Sports Festival

In the morning, during homeroom, the Class D homeroom teacher, Chabashira Sae, wore her usual black uniform as she pointed out the key details.

Immediately, a promotional flyer lit up, introducing the rules and grouping for the Sports Festival.

Two sets of rules

[Major Grouping]

1. The Sports Festival is divided into Red and White teams across the entire school. Classes A and D are the Red team, while Classes B and C are the White team. Each class accumulates points by winning their matchups.

2. Any class belonging to the major group that loses the Sports Festival by a large margin will have 100 class points deducted.

3. Individual events do not distinguish by grade level, while team events are restricted to competition within the same grade. Teammates for team events can only be chosen from within the same major group.

[Point Rewards]

1. Each individual event ranking awards competition points, valid only for the duration of the Sports Festival.

1st place: 15pt, 2nd place: 12pt, 3rd place: 10pt, 4th place: 8pt, 5th place: 7pt

11th place: 1pt. [Decreasing sequentially]

2. To prevent classes from participating passively, specific rewards or penalties are applied to individual event rankings.

1st place: 5,000 private points reward.

2nd place: 3,000 private points reward.

3rd place: 1,000 private points reward.

Last place: 1,000 private points penalty.

3. The winning group in team events receives 500pt, valid only for the duration of the Sports Festival.

4. To encourage students to showcase their strengths in different events, extra points are awarded for individual events, valid only for the duration of the Sports Festival.

1st place: 50pt extra, 2nd place: 30pt extra, 3rd place: 15pt extra, 4th place: 10pt extra.

From 5th place onwards, the amount decreases by 2pt sequentially.

5. Outstanding student awards: The student with the highest total points in the entire Sports Festival receives 100,000 private points. The student with the highest points in each grade level receives 10,000 private points.

6. To prevent students from competing passively, the ten students with the lowest total points in each grade level will have 10 points deducted from their next official exam score.

7. The relay event (a mix of team and individual competition) is the flagship event of the Advanced Nurturing High School and has long been highly anticipated and popular among students. The point reward is tripled.

8. The Sports Festival roster can only be submitted once; substitutes require 100,000 points.

[Class Rewards]

To encourage class performance, in addition to the major group outcomes, the contribution points of different classes within the same grade level during the Sports Festival will be ranked.

Individual points + Team points

1st place: 50 class points, 2nd place: 0 class points, 3rd place: -50 class points.

4th place: -100 class points

All Events

1. 100-meter dash

2. 110-meter hurdles

3. 200-meter run

4. Ball toss

5. Group tug-of-war

6. Cavalry battle

7. Three-legged race

8. High jump

9. Pole-toppling competition

Optional events

10. Borrowed Item Race

11. Four-Way Tug-of-War

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12. Co-ed Three-Legged Race

13. School-wide Co-ed 100m x 4 Relay (3 men, 1 woman).

"If we treat the relay as an advantageous event, (65pt) x 3 = 195pt. That's not even as good as a regular team battle."

"Is there no reward for winning the class points this time? Why are the penalties for losing so high?"

"If Class D loses this time, we'll be deducted 200 points. We're finished."

"Winning the group event alone isn't enough; we also have to avoid finishing last. The school really isn't giving us any breathing room."

The students began to complain, one after another.

"This time, I'm going to take first place in every event."

Sudo loudly declared his victory. As an ape with nothing but muscles in his brain, this exam was finally his chance to hold his head high.

"This time, I'm going to participate in every single event."

"Sudo, you're finally going to be useful."

Ayanokoji sighed.

(Ah~ I originally wanted to slack off during the Sports Festival. Even though finishing last only deducts 10 points, which doesn't affect me much, it wouldn't hurt to move around a little.)

Nagami smoothed back his side-swept hair with some water.

"For this exam, I believe the strategy of 'Tian Ji Horse Racing' is better; it will be more helpful for the group victory. If we have the students with better physical strength participate in more events, it will obviously lower our chances of ranking at the top."

Horikita proposed.

"Wouldn't that put the students at the bottom in danger? I think Horikita's proposal is too heartless."

Karuizawa retorted.

Everyone argued back and forth, neither side convincing the other.

Physical Education Fitness Test

Hirata held a grip strength tester, testing everyone's strength to form groups.

Sudo walked to the front, excited to show off his masculinity.

82.5kg. The boy hummed softly.

"This is truly invincible."

"Nagami, would you like to go?" Hirata asked.

Hirata had heard about the "face-catching basketball" game The Three Idiots played before summer break, but given Nagami's usual invisible and unsocial impression, he hadn't asked too many questions.

"Then I'll just give it a light squeeze."

As an average boxer, 100kg was simple; the grip strengtheners in his apartment drawer were usually 150kg and up.

Simple and easy, he slowly controlled his force, gradually reaching 100kg before stopping.

"100.3kg. Nagami, you're really amazing."

"There probably isn't anyone in the entire grade with such powerful grip strength."

"Could the rumors about him being a violent maniac be true?"

The students chattered and discussed.

"Koenji, do you want to try?"

"No interest. A grip strengthener isn't beautiful at all," Koenji said, standing to the side and trimming his nails with a clipper.

"What a waste of such beautiful muscles."

"Ayanokoji, it's your turn." Nagami handed him the grip strengthener.

He immediately squeezed out a number: 65kg.

"Yours is quite high too. People like Ike and Yamauchi only have 45kg," Nagami praised.

"With such high grip strength, let's put you down for the Pole-Toppling competition first." Hirata added his name to the list.

"After school, let's start training! To prepare for the Sports Festival in a month."

"Agreed!"

"Agreed!"

"I need to head to the Student Council, excuse me," Nagami said.

In a corner of the playground, Kushida hid to answer a phone call.

"What's going on, Kushida? You were so proactive about betraying the class last time, weren't you? Taking a photo of a list should be easy for you."

"I've changed my mind. I won't betray the class this time."

"Heh, if I were to tell Class D that you're the traitor in the VIP exam, I wonder what would happen to them. Just thinking about it is hilarious."

"Go ahead and do it if you want. This shitty world can do whatever it wants; I'm done playing along."

After saying that, Kushida hung up the phone and stood in the corner of the sports field.

"Come on, faster! We're almost at the finish line!" Sudo shouted as he led the pack.

After the training session ended, everyone gathered around to drink water and chat, their faces filled with exhaustion but satisfied smiles.

"Kushida-chan, how are you feeling? Does your stomach still hurt?" Wang Meili asked with concern.

"Yeah, I'm much better now. I'm coming over."