Two more groups finished the 100-meter race, and Ryuen finally stepped onto the track.
"Hey, Ryuen, if you don't get first place, I'm going to laugh at you all day."
Watching Ryuen in his gym clothes, looking serious, Kamio Tatsuya couldn't help but laugh.
It couldn't be helped, Ryuen usually acts a certain way, but now he's wearing gym clothes and seriously participating in the sports festival.
It felt like something was off.
Hearing Kamio Tatsuya's teasing, a large group of boys from Class C turned red in the face, wanting to laugh but not daring to.
As for Ryuen, his eyelids twitched, and veins even popped out on his forehead, then he glared with murderous intent.
The students of Class C immediately shivered and became serious.
"Go, Ryuen!"
Someone shouted in the confusion, and the students of Class C immediately joined in, their cheers becoming a noisy chorus.
In the end, Ryuen didn't get first place. Class A's Kito Hayato did, a guy who looked even fiercer than Ryuen.
"It's okay, Ryuen, you did your best."
Ryuen walked over looking a bit gloomy. Kamio Tatsuya immediately smiled and went to comfort him, only to be met with a death stare from Ryuen.
The playful grin on Kamio Tatsuya's face disappeared, and his expression became slightly more serious, just a little bit.
"You've noticed it, right?"
Ryuen nodded.
"Except for the first group where you went to take down Sudou, the groupings for our three classes, B, and C, are just packed with strong people."
Like in the second group, besides Class A's Hashimoto, Class C's Kondo was also there. Kondo lost to Hashimoto and got second place.
Other groups were also basically head-to-head matchups of strong people. For example, Class A's Katsuragi ran into Class B's Kanzaki. Class A's Kito caught Class C's Ryuen.
In total, there were eight groups, and all but one were like that.
That was the fifth group. Looking at the list, there was only one strong person, Class D's Koenji, but he didn't participate. He's been hiding in the shed, pretending to be sick, since the sports festival started.
So, the fifth group was basically full of weaklings, and Class C's guy with the slicked-back hair easily got first place.
It's like everyone knew Koenji was in that group and avoided him.
Class C definitely did that, but what about Class A and Class B...?
"We've been tricked."
Ryuen narrowed his eyes. If he still didn't understand, he'd be a real idiot.
The guy who leaked the entry list to Ryuen had set a trap. The entry list itself was a trap!
Because that guy not only leaked Class D's entry list to Class C, but also gave it to Class B and Class A at the same time.
This meant the three classes, B, C, and A, all wanted to avoid Class D's star players, like Koenji and Sudou.
That's why the group Koenji was in was full of weaklings.
That's also why Kamio Tatsuya deliberately went for Sudou, otherwise, the first group would have been full of weaklings except for Sudou.
And to avoid those two, they had to put their class's athletes into the other six groups.
This resulted in the athletes from the three classes being grouped together, making it harder to get good results.
If the plan worked, the three classes, A, B, and C, would all be worse off, and Class D would reap the rewards.
As for how to make Class A and Class B believe the entry list they received was real, that was too easy. Kamio Tatsuya could think of several ways.
What a calculation!
"Who do you think did this?"
Who did it?
Class D. Only one person thinks like that, Ayanokouji Kiyotaka, it's you, isn't it!
Seeing the unreadable look on Kamio Tatsuya's face, Ryuen seemed to realize something, and his expression darkened.
"You, you didn't predict all of this, did you?"
"Oh, you're quick to catch on." Kamio Tatsuya couldn't help but praise Ryuen. "This situation was indeed one of the possibilities I foresaw."
"Then why didn't you stop it?"
"Because I couldn't stop it, and there was no need to."
Yes, there was no need to.
Since Ayanokouji chose to reveal Class D's entry list, it was to make the students from the other classes avoid Class D's star players.
If the three classes, A, B, and C, all chose to avoid Class D's star players, then the current situation was inevitable.
If Kamio Tatsuya was in Class D and planning to help Class D, he would undoubtedly use this method too. A fair and aboveboard strategy. He wasn't afraid of you seeing through it.
Because even if you saw through it, you couldn't solve it, unless the three classes, A, B, and C, showed each other their entry lists to target Class D together.
However, the three classes, A, B, and C, couldn't possibly show each other their entry lists.
And the first three classes to get Class D's entry list wouldn't choose to test Sudou and Koenji's strength with their own star players.
What if they lost?
That would be a big loss.
So, this plan was bound to succeed, and stopping it was useless.
Kamio Tatsuya even saw his own style in this plan.
But there's a saying that plans can't keep up with changes.
In the first group, Kamio Tatsuya appeared, faster than Sudou. And in Koenji's group, Koenji himself didn't even participate.
So, the end result was that although Class D's plan was very successful, the situation was very awful for them.
They only had 38 people to begin with, and Koenji didn't even participate. And Sudou, who should have won first place easily, was completely controlled by Kamio Tatsuya.
It could be said that Class D was sitting firmly in last place at this sports festival.
This also proved one thing, that even with a great plan, if you don't have pieces that can perfectly execute the plan, you can't win.
Besides misjudging Kamio Tatsuya, they also didn't understand the students of Class D well enough.
But this also reminded Kamio Tatsuya of something.
Ayanokouji is really something.
And he probably didn't even plan to use this method to let Class D win.
Was he testing something?
Of course, these were all Kamio Tatsuya's guesses, and he needed to verify them with someone, otherwise, if Ayanokouji did nothing,
Wouldn't he be fighting with the air, making himself look like a fool?
After the 100-meter race for the first-year boys ended, the race for the first-year girls immediately began, just as expected.
Even the first group had a head-to-head battle of strong players.
The two students Class D sent out were Inogashira and Wang Meiyu, whose athletic abilities were visibly low.
But the first three classes clearly invested their strength there.
While the first group's race was going on, Kamio Tatsuya approached Ichinose, who was preparing for the second group's race.
"Ichinose, I have something to ask you."
"Hmm? Now? I'm about to race."
"You just need to answer yes or no." Kamio Tatsuya smiled, "Did Class B get Class D's entry list before the sports festival started?"
Seeing Ichinose's surprised expression, Kamio Tatsuya knew his guess was right.
Ichinose was also surprised. At the same time, she guessed that Class C must have also gotten Class D's entry list, and they were sure it was the real entry list.
Because they were sure it was the correct entry list, they didn't spread the news.
Because everyone wanted to win, everyone wanted to get first place in the exam.
Even if they couldn't get first place, they at least wanted to get more points to make their group win.
Kamio Tatsuya had to praise Ayanokouji Kiyotaka again. What a great plan. His style felt a bit like mine.
Too bad, in the face of absolute power, any schemes are useless!
While thinking, Ichinose was already standing on the track. The athlete Class C sent out in this group was Kinoshita.
After Kamio Tatsuya's persuasion, Ryuen temporarily gave up on doing anything sneaky.
"Go Ichinose, try to get second place. You can't outrun our Class C's Kinoshita anyway."
Hearing Kamio Tatsuya's words, Ichinose smiled wryly, not knowing whether to thank him for cheering her on.
The final result was as expected.
Although Ichinose ran fast, Kinoshita was a professional track and field athlete after all. Losing to her wasn't embarrassing.
The 100-meter race quickly ended.
Through Kamio Tatsuya's observation, among the boys, if you didn't count Koenji, he was the fastest, followed by Sudou.
As for the girls, the fastest was Class A's Kamuro, and the person who jumped the furthest was Class D's Hasebe.
As for Horikita, she was naturally easily suppressed by Ryuen's trump card, Yajima Mariko.
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