Congratulations, Class A! 10k, No More Slacking Off at the Start of the Month! (Continued)

Then.

Whoosh!

Yuki Tsubaki's figure charged up from behind Katsuragi amid a howling gust, then sprinted toward the finish line ahead.

She did not pause for even a moment.

"..." Katsuragi.

What the hell?

Why could girls run so fast?

The same thought circled through Nakazato's mind as she ran the fifth leg.

Why could girls run so fast?

She had assumed that most fifth-leg runners would be girls, so she could hold onto their advantage. But what happened?

She was caught at the hundred-meter mark, then overtaken.

The advantage Kōenji had earned and Kito had built upon had been completely squandered by her.

"First place, Second-year Class A!"

"Second place, Second Year Class B!"

"Third place, Third-year Class A!"

The announcer's voice came through the loudspeakers, yet the entire stadium was eerily quiet.

The students of Third-year Class A were somewhat dumbfounded.

Because...

The astonishing advantage Kōenji had created earlier had not held, and they had ultimately been defeated by the second-years of Class A and Class B.

They, the upperclassmen, had been defeated by their juniors.

Wasn't something wrong here?

"Looks like I didn't let you down."

Though they had only taken second place, second place was worth 10 × 6 = 60 points.

For Utsunomiya's class, that basically secured second place in this grade's rankings.

"Good work," Utsunomiya said to Yuki Tsubaki.

He had known that Sakurako Tsubaki's older sister was no ordinary girl, but her physical ability was truly terrifying.

Even accounting for the differences between the sexes and the fact that girls were naturally at a disadvantage, Utsunomiya felt that her stamina might surpass his own.

"You." At that moment, Yuki Tsubaki walked toward Second-year Class A's group.

She went straight over to the cute purple-haired girl who had accepted a towel from a