Chapter 611

After the simple warm-up exercises were finished.

P. E. teacher Kikuchi Kotono clapped her hands and began to organize the students to take turns practicing swimming.

"Alright, line up in two rows, and in order, jump into the water from here, swim to the opposite lane, and then turn back."

"No need to be too rushed, I just want to see your basic swimming situation."

Since Japan has included swimming as a compulsory course since elementary school, it is very rare to have "landlubbers" who can't swim at all.

Plus, this was just a basic exercise with no strict time limit, so most students appeared relatively relaxed.

Just as the students were lining up and taking turns completing their swimming tasks.

Kikuchi Kotono's gaze suddenly locked onto someone in the line, and she called out:

"Xia Mu-jun, come here for a second."

Natsume Chikage, who was in line, paused at the sound and walked out of the queue with slight confusion.

"Ms. Kikuchi, is there something you need?"

Kikuchi Kotono crossed her arms, her gaze subconsciously sweeping over his well-proportioned and upright figure, then realizing it was inappropriate, she coughed lightly, quickly shifted her gaze, and put on a serious expression.

"It's been almost half a month since school started, if I remember correctly... this should be your first time in my P. E. class, right?"

Natsume Chikage heard this and laughed it off:

"Yes..."

Kikuchi Kotono snorted a light laugh through her nose.

"Yo, so the busy man knows it himself."

"You don't miss any other classes, but you always 'perfectly miss' my P. E. class, right?"

Natsume Chikage touched the back of his neck and smiled helplessly:

"Because I had tournaments to participate in... the timing was indeed coincidental, and I didn't expect to miss them consecutively either."

Kikuchi Kotono curled her lips, muttering as if to herself:

"I'll say this in advance, for every class of mine you miss from now on, you'll make up fifty push-ups. Miss two classes, and that's a hundred."

Natsume Chikage was a bit dumbfounded.

P. E. class... could actually be "made up" like this?

However, the teacher didn't pursue the number of times he had missed before, just proposed the rules for the future, which was already quite lenient.

And fifty push-ups really weren't much to him.

His daily basic exercise volume was far beyond this number.

"I understand. I will try my best to coordinate from now on and not miss P. E. class again."

Kikuchi Kotono then showed a slightly satisfied expression and nodded.

"Just remember that. If you don't want extra training, just come to class honestly."

"Alright, go back to the line."

Natsume Chikage returned to the queue.

Soon it was his turn to get into the water.

This was just a routine swimming practice, aimed at letting the teacher observe the students' basic water skills and determine if there were any who needed key guidance.

Therefore, he just swam forward at an ordinary student's pace, unhurriedly.

However, his physique, which could be called excellent among high school students, was enough to attract many gazes even with just an ordinary swimming style.

Especially when he reached the opposite shore, stood up from the water, and casually brushed his wet black hair back, water droplets sliding down his clear jawline and collarbone.

This scene made many girls by the pool blush, their hearts quietly accelerating.

Kikuchi Kotono also couldn't help but look a few more times, muttering to herself.

They are both first-year high school boys, why is the gap so big?