The 1st Student Council x Classic Literature Club Arm Wrestling Tournament, in this crisp autumn outdoors... officially begins!
But before that, Uchiha Ryo first accompanied Chitanda to the warehouse at her home to bring out a table specifically used for arm wrestling.
"Your family even has this?!" Shirogane Miyuki couldn't help but exclaim.
Chitanda smiled. "Because I was curious about everything when I was little, so as long as I took a fancy to something, my family would buy it for me."
Now her curiosity has shifted from objects to events...
Chitanda took the drawing lots tube from the table. "Then without further ado, let's start dividing into groups for the matches!"
"Wait a minute!"
Hiratsuka Shizuka suddenly interrupted everyone who was preparing to draw lots, then raised her wrist and said. "If I don't say it, probably few of you would know that there is also science to arm wrestling."
"I don't want to win unfairly, so I better tell you guys."
Hiratsuka-sensei's mini-class on arm wrestling~
When arm wrestling, pay attention to keeping your shoulders level, your elbow placed right in front of your body, your abdomen pressed tightly against the table, and the foot on the same side as your exerting force extended forward.
Only by adopting the correct posture can you effectively use the strength of your whole body, rather than relying solely on your arm.
"I see, Hiratsuka-sensei really knows some useless knowledge that ordinary people don't..."
Uchiha Ryo wasn't interested in an arm wrestling tournament or anything, but because Chitanda forcefully dragged him, he had to choose to participate.
Hiratsuka Shizuka narrowed her eyes. "Uchiha, you seem very arrogant. Looking forward to having a decisive battle with you in the finals, but don't drop out of the finals and not even be able to beat the girls~"
"Hiratsuka-sensei doesn't need to worry about this."
At the same time, Fujiwara Chika had already drawn an advancement chart on a piece of paper. "Very good, then the goal of this tournament is to determine the first place and the last place!"
Shinomiya Kaguya looked at her wrist. "For a tournament or whatever, isn't it enough just to determine the first place?"
"No! I want to see who is strong and who is weak, so there must be a ranking. I will absolutely not be ranked behind Ishigami Yu. This society that lets the weak live confusedly and have no self-awareness of their own weakness needs to be reformed!"
Fujiwara Chika was full of fighting spirit, seemingly having already determined that she absolutely wouldn't lose.
The first round, Fujiwara Chika versus Shinomiya Kaguya.
"Let me interrupt. Normally, right hands are used for arm wrestling, right?" Shinomiya Kaguya symbolically clenched her left fist.
"But I'm left-handed, relatively speaking, the strength of my left hand should be greater."
Is that so? Fujiwara Chika stroked her chin and fell into deep thought. Ishigami Yu took the opportunity to say.
"Wouldn't it be fine for Fujiwara-senpai to also use her left hand, this way if she loses she can find an excuse saying her left hand has no strength~"
Fujiwara Chika frowned. "No! A competition is a competition, we must achieve uniform requirements. So I'm sorry Kaguya-san, let's still use our right hands to decide the outcome."
Shinomiya Kaguya nodded, "That's also fine. After all, I was forcibly corrected to write with my right hand since I was little, it's just that my left hand is a bit stronger."
The two successively stood on both sides of the competition table, and Tsurumi Rumi stood right in the center.
"Then the first match, ready.... start!"
Fujiwara Chika's expression was extremely serious. "Kaguya-san, even if it's you, I won't go easy on you. Let's have a fair and just duel."
"Mn, please go ahead."
Shinomiya Kaguya still maintained a smile. That appearance of a delicate little bird almost made Fujiwara Chika not have the heart to make a move... really? How is that possible!
In the face of victory, everything is empty talk. Before defeating that annoying Ishigami Yu, Fujiwara Chika will not lose to anyone!
However—she had already used all her strength, but the arm in front of her... Shinomiya Kaguya stood there like a solid rock.
Eh..... why? Fujiwara Chika's eyes became increasingly hollow, and opposite her, Shinomiya Kaguya had an expression of [Is this all your level?]. Fujiwara Chika's fighting spirit was gradually shattered.....
As the ace of the Archery Club, the longbow Shinomiya Kaguya used basically had a draw weight of fifteen kilograms. Although she drew the bow with her left hand most of the time, in order to avoid the uncoordinated feeling of too large a strength gap between left and right, Shinomiya Kaguya would also frequently exercise her right arm.
Consequently, Fujiwara Chika regretfully suffered defeat.
The depressed Fujiwara Chika lay on the picnic mat, unwilling to get up, but Shinomiya Kaguya suddenly said.
"Please don't be like Fujiwara-san just now, everyone. The position where she gripped my hand just now was more biased towards the fingertips. According to the simplest principle of leverage, gripping the front section of the hand obviously makes it easier to exert force. Even secretly moving it up while I'm not paying attention is not advisable."
Fujiwara Chika rolled over, and as a result, she happened to see Ishigami Yu looking at her with a half-smile.
"Fujiwara-senpai~ Didn't we agree that you were going to defeat me! Why did you fall in the first round? And you even used your right hand against a left-hander, yet you lost such an advantageous situation. Alala, to actually cheat and play tricks, do you want to win that badly! What a despicable person!"
"Do you cheat as naturally as you breathe! Ohoho, I recorded it with my phone just now, I'll send it to you later!"
Fujiwara Chika lowered her head, tears welling in the corners of her eyes as she threw herself into the arms of Hayasaka Ai, who was closest to her.
"Uwaa— I'm sorry!"
"Even if you apologize, it can't change the fact that you cheated just now." Ishigami Yu continued to kick her while she was down.
As the only man in the Student Council who could verbally defeat the Chaotic Fujiwara, Ishigami Yu, with his taunting power trained in online games, would absolutely not let off this kind of guy who likes to cheat!
The second round, Ishigami Yu versus Hayasaka Ai.
Ishigami Yu, who was just taunting, couldn't help shaking his head. "My opponent is a girl. Let me make it clear first, I will go all out."
"Oh, please suit yourself."
Hayasaka Ai pushed away Fujiwara Chika in her arms, and then came to the opposite side of Ishigami Yu.
"Do your best, Hayasaka! Twist this guy's arm off for me!" Fujiwara Chika stood behind acting as a cheerleader.
Hey hey.... Ishigami Yu, who considered his strength to have reached the national average for males, stretched his right wrist.
Even if he was weak, he wouldn't lose to a girl, right? Except for Hiratsuka-sensei, of course; that was a female monster. This was what Ishigami Yu thought, but after today, his list of monsters might be updated.
Hayasaka Ai, who always showed her gyaru form at school, actually has such great strength? This was Ishigami Yu's internal reaction one second after the match started.
What the... Is the guy in front of me definitely a human?! This oppressive feeling, are you sure it's not a fierce tiger coming down from the mountain! This was Ishigami Yu's internal reaction three seconds into the match.
And the second round match ended just like that. Unsurprisingly, the winner was Hayasaka Ai.
"Serves you right!! Hahaha, letting you taunt me, aren't you just like me, all talk." Fujiwara Chika pointed at Ishigami Yu's head.
"Shut up, according to the rules, the two of us losers will also have a match!" Ishigami Yu expressed his submission to Hayasaka Ai, but just wouldn't submit to Old Cheater Fujiwara!
Next is the third round, Shirogane Miyuki versus Hiratsuka Shizuka.
The fourth round, Chitanda Eru versus Amakusa Shino.
The fifth round, Yukinoshita Yukino versus Uchiha Ryo.
As for Shirogane Kei, she didn't participate in the tournament because she was defeated by Fujiwara Chika right at the beginning, so she just acted as a referee with Rumi and the others.