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Chapter 131 Part 2

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「It’s against the rules to grab someone’s body and not let go! If you continue to do so, you will be subject to a point deduction!」

A voice of relief came from the referee, who was watching from outside the net.

At the referee’s voice, as expected, the Sairei contestants let go of their hands, albeit with a disappointed look on their faces.

Perhaps the area in front of her was now open, the girl on top of him also moved forward, so Yuu was able to move his body again.

「Hirose-kun!」

「This way!」

Sairyou girls immediately to his left, the one in school uniform and the one in gym uniform and bloomers who crawled through the net with him, extended their hands toward him, so he grabbed their hands, raised his body and moved away from the Sairei contestants.

With the two girls holding him by the hand, he managed to somehow get out of the net.

「Thank you. You saved me… Oops!」

「Whoa, watch out!」

Perhaps because he had let his guard down after getting out of the net, Yuu stumbled and almost fell, but the two girls reached out and supported him.

「T, thank you.」

「Y, you’re welcome?!」

Yuu pulled their hands and held them in his arms.

The parts his hands were touching were damp with sweat, and he could clearly feel the softness of their bodies through the thin fabric.

Even at a time like this, he felt like he was about to get turned on.

On the other hand, the girl in uniform with braided twin tail and the girl in bloomers with short hair were both surprised by the sudden turn of events, but when they realized that Yuu’s face was so close to theirs as they were about the same height, their faces turned bright red like boiled octopus.

Sairei girls took advantage of the confusion to reach out to him like molesters, while Sairyou girls reached out to help him. It was at times like these that their attitudes towards boys were clearly defined.

After saying, 「Bye, then」, to the two stunned girls, Yuu was about to hurry onwards, thinking, I hope that could serve as a thanks.

But then, a girl stood imposingly in front of Yuu.

It was the girl in uniform from earlier.

「Hey, you! What was that just now?!」

「Ah.」

The girl who had ended up in a 69 position with Yuu earlier was expressing her anger.

On a closer look, she turned out to be the boyish girl who seemed to be in the track and field club, who had taken the lead on the first lap.

She didn’t notice that her tank top had shifted to one side as she crawled out of the net, exposing her white sports bra. Incidentally, the bulges on her breasts were modest.

「Not only did you suddenly crawl underneath me, you even pressed something hard against my face!」

「Uh, I’m really sorry.」

「Geez!」

While he was sniffing her scent down there through the fabric, he ended up getting half-erect.

Not only was this kind of reaction refreshing, she was a track and field boku girl. Moreover, on a closer look, she was pretty cute.

As if she couldn’t stand dealing with Yuu any longer, she began to run, so he ran after her.

「Please let me properly apologize some other time. For now, please tell me your name.」

「I’m Hayakawa, from the second year PE department.」

「Hayakawa-senpai, right? I’m Hirose, a first year.」

「I, I know it already!」

As if to hide his embarrassment, Hayakawa-senpai ran at an incredible speed and pulled ahead of Yuu in an instant.

「Umm… What a disaster that must have been.」

When he rushed over to Masaya, he had a look of genuine sympathy on his face.

「It’s nothing. Let’s hope it’s not a dud this time.」

Yuu waved his hand with a cheerful face and then joined the least crowded line that had formed in front of the desks where the executive committee members were standing.

「Now then, I’ll read out the question.」

At those words, they were relieved that it was not a dud at least.

「Among all the past American presidents, name up to three people who were assassinated. You must answer with their first and last names.」

「Wha…」

Having come this far, it was really unlucky that the question they got was about modern history, which Yuu was not good at.

If this was the history that Yuu knew, he would have been able to think of exactly two names, but…

「J, JFK and Lincoln…」

「If it is only that, it won’t count as an answer.」

「Do you know, Masaya?」

「Err… that’s right! Kathleen Kennedy.」

「Yes. That’s correct. Any others?」

It seemed that in this world, there was also a president named Kennedy who was assassinated.

However, Masaya got stuck there.

「Hmm… Johnson, Ford is not it…」

「I, I’m counting on you, Masaya.」

They only needed one more correct answer to pass this round, but Yuu, who was unfamiliar with this world’s modern era, couldn’t be of any help, which was vexing.

Masaya thought about it for about three minutes, but eventually had no choice but to give up.

「My bad.」

「It’s fine. I couldn’t answer it either, after all. We’re only one question away, so I’ll do my best to get another envelope. If I get a dud, though, sorry in advance.」

「Yuu…」

Looking at the area in front of the headquarters, it looked like a considerable number of groups that had passed this round had gathered there.

As expected, it seemed that them taking a lot of time on the third lap had affected them in a bad way.

However, the fact that the end whistle had not yet rang meant that there was still a chance they could make it in time.

Whipping his tired body, Yuu started running from the starting point.

His running pace was slower than at the beginning.

But as Yuu ran, the students of Sairyou gave him thunderous cheering.

As if pushed by their cheering voices, Yuu overcame the three obstacles and ran to the net in front of the football goal.

Perhaps because their number had been reduced by the number of groups that had passed this round, it seemed like there were fewer people in the net than before.

Just as Yuu was about to lift the net and go through it, a Sairei contestant coming from the opposite side flashed a lewd smile at him.

It was as if her priority was no longer the competition, but sexually harassing Yuu.

Just as Yuu went through the net from the right end where no one was around and quickly grabbed an envelope, *Fweeeeeeeeeeet* a long whistle rang mercilessly.

『The tenth group to advance to the next round has been decided. This concludes the first half of the third round. We will be having a lunch break now, so to all contestants that are still on the track, please leave the area.』

「Ah… Even though we were only one question away.」

A girl in Sairyou uniform standing right next to him leaked out those words in disappointment.

He had recollections of that braided twin tail hairstyle.

She was the girl who was also with him earlier.

「What a coincidence. We were also one question away from passing. It was truly a shame, wasn’t it?」

「Huh?! Ah, Hirose-kun…」

Still sitting in front of the pile of envelopes, of which only few remained, Yuu took her hand.

She must have been so engrossed in it that she didn’t even realize that Yuu was there.

On top of that, she seemed to recall their momentary embrace earlier, and her face instantly turned red.

「Umm…」

「That was such a shame, Hirose-kun.」

Girls in Sairyo’s gym uniforms and school uniforms, who had been in the vicinity of the net, gathered around Yuu.

From the fact that they were there, they must be from the groups that had been eliminated, just like Yuu.

Each and every one of them had sweat running down their faces, and their clothes were covered in dirt.

Perhaps they had fallen down, there were also some girls whose front parts of their gym uniforms were pitch black.

However, those were proofs of their valiant efforts, so Yuu didn’t think they were dirty at all.

「Yeah. The same goes for you. Let’s put our all into cheering in the afternoon.」

Getting up with the girls, Yuu casually patted them on the shoulders.

Simply being able to exchange a few words with Yuu, who was the object of admiration for the whole school, and having him touch them were enough to make everyone that had gathered there break into a radiant smile.

「Ah, even though it’s your school uniform, it’s gotten dirty.」

「Y, you’re right. I messed up… I should have worn my gym uniform too.」

Yuu brushed off the dirt sticking to the buttocks of her light purple skirt. While he was at it, he enjoyed the soft feel of her buttocks.

Normally, this would totally be sexual harassment, but for her, having her buttocks touched by Yuu seemed to be more of a reward

「H, Hirose-kun, you have dirt on your back too, you know?」

「I can’t reach it, so can you help me get it off?」

「「「S-Seriously?!」」」

When they heard Yuu’s words, the girls around him were confused, but they still extended their hands to him.

Yuu also touched the girls through their gym uniforms and school uniforms without reservation.

Naturally, he ended up touching their breasts and buttocks too, but if anything, they appeared to be delighted by it.

Surrounded by the girls from Sairyou, Yuu noticed that many gazes were drawn toward them.

The Sairei groups on the other side of the net.

And then the two referees from Saihou, who were standing by the football goal.

「Thank you for your hard work as referees.」

Yuu called out only to the two Saihou referees.

It meant ignoring the Sairei students, but at the moment, he was disinclined to associate with them as well.

It wasn’t that he disliked having his body touched by a girl.

Deep down, he would very much welcome it, but considering the time and place, he thought that would be too much of a tomfoolery, after all.

As they got called out by Yuu, the two Saihou girls – who both gave off plain and serious impressions – were surprised and did not seem to be able to reply immediately.

Perhaps they had never expected that he would talk to them.

Yuu took the trouble to come over and held both their hands, so, 「Hyaa!」, they let out a cry and turned red in the face.

「Earlier, thanks to you giving out a warning, I was able to get out of trouble.」

「It, it’s… It’s nothing, we were just doing what we were supposed to do, after all.」

「Sh, she’s right! We couldn’t just sit back and ignore a boy that was being attacked, so…」

If they had left it alone, the Sairei students’ actions might have escalated.

At any rate, Yuu was grateful that they had carried out their duties as referees seriously.

◇ ◇ ◇

Including the second half that was carried out first in the afternoon session, the result of the third round was that both Sairyou and Sairei had 10 groups that advanced to the fourth round.

It was a tie again, but in terms of total points, Sairyou had 756 points, while Sairei had 758 points, allowing them to finally turn the tables.

Incidentally, for the teacher groups, Sairyou had 0, while Sairei had 2 groups remaining, making up for the students’ deficit.