People who hide their power

"Everyone's here, we're about to start classes."

After making sure that all the students, except for the trainee, were present, the PE teacher began to greet everyone who had gathered.

He is a strong man with muscles all over his body. At first glance, it looks a little intimidating. In fact, he has a remarkably good character. At least from Hikigaya's point of view, he is much softer than Chabashira-sensei.

"Okay, everyone seems to be here, but there are so many students... Forget it, I'll make you all learn to swim before summer."

"Master, it doesn't matter if you don't force me, I still won't go to the beach," some classmates raised their hands to complain.

Usually the teachers at this school are non-intrusive to the students, but this tough physical education teacher is not like that, and immediately refuses.

"This is not good. No matter how bad you are, I will let you overcome it, and if you learn how to swim, it will definitely come in handy later, absolutely."

He seemed to mean something, but unfortunately most of the students didn't hear it.

"Next, after the warm-up, everyone will go to training, and then there will be competitions. I will award 5000 points to the first student. On the contrary, the last three guys will get tutoring, so everyone should do well. wake up.

Hearing this phrase, everyone was shocked, I'm afraid they did not expect to get points in the lesson.

Now the whole class is animated. Students who swim confidently are highly motivated, while those who are not confident complain. Hikigaya found a quiet corner and began to think about what the teacher had just said.

Of course, there are no people to be seen.

Unexpectedly, this PE teacher with thick eyebrows and big eyes is still a warm man.

This gave them two clues at once.

You need to know how the other teachers feel about class D. Either they are indifferent, or there is a feeling that they see this as a joke.

Of course, they didn't show it outwardly, they all pretended to be friendly, but Hikigaya was always sensitive to the anger of others, so he could catch it.

Speaking of which, what about swimming and class rewards...

Swimming is easy to understand, so I think it will come in handy in school exams or in the future.

Considering it's still April and the cold hasn't cleared yet, if other schools don't usually open swimming classes this early, combined with what the PE teacher just said, the conclusion is clear.

Most likely, by the time of the summer holidays, swimming skills will come in handy.

As for the class rewards -

"Hikigaya-kun, why are you away?"

"...because I don't like crowded places."

Suddenly, Matsushita Chiaki spoke next to him, interrupting his train of thought.

To be honest, Hikigaya really hoped that this girl would be a little more shy and wouldn't act so outrageously.

Matsushita was originally a beauty with well-defined features. Although her figure was not as good as Kushida and Hasebe's, her body was very slim and athletic, especially when she was still wearing her school swimsuit.

I'm afraid I'm wondering why is a beauty like Matsushita talking to a dead fish eye?

In addition, Matsushita's status in the class is not low, and she is part of the current charging group, which makes Hikigaya not very fond of dealing with her, which draws attention to herself too easily.

"By the way, Hikigaya-kun," Matsushita said suddenly, "The teacher said 5,000 points could be awarded for first place, what do you think?"

"...I have no idea, I still can't understand."

For some reason, Hikigaya felt that Matsushita wasn't talking about this but had a deeper meaning, and immediately decided to casually talk about it because he found it troublesome.

But Matsushita didn't give up and continued, "On the surface, it's about stimulating students' motivation, but it's really not that simple, right? And the teacher said that they should teach everyone to swim. I think it's because the necessary situations will arise in the future, so I just said it on purpose."

Hikigaya secretly nodded, and he felt it when he chatted with Matsushita that her brain isn't stupid and her powers of observation shouldn't be underestimated, but she usually never shows it, especially in front of her group of girlfriends.

Maybe this is how we should live now.

"How is it that Hikigaya-kun also noticed it?" Matsushita smiled.

Although it was an interrogative sentence, she used a positive tone and her confident eyes seemed to see right through Hikigaya.

That confident look is a little annoying.

"No, I didn't listen to what the teacher said at all." Hikigaya shook his head.

"Liar, because you just behaved as if nothing had happened and you are not at all surprised.

Naturally, Hikigaya wasn't surprised because Matsushita didn't see the most important point here.

That is, the distribution of points is not completely determined by the school, and teachers also have a certain degree of control.

If it is reasonable, the teacher can reward the students themselves, of course, this should be recognized by the school.

However, judging by the fact that "points can be awarded for small competitions in the class", the approval of the school will not be very strict. In other words, even if it is suggested by the students, if the teachers think it is reasonable, they are more likely to agree.

This means that even if Class D faces a zero point crisis next month, as long as they can reasonably negotiate with the teacher, they can still get a certain number of points.

However, this is all speculation, so Hikigaya won't say anything.

After a while, swimming competitions began, and the students began to compete in groups of five.

Among them, the most beloved is "Mr. Popularity No. 2" Hirata, and the other is Sudou, one of the "Three Fools".

Both of them are aces of the sports club, and, of course, they are very much expected.

However, the groups that place these two hopes are completely opposite.

Because of his good looks and good nature, Hirata is sought after by many girls, but some boys also hate him because of it.

And because of jealousy, Sudou and his friends are the unpopular boys who hate Hirata the most. Everyone is waiting for Sudou to take this opportunity to defeat this handsome guy.

"Hahaha, everyone, you seem to be enthusiastic, but unfortunately this victory can only belong to me."

Unfortunately, the expectations of both girls and boys were not met with the arrival of Koenji Rokusuke.

This person is the blond, narcissistic guy that Hikigaya saw on his first day of school, grinding his nails, oblivious to anything.

In fact, he has the capital of narcissism, Koenji seems to be the only son of a big chaebol, so he has a self-respecting nature, but he is not just a second-generation arrogant rich man.

At least in the poorly disciplined Class D, he was one of the few students who took classes seriously.

"Just look closely, what would really powerful people look like when they were swimming?"

Koenji was getting everyone's attention just by standing there. In fact, it wasn't just his meticulous training, the muscles on his body were more powerful than Sudou's.

No, not only sudo.

According to Hikigai, in terms of physical fitness, perhaps no one in the entire class can match Kouenji...except Ayanokouji.

They just have different areas of fitness: Koenji has both stamina and beauty, while Ayanokouji seems to be more focused on practicality and explosive power.

Compared to sports, in most cases, Koenji is probably dominant.

But when it comes to wrestling... Although this is just a subjective opinion, Hikigaya thinks that Koenji is definitely not Ayanokouji's opponent.

In the end, as expected, Koenji won with overwhelming power, and he seemed to be able to handle it with ease, as if he didn't use his full strength at all.

Also, his time was 23.22, or the 50m freestyle...

Hikigu couldn't believe his eyes and even wondered if Koenji used stimulants, this guy could become a professional athlete.

We can only say that this class D really hides talented individuals.

Also, this time, Koenji was really trying his best to win, which also made Hikigaya feel a little weird.

Although this guy says he just doesn't like to lose, he never cares what others think and it's hard to imagine him playing seriously for no reason.

Moreover, it so happened that he showed his strength in this useful competition.

Therefore, Hikigaya suggests that Koenji probably knows the true face of the S-system to some extent, which is why he wants to win the reward in the game. After all, this guy is quite aggressive with the glasses, and he and the older older sisters can often be seen entering and leaving the restaurant.

Otherwise, with Kouenji's character, it would be impossible to contribute to some five thousand points.

Then another person who was being watched by Hikigaya. Ayanokōji's performance placed average among the boys, as did Hikigaya. Obviously, it was a serious blow.

So this guy Ayanokōji is really boring and Hikigaya is getting more and more suspicious that he is the mysterious student that Haruno Yukinoshita is looking for.

Only one important piece of evidence is missing.

However, if you find out too early, you can't be lazy and the next steps are likely to be very troublesome.

So Hikigaya figured that until Haruno talked him into it, he definitely wouldn't take the initiative to figure out how long it could be delayed.