Demon Slayer: I was taken home by Shinobu Kocho at the beginning.

Ayanokouji chose to publicly announce Class D's competition list so that students from other classes would avoid Class D's top contenders.

If all three classes (B and C) choose to avoid the seeded players from class D, then the current situation is inevitable.

If Kamio Tatsuya were in Class D and intended to contribute to Class D, he would undoubtedly use this method as well—a straightforward and aboveboard scheme, with no fear of being seen through.

Even if you figure it out, there's no way to solve it unless the three classes show each other their competition schedules and work together to target Class D.

However, it is impossible for the three classes, B and C, to show each other their competition forms.

Furthermore, the top three classes that received the competition form for Class D are unlikely to choose their seeded players to test the mettle of Sudo and Koenji.

What if you lose?

Wouldn't that be a huge loss?

Therefore, this method is bound to succeed, and it's useless to try to stop it.

Kamio Tatsuya even saw his own style in this strategy.

But there's a saying that goes, "Plans can't keep up with changes."

In the first group, Tatsuya Kamio emerged who was faster than Sudo, while in Koenji's group, Koenji himself didn't even participate.

So the final result was that although Class D's plan was very successful, their fate was tragic.

There were only 38 people left, but Koenji didn't participate, and Sudo, who could have easily won first place, was completely outmatched by Kamio Tatsuya.

It's safe to say that Class D has secured last place in this sports festival.

This also proves one thing: no matter how good the strategy is, without pieces that can perfectly execute the plan, victory is impossible.

Besides misjudging Tatsuya Kamio, there was also a lack of understanding of the students in Class D.

However, this incident also served as a reminder to Tatsuya Kamio.

Ayanokouji, that guy, really knows his stuff.

Moreover, he probably didn't intend to use this method to help Class D win.

Is this a test?

Of course, these are all just speculations by Tatsuya Kamio, and they need to be verified by someone, otherwise Ayanokouji might not have done anything at all.

Then wouldn't I be outsmarting thin air, just making myself a laughingstock?

After the first-grade boys finished their 100-meter race, the first-grade girls' race immediately began, just as expected.

Even in the first group, there were strong contenders vying for supremacy.

The two students sent by Class D were Inoue and Wang Meiyu, both of whom had visibly poor athletic abilities.

However, the first three classes clearly committed their strength to this battle.

While the first group of matches was underway, Tatsuya Kamio approached Ichinose, who was preparing to compete in the second group.

"Ichinose, there's something I want to ask you."

"Hmm? Now? My match is about to start."

"You just need to answer yes or no." Tatsuya Kamio smiled. "Did Class B obtain Class D's participation form before the sports festival started?"

Seeing Ichinose's surprised expression, Kamio Tatsu knew that his guess was correct.

Ichinose was also surprised, and at the same time she guessed that Class C should have also obtained Class D's entry form, and they were also able to confirm that it was the real entry form.

Because they were certain that it was the correct entry form, they did not spread the news.

Because everyone wants to win, everyone wants to be number one in the exam.

Even if we can't get first place, we should at least get more points so that our group can win.

Kamio Tatsuya had to praise Ayanokoji Kiyotaka once again, saying, "What a brilliant plan! It feels somewhat similar to my own style."

Unfortunately, in the face of absolute power, any schemes and tricks are futile!

While she was thinking, Ichinose was already standing on the track. The combat force sent out by Class C was Kinoshita.

After being persuaded by Tatsuya Kamio, Ryuen temporarily abandoned his idea of ​​engaging in underhanded tactics.

"Go for it, Ichinose! Try to get second place. You can't outrun Kinoshita from our class anyway."

Upon hearing Tatsuya Kamio's words, Ichinose gave a wry smile, unsure whether he should thank him for his encouragement.

The final result was as expected.

Although Ichinose ran very fast, Kinoshita is a professional track and field athlete, so losing to her is not shameful.

The 100-meter race ended quickly.

According to Tatsuya Kamio's observation, among the boys, excluding Koenji, he was the fastest runner, followed by Sudo.

As for the girls, the fastest runner was Kamuro from Class 1, while the one with the biggest jump was Hasebe from Class D.

As for Horikita, he was easily suppressed by Yajima Mariko, the ace sent out by Ryuen.

Chapter 190 Ayanokouji's Purpose

After all three grades finished the 100-meter race, the school immediately began preparations on the track for the next event, the 110-meter hurdles.

During this time, the students have a 10-minute break, and the school also begins to tally the scores from the first event, the 100-meter dash.

After each project concludes, the school will publish the scores for the two groups.

The red group has 2013 points, and the white group has 1911 points.

Although the first-year students, as the white group, Class B and Class C, suppressed the red group, Class D, the white group seemed to be having a harder time with the upper-year students.

Unfortunately, the events at the sports festival are mostly tests of physical fitness.

The second-grade and third-grade classes are better at sports than other classes, and each class has two pillars, Nanono Masaru and Horikita Manabu, so it is only natural that they are in the lead.

The worst-case scenario has still occurred.

This sports festival cannot be easily determined by the efforts of a single class, as the scores of the upper grades must be taken into account.

However, it doesn't matter, as neither Tatsuya Kamio nor Ryuen have any particular desire for final victory.

Win if you can, it's okay if you lose.

The top priority for this sports festival is to take down Class D.

After much persuasion from Tatsuya Kamio, Ryuen abandoned his physical attacks on Class D and instead decided to deliver a severe blow to them on a psychological level.

As for the solution, it's very simple.

All we need to do is let Tatsuya Kamio, the one who left Class D, keep winning.

If Tatsuya Kamio shines in this sports festival, his actions are a silent mockery of Class D.

that's the truth.

Originally, the students in Class D were somewhat gloating when they saw that Kamio Tatsuya had been assigned to the same group as Sudo, hoping to see Kamio Tatsuya fail.

However, when they saw Kamio Tatsuya suppress Sudo and win first place, their schadenfreude vanished instantly, replaced by immense regret.

How could someone so capable be forced to side with the enemy?

Many people have even started criticizing certain individuals in Class D, such as Yamauchi and Shinohara, because most of the students in Class D believe that it was their foolish behavior that caused Kamio Tatsuya to leave Class D.

And this is naturally what Kamio Tatsuya is happy to see.

The second hurdles race is now starting. Kamio Tatsuya is still the first to go. As a seeded player from Class C, he is in lane three, while Sudo is in lane four.

As for the other tracks, they were basically just small fry to these two.

The battle for first place rests between these two.

In hurdle races, in addition to the normal time calculation, there are two overtime rules: knocking down a hurdle adds 0.5 seconds, and touching a hurdle adds 0.3 seconds.

As expected, Tatsuya Kamio won by a narrow margin once again. However, this time, Kamio did not mock Sudo. He simply smiled and prepared to leave.

However, Sudo's condition was clearly not right.

"Hey! Kamio! What exactly do you mean?"

"What do I mean?" Tatsuya Kamio asked with a puzzled smile. "Sorry, I don't quite understand what you're saying. By the way, you seem quite angry."

"You're telling me you're faking it!" Sudo was clearly furious, his face flushed red. "You didn't even use your full strength, did you?"

"I see. So you're not angry because you lost to me."

Kamio Tatsuya raised an eyebrow. He felt that although Sudo was still very irritable, he seemed to be a little different from before.

“I lost to you because I’m not as skilled, there’s nothing to say about that! I’m not a sore loser!” Sudo stared intently at Kamio Tatsuya. “But what’s the meaning of you deliberately only leading me by a little bit each time? Are you looking down on me?”

Kamio Tatsuya looked at Sudo's serious expression and then gave a slight smile.

"I just need to beat you. There are still many matches ahead, and I don't want to waste my energy on anything."

Apart from the women's pitching tournament, Tatsuya Kamio will participate in a total of eight competitions in the morning.

Although he was very confident in his speed, his stamina attribute was only five points. If he used up too much energy in the beginning, he might not be able to maintain his strongest state later.

That's why he won't get carried away.

The hurdles race takes significantly longer than the 100-meter dash.

Since most students are not as athletic as Tatsuya Kamio and Sudo, it is really asking too much of them to do hurdles.

Therefore, Class C formulated a strategy from the beginning: instead of forcing themselves to hurdle, they would simply give up at the start, rush over, push down the hurdle, and then run to the finish line as fast as they could.

Because this was a strategy that had been discussed from the beginning, the students in Class C did not feel any psychological burden about it.

When other classes saw what Class C did, they followed suit. Regardless of whether they were good at sports or not, those who were not good at sports simply pushed the railings and ran towards the finish line.

The second event, the hurdles race, was the same as the first event, the 100-meter race. Class C successfully caught Sudo and Horikita.

As for Hirata, Ryuen sent Komiya to snipe him, but Hirata was no pushover. Although he lost the hurdles race due to his height, he still won first place in the 100-meter race.

After the match, Hirata found Ayanokouji, who was in the same group.

"The situation is not good. Sudo has already encountered Kamio twice in a row, and I have also fought against Komiya from Class C twice."

"Not only that, Horikita is also in the same group as Yajima from Class C this time."

Ayanokouji looked towards the women's competition that was about to begin on the field.

"Does that mean our entry form was leaked?"

Ayanokouji nodded: "Possibly."

What's possible?

Ayanokouji knew perfectly well that the entry form had been leaked, because he was the one who sent it to Ryuen.

Besides wanting to throw the first three classes into chaos, which Tatsuya Kamio had anticipated, he had another purpose.

When he handed the entry form to Class A and Class B, he provided some proof that the entry form was genuine.

However, for Class C, he simply sent the competition form to Longyuan.

Judging from the current situation, it is clear that Ryuen used his intelligence to adjust the C-class's competition schedule.

In other words, Longyuan believed the entry form was genuine without obtaining any evidence.

Given Ryuen's suspicious nature, this is practically impossible.

But the facts are undeniable: he believed the entry form, so there must be some evidence to prove that the entry form is genuine.

Considering recent events, Ayanokouji has reason to believe that this evidence was provided by Tatsuya Kamio.

In other words, he did indeed leave his eyes in Class D.

Whose eyes are these?

Is it Kushida Kikyo?

He still remembers everything he saw that night; Kamio Tatsuya had undoubtedly caught Kushida red-handed.

Did he use this as leverage to force Kushida to comply?

Or does he have other eyes besides Kushida?

If Class D cannot find the spy that Tatsuya Kamio planted in Class D, then they will definitely be at a disadvantage when facing Class C in the future.

Chapter 191 Holy crap, an aerial acrobat!

Kamio Tatsu had only ever seen things like pole vaulting competitions in manga or light novels; this was his first time participating in one.