Stealing Spree Chapter 233: Timeout

During the 30 minutes of break ti for the activity, we spent it thinking of a strategy to win the activity and occasional banter between and Chii which lighten up the depressed mood of Kanzaki.

Well, everyone's grade depended on us and playing to win will always be better for others. Not for though.

In any case, even if I won't be involved in the strategy, I helped them think about what to do. Especially, Kanzaki, our Captor.

There's actually so kind of loophole to the rules and when I told them about it, Chii's excitent went through the roof. It will involve her after all.

The loophole is… There's no ntion of tagging out soone who captured the other class' Flag.

If we worked through it, then it's possible for Chii to stop the Class 2 from scoring more as long as it will not jeopardize her rescue attempt to .

She needs to tag Yanagi out when she's about to score for their team even if the Flag isn't and when she??s least expecting it,

However, once she showed it once and the other classes caught on that loophole, the already chaotic playfield will be even more chaotic when the Rescuers start interrupting anyone close to scoring.

Consequently, it will also beco hectic for the Captors to not only dodge the Rescuer for the Class' Flag they captured but also the Rescuers of other classes.

In that sa note, as long as the Captor uses the opportunity when all the Rescuers are attempting to stop another class to score, she can sneakily score behind them.

In any case, that loophole will not really benefit us but it will help them stop the growing gap of Class 2.

"Alright. Flags, go back to your position. This ti, stand on the circle nearest to your Class' base."

Eguchi-sensei said after whistling louder that everyone's attention was caught.

When we positioned ourselves back to the playfield with what Eguchi-sensei intended, the 2nd round imdiately started.

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"Go Class President!"

Soone from our class shouted from above.

It's already five minutes into the ga and the playfield was put into a stalemate with no one being able to score again.

At one point Chii finally showed the loophole when Yanagi from Class 2 was about to score from Class 4 again. Tagging her out when the Flag was 3 steps away from their base.

When that happened, the Class 2 called her out, including those at the audience stands.

However, neither Eguchi-sensei nor Orimura-sensei said anything about it which ant that it was really intended to be like that.

And just like I predicted, the other classes started employing the sa tactic. When soone's near their base, all Rescuers would target the Captor which led to no one scoring after five minutes into the 2nd round.

"Class Rep, run for it! They were busy stopping Class 2!"

Another one shouted from above.

Like they shouted, the other two Rescuers had just run out to help Chii stop Yanagi from taking back to their base.

Halfway through that point, Chii acted clumsily and intentionally missed Yanagi. With how fast the event was happening, they took it as her really missing the target.

Because of that, the other Rescuer tagged Yanagi out in Chii's place.

And Chii who had just run back to the base switched her target to Itou who was a few steps ahead of Kanzaki to the base.

After weighing out the option, the SC Treasurer of Class 2 also ran out to stop Itou.

"Huh?! Stop Class 1! Why did you also run to Class 3?"

Soone that most possibly saw that lapse in judgent shouted to the SC Treasurer.

However, it's already too late.

"One point for Class 1."

With that one decision, Kanzaki managed to bring back the Class 3's Flag. The other two Rescuers had just gone back to their base so even when they ran out to stop the Class President, it's already too late.

That one point made by Kanzaki beca the start of an even more chaotic playfield that even us who were just standing and waiting to be captured or saved were feeling the increasing fatigue that was being shown by the girl representatives.

The short girl from Class 4 was already sweating bullets due to constant running.

The forehead Ojou-sama from Class 3 threw out her paper fan and her fringes that were held in place by her hairband fell back and started covering her eyes.

The SC Treasurer from Class 2 was also panting not only due to the fatigue but also to the bla she got from her own class for letting Kanzaki take a point.

And Chii who was utilizing the strategy I've given her started to show signs of fatigue from all the misses she got.

It might be a relaxed ga at first but due to that one thing I brought up, the girls started running ceaselessly. Even the Captors are in no better shape, especially Kanzaki and Itou who didn't have athletic backgrounds like Yanagi and the Volleyball Club girl.

That's why after Class 4 managed to take a point from Class 3, I raised my hand.

"Ma'am! May I ask for a ti out?"

Since I tried shouting it a bit louder, everyone's focus fell on .

"Why are you the one asking for that? Are you tired standing around?"

Instead of Eguchi-sensei, Orimura-sensei from the scoreboard answered .

"No. It's not for , sensei. The girls are exhausted. I thought you ntioned about not tiring us?"

Using her words this ti, Orimura-sensei was taken aback but she didn't respond back and instead passed it to the referee, Eguchi-sensei.

"Let's see. What do you girls think? Do you need ti to rest?"

Eguchi-sensei turned to the girls who all stopped in place after I raised my voice.

Even the audience watching upstairs fell silent. They're all heated up with how chaotic the activity is and for them it was exciting.

"He's right. That girl from Class 4 might collapse at this rate, look."

Soone comnted.

"That girl from Class 3 as well, her elegance has been reduced due to her constant running. But she looks better this way, with her forehead covered."

Oi. Set your priorities straight.

"Chizuru's makeup will start to wear off from her sweat. It will be catastrophic if soone sees her face without any makeup."

One of Chii's gyaru friends also comnted.

"Is she originally ugly?"

And a guy part of the delinquent group curiously asked.

"It's the opposite… she's more beautiful without it. You guys might drool."

Eh? From my mory, I rember her to be sowhat ordinary… Is my eyesight bad back then? Or is it because she carried herself plainly back then? Now that sparked my curiosity to see her without that thin make up she was wearing to appear as a gyaru.

Ah. Wait. Why am I listening to them? And why are the girls not answering?

"Thank you..."

Before soone answered, I heard a whisper behind . When I turned to look who it was, I was t with the Class 4 Rescuer. Her gym clothes were already soaked with her sweat that it's starting to stick to her body.

Right. That's also a problem. If they sweat too much, their clothes would stick to their bodies. That would surely spark more fervent response from the boys watching above but it would embarrass these girls.

"Yes. Can we have a ti-out? Watanabe-san is tired and might collapse if we continued."

Unexpectedly, it was Yanagi who answered first. Among all the girls here, she's the one that was the least tired along with the Volleyball Club girl. Her stamina was already high due to her constant training to shorten her 100-m sprint ti.

Watanabe is the SC Treasurer's surna. I guess she also saw how the others were blaming her.

"What about you?"

Eguchi-sensei nodded before turning to the other girls and one by one they all agreed. The score was almost tied anyway. With only the Class 2 still ahead of one point

"Alright. As per the request of every representative, we'll resu this activity 15 minutes later. Rest well."

After gaining their agreent, Eguchi-sensei declared which instantly earned sighs of relief from the girls.

Not everyone was happy though, especially those audiences who were too excited at watching the activity.

In any case, there's still a lot of ti for the PE Class anyway. 15 minutes will pass by instantly.

Before going back to our corner, the girls went to one by one and expressed their thanks.

"Thank you for calling for ti-out. I forgot to check on my teammate, she's not as athletic as ."

The Volleyball Club girl's voice was filled with guilt as she thanked for the short girl.

"I can finally fix this hair. Thank you, whatever your na is."

The forehead girl also stepped forward as she held onto her fringes that were covering her forehead.

"… Don't think this will be enough for what you did."

Itou also left a word before following the forehead girl to their corner.

"Hey, thanks for pointing that out."

And of course, Class 2 also expressed their gratitude. Yanagi specifically held out her hand for to shake. With a smile on her face, she thanked on behalf of the SC Treasurer that was still a bit down.

When I finally got freed from them, the two at our corner were looking at with silly smiles on their faces.

"Onoda-chi can be this shaless. He's the one who made the activity chaotic and in the end, he's also the one who stepped up to call for a tiout. Tell , are you guilty of your sins?"

Chii smirked while Kanzaki was giggling at her side.

"I see. You saw right through as always, eh?"

I smiled wryly and didn't refute her. I'm really guilty for causing that situation but instead of being blad, I even got their gratitude.

"Of course. I'm always watching you."

Chii smiled aningfully forgetting the fact that Kanzaki was with us.

Like I expected, Kanzaki was surprised at what she said.

"Harada-san, that's…"