The Speeding Foodie and a Natural First Place
Lupa put down her teacup, the bottom of which made a crisp sound as it tapped against the porcelain tray.
On the straightaway, Linnai's speed visibly slowed down, and the buzz-cut PE student in lane four easily overtook her, creating a five-meter gap during the baton exchange.
Aimis took the baton, still feeling the effects of the side effects in her mouth.
Aimis:(๑˃́ꇴ˂̀๑)
"I don't want to run faster at all, I hate running the most!"
She shouted "I hate it!" as she ran backwards at lightning speed, almost leaving a blur in her wake. Her path was erratic and shaky, drawing laughter from the stands.
The second runner from the sports-specialized class has already widened the gap to ten meters.
Sigelica stood in the relay zone, clutching the riot shield in her left hand, Aimis shoved the baton into her hand.
She gritted her teeth, shouldered her shield, and charged forward.
My mind was filled with Zhou Yu's promise of 0.8 points.
Sigelica: (ꐦಠ皿ಠ)
"For money! We'll fight tooth and nail!"
She roared and used brute force to increase her speed, but the third runner from the sports class had already finished the handover.
He was a burly man who was nearly two meters tall.
Zhou Yu sat on a folding chair next to the finish line, unscrewed her thermos, and took a sip of goji berry tea.
Dania stood beside him, staring at the figure that had run more than ten meters away, her eyes filled with anxiety.
Zhou Yu moved the chair forward half a meter and leaned close to her ear.
"See that big guy?"
Dania nodded.
"He boasted in the cafeteria this morning," Zhou Yu said, pointing to the burly man's back, "That if their class gets first place, they'll buy all the seafood pizzas at the resort's buffet."
"I won't leave you a single shrimp."
Dania's eyes widened instantly, her cheeks flushed with anger, and her little hands clenched into fists.
"He's going to eat the whole pizza," Dania's voice trembled. "It's covered in thick cheese, scallops the size of fists, and peeled sweet shrimp."
"How dare he!"
Zhou Yu continued to fan the flames.
He also said he wanted to empty the entire strawberry ice cream machine.
Dania:(๑•̀皿•́)و
Absolutely not!
"That's my strawberry ice cream!"
Sigelica ran up, panting, and slammed the baton into Dania's hands.
"Quick! Run!"
The moment Dania took the baton, Zhou Yu looked down and pressed the side button on the old-fashioned digital watch on his wrist, and a string of green gibberish flashed on the dial.
The drag coefficient of the third track reaches zero in the last 100 meters.
Dania pushed off the starting block with her right foot, creating a shallow dent in the surface of the track, and she was launched into the air.
All I can think of is a seafood pizza covered in cheese.
The laughter from the stands died down.
Everyone stood up.
The two-meter-tall muscular guy from the sports class felt a gust of wind sweep past him as a fluorescent pink figure passed by his side.
With fifty meters to go, Dania was already three body lengths ahead.
Chisaki stood outside the finish line, her tablet emitting a piercing beeping sound, the data curve on the screen breaking through the coordinate axis.
Chisaki:(⊙_⊙)
"Warning: The target's current trajectory has deviated from Newton's second law."
"This contradicts common sense in physics."
Zhou Yu stood up, casually placed the thermos on the folding chair, and opened her arms.
Dania crashed through the red ribbon at the finish line, her speed too great to stop, and hurtled straight towards Zhou Yu.
Zhou Yu caught her steadily, and the huge force carried the two of them backward onto the lawn.
The folding chair was knocked over, and the goji berry tea in the thermos spilled out, landing squarely on Sigelica's legs as she reached the finish line.
Sigelica looked down at the two plump goji berries hanging from her trouser leg, veins throbbing on her forehead.
Sigelica: (ꐦ°᷄д°᷅)
"Damn it, Zhou Yu!"
She raised the riot shield, ready to smash it down.
"You did this on purpose? There's such a big place here, why did you have to splash it on my pants that I just changed into!"
Zhou Yu lay on the lawn, with Dania nestled against his chest; he could even feel the soft pressure of her breasts against him.
He propped himself up with his free hand.
"An uncontrollable force in physics: water flows downhill, and you just happen to be standing at the lowest point of the parabola."
Sigelica was trembling with anger.
"I'm standing while you're lying down, so who am I to be considered the lowest point!"
Zhou Yu pointed to her riot shield.
"You took a shield and changed the direction of the local airflow, so the shield should take the blame."
Dania was breathing rapidly, her cheeks flushed, her hands resting on Zhou Yu's shoulders, her eyes sparkling.
Dania:(⁄⁄•⁄ω⁄•⁄⁄)
"I won the race."
Zhou Yu raised his hand to brush away the sweaty stray hairs from her forehead and then gently pinched her soft cheek.
"Yes, the pizza is saved."
Protests erupted from the refereeing team, and the sports team leader's face turned red.
"Impossible! To be able to run at that speed, she must have used a forbidden resonance ability! I demand to see the surveillance footage!"
The referee frowned, and several referees gathered around the monitor.
Zhou Yu brushed the grass clippings off his clothes, got up from the ground, and helped Dania up as well.
He took a neatly folded piece of paper out of the pocket of his fluorescent yellow vest and slowly walked to the referee's table.
"Dear teachers."
He spread the paper out on the table, and the official seal of the Logistics Department in the lower right corner was very conspicuous.
"This is the Logistics Department's track equipment inspection report for this week. The panoramic camera hardware on the third track is aging, which will cause dropped frames in the recording."
The team leader persisted.
"Frame drops can't explain how fast she ran; she must have cheated!"
Zhou Yu sighed and took another document out of the canvas bag.
"Teacher, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want."
"According to the college's student code of conduct, if a student is unjustly accused and no evidence is found, the accuser must pay for the reputational damage and psychological counseling fees of the accused."
Zhou Yu pushed the document over.
"This is Dr. Lu Hesi's quote for psychological counseling in the medical department. It's charged by the hour. Would you like to take a look at the price first?"
The team leader glanced at the number, his face instantly turned green, and his arrogance diminished considerably.
The referee pressed the replay button. On the screen, Dania started running. The screen froze for one second, and she appeared ten meters away. The screen froze again, and she was already at the finish line.
Chisaki silently put away her tablet, knowing full well that Zhou Yu had forcibly overwritten the surveillance data packets.
The referee looked at the inspection report and the price list, then cleared his throat.
"Since the equipment was reported for repair first, and no resonance energy fluctuations were detected on-site, the results of Preparatory Class 3 are valid, and first place is confirmed."
The preparatory class 3 formation erupted in cheers.
Linnai ran over and hugged Dania tightly.
Linnai:(≧▽≦)
"Yaya, you're amazing! We're going to the seaside resort!"
Aimis joined in, jumping up and down excitedly.
Aimis:(ฅ´ω`ฅ)
"I don't want to go to the beach to sunbathe at all!"
She slapped herself in the face.
Sigelica stood to the side, carrying a riot shield, shaking the goji berries off her legs, her eyes filled with murderous intent.
My tax optimization plan.
Zhou Yu bent down and picked up the thermos.
"Chisaki will send it to your email tonight."
Dania broke free from Linnai's embrace, walked to Zhou Yu's side, and poked his arm with her finger.
She tilted her head back, her eyes full of anticipation.
Are we really going on a trip?
Seeing her greedy look, Zhou Yu couldn't resist pinching her cheek again.
"Yes, I'll take you to the resort's seafood buffet for free."
Dania jumped up and down with joy, then took Zhou Yu's hand and they intertwined their fingers.
On the platform, Lupa looked at the group of jubilant students on the lawn and said to Moning beside her.
"See, I told you he could handle it."
Moning pushed up his glasses, the lenses reflecting a cold light.
Moning:(≖_≖)
"Principal, the detector just detected an abnormal signal. It doesn't seem to be a resonant frequency band; it looks more like a string of low-level modified code."
Lupa glanced at the data.
"So what? As long as he doesn't tear the academy down."
Moning put away the tablet and watched Zhou Yu lead Dania away.
"The seaside resort area is under the independent jurisdiction of Solaris, and the abnormal weather control system there has recently malfunctioned. I happen to have a field investigation assignment there."
Lupa put down her teacup.
You want to outsource it to him?
Moning folded up the attendance sheet.
"Since he enjoys getting things for free so much, he has to pay the price that working people have to pay."
Zhou Yu led Dania out of the playground, and the old-fashioned digital watch on his wrist vibrated.
An unknown red envelope icon pops up on the screen.
He clicked on the icon, and there was only one line of text inside.
Welcome to the seaside resort.
Zhou Yu raised an eyebrow.
This familiar scent of forced correction reminded him of Aleph One, the one he had blocked.
Dania noticed he had stopped and shook their clasped hands.
"Xiao Yu, what's wrong?"
Zhou Yu turned off the screen and gripped Dania's hand even tighter.
"Fine."
He smiled.
"I just noticed that this time, the restaurant owner came to collect the payment for the seafood pizza themselves."