'Well Gathered'.

The returning members gathered at the former rose garden. Roughly twelve people. Fourteen if you include me and Alina.
They came because they saw the meeting place and the date on the sign. We gave them a few days to see and be bothered by more people.

You are not part of any club, are you?

The twelve nodded. Some of them were a little intimidated by my bravado, but most of them didn't move an inch.
Well, the quality is good.

I thank you all for coming. However, I still do not trust you.

Yes, the homecoming club is self-proclaimed. That is why there is a difference in the degree of seriousness. We need to make sure they are real.
Alina and I sit down next to each other in our chairs, and the twelve of us do the same, facing each other.
And there is a desk between us and them.

Okay. The one on the right. Sit here.

I pointed to a chair at the desk.
The first guy was a skinny guy with a reptilian face. I asked him his name.

His name was...
'Yuki Ishibashi.
Nice to meet you, Yuki. Let's have you answer a few questions. Are you ready?'
'Okay.

I leaned forward slightly on both elbows and looked him in the eye.

You're on your way home. You're on your way home. Then I saw a woman lying on the side of the road. What do you do?
'...... help'
'Next question. It is after school and you leave the classroom with your bag on your back. As you were going down the stairs, you heard voices from the top floor, and you sneak up to avoid being recognized. Two boys were hugging each other. What did you think?
'Is this a test to see if I'm a homecoming boy or a gay guy?'
'Answer the question.'
'...... I was going to run away.'

I see. I quit asking questions.

That's all. Please leave the room.'
'What? What do you mean, "leave the room?
'I'm afraid you're disqualified.'
'Wait a minute. What's wrong with you?
'You're a ghost member of the computer club, aren't you? You can't fool my eyes.'
'Ugh, why--'
'...... Don't f*ck with the homecoming club!

Scared by my high energy, Yuuki said regretfully, "d*mn it! He left the room with one word.
At the same time, Alina whispered in my ear.

How did you know?
'It's intuition.
What was the point of that question you just asked me?''
It's a personality test. He's a serious man. He didn't cross any lines.
'I don't understand.
'Don't worry. I'm not crazy.

And so the selection process began.
There were twelve of them, so there was a wide variety of people. Some wanted revenge on those who tried to make them feel inferior as homecoming club members, some just wanted to be close to Alina because it looked fun.
We carefully selected the homecomers who had good souls and were qualified. I looked into their eyes and searched seriously for the possibility that they could be my compatriots.
And then there were only four of us left. The remaining eight were as much a joke as dog excrement, but some of them were close. However, rumor had it that there were only six of us in the relay, so we had no choice but to narrow it down to four.

You were chosen. We six are the justice.

Let me introduce you one by one.

The first one
"Masao Tanaka
Also known as Berserker Masao.
He is a powerhouse, standing 6 feet tall and weighing 98 kilograms. He has a very quiet personality that does not match his well-developed physique, and his head is cropped at a .50. He had been practicing judo for ten years, but during a practice session in the third year of junior high school, he failed in ukemi and scraped his head. Since then, the hair follicles in the area where he scraped his head have died and he has become circularly bald. He has been trimming his head to hide his baldness. His personality has also become introverted.
He quit judo because of the trauma and has remained unaffiliated in high school.
He answered that he came here because he thought he might be able to change himself.
Her favorite food is 'I love mango parfait.
You are perfect.

Second person.
Takakura Numakura.
Also known as Intelligence Takazo.
A highly intelligent character with dark eyes that seem to despair of the world. He is of average height and has nothing special to say about his appearance, but he is as intelligent as Niwadatsuru. However, he is often ridiculed as a 'dark-headed' or 'hard-working' person. He says that his motivation for coming here is to get revenge.
His favorite saying is, "Those who go to cram school are idiots. Don't waste your parents' money. First of all, cover the textbooks' is a misguided response.


His favorite food is 'the liver of the autumn swordfish is the truth'.
It is very peculiar.

Third.
Eiji Shimano.
Also known as "Pro Gamer Agee.
He wears black-rimmed glasses and used to be on the track team in junior high school. He discovered FPS on the computer he received for his eighth grade birthday and immersed himself in it. His eyesight deteriorated and his passion for track and field cooled down, but his FPS skills improved rapidly, and he has climbed to the 8th place in the world ranking in the game, according to him. He even got a sponsor.
He says that he still holds a grudge against being ridiculed as a "NEET" even though he is a high school student, and his motive is that he wanted to run for the first time in a long time.
His favorite food is 'potatoes. I'm really sick of them.
The person he admires is 'Simojeh.
He is now requested to stop his eccentric behavior of moving around with his hand in the shape of a gun and holding it out in front of him.

Fourth.
Rinne Hayasaka
Also known as Heartbreak Lyon.
Former cheerleader, freshman year, 'I want to concentrate on my love life! A real flower garden girl who left the club because she was a "flower girl". However, the reality is harsh, and after suffering heartbreak after heartbreak, she is finally branded as a "b*tc*" because of a misunderstanding.
I thought that the cheerleading club was full of sluts because of Hana-sai, but Rinne says that she is 'beautiful in body and soul', so it seems that Hana-sai is the only one.
She has a wavy, exotic hairstyle and is slightly taller than average. She has charming, bright eyes and seems to be popular with the girls, but when she spoke of her dark motive of 'I want to make the guys in the baseball, soccer, rugby, kendo, tennis, basketball, badminton, and judo clubs who rejected me regret it and bring them to their knees', I realized that she is a pathological landmine and understood it all.
Her signature line was 'I've had enough of heartbreaks. I want to be a heartbreaker.
I want to be a heartbreaker (someone who damages others).' His favorite foods were 'marshmallows, strawberries, crepes, cheesecake, cream puffs--' and all the other things that really made me miss Kanji characters.

To my surprise, all of them were in the third grade, which made me wonder if there were any losers in our grade. Alina also asked me, 'Are you all right? I was not wrong in my selection.

Do we have a chance?

Intelligence Takazo raises his hand and asks me.

The relay is simple. Simply, the faster you are, the more likely you are to win. But there is a trick to it. If you take them into account, you can win the race.
'There certainly is'.

Pro-gamer Agee interjects, lifting his dark-rimmed glasses with a snap.

No matter how fast you are, it's difficult if you get the inside of the lane, and speed is irrelevant if you make a baton mistake. It's not an individual game, and that's why each individual's move is so important. In other words, the team that is united wins. It sounds like mentalism, but it's true.

That's what I'm talking about. He would have been cool if only he hadn't worn his hands in the shape of guns.

'Am I any use to you?
'I'll be fine. You human weapon, you should be more confident.

Berserker Masao, with a body that could have stopped a dump truck, shrank back and anxiously expressed his feelings. Surely he would not be run over by a truck and end up in another world. On the contrary, he would break the truck.

'May I have a word?
'Here you go.'

Heartbreak Lyon crossed his arms and asked me for permission to speak.

Can we really win this? Eiji used to be on the track team, so that's fine.

Intelligence Takazo would not be silenced by these words.

We have just concluded that you can win if you are creative,' he said. Do you have nothing but marshmallows in your skull?
'Terrible! You're never going to be popular with the girls, are you?
' The degree of heteros*xuality is irrelevant in this context. And it's not that I'm not athletic. Can you please stop being prejudiced?
What the hell is this guy?

The two of them are already falling out. Alina sighs, Masao panics, and Eiji pretends to be holding a knife.
It's the first time I've seen professional members of the club other than myself, but they are as unique as they are rumored to be. Each one of them is asserting his or her opinion as one sees fit. But at this rate, it's not unity, it's civil war. We'll be laughed at behind our backs for our unattractive, unsightly appearance.
But to prevent that from happening, I recruited them three weeks before the festival.

Calm down, Rinne. Think about it. We have a monster, a prodigy, a professional gamer, a love avenger, a clown, and a poisonous rose. It's the strongest lineup, don't you think? And they are all homecoming club members with nothing to lose. And who is the best homecoming club member in our school?

They unanimously pointed at me.

'You know me so well. I'm--'
'Freak.'
'Yes, Rinne. That's right. As long as I'm here, they can't take the pace away from us. Let's knock the relay into the crucible of chaos.

Thus began the practice for the gymnastic festival.




Practice was to be held after school.
Eiji, a former member of the track and field team, led the team in practicing not only basic physical fitness, but also how to pass the baton, running form, and so on. The school grounds are basically divided into sections for the athletic teams to use, so the opportunity to use the lanes does not come around often, but each member of the team still puts their heart and soul into their work.

Ha, ha. Logically, ethically, morally, philosophically, this is an egregious exercise. ......'

Intelligence Takazo, who is appealing with eyes like a dead man's while pouring out sweat .

'You can't say that. Look, the soccer team is always running.
I wonder what their musculature is like. What kind of equations do they use to improve their athletic efficiency?'
'You're the only person in the universe who can build an equation to move his body.
'Uh, no kidding. ......? How does the comet move its muscles?
'You talk about people like they're machines with alphanumeric characters and symbols.

Sometimes it rains, sometimes there are strong winds, but we keep going.

Masao. You should be more confident.


'You can't. ...... I'm just a big guy. ......'

I spoke to Berserker Masao, who was shrinking and sitting in a gym chair between breaks. He was so big that he was not shrinking at all.

'Everyone says I'm big or a giant, but I'm just a ...... troll,' he said.
I know what you mean. When I was in elementary school, I used to hate it when everyone told me I was big and tall. I wished I'd been born average. But now I'm thankful for my mother. Jealous eyes make me feel good.
'That's just you comet. ...... I'm weak, I'm a coward. ......'

Every time he speaks, the muscles that rise to the surface move like waves through his shirt. They were so powerful that I feared the U.S. military might recruit me as a muscle weapon.
I pat Masao on the back, encouraging him as he rests his chin on his knee. Wow, his muscles are too strong. I'm going to wake up.

I'll be fine. You're fast! You'll never lose. Besides, isn't it great to eat your favorite food after a lot of practice?
'Yes, it is. It certainly feels rewarding.
'What was it, a mango parfait?
That's right. I often eat at my favorite coffee shop. When I eat it, I feel like I can do anything.

Okay, I'll make him eat a mango before the show. Let's make him do his best like a certain character who becomes strong after eating spinach.