133 Chapter 133 – The plan has failed

While practicing, the members of Yukio's class suddenly noticed that a few students from Sakayanagi's class were staring at them and even recording something with their phones.

This immediately raised suspicions among Yukio's class, who called over a few friends and confronted them. The students from Sakayanagi's class naturally resisted, and an argument broke out, which was hardly surprising given the existing tensions between the two classes.

The situation even escalated to pushing and shoving.

"What's going on?" Yukio, accompanied by Ishizaki and others, approached. Yukio's classmates, feeling reassured by his presence, quickly explained the situation.

The students from Sakayanagi's class became somewhat fearful, their boldness fading, but they still protested: "Yukio, we were just looking. The sports ground isn't owned by your class. Can't we even look?"

'Spying, huh?' Yukio immediately grasped Sakayanagi's class's strategy. It was obvious to anyone that they had begun gathering intelligence under the guise of just looking.

If it had been Sakayanagi herself or an old acquaintance like Katsuragi coming over, Yukio might have exchanged a few words. But facing this unknown individual, he didn't bother with pleasantries: "No, you can't. Now, get lost."

He dismissed them with a wave of his hand.

Yukio's classmates burst into laughter, feeling utterly vindicated. Serves them right! Why should those guys act so arrogantly? After all, they had been overtaken, losing their top spot in A-Class, and yet they still pretended to be something they're not?

"Did you hear Yukio-san? Get going!"

"If you don't leave now, we won't mind giving you a push!"

Faced with the mockery and threats from the delinquents of Yukio's class, the students from the opposing side didn't know what to do, caught between a rock and a hard place. Continuing to argue risked a beating, but leaving with their tails between their legs would make it hard to explain back to Sakayanagi.

"With so many surveillance cameras around, are you really looking to start a violent incident, Yukio-kun?" Just as the students were struggling with what to do, their savior finally arrived, accompanied by a calm and gentle voice.

The struggling students quickly turned around with a glad look.

They saw Hashimoto, Kamuro, and a boy with long hair and a slouch, resembling Ryuen, surrounding a girl with a cane, slowly approaching.

The girl walked slowly, each step supported by the strength of her hands. Despite her apparent frailty, she exuded an unmatched presence, facing Yukio with unwavering resolve.

Her walk was delicate, like a willow bending in the wind, and with every step, the ties of her white suspenders dazzled, captivatingly beautiful.

"Sakayanagi-san, you're here!" With their leader's arrival, the students from Sakayanagi's class quickly rallied behind her, regaining their momentum.

Is this Sakayanagi? Yukio glanced at the girl's frail appearance and couldn't help thinking, such a beautiful girl... would she cry for a long time if hit with a punch? (t/n: lol)

But why does this physically weak girl look somewhat familiar?

Following behind Yukio, Ibuki glanced at Sakayanagi and felt a surge of joy! Who says female high school students must be well-nourished? The Sakayanagi in front of her was just like her, maybe even slightly worse!

'See, it can't be that everyone is so out of the ordinary. It's just a few exceptions!'

No one knew what Ibuki was thinking at the moment; all attention was focused on Yukio and Sakayanagi. As the leaders of the two classes finally confronted each other, everyone was curious about the outcome.

Would Yukio continue to suppress the former A-Class, maintaining the status of his new A-Class? Or could Sakayanagi, having sidelined Katsuragi and reclaimed her position, take revenge on Yukio?

Curiosity about the result made everyone hold their breath in anticipation, silently waiting for the clash, rendering the once vibrant sports ground unusually silent.

"Sakayanagi, right?" Yukio scrutinized her calmly: "Do you think surveillance is all-powerful?"

"What is this place? It's the sports ground. What are we doing? Preparing for the upcoming sports festival, continuously training."

"And our students? In the midst of training for a race, they just happened to bump into one of your students. Even with surveillance, what about it?"

Sakayanagi's expression barely changed, still wearing a confident smile, but internally she was already acknowledging the difficulty, gripping her cane tighter.

She had assumed that the other party would not dare to act under surveillance, making it straightforward to gather intelligence and apply psychological pressure without any issue.

Yukio's audacity far exceeded Sakayanagi's expectations. His unpredictable line of thinking made it hard for her to keep up. Sakayanagi paused before maintaining her graceful demeanor to respond: "It doesn't matter."

"As long as our students aren't standing on the track, that should be fine, right?"

Unexpectedly, Yukio didn't even bother to address Sakayanagi, instead turning to his classmates to suggest: "In the future, prepare a few more shot puts during your training. If students from Sakayanagi's class standing off the track accidentally get hit by one, that would be a normal mistake, right?"

"Yes!" Hearing Yukio's suggestion, his classmates immediately became boisterous, thoroughly enjoying the idea. It seemed they couldn't wait to start hurling shot puts at their rivals.

This outright scared the students from the opposing class!

'My goodness! Shot puts!' That's no joke; those things are heavy and anyone with a bit of knowledge would be terrified at the thought.

Getting hit by one of those is no minor matter; that's at least a fracture to start with.

At Yukio's words, several students from the opposing class who had been arguing just moments ago immediately broke into a cold sweat, instinctively stepping back several paces.

They also thought to themselves, even if Sakayanagi compels them to investigate Yukio's class in the future, they will definitely refuse this mission. Who would dare taste the pain of a shot put?!

Sakayanagi noticed her classmates' wavering and sighed inwardly, realizing she had been outmaneuvered in their first encounter.

She had intended to use surveillance as a weapon to constrain Yukio, then lead her classmates in gathering intelligence to boost their morale and status. It seems that plan had failed.

Yukio was too difficult to deal with.

While thinking this, Sakayanagi also pondered how to respond: "Shot puts, you say? They can't be thrown that far."

Seeing her response still played into Yukio's hands, Sakayanagi didn't want to fall into his pace, so after her reply, she changed the subject: "Also, I've heard that you have some conflicts with the second-year A-Class, right?"

Yukio was unfazed, seeing it as merely gaining or losing an enemy: "What? Are you trying to threaten me, Sakayanagi?"

"I wouldn't mind if you teamed up with Nagumo."

"That's not necessary." Sakayanagi decisively shook her head: "After all, we are all first-year students. If not lending each other a helping hand, at the very least, we can't allow the senior students to cause trouble."

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