Tenzawa: All of You, Come at Me! I'm Enough on My Own!

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Horikita's ninth event was women's volleyball.

This was an event open to students from every grade, with only a gender restriction and no grade distinction.

As for the scoring, each member of the winning team received 5 points, while each member of the losing team received 1 point. The entry requirement was also only 1 point per person, so even losing was not a loss.

However, it consumed a great deal of stamina and energy.

So not many people wanted to participate in this event.

Volleyball also required twelve people, divided into two teams of six.

And now—

Suzune Horikita, Ibuki, Kushida, and Matsushita from their class made four people in total.

"Horikita, can I really participate in this event?" Matsushita seemed somewhat surprised.

She probably had not expected to be dragged over just to make up the numbers.

"If you earn points, it will benefit you too. It's also a contribution to the class."

"With our class, that makes three people already."

Three people meant they could bring 15 points to the class.

And it counted as contributing to the class as well.

Matsushita had actually planned to give it her all this time and fight for first place.

After all, two million points were quite an enticing reward for her.

But unfortunately—

When she tried to work hard, she discovered that ideals were beautiful, but reality was cruel.

Of the first five mandatory events, she had lost first place in two of them.

Then, in the sixth event that she had signed up for voluntarily, although her physical ability was the best, she was unfamiliar with the rules and ultimately took third place.

Then she took first place in the seventh event.

But because of her earlier setbacks, she was stuck at an awkwardly middling rank. Realizing