Chapter 526 – Episode 57. Sports Day Mayhem
“… Let the 137th sports day begin!”
After Terue Daigo’s simple opening speech for the sports day, the high school sports day at St. Francis Girls’ Academy began.
For reference, the middle school sports day was held in the spring, so today was a day off for middle school students. Due to the nature of the middle school and high school uniform academy, it becomes quite complicated when all middle and high school students appear on the playground, and there is a significant difference in physique and athletic ability, so the game can end up being too one-sided.
The first event was archery, and since it was a competition against each other, there were four classes per grade, so a total of 12 classes competed in a tournament. How do 12 teams play? I looked at the schedule for today’s sports day and saw that 4 teams each received a bye and made it to the tournament. In order to determine the matchup with the team that won bye, the homeroom teacher of each class came out and drew a lottery. The lottery was drawn starting from the 3rd grade, and I ended up being the 4th in line.
There were two teams in front of me who had byes, so the odds were significantly lowered, but I knew my luck stats well anyway, so I didn’t have high expectations.
-Mr. Ryuta Yamashiro of the special class, please come out.
My name was called on the air and I walked to the lottery box in front of the podium.
“Teacher, you’re handsome!”
“Woo~!”
As soon as I left, I heard several shouts from the special class. No, you should either call him handsome or boo him…
Perhaps because of the friendly presence of the students in my class, the atmosphere became quite relaxed, and I started to hear shouts of “Good luck, Korean teacher,” From other classes as well.
“Please draw just one lottery ball.”
As the host said, I reached into the box and pulled out a ball that could be caught. The number is 5. Byes are written as byes – 1, so of course they were not the team that advanced to byes. I show the ball I selected to the host, and my ball number is announced on the air.
-3rd grade special class no. 5.
I glanced at the bracket and saw that the opposing team had not been decided yet. I was slowly walking back to the front of the special class, and perhaps because I didn’t get a bye, everyone gave me a thumbs down and said, “Woo!” They were booing. Of course, we weren’t really booing, we were jokingly laughing, so all the surrounding students were laughing at us.
“Sorry. But you can still do well, right?”
“Even if I get to play one more game, I don’t feel too much pressure.”
Tsubaki Shido, captain of the archery team, spoke calmly. In fact, since there were many events in the sports day, the class competition could not take a long time. So, before the final, each person was only given the opportunity to shoot three arrows, so the game ended with a total of 30 arrows for both teams in one game. The preparation time before shooting was quite tight, taking less than ten minutes per game. So, the pressure due to the number of games was not that great.
“I won archery at the Shin Idol Championships! “Don’t worry, teacher!”
Karen Uenozono, one of the archery athletes, spoke confidently. Oh, is there also a new ISAC? That’s kind of interesting. I’ll have to search for it later.
After some time, the lottery was over. In our match, it was the 2nd grade C class who picked number 6 for the third time. If we win this game, we will play against the 1st year B class that won by default.
During the drawing, the staff completed installing the target and a protective wall for safety behind the target. There were large screens all over the playground, so you could see students shooting targets and archers. Perhaps because it is a wealthy school, they install a number of screens like this.
“2nd year class C is a class with a vice president of the archery club and some archery club members. “This is by no means a weak team, so don’t let down your guard.”
Before we knew it, Tsubaki Shido, who had gathered the archery players, told us about the strength of his opponent’s team. This guy is amazing. He sincerely collects information about the opposing team even during sports days…
As I expected, the game ended quickly. This was because one person had to shoot the three arrows given to them in succession on the spot, but as they were shooting in succession, their concentration was broken, and they often ended up throwing foolish arrows, so the game was easily won. Meanwhile, the calm students showed their skills by concentrating well, drawing admiration from the viewers.
-3rd grade special class and 2nd grade C class, please come to the stadium.
“It’s our turn.”
“Okay, good luck everyone.”
“I will definitely win!”
Karen Uenozono, Erika Oofuchi, Rena Sakagami, and Konoka Urabe followed Tsubaki Shido with various expressions on his face as he calmly went to the stadium as if he was not worried even though he was told not to let down his guard. However, only Karen Uenojo was leisurely providing fan service, waving to the audience like an idol.
“Waaah~!! KAREN! KAREN!”
Perhaps because he is an idol, the reaction was not funny. Even from the opposing team, 2nd year C class, people could be heard calling out Karen, Karen.
The first was Tsubaki Shido. Since Tsubaki Shido was not nervous for the most part, she was a perfect fit for the vanguard in a match like this. If Erika Oofuchi, who has a history of hikikomori, was at the forefront, there was a possibility that she would make mistakes due to tension, but if Tsubaki Shido, who was at the forefront, did well, the students behind her would also be able to relax.
Tsubaki is a technique used to draw, aim, and shoot a large bow unique to Japanese archery. She had an 8. Even with 8 points, looking at the previous game, it was pretty good.
As if he got the hang of it, he fired the remaining two shots in succession, and both scored 9 points. A total of 26 points. At this level, he was more than pretty good.
The next turn was the other side, and judging by his skillful posture, it seemed like he was the vice-captain of the archery club that Tsubaki Shido had told him to watch out for.
The score was 9, 10, 8, which was 27 points. The fact that the wind was blowing quite strongly when the last arrow was shot seemed to be the cause of the low score. Still, it shoots pretty well, right?
Next in line was Urabe Konoka. She was also curious about Urabe Konoka’s participation, but since she is not from a famous family, and she is an adopted daughter, she thought she would not have much opportunity to experience archery, so a few days ago she asked Urabe Konoka directly. Br〉
“Yabusame (horseback archery ceremony hosted at a shrine) and archery itself have religious significance in Shinto, so I have been shooting an arrow ever since I was adopted.”
Urabe Konoka said that since she was adopted by Urabega, she has been practicing quite rigorously. She was convinced that if she was good at archery shooting at horseback riding, she could at least shoot at sports events.
Urabe Konoka pulled her bow and fired arrows one after another, looking completely unnerved. 10, 10, 9 The surprised expression of the opposing team’s spearhead was captured on the screen.
The next opponent, Konoka Urabe, was surprised and embarrassed by her skills, so her score was not good. 666 A very ominous number came out.
The third runner on our team was Erika Oofuchi. Why is Erika Oofuchi here? There was an opinion, but the shooting skills of Erika Oofuchi, who had played numerous FPS VR games due to the characteristics of VR dive similar to actual training, were no joke.
Even in Underwatch, which is currently up to Series 10, Erika Oofuchi was said to be as good as Hanzo Shima, so she also had considerable skill in archery.
Her only weakness was that she was easily nervous, but the opponent in front had a low score of 666, so Erika Oofuchi showed off her skills and returned to her seat with a smile on her face with a score of 999, which was 666 reversed.
The next opponent, who seemed not to be a member of the archery club, made a huge mistake and shot 7, 5, 2. As long as the two remaining members of our team did not fail, victory was a given.
Rena Sakagami, who freely wields all kinds of fighting weapons, shoots 8, 8, 8 as if she is paying attention to her opponent. Since she wasn’t embarrassed by the low(?) Score, I could tell she got it on purpose.
The next opponent was the archery club, and they probably showed their strength and shot 9, 9, and 8. The last player on our team is…
“KAREN! KAREN! KAREN!”
It was Uenozono Karen, who drew enormous support. Since there was already a significant score difference, if Karen Uenozono did not score a total of 9 points or fewer on all 3 shots, victory was guaranteed. Even if you guess 9 points or fewer, you have to check your opponent’s score.
Karen Uenozono, who was standing in private waving her hands to cheers, carefully drew and released her bow. The arrow was shot with a thud and hit 6 points.
It was a slightly disappointing score compared to the students in front of us, but no one expressed any regrets since we only needed 3 more points to win.
Perhaps because she was disappointed with her first shot, Karen Uenozono pulled the bow with a more serious expression and scored 10 points with a clicking sound.
-This is a victory for the 3rd grade special class!
Victory was confirmed without even using all the arrows… Isn’t it great? And most of the students cheered at the declaration of victory, perhaps because Karen Uenozono blew the deciding shot.
The 2nd year Class C student, who had his turn left, had to leave the stadium without even getting a chance. Because time was running out, there was a rule that if the outcome of the game was already decided, the game would end on the spot.
“Good job.”
I gave high-fives to each and every student in my class coming down from the stadium and told them they did a good job.
“Now, let’s replay the game we just played before the next game starts.”
Tsubaki Shido clapped her hands and called the archery team members together. He takes it very seriously. Anyone who sees it will think it is a national team game. Are you sure they’re working so hard just because of the excellent team dinner I’m hosting? Looking at the students working hard, I was a little afraid of how much they were going to eat.
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Oofuchi Erika Red Dolphin.
Maybe it’s because I have big breasts, but I like it when the t-shirt falls down like a curtain haha
Tsubaki Shido B cut.
Archery wasn’t implemented well with the old model, so I used the new model, but the new model is full of dolphins. I thought it was going crazy haha
I liked it, but it was rejected because it was black pants!
Red dolphins flying in the sky… Lol
No~! Why are you putting a dolphin on your arm when it’s not even water training? LOL
Dolphin gloves haha
