through.

"Grade... top 10..."

Sanada opened his mouth wide, unable to believe it!

"Don't talk about you, even I was very surprised when I collected this data at the time."

Yanagi continued.

"Although Takahashi is a bit free and loose, his grades are still very reliable, whether it's tennis or academics!"

"He is a bit unreliable in small matters, but he is not ambiguous in major ones."

Yukimura spoke to summarize, and then he said:

"I just didn't expect that Kirihara would actually have such a good relationship with Takahashi. As the newly appointed Captain, Takahashi can make Kirihara, who is one grade older than him, do things for him all at once. This ability is truly admirable!"

Hearing Yukimura's last sentence, Sanada quieted down.

Takahashi was only able to become Captain because his strength was strong enough to defeat Yukimura.

However, as a freshman who just joined the Tennis Club this year, it is inevitably difficult to manage those who are older than him, the second-years or third-years.

Club members older than him will also have more or less small emotions when facing him, the youngest Captain.

When Yukimura first became Captain as a first-year, he had encountered such a thorny situation.

Obedient in appearance, but not in heart!

He had thought that Takahashi would also need a period of time before he could fully convince the club members.

Of course, the help of Sanada, Yukimura, and Yanagi Renji was also indispensable in this.

Yet he did not expect that in just a few short days, he alone could make Kirihara, the most eccentric and unruly person among the club members, work for him!

Even Kirihara could listen to his words and do things for him.

Winning over the others was even more of a piece of cake!

This leadership is evident!

You must know that back then, even for the three of them, Sanada and the others, it took a lot of time and effort to win over Kirihara.

But here at Takahashi's, it seemed to be an extremely easy matter.

In the Tennis Club office.

Takahashi looked at the time; there was still half an hour until the club activities ended.

He changed his clothes and packed his backpack.

"Master, are you preparing to go out?"

Kirihara, holding a bag of snacks, pushed the door and entered, just in time to see Takahashi's back as he got up from the sofa to leave.

"Master, dinner time is almost here. I'm afraid you're hungry, so I specially bought you drinks, potato chips, and chocolate. Please pad your stomach first."

While speaking, Kirihara placed the snacks in his hand on the table.

It was fine not to mention it, but once mentioned, Takahashi really felt a bit hungry!

He picked up a piece of chocolate, opened the packaging, and stuffed it into his mouth.

"Don't call me Master!"

Takahashi corrected Kirihara's form of address for him while eating.

How old is he, Takahashi? Letting someone older than him call him Master makes him seem too old.

"Call you Captain? That makes the distance between us too far."

"How about, call you Big Brother?"

"That has spirit!"

Kirihara said excitedly.