The Other Classes' Battle! An Extra 4,000 Words!

She experienced a powerful sense of inferiority.

And if Horikita's goal was to obtain a class transfer ticket by taking first place, then she had to win this match.

So, could she win?

"Actually, Manabu Horikita must have gone all out for this Sports Festival, right?" Ichika Amasawa continued serving without changing her expression. Kushida received the ball and tossed it up, while Matsushita struggled to spike it over.

The ball flew straight past Ichika Amasawa's face, but she did not move or dodge at all, as though she had known its trajectory. Then she continued, "To go to Second-year Class C."

"..."

At that moment, Manabu Horikita, whose feet were spread apart as she braced herself against the ground, finally showed emotion.

Horikita's calm expression finally shifted.

Because Ichika Amasawa was not wrong.

And she disdained lying.

"That's right," she said. "What I want from this Sports Festival is first place in the girls' scores. What I want is a class transfer ticket."

"And the class I want to go to is not Second-year Class A, but Second-year Class C."

"After I obtain the transfer ticket, I'll transfer next semester. There's no need to hide it."

Suzune Horikita spoke with absolute frankness.

"..." xN

Yet those open and forthright words left the people around her surprised and conflicted.

To the third-years, your goal in obtaining a class transfer ticket was merely to go to Class C rather than Class A?

Class A was the superior class! And whenever they passed through the second-year area and saw the class evaluation scores, Second-year Class A was still far ahead. Joining them would also earn you plenty of living expenses.

So it seemed like a waste.

Of course, that was only what third-years who did not know the truth would think.

But