Another Like Me - Part I (CoTE x OC) ✔

Chapter 31 - Reconnaissance

(School Grounds; Takeyama, Keisuke POV):

"Horikita, can I leave you in charge here?" I asked the black-haired beauty standing beside me.

Class D was currently on the track and field ground, and were having a warm up session before we start to time our races.

"Where are you going?" she asked back sharply.

"I'll be going and conducting spy missions on the other classes to get to know their sleep schedules so I can silently kill them at night."

".....?"

"I'm going to go and check out their athletic capabilities," I replied exasperatedly. "Do you not get it?"

"I'm afraid I don't," she replied with a hint of sarcasm in her voice. "You're going alone?"

"Why, is it lonely here without me?"

"What's wrong with you today?"

"I'm just feeling a bit excited, that's it," I said. "And yes, I'm going alone. You could technically come along if you want. We can let Sudo handle things here. They'll just be running anyways."

"Hmph, fine. I'll tag along. I'm interested in knowing what the other classes are up to as well," said Horikita. "It'll be good if we can conduct recon before the other classes."

"We're already last."

Horikita raised her eyebrows. "What do you mean?"

I pointed towards the school building. "Look up there, second floor." Horikita followed my finger's direction, and she noticed several students from different classes watching us practice from the hallway windows.

"Class B and C?"

"No, if I'm correct, that's Class B and A," I replied.

"Class A? Well, I suppose it doesn't hurt to know about the capabilities of your allies as well. But where is Class C? After the stunt they pulled off at the gymnasium yesterday, I assumed they would be wary as an individual class."

"Class C is still in their homeroom. It is evident from their windows. There are still students in the class. It seems they're not interested in watching us," I casually replied.

"Are they underestimating us?"

"It's not like you to get perturbed over trivial matters like these."

"I'm not perturbed in the least," she snapped back. "I'm merely curious as to why Ryuuen-kun would give up on such an easy opportunity to analyze Class D's capabilities."

"This is Ryuuen we're talking about. It's very hard to understand what he is thinking, even though is moves and actions are barely inconspicuous," I said. "He definitely has something else in mind. There is no point wasting more time here. We must get a move on. Club activities start in 5."

"Which clubs are you planning to visit?" Horikita asked me, as we walked side-by-side towards the main street.

"Soccer is number one on my list. Shibata-kun from Class B is a part of it. I've heard he's the one to watch out for from Class B. We could give the basketball club a visit as well. Komiya and Kondo from Class C will be there."

"Those 2 remind me of an incident I'm not very keen on having etched in my memories....."

"They've surely caused a lot of trouble for us," I said. "But I assume they would not have had the guts to pull this off if Ryuuen weren't behind them. There's no point in blaming them. I see Ryuuen as the main culprit here."