Real teaching, hypocritical gray life

In the sports festival's competitive events, challenge the opponent openly and fight honestly, and then get the result, whether good or bad.

This is a fact that anyone can accept.

I know that doing what you can do with a clear conscience can bring peace of mind to others. On the other hand, people who can do their best but fail to do so will feel distressed.

I don't feel that way, I'm just used to it.

At least I need others to not stop at the 'self-aware' situation.

Besides this, there is another thing hidden in our hearts that we do not speak out directly.

This is the incident of "class entry form leakage" mentioned earlier.

We did not meet with Class D to discuss the issue right away.

On the one hand, at the beginning of the break, Horikita left her camp, even the playground, and moved towards the school in a confused manner. Although Class D still has a leader, the information between the two sides may not be fully communicated. In this way, the possibility of wasting time will be greatly increased.

On the other hand, the 10-minute adjustment will not allow us to discuss any useful results, on the contrary, it may aggravate the trust crisis between our two classes. Rather than taking things to that extent, it is better for everyone to suppress this doubt in their hearts for the time being and not disturb the other class's rest.

However, after discussions between Kanzaki and Ichinose, we can basically conclude that this incident was beyond the expectations of both classes.

The reason why we can be sure that the mastermind of this incident was not chosen by the leader of Class D is that if Class D was suspected of targeting our Class A, they would never add insult to injury.

On the contrary, the students in Class A were more likely to betray us. Although Class A also suffered losses to varying degrees, compared to the plight of Class D, we were much better off.

In addition, although we can be said to be a united entity in the academic year, there is still a competitive and hostile relationship between our two classes in terms of rules.

The leaders of our two classes did not meet and talk during this period, but the exchange of glances was inevitable. Ichinose looked in the direction of Class D more than once during this period, and Hirata of Class D also responded with some sense, and both sides had corresponding concerns in their hearts.

This seems to make it even more certain that the betrayal was definitely an unexpected choice.

Also, Ichinose's own actions are quite credible in this regard...

At least that's how it seems now...

Then I felt a gentle touch on my arm, a painful pricking of fingernails.

When I came to my senses, Ichinose had already finished questioning Shibata and Wakayama.

"Do you understand what is going on?"

"...What is this so-called 'what is going on'?"

"Because it's strange no matter how you look at it, this time the sports festival C class Ryuen was arranged as a contestant."

"That may be the case... Ichinose is a very careful observer."

"If this continues, most of the students in the class will notice this... Is there anything Luo wants to do so far?"

"What do I want to do... maybe participate in the next competitive event and try my best to win as expected."

"That's it..."

Ichinose asked me a tentative question, but my eccentric answer undoubtedly confirmed the fact that I had not done anything, and then Ichinose let me go.

I am not interested in who betrayed, in what form, or for what reason.

Perhaps our class can learn from this betrayal and the fighting beneath the surface, but no matter whether it is us or the other side's methods, all of this seems too superficial.

During the 10-minute break, I didn't move. I just sat quietly in my own camp, enjoying the convenience brought by laziness and spying on the situation of other classes.

You can get a lot of useful information just by looking at it.

For example, Class B has a score very close to ours.

Although most of the students in Class B are still acting according to Katsuragi's instructions in the sports festival, I think it's only because Sakayanagi from Class B hasn't taken any action yet.

In addition, the division of factions in Class B is still clear enough to make people look forward to it. Sakayanagi has an absolute advantage in their class.

Under the circumstances of internal division, they should unite and fight against the foreign enemy when an attack occurs. However, Sakayanagi not only did not do so, but also made things worse for Katsuragi's leadership and blatantly opposed it.

The way she thinks, her activism, everything about it is terrifying.

Is he hostile to his classmates in order to dominate them, or is he just doing it for his own pleasure?

All of this remains to be seen, until now.

On the other hand, the C class seemed relaxed. Ryuuen was looking at the D class with a provocative smile, and there were people around him fanning the flames under his violent control.

If possible, I would also like to enjoy such treatment. While others participate in the sports festival and compete fiercely, I am just a simple spectator, just watching their intrigues.

Just thinking about this kind of experience makes your body tremble.

In this sports festival, Ryuuen won first place in all individual events except for the team-based complex events that required joint efforts of all classes.

I don't believe in chance, but if nothing unexpected happens, I think he will be able to win consecutive games and end this sports festival as the best student in the first grade.

The tactics he used up to this point were different from the rest of our class, and he had resorted to hurtful acts even at the risk of students getting hurt and being discovered.

It is precisely because of this terrifying fact that he is one of the few first-year students who can be taken seriously.

This battle called "Destiny" continues.

Chapter 166: Unprovoked trouble, an inevitable fact

In the blink of an eye, the 10-minute break was over with "calm on the surface but undercurrents surging".

The order of the sports festival competitions was temporarily reversed by the school, and the girls' horseback riding competition started before our boys.

After Ichinose repeatedly told Wakayama not to force herself and told the others to be careful, all the first-year girls gathered in the middle of the playground.

[Horseback Fighting] is a team-based composite competitive event in the sports festival, so this time it is natural that it is a showdown between the AD Alliance and the BC Alliance.

In the rules of [Horseback Combat], boys and girls have the same time limit.

It was also mentioned during the training that horses were ridden in groups of 4, with 4 groups selected from each class to form an 8 vs. 8 situation (the remaining students became substitutes and reserve personnel).

The game is based on the number of enemy horses shot down and the number of your own horses that survive within three minutes to calculate the points. One horse counts for 50 points. Each class has only one main horse, and the points represented by the main horse are doubled, that is, 100 points.

So what we have to do in the [Horse Riding] competition is to survive as long as possible and seize the headscarf of the opponent's rider. Both methods can earn points in the [Horse Riding] competition.

If an individual on horseback has the ability to defeat a thousand enemies at once and has the right fighting strategy, it is not impossible for him to reach the peak area of ​​500 to 1000 points in this competition.

In addition, there are special circumstances. If a horse breaks down during a competition due to force majeure, it will be eliminated directly. The key point is that its points will not be retained on the field, nor will they be given to the opponent.

The four girls in our class who are riders are Ichinose, Wakayama, Minami, and Ando. The students who support us all have considerable physical strength and mobility, and the speed of the "horse" under Ichinose, the head coach, is even more impressive.

On the other hand, the combat power of Class D may be a little disappointing. It's not that I am dissatisfied with Class D as our ally, but their ability is indeed a little inferior, and Horikita, who was the main force in the previous competitions, may not have recovered from her injury yet.

The four riders sent by Class D are Horikita, Karuizawa, Kushida, and Mori.

As for the head coach, Class D chose Mori, who had a weaker 'horse' ability, as their head coach.

This setting is the result of our deliberate arrangement. On the one hand, it is because Class D can only arrange a limited number of key contestants, and such selection is also an unavoidable fact.

On the other hand, it is because we use our brains in a conventional way. The coach is the attack point that the opponent is looking for. If we deliberately arrange flaws, it will deepen the enemy's desire to attack. In this way, we only need to focus on the weak coach and entangle with them, and we can turn it into a psychological warfare.

Of course, the prerequisite for such an action is that the head coach of the coalition party has the ability to not be easily knocked down.

In fact, we may have noticed the other side's behavioral goals to some extent. This tactic is not suitable for the current campaign. However, we do not have much time to change it. If we improve it without authorization, it will easily lead to mistakes and bias.

As soon as the game signal started, Class A quickly shortened the distance with Class D and formed a layered cross-defense line to protect the coach of Class D well.

On the other hand, Class B and Class C showed no intention of cooperating. Class B remained on the sidelines while Class C was quite proactive in approaching us.

I originally thought that the players from Class C would stop in front of our main group, wait in full battle array, and cautiously make a breakthrough attack. However, Ibuki, who was acting as a rider, gave instructions to his own riders without hesitation, and attacked Horikita, who was exposed at the outermost edge of the main group.

Just like that, the four riders from Class C suddenly launched a single-point breakthrough towards our camp.

"I see..."

Kanzaki murmured quietly beside me.

Before going on the court, Kanzaki deliberately mentioned this to Ichinose. Judging from the actions of Class C in the previous game, it was easy to conclude that they would target Horikita.

When Ibuki launched the attack, Ichinose also understood their intentions and responded quickly to support them. Together with Ando, ​​he intercepted the offensive of Class C. On the other hand, Minami and Wakayama as well as the Mori and Kushida teams stayed behind to deal with the members of Class B.

"Class C is blatantly targeting Horikita..."

Should we capture the leader first, or is there some other intention?

The AD combination and Class C launched a fierce battle. Each rider had their own corresponding opponent, and it was hard to tell who would win.

It is worth mentioning that the students in Class B had no intention of providing support, and even their attack on us was unsatisfactory. They just kept dealing with us.

This approach actually causes considerable losses for them.

Class B as a whole is definitely more than capable of dealing with a group of people like us, or at least a bit stronger than us. However, simply maneuvering around would only consume our physical strength for no reason, and it is not equal in terms of war value.

Unexpectedly, the first to attack was Karuizawa from Class D.

Although her opponent might be a little worse than Ibuki, the three girls supporting Karuizawa do not have excellent athletic nerves. This is the problem. Although the rider is strong, she is weaker than the opponent on the horse.

Fortunately, they had learned some practical lessons on moving during training, and although they did not develop the ability to dodge, a better combat environment was arranged for the riders.

Ibuki did not gain an advantage over Ichinose. Using the support of one of the best "experts" in Class A, he performed an easy move that was superior to his opponent and dodged the attack.

“Roar, roar, what an exciting game!”

Because the battle was so intense, the audience's interest was greatly aroused at this moment, and we students were nervously confirming the situation on the field.

In this situation where both parties were in a stalemate, Ichinose secretly cooperated with Ando to catch the opponent off guard, but when the plan was about to be implemented, Ibuki immediately issued an order to deviate, making our attack as powerless as a soft sponge.

Although it is somewhat unbelievable, if the two sides continue to be deadlocked like this, this horse battle may end in a draw.

If there is no tactical highlight in the first three minutes, there is not much that can be done.

On the one hand, even if the body is injured, the support of the lower limit of physical fitness can still maintain the physical condition at the peak through willpower. On the other hand, three minutes is really very short on the battlefield, and each action takes several seconds to complete.

As the tense atmosphere became more and more pervasive, the riders of Class C suddenly retreated from the outer edge of the attack circle, slowly shortened the distance, and gathered together. Ichinose also noticed the change in the situation, and after exchanging glances with Horikita, the four riders also slowly shortened their respective distances. But overall, they were more relaxed than Class C.

As for Class B, they are still dealing with us.

From the performance, it seems that both sides lack the enthusiasm to attack. It may be my illusion, but our southern classmates seem to be enjoying this atmosphere.

"...Why do I feel like the South is like a kid riding a merry-go-round at an amusement park...?"

Okabe pointed in that direction thoughtfully, and asked Takashima and others for their opinions. Takashima and Shiratori nodded in silent agreement.

"...Is the carousel fun?"

I couldn't help asking the question to everyone, but I got a lot of strange looks.

"Um...it's not like I haven't experienced it before..."

"So this sentence is actually a complaint against the students from the south?"

"..."

Because my words could be interpreted in many different ways, they were quietly guessing what they meant. I didn't explain it either.

Actually, I said this because I wanted to know what a merry-go-round is from their speech, but...

It would be better to start from the results or search on the Internet...

While we were still chatting, the deadlock suddenly changed.

Ibuki led the other three riders from Class C and rushed towards Horikita at an unusually fast speed. This could only happen if they had trained before the race. It seemed that Class C had made a lot of preparations to target Horikita.

Ichinose and Karuizawa immediately made a decision to move closer to Horikita and try to intercept Ibuki's charge. However, because they were at a diagonal angle, the distance was a little off.

Ibuki broke through Karuizawa's defense perfectly, but when she reached out to grab Horikita's headscarf, Ichinose also reached out from the side. Ibuki dodged to the side, and because of this, her attack lost its accuracy, but even so, Ichinose still grabbed the opponent's headscarf steadily.

"To succeed——"

Before she finished speaking, I saw from a distance that Ibuki was ruthless, and then her "horse" seemed to be uncontrollably charging towards Horikita. Although Ichinose got the opponent's headscarf, the three students supporting Horikita did not have time to dodge, so they had a violent collision with Ibuki, and Horikita was sunk because she could not avoid the opponent's stubborn attack in time.

To exaggerate a bit, the 'warhorse' was completely dispersed, and Horikita was even knocked away directly.

Horikita, who was lying on the ground, had a very unwilling look on his face. He tried to straighten his upper body but fell down again.

Although physical collisions seem to be considered a foul in traditional [Horseback Fighting], they do not violate the rules in this school, and I have confirmed this with the school.

“Ringtone——!”

Sudou's loud shouts came from far away in the D class camp, but it probably couldn't reach the playground, and instead it attracted our attention.

By the way, the relationship between the two of them is good...

Although Ibuki did not take Horikita's turban, he successfully destroyed one of our horses with his "failure". On the other hand, with the cooperation of Ando and Karuizawa, Karuizawa's turban was taken away and his "horse" was destroyed, while he successfully took away the turbans of the other two riders and destroyed a "horse".

Although we lost a powerful general, the result is still quite good.

The students of Class C chose a tactic called "self-destruction", but due to operational errors and our strong interception, the current situation of two for four on the field has occurred.

Then the remaining two riders on our side went to support the confrontation with Class B.