Chapter 39: Tit for Tat

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Interesting.

A mere mortal actually had the nerve to come before her with such arrogance.

But more than that, she was curious about where exactly the hostility hidden in the other party’s eyes came from.

She did not remember having any prior interaction with this woman, except for that transaction on the rooftop.

This should be their first meeting on campus.

Could it be because her reputation was too great and people could not stand it?

“I heard Sato-senpai’s boyfriend used to keep pursuing Tsukimi-san, but for some reason he suddenly gave up later.”

“No wonder. I was wondering why senpai got so agitated the moment she heard this name. So she ran into a love rival.”

“What love rival? Tsukimi-san never even agreed, okay? Besides, wasn’t that just the other party’s one-sided pursuit?”

Whispers came from the class.

Tsukimi Ryuune directly amplified these voices in her own ears and quickly understood what was going on.

No wonder she had felt the name Asano sounded so familiar before.

So it was the person who had once confessed to her.

Thinking of this, she raised her head without any change in expression and looked toward the other party.

“I don’t quite understand what you mean, senpai.”

“PE class isn’t mandatory. If a student’s body isn’t well they can naturally ask for leave. How is that something you can’t accept in your eyes?”

She retorted without giving any face.

As for the others present, seeing two well-known figures of the school actually going at each other, they naturally all started eating up the rare drama.

“Heh, you even dare talk back. Is this how a junior speaks to a senpai? Besides, who knows if your body really isn’t well or if you’re faking it? Did the school doctor issue any proof?”

As the words fell, her gaze turned quite sharply toward the PE teacher at the side.

“This…”

Tsukimi Ryuune had originally wanted to control the other party to answer, but quickly suddenly changed her mind.

That’s right.

Why should she keep showing weakness to this fellow, this guy in her world who did not know the height of the heavens and the depth of the earth and dared to provoke her?

In the past when she encountered this kind of person, she would directly erase them without another word.

But for some reason, after experiencing a series of things recently, her heart was no longer as cold and ruthless as before.

In other words, compared to a god, she was now more and more like a sentimental ordinary person.

And the origin of all this was because of that man’s appearance…

“Enough. Don’t make things difficult for the teacher.”

“Isn’t it just joining the training? Compared to that, I have something I’m more curious about.”

“What?”

The instant she heard these words, Sato Iri still thought she had successfully suppressed the other party in imposing manner.

But Tsukimi Ryuune’s next words left her a little hard to understand.

“Although you were invited here, senpai, I’m very curious. With your strength, do you really have the ability to take on the role of teaching us?”

The moment these words came out, not only Sato Iri but even the other drama-watchers present all froze.

“Hiss, is Tsukimi-san serious? Saying this kind of thing to the swimming club ace who just took the city-wide swimming championship…”

“Has the young lady been out of touch with the outside world for too long? It’s over. As a member of Ryuune-sama’s support group I kind of can’t watch this anymore, what do I do.”

“Same. I feel she’s going to get thoroughly humiliated. Ahh, but being able to see the Unattainable Flower eat dirt seems pretty profitable too.”

Upon hearing that, Sato Iri’s face showed thick disdain and mockery.

Before, seeing the other party so aloof, she had thought she was some hard-to-deal-with character.

She had not expected that she really was the same as her figure: that *big and brainless.

Actually asking whether she, the ace of the swimming club, had the qualifications?

“I have to say, you really know how to bring humiliation upon yourself.”

“Tsukimi Ryuune, do you know who you’re facing?”

The other party walked forward and came to a position less than half a meter from her as she spoke teasingly.

Tsukimi Ryuune’s expression did not change upon seeing this.

Toward the imposing girl in front of her, she spoke with a calm gaze.

“I don’t know. But seeing how they all say you’re the ace of the swimming club, I suppose you should be pretty amazing, senpai.”

Upon hearing that, the corner of the other party’s mouth had just lifted into a proud smile when she heard her continue right after.

“What a coincidence. I also swim often usually. Although I might not be as strong as a champion like you, senpai, swimming a hundred meters in about a minute is still doable.”

“Talking big.”

“You don’t even draft your lies. Heh, with that figure of yours you can swim a hundred meters in under a minute? Don’t make me laugh.”

Sato Iri’s gaze was as if she were looking at an idiot.

As someone who trained year-round, she was very clear in her heart what a swimmer’s figure was like.

It was precisely because of this that she firmly asserted the latter was lying.

Even so, she still instinctively felt jealous of the other party’s sexy figure curves.

Although she herself was fairly well-proportioned from swimming year-round, when it came to being alluring she definitely could not compare to the other.

But what she had not expected even more were the other party’s next words.

“Whether it’s true or not, won’t we know after competing once?”

“You wouldn’t be afraid as a champion, would you?”

In the distance, Kagami Yuto saw this scene and was a little astonished at the picture before his eyes.

He watched the two of them seeming to have started quarreling over something, but because the distance was truly too far he had no way of knowing what exactly had happened.

He was just thinking about whether he should intervene to ease the situation when he saw both sides seem to have reached some kind of agreement and respectively prepared themselves as they came to the poolside.

“What does this mean? Is she going to compete with someone…?”

Tsukimi Ryuune used a swim cap to gather up that head of smooth long hair of hers, then put on competition-specific swimming goggles.

Not far from her, Sato Iri naturally did the same.

Before the official competition both sides formulaically stretched their bodies at the poolside.

Their movements naturally attracted quite a few onlookers.

Besides Tsukimi Ryuune’s own class, other classes that were having PE in the swimming pool also came over upon hearing the news.

“Look, someone’s challenging Sato-senpai.”

“Who? So overestimating themselves. Don’t they know the other person just took the city-wide championship?”

“I heard it seems to be Tsukimi Ryuune from the neighboring class.”

“Wait wait wait, who did you say?!”

“Holy, does the young lady have this much courage? Doing something this reckless doesn’t seem like something she would do. Could it be she’s actually been hiding her abilities all along?”

Listening to the various exclamations and clamorous voices coming from the surroundings, Kagami Yuto likewise placed his gaze on the distant poolside.

At this moment, the two who had finished preparing were both waiting at the shore for the referee’s command.

Compared to Tsukimi Ryuune whose gaze was focused, Sato Iri could be said to not take her seriously at all.

After all, she who had made a deal with the god had long since obtained the ability of a hundred victories in a hundred battles.

Even the swimming club aces of other schools could not beat her, let alone this young lady who looked pampered and spoiled and had not the slightest athletic ability.

She had originally been worrying about having no chance to humiliate the other party.