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Chapter 131 Part 1

Quiz Championship (4) ~Guts!!~

「Take your positions… Ready…」

Bam!

With the popping sound of the pistol-shaped starter, the same as that used in foot races, the 25 runners from Sairyou and Sairei, which were split into two groups, all started off at once.

Thanks to them giving him a spot in the front row, Yuu succeeded in his dash start and overcame the first obstacle, the hurdle, together with the leading group.

Next, they had to get over a mountain made of plywood in the shape of a triangle, 2 m high and with a 45-degree incline.

There were five ropes hanging from it, but if they could build up enough momentum, they might be able to climb over it as they were.

Suddenly jumping out was a girl in a white tank top and purple shorts. She had short hair, wasn’t very tall, and her exposed skin was light brown, tanned.

She was probably a member of the track and field club. She ran ahead of Yuu with a form so beautiful he was captivated by it, and making use of that momentum, she ran up the mountain, put her hands on the top and disappeared to the other side as she was.

Yuu also ran up the slope without using a rope, easily got over it, and lightly kicked the opposite slope as he jumped off it.

The gap was about 2 meters. When she glanced back and noticed that Yuu was following closely behind her, she gave a provocative smile.

A competitive spirit welled up within Yuu, and he ran after her as hard as he could.

If it was his middle-aged self, he would never have thought of running seriously on such a hot day, no doubt about it.

However, his 16-year-old body moved more lightly than he had expected.

The current Yuu had discovered the joy of running through the wind.

The third obstacle was a tunnel made of cardboard.

There were five of them lined up side by side, each about 2 meters long.

He lowered his posture and dove into the tunnel, as if plunging into it.

However, the girl in the lead seemed to have taken advantage of her small and slender stature to get through the tunnel swiftly, and by the time Yuu came out of the tunnel she had already started running again, so the gap between them had widened instead.

I’m no match for her.

Not only did the current Yuu have a body with excellent athletic abilities, he never missed his training, but as expected, his momentum was nowhere close to that of girls who dedicated themselves to their club activities every day.

In particular, she must be good at running.

In fact, she was the first to approach the final obstacle, a net stretched on the ground in front of the football goal, faster than the Sairei contestants who were running from the opposite side.

The two blue tarps used in the first round were laid out, and the net stretched on top of them was rectangular, about the same size as the ones used to cover football goals. Stakes were driven into its four corners.

Two referees in Saihou uniforms stood on either side of the football goal.

Once they had sneaked through the net and taken one envelope from the pile inside the football goal at the center of the net, and then sneaked out of the net once more, all they had to do was run across the track toward the executive committee members.

Just as Yuu got through the net, the girl had already picked up an envelope and was about to leave.

「I’ll go first!」

As they were both on all fours, she locked eyes with Yuu and said so with a mischievous look.

「I’ll catch up to you right away!」

Refusing to be outdone, Yuu replied as such, took the envelope closest to him, and then got ready to sneak out of the net.

At that moment, the Sairei contestants came in from the opposite side, and for some reason the second and third contestants headed towards Yuu.

Perhaps they were intending to take advantage of the confusion to touch Yuu.

Yuu quickly dodged their outstretched hands and sneaked out of the net.

When he looked ahead, he saw that the girl in the lead was already running about 10 meters ahead of him.

He was almost captivated by her back view as she ran with her well-trained legs that were completely free of any excess fat, but he quickly kicked the ground and ran after her.

「That was fast!」

「I wasn’t first though.」

He handed the envelope to Masaya, who was waiting right in front of him.

Of the three desks lined up, the girl who had arrived first and her partner were taking the middle one, so Yuu and Masaya went to the desk on the left.

The executive committee member took out a folded white paper from the envelope they had handed to her and read out the question.

「Here’s the question. Please tell us which of Beethoven’s compositions are generally considered to be the three great piano sonatas. Alternative views are also acceptable.」

「Huh?」

Not expecting that it would be a question about a classical piece of music, Yuu was taken aback.

This must have been made by a student of the music department at Sairei.

However, Yuu had a reliable ally.

Masaya pushed his glasses up with his fingers and spoke in a smooth tone.

「Piano Sonata No. 8 『Pathetique』, No. 14 『Moonlight』. And then, No. 23 『Appassionata』! 」

「C… Correct! You cleared three of them.」

「Masaya… I’ve never been so glad to have you as my partner as I am now.」

「Fufufu. I didn’t expect such a question would come up, but… well, I guess luck was on our side. I’ve actually played the third movement of 『Pathetique』 and 『Moonlight』, after all.」

The card Masaya picked up had three stamps saying 『Very well done』.

Seeing that, Masaya looked even more proud than usual.

「If everything goes well, we’ll be able to clear it with the next one. I’ll be off at once!」

「Y, yeah, be careful not to hurt yourself.」

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However, life was not that easy, as what contained inside the second envelope that Yuu picked up turned out to be a 『dud』.

「To get it on the second try… boo-hoo-hoo.」

To get a 『dud』, which supposedly amounted to 20% of the total envelopes, on the second try, talk about unlucky.

Masaya patted Yuu, who was dejected, on the shoulder.

「You must be tired, right? Shall I go next?」

Yuu was grateful for Masaya’s consideration, but he shook his head.

It would have been a different story if he was in his middle age body prior to his rebirth, but with the result of his daily training, there was no way he would run out of stamina after merely sprinting half a lap around the track twice.

Besides, even though he had gotten used to them, the idea of letting Masaya go to a place filled with girls didn’t quite sit well with him.

At the goal point in front of the headquarters, they could already see three groups that had passed the round.

Right now, as they dallied around like that, there might be some groups among the ones lining up there that would get five correct answers.

They had to hurry.

Yuu ran off from the starting line for the third time.

It being the third lap, the groups had scattered quite a bit.

After passing the first obstacle, the hurdle, and getting over the second one, the mountain, he caught up with the girl who was one lap behind.

He slapped the girl, who was chubby and didn’t seem to be very good at sports, at her big buttocks.

「You can do it!」

When she realized that the one who had called out to her was Yuu, she immediately blushed and started fidgeting, and she did, Yuu overtook her while waving his hand.

Two girls were about to go into the cardboard tunnels.

Another two were on their way through the tunnels.

The outermost one was unoccupied, but Yuu deliberately went into the innermost one, and made his way through it as if chasing after the girl’s bloomers-covered buttocks.

「Ugh… this is…」

The net in front of the football goal was crowded with more than 10 girls from both schools, some of whom had gone in to get the envelope and others who had already gotten it and were trying to get out, crawling on the ground.

A normal boy would not have had the courage to go in there.

However, Yuu deliberately went there.

It was an opportunity to boldly come into contact with girls, so he couldn’t ask for anything better.

「Excuse me for a second~」

「Huh?!」

「No way!」

As opposed to waiting for an opening to show up, Yuu called out and forced his way in.

To his immediate right, the skirt of the girl’s uniform was rolled up, revealing her polka-dot panties, and to his left, as the girl moved, her bloomers dug into her buttocks, and her white underwear peeked out, making for a rather lewd sight, but without taking a close look at them, he slipped his body in.

As Yuu squeezed himself in through the tiny gap, the girls to this left and right let out a surprised cry, but the unexpected accident caused their expressions to loosen up.

Just like that, he crawled forward while pressing his body closely against the two girls on his left and right.

However, this time the road was jammed with those going to get the envelopes and those trying to leave after getting them, forcing them to stop.

On Sairei’s side, too, the road was jammed with those trying to get in and those trying to get out.

Staying like that would get him nowhere, so Yuu slipped his body under the girl in their school uniform who had already gotten an envelope and was coming in his direction on all fours.

Forcibly crawling forward under the girl’s body, Yuu stretched out his right hand as far as he could, and somehow managed to grab an envelope, but someone grabbed his left leg and pulled him, causing him to lose his balance and turn sideways.

「Whoa!」

「Kyan!」

In his panic, his left hand grabbed the thigh of the girl on top of him, and with him lying on his back, they ended up in a position akin to a 69.

Right in front of his face was her buttocks wrapped in shorts, and through the gap he could see her white and light blue striped panties.

When Yuu raised his face, he ended up sticking his nose right into her crotch.

It had the scent of sweat unique to girls, but it was by no means a smell he disliked.

「Nooooo! What are you doing?!」

「Ugh, my bad!」

He didn’t intend to mess around, but as expected, he was in the wrong for being too forceful, so he apologized.

Though, even at a time like this, Yuu couldn’t help but feel happy on the inside for experiencing such a lucky sukebe moment.

「It, it’s a boy!」

「Fu, fuhoo! Thighs…thick thighs!」

It seemed that as he struggled inside the net, his shorts rolled up, exposing the area above his knees.

When they realized that Yuu was there, the Sairei contestants came rushing towards him.

Saying, 「Me too, me too.」, they reached out for Yuu’s legs, stomach, and chest, and began to touch him without reservation.

「Kuh!」

If it was any other time, he would have loved to touch them back, but he wanted to hurry on.

However, in the cramped and crowded net, the girl on top of him was unable to move forward, and Yuu, having his legs and sides grabbed by the many hands that reached out for him, was rendered incapable of moving.