Sakayanagi, What Are You Going to Do with Your 20 Million? 10k! (Continued)

"Kōenji has indeed forfeited!"

Meanwhile, Hashimoto's voice could be heard from within Class A's camp.

He was on Sakayanagi's side, but everyone in the class knew that Katsuragi had arranged for someone to bribe Kōenji.

Anyone who has taken the test on the Uninhabited Island knows that Sudō is at most a cheater, but Kōenji is a monster.

And Class B is full of overpowered and monstrous students, are they even letting other classes take the exam?

So.

Katsuragi learned from a spy that Kōenji was not interested in the Sports Festival, so he suggested bribing Kōenji with money to sign an agreement not to participate.

The cost was 1 million.

The one million was shared by the whole class.

Each person spent 25,000.

However, no one had any objections.

Now, it seems that Kōenji has kept its promise. It has truly abstained.

"I'm a little curious," Classmate Sakayanagi suddenly said, sitting in a corner of the base camp.

"What?"

At this time, Sakayanagi only had Kamuro by his side.

"Since Kōenji gave up on the exam because of such a small score, does Hachiman Hikigaya actually have other plans?" Sakayanagi said. "Because there's no reason to leave one of our strongest fighters unused."

"..." The Kamuro.

What do you mean by "a tiny amount"? That's still a million!

"But now that you've bought the camera, aren't you going to use it?" Kamuro noticed that although Sakayanagi had specifically asked her to accompany him to buy the camera yesterday, now that the camera was in hand and the Sports Festival had started, he was just leaving it to gather dust.

"Because the Matoba has not yet come when it will be needed."

"Hmm. For example, my Kamuro hasn't even taken the stage yet," Sakayanagi said.

He looks like he wants to film a scene from the Kamuro.

I don't believe you for a second.

Kamuro didn't think Sakayanagi was interested in her at all; rather, she felt that she had no secrets from Sakayanagi anymore.

Therefore, Sakayanagi wouldn't pay so much attention to her.

"I'll probably use it during the last 1200m relay race. I think I can take some good photos of Vice President Nagumo then," Sakayanagi said. "He's my opponent in the Student Council President election. If I can get some bad footage of him, wouldn't that help boost my popularity?"

Oh, I see.

Thinking this, Kamuro saw that Sakayanagi had already stood up, gripped his cane, and walked out of the camp toward the training ground.

That was the Matoba the 100-meter race.

The boys have already started the competition.

In the competition list, the first group of Hachiman has arranged for Sudō and Kōenji to compete.

Although Kōenji withdrew, Sudō won the championship, and the class's fighting spirit was quite good.

The second group consisted of Hirata and Yukimura.

Hirata also came in first place, but Yukimura came in sixth. The two students from Class C withdrew as agreed, finishing last.

Then the third group also had some Class C players giving up.

The agreement between Hachiman and Ichinose was that in the nine mandatory events, if Hachiman's class had a seeded player, Ichinose would avoid it, and if Hachiman's class's cannon fodder was on the field, Class Ichinose would arrange for someone to forfeit.

This way, the athletically challenged students in Hachiman's class can at least get some points.

At the same time.

The Class Ichinose can also obtain the power ranking chart for the Hachiman class. This will prevent the seeded players from the two classes from being in the same group, thus avoiding the situation where they cannot maximize their score.

After all, each competition has many groups. As long as you don't group up with other classes, you're guaranteed to get first or second place.

It could be considered mutually beneficial, albeit barely.

Hachiman was assigned to the fifth group.

Only.

I ran into an acquaintance here.

It's Ryuji Kanzaki from Class C.

Since there's no need to release water in this round, Class C can be arranged normally.

I just didn't expect Class C to send a top seed player.

Although I've met Kanzaki several times, Kanzaki doesn't seem to like or be good at communicating with others. However, according to the information I've gathered, Kanzaki's also in the soccer club and plays a key role in it, making her a sports enthusiast.

I just don't know if Hirata can beat him.

"Hachiman, do you have no talent in physical fitness?" Kanzaki really wasn't good at socializing; the moment she opened her mouth, it was practically the end of their friendship.

"Yes." Hachiman nodded.

Thus, despite lacking talent, they achieved a relatively weak fourth place.

However, he has no room to rest now.

Next, I have to participate in the hurdles competition.

Ten minutes later, the starting pistol fired.

The second round of the hurdles competition has begun.

There isn't much difference between hurdles and the 100-meter dash; the distance is the same: 100 meters.

It's just that some railings have been added as obstacles.

Two more points have been added to the rules.

First, touch the railing and add 0.3 seconds.

Second, push down the railing and add 0.5 seconds.

The railings have sensors, so the judgment in this regard is very accurate.

Misjudgments are rare.

Hachiman was in the last group and ran into an unexpected acquaintance.

"Hachiman."

This was a tall, bald boy who stared directly at Hachiman. "Your class has been soaring in these last few exams, without a doubt, and you played a crucial role. So I've come to have a go at you."

"Is that so?"

Hachiman remained noncommittal. It was somewhat unexpected that Ryuji Kanzaki was assigned to the same group as him, but now it seemed that Kanzaki and Katsuragi were of the same mind.

I wanted to test his abilities.

Let's see Hachiman is also a sports enthusiast worth paying attention to.

Then they've probably wasted their time.

During junior high school, Hachiman basically stayed in the home club.

The so-called "going home" department simply means going home after school and lying on the sofa, so there's no intention to study or train one's physique.

In terms of physical fitness, it's just average.

However, since the current class is the worst in the whole school, it is considered to be in the upper-middle range of the class.

So, does this level of skill really warrant such a serious warning from the two of them, or even warrant sending two seeded players over?

It's worth noting that both the 100-meter race with Kanzaki and the hurdles event now feature promising athletes from the Ryuen's class.

Therefore, neither of them got first place.

"It seems that this is the limit for Hachiman."

After the boys finished their 200-meter race, Hachiman found an acquaintance there when he reached the finish line.

She is a girl.

She has beautiful short, silvery-white hair, snow-white skin, a petite and delicate figure, and wears white stockings.

However, perhaps due to poor health, he held a black cane in his left hand.

This is Sakayanagi Arisu.

At the same time, Hachiman also noticed that she was holding a camera in her right hand.

"How did you end up here?" Hachiman asked.

At the same time, I felt pretty bad because judging from Classmate Sakayanagi's appearance, she had just taken a picture.

Sure enough, with a little training, it might be better to get second place instead of third.

"Don't worry," Sakayanagi said. "I didn't film you when you made a fool of yourself."

Is that so?

So, were you photographed when you said you weren't ashamed?

Although a sense of shame rose within him for a moment, Hachiman still asked, "So, what is it that you came here specifically to ask?"

Sakayanagi Arisu's health is poor, and she was also tricked by Hachiman into thinking she wasn't in charge of Class A at this Sports Festival, so she didn't need to come here.

"Because you're going to abandon Kōenji as a major fighting force, I feel like you're trying to do something interesting, and then..."

She paused after she finished speaking.

Hachiman scratched his head. Sakayanagi Arisu was clearly trying to get a piece of the pie.

"I'll use the points that Kōenji got from not participating in the competition where they're needed," Hachiman said. "And what about the 20 million you have, Sakayanagi? How do you plan to use them?"

"Um?"

"During the Uninhabited Island Exam, Ryuen and Katsuragi signed a contract, under which your class will pay him 1.2 million Private Points every month until graduation."

"And what if I asked you to pay 20 million to buy out this agreement? What do you think?" Hachiman Hikigaya asked.

This agreement clearly belonged to Ryuen, but Hachiman directly used it for a transaction, which is very strange.

"Let me think about it." Sakayanagi didn't question it, but neither did he immediately refuse nor immediately accept.

"Then let's get back to each other after the Sports Festival," Hachiman said.

Because the girls' project is about to start.

The school's program starts with first-grade students, then moves on to second and third graders. First, there are mandatory activities for all students, then group competitions, and finally, recommended activities after lunch.

Among the mandatory items, the parts for boys are listed first, followed by the parts for girls.

Very compact.

So now that Hachiman's mandatory personal project is over, the girls' mandatory personal project is about to begin.

He walked straight towards the girl.

The girls were all in their positions. Hachiman also found Suzune Horikita.

First-year Class D.

Mio Ibuki.

Although Horikita had never actually competed against her, she had read Mio Ibuki's information.

The school has conducted data-driven comparisons of each student's Academic Ability, intelligence, judgment, physical ability, and teamwork ability upon enrollment.

As for Mio Ibuki, her physical abilities are particularly outstanding, so her rating is B.

This is something that even most boys cannot achieve.

Horikita had also inquired about the matter and learned that Mio Ibuki had some martial arts experience.