In practice, I originally just wanted to be a slacker.

So even though Tatsuya Kamio never spoke to him, he had a very deep impression of him.

Then there's that guy who looks like a delinquent, Sudo Ken.

I heard he's in the school's basketball club. The guys in the sports club are all really good at physical fitness. Hirata from the soccer club is no exception.

However, he soon discovered a guy who was different from everyone else.

Kiyotaka Ayanokouji's muscles are quite different from the exaggerated ones of Koenji and Sudo.

It looks very well-proportioned, but Tatsuya Kamio thinks this is probably the most perfect muscle shape. What has this guy trained for?

As for Tatsuya Kamio himself, although he is not as trash as Ike and Yamauchi, he is far inferior to the others mentioned earlier, or rather, incomparable.

He's even worse than Hirata, and that's only because of the physique-improving potion the system gave him.

But it's okay, we're people with a system. As long as we're patient, we'll have a strong body sooner or later.

As they left the men's locker room, Kiyotaka Ayanokouji unconsciously walked over to Tatsuya Kamio and went out with him.

Looking at Ayanokouji with surprise, Tatsuya Kamio joked, "I thought you would distance yourself from me along with Yamauchi and the others."

"Uh, these are two different things, aren't they?"

"is it?"

Kamio Tatsuya could not deny it.

"Speaking of which, have you ever trained in anything? You seem to be very strong. You were very capable when you fought Yamauchi before."

Hearing Ayanokouji's words, Kamio Tatsuya was speechless, because it was like Jack Ma seeing an ordinary person and saying, "You're really rich."

"Are you mocking me?"

"Huh? I didn't have that idea."

"Compared to you, I'm nothing. Your thick upper arms and back muscles are quite unusual. Have you done any training?"

Kiyotaka Ayanokouji's body is not only incredibly strong in terms of endurance, but its explosive power is also estimated to be extremely powerful, far surpassing that of ordinary people.

"No, I was only given this body because of my parents' kindness."

"Your family's genes are really strong, comparable to those of wild animals in the jungle."

What's going on with this guy?

Even wild animals will experience a decline in physical fitness if they do not exercise for a long time, let alone humans.

So this guy must have undergone systematic training.

If all they had to do was admit that they had practiced a little, no one would have bothered to investigate afterward.

He actually said it was just something he was born with. What's the point of telling such a clumsy lie?

Are you kidding me?

Sensing Tatsuya Kamio's disapproving gaze, Kiyotaka Ayanokoji was somewhat bewildered, unsure of what he had said wrong.

Not long after I left the locker room, the girl also came out from the locker room.

However, contrary to expectations, Haruka Hasebe, who was recognized by the boys as the ball god, did not appear in the crowd, and even the second candidate, Airi Sakura, was not there.

"Hasebe isn't here! What... what's going on?!"

"I've been looking forward to this since last night... God is so cruel to me!"

Hearing these words, the girls who were doing their internships on the second floor of the stands gave them disgusted looks, but unfortunately, the two idiots showed no remorse whatsoever.

Even Tatsuya Kamio had some doubts: was it because these two guys were too blatant that the girls chose not to participate in swimming lessons?

"What are you doing?"

At that moment, Kushida, wearing a school swimsuit, came into view.

In an instant, almost all the boys seemed to have auto-aimed, turning their gazes to the other person.

If it's the chest, or the buttocks, then it's on the legs.

Well, they're even more capable than I expected.

After glancing at it twice, Kamio Tatsuya looked away. The deep valley was a bit too stimulating for his young and vigorous body.

Chapter Twenty-Four: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

After the students made a ruckus for a while, a muscular man blew his whistle, which quieted things down a bit. This was their physical education teacher.

"Alright, it's almost time to start class, everyone gather around."

Soon, both boys and girls gathered around, but of the forty students in the class, only about twenty were present.

"Only twenty-four people? There are too many trainees." He glanced at the students on the second floor and could tell that some were deliberately slacking off. "Alright, do some warm-up exercises and then go for a swim. I want to see your current level and try to get you all to learn to swim before summer."

"Don't force me to learn how to swim. I won't be going to the beach anyway."

"That won't do. It doesn't matter if you're not good at it now, I'll help you overcome it. Learning to swim will definitely come in handy later, absolutely."

Unlike teachers who adopt a laissez-faire approach, this physical education teacher directly rejected the student's statement, and his words implied something.

Does that mean swimming skills might be required for future special exams?

So, after completing their warm-up exercises, the students began practicing the 50-meter freestyle, as instructed.

Tatsuya Kamio actually couldn't swim, but because his physical abilities were enhanced, he learned quickly and became quite good at it.

I'd say it's barely third from last.

"It seems you have pretty good athletic ability."

As soon as I got ashore, people started talking to me.

After wiping the water off his face, Tatsuya Kamio recognized the other person: Suzune Horikita.

You're so boring; you take every opportunity to mock me.

She was originally a very standard beautiful girl. Although her figure was not as good as Kushida and Hasebe, she was still in Kamio Tatsuya's strike zone.

In particular, the school swimsuit clung to her body, making her curves even more apparent.

"Just so-so."

Kamio Tatsuya squeezed the water out of his hair as much as possible and then answered casually.

"Why don't you go for a swim?"

"I just swam. It's just PE class, there's no need to take it too seriously," Horikita Suzune said casually.

Just then, the burly physical education teacher spoke up again.

"It seems almost everyone can swim these days. In that case, let's hold a competition, with boys and girls separated. I'll give the first place a reward of 5,000 personal points, but those who don't meet the standard will have to go to tutoring."

Upon hearing this, Horikita Suzune's expression immediately changed.

Although she wasn't interested in regular swimming lessons, she really wanted 5,000 points.

Ever since she was scammed out of 90,000 points by someone, she has been living a very frugal life.

Now that she has a chance to earn points, she feels she should seize it.

"You don't necessarily want to be number one, do you?"

Noticing the change in her eyes, Tatsuya Kamio asked curiously.

"Any questions?"

"Um, I mean, are you a good swimmer?"

"I wouldn't say I'm good at it, but I'm not bad at it either."

"Really? Then I wish you success."

Soon, the competition began, with students competing in groups of five.

Since there are only ten girls, we'll start with the girls. Horikita Suzune is one of the five in the first group.

After the whistle blew, the five girls jumped into the water. Horikita was in the second lane and took the lead from the start of the race, and she reached the finish line in this way, winning first place.

The time was less than 28 seconds, to be precise, 27.13 seconds.

Kamio Tatsuya was instantly dumbfounded.

Damn it, this is already at the level of a national athlete, and you still say you're not good at swimming? You should know the world record is only 23.61.

However, there was something even more outrageous: in the second group, there was a girl named Onodera Kayano who successfully reached the finish line in less than 27 seconds.

Horikita Suzune narrowly lost, failing to secure first place and thus missing out on the 5,000-point reward.

This made her look somewhat regretful.

"What a shame."

"Hmph, just wait and see how you do it."

Horikita Suzune snorted coldly and said nothing more.

Next up is the boys' group, with Tatsuya Kamio being a member of the first group.

Kamio Tatsuya never even considered getting first place; firstly, he lacked the ability, and secondly, he had no intention of getting any points.

After finishing the swim, it took Kamio Tatsuya nearly fifty seconds to reach the finish line. He was the slowest in the first group, taking twice as long as the first-place finisher, Sudo Ken.

The other guy reached the finish line in less than 25 seconds.

However, although the first group was the slowest, it doesn't mean that he was the slowest in the whole class. Yamauchi from the second group was even slower than Kamio Tatsuya.

Sudo's score was quite remarkable for a student; even Hirata, the top student in the second group, was almost a second slower than him.

However, there's always someone stronger. In the third group, Rokusuke Koenji swam a time of 23.22 seconds, almost shocking Tatsuya Kamio.

Moreover, judging from his relaxed demeanor, he didn't seem to be using his full strength at all; clearly, he was only using the strength he had to win first place.

Japan's 50-meter freestyle record is only 21.67 seconds. Is this school really that amazing?

He could easily become a professional athlete, right?

Unfortunately, the other party is the only son of the Koenji Zaibatsu. No matter what, his future path is to inherit the Koenji Zaibatsu, not to become an athlete.

To Kamio Tatsuya's surprise, this guy was actually willing to go all out in the match. Did he not have enough points?

It's possible that during the period when Kamio Tatsuya was suspended from school, he saw her entering and leaving restaurants with upperclassmen in the shopping district more than once.

However, what left Tatsuya Kamio speechless was Kiyotaka Ayanokoji.

That guy's time was around forty seconds, which put him in tenth place, so it was obvious he was seriously slacking off.

Dude, it's really not that bad.

Do you think you're Saiki Kusuo?

Are you afraid that others will know you have superpowers?

Are you kidding me? I'm a time traveler, why would I be scared?

However, Class D has quite a few talented people. Putting aside Koenji, Sudo and Onodera alone could definitely make it into the national team if they focused on developing their athletic abilities.

Even Tatsuya Kamio felt that they were wasting their time still in school.

"You took almost a minute to swim just fifty meters of freestyle. I really wonder if you've got muscles for nothing."

As soon as the match ended, Horikita Suzune couldn't wait to come over and mock Kamio Tatsuya.

"Oh."

Kamio Tatsuya's nonchalant reply made Horikita Suzune feel as if her full-force punch had hit cotton.

"Actually, this is my first time swimming," Tatsuya Kamio added.

First time swimming?

Horikita Suzune was somewhat speechless, then recalled the other person's movements. At the beginning of the practice, many parts were indeed very unnatural.

However, by the time of the competition, many things had already been corrected.

You learned it in such a short time? And you can even swim better than some people?

Are there really people in the world with such powerful learning abilities?

Horikita Suzune was very suspicious.