Hurdles.
Compared with 100m Sprint, which simply tests Explosive Power, the Hurdles project has higher requirements on Competitor's sense of rhythm, coordination and technology.
After Check-in Area confirmed Bib Number, Kazehara Tetsu came to Heat 4.
His eyes quickly glanced at Competitor, who was in the same group.
Sure enough.
Among the crowd, he saw that familiar figure at a glance.
Ayanokoji Kiyotaka still looked half asleep, standing in the corner of the crowd, trying to reduce his presence.
Looking at that guy's dead eyes with no fighting spirit, Kazehara Tetsu suddenly felt that his previous decision was a bit hasty.
He sighed inwardly.
"If I had known that this guy didn't want to play so much, I might as well have found a way to be assigned to the Shibata Hayato group..."
Although the Soccer boy from Class B may be a little noisy, at least he is really enjoying sports.
The competitive spirit exuded by a passionate idiot is much more interesting than a passive-aggressive guy like Ayanokoji.
But...
His eyes turned.
Not far away, to his left, stood a boy with a calm temperament.
Kanzaki Ryuji.
As if aware of Kazehara Tetsu's gaze, Kanzaki Ryuji turned his head.
Their eyes met in the air.
"Long time no see, Kagihara."
Kanzaki Ryuji was the first to speak, "Since Uninhabited Island said goodbye, we haven't had a serious conversation."
"Yeah."
Kazehara Tetsu smiled and moved his ankle a little.
"I didn't expect to meet again and become opponents under such Matoba. Things in the world are really unpredictable."
Regarding the man Kanzaki Ryuji, Kazehara Tetsu's evaluation is not low.
Although Kanzaki seems a bit dim under the dazzling halo of Ichinose Honami, he is actually an extremely pragmatic and stable existence.
If Ichinose is the soul of Class B, then Kanzaki is the skeleton that supports it all.
"I've always wanted to find an opportunity to chat with you."
Kanzaki Ryuji looked at Kazehara Tetsu, his eyes became slightly sharper.
"About Class A, about you... But now it seems that we can only 'communicate' in this way."
"Do you use Hurdles to communicate? It sounds special."
Kazehara Tetsu shrugged.
"But first of all, Kanzaki. Although I really want to catch up with you, but I won't let you do it on the field."
"That's natural."
Kanzaki Ryuji was not angry because of these slightly provocative words, but nodded.
"If you let it go for some boring reason, that would be an insult to me."
"Everyone is in position--"
The voice of Referee interrupted this brief greeting.
All chatter stopped at this moment.
Kazehara Tetsu Take a deep breath and squat down.
On the red runway in front of you, there are white Hurdles stands at regular intervals.
That's not just an obstacle, it's a disruptor to the rhythm.
For Kazehara Tetsu, pure speed and power are his strengths.
But I have to admit it.
There are specialties in the art industry.
Hurdles He is indeed not very skilled in a project that requires a high degree of skill.
How to accurately control Take-off Point, how to reduce the time in the air, how to quickly pass the hurdle with the hind legs... these details cannot be solved perfectly by relying solely on brute force.
But that doesn't mean he will lose.
Even if the technique is rough, even if the movements are not so standard.
As long as he crushes everything else at flat running speed, the so-called skill gap is just a small gap that can be forcibly filled by Violent Aesthetics.
"Prepare..."
"Bang!"
Gunfire rang out.
Get started.
Accelerate.
Kazehara Tetsu exploded instantly in the first ten meters of flat running.
That terrifying initial speed allowed him to rush to the first hurdle almost in the blink of an eye.
If you are a professional Hurdles athlete, your body should be leaning extremely forward at this time, your front legs should be straightened and cut through the top of the hurdle, and your hind legs should be folded and abducted to quickly follow, making the whole person feel like flying close to the ground.
But the action of Kazehara Tetsu...
How to say it.
He jumped directly over.
With his amazing jumping ability, he "flyed" directly over the hurdle.
Although this action caused him to stay in the air for too long, his center of gravity when he landed was also slightly unstable because he was too high, and he lost part of his forward kinetic energy.
But that doesn't matter.
Because the moment he hit the ground, muscle Explosive Power took over the game again.
Even though his movements were a bit jerky, and even though every time he crossed the hurdles it was like performing a high jump, his flat running speed between hurdles was really too fast.
Too fast to be reasonable.
The action of Kanzaki Ryuji next to it can be said to be quite standard, and every time it passes the hurdles it is as smooth as a textbook.
But he desperately found that Kazehara Tetsu, whose movements were somewhat "clumsy", was still gradually increasing the distance from him.
In the first column, one position ahead.
In the third column, two positions ahead.
The fifth column...
Kazehara Tetsu can only see the peripheral vision of Kanzaki Ryuji.
This is the violent crushing of Absolute Physique.
As for Ayanokoji Kiyotaka?
Kazehara Tetsu took a moment to glance when he passed the fifth column.
That guy was in the middle of the line, following a group of students who were careful not to fall, maintaining a rhythm that was neither fast nor slow.
Even when crossing the hurdle, he deliberately knocked down a hurdle slightly to increase his persuasiveness of "I tried very hard but it really didn't work."
"What a... acting person."
The last ten meters.
All the hurdles have been left behind.
Kazehara Tetsu speeds up again.
There is no suspense.
He crossed the finish line first.
When he stopped and looked back, Kanzaki Ryuji had just passed the last hurdle and was gritting his teeth for the final sprint.
In the end, Kanzaki Ryuji won the second place Small Group.
Although I lost, I didn't have much regret.
The two met in the end zone.
Kanzaki Ryuji gasped, looking slightly out of breath due to the extremely physical "hurdle jumping" method, but still showed a helpless smile.
"I lost..."
He shook his head and reached out to wipe the sweat from his forehead.
"Although your hurdle technique... with all due respect, it's really a mess. It's like watching a high jump competition."
"Haha, have you been seen through?"
Kazehara Tetsu admitted generously, "There is no way, I am really not good at this kind of delicate work. I can only rely on this stupid method to force it."
"But..."
Kanzaki looked at him with complicated eyes.
"You can still run at such a speed with such poor technology. Kagihara, how exaggerated is your Physical Fitness?"
"Who knows."
Kazehara Tetsu did not answer directly, but just looked at the results on the big screen in the distance.
"Maybe it's just because I feel more eager to win."
"Do you want to win..."
"But next time if I encounter a project that requires more skills, I won't lose so miserably again."
"Then I'll wait and see."