At that moment, setting the restroom as a cardinal point, the vanguard of the security team was talking with the security team in charge of class 1-3, which was ahead of them at a crossroads about 100 meters ahead.
The rear guard was in the clearing where class 1-5 was resting. They were about 50 or 60 meters away from that place.
The road was a gentle curve and the visibility was not good.
The security team was on the lookout for those coming from the front and rear of the road, but they did not expect them to come running down the slope and were completely caught off guard.
Youko, the group leader, immediately gave out an order.
「Risa, Miyo, take care of Higashino-kun! Kazumi, Mashiro, take care of Hirose-kun! Yuma, use that thing!」
「「Ok!」」
「「Roger.」」
「Yes!」
In spite of them suffering from a surprise attack, there was no hesitation in their actions.
Perhaps they had expected this kind of situation.
Yuma, who had taken out round objects the size of a ping pong ball from her backpack, which she had opened before they knew it, pulled out the string and ignited it with a lighter.
She then threw them to their rear and front in succession.
Smoke violently billowed out from the thrown round objects and covered the area.
「What's this? Whoa!」
「Smoke is…!」
「Damn it! I can't see!」
「Now, use this chance!」
「「「Yeah!」」」
Yuu, flanked by Kazumi and Mashiro, ran toward the clearing.
Risa and Miyoko, who positioned themselves right behind Rei to protect him, were also coming with them.
The group tried to slip through the right side of the purple jersey women who were blocking the way.
「M, man!」
「Tei!」
One of the girls jumped out at Yuu, but Mashiro threw something she was holding in her hand.
「Gyaa! My eyes, my eyes!」
It splendidly hit her in the face, and her vision seemed to have been blinded by the fine powder that came out of it.
Furthermore, Youko knocked down another girl who was close by with a body blow, while Yuma caught the other girl's foot with a surprisingly nimble movement, causing her to fall.
They then moved to slip through that open space.
「Hold it right there!」
「Wait, oraa!」
There was no way they would wait when told to wait.
Seeing that Yuu and the others were running away, the jersey girls immediately started to chase after them.
If they could make it to the clearing, they would be able to turn the tables on them.
Some girls from class 1-5 that were relatively close to them seemed to have noticed the abnormality occurring on their side and were shouting something.
I thought we were in deep trouble when we got attacked by that group of suspicious people, but for the girls in the same group as me to show such quick-wittedness, as expected of them.
If we can just keep running as we are and meet up with everyone else from class 1-5 as well as the Senpais from the security team….
It occurred when Yuu was having such a thought.
「Kya!」
The one who let out that cry was Kazumi, who was running right on the right side of Yuu.
Because of the direction of the wind, the smoke drifted over following Yuu and the others, which was helpful as it made it difficult for those girls to find them, but at the same time, it made it difficult to find their footing.
Because of this, Kazumi unluckily missed her footing on the edge of the road where there was no guardrail and was about to fall down the cliff.
「Aki-san!」
Yuu promptly took a large step to the right and reached out to grab Kazumi's arm as she was about to fall.
Due to this, Yuu's body lost its balance as well.
「Hirose-kun! … Kuh, you guys go ahead!」
「Youko?! Huh, wait a sec!」
Seeing Yuu and Kazumi falling down the slope, Yoko did not hesitate.
After addressing those around her with her voice only, she followed after the two herself.
Some girls from the purple jersey group who were running in the lead as they chased after them wavered when they saw Yuu and the others fall.
Even if they continued to run along the road as they were, their friends from Sairyou Academy would come running and it would likely turn into a brawl.
To begin with, the other side had more numbers, so now that the surprise attack had failed, the more time passed, the more disadvantageous they would be at.
In that case, their best option would be to chase after the boy who had fallen down the slope and secure him.
If they could then take him somewhere beyond the public eyes, he would be as good as theirs.
Rather than chasing after two hares, they should just catch one prey (boy) with whom they had the best chance.
The few of them, who had decided on their course of action right then and there, went down the slope, and including those who followed, their number exceeded 10.
It was a short time, only a minute or two, but as a result, it earned Yuu and the others valuable time.
The remaining one-third or so, who were unable to perceive what was going on due to the smoke, ran along the road as they were, but after Rei got welcomed by the girls from class 1-5, they got repelled by the security team, and eventually had to scurry away.
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「Guah! Ouch! Ugh… Ohh, it's not stopping!」
Yuu fell after grabbing Kazumi's arm, but the slope turned out to be steeper than he had expected, so unable to stop, the two continued to roll down the slope together.
Luckily for them, it was a dirt slope with few rocks, and there were piles of fallen leaves that had withered and fallen during the winter.
He tried several times to stop when they bumped into a tree, but partly due to the poor footing, they just kept sliding down.
At first, they were both sliding down on their butts, but eventually they ended up in a position of embracing each other as they rolled down the slope.
Come to think of it, I also tumbled down like this before I was reborn into this world, didn't I? So Yuu suddenly recalled.
However, unlike that time, Kazumi was with him this time.
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