Speaking of which, that tanned foreigner is wearing leather shoes
One of the male students notices the abnormality.
How can she run at that speed on a rough place with that kind of shoes?
Captain Takeshiba glares at the man.
She must be used to running on mountain paths with that shoes
Well, she runs around the mansion a lot.
The back side of the mansion has a road leading uphill.
It’s a bumpy road.
Leaving that aside, the problem is that white girl, she’s running with such heavy boots. Even so, she’s sticking precisely behind Yamamine. She looks like she’s got more to spare
Right, Nikita’s the abnormal here.
She just keeps on smiling, as if she’s just playing around. She’s waving at us and our surroundings, helping out Megu when she’s about to fall. She’s putting strength only on her lower body, and she keeps up with Megu who’s swinging her hands a lot.
Okay, that’s the goal!
Even though Megu and Nikita just entered the second lap.
Edie already crossed the goal, and she jumped at me.
Darling! Hey, stop, don’t get so frolic here! Why not? Let her do what she wants Yo-chan But you know, hmm!
Edie hugs my back and rubs her cheeks on me. Then I feel something out of place.
Wait.
Edie, you’re not sweating at all
Edie looks at me blankly.
That’s obvious, I wasn’t doing exercise that would sweat me
Captain Takeshiba’s startled.
You just run three full laps around the grounds at full speed!
She retorted to Edie so loud that it almost echoed.
What do you mean? It meant, Edie, didn’t you run three laps with all your speed?
I tried to simplify it.
Nonon, I didn’t run at full speed
Huh?
It’s still early in the morning, if I run with all my strength then I’d feel sleepy during classes. Then, I’d get hungry before noon. That’s why I only run with 80% of my speed
That was just 80%?
Also, Darling would hate it if I get sweaty. That’s why I controlled my run, so I don’t sweat Can you even do that? Obviously!
Ah, she’s a woman who mastered the assassination techniques from her cult.
In cases where they mark the target for an extended period, they mastered tech of controlling their sweat not to cause dehydration.
Oh, Megumi’s back now!
Ah, Megu also finished three laps and is now coming here.
But.
Uwan! Here! Kyaa! There! Ahn! Catch!
Megu’s totally exhausted, her running speed is falling down.
She’s tripped so many times due to the uneven road and grass.
Then, every time Megu’s about to fall, Nikita scoops Megu.
Look, Yamamine, last spurt!
The last thirty meters is in front of the grounds, so it’s a well-paved road.
She can’t trip now.
Yes, Captain!
Megu motivates herself and speeds up, but.
Goodbye, Megumi!
Nikita leaves Megu behind on the last ten meters.
She reaches the goal while waving her hand at us.
Haa, haa, haa, haa
Megu passes the goal after five seconds.
Then, she lied down on the ground.
Megu’s covered in sweat.
Haa, haa, haa, haa
She’s breathing so roughly that she can’t speak right now.
Her heart must be beating so hard.
Blood runs through her whole body and sweat spills out.
Yamamine
Takeshiba-senpai looks at Megu feeling sorry.
On the other hand, Edie and Nikita.
Heey Yoo
They ran the same distance yet they don’t show fatigue.
The two of them are doing a kung-fu show or something to the audience.
Nikita avoids Edie’s high-kick with a backflip.
They do not have short breaths at all.
This time, Nikita throws consecutive punches to Edie.
Edie avoids all of it and then does a dropkick to Nikita.
ooh!
The audience claps and cheers to the skillful display of the two.
If they had hats, money would come flying there.
Stop it now
Captain stops the two with a sharp voice.
Nikita laughs.
Oh, right. I had a match with Megumi, I forgot about it because it didn’t feel like it was
Nikita speaks in her arrogant attitude.
Hey now, are you okay, Megu-chan?
Nei takes out a sports drink from her bag and lets Megu drink from it.
To think that she had this prepared.
Nei predicted that Megu will lose to Nikita.
Leaving that aside, how about you explain yourself?
Captain Takeshiba glares at Nikita.
Oh? About what? Sure, you’re trained better than Yamamine, and you have the strength. I can see that. And yet, why were you looking down on Yamamine?
Nikita laughs.
Are you misunderstanding something? I’m not that kind of woman
Captain Takeshiba;
If you ran with serious effort, you could have finished it together with the brown girl, right?
I see.
Edie ran together with Nikita to show the actual speed of Nikita.
What are you talking about? Edie didn’t run at her full speed, right? Besides, if I get serious, I’m faster than Edie when it comes to marathon In that case, why did you not take your match with Yamamine seriously? Japanese women always fight at their full strength no matter how inferior their opponents are. Do you not have the Japanese spirit of Being the lion?
Captain Takeshiba.
These two are Americans.
You don’t get what’s the main point, do you?
Nikita snorts.
What do you mean?
Captian Takeshiba’s breathing roughly but she can’t see that Nikita belongs to an actual criminal organization.
It was our match, you know? If that’s the case, it’s my win as long as I get to the goal before Megumi, right? I don’t need to be fussed over the time at all
Nikita laughs.
I mean, you said this before the race track-and-field events are inherently a fight against ourselves. In short, your goal is to improve your best no matter who you are running with, right? Yes But, that wasn’t a track-and-field event. You said that our match isn’t recognized as one, isn’t that why you had us run outside the grounds?
Captain Takeshiba fell silent.
So, how many meters is the outer circumference of the grounds? You know the exact number, right? No Then, there’s no point in competing for time, is there? What nonsense
Nikita laughs loudly.
If all I need is to win against Megumi, shouldn’t I take the most efficient method? I’m not someone who’s always full of energy like Edie Is that why you were only chasing behind Yamamine and then overtake her on the last sprint? Do you even have eyeballs? Or what is that? A glass ball?
Nikita provokes Captain Takeshiba, but.
Captain bows her head to Nikita.
No, I was wrong. Sorry
Huh?
You stayed behind Yamamine to keep her safe
Nikita.
It’s your fault! Megumi only trains on competition tracks, right? To think that you’d let a girl who only runs on a flat ground run to a dangerous course
Nikita’s angry?
I train myself on irregular terrains on cross-country races. Even so, I carry dozens of kilos of equipment. Your track and field discipline is for a different fight! That’s why all I can do was to run while keeping in mind not letting Megumi hurt Nikita is Miss Cordelia’s subordinate.
She’s trained to carry guns, ammo, food, water, in mountains and such.
I don’t know how sacred you feel athletics is but, isn’t it wrong to let Megumi get injured from a match? No, you’re right. Sorry. I was wrong
Captain Takeshiba bows her head to Nikita and Megu.
I didn’t think about how dangerous that could’ve been Either way, I look like I was playing around, so you thought that Megumi’s going to win in the end, right? Certainly
I see. Captain Takeshiba.
She thought that Nikita couldn’t catch up with Megu’s speed.