Harvest Time! Ryūen, Are You Ready?! 10k (Continued)

"I've got it!" Kamuro thought to himself when he suddenly heard Ichinose's voice, and then felt a hand grab his forehead.

For a moment, I felt my bangs flutter.

Because her red headband was taken away.

Masumi Kamuro's team lost.

Grass.

"Huh?"

Ichinose had grabbed Kamuro's headband, blinked, looking at the headband in her hand with some confusion.

So, even though she's physically weak, she can actually be of help?

"Go for it!"

"The female representative from Class A has been eliminated!"

Suddenly, Suzune Horikita from Class B spoke up, and Class A's morale instantly dropped significantly.

The army collapsed like a house of cards.

At first, Class A was worried that Class D might have problems, so they stood by and did nothing. But when they finally decided to take action, their own leader took the lead.

So the battle ended in less than 5 minutes.

The first-grade girls' Cavalry Battle ended with the White team winning.

"Hachiman, aren't you going to eat?"

When the Cavalry Battle ended, some of the students who were watching immediately struck up a conversation with Hachiman.

This is a guy who doesn't have a strong presence.

"Let's wait a bit," Hachiman said. "It's rare to see girls fighting."

"??"

The student looked completely bewildered.

Meanwhile, Hachiman walked towards the girls who had finished their match and were leaving the field in twos and threes.

To be precise, it was heading towards Suzune Horikita's direction.

"Sudō's plan is going smoothly," Hachiman said. "As expected, Ryuen took advantage of the chaos to attack and beat Sudō. I tied a voice recorder to the flagpole during the pole-climbing competition and recorded the audio, which can be used to identify Ryuen's violation."

"And how's the situation on your end?"

How is the situation in Horikita?

Her left ankle was wrapped in bandages.

"As you can see, I got injured while running the 200 meters just now."

Horikita explained, "Because they were being chased so closely by the students from Class D, their feet got tangled together, and that's how the accident happened."

"Um."

Hachiman nodded, then recounted what had happened.

Simply put, Horikita was attacked from both sides at the 200-meter mark.

Besides Mio Ibuki, there was another girl named Kinoshita in her group!

And this girl named Kinoshita is the athletic star of Class D!

His athletic ability is no less than Horikita's.

Just as they were about to reach the finish line, both of them were tripped by each other's feet.

Horikita has ended up like this, and the girl named Kinoshita doesn't seem to be having a good time either.

It seemed to be in a lot of pain when I fell.

"She kept calling my name during the match, so I turned around to look at her, and then we both fell down," Suzune Horikita said.

This statement indicates that Suzune Horikita had an advantage in the 200-meter race.

Only then do you need to look back at the other person.

"Kinoshita is even stronger than Onodera," Hachiman said. "Ryuen is really generous."

Since Onodera is the fastest girl in Horikita's class, and Kinoshita is even faster than Onodera, it's impossible for her to be behind Horikita. So it can only be said that it was Ryuen's scheme.

Furthermore, according to Ryuen's plan, this Kinoshita student will suffer a serious injury, so he will be unable to participate in any subsequent matches.

"Ryuen hasn't contacted me yet," Horikita said.

"But..."

She looked at her left leg, seemingly frowning.

"I bandaged myself without having a doctor examine me, so if my injuries are serious, then even if Kinoshita deliberately made them worse..." Suzune Horikita's crimson eyes seemed to have made up her mind, "But if my injuries are even more serious..."

"..." Hachiman.

Although you want to take a chance, Hachiman doesn't want to see Suzune Horikita completely injured.

After all.

If not handled properly, it could even lead to disability.

This is why the team leader was assigned to Kōenji during the Uninhabited Island Exam.

People like Kōenji definitely know how to avoid getting injured or sick without harming their bodies.

"I just counted your numbers," Hachiman said. "Kinoshita has already decided he won't be participating in this Cavalry Battle."

"And you still participate, so self-harming and causing serious injuries won't do you much good."

"At the same time."

"You recorded with both the voice recorder and the phone, didn't you?" Hachiman said.

"It's recorded." Suzune nodded.

So I prepared to take out my phone and voice recorder.

"Then give the recorder to Kushida," Hachiman said. "It's lunch break time now, Ryuen should be coming to find you soon."

Suzune Horikita was somewhat puzzled.

But she did as she was told.

Kushida was assigned to go to Ryuen ahead of time.

Only.

"Why are you making Kushida do this kind of thing?" Suzune Horikita asked.

Because Hachiman directly instructed Kushida to take the recording pen that was on her body and give it to Ryuen.

"I plan to keep Kushida's identity as Ryuen's spy a secret for a while longer," Hachiman said. "So we need to keep Ryuen from realizing that Kushida is in cahoots with us."

Oh.

So, we'll just continue performing at Ryuen.

"Suzune Horikita."

Just then, Sae Chabashira suddenly walked over and said calmly, "Kinoshita from Class D filed a complaint with the school, saying that you deliberately tripped her during the competition, so she applied for arbitration by the Student Council."

"..."

Horikita remained silent.

They arrived just as I was saying it.

Horikita is actually very kind; she doesn't easily assume malice in others.

But Ryuen has been doing this kind of thing all along.

"Call."

Sae Chabashira sighed and didn't say anything more.

As a student at this school, she understood that this was probably a trick used by Class D, and Horikita wouldn't do something like that.

However, the other party was clearly more despicable than Horikita, reporting the matter ahead of time.

They have already gained the upper hand.

Because people generally have preconceived notions—

The reason for filing a complaint is because they are victims.

Because they are the perpetrators, they dare not file a complaint.

But often the reality is quite the opposite.

"So, how will you deal with this?" Chabashira asked.

"Of course, we'll fight them head-on," Hachiman said. "And Chabashira-sensei, I might have to fulfill the agreement I made with you."

Is that so?

In other words, the class will be promoted after this Sports Festival.

But.

The scores for the red and white groups, currently displayed in the center of the playground, are as follows.

Red team vs. White team.

4535 points V4000 points

The total score of the four first-grade classes.

Class A, First Year 590

First Year Class B, 530

First Year Class C, 567

First-year Class D, 589

In the Red and White Competition, the White team has a high probability of losing.

Therefore, you need to deduct 200 points.

When comparing the total scores of the four classes, the scores of the four classes were not significantly different. In fact, the overall class was somewhat weak, especially considering that Kōenji withdrew, Sudō ran away, and Horikita was injured.

So how do you win? Unless you have someone of Sudō's caliber to rack up points.

After all, there are only 4 recommended items left.

"Could it be..." Chabashira suddenly had an idea.

"Let's confront them," Hachiman said to Horikita. "Let's begin this important step in the Sports Festival."

"Mm." Suzune nodded.

And so it was.

Hachiman helped Horikita, who had an injured leg, walk towards the infirmary.

While helping Horikita walk, Hachiman suddenly remembered why Shiina had asked him to carry her to the infirmary that morning.

It's probably because he was faking an injury, but since he wasn't actually injured, he had no experience of how to react after being injured.

Like this.

Horikita was helped up, and a significant portion of her body leaned against him.

So, does that count as him hugging two girls in one day?

Soon, the three arrived at the infirmary.

"Oh, you've arrived. Suzune Horikita."

An uninvited guest stood at the door of the infirmary, leaning against the door panel, and said indifferently, "Isn't this injury quite serious? I really admire you. You actually used this self-harming method to fight against our Class D's elite. Do you really not want us to win?"

Ryuen Kakeru.

The absolute leader of Class D.