The Tug-of-War Showdown: Ryuuen's Taunts. / The Plan Works, and Sudou Completely Loses Control.

Meanwhile, many other people were also watching this scene, including Horikita Manabu and Miyabi Nagumo in the stands, as well as the first-year students of the Red and White Teams.

But at this crucial moment, someone suddenly stood in front of the furious Sudo.

That was Ayanokoji Kiyotaka calm expression.

He simply reached out to stop Sudo, then placed his hand on Sudo's shoulder and said casually, "He's deliberately trying to provoke you. Don't fall for it."

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Although Sudo and Ayanokoji were quite familiar with each other, the anger in his heart could not be extinguished at this moment. He wanted to continue rushing forward, but no matter how hard he tried, he found that his body was as if it were frozen in place, and he could not take a single step.

"It's alright everyone, I've calmed Sudo down, so let's all disperse now."

Ayanokoji's voice was flat, displaying the same personality traits as before.

"This Ayanokoji... is truly remarkable."

Hashiba Hikaru glanced at the aloof boy who had his arm resting on Sudo's shoulder, a faint smile playing on her lips.

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Chapter 271 Tug of War Showdown, Ryuen's Taunts.

After Ayanokoji Kiyotaka successfully subdued Sudo, the farce ultimately did not cause too much of a stir. Under Ryuen's gloomy gaze, the red-haired, hot-tempered physical education student returned to Class C's tent.

"How boring."

This was the first time Ryuen had noticed Ayanokoji, who seemed to have no presence at all. If she really had something special about her, then she had to be added to the list of targets to be destroyed.

"It's a pleasure working with you, Ryuen."

Seeing Ryuen's expression, Hashiba Hikaru smiled instead. The Class D had indeed put in a lot of effort to successfully conclude the Bo-taoshi with the Red Team's victory.

"Please look forward to the rest of the matches, Classmate Hashiba. We will definitely achieve final victory."

After saying that, Ryuen led the boys behind him and turned to leave. Although he hadn't managed to make Sudo explode this time, it didn't matter. There were still many matches to come, and he believed that Sudo wouldn't really swallow this insult.

"Classmate Hashiba, they..."

Kanzaki and Shibata walked over. What had just happened wasn't actually a deep conspiracy or trickery; everyone could see clearly what had happened.

"It seems that Ryuen is planning to use interference tactics in the Sports Festival. Although we are in the Red Team, there is still the score competition between classes, so we can't let our guard down either."

Hashiba Hikaru reached up and took off the red headband from her head, her tone somewhat serious.

"We can't rule out the possibility that he might target our classmates; everyone needs to be careful."

"Understood!"

Upon returning to Class A's tent, the girls immediately came to greet them, each carrying sports drinks and towels to reward the victorious boys.

"Hikari, you've worked hard!"

Ichinose Honami smiled and moved closer to her boyfriend, holding a sports drink that she had just taken out of the portable refrigerator in one hand and a clean towel in the other.

"It's not hard work, as long as we win."

After unscrewing the bottle cap, Hashiba Hikaru took a big gulp. As soon as he put the water down, the pink-haired girl moved closer, intending to reach out and wipe his sweat.

"Um... maybe I should just do it myself."

Although his classmates were already used to it, the boy still felt it wasn't good to act too intimately in front of everyone.

"No need, let me do it."

Ichinose, standing on tiptoe, carefully wiped the sweat from Hashiba Hikaru's forehead and arms with a towel, her expression extremely serious. "This is something I wanted to do myself."

"All right..."

"Tsk tsk tsk, I'm so envious. I also want a beautiful girl to wipe my sweat."

Shibata, holding a towel, watched this sweet scene with a playful smile on his lips.

"Yes, yes, we all put in a lot of effort, but only Hashiba gets to enjoy these benefits."

"Envious."

"How about I wipe your sweat if you want?"

Hashiba Hikaru raised the towel in her hand, a cruel smile appearing on her face.

"Uh, that's not necessary. I don't want a man to wipe my face."

"That's not up to you!"

After Ichinose Honami finished wiping Hashiba Hikaru, he immediately pounced on Shibata, and the two instantly started fighting.

"Seriously, boys really are a bunch of childish creatures..."

Ando sighed, watching Shibata pinning Shibata to the table and vigorously wiping his face. She couldn't help but ask Hashiba Hikaru Ichinose Honami, "Does Classmate Hashiba show this childish side when you're alone together?"

"I don't think there really is one for that."

Ichinose moment. When she was alone with Hashiba Hikaru, he had always appeared composed and considerate. However, seeing him show such a childlike side now was just as appealing to her.

"But boys all have those moments, I think it's fine."

"..."

After being fed another mouthful of dog food (a Chinese slang term for witnessing public displays of affection), Ando remained silent for a moment, but she didn't really care. As the captain of the support team for their relationship, she would be just as satisfied as Hashiba Hikaru Ichinose Honami, who could have a good relationship.

"The next match is the girls' ball-throwing competition, right? We also need to prepare for the boys' Tug of War."

After letting go of Shibata, Hashiba Hikaru Hashima checked the specific competition schedule. The rest time between each competition was not long, and in order to complete the competition for all participants as soon as possible, it was almost a non-stop operation between competition events.

"Yes, girls, get ready to assemble."

Ichinose Honami gathered the girls in Class A together. The pitching competition wasn't about strength, but rather skill and proficiency. The students had undergone intensive training over the past month, so they were quite confident.

[First-grade girls, please get ready, the ball-throwing competition is about to begin.]

[Three minutes to go.]

"Then we'll go get ready. Good luck everyone!"

"Yes, everyone, keep it up!"

After Ichinose Honami led the girls from the class away, Hashiba Hikaru gathered the boys together.

"The next match is Tug of War, a best-of-three series,"

The boy looked towards Class D's camp not far away and analyzed seriously, "Since everyone has to go together, we need to consider the order of their positions."

"In the Tug of War- war, I noticed everyone tries to lean back as much as possible to increase their strength."

"Yes, as long as you can keep your body steady, keep leaning backward forcefully, and this will increase the collective potential energy."

Kanzaki Ryuji nodded, but then asked with some concern, "But will Class D agree to our strategy?"

"To achieve the best results, we should probably sort the personnel by height, but will they follow our instructions?"

"Yeah, this is a team effort. That guy Ryuen just used such underhanded tactics, who knows what he's planning to do in this match."

The boys in Class A all disliked Ryuen. After all, the Tug of War competition required them to stay close together, and having to maintain that kind of relationship with someone they didn't like made them uncomfortable.

"Hehe, I think he'll fight tooth and nail for victory."

Hashiba Hikaru smiled slightly, and just as he finished speaking, Ryuen Kakeru arrived with several followers.

"Hey, are you guys discussing strategy?"

"Ryuen!"

"Don't make a fuss, okay? We're allies."

The long-haired man's gaze swept over the boys in front of him, finally settling on Hashiba Hikaru. "What are you planning to do about the Tug of War?"

"That depends on your thoughts. Is Class D willing to cooperate?"

"Of course, our goal is to win, so we must give it our all in every match."

"That's good. Since we followed your arrangements last round, how about I take charge this round?"

Hashiba Hikaru looked at Ryuen Kakeru's face and offered her opinion.

"Sure, we can accept your command, provided you can lead us to victory."

"I can't guarantee that. This isn't a gamble. If you don't cooperate, there's nothing I can do."

"As expected of Classmate Hashiba, after all, your class has so many Class Points, it doesn't matter even if you lose."

Ryuen Kakeru thought of Class A's current scores, which were almost overwhelmingly Lead, and even if everyone came in last place at the Sports Festival, it wouldn't affect their ranking.

"I have no interest in arguing with you. If you agree, then authorize me. If the Red Team can win this match smoothly, they should gain a significant advantage."

"Alright then, I'll agree to Classmate Hashiba's arrangement."

Ryuen gave a sinister smile and continued, "However, we only promise to arrange the personnel according to your wishes; we can't guarantee whether we'll do anything else in the meantime."

"Heh, whatever you want with that."

Hashiba Hikaru waved his hand, appearing very magnanimous. He probably guessed that this guy was planning to target certain people during the Tug of War -of-war again, but since it had nothing to do with his classmates, there was no need to bother with him.

A few minutes later, the first-grade girls' pitching competition ended, and the boy saw the announcement of the Red Team's victory.

"That's really good."

He patted his chest, stood up, and shouted to the students in Class A, "Let's go, everyone should get ready. We need to win both rounds of the Tug of War in one go!"

"Yes!!!"

[Please note that the First-Year Boys' Group's Tug of War competition is about to begin. Students in both red and white teams, please proceed to the competition area and prepare. You only have ten minutes to adjust your positions, so please make the most of your time.]

The match is about to begin.

After Hashiba Hikaru and the boys from Class A gathered at the Tug of War- war field, the boys from Classes B and C on the other side also arrived. Sudo, who had just been punched and kicked, was naturally among them. He had a cold face and seemed to still be the main commander of Class C.

When Ryuen led the boys from his class over, he immediately unleashed his taunting skills, shouting at the boys from Class C.

"I mean, is your Class C completely lacking in talent? You actually let such a hot-tempered guy be the commander? That's hilarious."

"Yeah, aren't you afraid that Sudo might suddenly attack someone? He failed to hit anyone just now, so maybe he'll remember now."

"Haha, what an amazing choice!"

The boys from Class D behind him joined in the mockery, but surprisingly, when these words reached Sudo's ears, the hot-tempered boy did not react on the spot. Instead, he ignored them and picked up the rope in his hand to weigh it.

"Oh? This is..."

After his first attempt failed, the long-haired man noticed someone else: Ayanokoji Kiyotaka.

He was standing right next to Sudo at that moment, and although he didn't say anything, it made Ryuen's heart skip a beat.

It's him again?

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Chapter 272 The plan works, Sudo is completely out of control.

Seeing that the strategy was not working, Ryuen quickly had the students of Class D gather first, since there would be other opportunities during the competition later.

"Then I'll take the lead. First, students from both Class A and Class B, please quickly line up according to your height. For forty people, the shortest will be in front, and the tallest will be in the back."

"Please line up quickly, time is limited!"

Hashiba Hikaru stood in the middle and began issuing orders, not worried about passing this strategy on to the opposing camp.

Even before entering the arena, the boy had seen Katsuragi arguing with another boy from Class B. Perhaps he was a member of the Sakayanagi Faction. In a competition where everyone has to work together, not being able to control everyone will inevitably lead to losing the initiative.

"Receive!!!"

The students in Class A were already familiar with Hashiba Hikaru's commands and immediately began to line up. The boys in Class D were still a little unaccustomed to it, but the tallest student, Yamada, was very cooperative. He stood at the very back of the line and tied the rope around his waist.

"Didn't you hear me? Form a line immediately!!!"

"I heard you, your voice is really loud."

Ryuen Kakeru complained a few times, then went to stand in his place. After he set an example, the boys from Class D began to squeeze together with the boys from Class A. In any case, since they had become partners on the same side, they should strive for victory together.

Meanwhile, on the opposite side of the battlefield, Katsuragi's argument with the blond boy had ended, and Hirata, the leader of Class C, had organized his classmates. Their strategy was the same: to use their height difference to apply pressure from behind and increase their strength by increasing their potential energy.

"Let's cheer each other on, we must win!!!"

The defeat in the last match gave the alliance between classes B and C a brief boost in morale, but Ayanokoji Kiyotaka, standing in the middle, knew that this was just a facade and that there were quite a few people with ulterior motives.