"...That's it. The first class this afternoon will be a sports meeting, and all first-grade classes will participate, so everyone remember to change into gymnastics clothes and gather on the playground on time."
Starting with these words from Mr. Nakamura, and then——
"Okay──! Then I'll be the protagonist~~!"
"No, this is the only one that is absolutely impossible."
"Eh──!?"
The actions of a certain 1.5 army comedy group in the class made everyone burst into laughter and the atmosphere became lively.
This continued until the afternoon.
Unlike the sports festival where parents are invited to visit in the fall, the so-called sports conference is more like an extracurricular activity to cultivate students' team awareness.
The participants included all 6 classes in the first grade, and each class participated in an obstacle relay race as a team.
The event location is located on the playground. The arena is divided into four areas and the rules are very simple:
First, the students in the first relay area have to use a tennis racket to bump the ball to a net hole and hit the ball into it. If they fail, they have to start over.
Then the students in the second relay zone have to get under three hurdles and then run across the high jump mat.
Next, students in the third relay area need to jump over three hurdles and then pop a balloon.
Finally, the students in the fourth relay zone have to run across the balance pole and turn around ten times before running to the finish line.
This cycle continues until the last person in each class is finished.
The teacher who serves as the referee will rank the results in the order of completion.
For this type of activity, Kato Yusuke is neither enthusiastic nor exclusive.
Most of them are just indifferent, and to put it bluntly, they lack motivation.
Even so, in the sessions where he participated, he was still easily ahead of other classes.
Unfortunately, this was of no use. After all, this was a team competition, and in the end, their class only finished sixth.
Well, it's the last one.
The real first place is Class F in the first year.
It seemed that everyone expected it. When the teacher announced the ranking, most of the students almost applauded.
Rather than saying that the students in Class F have good motor skills, it is more because there is a beautiful girl in their class who is famous throughout the school.
——Sawamura Spencer Eiri.
Take the game just now as an example.
In order to show their gentlemanly demeanor, boys will deliberately show humility when meeting each other, and at the same time secretly look at each other.
Even girls can't help but want to gather around each other.
Both men and women admire it.
Of course...this is not all, at least Shintiao Xiang doesn't think so.
On the contrary, when she saw the popular Yinglili, she actually felt it was an eyesore.
But she doesn't show it on the surface. Instead, when others express their love for Yinglili, she will give her a few compliments against their will.
However, talking too much still made her feel irritated, so she found an excuse to go to the bathroom and left the place.
"As expected of Sawamura-san, you have such amazing popularity."
Yamaguchi, who was sitting on the ground with his hands supported, sighed and kept bumping the boy next to him with his elbow.
"It's so enviable to get along with such a cute girl every day! Bastard Kato."
Hearing this, Kato Yusuke withdrew his gaze from the sky and looked in the direction Yamaguchi was looking.
The blond girl surrounded by the crowd was smiling, behaved elegantly, and was chatting cordially with the people around her.
She seems to be a born lady, and there is nothing unnatural about her at all.
Thinking of the scene that happened in the second art preparation room yesterday, Yusuke Kato didn't know what to say.
Even though it was just an accident and he was still on the passive side, as a boy he still apologized to Yinglili immediately.
But the girl obviously didn't listen at the time, and hurriedly picked up her schoolbag and went home.
Kato Yusuke, who wanted to downplay the matter, had no choice but to do so for a while.
Considering that the other party was clearly an insulting painter and would occasionally tell some delusional plots, he did not expect Yinglili's reaction to be so severe.
Thinking that he wanted to give Ying Lili some time to calm down, he simply asked the art teacher for a period of leave on the grounds that he had to take the exam, and decided to try to avoid contact with each other in the near future.
Faced with Yamaguchi's teasing, he just replied noncommittally.
"It's just a simple relationship between club members. It's better not to say such things again."
She was probably chatting about something happy with her "friend", but the girl in the crowd smiled and nodded, and then inadvertently looked past the other person.
I happened to look this way.
In an instant, there was intersection and focus.
His blue eyes froze for a moment, and then he immediately looked away.
There was a faint blush on her fair face.
"Huh? Was Sawamura-san looking at us just now?" Yamaguchi asked suspiciously.
"It's just an illusion." Kato Yusuke responded calmly.
"No, no, no! Just now, she definitely looked here! And she even blushed!" Yamaguchi waved his hands repeatedly, then held his chin and fell into deep thought.
After about a few seconds, a certain understanding appeared in his eyes, and he looked at Kato Yusuke.
"Kato, could this be..."
Yamaguchi said in a drawl, with a serious and solemn expression on his face, word for word.
"Could it be that... the handsomeness in me that has been hidden for many years was finally discovered today?"
A brief silence.
"Yamaguchi."
Kato Yusuke patted the other party's shoulder and opened his mouth.
"Please keep this confidence and live on."
…
After the game.
The teachers of each class arranged for students to clean up the scene.
When it comes to directing students to run errands, Mr. Nakamura never disappoints.
I still chose my favorite combination [Kato and Kato].
The rest of the people were responsible for cleaning the scene, while Kato Yusuke and Kato Megumi were responsible for returning some equipment to the gym.
"Ah, yes, yes, there is something I forgot to mention."
Teacher Nakamura, who was also wearing sportswear, looked at the two of them and said: "Regarding the thoughts of this sports meeting, each class needs to write a report and submit it to the student union, so I leave it to you."
Even after standing there for a long time, Kato Yusuke never waited for the familiar tone to trigger the mission.
Teacher Nakamura looked at him doubtfully.
In the end, Yusuke had no choice but to accept the fact that he did not receive a mission from the teacher this time.
So he silently picked up the ritual tools and walked towards the gymnasium with Megumi Kato.
After leaving the noisy playground, the surroundings suddenly became quiet.
The sun shines through the gaps in the leaves, casting mottled light and shadow on the ground.
Along with the rustling of leaves in the breeze, the faint sounds of teachers from other grades lecturing could be heard coming from the open glass of the teaching building.
The two walked side by side on campus.
I don't know if she noticed something, but Kato Megumi, who was looking straight ahead, suddenly said.
"What about that, Kato-kun. As for that report, it doesn't matter if I do it by myself."
The nimble short pony tail dances lightly in the air as the owner moves forward.
The tone of his words was calm and calm, but mixed with a hint of concern.
Just like the afternoon sun, it is comfortable and pleasant.
Even Kato Yusuke, who was a little disappointed because he failed to receive the mission, couldn't help but relax.
So he shook his head and said, "No, since the teacher has said it, I will do it with you."
After thinking for a while, he continued: "But that being said, I am actually not very good at writing, so can I mainly leave it to you? On the other hand, if you have work elsewhere, you can tell me as much as you want.
It doesn't matter."
After hearing what he said, the girl nodded.
"Well, okay, I'll ask you if necessary."
Neither pretentious nor polite.
This kind of way of getting along with each other that never seems to make people feel stressed makes it really hard not to feel emotional about the girl's character.
The two of them just chatted and walked to the gymnasium.
As a result, just when Kato Yusuke was about to open the door and enter, he unexpectedly found that the door was locked.
"Um?"
He couldn't help but frown and said to Megumi Kato next to him: "This door is locked."
"Hey, but the teacher didn't say that just now."
The girl holding the cardboard box tilted her head slightly, thought for a moment and said, "Then I'll go back and tell the teacher. Kato-kun will stay here to look at things."
"The journey would be too far." Kato Yusuke shook his head, "Just wait for me here."
Under the doubtful eyes of the other party, he put down the cardboard box in his hand and walked around to the side of the gymnasium.
Fortunately one of the windows on the second floor was still open.
Seeing that there was no one around, he walked directly to the position under the window.
While taking a deep breath, he bent his knees and bowed slightly, and all the muscles in his body tensed instantly.
Then, he jumped hard with his feet, and his whole body jumped up like a spring.
Snapped--
With a slight force on the edge of the window, Kato Yusuke got in.
There was no sign of anyone moving in the gymnasium at the University of Nottingham.
Walking down the stairs to the first floor, Yusuke walked to the front door, unlocked the door from the inside and opened the door.
What caught his eye was a girl who seemed to be texting someone.
"Kato-kun...?"
Seeing him walking out of it, Kato Megumi showed a little surprise on his face, "How did you come out of it?"
"There happened to be a window open, so I climbed in." Kato Yusuke picked up the box and answered, but did not explain that it was a window on the second floor.
"Eh...that's it."
The girl nodded and followed the other person into the gym.
Behind the curtain of the ceremony stage, the two found a storage rack for event supplies. There were also some large boxes scattered beside it, about 3 meters high.
"This is done."
Just after the two put the things back on the storage rack.
A muffled sound of "咚——" suddenly came from behind the cardboard box next to it.
immediately--
The cardboard box containing something unknown suddenly fell towards the two of them.