Real teaching, hypocritical gray life

"How dare you be so arrogant without any evidence? If that's not the case, then let's fight. If you can beat me, you can make me kneel or do whatever you want."

"........ Damn, it's decided. Don't forget what I just said, Ryuuen!"

"Did you hear that? Kanzaki and the other guys in Class A, don't make any moves!"

"Wait, the current situation——"

Before Kanzaki could finish his words, Sudou interrupted him.

"If you dare to attack, I will knock you down without hesitation."

It seemed that he had fallen for Ryuuen's thoughtless provocation and only had room for a one-on-one fight.

Kanzaki wanted to try again, but from the look in his eyes, Sudo was ready to attack us. After hesitating and being silent for a while, Kanzaki sighed helplessly and retreated with Imada.

"I plan to go one-on-one no matter what, Sudou-kun."

"......If we are going to fight, we must win."

It seems that Sudou is the type who is hard to calm down once he gets excited, and Hirata probably realized this, so in the end we could only satisfy Sudou's willfulness in the form of compromise and agreed to a duel with the opponent Ryuen.

"Of course...Don't let your headscarf be taken away, Hirata!"

Sudo pulled his hands forward and used the stirrups to signal to force the horse forward.

Sudo's charge hit the half-blooded Yamada, the central figure protecting the Ryuen Riders. Although it was an unexpected move, the opponent rode firmly without shaking, and the two were evenly matched in strength.

The opponent's physique is more robust than Sudou's, and his muscles that cannot be concealed by clothes further demonstrate his strength.

For a while, both sides were in a tough fight. The "horse body" (Ayanokouji and Miyake) that supported Hirata seemed unable to exert the same strength as Sudo, so Hirata was inferior in terms of the strength of the "horse".

Now if we compare the data, then Sudo's horsepower is 10, and the strength shown by Ayanokouji and others behind him is 5. Among the enemy Ryuen's horsemen, the half-blood Yamada is 10. Both sides are strong enemies with 7 or 8.

Even though Hirata has outstanding personal abilities, this match is destined not to be easy.

"It's interesting. Hey, hey, come here. You don't have as much strength as my bicycle."

Ryuen did not attack first, but waved to provoke Hirata, but such a move would not work against the man.

Although all of Long Yuan’s previous first place in individual competitions were due to luck, it does not mean that his personal strength is weak.

He deftly dodged Hirata's outstretched hand and observed the movement.

I stayed where I was, on the lookout for the possibility that Ryuen might suddenly attack us, while also assessing the offensive and defensive confrontation between Hirata and Ryuen.

It is difficult to tell the outcome in a short period of time, so it would not be surprising either side wins.

Although Ryuen's tone was extremely aggressive, he did not attack casually. The ratio of Hirata's attack to his was about three to one, and he was conserving his strength. This was the key to this battle, and it was also the basis for his personal preservation of strength. He seemed to be thinking about dealing with us after getting rid of Hirata.

However, this would leave an absolute gap in Ryuuen's attack.

"......Are you still not done yet, Hirata?"

Sudo almost single-handedly dealt with the attack launched by the opponent on horseback, and made a sound of pain.

“Just a little bit more——!”

Hirata stretched out his hand with a firm intention. His hand finally caught Ryuen's fluttering scarf. However, the part he caught was only a few centimeters from the front. Hirata desperately pulled it towards himself.

"Well!?"

Although Hirata did grab the headscarf, he seemed unable to take it away. His hand slipped and fell off the headscarf just like Imada's.

"What are you doing, Hirata! Take it down! It's very tiring for me!"

"Sorry...my hand slipped!"

Kanzaki put his hands on me, staring intently at Ryuen's headscarf. He opened his mouth repeatedly to call for a stop to the game, but if the final result was found to be fine, we would still be punished for interfering with the progress of the game.

Sudo panted and prepared to attack again. Ryuuen waited for him fearlessly.

Unlike Ryuuen who hadn't launched a decent attack yet, Hirata who had been attacking all the time began to pant.

"What's the matter? Is that the extent of it?"

"Gu...! Sorry Sudo-kun, please step back for now!"

Hirata cried out because he was no match for Ryuuen, and Sudo, overwhelmed, distanced himself from Ryuuen.

The intense exercise caused Hirata to consume too much energy, while Ryuen hardly moved during the game.

It seems that he still plans to fight with us.

Sudou, his knees shaking, straightened up panting.

"Next time... it will be the last time. I must take it down!"

"......I understand. I will take it down."

Hirata also adjusted his breathing and calmed down, concentrating on taking Ryuen's headscarf.

“Take that! Aaaaaaaahhh!!”

Sudo yelled with all his strength and bumped into the opponent, but he didn't make the opponent fall. The fight switched to the riders again. But Hirata gambled that the opponent would not attack him and stretched out his hand without any defense.

The risk taken creates value.

"Caught!"

He just stretched out his hand straight and boldly. Hirata succeeded in grabbing the headscarf again. However, the headscarf slipped out of his hand again.

"Varied--!?"

Ryuen didn't miss the chance to waver. He grabbed the unguarded Hirata's turban with his hands. The hand holding the turban with his backhand was deep. And the force was very strong. He pulled and the turban easily left his head. Sudo realized that he had lost and his knees could not support him and he knelt down. Hirata fell off his horse.

Hirata's headscarf was lifted high, and the referee warned Hirata to leave the arena immediately.

"hateful!"

Sudou stood up in frustration, glaring at Ryuuen.

It was unclear whether such a situation would be warned, so Ayanokouji and another 'horse body' pushed Sudou's back and left the arena in time.

"What a shame."

As if mocking him, Ryuuen left these words.

Kanzaki just sighed helplessly at this result, and then we returned to the original confrontation. The difference was that the three riders surrounding Ryuen had lost some combat power, and there was only one rider left outside to make up for it in time.

"Tsk, Shibata-kun has been defeated. What a pity! I was thinking of fighting him."

Long Yuan took stock of his situation and stated the truth with some regret, then he looked down at me.

"It's really stupid of you, Class A, to let a weak follower be the leader."

"It's not your turn to interfere in our class's situation, Kanzaki!"

At Imada's loud roar, he launched an attack. This time, Kanzaki was the main attacker, and the one from Class D also limited Ryuen's dodging space.

"Then it seems that I can only play with you for a while."

Ryuen dodged the attack from Class D and at the same time tilted his head to avoid Imada's hands. However, two hands are no match for six palms, and Ryuen could not avoid Kanzaki's attack no matter what. However, even in this situation, Ryuen still showed a triumphant smile.

"..."

what does that mean?

I was still pondering Long Yuan's tactics, but the dark shadow in front of me interrupted my thoughts.

The half-blood Yamada, who possessed overwhelming physical strength, came one step closer to me.

Is this going to be a friendly 'horse head' exchange?

This is an information I learned not long ago, that while the riders on both sides were competing fiercely, their 'horse heads' were touching their heads to chat about some daily topics.

Although they were warring parties, they behaved in an unusually harmonious manner.

True, after all, what does the fight between riders have to do with our 'horse heads'?

But what language should I use to communicate with him?

English? Or Japanese?

Seeing that Yamada was about to lean his head towards me, I couldn't help but admire his kindness in my heart, so I slowly leaned my head forward and then touched his head with his according to the pattern I remembered.

.......

Kidding.

I suddenly turned my head to the left and narrowly avoided the opponent's headbutt.

It turned out that I was too naive. Who would tilt their head back a certain distance and then move forward when engaging in friendly and harmonious communication?

However, the attack was not over yet. The moment I turned my head back, I noticed that the opponent was about to attack me, so I pretended to slip and stepped on Yamada's foot that was about to move.

"cut--"

After Ryuen found out that Yamada had failed, he also made a bold move towards Kanzaki who had extended his hand. He quickly reached out and slapped Yamada on the shoulder, then rushed forward, and his headscarf slipped and brushed against Kanzaki's hand.

At this moment, Kanzaki also realized something, and when he was about to shout, Yamada made another move. He did not hesitate to destroy his body balance and hit me with his overwhelming weight. Although I was able to resist, unfortunately, the two "horse bodies" behind me could not withstand the great force transmitted from their shoulders and lost their balance.

And so we both perished.

After falling, Kanzaki immediately got up. When he raised his hand to signal, he saw something and finally sighed.

Seeing this scene, I slowly stood up.

“What’s wrong…?”

Kanzaki silently pointed at the headscarf he had taken off in Ryuen's hand.

"Dirty."

"...Dirty?"

Ah, so the evidence of cheating has been destroyed.

In the end, we won the horse riding battle with 450 points: 200 points.

Chapter 167 Various Things That Cannot Be Ignored

Although there were some unexpected changes at the end of the [Men's] Horseback Battle] competition, fortunately, the combined strength of our AD classes remained strong. Class C's coach Qilongyuan knew that he was outnumbered and chose to die with us. The referee immediately blew the whistle to signal the end of the game.

At the same time, Ryuen, who had fallen to the ground, quickly took off his headscarf, wiped it on the ground as if he didn't care, and then stood up and waved it in front of us provocatively.

Obviously, the BC Alliance was defeated by our offensive, but the repeated playful behavior of Long Yuan made us feel that the outcome would be reversed in the next moment, or that we had the illusion that they won the game.

This situation reminds people of the embarrassing victory in the last tug-of-war game.

"Tsk, tsk, what a pity."

"Originally, I wanted to play with you guys for a while longer, but if the attack is so strong, then I can only stop here."

The language of weakness unexpectedly reveals his disdain for us.

At this point, except for Ryuuen and Kanzaki, all other students on the field have not yet recovered from the collision.

When Ryuuen said this, his eyes were fixed on Kanzaki, as if he was hoping to see an interesting reaction from him... or perhaps confirming some hidden secrets.

But unfortunately, Kanzaki is a very calm boy in our grade. He is so calm that he can even give up expressing his emotions overtly in special circumstances, or he can switch back and forth between indifference.

Kanzaki did not show any difficulty in facing Ryuuen's sarcasm. Instead, he seemed to be indifferent and kept silent.

In response, Ryuuen narrowed his eyes, as if he had discovered the tail of some interesting incident.

I stood up, brushed off the dust behind me, then reached out and pulled up Nakahara and Yasuda, who were sitting on the ground and still in pain.

The two who showed painful expressions also did not forget to express their dissatisfaction with Ryuen's despicable behavior. The resentment in their eyes was difficult to conceal, but other than that, they did not say a word of complaint on this occasion.

The truth is that, in the absence of absolute evidence, although Long Yuan's behavior is against the spirit of sports, it definitely does not conflict with the rules.

This is also the cleverness of Longyuan.

However, the playful expression irritated Sudo, who had already appeared. From his appearance, it seemed that his emotions had been ignited to the peak of the day.

"Hey, you totally broke the rules! What the hell did you put on your turban?"

The roaring sound was followed by Sudo's furious figure rushing in front of Ryuuen, but Ryuuen was not moved at all, nor did he admit his mistake. Instead, he held up the headscarf in his hand and spoke openly.

"Oh, I did something with my turban? Haha——You're making excuses for yourself because you couldn't beat me? Stop barking like a loser."

"Then explain to me what's happening with the wetness on your turban, you bastard!"

"Wet? It's obviously dry. And you said I put something on my headscarf. Do you have any evidence?"

"you--!"