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Ball Game Tournament.
Asakura was not clear about the situation in other schools, but Soubu High School's Ball Game Tournament itself was split from the Sports Festival.
It is said that the higher-ups believed that the original three-day Sports Festival was too long and easily made students too lax, which is why most ball games were separated from the Sports Festival and a separate Ball Game Tournament was held.
By the way, Soubu High School's Sports Festival is in May, after the Golden Week consecutive holidays.
"Yo, Asakura-kun, do you have anything to do at the Ball Game Tournament?"
The day before the Ball Game Tournament, in the Service Club activity room, Yanami patted Asakura's shoulder and asked.
Asagumo Chihaya was not officially a member of the Magic Club, so she wouldn't appear in the activity room. Yuigahama Yui had signed up for volleyball and was pulled by other classmates for some last-minute practice.
Yukinoshita Yukino was on duty today, so for a while, only the two of them were in the activity room.
"No, I'm not good at sports… Huh, why do I have a sense of déjà vu that I've answered this question before?"
Asakura stroked his chin, then remembered that Yuigahama Yui seemed to have talked about a similar topic in the Clubroom before, but Yanami, as a Muggle, didn't know about the Clubroom and naturally wasn't part of that conversation.
"What? This is the first time I've asked, right?"
Yanami blinked, looking suspicious.
Asakura quickly changed the subject: "Speaking of which, we're classmates, you should know what events I signed up for, right?"
Although there were no mandatory rules, in principle, every student had to participate in at least one event.
Asakura originally intended to sign up for table tennis.
After all, in his previous life, he was from the Heavenly Dynasty, so perhaps in this life, he would also have the blessing of mysterious Eastern powers and be surprisingly talented in table tennis. Moreover, 'Your backhand is weak, your forehand is poor, your footwork is loose, your reactions are slow, not a single move is decent, and you still want to compete with me on the same stage' was among Asakura's top ten 'lines he most wanted to say once in this life.'
However, easy and simple events like table tennis were undoubtedly very attractive to students who wanted to slack off and not exercise—as mentioned before, Soubu High School is a high school with a very high Deviation value that focuses on college entrance, and many students put most of their energy into… I mean, studying, so their attitude towards sports naturally became a bit lax.
Therefore, when signing up, the competition for activities like table tennis was very fierce. By the time Asakura, who lacked subjective initiative, went to sign up, the table tennis event was already in a state of 'no one else can get in.'
So Asakura could only settle for the next best thing, choosing between tennis and dodgeball.
He confirmed repeatedly that there were no academies like Seigaku or Hyotei in this world, and even professional tennis players couldn't shoot a ball and pin someone to a wall, naturally even less likely to unleash moves like 'Hand ○ Domain,' 'Selfless ○ Realm,' 'Heaven ○ Seamless Limit' which sounded more suitable for fighting Sukuna than playing tennis. He originally intended to sign up for tennis.
After all, the male protagonist of one of the few anime he knew from his previous life, Hachiman Hikigaya, inexplicably went to the tennis club, which made him always curious about what happened to cause the plot deviation.
However, after seeing Hachiman Hikigaya and that tennis club president… who seemed to be named Saika Totsuka or something, messing around over there, the thought suddenly popped up, 'It's better not to disturb them,' so he finally chose to sign up for dodgeball.
"I'm not interested in ball games, so I didn't look at the sign-up sheet at all."
Yanami replied confidently even though she was in the wrong.
"Then what event did you sign up for? You must have one, right?"
Asakura asked curiously.
"I joined the cheerleading squad, so I don't need to sign up for a sports event."
"Cheerleading? Do you know what cheerleading is for?"
"Of course I do! It's for slacking off in the crowd! When the atmosphere is just right, you just shout 'Go, XX-kun!' and that's it!"
"Apologize to all the cheerleaders in the world!"
"No, no, no, Asakura-kun, think about it carefully. For example, in baseball, as a batter, you're about to strike out, and the score is one point away from ending the game, but if you can hit the ball, you still have a chance to turn the tide. At this moment, would you want no distractions, allowing yourself to focus all your attention on the opponent's pitcher, or would you prefer a team of cheerleading girls shouting things like 'Go, Asakura-kun, go, go, go!' 'Asakura-kun, hit the ball, hit the ball, home run!' to put more pressure on you?"
"Why does your brain only work so fast when you're talking nonsense…"
Asakura rubbed his temples. Thinking of the scene the other party described, indeed, having someone cheer him on nearby would actually create more pressure.
The girl showed a triumphant expression.
"I'm not praising you."
Asakura glanced at her and said.
"Hmph, you can only say that for now."
Yanami took a large bag from her side and placed it on the table.
"I've been meaning to ask, what is this?"
Asakura looked at the large bag curiously.
"Last night, the shopping street near my house had a promotional lottery event. You see, it's almost Golden Week consecutive holidays, so it must be a warm-up for the holiday activities."
The girl removed the plastic bag, revealing what was inside.
"This is… an electric hot pot?"
Asakura looked at the massive pot, a little speechless.
From its rather well-designed appearance and the obviously advanced control panel, it should be a pretty high-end item, probably a luxury good costing over five digits (Yen).
"I was originally aiming for the second prize, a whole kilogram of Kobe beef. To get enough lottery tickets, I had to fight in the shopping street until the very last moment before closing. Those five extra-large takoyaki were really the limit…"
The girl ignored the somewhat dumbfounded Asakura, instead smacking her lips, seemingly reliving yesterday's fierce battle, showing an expression of 'What a worthy opponent!': "But in the end, when drawing the lottery, I drew wrong and got this first prize, a multi-functional smart electric hot pot…"
An electric hot pot that could overpower a kilogram of Kobe beef, indeed, that must be a good item.
But there was still one problem.
"So why did you bring this thing to school?"
Asakura was still a bit confused by the girl's actions.
"Of course, it's for eating hot pot!"
The girl showed a matter-of-fact expression, "I asked around, except for Lemon who signed up for several events and probably can't spare time, everyone else only signed up for one or two events in the Ball Game Tournament, so they can totally spare time to come to the activity room and eat hot pot together!"
"While others are fighting hard on the field for their class's honor, we're hiding and eating hot pot. Isn't that a bit inappropriate?"
Asakura looked at Yanami somewhat speechlessly.
"That's not true at all! Others sweat profusely from exercise, and we sweat profusely from eating hot pot. Everyone has a rosy future! It's just that the paths to that future are different!"
The girl said some strange nonsense while excitedly instigating: "I'll provide the pot! As for the ingredients, everyone just needs to bring one or two items!"
Asakura stroked his chin: "I see… You want to freeload everyone's ingredients."
"I'm not freeloading, I'll bring ingredients too."
The girl said, her eyes becoming somewhat vacant again: "Well, the only ingredient I can bring is somen noodles…"
So that hasn't been eaten yet, Asakura couldn't help but inwardly complain.
"Can't you use the money you spent on takoyaki to buy ingredients…?"
"That would be too rude to takoyaki!"
"Isn't it rude to want to freeload our ingredients before that?"
"I will eat my apologies, bit by bit, dipped in wasabi soy sauce!"
Asakura: "…"
This guy actually has the nerve to want to eat seafood…
"And eating hot pot at school is definitely a unique experience for everyone! Don't you want to try it, Asakura-kun?"
Yanami said cheerfully: "It's definitely super fun!"
For some reason, Asakura always felt that the girl, who did such chaotic things simply for fun (and possibly for appetite), was somehow dazzling.
His mood lightened as well.
"Just this once. If Hiratsuka-sensei catches us, I won't help you."
"Yay~"
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