Chapter 16

“You really don’t go lenient on him.”

Beyond our sight, looking towards the hardened and immovable Yuuto, Kirasaka gave him a gaze of pity.

“But… He..will definitely not give up, right?”

….I knew this fact better than her since I have been associating with him for a long time. Surely, Yuuto won’t move from there, until I agree.

“Isn’t it okay, going out last?”

Wearing an enigmatic smile, Kirasaka looked over here, with some kind of expectation. My actions beyond this, will decide if I meet her expectations or not.

I sighed a little and called out to Yuuto who had yet to move, in a voice loud enough for him to hear.

“…Wait for a bit. Convey to the referee that the substitute student will be arriving now.”

“Ooh…Understood! I will be waiting!”

Hearing my words, Yuuto started returning back to the referee.

“Ah? In the end, you will go..”

“Staying here, will only make things worse.”

Giving my wallet and phone to Kirasaka, who seemed to be enjoying herself, I left the rooftop quickly. As I descended the stairs and passed through the uninhabited corridor, I could hear the bustling noises coming even inside the school building.

Reaching the shoe-rack and changing my shoes to the school designated sports one, I started walking towards that place.

“It’s alright! It has been decided that Minato will be the substitute!”

When Yuuto told the referee on behalf of the substitute student and it was conveyed to the classmates, for an instant all of them had appearances of “Who is that?”

Looking at their reactions, Yuuto replied with “He is Shinra Minato. The one, who sits on the seat besides Kirasaka-san.” With these words, everyone understood and uttered “That guy…”.

“He will be coming soon, so start preparing! If we win this one, it is the overall victory!”

“Ohhhh!!!”

Like a sports manga, to Yuuto’s words, the classmates responded with huge cheers. That was a quite heated up line, capable of pushing people away, but when Yuuto says it, it can only be heard as cool.

The opponent team also started stretching and warming up, waiting for the kick off to begin.

Before long, a single student could be seen running from the building, approaching here. Without hesitation, he entered the court and proceeded towards the place where students of Class 3 gathered.

“I kept you guys waiting!”

The student arriving underneath them, announced it with the greatest pose.

Yes… He arrived underneath them…

“Yamada…? U..Uhh, Minato?

“Ah! I came in place of Shinra, to save you guys!”

Yamada-kun… will serve more than enough, in my place.

“As expected, you are the best.”

With the appearance of Yamada, the game begun. After half of the game time had elapsed, both teams were still scoreless. While watching the game for the third time from rooftop, Kirasaka was looking at me, happily.

“Yamada-kun is my secret weapon.”

1. So, I don’t know if most of you guys know it already or not, but in Japan, there is no ground floor. The floor starts with 1st, 2nd and so on. This is why, he is jumping from 2nd floor, but only 1 floor down.