Devil's Luck

Chapter 5: Recruitment

"Can you believe it? Kurokami-san had actually become the student council president!"

"I know right? I had only voted for her out of sympathy for being fellow first years, and that she's hot as fuck, but for her to actually won? Dude, now that's just awesome."

"But can we really trust her to run this school around? I mean, I heard that she's got a huge stick up her ass that even the most stoic and serious person would crumble before her."

"Not only that, but I also heard that because of her own abilities and background, the teachers are too afraid to do anything that could upset her."

"Haa... Not even a minute after lunch starts and the rumor mill has already started up." Zenkichi sighed within the confines of his arms on the desk, his brows furrowed.

'Kurokami Medaka, just seeing her, even when she isn't even in a combat stance, made me feel shivers running down my spine. It was like, instead of a human being, it was like staring at a monstrous beast.' He clenched his hands, cold light flashed from his blue eyes.

'That should be her Alpha Presence, a passive trait born out of her sheer raw power that she unconsciously emits. Humans perceive it as either as a supernatural charisma and eloquence which inspires them to follow her, or as an overwhelming fearful aura that forces them to obey her. What I felt was most likely the latter.'

Zenkichi's lips curled up into a twitchy smile, 'Seriously, how in the hell did the original manage to get her to stay by his side for so long?'

Yet, as he recalled that feeling and her face as she faced the students with a mixed expression of confidence and stoicism, his smile settled down and widened into an unhinged smile.

Medaka Kurokami, a human being that was more a goddess in human form than mortal, inspired loyalty and fear from her presence and actions. The original Zenkichi was no different.

Unfortunately however, this Zenkichi felt no such loyalty towards her.

As for fear?

'Ah, this is getting interesting!'

There was none but excitement.

"However you look at it." Zenkichi snapped out of his thoughts and turned his head to the side.

A little girl wearing the Hakoniwa Academy's uniform with blue bob cut hair, with a curled ahoge on top of her head, and similar colored eyes stared at Zenkichi with a wide, mischievous smile.

This girl, that looked and should belong in an elementary school than high school was Shiranui Hansode. The best friend(maybe?) of Zenkichi.

"You have to be impressed that she can pull a bluff like that in front of the entire school, with such a straight face at that!" Shiranui's expression brightened and her smile widened. "I suppose you could say she's used to standing up in front of people...."

Zenkichi sighed, with a deadpanned expression, turned to face Shiranui and said, "You're wrong Shiranui, it's not that Kurokami is used to standing up in front of people. It's more like she's used to standing over people than anything."

"Hmm, well you could put it that way as well. If that weren't the case then there would've been no chance for a first year such as Kurokami Medaka to become the Student Council President." Her eyes glance slyly towards Zenkichi, who merely replied with a raised eyebrow and a blank expression.

"Is it to be expected of the childhood friend of the little princess? The one that had helped her in her presidential campaign which led to the sharp increase of votes, to the point that 98% of the entire student body voted for the little princess? Shishishishi." Shiranui chuckled.