In crossover anime, who isn't a childhood friend?

Yukino replied neither humbly nor arrogantly, "It is true that there are some similarities. I am just expressing my own thoughts. If you have any other opinions, you can speak them directly."

Both of them had calm expressions, but for some reason, their manner of speaking gave off a tense, confrontational vibe.

Of course, it's also possible that it's just because of Gen Chiya's special position between the two of them that she has a different perspective on the issue.

Saeko immediately chimed in to prevent the situation between the two from escalating further: "I think Yukino's suggestion is great, what do you all think?"

Eriri and Rikka had no objections, and Miyoko nodded as well.

And so the decision was made.

Then came the issue of pairing up into teams, which was proposed by Yuan Qianye, using a random draw.

In the end, Eriri and Saeko were paired together.

Miyoko and Rikka are on the same team.

Yukino and Utaha are in the same team.

It's clear that Yukino and Utaha aren't entirely satisfied with the result.

Yukino pursed her lips, while Utaha gave an almost inaudible hum.

But seeing that the players from the other two teams had already started to huddle together intimately to discuss their tactical arrangements, they had no choice but to accept this arrangement.

"Did you do this on purpose?" Finding an opportunity, Shiyu approached Yuan Qianye and asked softly.

Her suspicions are not unfounded.

Yuan Qianye had just randomly found six branches under the tree, broken them in pairs to the same length, and hid them in his palm with only a little bit sticking out for them to pull.

She and Yukino were the last two to draw, and by the time it was their turn, he only had two branches left in his hand.

In other words, the two of them simply didn't have any other options.

Knowing this premise, let's look at the first four people.

Saeko, Rikka, Miyoko, Eiri.

The first three of them.

She loved him to the point that it defied common sense and was even to the point that she allowed him to cheat on her and find other women.

A brother-obsessed individual who couldn't be more obvious, constantly talking about "my brother" with genuine pride.

Another type is a subordinate who is completely obedient, whose career is unilaterally controlled by him.

These three people, it seems, would obey him without question, no matter who they were.

This means that if Yuan Qianye wanted to, he could use this advantage to nominally use a lottery as an excuse, but in reality, he could completely control the situation to develop in the direction he desired.

The so-called "randomness" is actually "arrangement".

"What?" Yuan Qianye feigned ignorance.

Shi Yu narrowed her eyes: "You know what I'm talking about."

Yuan Qianye scratched his forehead: "Are you talking about the lottery just now? Well, there's nothing we can do about it, it's all randomly assigned."

His expression was so innocent that Shi Yu couldn't see any flaws and had no choice but to give up.

Soon, the six-person, three-team badminton tournament began.

The first battle - Rikka, Miyoko VS Eiri, Saeko.

The rules of a formal badminton tournament were not used; it was simply a ten-point system, where the first side to win ten matches would be the winner.

The first team to take the field got off to a good start.

Rikka, Miyoko, and Eriri all seem to have some basic knowledge.

Furthermore, with Saeko intentionally suppressing her athletic talent, everyone refrained from smashing the shuttlecock and simply played it back and forth in a leisurely manner, creating a fairly even match for a time.

In the end, Eriri Saeko's team won by a narrow margin of two points.

After a ten-minute break, Yukino and Utaha took to the field to face off against the defeated Rikka and Miyoko.

Yukino and Utaha did not adopt the one-in-one formation used by the previous two teams.

Instead, on their side of the open space, they used the tip of a small stick to draw a dividing line in the ground, splitting it in two.

"We'll see where the ball lands later. I'll catch it over here," Yukino said calmly, pointing her racket to the other side. "If we go over there..."

"No need to say anything more, I understand what you mean." Shi Yu interrupted expressionlessly: "In short, everyone just needs to guard their own area, right?"

Yukino glanced at her, but didn't answer. She turned around and stood in her half of the field.

Shi Yu chuckled as she looked at her, then turned and took two steps to a stop.

Seeing the two's behavior, Yuan Qianye sensed something was wrong.

This was completely different from his original plan to bring the two closer together by facilitating their collaboration.

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Chapter 026: Utaha VS Yukino... Today's outcome... (8K)

So the second match began.

Compared to Yukino and Utaha, who are teammates but are actually quite distant and estranged, this situation is quite different.

However, Rikka and Miyoko, whom they encountered, got along quite peacefully and amicably.

Furthermore, due to their experience working together in the previous game, they appeared to have even better teamwork.

Rikka stood in the backcourt, holding the shuttlecock in her hand. Looking at Yukino and Utaha on the other side, who seemed to dislike each other and stood far apart, she looked to the sidelines with some difficulty and looked to her older brother for help.

Yuan Qianye had no way to deal with this, and he understood that it was a pipe dream to make the two of them shake hands and make peace instantly, so he could only take it slowly.

So he simply shook his head slightly in the face of Rikka's gaze, indicating that she shouldn't think too much and should just fight normally as before.

Rikka gave a resolute look and said she understood, then quickly hit the shuttlecock.

The ball was clearly heading towards Yukino's side, and she quickly took two steps forward and passed the ball back steadily.

Miyoko, positioned in the frontcourt, swung her racket to return the ball.

This time, it was Shiyu's turn to retreat to the sidelines, leaning back slightly as she launched a clean and crisp diagonal counterattack.

Yuan Qianye, who was watching from the sidelines, was quite surprised after a while.

As for Yukino, as the first learning girl he connected with, he knew how extensive her skill set was.

As a model student, Yukino not only focuses on academics, but also has a strong interest in various fields outside of academics, such as life, art, and sports.

She has dabbled in a wide variety of niche fields and is quite proficient in them.

This is not hard to understand, as the Yukinoshita family is well-off and wealthy, with the resources and leeway to encourage and support her in developing and learning so many skills.

Her own ambition and competitiveness played a huge role in this—after all, she had regarded her capable and all-around older sister as her role model since she was very young.

She wanted to achieve the same level of success in the fields that Yang Nai was involved in and excelled in, in order to prove herself.

Although Yukino gradually became acquainted with Chiyo Minamoto and they became more familiar with each other, her gaze, which had been fixed on her sister's retreating figure, slowly shifted to him.

The key focus is on the poem.

Yuan Qianye knew her; she was a true literary girl who loved to read all sorts of books in her spare time. Besides being a student, her additional profession was being a novelist, completely related to literature.

She usually does whatever she wants, and I often see her at school asking the PE teacher for leave to avoid physical education training, saying she's not feeling well, and resting under the shade of a tree on the sidelines or going directly to the infirmary.

To put it more bluntly...

When he was with Yuan Qianye in private, if he wanted her to come up on her own, she would only symbolically obey. Then, after a short while, she would lazily whine and not want to move. Taking advantage of Yuan Qianye's affection for her, she only wanted to enjoy herself and was unwilling to give anything in return.

Yuan Qianye always felt that Shiyu, who was like a big orange cat who didn't like to move, could grow up to be so curvaceous and graceful, with no part of her body fattened or out of shape. Everything about her was so perfect, which was entirely due to the favoritism of the Creator.

However, when she gets really serious, her athletic ability is surprisingly good.

It's not that he's exceptionally talented, but in a casual competition like this, where there's not much intense competition, his effortless performance was already far beyond his expectations.

The first few games went smoothly, with both sides trading blows.

As the referee, Yuan Qianye watched the contestants jumping around on the field, appreciating the purest beauty of women, and found it quite pleasant.

The score quickly became 3-3 tied.

Then, at the start of the next round, the barely maintained harmony was broken.

Liu Hua swung her racket, and the shuttlecock drew an arc in the air. A gentle breeze blew by, slightly changing its flight angle, causing it to land precisely in the center of the court.

Yukino and Utaha moved toward the center of the court together, but stopped when they were near the receiving point. Neither of them swung their rackets, and they just watched the shuttlecock fall naturally.

Why didn't you answer?

Almost simultaneously, the two people facing each other asked the same question.

Yukino's face showed little emotion; she simply pointed to the shuttlecock on the ground as if stating a perfectly obvious fact: "The shuttlecock landed on your side. According to the rules we just established, this is your area of ​​responsibility, so it's only right that you should be responsible for catching it."

Shiyu chuckled, but her expression was still quite gentle, and her tone was neither hurried nor slow. She stretched her racket downwards and flicked the shuttlecock to Yukino's side: "That's the rule, but you must have misread it. The shuttlecock landed here, but it just happened to bounce to my side after landing, so you should have been the one to catch it."

Yukino flicked the ball back: "I saw it very clearly, and I'm sure of it. The ball should have landed here. There are still traces of where the ball landed."

"I can't see any traces there. I still maintain my opinion that you're mistaken."

“…I understand.” Yukino sighed.

Shi Yu smiled, thinking that she had finally faced up to her mistake.

However, the next moment, Yukino continued, "Research reports show that if people exercise beyond their limits, it can lead to muscle and joint damage, as well as metabolic disorders and excessive fatigue due to increased heart rate."

Therefore, it can be concluded that visual problems are normal due to decreased physical strength.

"Are you saying I saw it wrong?"

“I didn’t say that. I just wanted to suggest that you might be hallucinating.”

"..." Shi Yu narrowed her eyes: "According to your logic, the situation you described also applies to you."

“My physical condition is excellent, and the probability of this happening to me is much lower than that of you who are out of breath.”

"You just can't face your mistakes, right?"

"I'm just stating the facts."

The intense, confrontational aura between the two intensified further.

Rikka and Miyoko quickly stepped forward to say kind words, trying to coax the two of them to skip over the incident.