Ryuen's Big Plans: "What If Our Class Pays to Buy You?" (Continued)

Horikita.

They just suddenly left.

"They" likely refers to the students who were helping Horikita with the work earlier.

"Were you ostracized?"

Nakano Yuu immediately said.

"No."

Horikita said.

"I guess she doesn't like being with me."

In other words, Horikita doesn't get along very well with the other students, though there's also the suspicion that she's trying to avoid tidying up. There wasn't much equipment, just a few hand grip strengtheners. And then there was the small notebook Horikita was holding.

So all you have to do is take the hand gripper back to the equipment department; one person can do that.

"Speaking of which..."

Horikita Suzune looked at Nakano Yuu.

What's the deal with that data you mentioned earlier?

"What? What happened?"

Nakano Yuu looked at her with a puzzled expression.

40kg.

Horikita Suzune said expressionlessly.

Profound.

He was referring to the grip strength readings he gave to Hirata.

Although in Nakano Yuu's own past world, 43.5-49.5 kg was considered acceptable, the strongest person weighed 192 kg.

However, this is an anime world, so there might be some differences that need to be considered. And half of the boys in Class D are even below the boundaries of ordinary people.

So he randomly picked a really bad number.

Then, the next student came to be tested. The next person was Kanji Ike, and his grip strength score was 42.8 kg.

The next one was 39kg.

The one after that is 40kg.

These are all normal results for Class D.

As for Nakano's average grades, they were naturally overlooked.

"You're completely avoiding sports."

Horikita said.

Clearly, she knew that the competition form Kushida was going to create tested not only the students' speed but also their strength. If the test required strength, then even in a pole-climbing competition where all the boys in the class competed together, she would be used as the vanguard to attack. This would be very difficult and could potentially lead to injury.

"As you know, I'm meant to be a dark horse. I'll only step in if someone is willing to pay me to not fight, or to fight at all."

"Now, all we need to do is hide and wait for the perfect buyer to appear."

Nakano Yuu opened his arms and said.

Isn't that treating you like a commodity? You actually consider yourself a commodity?

Horikita felt that this person was deepening her understanding of him each time.

Only.

"So, what exactly is your strength?"

As Horikita Suzune said this, she handed a hand grip strengthener to Nakano Yuu.

The meaning is quite obvious.

They weren't reporting numbers to make Hirata look weak; they wanted to see his true strength.

There were no other students around.

I think about it briefly.

Nakano Yuu took the hand gripper that Horikita Suzune handed over.

"Speaking of which, how strong was your brother's grip last time?"

"Nakano Yuu."

"?"

Horikita frowned slightly, then said, "About 92kg. Only slightly stronger than Sudo."

92kg?

As expected of Horikita's brother, he's a bit of a monster.

After obtaining the confirmed values, Nakano Yuu picked up the hand gripper, checked the angle between his muscles and the equipment, and the point of force application. He then began to slowly apply force, and the values steadily increased. When the values reached 60, he suddenly increased the force, and the values began to rise steadily again. When he broke through 70, Horikita- kun stared at him, because this guy had indeed made no attempt to hide his increased strength. However, Nakano Yuu's attention was now focused on the values, so he finally stopped increasing the force, and the values eventually stopped at 92.3 kg.

"Nakano Yuu, your grip strength is 92.3g."

Horikita paused for a moment.

Sudo weighs 82kg. As a transmigrator or someone who awakened memories of his past life, he's already unique enough, so is it strange that he weighs 92kg?

Nakano Yuu felt that this performance seemed somewhat unusual.

Because.

Didn't you say this was your brother's last reading?

"Etc--"

Nakano Yuu sensed something was wrong.

My brother's weight was 88kg two years ago.

"That's what Suzune said."

"It's not 92kg, but you reached it easily. My brother said that weighing over 80kg requires talent, hard work, and training. And over 90kg is considered monster."

So you were just bluffing him?

Now that his strength has been confirmed, are you actually a little unhappy? Because he beat your older brother?

As for the matter of winning against Horikita's brother, Nakano Yuu felt he needed to give her a heads-up.

"What would you do if your older brother lost at the end of the Sports Festival?"

"Nakano Yuu said."

"As you know, we're now on opposing sides, so the White Group still has a chance of winning."

Will it?

Horikita was somewhat surprised.

She probably never imagined that her brother might lose.

That shows a high level of trust.

Then you might have to see for yourself.

Because of this exam, Nakano Yuu saw Katsuragi's determination to win in Class B, and the same was true for Class C; he could see Ryuen's determination in Class C. But once Ryuuen is determined to win, there's a high chance he'll fail, so the Red Group, who are in the same group as Ryuuen, will be in trouble.

Therefore.

Even if your older brother can determine the distribution of strength in the third grade, the second grade and the first grade are areas he cannot influence.

Since most of the students' scores were based on preliminary assessments, Hirata and Kushida immediately created a list of participants for the program. They decided to place their bets on Sudo, and Koenji didn't even show up for the physical fitness test this time.

In other words, that's pretty much it; he chose to abstain.

Hirata himself is also good enough, so he can be considered a seeded player.

It's unclear whether Kushida harbors some resentment towards him, but despite Nakano-kun's mediocre physical test results, Kushida still signed him up for the mandatory pole-falling competition. After the Cavalry Battle, he added another recommended event: the four-way tug-of-war.

Of course, probably considering that he would be used as cannon fodder in the 100-meter race against the seeded players from other classes, they gave him a bonus in the recommended event of three-legged race between men and women.

Actually, he didn't want it.

However, since she was told that the object of her Kushida, she couldn't refuse.

Horikita has already been invited to join the 1200-meter relay, so she needs to conserve her energy. However, Kushida, who is also very physically fit, is naturally a popular choice. As for the cannon fodder and the dim-witted ones in the class, although they know that their chances of winning are slim because they are in the cannon fodder group, if they want to score points, they can only hope that their teammates are strong enough to help them.

Under such circumstances, some people might hope that Kushida would participate in a three-legged race with him.

So, it's fair to say that Nakano Yuu was used as a shield by Kushida. After all, Nakano Yuu's physical test results were also in Class D, so he was probably just used as cannon fodder.

Thus, the list is basically finalized.

However, there is still one person whose identity cannot be confirmed.

Hirata and Sudo probably still wanted to give it a try. They wanted to persuade Koenji to come back. They hoped that Koenji could participate in the mandatory program, or even the recommended program.

Aside from the 1200-meter race, which can be freely arranged without specifying the student's name, other recommended events, such as the three-legged race (two for boys and two for girls) and the obstacle course, cannot be withdrawn once registered. Even if a student forfeits, they must pay 100,000 points as a penalty or have a substitute student placed in their place.

"I've already said that."

However, Koenji declined, saying, "I'm not participating. I have absolutely no interest in competing with ordinary people."

He said.

"Koenji, you don't love your class."

"That's what Hirata's mother said."

"No, I absolutely love it, because I'll be there to encourage you all."

Koenji, however, gave an answer.

He spoke while arrogantly raising his head, which gave Hirata a headache.

"What if we directly add you to the recommended projects?"

Sudo was already furious.

"I don't want that! If you write it like that, I'll bombard you with criticism!"

"Koenji said."

"I might even prevent you from participating in the competition before the exam even starts!"

Obviously.

Sudo refused to let Koenji submit his name.

Because Koenji didn't want to waste money. Although he usually spent lavishly, there was no need for him to spend money unnecessarily.

It is clear that Koenji's attitude is very firm.

This is good news for students who are not good at studying, because if Koenji withdraws from all of them, his total score will become 0, and he will definitely be one of the students in the bottom ten, thus taking up a spot.

Therefore, many students hope to be grouped with Koenji when the groups are assigned. This way, if Koenji is at the bottom, they can get points directly.

In other words, although Koenji refused, his name would still appear on the mandatory projects list and would need to be reported.

And so, the stalemate continued for another day.

It wasn't until the morning of the third day that Kushida and the others finally confirmed the competition forms. Because they were more familiar with Class B, Nakano Yuu was sent to submit a backup of the materials to Class B for confirmation. The location was on the first floor of the physics teaching and experimental building.

This is a liaison between the two classes.

The people they met were Katsuragi and his underlings.

"The form has indeed been received."

Katsuragi said.

"And do you need some time to make changes?"

Katsuragi has been very composed these days, and hasn't even arranged for the students to take regular tests. Presumably, they had already anticipated the Matoba when they might need to do so during physical education classes, and thus prepared in advance.

Alternatively, consider changing the test time to a moment when students in other classes won't be paying attention, etc.

"It will basically not change."