In the end Ryunosuke agreed to Kushida's request, that he would accompany her all night long...
Meaning to vent emotions...
Kushida didn't say much. She used her finger to twirl the end of hair near her ear, rolling and squeezing it slowly. With an indifferent-looking expression, she said:
"Alright then, tonight at 8:30, find a quiet place..."
Hearing that, Ryunosuke could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
"Then I'll go back first. After all, now I'm the class leader, I have to be at the location. Tonight I'll look for you."
He massaged his somewhat dizzy head, then left that small alley.
Kushida only watched his retreating back, sighed deeply in silence, then tied up her hair. With a cold facial expression, she muttered:
"Whatever! Let's be patient a bit more. With him accompanying me tonight, I can vent everything to my heart's content!!!"
Kushida kicked the trash can beside her as an initial outlet, then walked away arrogantly.
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On the other side, the relay race match soon bore fruit.
Ibuki led by almost half the track. Her leg muscles had been trained very well, plus she received guidance from a great teacher like Hiratsuka Shizuka; it could be said like a tiger growing wings. Getting results like this was natural for her.
Ibuki handed the relay baton to Suzune, while Masumi had just run half the journey.
Suzune wouldn't give the slightest mercy to her opponent. She immediately spurred her running without further ado. Now she held an advantage this big, whatever happened she couldn't lose!
Moreover, maybe her brother was watching from somewhere...
And indeed, Manabu was observing...
Currently he was in the Student Council President's office, holding binoculars and watching everything through the window. Akane even felt bad seeing him.
"Why not just go there?"
"Do you have to peek secretly like this, President?"
Manabu lowered his binoculars and adjusted his black-framed glasses.
"You don't understand, Tachibana. That child needs to grow up. I will only be a hindrance to her, so I can't appear near her..."
"Yeah, yeah, whatever you want~" Akane could only resign.
What else could she do besides following the wishes of these siblings?
Akane sat down to help finish part of Manabu's work, so that man would have more time to spy on his own sister...
Manabu seemed hesitant to say something, but he closed his mouth again. He raised the binoculars again and observed every move of his sister.
Akane rolled her eyes irritably and muttered softly:
"Such a siscon..."
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Currently, Suzune had already run half the track. On the opponent's side, the relay baton had just been handed to Asuna.
Asuna wasn't in a hurry. After receiving the baton, she said thanks and words of encouragement, as if not yet intending to run immediately.
Masumi was made panicked and hot, she immediately pushed Asuna's back and told her to run quickly!
The opponent was almost at the finish line.
Asuna just smiled and signaled that she understood. Then she took a ready position, and in an instant, she shot out like a flash of light.
That speed immediately created a large dust storm behind her, making Masumi stunned to the point of no longer caring about the dust soiling her body.
Asuna's current speed was truly terrifying, reaching an incredible speed of about 12 seconds per 100 meters.
Her hair looked like a flaxen (brownish blonde) flash floating in the air, leaving afterimages.
Suzune, who initially already felt victory in sight, looked back. She saw Asuna who was almost catching up to her. She ground her teeth and immediately quickened her leg steps.
The two figures got closer and closer. Although falling very far behind at the start, Asuna still managed to catch up.
Ryunosuke sitting in the spectator seats gaped and spontaneously stood up.
"Damn! Flash Asuna in the real world is this amazing?!"
"Earlier she was behind by almost half the track distance!"
"If she can catch up, that means her speed is twice that of others! Crazy!"
"Using cheats!!!"
Seeing the finish line was close but hadn't yet overtaken, Asuna again spurred her legs to reach a speed of 10 seconds per 100 meters, even approaching 9 seconds.
For normal women, 18 seconds was already great, 14 seconds was already professional athlete level. As a comparison, the world champion of women's 100 meter sprint at the Olympics recorded a time of 10.49 seconds, and Asuna was already very close to or even surpassing it.
Suzune ground her teeth, she again increased speed even without caring about the risk. Her leg was slightly sprained, but she didn't care. She just wanted to win against her opponent! To prove that she wasn't a burden to her brother.
Unfortunately, Asuna was too fast. She overtook Suzune at twice the speed and won the gold medal.
From this moment on, Asuna earned the nickname "The Flash". Like the Fourth Hokage, that nickname represented her speed that was unmatched by anyone.
Meanwhile, Suzune left the field with shattered feelings. Her legs walked limping. No one approached her to comfort her, because from the start she was indeed ostracized in class.
Her only good friend, Megumi, was currently busy participating in another competition, so she couldn't come to comfort her and didn't know her leg was sprained.
If Megumi knew, she would definitely immediately run there without caring about her match.
For Megumi, besides the person she liked, Suzune was her only good friend who deserved such treatment.
Manabu standing in the Student Council President's office witnessed everything through binoculars. He had taken his phone to call Ryunosuke, but when he saw him already walking toward his sister, he lowered his phone. He sighed in relief silently and showed a satisfied smile.
"Although Akasaka is a person greedy for treasure, at critical times he can still be relied on. At least he keeps his promise to look after Suzune."
Manabu smiled thinly then returned to sit in his chair to work.
Suzune's matters no longer needed to be worried about because there was Ryunosuke there helping to watch over her. Besides, that man had already received money from him; if he couldn't take good care of his sister, Manabu wouldn't give points for free again.
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On the other side, Suzune sat alone on a spectator bench while rolling up her socks, revealing her ankle which was beginning to swell red.
"Ssh!"
Suzune felt pain in her ankle. She looked toward the infirmary which was quite far away, then furrowed her beautiful brows.
Right at that moment, Ryunosuke carrying an ice bag and first aid kit walked closer. He crouched beside Suzune, looked at her swollen ankle, then without asking permission, he directly held the girl's leg.
Suzune reflexively wanted to pull her leg back and showed a displeased expression.
"What are you going to do?"
Ryunosuke answered while opening the first aid kit.
"What else? Help treat it. Here, extend your leg."
Suzune instinctively wanted to object, but her leg had already been pulled by Ryunosuke and placed on top of that man's thigh. Her face reddened, she wanted to pull her leg again but was immediately warned by him.
"Be quiet! If you don't obey, I'll tell your brother."
Facing that threat, Suzune bit her lip with humiliated feelings and turned her face away. However, the red tint on her face didn't disappear.
Ryunosuke immediately began handling the swollen ankle. First, he wrapped ice cubes with a towel then attached it to the swollen part to reduce inflammation.
He sighed in his heart. If only there were warm eggs, the results would definitely be better.
Suzune beside him heard that muttering but didn't say anything. She kept her face turned away, unwilling to look at him. However, both her hands gripped tightly the edge of the bench she was sitting on; clearly she wasn't as calm as she appeared on the surface.
Ryunosuke thought the girl was enduring pain, so he said softly:
"Hold on a moment, I'll finish it quickly."