Chapter 364: Chapter 361: The Old Scumbag’s Physical Energy Allocation
Oh no, actually, Takuya Imamura and Yoosuke Aoki have successfully transformed into second-dimensional delinquents. They’re much less fierce than they used to be.
Although, truth be told, they weren’t that fierce back then either...
Then there’s Koji Ishida, who always calls himself Ai Bo. He’s been pretty well-behaved lately, neither trying to conquer the world with Sawahei Shirakawa nor having any new arguments with his girlfriend... calm like a certain retired Yuri Hime.
But as it turns out, the lifetime of a comedic relief character lasts much longer than that of a tool character. Just as Sawahei Shirakawa remembered that square-faced iron man, he saw him waving from a distance while holding a girl’s hand.
"Ai Bo! I knew you were here."
Koji Ishida’s face turned red, as he walked over with his girlfriend Yamei, excitedly saying, "Long time no see, Ai Bo..."
Sawahei Shirakawa hesitantly glanced at Koji Ishida, nodded as a greeting and said, "Yes... it’s been a while..."
"Mr. Shirakawa, long time no see. My Koji owes you a lot for taking care of him back then."
Yamei had a good impression of Sawahei Shirakawa, who helped fix their relationship. After all, not just anyone could talk down someone as stubborn as Koji Ishida.
Sawahei Shirakawa nodded again at her words, about to say something when a familiar voice suddenly came from the side.
"Not at all, my dear Shirakawa is grateful to you too... ouch, Shirakawa? Why did you hit me!"
The little troublemaker girl covered her head and pouted at him in grievance. Sawahei Shirakawa said impatiently, "Who’s been causing trouble here?"
"I was only reminding you that it’s almost time for the competition... Mr. Shirakawa, you’re so mean..."
"We clearly live in the same house..." cute little Ise Yu muttered softly.
"Hmm???
"N-nothing..."
"Did you guys come to play together today?" Sawahei Shirakawa changed the subject, not bothering with the troublemaker girl’s "my Shirakawa" remark. Koji Ishida replied, "That’s right, there’s also a sports festival at Yamei’s school today, but they aren’t strict with management, so I brought her here to play..."
"To be honest, we actually came for the couples’ basketball game because we heard that it could make us be together forever... mmm... mmm mmm mmm..."
Yamei quickly covered her childhood friend’s mouth, apologetically saying, "Sorry... we must have made you laugh... Koji... we need to go now, otherwise, we can’t borrow your school’s uniforms..."
The iron man was led away by his annoyed girlfriend, leaving Shirakawa Sawahei and the cute little Ise Yu standing there. The girl beside him was secretly pleased and just about to speak up with a word.
"White..."
"No way."
"I haven’t even said what it is yet!"
"I already know without you saying it."
The troublemaker girl chased after him in frustration, as if planning to reason with Sawahei Shirakawa. There were students from other schools, tourists, and participants from Akihisa High School coming and going around them. Some were eager, some were hopeful, all waiting for this unique sports festival.
The opening ceremony was very brief. Hayakawa Kashi, as the chief planner, announced a few words on stage, and then the broadcast voice echoed throughout the stadium.
"The 7th sports festival of Akihisa Academy, begins."
A burst of cheers erupted from the crowd. Students wearing red and white headbands ran across the track chanting slogans, amidst supportive cheers.
Let’s just say that the lack of lengthy speeches from school leaders and other miscellaneous preludes surprised many students.
With such a straightforward atmosphere, the sports festival... officially begins!
The competitive factions were roughly divided by headband colors, inspired by the Red and White Song Battle on Neon New Year’s Eve. This sports festival had a confrontational aspect, with different classes forming alliances, strategizing, and striving for victory. It was naturally a thrilling affair, not to mention Little Arrogant using money power, greatly increasing each class teacher’s desire for victory.
As a teacher, we’d love to take a break while the students are busy with the sports festival, but we can’t... the rewards are simply too enticing...
The first battle was against the class of the Little Transparent. Sawahei Shirakawa didn’t want his study buddy to be too fatigued, so he directly asked Koji Ishida to place Little Transparent in a low-effort position when arranging the order of players.
What? You say Koji Ishida can’t arrange the player order? That’s not an issue. He just needs to flex his muscles in front of the class leader and flash a wicked smile, and the class leader won’t dare say anything, clutching his buttocks and agreeing to Koji Ishida’s request.
When it came to Sawahei Shirakawa’s turn, the troublemaker girl pouted and said she wanted to stand in front of Sawahei Shirakawa, and then in front of her, there should be another girl.
Sawahei Shirakawa: ?
Although Sawahei Shirakawa didn’t immediately understand her thought process, he soon understood why Little Ise Yu wanted to stand in front of him during the tug-of-war.
The whistle blew, and the troublemaker girl shouted, seemingly using all her strength, then fell backward with everyone else—a tug-of-war tactic that uses angle to increase force... However...
The tactic is legitimate, but the person using it doesn’t seem to be serious...
At the initial burst of force, the troublemaker girl glanced around, realizing no one was paying attention to her...
She actually fell straight into his arms! Her little head nuzzling, enjoying the moment... you could say she brazenly took advantage of him!
No, no that’s not right, she’s trying to slack off! Pretending to use all her strength to fall into my arms, not only making it difficult for others to notice but also getting to nap on Sawahei Shirakawa...
Distant Black Hearted Lolita: ???
What the hell...
At such a critical moment in the tug-of-war competition, even as her hair tickled his cheeks, Sawahei Shirakawa, of course, couldn’t do anything to her. After the game ended with their victory, he dragged the troublemaker girl aside, showing her just why she shouldn’t nap in the arms of an old playboy.
Hmm? No wait, why have I already accepted the old playboy nickname from Tsukimi and the others... when did this psychological hint slip in?
Successfully advancing in the first tug-of-war elimination round, by the time of the second round, the Black Hearted Lolita seemed to have wisened up, proactively coming over and asking to do tug-of-war with Sawahei Shirakawa.
Sawahei Shirakawa: Hehe.
Tug-of-war is really exhausting, doing it once was enough, and you want me to do it a second time?
Haven’t you played a galgame before? The stamina of an old playboy is precious. Allocating it to the Black Hearted Little Girl?
Dream on!