After repeating several times, the club recruitment announcement finally stopped.
Quite a few students in Class 1-D became interested.
"Clubs, huh..."
"Should we join one?"
"It probably won't be too tiring, right?"
"Don't worry. Classes are already this easy, so the clubs at this school must be easy too."
"That's true."
"Why don't we go take a look?"
"I'm in."
"I'm not going. I'm not interested in clubs at all."
Around the classroom, students made their decisions one after another. Some left together laughing and chatting, continuing the entertainment they had planned earlier, while others began heading toward the First Gymnasium, clearly intending to take a look.
Fang Li, Horikita Suzune, and Ayanokoji Kiyotaka, however, reacted completely differently.
"An invitation from the Track and Field Club?" Ayanokoji muttered to himself in surprise and admiration. "They can do something like that over the school broadcast?"
Ayanokoji seemed particularly concerned about that.
Horikita, on the other hand, reacted to something else.
"An even match with the Student Council President...?"
Horikita sat frozen in her seat. Her normally sharp, cold eyes revealed unprecedented uncertainty, surprise, and even dazed disbelief.
Neither of their reactions caught Fang Li's attention.
He simply continued packing his bag, then raised his head and looked in the direction the announcement had come from.
The scene of that morning's race surfaced in his mind.
"The Student Council President..."
Fang Li narrowed his eyes.
Thinking of that upperclassman who had introduced himself as Horikita Gaku, Fang Li seemed to understand something.
Unfortunately, someone else had heard his murmur.
"Is Nanaya interested in the Student Council President?"
Kushida Kikyo had somehow approached him. She leaned out beside Fang Li, a sweet smile on her adorable face.
Then Kushida said this.
"If you're curious, Nanaya, I can tell you a little rumor I