Useless Horikita, You Really Can't Manage Without Me! (Continued)
Meanwhile, some students on the Gal Team couldn't hold on any longer.
"We're still taking exams, and they determine the success or failure of the entire White Group. Let's give it our best. We don't know if the boys won or lost the pole vault competition. If the boys lost, then we'll have to work even harder."
Karuizawa said.
"Then hang in there a little longer."
Sato nodded, then gripped the ball again and began to shoot, but with a thud, it only hit the rim and didn't go in.
"Bump!"
Karuizawa's throw hit the rim but didn't go in.
Although that's how she tried to persuade Sato, she knew that there were definitely people around her who couldn't stand it.
For example, some students had run out of energy and started slacking off.
Horikita, on the other hand, was very hardworking. Even with a leg injury, she persevered. So, they...
Thinking this way, Karuizawa felt that she had done her best.
"Bump!"
Another shot missed, Karuizawa was ready to give up. Thinking this, her gaze unconsciously swept over the students in front of her, but suddenly, her eyes froze.
Because.
She saw a boy appear there, look in her direction, and then wink.
And what does this mean...?
Did they discover she was slacking off? Or what? No, she clearly just stopped. Or did they see her miss three shots in a row?
Hmm.
"Bump!"
Karuizawa instinctively threw another ball, and it went in.
Whew. She breathed a sigh of relief; thankfully, she hadn't embarrassed herself too much.
Thinking this, she noticed that the boy was no longer there.
Was it an illusion? Or did the opponent not see her hit the Matoba at all? Did they only see her Matoba three times in a row?
"Benefit?!"
At this moment, Sato noticed Karuizawa.
"Hmm, it's nothing, let's keep going! Time's almost up!"
Karuizawa quickly replied.
"Good!"
Sato quickly tried her best too. Megumi missed three shots, but she hit the fourth one, so she had to work harder as well.
On the other side...
[Kushida- senpai, now raise your left hand higher, oh no, lower it a little, yes, that's it... Begin... Throw.]
Bump!
Kushida's ball hit the hoop directly when he threw it.
"..."
Kushida.
"Are you sure you can handle this? You seem to be a beat behind."
Although that's what she said, Kushida actually thought that she might have used up a lot of energy, and that's why her hand was shaking just now.
But right next to her was Horikita Suzune, Horikita Suzune was already quite good at hitting 2 out of 3 balls. Kushida knew she didn't like Horikita, so being placed so close to her meant she had to outperform her. She absolutely had to perform better than her!
What displeased Kushida even more was that Horikita also had problems in the girls' 200-meter race.
Kushida was assigned to the fourth group, so he watched Kushida Horikita Suzune's race from afar. As with the previous hurdles race, Horikita's team was again matched by two seeded athletes from Class C.
They are Kinoshita and Yajima, respectively.
Kushida sensed something was amiss. At Amasawa's prompting, she noticed a problem with Kinoshita and Yajima's movements. Kinoshita, who was supposed to be fast, wasn't running fast; instead, she was deliberately staying behind to wait for Horikita. Yajima did the same, and the two of them thus surrounded Horikita.
[Those two upperclassmen might want to do something to Horikita-senpai.]
This is what my junior Amasawa, reminded me of back then.
That's indeed the case.
In the final 50 meters before the sprint, Horikita Suzune was probably too concerned about the distance, so she kept glancing at Kinoshita as he tried to catch up.
Then, after repeatedly looking back, just as Horikita was about to sprint, an accident occurred. Horikita and Kinoshita's legs unexpectedly became entangled, and they both fell down.
Horikita refused to give up. Even after falling, she resolutely got up on the track and barely managed to finish the race with her injured leg, achieving a second-to-last place finish.
Kinoshita from Class C seemed to be more seriously injured and unable to get up to continue the game, thus finishing last.
However, this time the wrestling match injured Horikita Suzune.
Is there something wrong with your foot?
When he saw Horikita limping back to the rest area, Kushida asked him with concern.
"Compared to this."
Horikita said, "I dislike that woman even more; she called my name several times during the competition."
"I see. That's why you kept turning around during the match. But perhaps this was a conspiracy by the Ryuuen Class."
That's what Kushida said at the time.
"I knew, but I didn't expect them to do this."
As Horikita Suzune said this, she took a voice recorder out of her pocket.
"If they're trying to pull some kind of trick, it won't work. The recorder was on, so it recorded Kinoshita calling my name."
"This voice recorder was given to me by Nakano Yuu after the 100-meter race."
Horikita said.
"I suggested he give you one too."
Oh.
So that's why Nakano Yuu hugged her back then.
But.
Kushida checked his pockets and found no trace of a recording pen.
So that guy just wanted to hold her for free.
A doctor was quickly brought in and temporarily bandaged Horikita.
She was no longer fit to compete, but she directly rejected the doctor's suggestion to withdraw.
That's why Kushida became competitive with Horikita after discovering that Horikita, despite being injured, persisted in the match and performed exceptionally well.
The surrounding students were looking at Horikita with awe, after all, he was injured but still working so hard.
"..."
Kushida.
Back to the present, Kushida took a deep breath, gripped the ball again, and there were still three minutes left to throw, so he could continue.
[I think I just saw Nakano-senpai.]
However, at this moment, Amasawa, her junior, did not protect her, nor did she instruct her on how to hold the ball, what angle to use, or how much to throw it.
Only.
"..."
Kushida.
No, isn't that guy also competing? Why is he here?
[Perhaps I misread it.]
Amasawa, a junior student, added.
"..."
Kushida.
Damn it. So that's why you made those mistakes earlier?
Kushida discovered that his junior wasn't entirely reliable. For example, this girl could actually get distracted.
Let's continue the game.
Kushida said.
"The gap between us and the Red Group is now very small."
[Leave it to me, but consider it a favor that Kushida -senpai owes me.]
"There's no need for that much gratitude. You need to understand that you're currently using my body, which is already a huge benefit for you. It's better than being a vegetable in the future, isn't it?"
Kushida initially thought she could agree, but given her past experience of being coerced by Nakano Yuu, she knew she shouldn't easily agree to other people's demands.
This junior, in particular, gave her a rather dangerous feeling, especially after the previous "bad" junior suggested taking things to the next level with Nakano Yuu.
Therefore, she was very worried that the "favor" the other party mentioned was something they wanted her to do.
Therefore, it would be pointless for the other party to possess her, because that would only lead her to repeat the same mistakes that already define her future.
Therefore, Kushida- kun can be considered to have maintained self-vigilance and self-protection.
Is that so?
It wasn't too surprising that Amasawa was rejected. After all Kushida -Amasawa senpai was acting like a frightened bird.
And.
Even now, guiding Kushida -senpai's actions is a very easy thing for her, because her life experience in the White Room in the past was more than ten times harder than this.
So, this school is really interesting and relaxing. I hope she won't be expelled in the future, or that she can experience the charm of this school now.
However, Amasawa Ichika felt that she must have seen correctly; it must have been Nakano-senpai who had just come over.
However, the other person's gaze seemed to linger on Kushida -senpai... oh no, for only about 0.3 seconds, before settling on Horikita Manabu, whose left leg was wrapped in bandages. Clearly, they had confirmed Horikita Manabu's injury. After winking at Karuizawa- senpai, they turned and left.
The direction the opponent left was not the sports field.
Therefore, she felt this was something that needed attention.
Nakano Yuu is indeed no longer at the girls' competition area. There are still 15 minutes left, and he has other things to do during those 15 minutes.
So he went straight to the infirmary.
If a student is injured, they will be sent here. In the pitching game just now, there were only 38 girls in the Red Group. Apart from Classmate Sakayanagi was absent, there was also Kinoshita, who was injured along with Horikita Suzune in the original work.
In other words, just like in the original story, Ryuuen still adopted a plan targeting Horikita, and then arranged for one of his class's athletes to get injured along with Horikita.
Similar to the fight with Sudo, the incident did indeed happen, but Ryuuen's intention was to frame someone for personal gain.
So, just like he did with Sudo, he would beat up all the other guys who fought with Sudo, like Ishizaki Daichi Kinoshita. The same goes for Kinoshita. Since Kinoshita's physical abilities are stronger than Horikita's, Ryuuen can openly accuse Horikita of being jealous that Kinoshita is faster than her and therefore deliberately injured the athletes in her class.
So simply giving Horikita Suzune a voice recorder won't be enough. Or rather, Horikita- san, at least it might have put you on your guard, but you still ended up getting hurt just like in the original story, though that can't be denied.
It seems that Horikita- kun is destined to suffer injuries and illnesses as depicted in the original story.
Meanwhile, he could use this foresight to get to the infirmary and see if he could obtain more useful evidence. He also happened to have a camera with him.
They had only just arrived when they heard sounds coming from inside.
"Long, Ryuuen, what brings you here?"
It was a girl's voice.
Oh ho!
It seems we just happened to run into each other.