Without any fear, Sudo sprinted out of the start line as soon as he heard the gun sound. The audience cheered with excitement when he overtook the rest eleven competitors. Even the upperclassmen couldn't reach him. In this group, a man from class 2-A was nearest to Sudo. However, the distance was still 15 meters.

"Wow! Your friend is great, Kiyotaka. " Cho who standing next to me said.

Sudo passed the stick to Hirata who could keep the distance from the rest. The hybrid human who was the pillar of class C did his job very well. But the situation was changed when he sent the stick to Onodera.

Onodera was fast among girls. But other classes' third runners were all men and they were great at sports too. When she reached Maezono, we didn't lead anymore.

Now, the leader position was being usurped between class 3-A ad 2-A. While class 1-B was close to them. Suddenly, class 3-A's runner tripped and fell to the floor. She could stand up instantly, but not fast enough. Class 2-A was far away from her and class 1-B was just overtook her.

It seemed like fate making the reversal.

"Unfortunate for us, right? Prez. " Nagumo said to Horikita Manabu with a cunning smile on his face. "I think we can use this race to fight each other closely. But I have to take a victory this time."

He looked at his fifth runner who could make more distance from class 3-A.

"About total score. I did a little calculation and said with no doubt that I will win for sure. The new era is going to start."

"Do you think the school will be better with your policy?"

"Of course. The council is too kind. Making a hundred ways to fire students. But when they are fired, you also give a million ways to save them. In the end, no one is fired at all. I will make a new rule, president. The rule that will estimate students with their true ability!!"

Nagumo announced and took the stick from the fifth runner. It was the same time as Horikita Suzune took the stick from Maezono. She was fast enough to reach class 3-A. I turned back. It looked like I and the president would sprint at the same time.

"Nice! I will go first, Kiyotaka!" Cho took the stick from his classmate and sprinted out. I felt a bit nervous since I had to fight with the president for third place.

"You're so cunning. Ayanokouji. " The president spoke out.

"What do you mean?" I raised my eyebrows.

"You pretend to get injured in the leg. So I and other competitors will be careless to you. Genius plan. As expected from an interesting guy like you."

"It's just a coincidence. " I mumbled.

The fact was I didn't plan anything.

My legs were just happened recovered at the same time as I walked into the yard.

It was just a pure coincidence.

"Say what you want. It doesn't change the fact."

"I can see you're a real sibling. I'm not a hiding genius or something. I'm just a normal man who was lucky sometimes. " All the time.

"Um. I see. The real genius never claims he is a genius."

"Listen. I'm just lucky. Ok? How about this? You look at me while I running and you will know that I have nothing."

The president left his mouth's corner. "Deal."

He turned back and looked at the competitors running toward us.

"You know what. Your class is really changed."

"Really? Why do you know?"

"The student council is interested in every class. And I have to say. Your class won't be changed this much without help from a genius."

"Don't you think that genius is your sister? " I extended my hand, waiting for the stick from Horikita.

"No. "

Class 3-A's runner and Horikita Suzune reached us at the same time.

"She isn't a genius..." The president took the stick from his classmate. "Although she almost is."

"You sick Siscon. " I mumbled and grabbed the stick from Horikita and looked at her face. "I will take it from...Shit."

Shit

Shit

Shit

My old enemy.

A spider is crawling in the stick.

That damn spider!!

"Oh. May you take this kid to the finish line too? I find him crawling on the lane, and I'm afraid that someone will step on him. So I help him..."

I didn't know what on earth was the inspiration to Horikita to become a mercy angel without any context. And I didn't have time to ask too. Because as soon as I saw that thing. I started running maniacally.

I had to run away from that monster!

But no matter how fast I ran. That monster was still stuck in my hand. It was very fast.

Wait. It was in the stick that I held, wasn't it?

What should I do then?

I knew! I just had to finish running and I could put the stick down. Then, I will survive from this beast!

So I ran, ran, and ran. I saw only the finish line. I didn't feel the wind touching my face, the surprise on the runner that I passed, or the cheering from audiences.

I had to run, run, and run. And then, I reached the finish line.

I threw the stick on the floor, gasped with tiredness, and realized that I should throw it away since I was in the lane.

And how was the spider in the running lane in the first place?

I shook my head and looked back to the lane, wondering which place we got?

And then, I saw the most surprising view.

Nagumo, Cho, and the president ran toward the finish line, being shocked that I reached the line before them.

"And the first place is..." Fujimaki announced. "Class 1-C!!!!!"

...

"I know it! I know it! Ayanokouji-Kun is the best!!" If Mori didn't brace her, Sato might hug me.

"It's just a coincidence though. " I mumbled but no one listened.

I was surrounded by the crown of class C praising me. I felt guilty for other runners. But Hirata just smiled and thumped up to me and Sudo looked satisfied that he chose the right one.

"Hey. They are about to announce the result. " Yamauchi yelled.

We turned our face to the big electric board beyond the yard.

"And the winner is-------"

I grabbed my fist with excitement.

"The white team!!"

"We win!!!!!!!" Ike shouted and started shaking Shinohara insanely.

But we were done yet. We had to look at our class's score first.

"Next, this is the class's result."

The score of 12 class appeared on the screen. We didn't care about other years. The most important thing was our year's order.

The 1st place Class 1-B

The co-2nd place Class 1-C and Class 1-D

The 4th place Class 1-A

"Shit. That's close. " Yukimura mumbled.

Our score was equal to class C. I sighed with relief. If I didn't win in the last competition, we would become the 3rd place and lost 50 points.

The most damaged class was Class A. They lose 200 points. It was hard to damage but except for Katsuragi and his faction, they weren't interested at all.

I looked at the screen. It told about each class's points too.

Class 1-A 740 (-200)

Class 1-B 857 (+50)

Class 1-C 732 (0)

Class 1-D 655 (-30)

Everyone mumbled to each other with excitement. There were many surprising things in this result. First, class B was the first class that could reach class A. I could see the happiness on class B's face. From the next month, they would become class A. The goal of all students in this school.

However, Ryuji didn't look happy that much.

"Congratulation. " I shook his hand. "Is it any matter?"

"I just wonder something. " He said with a serious face. "Sakayanagi--I'd heard of her a lot and I don't think she will lose this easy."

"Hm?"

"Do you know Kito Hayato?" He asked. I nodded. "You might not see him but he's the last runner for 1200m race. I'm from the same mid-school as him and I'm sure he's fast enough to beat Cho. However, he got the last place."

I raised my eyebrows. "If I'm not wrong, he is in..."

"Sakayanagi's faction. Right. I think their defeat is willfulness. Sakayanagi wants this to happen."

"It makes no sense. Why does she have to destroy her class?"

"I guess she wants to dominate the force. " Ryuji analyzed. "Katsuragi is the leader in this sports festival. When they lose, it will become his fault. No one will follow him anymore. Sakayanagi won't do anything without weighing the benefit. My class can't be careless. "

He shook his head.

"Maybe I just overthink. However, congratulation to you too. With this distance. You can become class B easily."

I said thank you and looked at our score again. If we didn't lose the class points because of some bad stuff we did, we would win class A now.

It was very impressive considering that in the first month, there was almost 1000 points distance between us.

"And finally, we will announce the best competitor in each year!!"

This was the biggest moment for Sudo. If he won, he could call Horikita by her first name.

"Damn!!" Sudo cried out with disappointment. Yamauchi sighed with relief, he hated that his friend would get progress with a girl.

Cho smiled widely when he walked into the podium to take the trophy from the headmaster. He was asked to say something.

"Ahem. " He coughed before speaking to the microphone. "I'm very happy that I get this honor trophy! I promise to my classmate that I will do my best to make our class be class A on the graduation day!"

He cast the trophy beyond his head with happiness.

Suddenly, the trophy slipped out of his hand and flew across the yard.

It bumped Sakayanagi at her face.

The awkward silence covered the yard.

"Ahem. Shibata-Kun. I think we have something to talk about. " Sakagami-Sensei coughed and grabbed Cho's shoulder.

"What--What happened?"

Cho was dragged out of the podium. Fujimaki smiled awkwardly.

"Ah. Since Shibata-Kun violates another student. The referees decide to fine him and give the reward to the second place. Sudo Ken-Kun from class C instead. Sudo-Kun. Please come up."

It took time for a while until Sudo realized that he won.

The first thing he did wasn't run to the podium with happiness but turn to Horikita.

"Horikita--Suzune. Suzune. Can I call you Suzune!? Wait! Where is Suzune!?"

But Horikita wasn't at the place that she stood before.

She was disappeared.

I raised my eyebrows. Where did she go?

I decided to call her. But before I could do that---

"Ayanokouji. Come with me. " It was Kamuro from class A.

"Why?"

"Come with me. It's not a request. It's a command."

...

The orange light came through the window of the building.

Horikita Suzune stood under the sun's sight without any hesitation. She made up her mind.

"So you come, Kuku. "

"It's no use to run from you. Ryuen-Kun."

"What a precious girl. Kuku."

Ryuen walked into the corridor with Kushida. Horiktia glared at her classmate.

"Before we start. I think there is no use in pretending to be an angel anymore, right? Kushida-San."

Kushida still kept smiling as nothing happened.

"You are the one who tells Ryuen-Kun about our order, aren't you?"

"Hm. Where do you get this idea? Ayanokouji-Kun? Inogashira-San? They kept their eyes on me all day."

Horikita didn't surprise about hearing Ayanokouji's name. But Inogashira---

Forget it. It isn't a time.

"I feel it by myself. More than this, I finally remember you.---Kushida Kikyo, class 2-E. Miyamoto mid-school for blackmailing?"

The smile disappeared from Kushida's face.

"How long have you known?"

"Not long. But I started feeling weird that you seemed to not be surprised when I tried to blackmail Ayanokouji-Kun with our school's basic method. It's from the first textbook, isn't it?"

"Blackmailing 101. I still keep that textbook. It's very useful."

"Yeah. And I know now why you conspire with Ryuen-Kun. You want to make me who know about your history go out of this school."

"You can't blame me, Horikita-San. The first lines of Blackmailing 101 said Don't become the one who was blackmailed. " Kushida tilted her head before turning her face into a demon. "And if you want to expose this truth. I have to warn you that I got a grade of A+ in How to destroy people's life. And I don't mind if my method will affect other ones, such as Ayanokouji-Kun or...your brother."

Horikita bit his lips with anger. She couldn't let her brother be in a trouble.

That was the reason she was here in the first place.

"Now. Ryuen-Kun. You want me to kneel and bow to you?"

"That's the reason I'm here, Kuku. Oh, don't forget 1,000,000 points. Kuku"

Horikita sighed.

"I have no evidence to fight with you. But I'm sure that this is your plan. You command Kinoshita-San to bounce me, and send Kushida-San to stand holding the waffle at the sideline."

"Both it's just your delusion, Kuku. I can't see the fact in it."

"Say what you want. But at least, can you tell me how your plan actually is?"

"Kuku. Of course, I will use my imagination to write a good novel for you, Kuku. What about?"

Ryuen started telling his novel.

He started with getting the information from Kushida. He arranged the competitors' orders with that information. And used it to win against class C. However, with much bad luck, he couldn't take the victory from it.

But there was a more precious result than that.

Making Horikita lose.

Kinoshita was another pawn. She crushed Horikita on purpose as same as the waffle. Then, Ryuen destroyed her leg to make this accident more serious. Now, Horikita didn't only get an injury, and also being suspicious in hurting Kinoshita.

"And all I have to do is give 500,000 points to Kinoshita. Money smells good, doesn't it?"

Horikita lost the color of her face. Ryuen is cold-blood and scarier than her expectation.

However---

"Are you sure that you tell everything to me like this?"

"Kuku?"

"What if I get the school this evidence---"

"If you talk about the recorder that I sure you use it. Kuku. I say it's just a novel. Just my assumption, Kuku."

"I just cut that part off."

"Do it, Kuku. And you will be more suspicious. Because I have one too, Kuku. "

Ryuen took the phone out of his pocket. Horikita looked at it unbelievably.

"You're so hopeless, Horikita-San. You have to use this stupid plan?" Kushida laughed sarcastically.

"Now. Knee! Kuku!!" Ryuen grinned while commanding.

Horikita grabbed her fist with sadness.

It was her fault.

She was told how foolish she was.

She sighed. As Sudo said, Everything is nothing.

Kneeing is nothing. Even Ryuen let her lick his foot--It was nothing too.

She just had to give up this time.

And when the next time had come, it would be her turn.

Horikita lowered her body, her knee touched the floor.

...

Under the orange light. Kamuro took me to the corridor before the laboratory.

"Is this a confession? Wow. Kaxxxa is right. Girls love a fast runner."

Kamuro looked at me with a disgusting face.

"What are you talking about?"

"Nothing. Sorry. "

She sighed and walked to the lab, then knocked on the door.

"I take him here."

"Thank you, Masumi-San. I will repay you later. "

Kamuro walked out of the corridor at the same time as the lab's door was opened.

Sakayanagi Arisu walked out of that room.

"Long time no see. Ayanokouji-Kun. Fufu. " She said. "8 years, 243 days, 3 hours, 12 minutes and...30 seconds. Fufu."

"I don't think we met each other before. " I replied.

"As I expect, Fufu. I know you but you don't know me. Fufu. " Sakayanagi said mysteriously. She started walking past me. Her cane made the sound while it percussed the floor.

"What? Do you call me just to talk to me in 3 sentences?"

"Fufu. "

She laughed and pointed to the stair at the end of the corridor.

"At the end of that stair. Ryuen Kakeru-Kun is treating Horikita Suzune-San to knee to him. Fufu."

"What?"

I opened my eyes widely and ran toward the stair without rethinking.

However, Sakayanagi still spoke behind me.

"It's a long time since I witness your luck, Fufu. When I saw it at the sports festival. It made my heart beat so hard. Ayanokouji-Kun. I want to witness it again. That's why I call you here. Fufu. "

She giggled.

"Good luck, Fufu. Although the white room made you the luckiest man in the world. Fufu."

"What!?"

That word made me bog down and turned away to Sakayanagi, causing me to trip and fall down the stairs.

"EH!"

I flew down to the lower floor.

"Ayanokouji-Kun!!"

I saw Horikita, Kushida, and Ryuen looking at me with surprise.

Then, my head smashed Ryuen's head and the world became dark.

...

"Ayanokouji-Kun!!" Horikita screamed while looking at Ayanokouji's head percussed with Ryuen's.

"Ugh!"

Ryuen cried out with a word before collapsing.

"Ayanokouji-Kun!!"

Horikita took Ayanokouji's body before it fell down from the floor. Suddenly, another girl ran out of the corner.

"Ayanokouji-Kun. Are you okay?"

"Amikura-San?"

Amikura Mako appeared and ran to look at Ayanokouji.

"Why are you here!?" Horikita asked.

"I'm just worried about you so..." Amikura laughed and scratched her head.

"Argh. Where am I, Kuku?"

Amikura and Horikita turned their head to Ryuen who was just about to wake up.

"Oh. Suzune. Kikyo---and some random side character. Why are you all here, Kuku?" He asked.

"Did he just call me a side character?"

"Don't you remember!?"

Kushida shouted with anger.

"W--What did you say, Kuku?"

"We're about to take that bitch!"

"Calm down. Kikyo. I'm scary, Kuku. What do you mean, Kuku? What are we doing?"

Kushida spat her saliva at Ryuen. "What the fuck!? We're planning to make Horikita injured while a sports festival. And claimed that she hurt Kinoshita. Then, you will force her to give you 1,000,000 points and knee to you."

Ryuen raised his eyebrows. "Is it my plan, Kuku?"

"Is it your plan?" Amikura spoke out.

Ryuen and Kushida turned in her direction, realizing Horikita and Amikura were here too.

"No. " Ryuen and Kushida answered at the same time. Before standing and running away from that corridor.

"What the---" Amikura mumbled. "Oh! Ayanokouji-Kun!"

She looked at Ayanokouji. He didn't wake up yet.

"Yabai. Amikura-San..." Horikita's voice was trembling. She raised her hand that just touched Ayanokouji's head.

Amikura closed her mouth with her palms.

There was blood on Horikita's hand.

...

Ayanokouji wasn't that heavy, Horikita and Amikura were strong girls. Therefore, they could take him to the nursing room on their own.

However, before Amikura would knock on the nursing room's door. She stopped because of the sound coming out of the room.

"Sob. Sob. You steal my virgin. "

It was Hazama-Sensei's sound.

"Come one. Don't cry. I will take responsibility."

It was Chabashira-Sensei's sound.