As soon as Running for Donation for today finished, Sayaka gave Hide permission to go home. He didn't had to help in returning the equipment to the school.

However, Hide did not go home immediately and chose to go to the toilet first. A habit that he brought from his previous life.

In Airborne Ranger training, there was a phase called Hate Week because in this phase cadets would sincerely hate their instructor.

The rhythm used in Hate Week was that the students would undergo an extreme training and interspersed with meal breaks and medical examinations every six hours. During the 50-minute pause, Hide would go to the toilet after eating and undergo the medical examination.

In the toilet he would sit silently and pensively. A habit that reflected his character as a solitary person, as well as teaching him how to enjoy solitude. A few years later this habit enabled Hide to complete the Stalking Phase in the Sniper Specialization training, where a monotonous, silent, and boring routine thwarted more than half of the students.

While he was pensive, Hide's mind was filled with questions, how could anyone directly chose him to run 2 km as soon as his profile was uploaded? Then, just before the Running for Donation ended the number rose to 18 km.

'Am I popular without realizing it or is someone pranking on me?'

While Hide was wondering to himself, four members of the Hiking Club went into the toilet and started a conversation.

"I guarantee Weak Hide won't come back tomorrow."

"Tenma, don't you think 18 km is too much? I think 12 km is more than enough to make Hide tremble."

"Yeah, I think so too. The four of us have to give up this month's allowance to get the 18 km mark."

"It was indeed exaggerated, but there's no point in us regretting it now."

Although Hide could not see their faces, he could easily recognize their voices. However, he had no idea that soon there would be the fifth voice.

"So you all are the anonymous donors who specifically asked Hide to run."

"Sayaka, this is a toilet for boys."

"I know."

"Sayaka, are you going to report us to Isamu Sensei?"

"No, instead I'll join you by adding 4 km to Hide's quota."

"Why?"

"Looks like Hide still has feelings for me, and there is a possibility that he will join Running for Donation when the Hiking Club is on duty again. Therefore, I want him to realize as soon as possible, that Running for Donation is not a place to play."

"Okay, we understand."

Not long after that, Sayaka and the four members of Hiking Club came out of the toilet, while Hide was still sitting in his place, sighing in silence.

'Self-centered bitch, making conclusions arbitrarily.'

For Hide, seeing a woman who had rejected him assumed that he still had feelings for her, was tantamount to seeing steaming dog poop that made him nauseous and wanted to vomit.

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Hanna worked at Beauty & The Beast on Tuesday-Sunday, with the average working hours reaching 15 hours. That's why she would enjoy her vacation to the fullest.

After work on Sunday night, she would go straight to the All You Can Eat restaurant. The next day she would wake up at 12, order fast food, then spend her time watching anime or reading manga while enjoying potato chips and ice cream.

Of course, she could only do the lazing and great glutton eating style once a week, so that her posture and figure remains super ideal and perfectly defined.

Hanna had just eaten one big bite of fried chicken when Hide's call came in. Reflexively, she frowned before placing a bookmark on the manga she was reading. Then, answered Hide's call with a super serious tone.

"Hide, I'm busy putting together a training program for you, so you better not bother me for too long."

[I just wanted to ask, from tomorrow to Thursday there are activities at school that require me to run 22 km and maybe more. Will this affect the program that I will undertake?]

"The key is no more than 40 minutes. You not only want endurance but also explosive power, therefore monotonous repetitions that are too long will be counterproductive. Of course, right now your body is not ready to do Short Fast with a duration of 40 minutes. So do it with a pattern of 10 minutes interspersed with 5 minutes rest, with a total repetition of no more than five times."

[. . .]

"After the activity is complete you must immediately drink a sport-drink with the amino acid. You can get it in a mini-mart and be careful not to choose the type with high sugar or calorie content, because what you need is a supplement to repair muscles and not a booster."

[Understood and thank you.]

"You're welcome."

Hanna immediately turned off Hide's call, then cheerfully devoured her fried chicken and continued reading the manga.

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In his previous life, after completing basic training Hide was able to run 2.4 km in 12 minutes without making his breath rise and fall. Meanwhile, after completing formation training for the infantry unit, the time dropped to 11 minutes, and while he was on duty in the Airborne Ranger, the time dropped again.

However, now he could only cover a distance of 1.7 km within 10 minutes. Moreover, he had to be bathed in sweat. The distance also dropped with the second and subsequent reps. Overall, Hide only managed to record a distance of 7.9 km after running 5x10 minutes.

Seeing Hide gasping for breath and showering with sweat while his face was pale, several members of Hiking Club immediately handed him energy drinks, but Hide kindly refused and drank his own sport-drink.

Not far from Hide's position, Sayaka looked at Hide with a complicated expression. As for Tenma and his three comrades, they were desperately trying to hold back their laughter.

Only Isamu Sensei was fully aware of how heavy and serious the running pattern Hide was using. Even when he was still a professional climber, he would prefer 16 km jogs rather than having to do short fast with a much shorter distance.

While Hide was lying on his back on the edge of the athletic field, Isamu Sensei approached and sat beside him.

"Hide, why did you do Short Fast? If you want to complete 22 km in three days, then you just need to increase your speed a little and with a duration of 3x90 minutes, I'm sure you will be able to finish it. It will indeed be tiring, but it won't hurt as much as Short Fast. "

"Sensei, I already joined a body development program before Running for Donation. What I did was only advice from my trainer."

As soon as he heard Hide's answer, a question mark appeared on Isamu Sensei's forehead. The only body development program that had Short Fast as a menu was explosive power. The problem was, only sprinters or professional martial artists would undergo such torturous programs.

Also, if the goal was only to have a healthy body with an ideal posture, then there were hundreds of other programs that were more humane.

But in the end Isamu Sensei didn't ask any further and could only say, "I didn't know whether to think of you as a fool or to admire your determination."

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