Classroom Of The Elite 2nd Year - Full Volume
Chapter 4 Chapter 3
"Can you practice like that, Nagumo?"
"Yes. I overslept, but then after running a few laps, my whole body became warm"
A student talks to Nagumo and the match resumes. In an instant, both the ball and the player, all gathered around Nagumo. He might be reliable as a teammate and dangerous as an enemy. He looks to be on the team as his opponents Hirata and Shibata. As the situation changed, Nagumo felt radiant. Hirata confronts Nagumo to steal the ball. His movements should have been as sharp as before, but almost like serving a baby, he ended up being perfectly passed.
Right after, Shibata also attacked Nagumo, but Nagumo made some tricks before passing him as well. I'm sure they're both very talented, but Nagumo is on a level above them. Passing one more person, he fired powerful shots from a distance. The ball that flew like a scary curve exceeded the goalie's prediction and pretty quickly, he scored.
"So the rank of chairman of the student council will be replaced not just to be shown."
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"... But it's just athletic."
It seemed that Horikita had no intention of honestly acknowledging Nagumo because she could not see the full picture of him. Even when I exchanged words with her, I glanced at Kushida who was watching the match to peek at her expression. He smiled as usual and not a single trace of his true nature could be seen.
"Even if you look at me with those eyes, it will only embarrass me" As if reading my mind, Kushida met my gaze and laughed.
"I promise not to ask any further, so can you tell me one thing?" In the presence of interested parties, I bravely entered into an area that should not be inviolable. "What is the reason your relationship with Horikita is so bad?" And I added one more thing.
"This is an unfair way to talk about it. Asking you to tell me by promising not to ask any further" It was a psychological trick but Kushida, on top of that understanding, understood my question.
"It's real, right?”
"Yes, I promise"
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As long as he hated the other party, it was only natural to blame them instead. Yet...
"Here I am"
Even as she turned her eyes back to the football game, Kushida lightly replied like that. It was an answer that betrayed my expectations. Even as he admitted that he was the one at fault, he still hated Horikita. That's a denial.
I'd say that I'm relatively good at reading someone's mind, but as I thought, I can't guess Kushida. Besides, I also started to no longer understand Horikita. Horikita had concluded from the beginning that she was hated by Kushida, but she did not speak to me about this.
This situation has not changed even now. However, judging from the way Kushida responded, Horikita probably knew the cause of Kushida's hatred towards her. But even if I asked Horikita, she would not answer a word about Kushida. Wh why? The fact that neither of them is willing to talk about the details for sure it means that they do not want the other to know.
"I quit. I began to feel, just thinking about it was a waste of time"
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"Ahaha, that's right. Right now our priority is to do some reconnaissance and gather information, right?"
"I should've..."
"Ahh, by the way, the one dribbling now is Sonoda-kun from Class C. He was quite fast" As expected, the students at the football club were all agile. The only ones in our class who can compete are Hirata and Sudou and in the contest, purely that they can still be harmed.
"But Horikita-san is guarding our class.it makes me happy"
"I intend to do what needed to go up to Class A, so how else”
"I have to work harder so I can contribute to others" I can't feel a bit of politeness.
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"Good morning, you two. Not usually you guys are in a place like this" Seeing us talking from a distance, Shibata also came running around and an unusual group of 5 people formed.
"Good morning, Kikyo-chan. And also... Ayanokouji and Horikita-chan, right? Are you dating two pretty girls?"
"No, that's not it" I was acquainted with Shibata but I didn't think he remembered my name correctly. It made me a little happy and I desperately pressed on my almost smiling face.
"What's up today? An unusual combination" While feeling appreciative of Hirata, who did not suspect anything strange, I decided to dare to tell the truth.
"It's reconnaissance. We came to mark the students from the other classes that we had to keep an eye on"
"Ohh. So that means Shibata's been tagged?"
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Shibata quickly stepped forward, showing off his speed. Her self-love that does not try to hide her abilities. I wondered if it was because he was part of Class B under Ichinose's leadership or because that was his nature.
"Shibata-kun as quickly as the rumors say. Both Ayanokouji-kun and I were shocked" Praised by the beautiful girl, Shibata happily rubbed the bottom of her nose with her index finger.
"Shibata-kun is the one we need to pay special attention to. In Class B, he's the fastest. For me, I'd rather not run in the same group as him"
"Even if you say something like that, I won't let my defenses fall, Yousuke. Because you're fast too. What about Ayanokouji?"
"Because I'm part of the club ‘go home’ please conclude for yourself"
‘True also’ as if to say that, Shibata crossed his arms and laughed. After observing the training of the football club openly, we left the place. And we decided to go around and watch the other clubs doing their activities. But even though it was like that, it was at most just an official story. What I really want to know, what I really need to know, it's different. I've arranged it. Whatever the two of them will think is something I decided to leave to them.
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"Yushida-san. I'm not interested in you" Horikita said
"Woah, that's a sudden rant...."
"But now there's something I have to ask you. I wonder if you can answer me?"
"Today seems to be a day of spying with Ayanokouji-kun. What's up?"
"During the ship exam in the summer holidays. Did you tell Ryuuen-kun or Katsuragi-kun about you being the 'target'?" I had hoped he would ask clearly to some degree, but he was really straight to the point. Towards Kushida, who was still shocked and confused, Horikita continued like this.
"It's okay if you don't answer. Because there is no point in digging into the past. That's why I'm only going to ask for one thing. Can I trust you as a friend from the same class from now on?"
"of course. I want to aim for Class A along with everyone from Class D. I want you to include me as one of your comrades, it's exactly what I said from the start" The feeling that hasn't changed in the least, is what Kushida said.
“I don't know why you said such a thing to me, but I want you to believe me" Kushida smiled at Horikita, even as she made her call with a serious expression.
“So, I'll be home. I'll hand over the remaining reconnaissance to the two of you"
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