Chapter 140: We'll humiliate him thoroughly then!

"You bastard, let's see me stomp you to death!"

In the nighttime woods, Haruno Haruhi lay flat on the ground. Terashima Kanae and Hanai Mai, two delinquent high school girls, stood over him, their cherry-red lips parted in curses as they stepped back and forth across his inner thighs with their black-silk-clad feet. Whenever he raised his head and opened his eyes slightly, besides those flushed faces and gazes of utter contempt, a wonderful view beneath their skirts unfolded before him.

If Kiyono-san had been nearby at that moment, it would have been even more thrilling.

For a moment, as Haruno Haruhi thought of this scene, he couldn't tell whether this was a reward or a punishment.

"Well? Scared?" Terashima Kanae looked extremely smug. This was the method she and Hanai Mai had spent a grueling four and a half minutes coming up with—to thoroughly humiliate Haruno Haruhi when the time came!

That would teach him to be so cocky normally! The sight of him being trampled under her feet later would definitely be very interesting!

Thinking this, she couldn't help but pat herself on the back for her own cleverness and ingenuity.

[Event Triggered]
[Sweet Punishment?]
[The skiing competition is about to begin. Having just drawn the Master-class Skiing skill, you have the ability to control the entire situation. True to your habit before a race, you seek to maximize your profits and trick two naive delinquent girls into making a bet with you. Just as you predicted, you succeeded. However, you underestimated—or rather, mistakenly applied normal human thinking to the two of them. The punitive measures determined by Terashima Kanae and Hanai Mai vastly exceed your imagination. Therefore, you decide:]

[A. Upon hearing the punishment devised by the two delinquent girls, you decide to deliberately throw the match and lose the race, because even if you win, the best possible outcome is probably just this anyway.]
[B. A real man must give it his all. Since a wager has been made, you must unleash 120% of your strength. Use your master-class skiing skills to ruthlessly trample Hanai Mai, and let them know what a real man is! Real skiing!]
[C. A true skiing master maintains not only extraordinary skiing skills and experience, but also an air of breezy detachment and the ability to control the pace and scores. During the race, give Hanai Mai hope by maintaining just a tiny gap behind her—a gap as unbridgeable as a chasm, yet giving her the illusion that she is just an inch away from catching up no matter how hard she tries. Thus, you will stylishly win the match and maximize your aura!]

[Upon completing the task and winning the wager, use their own method against them and let the two delinquent girls taste what it feels like to be trampled under your feet!]

PS: Although being trampled under someone's feet feels quite comfortable, trampling a beautiful girl under your feet feels just as amazing!

Looking at the newly refreshed system interface, Haruno Haruhi fell into deep contemplation.

[Supposing—just supposing—there are two matches, if I throw one and go all-out for the other, wouldn't I be able to trample someone right back while getting trampled? It feels like exploiting a system bug. Besides, it's not like I haven't done this before. Worth a try! Haruno Haruhi, you're a goddamn genius!!]

[Handsome and smart, but you mustn't get arrogant, Haruhi-kun!]

With that thought, Haruno Haruhi looked at the two delinquent girls who were still immensely proud of their own cleverness, and the look in his eyes was as if he were looking at a pair of fans service providers.

Delivered right to his doorstep, it would be a waste not to take it!

"Well? Are you scared?"

Hanai Mai had never been so confident about defeating Haruno Haruhi at skiing.

"Scared? The word 'scared' does not exist in a handsome guy's dictionary!"

The arrogant Haruno was thoroughly puffed up with pride. The more cocky he acted now, the better the setup it would provide for the upcoming match.

"Hmph!" Hanai Mai let out a cold snort and then began doing warm-up exercises on the side.

Terashima Kanae transformed into an errand girl, massaging her shoulders one moment and her legs the next.

From time to time, she would whisper in her ear, reminding her to show no mercy later and leave Haruno Haruhi so far behind that he wouldn't even see her taillights.

There were more and more students gathering on the hill. After the lunch break, each class consciously began organizing internal qualifying matches.

After all, each class only had five slots, but there were far too many enthusiastic students. With the campfire party scheduled for tomorrow, everyone wanted to boost their participation scores a little.

Class Three had a total of seven students registered. Aside from Hanai Mai, the other six were boys. Screening this way was quite simple, and eliminating two people was certainly less embarrassing than eliminating just one.

However, because Haruno Haruhi and Hanai Mai were participating, Class Three's campsite was now surrounded not only by their classmates but also by plenty of students from other classes who had come to watch the commotion.

Watching handsome guys and beautiful girls ski was quite a treat for the eyes, especially given these two campus celebrities—the campus heartthrob and the school beauty.

"Hey, why did so many people suddenly show up? Isn't this supposed to be our class's internal qualifier?"

Koda Kazuki glanced around at the bustling crowd of beautiful girls wearing cute outfits, many of whom were unfamiliar faces he had only caught glimpses of in hallways or school paths.

Being watched by so many people inevitably made him a little nervous.

"Do you even have to ask? The girls are all here to see Haruhi, and the guys are definitely here to see Hanai Mai." Hirae Yoji took a deep breath, adjusted his goggles, and whispered, "Anyway, we only need to filter out two people. As long as we don't make fools of ourselves, and maybe perform a bit well, tomorrow's campfire party might actually happen for us. Besides, this afternoon's race is going to be livestreamed on the school website!"

"Yeah, yeah, we absolutely cannot get eliminated!"

This was the shared inner thought of the several big guys.

It was worth mentioning that all four members of Haruno Haruhi's dorm had entered. That's right, Eto Yoshiyuki had also signed up for the qualifiers. It was somewhat unexpected, but it was probably the otaku's way of trying to prove something.

Aside from his legs still trembling slightly, the rest was fine.

The only two people at the scene with relaxed expressions were the handsome Haruno and Hanai Mai.

The two stood right in the middle, doing their warm-up exercises with effortless ease.

Haruno Haruhi, in particular, acted like a complete social butterfly, actually waving and greeting the wealthy heiress in the crowd not far away!

The latter smiled faintly, feeling both helpless and amused by this show-off.

A handsome guy's charm was limitless. The reaction among the girls was intense, occasionally accompanied by squeals of surprise, while the guys wore disgruntled expressions. That odious Haruno Haruhi hanging out with a wealthy heiress had always been a source of envy for all of them.

Hanai Mai remained very calm; she was well-used to this kind of scene. She took a deep breath, put on her goggles, adjusted her chest protection vest, and set her ski poles to the appropriate tension and angle.

Although everyone envied her impressive figure, Hanai Mai also found it somewhat troublesome. This was one of the reasons she had quit the track and field team—it heavily interfered with her performance, and it was quite annoying.

It clearly hadn't been this big back in junior high, but ever since high school started, she had to keep buying new underwear every few days, growing a little bit more each week. It was a real headache.

That's right, a feature that everyone envied was, to Hanai Mai, quite an eyesore and a hindrance.

Every time she thought about those boys' gazes lingering on her chest, she felt a chill run down her spine.

This was also the reason why, despite participating in club activities, Hanai Mai generally never wore tight athletic sports bras.

This time, she was going to unleash 100% of her strength to thoroughly humiliate Haruno Haruhi. Moreover, back when they were discussing the plan, she had kept one idea to herself: she was going to make Haruno Haruhi lick her toes! And she would make him do it while she was wearing black silk stockings!!

Letting this guy stare at her lustfully every time even though Kiyono was around—she had to make him realize his mistake.

If Haruno Haruhi had known that the fans service provider was offering a bonus service, he would have fought tooth and nail to win that match—he would have eaten dirt just to win!

Unfortunately, Haruhis had already planned to play it cool as a score-controlling master, following the path of Senior Koji: one loss, one win!

The class internal qualifier was quite simple; it only required reaching the one-third mark of the afternoon's race track.

First, the number of registrants wasn't large, and a short distance was enough to showcase strength for the screening.

Second, it allowed the afternoon participants to conserve their stamina, since that would be the real competition.

After a quick roll call to ensure everyone was ready, without wasting any time, amidst the homeroom teacher's somewhat substandard cry of:

"Ready, set, go!"

Hanai Mai's slender and soft body exerted a sudden burst of force. Leaving two distinct tracks on the ground, she shot forward down the hill.

The howling wind rushed past her ears, and her dark hair was tucked securely under her cap.

Her healthy, toned, and powerful long legs swayed rhythmically from side to side to control her direction, while her ski poles occasionally pushed off the thick snow to accelerate.

Rushing down the hill, she entered the woods—the most difficult part of skiing. After skillfully dodging obstacle after obstacle, Hanai Mai was certain that no one else in the class could even see her taillights anymore.

Hmph, especially that Haruno Haruhi! She had never heard of him knowing how to ski before. Even if others didn't know, surely Kiyono would?

Thinking of competing against her was simply laughable. She was definitely going to make this guy lick her toes later.

Once wasn't enough; she'd make him do it several times!

With stockings on, and then taking the stockings off so he'd have to do it all over again!

That would teach that bastard to act so cheeky all the time.

Easily dodging another withered yellow tree stump, Hanai Mai felt completely at ease.

However, the little milk cow had no idea that her taillights were being closely watched by someone.

Haruno Haruhi followed right behind her like sticky maltose, maintaining a constant five-meter distance from the person ahead.

Not exceeding a single centimeter, nor falling behind, he even lazily mimicked her movements.

The seventh day of diligent writing, support is appreciated!

(End of this chapter)