"The entire process of this 'Cops and Robbers' game will be tracked and filmed by over a hundred drones. At the same time, a professional rescue team has gathered outside the fence. As long as the students don't do anything reckless, parents can rest assured about their safety."
Principal Adolf stroked his beard, nodding continuously.
"This is it! High school students only know how to stay at home playing games and reading books. Only by running and chasing outdoors can we get the true feeling of a sports festival!"
[Ahem, hello everyone, I'm Kino Karen from the Newspaper Club. I will be providing live commentary for all the parents and students who are not participating!]
[I'm Kose Erica, also from the Newspaper Club. We have placed trackers in every student's uniform. The main drone in the sky will relay everyone's specific location. At the same time, the big screen will continuously switch to the feed of a certain drone.]
Kino Karen: [Of course, if parents want to see their children's specific performance, they can log on to the Shuchiin official website with their phones. There are live feeds from all the drones there.]
Kose Erica: [Please welcome the three hundred students from Shuchiin. By the way, there's also a secret weapon among the Shuchiin students~]
Kino Karen: [And the most important point: whether you are a cop or a robber, you can carry the communication phone provided by Shuchiin. There is a radar display between teammates, so robbers can judge the location of the cops based on where their teammates are eliminated.]
Kose Erica: [Of course, the cops can also communicate with each other through the phones. But there is one rule: cops cannot take the robbers' phones. But... robbers can steal the cops' phones~ So robbers, do you want to take the risk?]
In the spectator seats, Fujiwara Touko and Fujiwara Shigeru had arrived at the scene, ready to cheer for their two sons.
Fujiwara Touko: "Are Ryo and Takashi both catchers? I hope they can catch some."
Fujiwara Shigeru: "Don't worry. Ryo and the others can use water guns. As long as they find someone, it should be easy to catch them."
On the other side, Shinomiya Kaguya had been pulled by Hayasaka Ai to the Classic Literature Club's designated seating area. Amakusa Shino sighed with regret.
"It looks fun, but running in the mountains in this weather is just too tiring."
Yukinoshita Yukino nodded. She didn't even think it would be fun. Why did the principal set up such a torturous game?
Chitanda Eru looked left and right.
"Hayasaka-san, where is Fujiwara-san?"
Hayasaka Ai pointed to the big screen. Sure enough.... as the director kept switching screens, Fujiwara Chika had actually become one of the hiders.
Shinomiya Kaguya: "She really loves to play...."
Chitanda Eru took out her phone and entered the official website. "Shirogane-kun and Uchiha-kun are both in there? And Uchiha-kun has a dedicated view."
Yukinoshita: "Because he's a cop. After all, there are only ten catchers in total, so it's normal to give him a dedicated drone."
Kino Karen: [The robbers have been in the forest for ten minutes. Now, please welcome the ten cops! Let's see how many they can catch?]
Kose Erica: [This game uses a point system. Cops get ten points for every robber caught, and robbers get 20 points for every half hour they hide. After two games, we will compare the total scores of Shuchiin and Toyogasaki.]
Hayasaka Ai: "It's a pity. Uchiha-kun is on the opposite side, so his points only count for Toyogasaki."
Shinomiya Kaguya turned her head and looked at Uchiha Ryo's live stream on the phone with Hayasaka Ai.
"Even so, Uchiha-kun shouldn't be able to catch too many, right?"
Hayasaka Ai raised an eyebrow. "Shinomiya-san~ How about we make a bet on who guesses the number of people Uchiha-kun catches the closest?"
Shinomiya Kaguya frowned. This Hayasaka Ai always looked like she had already won whenever she made a bet with her. But... as the young lady of the Shinomiya family, how could she not accept a challenge from a mere maid?
Shinomiya Kaguya: "Fine. I'll guess 24. Catching one person every five minutes for two hours should be pretty good."
Chitanda Eru pulled Yukinoshita into the discussion.
"Mhm, I think Uchiha-kun should be able to catch more. 30?"
Yukinoshita Yukino: "I think Shinomiya-san has a point. Catching one person in five minutes is already fast. So I guess 20."
Amakusa Shino: "But Uchiha is very athletic, right? And the Shuchiin back mountain isn't big to begin with, and the area is restricted. This area is enough for him to circle three or four times in two hours. I guess 50."
Hayasaka Ai thought of Uchiha Ryo's reaction time to dodge bullets at close range. "One hundred people! I bet Uchiha Ryo can catch one hundred by himself!"
....
The screen changed, and the images of the ten cops flashed across the big screen respectively.
Currently, the first six from Toyogasaki were moving at full speed. They believed that the hiders from Shuchiin had been running for ten minutes and must be hiding far away.
The perspective shifted to Takashi. At this moment, Takashi was moving unhurriedly in a certain direction, occasionally observing his surroundings.
However, what the drone camera couldn't capture was Rakuzakura floating beside Takashi, pointing things out.
"Natsume, the life aura over there is very strong. It's definitely a human! And there's probably one hiding over there too. Wow, there's someone in the big tree right in front."
Because of the cameras, Takashi couldn't talk to Rakuzakura after entering the venue. He didn't want to be mistaken for a weirdo talking to himself, so he could only follow the Rakuzakura radar as she constantly told him the location of the robbers.
Although cheating like this was a bit bad, Rakuzakura kept talking, so he had no choice.
The screen changed again. Uchiha Ryo and two other heavily armed students walked out of the armory.
But Uchiha Ryo only had a belt similar to a cowboy's tied around his waist. On his right hip was a small water gun, and on his left was a pouch bulging with kunai.
Shinomiya Kaguya: "Hasn't moved yet? It seems Yukinoshita's guess is probably the closest."
On the other side, in the Toyogasaki spectator seats.
Kita Ikuyo: "Go! Go! Why isn't Uchiha-kun moving? Is he reluctant to make a move on the Shuchiin students?"
Ijichi Nijika: "Well, probably not. As an exchange student, Uchiha-kun definitely has to help Toyogasaki right now."
The two boys from Toyogasaki holding large water guns suddenly called out to Uchiha Ryo.
"Classmate, how about we move together? We can split up to chase when we see people."
Uchiha Ryo turned his head.
"Whatever. But I'm going to start hunting. If you can keep up.... then come along."
With that, Uchiha Ryo leaped upwards, flipped his hands on a tree trunk, and landed easily on another thick branch. After repeating this several times, he disappeared from sight.
Toyogasaki Student A: "Is this guy... Tarzan?"
Toyogasaki Student B: "Amazing. But I'm worried it would be tragic if he slipped and fell."
Uchiha Ryo's sudden movement caused the drone to quickly follow from behind, and the big screen on the sports field also quickly switched to his view.
Moving at high speed through the trees, Uchiha Ryo quickly surpassed the advance party of six in front and arrived at the center of the encirclement in the back mountain.
Under those pitch-black colored contacts, three tomoe were constantly spinning.
Uchiha Ryo: "Well then... the Uchiha Police Force begins making arrests."