"This is how it works," Majima-sensei explained. "For the mixed-gender 10-kilometer relay, aside from the fact that everyone must complete two kilometers, the selection of male and female participants is also taken into consideration."
"There are five red balls and five white balls in the drawing barrel. The representatives of both sides will draw five balls, and the colors of those five balls will determine the genders of the participants assigned to compete."
In other words, if all ten kilometers were run by boys, they would naturally be faster. If there were girls on the team, the overall speed would slow down.
That was an innate difference between the sexes.
Normally, they would naturally assign mostly boys to the relay. But then the girls in the same group would not get to participate, so the rules had been adjusted slightly.
The group leaders would draw the number of boys and girls they could assign.
"Only five balls will be drawn in total, and the genders represented by those five balls will serve as the basis for both groups when assigning their participants," Majima-sensei added.
In other words, although the leaders of the two groups would conduct the drawing, they would take turns drawing one ball each. The genders represented by the five balls they drew together would apply to both sides.
Very fair.
Rather than having each leader draw separately based on luck, then being blamed if one side happened to draw too many girls.
"Then let's begin." Hachiman, the group leader, had no issues after reading the rules.
"Okay." The leader of Group 8 nodded lightly as well.
The other side was an Ichinose class student. And now that he was leading a team that included Utsunomiya and Yuki Tsubaki, he naturally had to fight for his classmates with