On the track and field, there are people everywhere.

Naruse wandered aimlessly, looking for the members of Class A among the contestants in each event.

"There's a second-year competition here." Morimi, who had been following him, suddenly spoke.

He stopped and followed her to the bunker to watch the women's long jump in progress.

"Which one is Class A?"

“……”

Morimi glanced at him, "That short-haired girl in line." ”

Naruse looked over and quickly recognized it, but he wasn't too impressed.

The two stood by the bunker for a while, and only turned to leave after the girl in class A had jumped long.

"That distance, can you make it to the final?"

"Jump farther than me anyway."

After turning around casually, the two came to the vicinity of the gymnasium again, and simply went in.

The billiard room is on the second floor of the gymnasium, and when Naruse and Morimi passed, the previous round had just ended.

Ogasawara stood beside him, his arms folded, and he stared at the table in a daze.

"Lost?" Morimi walked over quickly.

“……”

Ogasawara came back to her senses and looked at her.

"It's not my turn yet...... How do you feel like Izuha is looking forward to me losing? ”

"No, it's better to say that I'm looking forward to Xing's play."

"I also watched the game on it just now, it's really good, and I have played back and forth with the main player of the badminton club."

"Isn't it yin and yang?"

"Nope."

The two looked at each other and smiled at the same time.

"I'm so nervous."

"It's okay, it's over soon."

Naruse, who was standing on the side, looked left and right, and sure enough, he saw Kobayashi Masashi in the corner, who also beckoned to him.

"I'll go over for a moment."

"Huh?" Mori was stunned for a moment, and quickly nodded, "Hmm." ”

Ogasawara's eyes rolled, and his gaze wandered over her and Naruse's faces.

Standing with Kobayashi was also a boy from the former C class, and Naruse walked over, and the three of them gathered in the corner and chatted.

"Naruse also signed up for basketball?"

"Just look at the clothes on me."

"I can't take Xiaolin with you."

"You ...... guy"

On the other side, Morimi asked Ogasawara, "Who is Apricot's opponent?" ”

"It's also Class D...... It seems to be called Onishi Yuzuki. ”

"Eh, she's a classmate from my middle school."

"Really? Yiye go and talk to her, and be gentle with me later. ”

"I remember she wasn't very athletic either......"

Morimi searched in the billiard room and soon saw the middle school classmate standing on the other side.

"I'm going to say hello."

"Please!"

She smiled and walked over there, "Don't expect too much. ”

In the corner, Naruse was chatting with Kobayashi when he suddenly saw Morimi walking towards a strange girl and chatting with her.

"Do you know anyone......"

"Huh? What did Naruse say? ”

"No, nothing."

As he spoke, a new round of competition began, from the second year C class to the second year F class, and the two girls participating in the competition were unfamiliar faces.

Naruse looked at it for a while, a little surprised.

"I don't seem to be very good at fighting......

"Naruse said it too politely, this just won't be at all. There is a billiard club in Tsugao, but most of them are boys, and there are few girls who can play billiards...... But I heard that in the third grade, there was a senior sister from China, who beat the entire billiards club with one hand and a racket. ”

"That's amazing."

The game where the serve is not good, there is really not much to watch.

Most of Naruse's attention was focused on Kobayashi's boasting of the senpai, occasionally glancing at Morimi, who was with Ogasawara.

I didn't have to wait too long, and finally it was the turn of the second year class A against the second year class D.

Ogasawara took the racket and went on the field tremblingly.

In the first round, the second-year Class D players serve.

Smack.

The ping-pong ball bounces out with the racket and hits the net cleanly.

"Class A in the second year gets one point."

“……”

Morimi raised an eyebrow.

Ogasawara didn't do anything, and she had already surpassed her in scores......

In the second round, it was the second-year Class D players who served.

The ping-pong ball bounced on the table, and finally passed the net smoothly, and Ogasawara immediately swung his racket to fight back.

Smack!

The opponent was in a hurry and couldn't catch the ball.

"Class A in the second year gets one point."

Naruse turned his head to look at Kobayashi, "Ogasawara may be able to enter the next round." ”

He shook his head, "It's hard to say." ”

In the next two rounds, Ogasahara served, but the result was either not over the net or flew directly out of the table, and the two-point advantage was instantly gone.

Naruse opened his mouth and stopped talking.

A few minutes later, as he and Kobayashi were scratching their heads, the round ended with a final score of 12:10.

It was the ecstatic Ogasawara who got twelve points.

"Ahhh

What kind of luck is it......

Morimi sighed, but quickly smiled.

"Congratulations."

Ogasawara made the cut, and the next round of the competition would not be until noon, and the two would go back to the classroom together.

Naruse and Kobayashi were staying in the gymnasium, standing on a raised platform on the second floor, watching the basketball game going on below.

"The first grade was also very intense."

"Well, they all look quite experienced."

When it's not my turn to compete, I'm still very idle.

The games at the bottom were carried out round by round, and it was not until it was close to noon that Naruse returned to the classroom.

Ogasawara sat in his seat and chatted with Morimi.

"It's fine."

Seeing that she was about to get up and give up her seat, Naruse waved her hand and turned around and went out again.

Watching him walk in the direction of Class C, Morimi retracted his gaze and found Ogasawara staring at him.

"I'm not in the way."

"Hmm."

"It's too much!"

After all, it's been almost two months, and Ogasawara already knows that Naoko is the real girlfriend he is dating now.

"I said, a leaf ......"

"Hmm."

"Are you going to go on like this?"

"What do you say......"

Looking at the expression on her friend's face, Morimi quickly understood what she meant.

"What do you say suddenly?"

"I'm worried about you." Ogasawara also looked at her and said bluntly, "If it goes on like this, Kazuha will be injured sooner or later." ”

Morimi pursed his lower lip, "I understand." ”

"No, if Yiye really understood, he would have given up a long time ago."

“……”

She was silent for a moment.

She understood.

She clearly understood that she was walking step by step into the abyss.

"When I'm tired of playing, I'll let him go."

“……”

Ogasawara smiled, but his brow was still furrowed.

But she also understands that when a friend chooses to joke at such a time, it means that she doesn't want to talk about it.

She stopped talking, but couldn't help but say, "Don't cry then." ”

"I didn't cry when I was beaten on the pitch today."

"That's a beating...... Can he be as gentle as the badminton clubman? ”

"No, on the contrary, he would love to have a knife in every sentence."

Both laughed a little, tacitly not going on the subject.

"I still think it's better to lose just now, and save yourself the shame of going over at noon."

"No, no, no, even if you advance in this way, it's better than not being promoted."

"You have something to say."

"No~"

After chatting for a while, Naruse returned to Class A, and this time he did not refuse Ogasawara's concession because it was already time for lunch.

Naoko and Starfish also followed, and after a while, Hikaru Takikawa also came to Class A with a bento.

"Today's lunch is a little early."

"I'm going to play later, so I can't go hungry."

"Don't overeat then, that's my experience."

"I know."

Ogasawara, who returned to his seat, looked back at the five people in the corner.

Because we grew up together, do we have to be together all the time even when we eat......

As if sensing her gaze, Morimi looked over and asked with an inquiring look.

Ogasawara shook his head and turned away.

"What's wrong?" Noticing her gaze, Starfish asked.

"It's fine."

Morimi shook her head and looked at her lunch box again.

"You also eat a little less, won't there be a game later."

"Uh-huh."

(End of chapter)