Real teaching, hypocritical gray life

But the fact is that the situation is like this, the environment itself is still them. The reason why I feel strange about this is me, no, to be exact, it is them who caused all this.

Ichinose's sudden attack was such that part of my grip was exposed to the public.

[127.6kg] After the data was read out by everyone around me, my classmates looked at me with strange eyes. At first, they thought there was something wrong with the grip strength tester, but when they reset their own test data, it matched, and then the situation became out of control.

Because the data just now was due to a sudden attack, others believed that I had not used my full strength. Although I repeatedly refused, I could not escape the clutches of the devil in the end.

But in the end, I didn't use it to the limit.

In the subsequent physical fitness test, the students stared at me like wolves and tigers, and under such pressure, I understood what "making every move with difficulty" meant.

I lacked a defense strategy against that kind of attack, and fortunately Ichinose didn't do anything out of line, otherwise today would be remembered as a 'disaster day' in the future.

Also, after that, Ichinose acted like a child who had done something wrong. She would occasionally keep her eyes on me, but as soon as I turned my head, she would look away.

But now is not the time to hold Ichinose responsible; the problem lies with the attention paid by those around him.

The girls' reaction to my novelty was relatively okay. At most they just stared at me and gave me incredible compliments and jokes.

Speaking of which, there are still some people who want to actively apply for touching...

But it is a little more troublesome for boys. Because they are of the same sex and have a good relationship, they can act without restraint.

Just like now——

Two of them were squatting on the bench, another one was leaning his head over my shoulder, and all three of them were staring at me.

Although we are still high school students at heart, we are in Class A after all. Shouldn't we show our elite qualities as people about to enter society?

"...Um, could you please let me go? It's time to stop looking at me like a monster. I feel like I'm carrying a lot of pressure that shouldn't be put on me at my age."

"Shouldn't it be you who should give us a reasonable explanation so that we can dispel the idea that you are a 'monster born with supernatural powers'?"

"'Monster born with supernatural powers' is a bit too much..."

"Because I never see you exercising normally."

"Could it be that he has practiced before and has slacked off now? Since his grip strength has reached this level, it must be acquired through training. You can guess such a simple thing without me saying it... Or do you want to ask me other questions besides where this grip strength comes from?"

"Say so..."

The three of them slowly sat back in their seats. I thought this would make me feel relieved, but I didn't expect that after losing the cover of their bodies, most eyes would converge on me from all directions.

I'm afraid that for a long time to come, I will have to face the fact that I have to repeat the same conversations to different people.

At this point, I rarely sighed at life.

"...Wait, this isn't how things are going to turn out, is it? I was almost fooled by you. Let's not talk about how you got your strength, why did you lie to us that you were physically weak?"

"I don't think I said this. Where did you hear it...?"

"What? That's because your usual words are too misleading... Damn it, I was actually defeated by such a trick."

"Then why didn't you tell us?"

Takashima asked, and I had no choice but to tell the truth.

"Well, think about it, people wouldn't mention something for no reason. Have you asked me about this before?"

"Well, uh.....no?"

"If there is, I can't escape the problem no matter what."

"Let's just leave it at that..."

"Come to think of it, you don't look like someone who has a history of working out... Why would you want to train your grip strength?"

"...Maybe...he was thinking about protecting himself."

I hesitated for a moment, then gave a vague answer. In fact, I myself was not clear about the reason.

"Just to protect yourself, you trained your grip strength to 130kg? Is your opponent Vitali? Do you know that your grip strength is approaching the world record?"

"I just took measures to protect myself... I don't feel like I'm approaching a world record. I'm just training normally with a handgrip and other methods."

"You are just using me... As expected, you were either a monster or a devil..."

“…That’s too much.”

It seems that I shouldn't have done the grip strength test at the end of the countdown period. If Ichinose hadn't already done the test, she might not have been able to interfere with my actions.

I had originally thought of getting a score somewhere in the middle to avoid participating in the recommended competition, but now it seems that I can't avoid participating in the 'Four-Way Tug of War' event no matter what.

"I really didn't expect that the person who ranked first in grip strength in our class would be Luo. In fact, the result was almost twice that of the second place..."

The discussions around me were all like this or that, and I was the only one left as the subject of the discussion, which made me feel a little uncomfortable...

Weird.

Whatever these discussions and evaluations turn out to be has nothing to do with me. All I have to do is try my best to avoid them and perform steadily.

After all the tests for boys and girls were completed, Ichinose began to study the various data of the students in our class, and ranked them based on the measurement results. He began to fill in the column for recommended competitions and summarize them in his notes.

"First, the first one is the borrowing competition. This project does not require many skills, and luck plays a large part in the decision... Anyway, let's put it aside for now. If anyone is interested in this project later, or find students with better luck to participate, that's fine too."

The competition for borrowing things was easily skipped.

"The two items of tug-of-war and four-way tug-of-war are determined simply by the values ​​on the grip strength tester. That should be okay with everyone, right?"

"As for the arrangement of the contestants, I suggest Kanzaki-kun, Shibata-kun, Sumida-kun, and the remaining one... Luo, is that okay?"

Ichinose asked me cautiously, his eyes lowered and dodging from time to time when he looked at me.

"Ha, Luo, is there any reason not to participate? His grip strength is so strong that it's abnormal. If we use this trump card, we will definitely win, right?"

"That being said, it seems that Luo-san doesn't like to show off..."

"Maybe they have their own difficulties, like the dark past described in the novel..."

There were many people whispering like this around me, and although their voices were very low, I heard every word of it. My "deliberate" concealment seemed to be understood by them, and several of them looked at me with sympathy.

When the dark theory was established, I even felt that some people's concern for me was almost rising to the level of motherly and paternal love, so I had to quickly speak out to interrupt this unrealistic speculation.

"That's fine with me, but...can you tell me what four-way tug-of-war is? I haven't heard of this event before."

After seeing that I agreed, Ichinose breathed a sigh of relief, and the people around him stopped speculating.

"I haven't heard of it either, so I just looked it up. It turns out that there is no fixed name for the 'Four-way Tug of War' event. There are many different forms, influenced by regional culture. But based on the school's arrangement, it's most likely the literal one."

"That is, four teams of four people are organized from four classes, and they pull the square rope in the middle from four different directions at the same time. The last player of each team who pulls the small flag inserted at a certain distance first wins. In addition, if the stalemate exceeds one minute, the last player of each team who is closest to the small flag will be the winner."

This means that unlike the activity of simply pulling the rope, a certain strategy is required. If it is not controlled, it may be restrained by three parties at the same time, but it is probably a problem that they are not aware of.

"With that explanation, are there any other questions?"

"No problem...I will participate in the competition."

"Thank you."

Ichinose thanked me softly, then quickly shifted his gaze to the entry form in his hand.

Now that things have developed to this point, if I continue to shirk responsibility, my personal "existence" will be threatened.

All I can do now is to make up for the losses as much as possible.

"Mixed men and women's three-legged race. The speeds of the participants in this event must be close to each other, so there are many adaptations... At the same time, we also need to consider the coordination ability of both parties... Let's delay this event a little bit and make a decision based on the specific training later. Of course, the faster the participants, the better."

"For the remaining mixed 2000m relay for the entire school year... there shouldn't be any problem in arranging the six students participating according to their scores in the test we just took, right?"

"Ah."

"Considering that most people can't handle the 1000m course of the last baton, this important task is entrusted to Shibata-san. The first five batons for girls are Minami-san, Ando-san, and Wakayama-san, and for boys are Kanzaki-san and Shiratori-san."

Kanzaki, Shiratori, Shibata, Ando, ​​Minami, Wakayama.

The top three fastest boys and girls in the class 200m test results, Shibata even won the first place in the 1000m long-distance race with a score of less than three points. However, it is not clear whether he can maintain his physical strength after the previous events of the sports festival.

Ichinose passed the completed notes of the recommended order of appearance of the contestants to everyone for circulation.

This list is only tentative, and most of the names have not been filled yet. It may change greatly depending on the practice situation or information from other classes in the future.

"Although the information on the entry form is not complete, even if it is completed, it cannot be leaked to Class D at will. Although our class has a cooperative relationship with Class D, it is limited to the individual competitions and the four-way tug-of-war in the recommended competitions in which all members participate. There is also competition between the sports festival and the classes of the same year."

"If you want to get 50 class points, everyone must do their best."

Ichinose sincerely asked everyone to work hard, and everyone responded enthusiastically, but I was the only one who couldn't muster the motivation.

After the physical fitness test, the bell for the PE class rang. In order to avoid becoming the center of attention, I fled the scene under the pretext of having to go to the bathroom. I waited until almost everyone had left the gymnasium before I slowly walked out of the bathroom.

However, I didn't expect that Kanzaki was alone next to my personal belongings. After sensing my presence, he didn't take his eyes off me.

"...Are you still not leaving? The next class is about to start, right?"

"There's still plenty of time, at least enough for us to get there..."

Even so, I don't think I'll have such a smooth life from now on. He obviously stayed here to wait for me to come back, which means he has something to say.

"Then let's get going quickly."

I took the lead in carrying my small bag and responded casually in a perfunctory tone, but as expected, I still failed to take the step to leave together.

"...You behaved quite honestly in the tug-of-war competition."

"There's nothing I can do. After all, the grip strength test results leave me no way to shirk my responsibility."

In addition, the recommended competitions that I originally did not plan to participate in have now become a fact that I must participate in and even have a chance to participate in several of them.

Things have come to this point, no matter who it is, they will inevitably feel heavy-hearted.

It would be great if there was a person with superhero powers in my class who could come and save me, like someone who could just snap his fingers and pull all the other players over in a tug-of-war game.

That would be my paradise...

"You don't seem very willing to participate... Can you explain why?"

"Why? It's going to be troublesome anyway."

For energy conservationists, less is worse than more. I also want to have a way to win easily.

Nothing can be changed at this point, I can only fight with all my might.

Ah, this doesn't really sound like something I would say.

I regretted in my heart what I had just said in my mind, then took a step and walked towards the teaching building, but Kanzaki still didn't catch up with me.

"...If we don't leave now, it will be too late."

I gave him a friendly reminder, but he didn't take it seriously.

"In fact, you are not bad in terms of athletic ability. You may even be better than Shibata."

"...I'm just kidding, that's enough. I'm obviously far behind you in running, not to mention Shibata."

"Since you can hide your strength in grip strength, other items are possible as well."

"..."

"Although I didn't see your explosive sprints of 100m and 200m, I saw your 1000m long-distance run very clearly."

"..."

"From the cushioned landing to the light stride you take when running, your quadriceps muscles show that you are a professionally trained runner. I would believe you if you said you were a track and field athlete."

"...Last semester you were still using the same language you used to describe pork to talk about me."

"I admit that I was mistaken at that time, but I definitely won't be wrong now... Your athletic ability is definitely not that of a normal high school student."

"But unfortunately the test results show that I am just that weak... It's time to go to class."

After saying that, I decided to ignore Kanzaki's unrealistic remarks and headed straight for the exit.

"What really concerned me were not these points. In fact, the teacher also explained those movements in detail in the physical education class, so I had no intention of doubting them."

"But you know what? You're pretty bad at disguising your expressions."

"His movements clearly showed that he was in a state of panic, but surprisingly his face was not red and he was not out of breath. Don't you think this is quite contradictory?"

"The slow speed, the exhaustion of energy, the weak steps...all of these can be controlled. If I'm not mistaken, you still have some reserves in your athletic ability, right?"

"..."

"I don't know what the hell you're talking about, and there's only three minutes left."

"..."

Ah, I told you I'm a terrible person. I learned facial expression management for a few months before school started, and I practiced a lot in school, but troubles still kept coming to me one after another.

It would be nice if I still had the medical record for scattered selective facial nerve palsy 'poker syndrome', at least then I wouldn't have to worry about my facial expressions.