CH 7.4

At the coach’s signal, 10% of the group was dawdling, 30% went to the lodge to drop off their bags first, and the rest moved off to form teams.

「Oniichan」

「Yeah, let’s team up」

「Yeah!」

In the midst of all this, Futaba, with her black twin tail hair swinging, calls straight to us.

「Yui’s fine with it too, right?」

「No problem. We couldn’t have asked for a better fire power.」

Yui readily agreed.

The two girls are glaring straight at each other….well, let’s not worry about that.

「Futaba-chan, are you sure? This niichan looks like a hunchback.」

It was a tall boy with a clean cropped head who said that while glaring at me.

He looked like a member of the baseball team.

And I admit that was a prejudice.

「I told you not to call me by my first name, Sanada-kun.」

「You’d better develop a good eye for people」

「Eh, s-scary…..? Sorry……」

Being pressed by the two girls, Sanada-kun flinched but he did not forget to glare at me.

He seems to look at me as a rival but I think he’s being cute.

When I was in kindergarten, I once hung up on the boyfriend of a teacher I had a crush on.

Sanada-kun was a junior high schooler and not a kindergarten though.

「No, did you get the rules?」

「What do you mean?」

Futaba tilted her head curiously.

「How couldn’t anyone understand such simple rules?」

Sanada was cocky.

「Maybe……」

Yui looked like she was thinking.

Yui was probably the only one who was close to the right answer.

「This neechan, are you dimwit?」

Sanada laughed at Yui in a mocking way.

「Hey, Futaba, why did you choose him? He’s definitely an idiot.」

「What! I’m the smartest guy on the baseball team! I don’t have any red marks!」

Sanada’s protest sounds stiff.

His remarks are on the same level as those of Onimatsuri.

「I’m a man you can count o—」

「We had to draw lots because there were so many applicants.」

「Futaba-chan!?」

This is the type of person who’ll get laid on his but.

I wouldn’t let him near Futaba though.

「Do you want to get first place in this orienteering?」

「「「Yeah….?」」」

The three of them gave me shocked expressions.

I guess they would never have thought of that since everyone here is basically an honor student.

「To be honest, we can just slack off. We can get plenty of food in the mountains.」

「If Kazu says so, it should be correct…..」

「Well, it’s oniichan after all…..」

「Eh? Is Futaba-chan’s aniki a camping expert?」

Only Sanada, who doesn’t know me, looks confused.

「However, since we are here, I want to win.」

「Me too」

「Right!」

「Ohhhh!」

「Then, let’s go for complete victory.」

「Since oniichan is serious, it will be all over soon.」

「I’m not really taking it seriously.」

「Oi oi, if you’re a man, you should always be serious.」

Sanada pummeled his own palm with his fists.

Hmm, a reaction expected from a legit eighth grader!

「Maa maa, let’s put our stuff down for now and talk to the people who are still squirming around.」

「Okay」

「Why?」

「Why not?」

Yui knows what I was talking about after all.