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Chapter 324 Jun Matsueda's First Sports Meet
July 9th, Monday, is the day of the sports meet.

Jun Matsue pushed his cart into the school gate and watched groups of students walk by on the main road. The girls' usual loafers had been replaced with comfortable sneakers today.

The density of people has changed from the well-behaved and loose type in summer to the dense type of people rushing around for warmth in winter, and boys holding bicycles have to turn into side streets along the roadside.

"An unfamiliar start to the day," Jun Matsue sighed. Last year, when he was preparing to participate in the new version's event, his account was banned by a teammate.

When I arrived at the classroom, there weren't many people in Class 6. On days when there were no classes, everyone arrived early, and many had already gathered on the playground.

"Welcome to our esteemed general, Matsueda-kun!" Tomatsu Tomoka said with a smile as she walked up to him. "This is your class uniform, please change into it quickly!"

Unlike the usual white school uniform shirt, the girl handed over a blue tracksuit with black trim, setting the tone for today's battle atmosphere.

At the end of the corridor were two activity rooms, which were temporary changing rooms for boys and girls respectively. Jun Matsue turned around on the way, and the classroom of Class 4, Grade 3 was behind him.

It seemed the senior had already gone to the sports field, so he quickened his pace and opened the back door of the boys' locker room.

"Matsueda, your class's clothes seem cooler than ours!" Sugisaki, who was also changing clothes in the locker room, was a little dissatisfied.

This guy next to me used to beat me in basketball, which was one thing, but the girl I liked was his simp. Now, even my class uniform isn't as nice as his. Why is he so unfair?
Jun Matsue glanced at the magenta short-sleeved shirt with white trim in his hand. "I think your class's are pretty good too."

The girl's outfit looks pretty good.

When he returned to the classroom, Mochizuki Haruka, whom he hadn't seen before, was already sitting in her seat. The girl had changed into her class uniform, tied her hair in a high ponytail, and wore a blue and black plaid hair tie on her right wrist, giving her a more sporty and innocent look.

The girl glanced at him. "Does Songzhi like me wearing a high ponytail?"

"It's rather rare, it feels quite unusual." Jun Matsue looked to the other side, where Yuka Tomatsu was about to pick up the bottled water on the ground.

"Let me carry it." He walked up to the girl, picked up the box from the ground, and it was indeed quite heavy.

"Let's go to the playground. Do you need to bring anything else?"

"And sports drinks too." Tomatsu Yuka ran to the podium, carrying a large plastic bag containing sports drinks that looked a bit like jelly candies. These were bought with class funds, with at least one bag for each student, and extra supplies for athletes; many students had already received them.

"I can carry this myself." She glanced at the girl on the other side who had her arms crossed. She wouldn't ask this girl for help if she could manage it herself.

"Let's go to the assembly point then." Jun Matsue shouldered his box and headed towards the playground.

After handing their belongings over to their homeroom teacher, Kominato Shoko, who remained at the base, the students of Class 2-6 stood in two rows on the playground, which was usually quite empty but was now packed with people. Such a scene was rare—school-wide meetings were generally held in the gymnasium, and only sports meets were held outdoors.

On the podium, the no-longer-young woman picked up the microphone; it was the principal's turn to speak. "Although the weather is a bit hot, I'm very happy to see everyone standing here with such a positive and sunny attitude. Our school's sports meet has a long history."

No matter where the school is, the leaders' speeches are always this long. Jun Matsue, who was standing at the front of the line, wiped the thin layer of sweat from his forehead. He was the one responsible for waving the class flag.

After the principal finished speaking, it was the turn of the physical education teachers to take the stage, followed by the athletes' oath. The students who had been standing straight began to bend their backs.

The endless speech finally came to an end, followed by the flag-raising ceremony. The Rising Sun Flag and the school flag were raised together. Jun Matsue looked at the fluttering school flag, which featured the school emblem of Haneoka—a hill decorated with flower patterns, with the shadow of a bird in the sky above, possibly the legendary "Haneoka".

"The 58th Sports Meet of Haneoka High School officially begins!"

The opening ceremony was finally coming to an end, and the students cheered excitedly. Jun Matsue raised the dark blue class flag in front of him, waving it fluttering in the wind. "Are humans particularly excited when they see things flying around in the air?" Haruka Mochizuki looked at the boy walking towards her, the flag on his shoulder still fluttering in the wind.

“This isn’t like you.” Jun Matsue walked to the front of the class camp and planted the flagpole deep into the soil.

Such eccentric remarks should have come from his roommate.

"Then how should I speak in my style?" The girl touched her neck, feeling a little uncomfortable with her exposed skin.

The boy, with a straight face, imitated her tone in a deliberately indifferent manner, saying, "Those talkative guys on stage are as annoying as cicadas in a tree."

Mochizuki Haruka smiled adorably; she had indeed thought about it when she was standing in the group of girls.

"Take a picture of me." The girl handed him her phone. "Your aunt should be up by now. Send it to her."

Jun Matsue took a few steps back. The girl in the camera stood in front of the fluttering flag. The deep blue of the flag, like the sea, replaced the color of the sky, making her appear even whiter in the sunlight.

"Let's try a different angle, facing the camera from the side, it looks better," the boy suggested.

Obediently, Mochizuki Haruka turned slightly to the side, revealing her high ponytail at the back of her head, making the girl appear even taller and more elegant.

She took back her phone and sent the photo she had just taken to her aunt, saying, "You really do like high ponytails."

"I just felt that since I changed my hairstyle, it would be better if my aunt saw it." Jun Matsueda's gaze swept around the classroom, but he didn't see the other girl.

Where is Tomatsu?

"She was called away by Kominato-sensei." Mochizuki Haruka pouted. "Tomatsu doesn't have a match this morning, so there's no need to worry about her, right?"

Jun Matsue turned around, opened the cardboard box on the ground, and took a bottle of mineral water. As the class monitor and someone who had to participate in the competitions, there were bound to be some unexpected situations during the sports meet. If the girl, who was the vice class monitor, was there, he could feel a little more at ease.

While he was taking a sip of water, the girl behind him had already been pulled away by her friends to take a group photo. Jun Matsueda glanced at his phone; his project wouldn't start forty minutes.

"Let's go take a look at the news department," he said, getting up with a bottle of mineral water.

In the center of the playground was a performance by the cheerleading girls. Jun Matsueda walked along the edge of the field, avoiding being hit by the shot put on the other side. Cheers and shouts of encouragement swept across the grass. He bypassed all the danger zones and headed towards the sunshade under the podium.

In addition to the department head stationed at the news department's workstation, there was another young girl—Yamami Maki, wearing a light pink short-sleeved shirt, who was talking to Imokawa Natsumi beside her.

The pink-clad senior, Jun Matsue, blinked; it was the first time she'd ever seen her wear such a girlish color.

Yamami Maki turned to look at the approaching boy, her eyes filled with the same surprise as Matsueda Jun's.

"Matsueda looks really cool today!" the girl said with a smile.

As expected of a senior student, her ability to find opportunities is always top-notch, no matter the occasion.

(End of this chapter)