School Cross-Country - Part 2

The area was dead silent. The track curved around the school, meaning there were parts where we ran between buildings. I guess that was the only way that they'd be able to get 10 kilometres of track within the school grounds.

It was somewhat comforting just running like this, with no one else around you. It reminded me of the times back in the Ideal Human Project, although Hasegawa-san used to always run beside me when we were doing these exercises.

A few minutes later, another student appeared ahead of me. I guess I had unknowingly caught up to them. I continued closing the distance until I was right next to them. Unlike the other one, they didn't try to contest against me, probably because they were so exhausted.

I could hear the loud gasp-like wheezing as they sucked air into their lungs. Passing them, I extended the distance between the two of us. Eventually, the distance between us became so wide that I could no longer see them behind me.