“If you still feel unsure about jumping over the hurdles after the shopping mall, just bump into them!”
"Hey...are you serious?"
Yukimura Teruhiko immediately questioned.
"You know, there are ten hurdles in total. If all of them are knocked down, five seconds of extra time will be added."
"Unfortunately, that's not how it works~"
Yukinoshita Haruno shook her index finger and explained with a smile.
"If you really want to say it, you should compare it in terms of unit time. If knocking down a hurdle will result in a penalty of seconds, then how much time do you have to waste in order to jump over the hurdle?"
"This……"
Yukimura Teruhiko hesitated.
His physical education performance in the class was among the worst. Based on the previous training, if he wanted to jump over the hurdle perfectly without touching it, the shortest time he needed to jump over each hurdle would be about... three seconds.
It's basically the same as stopping right where you are, then carefully stepping over it, and then continuing to run to the next hurdle.
If the time wasted in decelerating and accelerating is taken into account, it takes him at least five seconds to clear each hurdle.
It's almost ten times the penalty for knocking down the hurdle.
"In summary, if you are confident in your hurdle ability, you can just compete normally. But if you are not so confident, just run at full speed and crash through it!"
Seeing that no one had any objections, Yukinoshita Haruno clasped her hands together and made the final decision.
At the same time, in the viewing area tent of Class B, Wu Yi was sitting on a folding chair with a solemn look on his face. Next to him was a white-haired loli, who was also sitting on a folding chair, leaning slightly with her head resting on Wu Yi's shoulder.
Because he didn't have to participate in the competition, Arisu Sakayanagi didn't change into sportswear like the other students today.
She was wearing a plain white halter dress without much decoration, a pair of white sandals, and even the sun hat on her head was the same style as the Azur Lane Glorious style that matched her hair color, but unfortunately it was a file... ahem, nothing much.
There is an electric fan in the tent, which is theoretically used to cool down and prevent heatstroke for the athletes who have just finished competing in the stadium.
But what is very interesting is that so far no one in Class B has asked to run into the tent to use the fan. Everyone has tacitly chosen to stay outside and leave the space for the two of them.
"Is it really okay for you to stay here instead of going back to your own class's seats?"
Retracting her gaze from the playing field outside the tent, the silver-haired girl looked sideways to the side, tapping the ground lightly with the cane in her hand and asked with a smile.
"Ah? That should be okay, right?"
Wu Yi didn't hear the hidden meaning in her words.
"Anyway, I've memorized the order of going on stage. When the time comes, I just need to listen to which group's turn it is..."
"No, no, no~ I don't mean that."
Sakayanagi Arisu chuckled.
"I mean, at such a crucial time as the sports festival, you didn't even stay in your class's audience. Wouldn't your two girlfriends have no one to praise after the competition? Would they really have no objection to this?"
"Ha, just kidding..."
Wu Yi wanted to act like he was the emperor of the family, but after noticing the expression of the girl next to him, he chose to give up.
"Okay, I admit that I came here because I had already praised you. But then again, aren't you also my 'little girlfriend'?"
"Hmm? Shouldn't it be 'Big Girlfriend'?"
"I can't tell where it's big..."
"Um!?"
The tone of Sakayanagi Arisu's voice suddenly changed from low to high, which made someone stop trying to commit suicide.
Uh……
The two of them remained silent for a while, and after a moment, the silver-haired girl was the first to break the silence.
"Since you've said that, shouldn't you fulfill your girlfriend's little wish?"
"…What wish?"
Wu Yi did not agree immediately, mainly because he was not sure what cruel things this white-haired little girl would do.
But I don't think it would be a stupid move to let him rush to the center of the playground and shout, "Everyone, look at me."
"Well, it's nothing."
Arisu Sakayanagi also took out the sports festival handbook that each class had, and flipped to the description page for the "Pole Reversal Contest," with a hint of anticipation on his face.
"Can you let me see your handsome side when we're doing this project later?"
Volume 156: Chapter : One person will beat all of you!
Horikita Suzune felt that she must have had bad luck today.
First, as the first round of the girls' 100-meter race, she should have been a good starter, but she lost to Ibuki from Class D and was ridiculed by the other party in public.
That's fine. It is said that victory and defeat are common in the military. Since we have encountered each other, it is normal whether we win or lose.
Even if I really lose, the worst that can happen is that I can win it back next time.
But the problem was that in the subsequent hurdle races, she was placed in the last group of girls, and she ended up meeting Ibuki Mio again.
Then, she lost again.
And, I was ridiculed again.
It was such a coincidence, so coincidental that it seemed as if the other party had registered for the competition exactly according to her entry form.
If it happened just once, it could be called a coincidence, but if it happened twice in a row... well, it's not impossible that it's another coincidence.
Most of the C class's competition schedules were arranged by Yukinoshita Haruno. She placed Horikita Suzune in the first round of the women's 100-meter race and the last round of the hurdles race. The purpose was naturally to extend the interval between the two performances of the athlete who had the potential to win first place in the group as long as possible, thereby increasing the time for recovery.
There is no such thing as inner-world combat, it is just pure conventional tactics.
Since it is a conventional tactic, if their class can think of it, then naturally other classes can think of it as well.
But even if you know this is the case, you can't avoid feeling unhappy.
The perspective changed, and Horikita Suzune had just finished the game and ran back to Class C's viewing area, when someone immediately handed her an unopened bottle of mineral water.
The girl with long black hair didn't even bother to say thank you. She just took it, unscrewed the cap and started drinking.
"Thank you for your hard work. You are really amazing, Ibuki from Class D."
A voice so calm that it seemed to be without a trace of emotion sounded. Horikita Suzune stopped drinking water and glanced in the direction of the voice.
The man who was talking to her was a boy about meters tall, with neat short brown hair and handsome features.
Unfortunately, just like the tone of his voice, even when communicating with people face to face, he still has an expressionless face, which makes people wonder whether the other person is talking to them.
"What do you mean? If you want to make fun of me, then forget it."
Horikita Suzune frowned slightly, and her gaze, which was not very friendly to begin with, became even colder.
"And I at least got second place in the group. I wonder what place you got in your group, my unknown classmate?"
"That's really too much. We all introduced ourselves when we first entered school..."
Ayanokouji Kiyotaka sighed with a hint of regret.
"My name is Ayanokouji Kiyotaka, and I'm ranked fifth in the group."
"We're ranked fifth in the group..."
There was a hint of teasing in Horikita Suzune's voice.
"Well, this ranking really matches your lackluster look."
"...I don't mean to mock you, Horikita-san. I just want to say that Ibuki-san is a little too strong."
Faced with the girl's aggressive attitude, Ayanokouji Kiyotaka was helpless.
"Too strong?"
Horikita Suzune deliberately repeated it, and even emphasized the pronunciation of the word "excessive".
"I admit that she is indeed very capable, but it is definitely not to an excessive degree. I don't need to forcibly raise the level of my opponent to cover up my failure."
"..."
Ayanokouji Kiyotaka was silent now.
Actually, his original intention was to remind the opponent that there was something unusual about Ibuki Mio from Class D. Whether it was the coincidence in the game rounds or the unusual way of exerting force, it was definitely not something a normal high school girl could do.
In his impression, there is only one person who can achieve both of the above points at the same time.
Although there may be no basis for this statement, Ayanokouji Kiyotaka's intuition tells him that this series of coincidences is definitely related to Wu Yi.
Unfortunately, Horikita Suzune simply didn't understand and even thought he was forcing her to comfort her, so there was nothing he could do.
What Ayanokouji Kiyotaka couldn't understand was that if all this was really done by Wu Yi, then what on earth was he trying to achieve?
unknown.
……
Half an hour later, with the completion of the hurdle race for the second and third graders, the first grade boys welcomed their third competition event, which was also the first group event since the official opening of the sports festival.
Pole-turning contest.
The so-called pole-topping contest, as the name suggests, means that each camp has a pole standing, and the people on their side need to push down the opposite side's pole first while guarding their own pole from being pushed down by the opposite side.
The number of people was thirty-seven to forty...Originally it should have been forty to forty, which was exactly eighty people for all the boys in the first grade. Unfortunately, Ike Kanji and Yamauchi Haruki were simply courting death and sent themselves away, so that the White camp was suddenly two people short.
Including the absent Koenji, there were three people missing in total.
"Hey! Everyone, listen up! That idiot Koenji isn't here, so we have to win!"
On the northern half of the green football field, Sudo was shouting at the top of his voice to give a pre-war mobilization to the gathered BC class boys.
His eloquence was not that good, so he could only rely on his loud voice to inspire people.
It is worth mentioning that because Koenji missed two games in a row, he was finally found by the angry Sudo in a temporary hut near the stadium. It is said that the two sides almost fought in the end, but fortunately they were persuaded by Hirata who arrived in time.
On the southern half of the green field, the boys in the AD class, led by Ryuen and Kanzaki, have also gathered. However, they seem to have no intention of making any pre-war mobilization, and they don't even have the most basic communication.
"Thirty-seven against forty. We are naturally at a disadvantage in terms of numbers." Yukimura pushed up his glasses and analyzed.
However, as soon as he said this, Sudo yelled back.
"What discouraging words! Don't worry, this small difference in numbers is nothing. I can handle five of them by myself!"
"Uh……"
The corner of Yukimura's mouth twitched slightly.
Faced with such a friendly gorilla that was violent and unreasonable, he didn't know whether to feel afraid or to trust him.
It’s very confusing.
"Regarding the tactics after the start of the game, I have a suggestion."
Just when Sudo was full of energy as if he was going to rush over and knock down all the people in the AD Alliance in the next second, Kōhei Katsuragi, who was in charge of leading Class B, walked out of the team.
"The match is a best-of-three series. If possible, I hope our two classes can work together. Class B will be responsible for attacking, and you, Class C, will defend. If we can win the first round like this, then we can continue with this lineup in the second round..."
"No, no, no, don't bother. When it comes to attacking, having more people doesn't necessarily help."
At this time, a voice was heard, and Wu Yi also walked out of Class C with a fearless smile on his face.
And Katsuragi frowned his hairless eyebrows.
"Although Class D is not good at defense based on their style, don't forget that there is Class A. If Class A adopts the same strategy as us, we will not be able to break through their defense if we don't have enough people."
"You still don't understand what I mean, Katsuragi."
Wu Yi slightly restrained the smile on his face.
"What I mean is, all of you are responsible for defense... I am enough for offense."
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Sorry XDM, I don't know if I caught a cold last night or if I didn't blow-dry my hair after taking a shower, but I had a severe headache when I woke up this morning. I can only update twice a day. I took some cold medicine, and I will resume three updates tomorrow... I'm very sorry.
Volume 157: Chapter : Pre-war provocations, reactions from all sides
"Attention, everyone. The next thing to go is the pole-falling competition for the first-year boys!"
Tachibana's voice spread to every corner of the playground through microphones and speakers.
For the first two events, whether it was the 100-meter sprint or the hurdles race, the school did not arrange commentary due to time constraints.
