Kino Karen: [That's the end of the first round of Cops and Robbers! All players, please exit!]
Kose Erica: [I will now announce the scores obtained by each school in this Cops and Robbers game. Shuchiin had 300 players, and the number of survivors is... 9. Total points earned: 1020.]
Kino Karen: [Toyogasaki had 10 cops, and they caught a total of 291 people, earning a total of 2910 points! The MVP of the match is Uchiha Ryo! His personal record is catching 210 people!]
Watching the police and Shirogane Miyuki return to the Shuchiin sports field, the Toyogasaki students cheered instantly.
However, Shuchiin wasn't too upset. Although Toyogasaki won, they did so relying on an exchange student from Shuchiin! He would have to come back in two weeks anyway!
Uchiha Ryo smiled and walked up to Shirogane Miyuki, handing him a bottle of water. "It's a pity there wasn't enough time, otherwise you nine probably wouldn't have escaped either."
Shirogane Miyuki sat on the bench, sweating profusely, and gulped down the mineral water.
"You stamina monster, we almost ran ourselves to death, and we only survived by stalling for time...."
Not far away, a middle-aged man with the same blonde hair walked over with a cola.
"Not bad, Miyuki. Although the enemy was too strong, it was good enough that you held out until the end."
Shirogane Miyuki: "Dad.... Heh, next time it's my turn to catch! Uchiha, you guys better wait to be caught by us too."
Uchiha Ryo: "I heard from Hayama-kun that the rules don't say robbers can't attack cops."
Shirogane Miyuki was clearly silent.
"Um... you see, Shuchiin is already so far behind. You're a Shuchiin student too, after all...."
Uchiha Ryo waved his hand. "Okay, okay, I've been chasing you guys for two hours straight. In the next game, I'll find a place to hide. If you don't mess with me, I won't mess with you."
Shirogane Miyuki breathed a sigh of relief. At this moment, Shirogane Kei suddenly ran over with three bottles of juice.
"Honestly, the principal. Cops and Robbers is tiring, right? Want some juice?"
Shirogane Miyuki immediately straightened his back. "Hahaha, not tired at all. Maybe it's the stamina from working part-time so often. Your big brother is very strong."
Shirogane Kei looked at Uchiha Ryo with concern, then handed him the juice.
Uchiha Ryo: "Thanks. But I'm going to take a good rest in the next round."
Kei-chan nodded. "Mhm. Next round, it's Toyogasaki's turn to be 'it'. My brother and the others are in charge of searching. But I reckon they won't even find half as many people as Ryo-nii."
Shirogane Miyuki: "...."
I hope my sister won't talk about me in front of me next time.
Shirogane Kei: "Here's your juice, Onii-chan. I'm going back to the middle school section now. Bye-bye~"
Taking the juice handed to him by his own sister, Shirogane Miyuki really wanted to be touched, but why did he feel so conflicted?
On the other side, Hayasaka Ai was looking at her Lady Kaguya with delight.
"Kaguya-san, remember you owe me a favor."
Shinomiya Kaguya gritted her teeth. "Is... is he really human? Hmph! I, Shinomiya Kaguya, keep my word. Hayasaka, just tell me whatever you want."
Hayasaka Ai thought for a moment. "I haven't decided yet. Let's talk about it later."
After a short break, the players for the second round of [Cops and Robbers] were ready. Uchiha Ryo turned to look at the Shuchiin side. Sure enough, they were all familiar faces.
Led by Shirogane Miyuki, there were Kojima Souji, Kondo Sawa, Hayama Hayato, four first-years, and five second-year seniors. Kazeno-senpai, whose formation had been scattered by Uchiha Ryo in one go, was prominently listed.
Wait a minute! What's with that cat? Is Shuchiin playing that big? They really dared to give Enyun-chan a spot?
Uchiha Ryo sighed. Should he remind Enyun not to act too smart? If she was targeted by scientists, it would probably be a big trouble.
But the Shinomiya family should be able to solve this. After all, someone of Shinomiya Un'yo's level had also come into contact with youkai exterminators. As long as Enyun-chan didn't act too outrageous, he couldn't be bothered to control her.
But the most ridiculous thing was, this scumbag cat was doing so well at Shuchiin? Even the principal gave Enyun the identity of a student in Class 1-B... Principal Adolf, you really know how to play.
But putting it this way, when Ishigami Yu and the others came to the high school division next year, wouldn't they have to call Enyun 'senpai'?
Takashi: "Ryo-nii, should we... find a place to hide later?"
Uchiha Ryo: "Why hide? Just find a place to rest for two hours. Don't worry about those guys on the other side. They're all losers."
Takashi nodded. "Mhm, I'll listen to you, Ryo-nii."
Uchiha Ryo, who had planned to act alone with Takashi and find a place to rest directly, suddenly spotted two familiar figures in the team of hiders.
"Why are you two here? Oh.... come to think of it, you two are indeed suitable for this kind of hiding game."
Katou Megumi: "Well, I feel like I'm pretty good at games like hide-and-seek, especially being 'it'."
With Katou Megumi's unnaturally low presence, it seemed she really could do it.... This was a girl who would be ignored even in normal times. But as for the other person...
Uchiha Ryo: "Katou-san might be participating because she thinks her presence is naturally weak. What about you? Is your presence weak acquired?"
Gotou Hitori didn't dare to speak.
"I... I was pushed here by Nijika and Ryo, saying that I could play this kind of game too."
Gotou Hitori wanted to refuse, but the words turned into agreement when they reached her lips. There was no helping it. She didn't want to play any chase game either. She would just find a corner to hide in later. That was a happy decision.
And... this was a sports festival! This was a sports festival that she basically never participated in!
Among the school events that left psychological shadows on lonely people, the [Sports Festival] ranked number one nationwide.
Because people who weren't good at sports were usually unpopular, the sports festival was a celebration that deprived them of their value of existence! That's right, in the end.... those lonely people would be considered an eyesore no matter what they did. Even if they huddled in a corner, they would be accused of not understanding teamwork.
Gotou Hitori had a deep psychological shadow regarding the words "Sports Festival." Ijichi Nijika and the others had pushed her here hoping that Bocchi-chan could become happier here.
As for why Nijika and the others didn't participate themselves, well! Since Katou-san was going to participate anyway, the two of them could look after each other.
Moreover, her actions would probably be exposed under the drone camera. Why did I come to participate.... Ah, I really want to find a cardboard box to crawl into and stay there until I go home at night.
Uchiha Ryo: "Katou, and Bocchi-chan, you two come with me later."
Katou Megumi: "Oh, okay."
Gotou Hitori: "Eh?!!"
Go with Uchiha-kun? Why! Why bring me, a little Bronze player, to a Challenger game? It's not like she hadn't seen Uchiha Ryo's combat power!
"Um... Uchiha-kun, can you tell me what we're going to do?"
Seeing Bocchi-chan's nervous look, Uchiha Ryo couldn't help but smile and say.
"Take you to counter-kill the police. How about it?!"
Gotou Hitori: "No no no no no... I can't! I absolutely can't!"