Chapter 111: Yukimiya Kazuma, Proudly Second in the Grade!

Bai Shui Gymnasium Basketball Club.

Takefuji Masaki had just pushed open the gymnasium's main door, and before he could even open his mouth to speak, his expression suddenly froze.

Inside the gym, besides the usual basketball club members, Coach Xinsongzhi had somehow shown up as well — but that wasn't the most important thing. What mattered was the person beside the coach.

Kawasumi Yoshiko.

34 years old.

English teacher.

And also Takefuji Masaki's homeroom teacher.

When Takefuji Masaki came in, Kawasumi Yoshiko seemed to be in the middle of talking with the basketball club members. Upon spotting Takefuji Masaki, she turned her head to look his way, and her piercing gaze made him fall silent as a cicada in winter.

For some reason, he suddenly recalled something Yukimiya Kazuma had said before.

The national tournament…

The final exams…

"Uh… hello, Kawasumi-sensei!" Takefuji Masaki couldn't help but swallow dryly.

"Good morning, Takefuji-kun." Kawasumi Yoshiko replied expressionlessly.

"Perfect timing, Captain Takefuji. Coach Xinsong and I had been discussing something very important earlier, and we just finalized it today. I was about to tell everyone together — where's Yukimiya?"

"Ah! He went to study."

"Hm?"

The moment Takefuji Masaki finished speaking, not only the basketball club members but even Xinsongzhi and Kawasumi Yoshiko froze for a beat. Clearly, what Takefuji Masaki had just said caught them quite off guard.

Although the basketball club members' grades were all pretty average, if one had to name the two most troublesome among them, Yukimiya Kazuma and Takefuji Masaki would absolutely make the list.

And now Takefuji Masaki was telling them Yukimiya Kazuma had gone to study — how could they not be surprised?

"Should I call him over?"

"Never mind. It's rare for him to take the initiative to study, so let's not disturb him." Kawasumi Yoshiko continued: "Here's the thing. Coach Xinsong had come to me earlier to discuss hoping to get authorization for the basketball club to hold a 'summer intensive training camp' this coming summer."

"Training camp?"

"Really?"

"Whoa!"

Before Kawasumi Yoshiko could finish, the basketball club members immediately burst into excitement.

At the middle-school level at Little Sakura, it was quite common for club activities to organize training camps, but mainly at the high-school level.

Middle-schoolers were still too young, after all. Out of safety considerations, it was rather difficult for a middle school to organize an off-campus activity like a training camp that required being away for such a long stretch of time.

In the past, because every club at Bai Shui Gymnasium Middle School had been so mediocre, the school itself had felt organizing such an activity was completely pointless and naturally wouldn't bother approving it.

But this time the basketball club had made it to the nationals, which gave Xinsongzhi considerable confidence — after all, they truly needed an environment where they could concentrate their time and let the players train while keeping both body and mind comfortable.

"However…"