In fact, I can add unlimited points

But it doesn't seem like a big deal.

To put it arrogantly, if Shun Aragaki were to get serious, who in the school wouldn't be a complete slacker in terms of physical fitness?

Whether or not Nagumo Masaru and Horikita Manabu personally participate in the match, it will have no impact on the outcome.

"preparation!"

As the referee's voice rang out, Shun Aragaki turned his gaze back, took his starting position on his own track, and waited for the referee's command.

boom--!

The sound of a flare gun suddenly rang out. Sensing this information, Shun Aragaki did not stay still and deliberately try to outmaneuver others. Instead, he immediately got up and ran forward.

In a mere hundred meters, the boy almost instantly left all the students from other classes behind, sprinting to the finish line before anyone could even react.

After nodding to the referee at the finish line, Shun Aragaki, without even looking at the other runners behind him, raised his right hand high and waved it vigorously at the three first-year classes and the surrounding spectators.

"Oh!!!"

"Aragaki-kun! That's amazing!"

"Class monitor will win! Class A will win!! First grade will win!!!"

Amidst the enthusiastic cheers of the three classes, the faculty, staff, and shop assistants in the stands were also swept up in the atmosphere and joined in the cheers, thus marking a perfect start to the first match of the sports festival.

.........

"What a great start! No matter the occasion, Aragaki-kun always manages to attract attention."

In the third-grade A class area, Tachibana Akane felt the increasingly lively sports atmosphere, her gaze falling on the figure walking off the stage, a faint smile playing on her lips.

"Indeed, this junior seems like a monster. It's hard to imagine that he's only a freshman who has been in school for half a year."

As a student in Class 3-A, Fujimaki felt a sense of pressure knowing that there was only one winning team in this sports festival and that they would have to face the challenge from their juniors.

"Oh no, I'm actually starting to worry about losing today's match. That's really wrong of me."

Taking a deep breath, the robust boy looked at Horikita Manabu, and upon seeing the other's composed figure, he unconsciously relaxed.

Class A of Grade 3 has been highly competitive for two and a half years since entering school. Not only has it never relinquished its position as the top class, but it also has the full capacity of 40 students, with no one dropping out halfway through the course.

This is all thanks to their leader, the strongest student council president in history!

Before Xue has even said anything, how could he possibly show any signs of timidity at this point?

"Relax a bit." Horikita Manabu pushed up his glasses, his expression remaining largely unchanged despite witnessing Aragaki Shun's extraordinary physical abilities.

"A three-year battle is not a common occurrence. The strength of the first-year students is irrelevant to us seniors who are about to graduate, so there is no need to feel pressured by it."

"We will do our best in the following games. No matter the final outcome, our efforts over the past three years cannot be shaken by a single sports festival."

Compared to Shun Aragaki's performance on the field, Manabu Horikita is more concerned about the movements of his silly younger sister.

The other person transferred to Class A of Grade 1 last month, and it remains to be seen whether they can get along well with their new classmates.

The student council president subconsciously focused his gaze on a certain spot, but when he didn't see Horikita Suzune in that class's line, his expression behind his glasses changed instinctively.

It wasn't until he had looked around the camps of all 12 classes that the brother-obsessed man finally found the aloof figure preparing to go on stage at the front of the first-year Class D team.

Horikita Manabu: "???"

How did my foolish daughter end up back in her original class?

The moment this surprise arose in his heart, the student council president immediately recalled that last semester, following a notice from the school, a certain new product had been added to the Advanced Development program.

"I see, so it's an employment voucher? That's a good strategy—playing to your strengths and compensating for your weaknesses."

Seeing his younger sister participating in the competition normally, Horikita Manabu felt relieved. Then, unfortunately, his classmate Fujimaki suddenly let out a gasp—

"Those guys in Class B and Class C, would rather get zero points themselves than not help that bastard Nagumo?"

Horikita Manabu turned his gaze to the track. The 100-meter race had already entered its seventh round, but the one in the lead was still a boy from Class A of the first year. However, several older students were closely chasing him, and the group was not much different.

Now that the journey is halfway through, and many viewers thought the outcome was already decided, an unexpected incident suddenly occurred—

On the track, two third-grade students suddenly accelerated and "accidentally" crossed the fixed track, blocking the way of the boy from Class A of the first grade.

The 100-meter race is already very intense, with everyone on edge, running at top speed. When an unexpected obstacle suddenly appears in front of you, the person being blocked will instinctively slow down by two steps.

Then, naturally, the students from Class A, Class C, and Class D of the second grade had anticipated this situation and took the opportunity to run to the finish line.

"Damn it, that guy Nagumo actually had this plan: to make the third-year and first-year students wear each other down and be forced out of the competition together?"

Akane-senpai's face showed annoyance, and she looked like she was gritting her teeth.

The two third-grade students made such an obvious mistake that the referee couldn't possibly have missed it, not to mention that the school had specially set up high-end track and field cameras for this competition.

Therefore, whether intentionally or unintentionally, the two third-grade students who crossed their own lanes were both judged to be "obstructing" and disqualified from this round of the competition.

In other words, both Class B and Class C of Grade 3 received zero points in this round.

The problem is that the sports festival calculates the total score according to grade level. Class B and Class C deliberately committed fouls, which affected the scores of the entire third grade.

The first-graders were blocked by them and ranked low, so they didn't get many points in this round.

In this situation, the only beneficiaries are naturally the second-year students, including Nan Yunya.

"President, what should we do now? Someone deliberately broke the rules. Can we ask the school to arrange for them to run it again?"

Faced with Fujimaki's somewhat bewildered question, Horikita Manabu simply shook his head with a serious expression.

"This is impossible. The school only gave us one day for the sports festival, and there are as many as 13 events. With such a tight schedule, it is very difficult to get a second chance in individual competition rounds."

"Furthermore, this is currently just a school sports festival organized by a highly developed group. Compared to professional sports competitions, it is more inclined to be entertainment-oriented, and the rules of the various competitions will not be too strict. Therefore, Nagumo's strategy is not problematic."

To be honest, most of the athletes from the 12 classes who went on the track did not have the qualities of professional athletes, so the school naturally did not strictly require everyone to follow the competitive rules of the official competition.

On the one hand, it is unnecessary, and on the other hand, it is impossible—aside from some sports students who join sports clubs, most highly trained students have never specifically studied those things.

With this in mind, the rules set by the school for the sports festival were naturally more lenient. In a single game, a simple foul, as long as there was no injury, would at most result in disqualification and a zero score, without the need for a rematch or even a deduction of class evaluation points.

This is clearly a good opportunity for Class B and Class C in the third grade.

It's worth noting that the former still hasn't given up on challenging Class A, led by Horikita Manabu, and the latter probably has similar thoughts, while also being promised other things by Nagumo.

So they thought of dragging the third-year students into the loser's bracket, which would bring them much closer to Class A.

As for Class D, which was ranked last, Horikita Manabu went to them after learning the rules of the sports festival and did a lot of ideological work, so that Class A of the third year would not have to fight alone.

"What should we do then?" Fujimaki looked somewhat flustered. "If Class B and Class C are determined to sabotage us, there's a high chance that we third-year students will be dragged down to the failure group. And once Class D finds out about this, they'll most likely start to shirk their responsibilities as well."

After all, if a team fails to win the group, the higher its ranking within the group, the more class evaluation points will be deducted.

The people in Class D might not achieve great results if they work hard, but when it comes to slacking off, they are absolutely top-notch.

"Don't rush, this is only the first competition event, and some people haven't revealed their true colors yet."

After saying this, Horikita Manabu turned his gaze toward Class 1-A.

Nagumo Masato openly extended his influence to the first-year students. He didn't believe that the usually assertive junior would tolerate this loss without retaliating.

This time, however, it seems unlikely that the third-year students will be in the winning group...

258. Nagumo Masayuki pops champagne halfway through the game; Horikita Suzune's filter shatters.

Horikita Manabu has full confidence in his abilities, but this assessment, which is conducted on a grade-by-grade basis, is really not his area of ​​expertise.

Facing the expectant gazes of his classmates, the student council president sighed inwardly, but had to admit—

Compared to his two juniors who had already united the class, he was unable to completely suppress the dissent of Class B and Class C in the short time following the announcement of the sports festival rules, thus falling behind from the very beginning.

Fortunately, as long as they don't directly become the first in the losing group, given the advantages their class has built up in the past, even if they lose this competition, it won't affect the overall situation of the four third-grade classes.

In other words, Horikita Manabu's rational goal in this sports festival is actually the middle group.

In this way, the class evaluation points lost by the first to fourth place in the third grade should be 200, 150, 100 and 50 respectively, and the gap between Class A and Class B will be narrowed by a maximum of 150 points.

This isn't a devastating loss for their class; they can win it back by working hard in the next special exam.

"Don't let me down, Aragaki."

In both first and second grade, only Class B chose to betray their teachers, but in third grade, both Class B and Class C were won over by Nan Yunya.

If no other changes occur in the subsequent competition, then the third year will inevitably become the losing group that suffers the most damage.

However, when Shun Aragaki was talking to Ikuha Kiriyama, he also indirectly expressed his opinion by having Akane Tachibana represent Class 3-A, believing that the other party would make the right choice.

If the plan goes smoothly, the biggest cost of this sports festival will inevitably be borne by Class A of the second year, led by Nagumo Masayuki.

Hmm~ It's good for the other classes in the three grades to suffer a bit.

.........

At the same time, Nan Yunya naturally had no idea what his respected president was thinking.

Because he's currently busy at halftime popping champagne and bragging to everyone in the class about his influence throughout the entire high school.

"Hahaha~ The whole school only has three grades and 12 classes, and half of them are under my control. I ask you, who can oppose me and stop my will!"

"Horikita-senpai, Aragaki-junior, I wonder if you were surprised by my gift?"

With the 100-meter race halfway through, and more than twenty rounds later, half of the students in the school—from first-year Class B, second-year Class A, C, and D, to third-year Class B and C—were following his instructions and advancing the pre-established plan, grandly demonstrating the power he had gathered to everyone at Advanced Education.

By now, those mediocre people should understand who the strongest person in this school really is!

Unrestrainedly bursting into wild laughter in public, Nan Yun felt incredibly high after defeating two opponents he respected in one fell swoop. The joy he felt was even greater than winning over a girl he fancied and taking her back to his dorm for the night.

The students in Class 2-A weren't surprised by this scene, except for Mizowaki and Tonokawa, who had always been his confidants. They exchanged a glance, and the former stepped forward to remind him:

"Nan Yun, why don't we keep an eye on Class 2B first? Our old rival is up to no good again, and has somehow gotten involved with the first-year students."

"Hmph! That greedy and opportunistic Kiriyama has really got some nerve!"

Vice President Huang Mao turned his gaze to the track, where he could see that the situation had undergone some subtle changes.

According to his carefully prepared plan, the three second-year classes only need to rush forward and score points. Then, the third-year B and C classes and the first-year B class will serve as support. They need to "accidentally" hinder the teams under Horikita Manabu and Aragaki Shun during their run.

In this way, with their superior numbers, the second-year students were naturally able to easily win the championship in the winning group.

But he was just distracted and didn't pay attention, and Class B of Grade 2 suddenly stepped up and started to interfere with the classes he had won over.

It is obvious that, under the leadership of Kiriyama Ikuba and Kiryuin Fuka, Class 2-B has completely sided with Aragaki Shun, even at the cost of directly breaking ties with him.

"Looks like I haven't taught them enough lessons!"

"It's decided. After this sports festival ends and I become the student council president, I will immediately get rid of that Kiriyama guy and make Class 2-B remember the fear of being dominated by me again."

Nan Yunya was extremely displeased that the girl still dared to harbor rebellious thoughts.

If he's unhappy, then someone else will suffer. Kiriyama Ikuba is an ungrateful fence-sitter; it's better for him to leave advanced cultivation as soon as possible!

"Don't worry, everything is going according to plan."

"This victory at the sports festival will be mine alone!"

Even if the entire second-year Class B, where Kiriyama Ikuha is, were to defect, so what?

Aside from the three second-year classes that needed to strive for high scores, he recruited three first- and third-year students who were willing to sacrifice their own points and actively hindered Horikita Manabu and Aragaki Shun.

Even though one of his classes was offset by Class B of the second year, the advantage brought by the remaining two classes was enough for him to completely suppress his opponent.

There are only 12 classes in the whole school. He controls half of them. Even if Aragaki Shun and Horikita Manabu join forces and can control the other half, the worst result would be six against six.

Moreover, can they really unite wholeheartedly?

There can only be one winning group!

Who would be willing to be someone else's stepping stone?

Regardless of whether we are strong and bully the weak or outnumbered, the advantage in this match still lies with us!

.........

Horikita Suzune, from Class D of the first grade, had just stepped off the track, and her expression wasn't very good.

With her strength, she should have easily won first place in this round of the 12-person competition, but because of the obstruction of several senior students, she was a few steps slower and was overtaken by two students from Class A and Class C of the second year, and was forced to settle for third place.

How could this stubborn girl accept it?

Clenching her fists tightly, Horikita Suzune looked up at the scoring area on the central screen. She could see that after thirty rounds of the 100-meter race, the first-year students' overall score was still far ahead.

However, this is because the initial scores are different for the three grades.

Taking into account the differences in physical fitness during the growth period, the school assigned 100 points to all four second-grade classes, except for the third grade which started from zero, while the four first-grade classes were assigned 200 points each.

In other words, even before the sports festival started, the first-year students already had 400 more points than the second-year students and 800 more points than the third-year students.

The first individual competition event has only been completed for thirty rounds, and the gap between the first and second grades' total scores has already narrowed to 240, which is enough to show that the first graders are completely behind the second graders in the 100-meter dash.