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Hayakawa snatched the water from Yotsuba's hand, then opened the cap, took a sip, looked back at Yotsuba, and asked, "How long is your halftime break?"

"twenty minutes."

Yotsuba answered honestly.

"That…"

Hayakawa nodded and screwed the cap on: "Let's find a place to rest for a while."

……

"Hello, I'm Yotsuba Nakano from Class D."

"Nice to meet you, I'm Natsukawa Masuzu from Class B, and I'm Hayakawa-san's deskmate. Please take care of me from now on, Yotsuba-chan~"

"A self-introduction is enough."

Hayakawa, standing not far away, looked at the two of them with annoyance: "Hurry up and sit down."

The three of them were sitting on a bench next to the basketball court. No one came here, but it was very close to the basketball court, so they could run there at any time.

Hayakawa specially found a suitable place for Yotsuba to rest, but she didn't expect that Natsukawa Masuzu would happily get to know her as soon as she saw her.

"Really."

Hayakawa sat down on the edge of the bench, and Yotsuba, who was next to him, quickly moved over to make room for Hayakawa.

"So, what's the deal with that place?"

Hayakawa propped himself up on the chair with one hand and said, "I didn't know there was a tap over there before."

"I'm not entirely sure, but it's probably obsolete and no longer used."

Yotsuba Nakano explained, "It's not that no one has discovered it before, but no one would release water. But I later discovered that if you twist it hard and wait a while, water will come out."

Hayakawa replied expressionlessly, "Oh? Really?"

"Really, this faucet is quite useful to us. There are no toilets in the sports field. After we finish exercising, if we want to wash our face or hands, or if it's too hot and we want to cool off, we have to run back to the teaching building, which takes more than ten minutes. Although there are toilets in the gymnasium, they are usually locked and we are not allowed to go in. So we have always wanted a faucet in the sports field for us to use, but the school has never agreed. Now that we have this, it will be much easier."

Nakano Yotsuba laughed and said, "So I told the club president about it, and she told me not to tell anyone, or the school might not allow me to use it."

"Oh, I see,"

Hayakawa nodded, then suddenly stood up and said, "I'm going to report you to the school."

"Ehhhhh?"

Nakano Yotsuba was horrified and quickly grabbed Hayakawa's arm, pulling him tightly into her embrace: "No!! The basketball team will cry."

"Hahaha, okay, let me go."

Hayakawa smiled slightly and said, "I was just joking."

Yotsuba loosened her grip with a hint of disbelief and asked, "Really?"

She knew that Hayakawa was capable of such a thing. After all, he always considered himself the true king of the school, and it was entirely possible that he would impulsively think of reasons like "I will never allow anyone to use my property" and go to report it.

Chapter 192 Yotsuba, the Girl Who Repeated a Grade

"real."

Hayakawa sat in the chair, tilting his head to look at Yotsuba, his expression sincere: "Trust me."

"I can't believe you! I feel like you're completely lying to me."

Nakano Yotsuba stared wide-eyed at Hayakawa's expression, trying to find a flaw in it.

"Ahem, why would I report you for no reason?"

Hayakawa coughed lightly and changed the subject, saying, "Speaking of which, you played basketball quite well just now. Although I didn't quite understand it, you ran around and turned the tide right from the start. How should I put it, you were pretty impressive."

"yes,"

Sitting quietly beside her, Natsukawa Masuzu nodded in deep agreement, looking at Yotsuba with an admiring expression: "Yotsuba-kun feels like the protagonist of a sports manga~"

"Ah... thank you so much."

Nakano Yotsuba flashed the same goofy smile as before, a blush creeping onto her face, clearly feeling a little overwhelmed by the compliments.

main character…

Upon hearing this word, Hayakawa's face darkened. He turned to the other side, his expression turning gloomy, and he lowered his head without saying a word.

The protagonist... the king, can only be one person, and he will never allow anyone to usurp his position.

"I just exercise a lot, so I'm better at it. I'm not that great."

Yotsuba scratched her head shyly and whispered, but her face was full of joy at being praised. Then she looked at Natsukawa Masuzu and said, "Natsukawa-kun, you're amazing! I saw the rankings from the monthly exams a while ago, and you were second in both the arts and sciences lists! You only transferred here a short time ago and you've already achieved such high scores. Maybe you can even... um~"

Yotsuba couldn't speak because Natsukawa Masaki covered her mouth.

"Please don't continue discussing this topic."

Natsukawa Masuzu didn't dare turn around to look at Hayakawa's expression, but looked at Yotsuba seriously and said, "Otherwise, your life will be in danger."

"Hmm~ Hmm?"

Yotsuba Nakano let out a confused whimper as her mouth was covered. The atmosphere had been fine just now, so how did her life suddenly become dangerous?

Did I offend Xia Chuan by talking about grades?

"Ahem, Yotsuba."

Hayakawa, who was standing next to Yotsuba, had already turned ashen-faced by the time Yotsuba was halfway through her speech. Seeing this, he coughed forcefully, raised his head, and proudly declared, "What you're saying is ancient history. Ichinose's ranking as second is no longer hers; it's someone else!"

"call…"

Seeing that Hayakawa hadn't immediately started a massacre, Natsukawa Masuzu breathed a sigh of relief and released her hand from Yotsuba.

"Is that so? I'm sorry, I don't pay much attention to that; I only looked at last month's monthly exam results."

Yotsuba asked with some confusion, "Then who's in second place now?"

"Needless to say? It's Vada, of course..."

Just as Hayakawa was about to pat his chest and shout out his name, the image of a hamster girl suddenly flashed through his mind.

Oh, I'm not second either; it hasn't been that long.

The thought of this cruel truth instantly tore at Hayakawa's heart, a pain as if a thousand sharp weapons were piercing his entire body echoing in his chest. Overwhelmed by sorrow and despair, he roared at Yotsuba, "Go see for yourself if you want to know!"

After saying that, Hayakawa lowered his head and fell into a state of self-isolation again.

For no apparent reason, his hatred for Umaru intensified.

"Oh…"

Yotsuba was yelled at by Hayakawa, and she quickly shrank back, feeling wronged, and dared not say a word.

What's wrong with this person? Why is he suddenly so fierce...?

"it's okay no problem,"

Natsukawa Masaki stood by, offering words of comfort with a blank expression: "He's like this all the time."

Unpredictable mood swings are also a characteristic of emperors.

"Ugh…"

After a long while, Hayakawa finally breathed a sigh of relief, which eased his heartache somewhat. He was experiencing heart-wrenching pain far too often every day, and if this continued, he feared he would develop a heart attack.

"So, are you still going to hang out with those girls' basketball team from today onwards?"

Hayakawa clutched his chest, his face still contorted with the lingering pain, and said to Yotsuba.

"Don't use words like 'mingling' (厮混, meaning 'spam' or 'hide')."

Yotsuba protested softly, "They're all good people, and I'd like to be friends with them..."

Hayakawa interrupted her, saying with a hint of helplessness, "Hey... do you know that in this school, if you fail the final exams, you don't have to take extra classes, and if you fail multiple subjects, you have to repeat the year?"

Four-Leaf's expression wilted, and her body gradually shrank: "I know."

"So do you know why May was in such a hurry to find a tutor?"

Hayakawa poked her wooden head hard, making a hollow "thump-thump" sound: "Because half of the first semester of high school has already passed."

Yotsuba's body shrank even further: "I know..."

"I know you train every day. The girls' basketball team members can pass their grades, so of course they can practice. But what about you? You only got full marks in all your subjects combined. With grades like that, you'll definitely be finished by the end of next semester. I doubt you'll even get a chance for extra classes. That's why I let you join my club."

Hayakawa said expressionlessly, "I don't want to see your name among the next batch of freshmen. Do you want to become my junior?"

"No...no, no!"

Upon hearing this, Siye's face turned pale, and she waved her hands repeatedly, saying, "Absolutely not."

"Then take care of your own affairs."

Hayakawa removed his hand from her head and said, "Whether you like sports or basketball is fine, but you have to make sure you can continue your studies normally. Besides, you've already joined my club. Although the school hasn't approved your application yet, it should be in the next day or two. You're a member of our academic department, and I won't allow you to participate in other club activities."

"I see."

Yotsuba nodded timidly: "I'll do whatever you say."

"That's good…"

Hayakawa breathed a sigh of relief, a faint smile appearing on his face: "Just focus on the competition this time, but I promise I won't..."

"I know!"

As if encouraged, Yotsuba suddenly stood up and said as if making a vow, "I'll tell the captain later that I won't go to the basketball training camp during the holidays or the weekend games. I'll stay home and study hard!"

Hayakawa: "..."

"You guy!!"

Hayakawa suddenly reached out and grabbed Yotsuba's round face, gritting his teeth as he stretched and rolled it: "You actually plan to participate in the basketball training camp? There are also games on weekends. If I hadn't realized how much study time you're wasting on this!"

"Ahhh, it hurts so much! Let me go!"

Yotsuba struggled desperately, her face contorted in pain, her hands gripping Hayakawa's wrists, her voice muffled: "My face hurts so much, don't squeeze so hard... Ugh~"

"You immediately cancel all your plans except for studying!"

Hayakawa's face was utterly cold: "Then sign me up for holiday cram schools, every weekend and every autumn equinox!"

"Ugh... the tutoring class is going on so fast, I can't understand a thing!"

"So you've been there..."

Chapter 193 Ogata Rizu's Attack

After giving Yotsuba a lecture to make her understand the importance of studying, Hayakawa sent her back to the basketball court as halftime was almost over.

"Bye-bye, Hayakawa-san, and Natsukawa-san."

Halfway back, Yotsuba waved vigorously in Hayakawa's direction, her face beaming with her usual energetic smile.

Stop this action immediately; it's utterly foolish.

Hayakawa turned and left the stadium expressionlessly, while Natsukawa Masuzu followed closely behind him.

"It's time to go home."

Hayakawa walked towards the school gate: "What time is it now?"

"Yes, it's definitely time to go back..."

Natsukawa Masuzu said calmly, then whispered in Hayakawa's ear, "But you actually invited Yotsuba to join our club? I just found out."

"Didn't you tell me to go and get five people to make up the number? I didn't seem to say there would only be five,"

Hayakawa yawned: "I saw her on my way back, and then I invited her."

"That's right."

Natsukawa Masaki covered her mouth and chuckled, "Because you were worried that her grades were too bad, you forced her to join the club to tutor her, and you even stopped her from participating in the basketball club's activities. You two are really close. This is the first time I've seen you care about someone so much."

"you are wrong."