Everyone's Training Hard, But You... (Continued)

And that's what I was thinking.

Hachiman noticed his phone vibrate again.

[Ding! 500,000 Private Points have been credited to your private account. Transferred by GYS1001]

[Current account balance: 15.524 million]

Um.

The transferor was still Kōenji.

"..." Hachiman.

"Wrong transfer?..." Just as Hachiman was about to have a private chat with Kōenji, he discovered that the other party had sent him a transfer record showing that 1 million points had just been deposited into his account.

It's clearly a new sum of money that has just arrived in the account.

In other words, besides Ryuen, someone else has transferred money to Kōenji.

Hachiman didn't believe that Ichinose's class would do something like that, so the students in Class A were also incredibly cowardly.

They were plotting to prevent Kōenji from participating in the Sports Festival.

I think it's too dangerous for the monster from Kōenji to participate.

Unfortunately, they didn't know that Kōenji didn't want to participate in the first place, so they got the money for free.

Having probably gotten some money for free, Hachiman was in a good mood, so during lunch break, he treated Horikita to lunch.

Suzune Horikita was somewhat surprised.

Of course, there's also Kushida, who deserves credit.

And in the cafeteria.

Far away.

"Kushida, Hachiman Hikigaya, and Horikita were having dinner together."

"The relationship seems to be good."

"I still can't believe that someone as angelic as Kushida would betray her class." Meanwhile, in a corner of the cafeteria, several students from Class D gathered.

It's a small team from Ryuen.

Previously, Ibuki on the Ryuen and Kaneda on the Uninhabited Island, but now, the two of them are openly following Ryuen around.

It is Daichi Ishizaki who is speaking now.

He was a skilled fighter, and apart from talking to the girls in his class, only Kushida and Ichinose from other classes would greet him.

So he still couldn't believe that Kushida would betray the class in such a self-deprecating way.

"Don't bring this up so casually," Ryuen lectured his underling. "And isn't this lousy school exactly what it wants its students to do? Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many anonymous point cards."

"And you probably already know from the upperclassmen that the school will buy back the points from graduates in cash upon graduation."

"So, there's nothing wrong with making some money as a spy," Ryuen said. "And since your so-and-so can't be a spy, then we can't find anyone to get information about their class."

"And then we won't be able to get the agreement anymore," Ryuen said.

He has an agreement that he just finished writing yesterday.

The parties to the agreement were him and Kōenji.

He paid Kōenji 1 million Private Points, but Kōenji was not allowed to participate in any of the games in this Sports Festival.

It's equivalent to sealing the Kōenji with 1 million.

"Kōenji is indeed terrifying," Kaneda said, gently adjusting his glasses. "A million yen is a lot, but it also has value."

"But even so, you don't have many points left in Ryuen, do you?" Kaneda said.

Kaneda is the third smartest student in Ryuen Class.

First is Ryuen, second is Hiyori Shiina, and Kaneda considers himself only third.

However, Shiina bought bread and ate in the classroom today, so he's not here. Therefore, he's the only one who can talk to Ryuen and discuss the plan.

Therefore, the remaining points in Ryuen's hands were immediately identified.

"The 1 million yen owed to Hashimoto is still outstanding," Ryuen said. "I just received 1.2 million points from Class A this month, and I gave 1 million to Kōenji."

"There are 200,000 left now."

Kaneda nodded, then offered his suggestion.

"So everyone still has 100,000 points from the VIP Exam, plus the 14,500 points they received this month. If they only keep 20,000 points for food, then everyone can collect 90,000 points, which means they can gather more than 3 million points again."

"Let's forget about it," Ryuen shook his head.

This short-sighted approach was rejected.

And.

"Judging from the recordings we got from Kushida, Hachiman Hikigaya's class is much worse than ours. It seems that their class has no other way to unite except by threatening them with benefits."

"However, Hachiman Hikigaya was able to think of the Tian Ji's Horse Racing Strategy."

"Then having Sudō relentlessly exploit the bug to rack up points was also excellent," Ryuen said. "Sudō's individual strength is very high; if we hadn't eliminated him, their class might have actually won."

"So."

"I've already devised a plan for Class B, which requires the cooperation of everyone except a few of us. So, if we collect everyone's points and then distribute them as rewards, they won't be happy," Ryuen said. "Therefore, I will temporarily borrow some points from Sakayanagi that are needed for the plan."

Seeing that Ryuen had made all the arrangements, the people around naturally had no objections.

They would agree with Ryuen, partly because they couldn't beat Ryuen, and partly because they weren't as smart as Ryuen.

In this way.

In preparation for the All-School Sports Festival in three weeks, all classes have their own plans and are taking action.

Hachiman's class quickly produced a competition entry form.

However, the entry forms will be submitted on the last day, but each student will be notified in advance of the projects they are participating in, so they will gather together for targeted training.

Of course, this entry form was also submitted to Ichinose.

They marked the cannon fodder in their own class, asking Ichinose to spare these cannon fodder when arranging their class.

Training sessions are held after school.

The duration lasted for one and a half hours.

This was the first training session.

Everything seems to be progressing steadily.

But that's only what it looks like.

"Then, next group."

On the playground, Hirata organized training for the boys, while Kushida organized training for the girls.

The results of the previous physical tests have been released, and the seeded players have been selected.

Therefore, the training currently being conducted is for general projects.

This is a Sports Festival that everyone is required to participate in, and those who are forced to participate in certain events must naturally train hard.

① 100-meter race

② Hurdles race

③ Pole-Chopping Competition (Men Only)

④ Pitching Contest (Women Only)

⑤ Tug-of-war between men and women

⑥ Obstacle Race

⑦ Two people in a three-legged race

⑧ Cavalry Battle

⑨ 200-meter race

There are nine events in total. The students are very familiar with the running events, but the hurdles... well, they definitely need to be familiar with them.

We can't just push the barriers over one by one.

As for the cue for the reverse shot, it's probably impossible to borrow one, and you need to understand the rules of the competition even if you don't need to.

Furthermore, in Cavalry Battle, it is necessary to determine who is the general and who is the horse.

However, if we list them out, the only things that need training are probably running, hurdles, and three-legged races.

The boys are running the 100-meter and 200-meter races.

Although it was training, the boys seemed to be quite enthusiastic.

Because.

"Speaking of which, shouldn't we show off our strength?"

Haruki Yamauchi suddenly made this suggestion.

"I think it's pretty good."

"Sure, it might attract the girls' attention. I didn't go all out in the previous physical test. Now's the perfect time to show it."

"And the girl is right there right now."

"Huh? In that case, should we..."

The boys got more and more excited as they talked, each one eager to show their 'true strength'.

However, Teruhiko Yukimura's face had turned completely dark.

Because, aren't you making things difficult for me, Yukimura?

It's perfectly normal for guys to want to show off their abilities in front of girls.

Such courtship behaviors are also common in the animal kingdom.

However, this also requires a certain level of ability.

But Yukimura!

In terms of academics, he was miles ahead of those academic underachievers; Hirata couldn't compare to him.

But in sports...

He's probably the worst among the boys.

Then they have to show it off in front of all the girls in the class...

But Hachiman Hikigaya's team has already started running.

He was in the next group, so he quickly followed.

As for the girls...

"Horikita, can't you slow down a little?"

Kei Karuizawa, panting, leaned on her knees and looked at the icy girl in front of her with a hint of complaint.

"Sorry, this is my speed."

Although it sounded like she was expressing apology, Horikita's tone remained cold.

That's what makes Horikita different.

This is also why people misunderstand that she is dating Hachiman, because she is not so cold towards Hachiman, but she is very cold towards other people.

It made people feel a strong sense of differential treatment.

However, Karuizawa had previously used Horikita's room and knew her better than most Horikita, so she didn't mind Horikita's attitude much.

Suzune Horikita frowned slightly.

Because she already knew the problem Karuizawa was complaining about, they lacked tacit understanding.