The light in the health room was not very bright, and the blinds were half-closed to block the dazzling midday sun.
Horikita Suzune looked around subconsciously.
I didn't see any other students.
But on the hospital bed at the end of the room, the white curtain was tightly drawn, blocking the scene inside.
Is anyone sick?
Or the student who was also injured and didn't want to be seen?
Horikita Suzune doesn't have the extra energy to explore who is behind the curtain.
Now she just wants to find a place to sit down.
"Teacher..."
She looked at the health room teacher sitting behind her desk.
It was a middle-aged woman wearing a white coat.
At this time, she was writing something with her head down. When she heard the door open, she raised her head and glanced at Horikita Suzune through her glasses.
Just one glance made her frown as a professional.
Horikita Suzune's deliberately concealed but still obvious limp posture illustrates the seriousness of the problem.
"Come and sit down."
The teacher put down the pen in his hand and pointed to the chair next to him.
Horikita Suzune nodded and moved over.
The moment she sat down, her whole body became slightly paralyzed.
The teacher knelt down and looked at it.
The originally fair and slender ankle was now swollen like a steamed bun, and even tended to spread to the calf.
"Hiss..."
When the teacher's fingers gently touched the swollen area, Horikita Suzune's body trembled suddenly.
"Does it hurt?"
The teacher raised his head and glanced at her. His hands did not stop, but pressed on several key ligaments.
"Be patient."
After a few minutes of long inspection, the teacher stood up and took out the ointment from the cabinet next to him.
"Although there is no fracture, the ligament has been strained."
"This kind of injury is likely to leave sequelae if you don't stop exercising immediately and rest."
"Teacher... the next game..."
"It is unlikely that the remaining games will continue."
The teacher directly interrupted her fantasy, "In your current state, it is difficult to even walk normally, let alone perform strenuous sports. If you force yourself to play, it will worsen the injury."
"I... there are three games in the afternoon." Horikita Suzune raised his head.
"And I can't escape."
"Why?"
The teacher frowned, "The body is the capital of revolution. It's just a Sports Festival. Is it more important than your legs?"
"This is not just a Sports Festival."
Horikita Suzune gritted his teeth and said in a low voice, "If I withdraw from the competition, I will need to find someone to replace me. According to the school's rules, if I temporarily replace Competitor, I will need to pay Personal Points."
"One game is one hundred thousand points. I have three important Individual Event games in the afternoon."
"The total is three hundred thousand Personal Points."
Having said this, Horikita Suzune showed a bitter smile on his lips.
"Three hundred thousand..."
For other classes, those with abundant Points, this may be just a slightly painful expense.
But for Class D.
For this class, Class Points has been reduced to zero due to various disciplinary violations since the beginning of enrollment, and it can only live on a meager "free" every month.
This is simply an astronomical number.
"Now I... can't afford this money at all."
"If I don't play, it's a forfeit."
Listening to the girl's forced confession, the teacher in the health room fell silent.
As a faculty member working at This School, she certainly knows the cruel rules of This School.
No money, no life.
The teacher sighed, a trace of helplessness flashed in his eyes.
She couldn't change the rules, nor could she conjure up three hundred thousand Points out of thin air for this stubborn girl.
"Since you insist..."
The teacher turned around and took out a roll of Sports Bandage and a bottle of Pain Relief Spray from Medicine Cabinet.
"I can't stop you from going to the arena."
She squatted down and began to wrap the bandage around Horikita Suzune's swollen ankle.
"I will help you immobilize your ankle as much as possible to reduce the range of motion."
"But..."
After wrapping the bandage, the teacher stood up and looked at Horikita Suzune's still determined face.
"Do your best... if you really can't hold it anymore, please stop immediately."
As the last bandage was fixed by the health teacher, Horikita Suzune felt a tight feeling coming from his right ankle.
"Thank you."
Horikita Suzune thanked him in a low voice and stood up slowly.
The pain still existed, but for her at this moment, it was still within the tolerable range.
Now that she has made the decision to continue Sports Festival, she does not intend to continue Waste of Time here.
She walked out of the health room.
However, just as she had taken a few steps and had not had time to walk out Teaching Building.
A rush of footsteps came from the other end of the corridor, accompanied by a call that sounded like some kind of ominous omen to Horikita Suzune at this time.
"Ah! I finally found you! Horikita!"
The voice was anxious, with just the right amount of concern.
Horikita Suzune stopped, frowned slightly, and turned around.
I saw Kushida Kikyo trotting over, her short hair bouncing slightly as she ran, and her face with a worried look that made it impossible to find anything wrong.
She ran to Horikita Suzune and stopped, panting slightly, "Great... I also went to the rescue Tent over there at Sports Field. I didn't find you, so I guessed if you were here."
"... What's the matter?"
Horikita Suzune looked coldly at the girl with two faces in front of her.
After Two-Person Three-Legged Race's almost malicious tug, her vigilance towards Kushida Kikyo was now at its highest.
"Actually... it's about the morning obstacle course."
"At that time... the Class C Kinoshita who collided with you seemed to be very seriously injured... and she has not returned to the class team until now."
"Seriously?"
Horikita Suzune was stunned for a moment.
Although the collision was violent, both parties just fell to the ground.
Moreover, she herself was the victim, who was maliciously pushed down by the other party.
If someone is really injured, no matter how you look at it, it should be more serious if you have damaged ligaments.
"Well... I just heard from some Class C students who passed by here that Kinoshita seems to have been unable to stand up."
Kushida Kikyo stretched out her finger and pointed at the wooden door behind Horikita Suzune, which was the health room she just left.
"And... she seems to be in here."
A chill ran up my spine.
Right here?
Horikita Suzune I suddenly recalled the tightly drawn white curtain when I entered the health room just now.
Is there always someone there?
An intuition called "trap" grew crazily in her mind.
"Anyway, since we bumped into Horikita... we'd better go in and confirm. It wouldn't be good if there is any misunderstanding."
Horikita Suzune stood there stiffly for a second, and finally gritted his teeth and walked back to the room.
In the room where there was only the health teacher just now, there was now a figure.