Time passed day by day.
The students at school seemed to be trying to make the most of the remaining vacation time. Even the hot weather couldn't stop them, and they were seen wandering around every corner of the campus every day.
Especially the first-year students. After experiencing the special exams on the uninhabited island and the luxury cruise ship, they finally had time to rest without being tormented by the school. They were full of energy, running to the Keyaki Mall every day.
Among these students, the ones from Class D were the most active.
After all, in the special exam on the uninhabited island, Class D was undoubtedly the biggest winner. In the special exam on the luxury cruise, Class D also received a promise from Nanaya Hori to provide five million personal points as a reward. They gained a lot of benefits from both exams and loved playing more than students from other classes. Naturally, they couldn't stay idle.
Nanaya Hori, however, was very relaxed. Unlike others who were running around all day, he only came out for a morning run and spent the rest of his time in his room reading.
However, on this particular day, Hori's phone rang with an unusually lively notification sound.
It was the chat group of Class D boys continuously popping up with messages.
Hori, while flipping through a detective novel, casually picked up his phone and looked at it.
The next second, a certain word caught his eye.
"Swimsuit!"
A rather baffling word, clearly seen by Hori.
The sender was Ike Kanji, who had an extraordinary obsession with girls.
This boy, who had been chasing after girls throughout the vacation and vowed to get a girlfriend during this period, had been repeatedly failing yet continuing to try. Now, he seemed to have broken down and started talking nonsense.
"I want to see cute girls in swimsuits! I want to see them right now!"
Ike Kanji posted this strong-willed statement in the chat group.
Well, he didn't seem to have broken down after all. He was still the same Ike Kanji.
However, Hori thought it was a waste of time to pay attention to him.
But, someone did pay attention to him.
"I want to see too! I thought I could see them on the uninhabited island! But it was all about the exam! I didn't get enough on the cruise ship either!"
Yamauchi Haruki, who was very loyal to his desires like Ike Kanji, sent this message.
"Well, I'm not uninterested either."
Sudou Ken also casually chimed in.
At this point, Ayanokouji Kiyotaka also joined the conversation.
"Even if you say that, there's nothing we can do now, right?"
The luxury cruise tour had ended.
Whether it was the uninhabited island or the water park, they were all things of the past.
Therefore, the boys' desires were merely wishful thinking.
However, the boys seemed to display extraordinary resilience in this regard.
"Did you forget that this school has a large swimming pool?"
Ike Kanji said enthusiastically.
Indeed, the school had a very large swimming pool.
It was a facility dedicated to the swimming club, known for its well-equipped and powerful functions, its scale not inferior to the water park on the luxury cruise ship.
The pool Ike Kanji mentioned was this one.
Hori also remembered it.
"Now that you mention it, I think the pool is open during the summer vacation."
Usually, except for the swimming club's use, the pool was not open to the public.
But during the last three days of the summer vacation, the pool was open to everyone like a public swimming pool.
And today was the second-to-last day of the summer vacation.
Tomorrow, after that, the summer vacation would officially end, and the second semester would begin as scheduled.
In other words, it was the pool's open time.
Once this topic was mentioned, the chat group became lively.
"Of course, I know about the pool. I went to check it out yesterday, but it was too crowded. Otherwise, I would have gone in!"
Yamauchi Haruki said.
"My seniors in the club also told me it's better not to go. The queue can last till dark."
Sudou Ken added.
This discouraged the boys' evil desires.
However, Ayanokouji Kiyotaka's words reignited their desires.
"But I remember the school added usage rules, limiting every student to one entry in these three days. So, even if it was crowded on the first day, and it must be crowded today too, it should be much better tomorrow, the last day of the summer vacation, right?"
Upon hearing Ayanokouji Kiyotaka's words, Hori predicted the boys' reactions.
"That's it!"
Sure enough, Ike Kanji excitedly sent a message.
"Let's invite the girls to the pool tomorrow!"
It was expected.
"I… I agree!"
"I agree too!"
Yamauchi Haruki and Sudou Ken immediately joined in.
The reason was simple.
"Invite Kushida! We must invite Kushida!"
"And Sakura! We can't miss out on Sakura!"
"I also want to invite Horikita!"
Ike Kanji, Yamauchi Haruki, and Sudou Ken started shouting in the chat group.
And they were troubled by it.
"But Kushida is so popular. If I invite her, she might say, 'Sorry, Ike, I have plans tomorrow,' or something like that. If that happens, I'd be devastated."
"That's true. Sakura never talks to me. Even if I talk to her, she runs away immediately. It feels impossible to invite her."
"If you guys are like that, then I'm even worse off. Horikita definitely wouldn't accept my invitation."
The trio lamented.
Until…
"Why don't we let Nanaya invite them? No one would refuse his invitation, right?"
Ayanokouji Kiyotaka made a key remark.
"———"
The chat group fell into an unusual silence.
Then…
"Ding ding ding ding ding…!"
Hori's phone started ringing with a barrage of notifications, startling him.
Ike Kanji, Yamauchi Haruki, and Sudou Ken's private messages flooded in, each repeated at least ten times.
The content was roughly the same.
"Please! Nanaya! Help me invite Kushida!"
"If it's you, Sakura will come, right!?"
"I really can't handle Horikita! It's all up to you, Nanaya!"
Ike Kanji, Yamauchi Haruki, and Sudou Ken all desperately pleaded.
Hori felt both helpless and amused.
"The pool, huh?"
Hori held his phone and muttered to himself.
"Come to think of it, I haven't done any exercise other than running in a while."
In the past, Hori was thrown into the sea, where he had to swim a hundred kilometers every day before being allowed ashore, even in winter.
Now, with the hot weather and only morning runs, Hori felt like swimming a bit.
So, Hori replied with a single word.
"Okay."
The plan for the last day of the summer vacation was decided just like that.