As the discussion entered its final three minutes, the atmosphere became increasingly tense.
Akimoto Manatsu, who suddenly attracted everyone's attention, became a soft persimmon. Even the center and team leader who should have parachuted most couldn't help but put the blame on her.
In this situation, if it were Shiraishi Mai and Ikuta Erika, they might bite them back with a dark face, but Akimoto Manatsu, who had just returned not long ago, didn't have the courage to fight back at all.
Although they were suspected of bullying, the two were still timid in the face of the difficult task of skydiving.
In the words of Banana Man, the two men who confidently pushed skydiving to the "newcomers" were awarded the titles of "the worst center" and "the worst captain" respectively.
Rina Ikoma is the center of the team, Reika Sakurai is the captain with the right to speak, and Manatsu Akimoto dares not offend anyone. He can only silently repent of his sins in his heart, and push Hoshino Minami, who is relatively close to him, to the front.
Finally, the voting began, and the venue attendant handed out notes and pens to everyone. Everyone needed to write the name of a lucky god.
Amamiya Suga took a pen and paper and glanced at the eight members in the front row. She felt that none of them particularly wanted her to go. In other words, in her opinion, all eight of them could go. If she had been the one to arrange it, she would have put them all on the plane and not announced the candidates until the last minute. In the end, they would have used rock, paper, scissors to decide who would skydive, emphasizing the fate of life and death, which was thrilling.
Finally, she wrote Erika Ikuta's name on the note, because when Rina Ikoma suggested letting Ikuta skydive at the beginning, Ikuta's angry look was so cute that people couldn't help but tease her.
In just one minute, everyone wrote the name of their favorite candidate and stuffed the tickets into the carton.
The discussion set was removed and the members stood in two rows. The eight people in the front row clasped their hands, while the eight people in the back row were smiling and relaxed.
"Then, let's issue the invoice next!" Shitara put his hand into the cardboard box.
Himura writes the correct characters on the whiteboard to count the votes.
"First of all, the first one - Ikuta." After a brief pause, Shitara named the first lucky person.
Erika Ikuta pursed her lips.
"Oh~" The other members made unclear sounds, as if they were sighing or rejoicing.
Shitara reached in again and took out one.
"Next, Ikuta!" It's Ikuta again.
"Oh——" Except for Erika Ikuta, the other members all laughed, especially Rina Ikoma, who had already begun to applaud, as if victory was right in front of them.
Erika Ikuta couldn't hold herself any longer, her eyes looked around erratically.
"I'm not lying to you, that's what it says on it." Shitara quickly showed the ticket to the members. It did have Erika Ikuta's name written on it.
"I really didn't expect that." Himura praised.
"Ikuta is so popular!" Shitara exclaimed, "It's strange, Ikuta."
"Well, it's strange." Ikuta responded in a panic, while thinking about whether he had offended someone.
"Ikuta is really unexpected. He fired two shots as soon as he came up!" Shitara laughed.
"This vote is genuine, we did not cheat." Faced with Ikuta's distrustful eyes, Himura explained quickly.
The counting of tickets continued. Shitara took out the third ticket, looked at the name on the ticket, and suddenly opened his mouth in surprise.
Seeing Shitara's expression, Erika Ikuta couldn't stand still, "Wait, what's wrong? Why is there such an expression?"
"Could it be that?" The competitors around him all showed gloating smiles.
Shitara kept his mouth open, as if time had frozen, and said nothing for a long time.
"Eh? What happened? Shitara-san, you are talking!" Himura also asked curiously.
"Yes! Speak quickly!" Erika Ikuta asked anxiously. She was already two votes ahead of all members and was in a very dangerous position.
"The third picture——" Shitara gave up, "It's still Ikuta!"
"Eh-" Erika Ikuta covered her head, unable to believe this reality, "Liar! How could this happen!"
"Although it is very unbelievable, the third ticket is indeed Ikuta." Shitara quickly put the three tickets on the table in front of him and displayed them.
Erika Ikuta couldn't help but walked up to check.
The camera also gave a close-up of the three tickets, which indeed belonged to three different handwritings.
Amamiya Suga swallowed, the third one was written by her.
The two in a row are already very entertaining, but the third one is still Ikuta. If you were a weak-hearted person, you might cry.
After repeated checks, Erika Ikuta had to recognize the reality. Her face was full of grievances now. If her name appeared again in the next counting of votes, she might really cry.
"Well, there's nothing we can do about this!" Seeing the little girl's aggrieved look, Shitara couldn't help but smile and said, "Maybe it's because the tickets were not washed, and I happened to choose Ikuta among these three, and then the three were washed in Together."
"Yes, yes, sometimes luck is so bad, and the probability of this happening is very low." Himura comforted.
Erika Ikuta lowered her head and clenched her fists.
Standing behind her, Amamiya Shiori felt a little guilty. She just wanted to tease Ikuta, but she didn't expect that there were quite a few people choosing Ikuta. If someone else chose Ikuta later and made Ikuta cry, it would be a sin.
"No matter what, let's continue. The next one shouldn't be Ikuta!"
Shitara reached into the box and said, "Next, Ikoma."
This time it was finally not Ikuta, and Erika Ikuta breathed a sigh of relief.
Rina Ikoma was still smiling just now when her name was read, but now she stopped laughing immediately.
The difference between before and after made the banana man couldn't help but laugh.
In the next few votes, the candidates finally dispersed. Hashimoto Nanami and Matsumura Sayuri received one vote each, and Hoshino Minami, Ikoma Rina and Akimoto Manatsu even received two votes.
Although she is still in the lead, Erika Ikuta's crisis is no longer so serious.
Then, Hoshino, Ikoma and Akimoto continued their efforts and successfully received three votes, which made Erika Ikuta pat her chest and let out a long sigh of relief.
The last two votes were for Akimoto Manatsu and Hoshino Minami, both of whom had four votes.
They were devastated when they received the final news.
And Erika Ikuta, who was in a desperate situation from the beginning but was saved from parachuting in the end, touched her chest, looking like she was surviving the disaster.
"I really didn't expect it! With such a disadvantage at the beginning, Ikuta didn't get the most votes."
"These two are so awesome!" Himura praised.
Because there are two people with the same vote, the final candidate is still to be determined. The final lucky winner will be determined in some way on the day of skydiving.
After the recording, Erika Ikuta, who escaped danger by one vote, sat on her knees with lingering fear.
"Mou~Who on earth chose me!" She couldn't help complaining, "It scared me to death!"
Amamiya Suri knelt down and gently stroked her back to express comfort.
What confuses her is that no one voted for Shiraishi Mai or Sakurai Reika. The former can be explained by the fact that Shiraishi's eldest sister has a strong aura, and the members bully the weak and fear the strong, and dare not touch the tiger's beard. Then why is the latter? Woolen cloth?
