Real teaching, hypocritical gray life

The people from Class B were also not far away and seemed to be about to finish their operation.

The only thing that comforted me was that Ayanokouji from Class D stayed with me and didn't move..........

No way, all this is to be blamed on Ayanokouji's bad luck.

The students in Class A who were watching my match were in the same confused mood as Class D. The other spectators were laughing at us, and even the referee was puzzled by our behavior.

"Hard, hard..."

When the time was up, I asked again to change the item.

The referee first put Ayanokouji's note back into the box, then quickly took out a note and handed it to Ayanokouji. After seeing clearly what item he needed to borrow, Ayanokouji put the note back into the referee's hands, and then quickly took action.

At the same time, the referee collected my notes and pulled out a very familiar note from the box.

The open state of this paper... looks like the note that Ayanokouji drew in the last round!

Wait, that's not good! At least please stir the sticky notes in the box!

However, due to the lack of evidence, the impracticability of the relevant rules, and the pressure from everyone on the field, I had no choice but to take the note from the referee.

【Please bring back the opposite sex you like】

“No no no…..Hey hey hey hey hey hey.”

Is this content really difficult? This is hell, right?

Bringing the person of the opposite sex here is equivalent to directly confessing your feelings, and even if you lie, it will become a lingering joke afterwards. It is very troublesome in many ways.

Also, why are three consecutive notes all about the 'opposite sex'? Does this mean that I'm having too much luck with women today? Nothing happened at the sports festival this morning?

Just as my inner drama was reaching its climax, Class B also successfully completed his borrowing - a bag of ice packs.

Because there is a makeshift medical clinic on the playground, it is easy to find relevant items.

The difficulty is simply not on the same level.

Ahhh, Ayanokouji, what on earth are you doing?

I looked back and saw Ayanokouji running towards the teacher's tent with a purpose, and everyone in Class A had strange expressions on their faces.

What should I do? Should I just lie?

It shouldn't be shameful to like Ichinose, right?

But there is nothing I can do about the problem. It is not easy for me to fall in love with Ichinose suddenly.

I paced back and forth between truth and lies, and finally waited cowardly until the thirty seconds were over. Fortunately, Ayanokouji had not found the item he wanted to borrow.

“Please give me another one….”

I asked the referee again, praying in my heart that it would be a decent picture, and finally my prayer was answered by someone other than the Ayanokouji demon.

[Please bring back a smart person of the opposite sex]

Why is it the opposite sex again? But it should be okay.

I no longer cared about the bizarre coincidence, and after confirming the note, I quickly rushed back to my class, and extended an invitation to Ichinose while everyone looked at me with inquiring eyes.

"Can you help me go to the end point?"

"Hey, me?"

Ichinose pointed at himself with his index finger in confusion.

Just to confirm, I extended my hand and invited Ichinose again.

"Yes, this is something only Ichinose can do."

In fact, Motohashi is another candidate, but she is not in the class camp at the moment.

"I, I understand............."

After a hasty response, Ichinose took my hand and ran towards the finish line with me.

This was also the first time that a player had to be borrowed so far in the game, so the referee had to make a careful confirmation.

Ayanokouji was still running around outside the playground, so he caught up.

I celebrated my victory in my heart in advance, but the referee's next speech made my nerves tense again.

"It's [Please bring back the person of the opposite sex you like]... right?"

"..........ha?"

In order to ensure the fairness of the competition, the referee will play the players' notes through the microphone and the speakers installed on the playground so that all the spectators can hear them. In other words, the referee's speech just now has been heard by everyone at the scene.

For a moment, the whole playground fell silent.

The silence was not the most terrifying thing. The most terrifying thing was the countless people's gazes focused on me. Although the main part of the pressure was on my back, the power of the attack had completely penetrated my entire body.

I also began to feel confused about my actions.

“Eh…..Eh…Eh…Eh…Eh…Eh…Eh!!?”

Ichinose was the first to come to his senses. His face turned red and he became a little bit at a loss. His distress was even transmitted to the speakers through the microphone. Then, inexplicable exclamations of all sizes were heard on the playground.

If we continue to be so agitated, the misunderstanding will never be resolved.

While everyone was still in shock about the confession, I reminded the referee at the volume that the microphone could pick up.

"Well, the note I drew should be the other one in your hand......"

"Oh, sorry... [Please bring back a smart person of the opposite sex], that should be correct now, right?"

"Yes."

After the misunderstanding was resolved, there were sighs around the playground again. Finally, after verification, the referee confirmed that I was ranked third in this competition. Ayanokouji lost his movement mode outside the playground.

After the competition, I tried my best not to notice the visual disturbance caused by others and walked towards the camp, while Ichinose followed behind me with his head down.

I feel a little guilty for causing confusion to Ichinose, but that's all. The mistake was the referee's call, not my fault. If there is any blame to be placed, then all the sins must be borne by Ayanokouji.

After returning to the class camp, Ichinose was immediately surrounded by girls, and I was also not immune to the teasing of the boys.

I really shouldn't have had any expectations for sports festivals.

If I really did something wrong, please let me end it in the shadows instead of being executed in public.

I prayed sincerely once again, but the only response I got was Ayanokouji sighing while hugging the clock.

Chapter 171: Partners, Team, and the Traitor Who Has Not Yet Begun

Although I only got third place in the second group match of [Borrowed Objects Race] among a total of four people, as a person who was not favored by the goddess of luck, I think that being able to achieve such a result through my own efforts may be the limit.

I failed to live up to everyone's expectations of me. It had nothing to do with my personal abilities (such as whether I could run fast or understand the meaning of the signed note), but this was just what competition was like.

If the borrowed item is an item, then it is fine. However, once it involves people, you must consider the consequences of your actions.

Fortunately, everyone in the class understood the note I had drawn earlier, so I escaped. (During the process, I concealed the fact that the note that the referee read out incorrectly was also the one I drew. Instead, I explained it as the note that Ayanokouji had drawn in the previous round.)

The competition event "Luck is also a part of strength" fully embodies the saying. The "miracles" that rarely appear in real wars are infinitely magnified in this competition event.

Even though Shibata was running with an injury and his running ability had declined, he still managed to get second place in the group competition because of his luck.

At the same time, Longyuan won the first place in its group.

After all six group matches of the [Borrowed Objects Race] competition were over, our Class A integrated the competition points and the result was that Class C, led by Long Yuan, had completed its reversal in the total class competition points and was ahead of us with a slight advantage.

Without considering the joint school year matchup between the Red Team and the White Team, our main competitor right now is Class C.

In fact, it is not only in the ranking of the total points of the class competition, but also among the best players of the first grade. Sudo, the only one in Class D who had a chance to win individual honors, withdrew and has not returned yet. The only ones who can be clear are Ryuen from Class C and Kanzaki from our class who have won the first place in all the competitions held so far.

As for the total class competition points, the gap between us and the B and D classes in the same school year is so large that we can almost ignore them.

The few remaining recommended competitive events are the key to determining our victory or defeat.

However, at such a critical moment, the situation in our class became worse and worse. The problem was the injuries of the students. Under Longyuan's unique offensive means, we were having a hard time arranging students as participants in the recommended competitive events.

In the luck-based [Borrowed Object Walking] event alone, we have replaced two contestants. The upcoming [Four-Way Tug of War] will probably have one or two vacancies. The remaining [Mixed Gender Three-Legged Race] and the [All-Academic Mixed Gender 2000m Relay Race], which was temporarily rescheduled to balance the opposing group's chances of overtaking, are even more unpredictable.

In this way, the effort we put into class substitutes would amount to a huge amount of points approaching one million, or even more.

But at this point, we have not taken any precautions and can only passively take the beating.

"............As expected, during the special training period before the official start of the sports festival, I should have realized that Ryuuen would cause a bad situation. After all, the fact that he didn't make any moves was quite abnormal........."

After the first grade's [Borrowed Objects Race] competition ended, the second and third grade students followed in an orderly manner. Now it is time for us to take a break.

I sat next to Kanzaki, admiring the clumsy performance of the second-year students while sighing unintentionally.

"In fact, when we learned that Ryuen hadn't made any moves before the sports festival began, we realized that he had prepared a plan......"

"But all we can know is this surface reality... In the final analysis, what exactly he was thinking, what he knew, and in what way, we have no way of knowing, let alone imagining that this would be the final result."

This is the most difficult truth I have ever heard from Kanzaki.

Perhaps it was because the class was experiencing an unprecedented disaster. Knowing that one had fallen into a trap, but being unable to do anything and being powerless to turn the situation around, this was the greatest pain for a sober person.

Having said that, Kanzaki is probably almost realizing in his heart what kind of abilities the character he plays is supposed to have, right?

"........I don't think so. I think Kanzaki you have that ability."

"........What do you think I can do?"

What? This guy still doesn’t understand.

Doesn't this make my previous judgment seem ridiculous?

“It’s the ability to prevent all kinds of tragedies from happening in the classroom.”

"The leak of the [Entry Form], Ryuen's despicable tactics, the betrayal of the class members... I think you have the ability to detect and prevent this series of tragedies from happening in advance."

".............You overestimate me. Even Ichinose could not have expected these things."

"Ichinose failed to do it, but that doesn't mean you, Kanzaki, don't have that ability. Besides, isn't the purpose of a deputy to make up for the shortcomings of a leader?"

".............You think too highly of me."

"You usually look down on me, right? It's mutual, I guess..."

Recalling the past experiences and comparing them with the present, the impression of my classmates towards me has gradually changed. I think there will be some cool settings like "I am lazy and thin on weekdays, but I actually have great strength". Now I feel like a brave hero with hidden strength in a novel..........

At least that's the idea when it comes to grip strength.

I had some expectations for the results I would get.

"But I sincerely believe that you, Kanzaki, have that kind of ability. The ability to lead the class to victory without relying on Ichinose's power."

"........I know that coordination is my weak point, so I also know that I definitely don't have the ability to lead the class to victory. I may not even have the ability to lead the class."

His current clear understanding of himself is no less than the inferiority complex he feels about his future self.

The premise is that he realizes his own abilities afterwards.

"But you won't let [coordination] remain your weakness forever. You'll overcome it eventually, won't you?"

"........At least it is not possible for me at the moment."

"But you don't have much time left."

I was prepared for him to be completely suspicious.

".............What does this mean?"

"I was just saying that. Ichinose is the student we least want to see a traitor in the class. If she breaks down because of this, who will step up and lead the class? This should also be your responsibility as the deputy, right?"

"... In that case, the first thing to do is to cheer up Ichinose—"

"What if she doesn't pull herself together no matter what? That needs to be taken into consideration as well."

"Let's take a step back and follow your advice, and make cheering up Ichinose our first goal. But what if that happens to be a special period for a special exam? Would you choose to completely abandon the class and let it remain in a depressed and low-morale state in order to save Ichinose?"

I interrupted Kanzaki's weak speech. At least I wanted to cut off his escape route.

"Nothing impossible will happen. This is the wonder of this world. And the means of using tricks lies precisely in the hands."

"The best way to avoid being deceived by tricks is to understand all the tricks. No matter which situation is taken into consideration, the result we get may not be absolute, but at least we have a way out."

"You know, the class doesn't exist to serve Ichinose. On the contrary, Ichinose exists to better serve the class. Don't forget what we are fighting for."

"........."

I said the most incongruous thing I have ever said, but now I have to take the risk and move forward. Whether it is Kanzaki's words just now or his current silence, I can assert that if I don't give him some strong medicine, he will not be able to wake up.

Precisely because his coordination has not been developed, he has huge room for growth.