The Final Relay Race and the Sports Festival Results

Chi was stunned for a moment.

"That's right."

"Take it."

Shuichi Kanda, who was standing nearby, immediately took off his right shoe and threw it over.

"Yay! Thanks a lot, Kanda!"

Just like Shuichi Kanda, Ike easily won first place by relying on luck.

The two consecutive victories immediately boosted the morale of Class D.

"Next up is Ayanokoji, good luck!"

"Um, I'll try my best."

Faced with everyone's expectations, Ayanokoji also wanted to unleash his long-lost passion.

However, he couldn't hold back his emotions the moment he drew the first lot.

Ten friends?

How could that possibly be possible!

Without hesitation, Kiyotaka Ayanokoji looked at the referee.

"I want to change my ticket."

The referee stared at the note in Ayanokoji's hand for a moment, then nodded.

'You don't even have ten friends? What a pitiful child.'

Ayanokoji, of course, had no idea what the other person was thinking. After receiving permission, he drew another slip from the box.

[Hairband]

This seems even more outrageous now.

No, Kanda might be able to borrow that.

So he took the note and ran towards Shuichi Kanda.

"What is it? What is it?"

As soon as Ayanokoji ran over, the surrounding students immediately prepared themselves to steal everything from their bodies.

"It's a hairband, Kanda, do you have a solution?"

Headband?

Got it!

"Kikyo, bring me your headband." Turning his Shuichi Kanda immediately shouted at Kushida was watching the scene unfold.

"Huh? Oh."

Kushida was not far away, quickly ran over, took off his headband, and handed it to Shuichi.

Shuichi Kanda took the hairband and immediately shoved it into Ayanokoji's hand.

"Run now, or I won't let you off the hook!"

After getting the hairband, Ayanokoji sighed inwardly, then quickly started running at lightning speed, a stark contrast to his previous behavior.

"This guy..."

"Wow, you can run this fast!"

"Was that guy holding back the whole time?"

The students in the class were all very surprised by Ayanokoji's speed, including Shuichi Kanda.

However, Shuichi Kanda's surprise was different from theirs.

He had long suspected Kiyotaka Ayanokoji's speed, but he hadn't expected Ayanokoji at this moment. Hadn't he always been trying to avoid drawing attention?

Ayanokoji, bursting with astonishing speed, easily won first place in the race.

When Ayanokoji returned, he was immediately surrounded by people.

"Aren't you running incredibly fast?"

"Weren't you holding back before?"

"Um, let's not talk about that now. Sudo, your match is about to start, right?"

"Hmph, wait till I get back, you'll have to explain yourself!"

With Sudo's return, the atmosphere in Class D changed noticeably; even an oddball like Ayanokoji inexplicably unleashed his power.

Chapter 188 The Final Relay Race and the Sports Festival Results

It seems that Sudo's return gave the students of Class D confidence, and whether it was the Mixed Gender Three-Legged Race or the Four-Way Tug-of-War, Class D achieved good results smoothly.

Even so, Class D' s performance still lagged behind Class A, which also belonged to the Red Team.

However, no one complained anymore; everyone seemed to have accepted the result, and all eyes were focused on the final 1200m Race.

"As for the girls, let Kushida replace Horikita," Hirata made this arrangement.

"Yes, I will try my best!"

Since he had been asked to do this, Kushida immediately nodded, indicating that he would do his part.

Then the problem arose on the boy's side.

The fastest runners in the class were originally Sudo, Hirata, and Miyake.

However, during the Scavenger Hunt just now, Ayanokoji suddenly unleashed an astonishing speed that was probably only matched by Sudo in the class; neither Hirata nor Miyake would be a match for him.

Therefore, if we want the class to win, there's no need to include Ayanokoji.

"Let's give my spot to Ayanokoji. Since he showed his strength back then, it means he wants to run the final relay race, right?"

At this point, Akito Miyake took the initiative to make concessions.

"And while my speed is decent, it's far too mediocre compared to the speed Ayanokoji just unleashed."

"Miyake, you don't need to belittle yourself. After all, everyone is different."

Surprisingly, Sudo stepped forward to comfort Miyake.

That's true, after all, these are only three Sports Festival during high school, and Miyake must really want to run.

"It's okay, I'll try my best to be useful in the future."

With that, Miyake gave a thumbs-up, smiled, and then looked at Shuichi Kanda: "Shuichi, I'm counting on you for the points to be used for the substitutions!"

Shuichi Kanda his eyes and didn't say anything, but silently took out his phone.

Thus, the final lineup for the Sports Festival was determined.

Because the final relay race included all the senior classes, the twelve runners started side by side at the beginning. The fastest runner would take the innermost lane first, avoiding a chaotic battle at the back and gaining an advantage.

From this perspective, handing the first baton to Sudo was actually a lucky accident.

The order was: Sudo as the first batter, Hirata the second batter with consistent speed, followed by three girls including Kushida, and finally Kiyotaka Ayanokoji, who had just demonstrated lightning speed.

"Keep it up, everyone!"

"Sudo, it's up to you!"

"Hirata, you must not lose."

"Kikyo, Kikyo-chan!"

Cheers rang out from Class D' s camp, and seeing such a united Class D, Hirata couldn't help but feel a little teary-eyed.

"Let's all keep going!"

Sudo showed enthusiasm and then entered the track.

In terms of team formation, Class 1-D clearly had the advantage, being located at the innermost side of the track, while Class 3-A was at the outermost side. This positioning alone could save more than two seconds.

Sudo himself showed no signs of nervousness and had an ideal start as soon as the starting signal sounded.

In an instant, they widened the gap with the other classes, sprinting at top speed on the innermost track.

The wild speed drew gasps from the surrounding crowd, and then Sudo perfectly handed the baton to Hirata.

"It's up to you, Hirata!"

Next up was Hirata, the second runner. After receiving the baton, perhaps inspired by the changes in his class, Hirata unleashed unprecedented speed, widening the gap between himself and the others once again.

However, as the third leg began, the older students gradually increased their strength. Even with athletic talents like Onodera in Class D, the gap was still narrowed considerably. Maezono and Kushida could only do their best to squeeze out all their energy so that the baton could be passed to the next person as quickly as possible.

"Aren't you going to keep it hidden anymore?"

At the final baton position, Horikita Manabu stood next to Ayanokoji and said calmly.

"I don't know what you're talking about." Ayanokoji, naturally, wouldn't give himself away so easily after this simple probing. "I was just running a little faster."

"Really? But you haven't achieved any notable results in the 100-meter dash, hurdles, or even the 200-meter dash. How do you explain that?"

"Because my stomach was upset at the time."

Ayanokoji's clumsy response left Horikita Manabu speechless, as if he saw a shadow of someone in him.

"You're really starting to resemble Kanda more and more."

"Uh, he probably can't run as fast as me."

"So what happened to your class? It looked like it was falling apart in the morning, but it suddenly changed during the afternoon's competition."

"You're quite observant, aren't you? Does the Student Council President have a lot of free time?"

"As expected, you're becoming more and more like Shuichi Kanda."

Kiyotaka Ayanokoji did not deny this, because he had been observing Shuichi Kanda's behavior and habits during this time and had learned from them to some extent, so it was normal for them to be somewhat similar.

Just as the two were talking, Shibata from Class 1-A and Nagumo from Class 2-A also received the baton and rushed out almost at the same time.

The Class 3-A slowed down considerably because their fourth runner fell, but they were now moving at full speed towards this direction together with Kushida from the Class 1-D, who was performing exceptionally well.

"President, please don't lose to me!"

Almost simultaneously, Ayanokoji and Horikita Manabu received the baton from their classmate and sprinted towards the finish line.

Shibata Nagumo, who were initially leading by more than ten meters, were closing the gap at an almost visible speed.

"No way?"

When Shibata was overtaken by Ayanokoji and Horikita Manabu, he showed a somewhat incredulous expression. Nagumo, on the other hand, was quite surprised.

He admitted that he wasn't as good at running as Horikita Manabu, but what was wrong with this first-grader?

He actually kept up with President Horikita's pace—no, he was even faster than President Horikita!

In the final leg of the 1200m Relay Race at the Sports Festival, a dark horse emerged: Kiyotaka Ayanokoji.

Not only did he surpass Nagumo, the top second-year student who was more than ten meters ahead of him, but he also won by a slight margin against Horikita Manabu, the current Student Council President who started almost at the same time.

"You did a good job."

"Comparing the finish line, "Horikita Manabu said, slightly out of breath.

Despite losing the match, Horikita Manabu still praised Kiyotaka Ayanokoji, saying that since he had given his all and still lost, there was nothing to regret.

Listening to Horikita Manabu's words, Ayanokoji nodded and then returned to where Class D was located.

Then, upon returning, she heard another Horikita say incredulously, "You actually beat my brother? How is that possible?"

So, we're both from Horikita, why is your rank so much lower?

"Nothing is impossible; no one can win forever."

Shuichi Kanda's words startled Horikita Suzune, who then shook her head.