Real teaching, hypocritical gray life

The speed of these two people can be said to be as easy as throwing away.

After the boys’ event was over, I focused my attention on the girls’ competition.

Ichinose was also placed in the second group, but this time she was not as lucky as in the 100m race. Her poor athletic ability was exposed at this moment.

Ichinose's speed in the sprint was up to standard, but the hurdles obviously deformed her movements. She could have been ranked fourth, but ended up in fifth place after a mistake that caused her to hit the hurdles.

Although all the students with excellent athletic ability except Shibata firmly grasped the victory, everyone could see that our elite students performed extremely poorly in this [110m hurdles] competition.

Ichinose and Kanzaki noticed something strange about the grouping, but they were just skeptical at this stage. However, Hirata, the leader of Class D, also felt it.

The sense of incongruity of the characters from Class C.

Chapter 162: The Ups and Downs of the Pole-Falling Contest

The [110m hurdles] events for the second and third graders were carried out in an orderly manner. Shibata also rushed back from the temporary infirmary halfway through. There was a bandage wrapped around his right leg, and it was not difficult to tell from his jumping figure that he was in good condition.

"Shibata, are you okay?"

Seeing Shibata return, we all rushed forward and asked about our concerns.

"Well, don't worry, it's just a minor injury. I'm fine now. I can still continue to fight."

"Please don't push yourself. Your health is more important than the competition."

"I have already consulted the doctor, and it will not affect my future."

"That's good."

After the conversation, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Shibata didn't take it to heart and sat in his chair chatting with others.

I observed for a while and then ignored it, focusing on the competition of the third-year seniors. President Horikita has always defeated his opponents in a crushing manner.

At this moment, I noticed a pair of eyes from Class B of the White Group across the runway staring straight at me, which made me feel a chill down my spine.

Arisu Sakayanagi, the owner of this gaze.

Even now she looks at me with a faint smile, her eyes narrowed into a crescent.

I tried to distract myself so that I wouldn't pay special attention to that gaze.

Why exactly did I attract the other person's attention? This is a question worth pondering.

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The next competitive event was a slight departure from the individual battles of the sports festival, and was replaced by a complex team battle called the "Pole Reversal Competition."

This is a simple but rather rough team competition that involves personal safety risks.

The rules of the game are very simple. The first group to win two games wins.

The competition is divided into two teams, the White Group and the Red Group. The White Group is composed of Classes B and C, and the Red Group is composed of Classes A and D. The two sides are distinguished by the color of the headscarves worn by the students.

Each team consists of 80 people, who need to be divided into [offensive side] and [defensive side], with 40 people on each side.

After the broadcast announces the start of the battle, the [attacking side] needs to do everything possible to break through the opponent's [defending side's] defense and pull the vertical wooden pole guarded by the opponent's [defending side] to a tilt of 30 degrees.

In principle, the [attacker] is prohibited from attacking each other, and the [attacker] must only break through the [defender].

It is worth mentioning that there is a very interesting character on the [defending side] of the [Pole Toppling Contest]. I only learned about him during training. He is the [Ninja] who protects the wooden pole.

This name sounds very unusual.

In this game, a key player will be selected from the [defending team] to stand on the pole, and that player is the [Ninja]. This player must be at the highest point of the pole and try his best to stabilize the pole. For example, when the pole tilts to the left, he needs to use his weight to tilt to the right as soon as possible to balance the trend.

In addition, the [Defending] players below the [Ninja] are divided into two types.

One is a group of players who support and protect the base of the wooden pole [human wall]. This type of defense has the largest number of players and blocks the opponent's advance;

The other type is the [Disruptor] who is responsible for harassing the enemy attackers and blocking their progress. Just like a character who is specifically responsible for dealing with the enemy [attackers] using jumping attacks, the kind of attack method that uses the force of the teammate to jump towards the wooden pole can quickly disintegrate the defender's [human wall].

This is a dangerous battle from any angle. In the past, there have been many students who were injured in the [Pole Reversal Competition]. If you are not careful, you may even suffer lifelong threats.

"You must win. Bring along the fighting spirit of Koenji who is not here!"

Sudo stood at the forefront of the attack and gave a sad encouragement.

Koenji still chose not to participate in this sports festival. Although we wanted to persuade him, we couldn't say anything considering that it was a situation related to another class.

What we should think about most right now is how to effectively solve the problems we are facing now.

Standing in front of us were the C class led by Ryuen, which was full of students with unknown and strong physiques. Among them were Komiya, Kondo, and Ishizaki, who had a feud with Sudo before, and a big Japanese-black mixed-race student who followed Ryuen during the special exam for preferential treatment on the ship.

From a visual perspective alone, a considerable sense of pressure descends upon our hearts.

It is also worth mentioning that Class C does not seem to have any intention of defending, and the people responsible for protecting the wooden pole are all from Class B led by Katsuragi.

Of course, this could also be their strategy of choosing "exchange operations".

——If the offensive and defensive formation wins before the opponent, all subsequent matches will be scheduled in this way and the offensive and defensive formation will not be changed; otherwise, an exchange will be made.

However, judging from their uncooperative attitude, this does not seem to be possible. Class C will always be in the offensive position. In this way, we only need to understand the opponent's offensive strategy to defend.

In contrast, our two classes discussed in advance and decided to select appropriate players from each class to play the corresponding roles of [offensive] and [defensive], so as to avoid students who lack the intention to fight becoming ineffective combat forces of the [offensive] side.

I was selected as the inner circle player of the [human wall] who can directly touch and protect the wooden pole in the [defense side]. This is my role in the first battle of the [pole-reversing competition]. With me are Ayanokouji and Hirata from Class D...

Kanzaki and Sudo, who have high combat effectiveness, are on the front line of the [offensive side] and lead the battle. In addition, there are students like Shibata who have strong mobility and fight as guerrillas.

This lineup is not fixed. After the first match, we will make some adjustments based on the strength of the enemy players. It should be said that most of the players are fixed members, but a small number of students are [floating personnel].

We [the defenders] have determined the defensive formation many times, and carried it out according to the lessons learned during the rehearsal, while building a solid defense. We have practiced team-complex operations such as [pole-falling competition] and [horse-riding battle] more than once in private. Although this is not a fact to be proud of, it has laid a solid foundation for our competition this time.

Sudo, on the other hand, released his hostility by pouncing on his opponent fiercely, and raised his middle finger towards the opposing camp.

"..."

Is it really okay to make such a gesture? If we fail to attack or defend, and the opponent hits us back with such a gesture, the damage will be doubled, and the team's momentum may be suppressed.

Oh, by the way, explicit violence such as beating and kicking is prohibited, but the school should allow a certain degree of physical contact. The confrontation between the offensive and defensive sides can only be in the form of "rushing" and "collision".

However, as long as the school's line of sight is obstructed, there will definitely be grabbing, pulling, and pushing. The school probably took emergency measures for this reason.

Both the Red Group and the White Group were on high alert at this time, waiting for the order to be announced through the broadcast.

"Although we have practiced it before, what is the actual pole-reversal competition like...?"

I pretended to talk to myself and whispered to D class leader Hirata. As expected, he responded to my question with a smile.

"When I was in junior high school, I also participated in the sports festival competition. In fact, it was not much different from what we practiced, but the strength might be a little exaggerated. After all, the two sides in the duel are high school students who are enemies... Has Ayanokouji ever participated in this event before?"

"No...I'm a first-time participant."

We tried to talk to ease the tense atmosphere before the war.

Just when I was about to continue the topic, the signal for the game suddenly sounded and the referee blew the whistle to start the game.

So the [attackers] rushed out in front of us and passed by the hostile forces. Because the members of the [attackers] were all carefully selected and active members, the offensive was also quite fierce.

But after they reached the other [defending side], I had no idea what happened next.

The reason is because the dark crowd blocked my view.

"Knock them down--!"

It was unclear who was shouting, but the other party rushed over like an army on a battlefield.

Long Yuan smiled fearlessly in the back, like a military strategist in control of the battlefield, and ordered a surprise attack at the same time as the signal to start the game was given.

The leader of the group was even bigger than Sudo, and the others didn't look like someone to be trifled with.

In an instant, the students outside our [human wall] began to cry out in pain. It was not uncommon to see them fighting with each other, and the scissor kicks that were used to restrain each other seemed forced.

From every angle they seemed to have done their best.

The people in Class C did not stop there. They rushed forward and were ready to step on the shoulders of the students on the same front. They stepped on the shoulders of the "human wall" and tried to pull the "ninja" off our wooden pole.

However, we quickly took action on the opposite side. The solid force in the middle quickly reached out and grabbed the opponent's legs and threw him out of the [human wall].

For a moment, the battle between the two sides became chaotic.

"Quick, stop Yamada!!!"

A clear cry came out from the mottled and chaotic sounds.

It was also at this time that I learned that the mixed-race Japanese student who was at the front of the other team was named Yamada.

But the point now is not this, the problem is that even if there are three students blocking him, they can't stop his rampage. He can easily destroy our formation by pulling him. It was not until the number of members of Gaodao and others rose to five that they were barely restricted to the outside.

“Guhh?!!”

"Hey, you broke the rules!"

"That bastard is beating me in the stomach!"

Originally, I thought the situation could be stabilized a little, but I didn't expect that the next moment after this thought came to my mind, the students guarding the outside of the [human wall] could no longer bear the burden. At the same time, the number of people was still decreasing, and the wooden pole I was supporting in my hand also showed a slight tendency to collapse.

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw the students in Class C repeatedly resorting to elbow attacks that were close to committing fouls. Our defense was collapsing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"..."

I see. Most of the students in Class C belong to the militant faction. And with Ryuen's command, it seems that some degree of illegal actions are bound to occur.

If the competition was about this aspect, although it would be a little embarrassing to talk about, there were very few students in Class A who were militant, and it was basically impossible to maintain an evenly matched situation.

We can only hope that the students of Class D and the [Attackers] can resolve the battle quickly.

I took the opportunity to look at the attackers' situation while supporting the pole, but they only "gently" hit the middle area of ​​the enemy's defense. Although the pole was also affected a little, the "Ninja" position is not in vain.

Just as I was thinking this, I suddenly felt an attack from above, and I quickly moved slightly to the left. Then a huge force stepped on my right shoulder.

Damn it, has the opponent's offensive reached this point...

I tried hard to keep the pole balanced.

In this situation, we cannot easily put the person down on our shoulders. If we do so, our [human wall] will be in danger of being attacked from both sides.

Although I thought so, I turned around and saw that the [human wall] in the core area had been broken, and the existence of the [ninja] was greatly threatened. It didn't take long for the attackers to find a flaw in the opponent's position, and pulled his trouser legs, and then the [ninja] was dragged down.

Without the protection of the [Ninja], the force transmitted from the wooden pole instantly became unstoppable.

"Everyone, hold on!"

"Don't do it to me!"

"Guah——!"

"Ka!"

It wasn't just me, Hirata and other students were also experiencing unexpected "friction" from time to time, causing us to "feel like dying". I tried to use all my strength to maintain the balance of the wooden pole, but the students who supported the wooden pole with the "human wall" had lost their "qualifications" except for me and the two mentioned earlier.

Finally, facing the attack of dozens of people, we were overwhelmed and let go of the wooden pole.

At the same time, the referee blew a merciless whistle.

Although our [attackers] had tilted the opponent's pole about thirty degrees, it was obvious that the collapse on our side was more serious.

"Ah - bastard! I was just that close to pushing their poles over!"

Sudou, who had returned, roared at us in dissatisfaction.

"Really, Ayanokouji, you're the second in our class, can't you just hold on a little longer?"

"Even if you say so..."

Ayanokouji gave up the helpless argument.

"Ayanokouji-san has done his best. He persisted until the end."

Hirata made excuses for Ayanokouji, and fortunately Sudo just wanted to complain a few times.

"Really? You can't even hold a pole..."

"Even so, those students in Class C are attacking like they're risking their lives. Also, our defense is quite lacking in counterattacks..."

The students in Class D collapsed on the ground and began to complain about what had just happened.

"Look, it's all scratched."

"It's just a scratch! Grit your teeth and give him a knee strike to resist!"

Facing the attack from Class C, we did not use any prohibited counterattacks. We were not brave enough, but the most important thing was that we were not good at it. If the referee saw it by mistake, the result would be quite disastrous.

Although Class A is evenly matched in terms of cooperation and motivation, their overall skills are not that strong, at least not as good as the fighting style of Class C.

The first round of the [Pole-falling Contest] ended with Aka's wooden pole being completely knocked down.