Seeing the figure with short wheat-colored skin seemingly being the first to break through the finish line symbolizing the championship, many audience members on the stage were stunned.
Someone couldn't help but murmur, "Did you see who broke the finish line just now? I think it was Katou Mio?"
"No way! It should be Mia who came first."
"Right! How could Katou Mio run faster than Mia from America."
Whether they didn't see clearly or vaguely saw but couldn't believe it, the gamblers at this moment all denied Katou Mio's victory, continuing to show their support for Mia.
But soon, the referee announced the result.
["The winner of the Kyoto High School Girls' 100-meter sprint is..."]
["Katou Mio!!!"]
["Moreover, Katou Mio has broken the city's women's track and field 100-meter record!"]
With the referee's announcement, the venue erupted in overwhelming cheers.
""What!!!""
Hearing the referee's amplified announcement, Mia and Asuka looked at Katou Mio in disbelief.
Before the race, they could hardly imagine that Katou Mio would actually surpass them and win the championship.
And it wasn't just a slight difference; she had left them far behind.
Even breaking the previous record.
At this moment, the gamblers' expressions were even more sorrowful than Mia and Asuka's, their faces ashen as if mourning a loss.
Naturally, Katou Mio was full of joy. She quickly took out her phone, edited a text message to send good news to someone, and then hugged with the people from Seika Girls' Academy, including Principal Rikka, who had come up to her.
———
Outside the screen.
Hikari, who was sitting in the classroom watching the live broadcast, also smiled slightly at this scene.
"This feels good," Seeing Katou Mio's performance, Hikari basically confirmed his previous conjecture that subjects with good physical condition would indeed perform better after being engraved with the pure love mark.
Besides this, Katou Mio's victory also brought Hikari an unexpected fortune.
Although gambling is absolutely not acceptable, and Hikari also dislikes the uncertainty and high risk of gambling, preferring to be down-to-earth and work hard.
But knowing that Katou Mio would win, he naturally wouldn't miss the opportunity to make money.
So he took out a large portion of the money he had earned from recent part-time jobs and bet it on today's race.
Since most of the bets were on Mia winning, followed by Ogura Asuka.
The odds for Katou Mio were quite high, and Hikari made tens of millions of yen in one go, a small fortune that made him extremely happy.
As Hikari smiled at the sight of the funds arriving.
The only other figure with long purple hair in the classroom also stretched.
Shiina Chizuru, as usual, stayed in the classroom to study hard until late after her classmates had left.
She believes that as a student, one should study hard.
Moreover, she wants to maintain a good academic record to impress Teacher Tsukino.
Because Shiina Chizuru was so focused on her studies earlier, she didn't notice the surroundings until after stretching, she looked around and found that Hikari was still in the classroom.
Seeing Hikari looking down at something, Shiina Chizuru thought he was also staying behind to study hard, and her eyes lit up immediately.
She couldn't help but get up and walk over to say something.
But halfway there, she saw that Hikari wasn't studying, but was looking at his phone and chuckling.
Who knows if he was looking at some colored manga or animation.
In this sacred classroom, to do such a thing, she Shiina Chizuru only secretly looks at such things when rewarding herself under the covers, Hikari is really too much.
Shiina Chizuru quickly walked towards Hikari, ready to scold him.
But just as she reached Hikari, before she could speak, a voice came from outside the window, "Eh? Hikari-kun, why haven't you gone home yet?"
Shiina Chizuru looked up and saw the figures of Japanese teacher Shirakawa Miwa and homeroom teacher Tsukishima Kyouko standing outside the window.
Hikari also saw Shirakawa Miwa and Tsukishima Kyouko slowly walking into the classroom.
He turned off the arrival notification, casually pulled out a book, and smiled at Shirakawa Miwa, "Teacher Shirakawa, didn't you tell me to study hard? I'm studying, I won't go home until the sun sets."
Shirakawa Miwa walked to Hikari's desk, snatched the book away, revealing the phone underneath, and said to Hikari with a bit of annoyance, "Study my foot!"
"You're playing with your phone!"
"Look at Shiina-san, she's the one who stays after school to study until dark before going home."
Shiina Chizuru, who had just walked over and was somewhat at a loss, quickly greeted, "Hello, Teacher Shirakawa, hello, Teacher Tsukishima!"
Shirakawa Miwa nodded to Shiina Chizuru, then curiously straightened Hikari's phone.
"Let me see what you're looking at here after school instead of going home."
Shiina Chizuru also curiously glanced over, the three women simultaneously staring at Hikari's phone.
"Eh, this is...", Looking at the live broadcast, Shirakawa Miwa was slightly puzzled.
"This is the Kyoto High School Girls' 100-meter sprint competition," Tsukishima Kyouko, who seemed to have watched it before, immediately said.
"Yes, Teacher Tsukishima is right, I've watched it before too!", Shiina Chizuru chimed in.
"Hikari-kun, why are you following this competition?", Tsukishima Kyouko asked curiously.
Hikari smiled, "Teacher Shirakawa, didn't you teach us to care about family and national affairs? What's wrong with me caring about this competition? There are participants from our school in it, isn't that normal?"
Shirakawa Miwa said with annoyance, "Normal my foot, I think you're just looking at the athletes' bare legs because they're dressed lightly, you're the most perverted."
Hikari smiled, "Teacher Shirakawa, what nonsense are you talking about? Your legs are much more beautiful than theirs, why would I look at theirs instead of yours?"
Hearing this, Shirakawa Miwa's face instantly turned red, she pinched Hikari's ear and scolded, "You're really incorrigible, even daring to flirt with your teacher."
Usually, Hikari would say such things, and in private, Shirakawa Miwa would definitely retort.
But now, in front of her good friend Tsukishima Kyouko and Shiina Chizuru, Shirakawa Miwa didn't expect Hikari to be so bold, making her extremely embarrassed.
Fortunately, Tsukishima Kyouko also seemed quite interested in the competition and didn't notice this.
Looking at Katou Mio standing on the podium on the screen, Tsukishima Kyouko asked, "This competition, it's really surprising that Katou Mio won."
Shiina Chizuru said, "Katou Mio defeating Mia is indeed quite surprising. But she has always been very hardworking, so it's normal for her to win. I'm kind of a fan of Katou."
Tsukishima Kyouko nodded, "Yes, Katou Mio has quite a few fans, after all, being a noble academy's lady and so good at sports, her popularity is quite good."
Shirakawa Miwa then asked Hikari with a hint of sourness in her tone, "Hikari-kun, are you also a fan of Katou Mio?"
Hearing Shirakawa Miwa's words, Hikari thought for a moment and said, "Well... if you consider me a fan, then I guess I am."
After all, he has had intimate contact with Katou Mio, blending as one, so being a fan is just being a fan.
Hearing this, Shirakawa Miwa immediately wanted to twist Hikari's ear again.
But before she could act, Hikari smiled and said, "By the way, Mio-chan could run so fast, at least half of the credit is mine."
Hearing Hikari's words, Tsukishima Kyouko and the other women were stunned for a moment, then couldn't help but chuckle.
"Pfft!"
Shirakawa Miwa mocked Hikari, "Hikari-kun, you're really shameless, can you even claim credit for this?"
The usually aloof Tsukishima Kyouko also couldn't help but laugh, "Hikari-kun, stop bragging..."
Shiina Chizuru even crossed her arms and mercilessly sneered, "A star-level athlete and noble academy's lady like Katou Mio, you probably haven't even met her, and you claim half the credit. Hikari-kun, you're really good at bragging."
Just as the three women took turns mocking Hikari.
The live broadcast on Hikari's phone happened to reach the post-victory interview segment.
The host was asking Katou Mio about her thoughts on winning this time.
On the screen, standing at the top of the podium with countless audience members cheering behind her, Katou Mio smiled and said, ["My thoughts... I want to thank someone."]
["I want to say thank you to Hikari-kun."]
["Besides my own persistent efforts, this victory is also completely inseparable from Hikari-kun's help and support."]
["Hikari-kun, are you watching the live broadcast? Thank you!"]
Hearing Katou Mio's words from the live broadcast, Shirakawa Miwa, Tsukishima Kyouko, and Shiina Chizuru were all stunned, three faces full of confusion.
The first to react, Shirakawa Miwa, grabbed Hikari's head and gave him a face wash with her terrifying fullness.
"Oh my god! Hikari-kun, you were telling the truth? Katou Mio really thanked you. Amazing!", Shirakawa Miwa was shocked.
Tsukishima Kyouko also looked at Hikari in great surprise, "Hikari-kun, you... really are full of surprises."
Shiina Chizuru, after hearing this, was also very surprised, but she just snorted and didn't praise anything, "Maybe... it's just... someone with the same surname."
Just as Shirakawa Miwa and others were questioning Hikari about how he knew Katou Mio.
———
At the same time.
At Seika Girls' Academy.
After receiving the award, Katou Mio happily left the scene and went backstage.
Just after drinking a bottle of water, Katou Mio saw Mia and Ogura Asuka walking towards her from not far away, the two women standing beside Katou Mio one after the other.
"What's up? Do you have something to say?", Katou Mio asked.
After winning the championship, she was too lazy to continue any verbal disputes with them, now she just wanted to fast forward to the next psychological counseling session with Hikari.
Seeing Katou Mio's indifferent tone, Mia couldn't help but say, "We have something to say? We want to ask you what exactly happened today."
Ogura Asuka added, "Yes! Katou Mio, what exactly happened to you today? How did you run so fast today, improving so much all of a sudden, did you take drugs?"
"Before, you were always third, how did you crush us two today!"
Katou Mio smiled, "Of course I didn't take drugs, the reason for my extraordinary performance today, I've already said in the post-race interview. Believe it or not, goodbye."
After saying that, Katou Mio left gracefully, not bothering with the losing duo.
Hearing Katou Mio's words and seeing her expression that didn't seem fake.
Mia and Ogura Asuka quickly flipped through the live broadcast replay to see what Katou Mio had just said in the interview.
After watching, the two women frowned.
"Hikari-kun?"
"Who is this guy?"
In Katou Mio's interview, most of it was just the usual platitudes, the only thing that felt different to them was Katou Mio's special thanks to someone named Hikari-kun.
Mia and Ogura Asuka looked at each other, both very curious.
The name Hikari-kun clearly sounds like a boy's name.
But Seika Girls' Private Academy, like their Seisei Girls' Private Academy, from the academy to the teachers, even all the staff, and their track and field department's coach, should all be female.
At this moment, a girl nearby suddenly interjected, "The Hikari-kun that Kato mentioned... I think I've heard of him."
Mia and Ogura Asuka quickly asked, "Eh? Do you know what that Hikari-kun's background is? Is he some particularly amazing coach?"
This girl shook her head, "I'm not sure about that, actually I don't know if it's the same person. There's a student named Hikari in our school, usually called Hikari-kun, quite handsome, that's why I know, but whether Katou is talking about him, I'm not sure."
After hearing this girl's words, Mia and Ogura Asuka became even more curious.
This girl's school seems quite far from Seika Girls' Private Academy, how did they get connected?
Seika Girls' Private Academy doesn't seem to allow relationships with people outside the school, so Katou Mio and that person couldn't possibly be in a romantic relationship.
Mia and Ogura Asuka became more and more curious, couldn't help it, quickly walked over to Principal Rikka who happened to be passing by, and said to her, "Principal Sumeragi, congratulations on winning the championship this time."
"Yes, congratulations. But Principal Sumeragi, don't lose sight of the bigger picture for the sake of one competition, making athletes take drugs is a very short-sighted behavior."
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