Looking at Yuji Itadori's time on the stopwatch in his hand, the teacher blinked blankly, then even raised a hand and slapped himself.
With a sharp smack!, the students around him were left utterly bewildered, and a bright red handprint appeared on the teacher's face.
Had that been all, the students would merely have been startled. But shortly after that crisp slap rang out, a rather spectacular expression spread across the teacher's face.
"F-five... five seconds... r-really?!"
After a brief stupor, the teacher turned his gaze back to Yuji Itadori. His eyes burned so fiercely that he looked ready to fire lasers and bore a hole straight through him.
"Hey! You there! Come over here for a second!"
Although the teacher called for Itadori to come over, his own legs were hardly idle. He hurried straight toward Yuji Itadori himself.
His classmates all wore expressions that said, "Just as we thought." Yuji Itadori was now in his third year of middle school, while this PE teacher had only just transferred in from another area and had no idea how famous Yuji Itadori was at their school, or even throughout the neighborhood.
[Tiger of West Middle School]
That was the nickname people in the area had given Yuji Itadori. Before this PE teacher transferred in and took over their class, their previous PE teacher had often pestered Yuji Itadori in exactly the same way.
"You should go into sports with talent like yours! I have connections in the sports association. I can help you climb the ranks quickly. Someone with your talent belongs on the world stage!"
Stars seemed to sparkle in the PE teacher's eyes. He placed both hands on Yuji Itadori's shoulders and said much the same things as the previous teacher.
Yuji Itadori merely shook his head calmly