The Sports Festival Is Drawing to a Close (Continued)

Seeing her expression, Horikita knew that the school had not forbidden this.

After all, if schools don't prohibit students from different grades from participating in the same competition, why would they prohibit students from different grades from forming teams?

However, it is generally quite troublesome for students of different grades to communicate, because they are at different stages and have different needs.

Ryuen does this very well; he can grasp the needs of people in different situations and thus utilize them or achieve common goals through cooperation.

Looking at the formidable enemy before him, Horikita took a deep breath, showing no intention of giving up.

Life is full of challenges, but Horikita Suzune has no intention of giving up so easily; she will face them head-on!

Seeing the fighting spirit in Horikita's eyes, Kiryuin smiled and then put his arm around Nanase's shoulder.

"Is Horikita Manabu preparing to fight me?"

"Before this, I wanted to know why you two, from different grades, would be together." Horikita looked at the other person with some confusion.

Although Horikita and her classmates weren't in the same grade, this Sports Festival was, after all, an event held together by all three grades.

Therefore, Horikita will definitely also learn about the information of the more troublesome people in other grades, and Kiryuin and Nanase are naturally key targets of his attention.

According to the information, both Nanase and Kiryuin are people with relatively weak social skills.

Logically speaking, they shouldn't be together, which is why Horikita found it strange to see each other.

Not only Horikita, but also Shuichi Kanda, who noticed Kiryuin and Nanase in the stands, found it strange. What could these two possibly have in common besides being upperclassmen and underclassmen?

They actually teamed up like that?

"That's not something I can tell you."

Kiryuin wouldn't waste his breath explaining these things to Horikita, but Nanase spoke up to explain.

One day before the start of the competition, Fuka Kiryuin from Class 3-A sighed as she looked at the few Private Points she had on her student card.

"Looks like I have to win first place this time to earn some extra money for living expenses."

For the rewards of this Sports Festival, Kiryuin wants the 5 million Private Points reward for first place. Even if first place isn't possible, second or third place is fine. As long as he spends his points wisely, even one million Private Points would be enough.

If that's still not enough, we can squeeze some more out of those people in Kiriyama.

To win first place, or even top three, you need to complete all ten events and rank highly, at the very least, without wasting any points.

However, Kiryuin was extremely confident of winning in the individual events.

However, she wasn't confident about the team competition because almost no one in the third year could keep up with her pace, not even those who could barely keep up.

Even for Kiryuin, it wouldn't be easy to win with a burden like that. Even though she has strong physical abilities, she would need to find someone who can barely keep up with her to secure a top-three finish.

After all, she didn't want to participate in large-scale projects because she didn't like being in groups of too many people.

So her idea was to find someone to team up with to challenge the doubles competition, preferably a girl, because even with her A+ physical abilities, she might not be able to beat a guy with an A or even A- physique.

This is due to innate physical differences and has nothing to do with other factors.

Furthermore, according to inside information from Kiriyama, the team events that require more participants and have more rewards for winning are the team events announced on the day of the Sports Festival.

Therefore, if Kiryuin wants to achieve a ranking based on individual scores in the doubles event, he must ensure that he achieves good results in the doubles event.

Therefore, she needed to find someone who could keep up with her pace.

But she searched the entire OAA and couldn't find a suitable guy from the third grade.

So, after inquiring about the specific rules, she set her sights on other grades.

Then she found a student with an A- in physical ability on the OAA.

Amasawa Ichika, Class 1-A, has an A- in physical ability and an A in academic ability, but his other abilities are just average.

Looking at this guy, Kiryuin seemed to see a smaller version of herself. And then, by sheer coincidence, Kiryuin encountered this person who had piqued her interest during her morning exercise.

"You must be Amasawa Ichika from Class 1-A?"

In order to earn money for his living expenses in the second half of his third year, Kiryuin took the initiative to ask a first-year female student for help.

Amasawa, who was still dragging Jingu Yuki along to prepare her for proper training, suddenly heard someone call her name.

Meanwhile, a reluctant-looking Jingu Yuki turned her head to look at Kiryuin.

When he saw the girl next to Amasawa turn around, Kiryuin felt inexplicably familiar with her, but he didn't pay any attention to it.

Her attention was currently focused on Amasawa Ichika.

"Yes, I'm Amasawa Ichika, a first-year student. You're Kiryuin, a third-year student, right? What can I do for you?"

For Amasawa, remembering the faces of all the students in the school and matching them with their names was not a difficult task, especially since this person was Kiryuin.

Not only is she beautiful, but her academic and physical abilities are also outstanding. When Class 1-A formulated their battle strategy, they specifically highlighted her.

They stated that if they encountered this "deity," they would immediately cancel the project and go elsewhere.

So even if she hadn't paid attention before, Amasawa Ichika now knows about this person.

"You seem very busy, so I'll get straight to the point. I want to win first place in the third-year girls' individual competition, but I haven't been able to find a suitable teammate for the team competition, so I'd like to invite you to be my teammate."

Without wasting any words, Kiryuin directly explained the situation to Amasawa.

"Oh my, so that means it's because my senior recognizes my abilities that she invited me?"

After listening to Kiryuin's words, Amasawa replied with a smile.

"You can think of it that way. After all, we're in different grades, so there's no conflict of interest between us, and we don't need to compete for first place."

There are actually some reasons why Kiryuin didn't date any third-year girls.

After speaking, Kiryuin looked at Amasawa, waiting for his reply.

"Sigh, I..."

"She agreed!"

Before Amasawa Ichika could finish speaking, Jingu Yuki answered for her, and it was an affirmative answer.

"I didn't!" Upon hearing Jingu Yuki's words, Amasawa like a cat whose tail had been stepped on. "I'm going to team up with you for the competition!"

"No need, I don't want to participate in the team competition at all!"

Jingu Yuki's reaction was even stronger than Amasawa Ichika's.

"Yuki, are you going to abandon me?"

Seeing that force wouldn't work, Amasawa immediately put on a teary-eyed look, appearing quite pitiful, while Jingu Yuki's eyebrows twitched, but she was completely helpless against Amasawa's behavior.

Kiryuin was completely dumbfounded by the two of them; what was going on?

"Okay, okay, I promise, but I can only participate in two team projects, no more!"

"Hehe, that's enough!" Amasawa smiled with satisfaction, then looked at Kiryuin, "That's it, Kiryuin- senpai, I can't team up with you anymore."

Kiryuin looked regretful; then they would have to find someone else.

"That's such a shame. Goodbye, Amasawa -senpai, and Jingu-senpai too."

Shrine...

Kiryuin suddenly remembered.

"Who are you..."

"However, to thank Kiryuin for inviting Ichika, I can recommend someone for you."

Looking at the smiling Jingu Yuki, Kiryuin felt that her personality was exactly the same as someone else's.

"Oh? Who is it?"

"If it were Nanase Tsubasa from Class 1-D, she would definitely work hard for the transfer ticket. Besides, her actual abilities are quite good; she should be able to keep up with her seniors."

Upon hearing this, Nanase Tsubasa immediately recalled Kiryuin Tsubasa's information.

With a physical ability of B+, if there's anything hidden, then it's certainly possible to keep up with her pace.

So she nodded.

"Okay, I understand. I'll try to make contact. Thanks."

After Kiryuin left, Amasawa looked at Jingu Yuki with an unfriendly expression.

"Yuki, you want Nanase to come to Class A, right?"

"Yes, she's a pitiful person after all, and I want to take care of her too."

"Is that so? Is that all?"

"What else?"

Stare~~~

"I thought I made you hate me because I forced you to come out and about, hahaha."

Jingu Yuki, however, still had a smiling expression on her face.

"How could that be? If I hated Ichika, I would definitely beat him Ichika to death first, then lock him in a cage and starve him for a few days."

A bead of cold sweat slid down Amasawa Ichika's forehead, and her laughter came to an abrupt halt.

Holy crap? Is it that serious?

"Just kidding, Ichika, you're not taking this seriously, are you? How annoying."

Sigh, is this really a joke?

Amasawa sighed.

You were the one who asked me to supervise your workouts, but now you're the one saying you hate it and want to punish me. This is so frustrating!!!

"No matter what, we would never lock you in a cage. Wouldn't that be going too far?"

Amasawa Ichika petrified...

On the other hand, Kiryuin went to see Nanase and easily reached an agreement with Nanase: both of them wanted to win first place in the individual competition.

However, Kiryuin wanted points, while Nanase wanted the transfer ticket.

Class D is practically finished; she's going to Class A.

Furthermore, graduating as a student in Class A might be helpful for that matter in the future. Based on this thought, Nanase agreed to Kiryuin's request to join his team.

What Horikita and the others heard from Nanase was only that Kiryuin asked Amasawa to team up with him, and Amasawa refused and recommended her instead.

"I see. So, Kiryuin and junior student Amasawa's goal is to be the number one girl in their respective grades?"

Horikita nodded.

"That's right, now that you know, why don't you just admit defeat quickly, so we don't waste our energy?" Kiryuin joked.

"That's a real shame. I also wanted to see just how powerful the combination of Senior Sister Kiryuin and Junior Sister Amasawa really is."

"Perfect timing! I'd love to see just how amazing someone with an A+ physical ability really is!"

Not only did Horikita show no intention of backing down, but Ibuki, standing to the side, also looked eager to try.

However, putting aside Horikita, whose physical ability is B, Ibuki, your physical ability is only B-. How dare you completely ignore Nanase, whose physical ability is B+?

Not many students signed up for women's doubles tennis. The Horikita team signed up relatively late, so they didn't run into the Kiryuin team.

And just like that, both teams easily won their two matches and advanced to the final.

"Ibuki, you stand in front, I'll cover you from behind."

"Huh? Are you kidding? Of course such an important job should be given to me!"

Seeing Horikita and Ibuki, Kiryuin burst into laughter.

"You two are already fighting amongst yourselves before the fight has even started?"

Being ridiculed like this by outsiders, Ibuki was the first to lose her temper.

"Don't be so arrogant, I'll teach you a lesson right now!"

Then, she moved to the front half of the field.

Seeing her expression, Horikita breathed a sigh of relief and then took out a tennis ball to serve.

On the opposing side, Kiryuin was positioned in the backcourt, while Nanase looked for an opportunity to intercept the ball.

Throughout the match, there were certainly no unpredictable incidents like outside serves or "snake shots."

Although both players were in good physical condition, they had not actually undergone rigorous tennis training, and the competition between them was nothing more than a contest of speed, strength, and endurance.