281 275 鶴の一声とは、いかないものだな (1/2)

Well, I've got a plan. I'd like to start making decisions here.

My idea of [Seed & Sproud aka S&S]

Kaido's idea [Kaidan]

Moonlight Perch] which is the idea of the south

Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter (Hitotose)] which is Kitamiya's idea

[Challenger] which is a win-win idea.

Amelia's idea of the [Legendary Brave Party, or LBP]

I've got six ideas.

How do you decide?　With a majority vote, I don't want to say never, but I think it will be a self-recommendation and it will be a mud-slinging contest. There's a chance that I'll get all the votes at once.

Don't worry, no one else will be allowed in your kiai group but you. But I'm sure Kaido-san is right about the way things are going.

It's a good thing that I didn't have to worry about it, but as you said earlier with Minami-chan, Kitamiya-chan's comments are terrible!

”I think the ......... discussion will take a lot longer. Do you want to do a lottery?

But it would be a shame to decide so soon.

When it comes to narrowing it down, Kaido's majority decision or Kitamiya's lottery will come to mind.

Through? Amelia is consoling the shocked Kaido as Kitamiya says, ”I'm not going to guess, but I'm going to make a majority decision.

”It's going to be a little irregular, but we're going to have a majority decision with no guesswork.

I see, if you're confident in your idea, does that mean you'll naturally get more votes?

”Thanks for talking so fast, Kitamiya.

Of course we don't discuss how to decide.

I was thinking of a way to decide beforehand.

Kitamiya immediately figured out the intention of the method I proposed and nodded in agreement.

Kaido and Amelia, who have a question mark over their heads, look at each other and then ask what it means.

Minami and Katsu seem to understand.

”The point is. Your idea is the one you think is best, so when it comes to a majority vote, you will of course choose your own. That would lead to a roundabout way. Then, if we forbid self-suggestion, you can vote for the one you think is the best plan of others. And we will repeat the process.

What do we do if we are left with two ideas at the end, that is?　You are forced to vote for both, that you have no choice, that you have no choice.

I'm sorry, but we'll have to use a non-personal vote then.

But since we're a party of six, it could split the vote, right?

We'll even try not to.

”Is it ingenuity?

It's a natural consequence of Amelia's point.

With a majority vote of six, there's a good chance of an even vote.

If we took a majority vote, two against two, we might well end up with two against two.

Since this would lead to a parallel line, I put my notepad, ballpoint pen, and box on the table.

It's a nondescript piece of equipment.

The notepad was a memo pad where each sheet was torn off like a daily calendar, and the ballpoint pen was just an ordinary, ordinary hundred-yen piece of paper.

The box is also a candy box that I got as a gift the other day.

Write the first three places on the note and vote for the box. First place gets three points, second place gets two points, third place gets one point, and the one with the highest total points will be our party name.

”Oh!　That doesn't bother me!

That sounds manageable. I'm good.

I'm good at it too, that I am... Well, this is the moment to see where my naming sense ranks, that I am.

”It's okay, it's going to be okay.

There were no particular objections, and it was decided to go ahead.

There is a probability that all the points will be equal, but the probability of that happening is much lower than it would be normally.

Each of you takes a piece of paper from your notepads and grabs a ballpoint pen.

Just as a reminder to each person who starts wondering who to put how many points to.

Just so you know, a guess is an invalid point.

”Hi!

”Wow, I know.

”Yes, that I do.

I know.

”Yes.

Now that I've paid attention, it's my turn.

I can't say my name, so I'll think about the name of the party I might mention.

First, by process of elimination, I'm going to leave out Kaidan's Kaidan.

I'm Jiro Tanaka of Kaidan, and I'm embarrassed to introduce myself in my mind.

If I were to keep my two candidates, my personal favorites, Kitamiya's Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter (Hitotose) and the perch under the moon in the south, would be my choice.

That would mean dropping either Katsu's Challenger or Amelia's LBP.

This time, in all seriousness, I'm going with the winner.

I don't mind Amelia's idea, from a sounding point of view, but I'm going to go with the winner.

That leaves three candidates, and the rest are in order.

I looked up and looked around to see what the other guys were doing and saw that each of them had a variety of problems.

Kaido is worried about his head so much that it makes you wonder where you need to worry so much.

Kitamiya puts her hand on her chin and drinks a cup of tea with a serious expression of distress as she takes a break from time to time.

To write or not to write, Katsura is worried about whether or not to write.

You'll find Minami and Amelia, who may have already finished writing, talking at a volume that doesn't interfere across the sofa.

You're going to be able to find out what you're going to do with it.

I, too, struggled a bit afterwards, but after struggling, I quickly decided.

Fold the paper into the box and vote.

”Kaido-senpai, not yet?　It's only senior citizens now, that it is.

”I just want to wait a little bit longer. I'm trying to figure out how to get the team to the point where they're chosen.

”Okay, okay, don't waste your time with me, I have to get into the dungeon this afternoon, so get on with it.

If you look at the clock at Kitamiya's suggestion, the hands of the clock were pointing at eleven o'clock.

Considering the vote counting process that was to follow, Kaido certainly didn't have time to think.

Sorry to Kaido for sweat dripping down his forehead and thinking so hard.

Kaido, five more minutes.

”Oh no!”?

Set a time limit, during which each person is free to spend.

Where did you vote, Karen?

”You shouldn't say that, Amy. That's for later.

I'm sure Kitamiya is looking forward to it the most, that she is.

”You're just as interested in the same thing. We get to choose our names, so why wouldn't I be interested?

That's true, that it is, but I'm confident in my vote this time, that I am!

The girls begin to talk in batches.

It's only a short time, but there's enough time to chat.

I take out a cigarette from my breast pocket to smoke a cigarette.

What name do you think Jiro-san will be?

”Hmm?　Which name will be, or .........

It's also because Katsura spoke to me, and without lighting a fire, I shook my finger and let my thoughts wander to answer Katsura's question: .........

”I honestly have no idea.

Is that so?

But I didn't understand.