Activation Incantation?! Uchiha Teases Shiina!!

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Uchiha glanced at the backend.

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Still twenty thousand short?!!!

Looks like he needed to put on a show, or he would never complete the temporary mission.

While everyone's minds were still buzzing, Uchiha did something unexpected again.

He shouted at Ayanokoji:

"Take the umbrella out of my backpack."

Ayanokoji: "?"

Though he had no idea why, he did as told.

Shiina then took the umbrella and opened it instinctively.

Then, deafening laughter erupted all around her.

"HAHAHAHA, Jiahao is scared of rain?!! What a ridiculous joke!!"

"I'm dying, please stop messing around!!!"

"Bro?!! You're running while holding an umbrella?! Air resistance is about to teach you a lesson!!"

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What a vegetable!!

That little??

Not passionate enough!!

Come on, come on?!!!

Was there a more passionate way to do this?!!

Suddenly.

A soft voice sounded beside his ear:

"Uchiha, the race has already started. Aren't we activating yet?!"

Shiina was practically on the verge of tears from anxiety.

Yamada, Ryuuen, and the others had already run half a lap, yet he was still standing here holding an umbrella?!!

"Maybe we shouldn't open it. That would reduce some resistance."

Uchiha's eyes lit up, completely forgetting that he had someone hanging off his back!!!

Thank you, classmate. You inspired me!!

Time to put on a show. Let's go.

Uchiha turned his head slightly, his voice calm.

"You haven't recited the activation incantation yet."

Shiina tilted her head. "???"

"Activation password? What's that? And this umbrella..."

Was she supposed to keep the umbrella open or not? Just give her a straight answer already!!!

Uchiha opened his mouth.

"Once we start running, the wind will be too strong for you to hold it. Here, let me bite down on it."

Shiina: "..."

Running with an umbrella clenched in his mouth while carrying a girl on his back—what kind of godly posture was that?!!

Uchiha then added coldly:

"If the rain gets heavier, I'm not holding this umbrella for myself. I'm afraid you'll get soaked and worsen... that condition."

Shiina's face instantly flushed red. At a loss, she shoved the umbrella handle into Uchiha's mouth and replied in a soft, sweet voice:

"Oh, okay. Th-thank you."

With the umbrella in his mouth, Uchiha's lips curled into a faint smile.

He gripped Shiina's calves tightly with both hands, pointed two fingers forward like a sword, and declared with boundless passion:

"Come on, repeat after me."

"Three-Sword Style!! Demon Slash! Tiger Bite! Dragon Twister! Ultimate Art: Three Thousand Worlds!!!!"

"Pay attention—the last line, 'Three Thousand Worlds,' needs a rolled R and a long drawn-out ending."

Honestly, as Uchiha weighed the silver-haired girl's calves in his hands, they were so slender they really did feel like sword hilts.

Shiina's toes curled hard. "W-what is this?!!"

No matter how smart she was, she simply could not comprehend Jiahao's train of thought!!!

Despite being well-read, she still had no idea what Three-Sword Style was?!!!

Clearly, she was a good student who did not watch pirate anime.

Uchiha spoke sternly. "This is the activation password. You have to recite it loudly with me!!!"

"Only if we say it in sync can our minds become one, and then we'll fly like the wind."

"Trust me. I never lie."

"???"

Huh??

Shiina blushed again.

She had to say it? And loudly?!

The last line, 'Three Thousand Worlds,' needed a rolled R and a long drawn-out ending??!

She secretly looked around.

Wouldn't this be social death?!!!!

"Hurry up, there's no time!!"

Seeing how serious Uchiha looked, she could not believe he was joking.

Gritting her teeth, Shiina threw caution to the wind. Her crisp, ethereal high-pitched voice rang across the entire track field:

"Three-Sword Style!! Demon Slash! Tiger Bite! Dragon Twister! Ultimate Art: Three Thousand Worlds!!!!"

"PFFT!!!" Uchiha desperately held it in!!!!!!!!!!!

After shouting it, Shiina let out a breath. Her stomach did not seem to hurt as much anymore, and her mood had brightened considerably.

Then.

She suddenly felt that something was wrong.

She saw Uchiha pressing his lips tightly together, wearing an expression like he was desperately trying not to laugh!!!!

At the same time, she could feel the boy's shoulders shaking wildly!!

??

Only then did she realize.

Her beautiful eyes trembled wildly, and then she buried her little face deep into Uchiha's broad back, too embarrassed to look at anyone.

Didn't he say they would say it together?!!

So from beginning to end, she had been the only one foolishly shouting those embarrassing lines out loud!!!

S-she had been teased?!!!

"..."

"..."

The spectators outside the track stared blankly at the silver-haired girl.

Everyone!!!

Everyone!!!

Their mouths hung wide open in huge O-shapes!!!!!

"N-no way!!!"

"My goddess can't possibly be this chuuni!!!"

"This is bad, really bad. It's only been a few minutes, and Shiina has already been led astray by Jiahao!!"

"Wuwuwu, what has she been turned into? Give me back my pure Goddess Shiina!!!!"

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The effect was outstanding!!

Uchiha was over the moon!!

Putting on a show was the right move!!!

Dongshan shook his head. He still had the leisure to tease a girl—he had clearly given up on the race entirely.

Later, he would put a big fat zero next to their scores and see if they still dared to act so arrogant!!!

Though he had heard Uchiha defeated Katsuragi, compared to Yamada and Ryuuen, the gap was still far too obvi—

The next moment.

BOOM!!!!!!

A thunderous bang suddenly rang out!!!

A bolt of lightning shot off from the starting line!!!!

Two clear shoeprints were left in the ground beneath Uchiha's feet!

They were the marks of acceleration earned from his nightly horse stance training!!

At that moment.

"??!!"

Dongshan's pupils shrank!!

What model of jet was that?!!

Ayanokoji was dumbfounded.

Th-this... what was going on?!

He had not been this strong when school started!!

How had he become capable of running this fast while carrying someone in less than two weeks?!

Koenji pushed off with both hands, flipped upright, and sharply tossed his head back!!

His gaze locked onto the racing Uchiha.

So fast!!

Uchiha's figure seemed to vanish into thin air, leaving only streaks of afterimages in his wake.

"..."

Meanwhile.

Ryuuen's encirclement squad erupted into a fierce argument.

Just moments ago.

As Komiya ran, he realized he could not see Jiahao anywhere. When he turned back, he almost lost it—Uchiha was not running at all.

Then he suddenly remembered the boss's order: keep a close eye on Jiahao!!

So he suggested:

"Let's stop running first and go back to surround that kid."

"We control the pace. We're guaranteed to win!!"

Ishizaki stopped in his tracks and was the first to object:

"You stubborn idiot, learn to adapt to the situation!!!"

"I've already left him hundreds of meters behind. Use some common sense, okay? He's already out. There's no way he can catch up to us!!!"

"But!!" Kondo hesitated. "Shouldn't we respect the boss's words?!"

Hearing that, Komiya nodded in agreement, then his expression darkened.

"Ishizaki, saying things like that is simply disrupting morale!! Tell me, are you trying to become the boss?!"

Ishizaki looked indignant and shot back, "Don't make it sound so ugly. I absolutely have no intention of usurping him!!"

Komiya: "You do!!!"

Ishizaki: "I don't!!"

Unable to see eye to eye, the two immediately started grappling with each other.

Kondo hurried over to break them up.

"Calm down, both of you. We're brothers as close as family!!!"

But after getting punched once and kicked once by the two of them...

He decided all three of them should brawl together, throwing a punch as he yelled, "Who hit me? Come get your ass kicked!!"

And at that very moment.

Whoosh!!!

A blurry figure flashed past the edge of the field in an instant.

Yet they paid it no notice, continuing their mindless infighting!!