Chapter-6 The Swimming Pool Part-2

AN Can anyone tell me how to fix this gap between phrases problem? I am sick of it.

Afterwards the girls appeared. And all of them probably had one thing in mind. "Unexpected''.

That's cuz Ike and Yamauchi didn't behaved like they would behave in Light Novel. Seeing that I think they thought that they may have turned into a good person in girl's eyes.

"It seems that we still have got a lot of potential."Yamauchi said.

"Yeah that's right. We still ain't going down. We will win that's for sure." Ike said.

"Bro!"

Yamauchi and Ike reaffirmed their manly bond of friendship,

clasping their hands together.

"What are you two doing? That looks like fun."

"K-K-Kushida-chan?!"

Kushida showed up between the two of them. She was clad in her

school-issued swimwear. And man she sure was an stunning beauty.

"Sigh! But man only if you knew her true personality." In thought.

After that in an instant, nearly all of the boys' eyes were glued to Kushida's body. However, all of the boys

quickly averted their gaze.

"Ahh this limited peace truly is a nice feeling."In thought. Then I think I smiled a bit as I could sense that my lips curved up a little.

"You seem to be in a good mood."

"Yup. So did you make any friends? As for me I have a few like—...

"No I don't think I need them."

"Bu—

"Are you deaf Ayanokouji-kun?"

"No but don't you think you'll be lonely? Without a single friend."

"Being alone is not synonymous with being lonely."

"Desu yo ne.( That's right.)" In thought.

Horikita was in a school swimsuit. She looked

good. Not bad at all. But if I stared, it was likely that something bad would

result. I thought it best to not look at her.

For some reason, Horikita was checking me out all over.

"Ayanokouji-kun, do you exercise?" she asked.

"Yup, I guess by doing so I am above average."

"I see."

Then she joined in our conversation.

"Are you a good swimmer, Horikita-san?"

"I wouldn't say I'm particularly

good or bad at it."

"I was really bad at swimming when I was in junior high. But I gave it

my all and practiced really hard, and now I think I've gotten better," Kushida

said.

"I see." Horikita gave a disinterested response and backed away

slightly.

"All right, everyone, line up!"

A macho-looking middle-aged man, the kind of guy who apparently

devoted himself to sports, gathered everyone together and started the class.

He looked like a PE teacher, but also seemed like the kind of guy who was

attractive to men and women alike.

"There are sixteen of you, huh? I thought there would've been more,

but this is all right."

"After you warm up, I want to see what you can really do. Swim for

me," the coach said.

"Excuse me, sir. I can't really swim, though…"

A lone boy sheepishly raised his hand and spoke up.

"Since you have me as your teacher, you'll be swimming by

summertime. Don't worry about a thing."

"Well, we don't really need to force ourselves to swim, do we? It's not

like we're going to the beach or anything."

"No way. I don't mind at all if you're bad at swimming now, but I'll

make sure you guys are winners in the end. Besides, being able to swim will

definitely come in handy later in life. Definitely."

Oh! I guess it's foreshadowing for that.

Everyone started their warm-up exercises.

The teacher asked us to swim for about fifty meters. Students who could not

swim were allowed to touch the bottom of the pool with their feet. The water must have been temperature-controlled, because I didn't feel chilled when I entered and adjusted right

away. After getting in, I started to swim lightly.

After fifty meters, I waited for everyone else to finish.

"He he he, that was an easy win for me. Did you all see my super

swimming skills?" Ike crowed.

He'd swum expertly, and now got out of the pool with a smug, self-satisfied grin.

No, Ike, your performance wasn't really that different from

anyone else's.

"Well, it looks like everyone can swim, for the most part."

"Of course, sir. Back in junior high, people called me 'the flying fish,'

you know."

"I see. In that case, I'll have you start competing against each other. We'll separate groups by gender. Fifty-meter freestyle."

"C-compete?! Are you serious?" Ike cried.

"I'll give out a special bonus to the first-place winner: 5000 points. The

student who comes in last place, however, will have to take supplementary

lessons. Get ready."

The skilled swimmers cheered with joy, while the less confident

students groaned.

"Because we don't have very many girls, I'll split

you into two groups

of five people, and the student with the fastest overall time will be the winner.

As for the boys, I'll look at the top five finishing times and then move on to a

final round."

Excluding the observers and the one student who couldn't

swim, there were sixteen boys and ten girls competing. The girls started first, while the boys sat on the sidelines, filled with excitement as they cheered.

"Kushida-chan, Kushida-chan, Kushida-chan, Kushida-chan, Kushida-chan. Haaaaaaa…"

It looked like Kushida had completely entranced Ike. I guess it can't be helped.

"You're scaring everyone, Ike, just quite down," I mumbled.

"B-but, Kushida-chan is so goddamn cute, isn't she?''

I am glad for your development atleast you didn't say anything not suitable. Well I guess there is nothing bad in some cheering. Kushida immediately dominated the boys' attention. Would any of the

other girls catch up to her? If you focused on her face alone, Horikita could

definitely have been in the top tier, but because she loathed social interaction

so much, her popularity had dipped. Despite that, many of the boys thought

she looked great, so she got plenty of cheers at the starting line.

"Everyone, burn these images into your mind!" Ike cried.

"Yeah!" everyone shouted.

Somehow, swimming had strengthened the boys' bond. The only

exception was Hirata, who seemed to avoid looking at the girls. The whistle

blew, and five of the girls dove into the water. Horikita was in the second

lane. She took the lead at the beginning of the race and kept her distance from

the others, maintaining her position at the front of the pack. She swam

confidently, effortlessly covering the fifty meters.

"Wow! Awesome, Horikita!"

Her time was approximately twenty-eight seconds. She was pretty fast.

Horikita slowly got out of the pool and went to the side, not even appearing

out of breath. After that came the second race. Kushida, the most popular girl, was in

the fourth lane. The boys cheered for her, smiling and waving.

"Whoo!"

Wow, those guys were really riled up.

The second race began. The contest ended up being rather one-sided. Onodera had finished with a time of about twenty-six seconds, netting her the win.

Kushida finished at about thirty-one seconds, which was a fairly good time,

but only resulted in her getting fourth place. I went over to the side of the

pool to talk with Horikita.

"You were so close. Second place, I mean. I guess that those guys on

the swim team were really tough, huh?"

"I don't mind whether I win or lose. Enough about me. Are you feeling

confident in yourself?" she asked.

"Oh! I think at minimum I would be in top 5 or maybe top 6."

After that the boys' turn came and I went to compete. If I wanted I would easily get 1st place if that time was his full power but I would rather not do so. I absolutely don't want some news reporters to come to my room and say "Hey, young man how did you beat world record?" and all. After that we were told our positions. Well I guess let's go with that.With that in

mind, the race started.

Sudou finished the fifty-meter race with incredible speed. The boys and

girls cheered in admiration.

"Wow, you're amazing, Sudou. You finished the race in twenty-five

seconds!" they cried.

"Sudou, won't you consider joining the swim team? If you practice,

you could probably win at competitions!"

"Basketball is my only sport. Swimming's just for fun." Sudou, who

hadn't even broken a sweat, calmly got out of the pool.

"Oh, wow, he has absolutely outstanding motor skills."

Ike, feeling envious, elbowed Sudou.

"Kya!"

A girl let out a joyful scream as Hirata took his starting position.

Whereas Sudou's body had attracted the boys' admiration, Hirata's body

attracted the girls. He was slender, but also well built.

"I'm going to blow you out of the water. I'll use all of my power," he

growled.

Didn't he say that he swam just for fun?

After the teacher blew the whistle, Hirata dove into the pool with

beautiful form. Every time Hirata's arms cut through the water, the girls

cheered by the side of the pool. His form was effortlessly cool.

"He's surprisingly fast," Sudou commented.

"Sensei, what was his time?" asked Ike, impatiently.

"Hirata's time was…26.13 seconds."

"All right. You can do it, Sudou. You can definitely win against him!

Bring down the hammer of justice!"

"Leave it to me. I'll demolish him and his popularity…"

Ike's encouragement had Sudou all fired up, but even if Hirata lost, it

wasn't likely that his popularity would drop.

"Hirata-kun, you were so cool! You're not just good at soccer, you're

really good at swimming!" one girl cried.

"You think so? Thank you!" he said.

"Hey, why are you ogling Hirata-kun like that?" another girl said.

"Huh? I'm 'ogling'?!"

There was an indignant squeal.

Hirata's immense popularity was unbelievably frustrating.

"Come on, girls, knock it off. Please don't fight over me. I belong to

everyone. I want to be everyone's friend. Besides, what if someone who's

better at swimming comes along?"

Kouenji mistakenly seemed to assume that the cheers were for him. He

put on a refreshing smile and then planted his feet by the starting line.

"Hey. Uh, why is Kouenji wearing a speedo?"

"Wh-what?"

After noticing that the girls immediately glanced away from there. However, in the third race, all eyes were on

Kouenji. The stance he took at the starting line was just like an athlete's. His

posture wasn't the only impressive thing, either. He looked to be in even

better physical shape than Sudou. Sudou and all of the other boys in class

held their breath as they attentively focused on Kouenji.

"I'm not particularly interested in winning or losing…but I don't like

losing," said Sudou, to no one in particular.

As the whistle blew, Kouenji dove into the pool with textbook form.

"Whoa! Wow!"

Sudou gave a surprised shout in response to Kouenji's unexpectedly

aggressive swimming. Hirata also stared in apparent amazement. Kouenji

splashed fiercely as he swam, but it didn't slow his incredible speed. He was

unquestionably faster than Sudou. After checking the time, the teacher

reflexively looked at his stopwatch twice.

"23.22 seconds."

"My abdominal muscles, back muscles, and psoas major muscle seem

to be in good shape, as usual. Not a bad performance," Kouenji said.

After getting out of the pool, he smirked and swept his hair up. He

wasn't short of breath at all. It was as if he hadn't even swum in the first

place.

"I'm fired up!" Sudou didn't want to lose, so his competitive spirit

flared.

"I'm really looking forward to this. Both Kouenji-kun and Sudou-kun

are so fast," Kushida said.

"Yeah even I don't think I can win against Kouenji

and I think my time would be equal to Sudo or a little less." No I can beat him if that's his full power with this body.

"Oh! you did mentioned that you were physically superior and also you practiced martial arts, right ?"

"Yup the last time I did swimming I think it was around 13 to 14 seconds."

"Huh!"

"Oh! I mean in a 25 meter pool ours is 50 meter."

Then for next round the race started and Akito won

by a huge margin.

"Woah! I didn't expect that guy to be this good but still I think I can win against him."Sudo said.

Appearently his time was 27.21 seconds. His time was a bit less than Hirata's. After that my turn came. And I was also getting a good amount of cheers from both boys and girls.

Then I took my position and if Koenji's position would get 10 points then mine would be 8.9 points. Ofcourse I could do better than that but I don't wanna attract more attention than this. Then I

swam using the amount of power I needed to get first position. My time was 26.34 seconds.

"Whoo! as expected of you Ayanokouji-kun."

"Not only you are cool and nice but strong also."

"Yeah you are the best."

"No Hirata is the best."

"Being a spoiled brat sure is nice, Huh?"In thought.

No I shouldn't think like this they were just cheering me with their full heart and here I am. Mocking them.

Then the time for final race came. Okay. Let's do this.

"Ready."

"Get set."

"Go."

The moment I heard that I swam towards the goal.

At first I was behind all them. Koenji, Sudo, Hirata and Akito. But then suddenly.

"What?"

"What's happening?"

"Did his speed just increased?"

After the race finished everyone were behind shocked.

"He must have definitely beaten Sudo."

"But it would be good if Ayanokouji-kun had won against that narcissist bastard."

"Sigh! I guess no one can beat that narcissist freak."

Kushida: "By the way guys what was their time?"

"Oh! yeah. Sensei what is it?"

"Okay I will start from the last ones."

Akito : 27.17 Seconds

Hirata : 26.09 Seconds

Sudo : 25.03 Seconds

Me : 24.63 Seconds

Koenji : 23.17 Seconds

"Wow you guys are awesome just a little more seconds then you two may break the world record. Kouenji here take your points."

"Ayanokouji-boy next time please take this perfect existence seriously and give a challange." He whispered. I guess thanks for not telling others.

AN here it is the swimming pool arc part 2. Although Ayanokouji is showing off a lot he is not showing off his full power. If he had shown his full power then the police would investigate it and his father would be in prison for whole life. Also as I said in the comments yesterday Ayanokouji will reveal his power at most Ryueen's level that also when necessary only other than that he would show around Yukimura's level in intellect and higher than Sudo but less than Ryueen in physical sector. That's it. If you reached till here.

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