- Ayako Morikawa is a girl, Anju may feel less social pressure with her.
- Anju Suzumiya did a great job as a volunteer in the table tennis competition
I looked at Anju Suzumiya and asked tentatively.
[player]Can we go with Sora Ichinose?
[Anju Suzumiya]Answer: Yes. According to the system record, Sora Ichinose is KR-976's hardly seen classmate.
[player]I thought you were in the same class. Why do you hardly see each other?
[Anju Suzumiya]Answer: Because whenever one of us went to school, the other was always on leave.
[player]When did you meet last time?
[Anju Suzumiya]Answer: At the new student ceremony when we first enrolled.
[player]...That was long ago. If it wasn't for this event, the next time you see each other would probably be the new student ceremony of your high school...
[Anju Suzumiya]Answer: The probability of this is only 16.66% based on the number of high schools in One Han City. It is possible that we may apply for different high schools.
I suddenly started to question whether they could complete this task. After waving good-bye to Ren Kisaragi, I took Anju Suzumiya to her work partner.
Science room on the second floor
When we entered the science room on the second floor, Sora Ichinose was concentrating on the Rubik's cube in his hands. After seeing us, he took a notebook and walked over.
[Sora Ichinose]Good afternoon... Um, Kisaragi-senpai just told me on the phone that we would work together today.
[player]Let me do the introduction then. This is your classmate, Anju Suzumiya.
[Sora Ichinose]H-hello. I saw your name on the class list... Um, we don't really know each other, but... I hope we can finish the interview together today.
[Anju Suzumiya]Agree.
Hiding behind my back, Anju Suzumiya answered in a whisper. Both of them were extremely shy, but at least they didn't resist each other. Thinking that the work could go ahead smoothly, I felt relieved.
Table tennis practice court
I brought them to the table tennis practice court that Ren Kisaragi mentioned. We weren't given the task of filming, so we didn't have to take photos of the players. All we needed to do was to describe the practice and the players' conditions in text.
Anju Suzumiya and Sora Ichinose entered the court and started working. I saw seriousness and concentration on their faces, and I trusted they would give Ren Kisaragi a satisfactory report.
It's getting late
As time went by, the sun went down and the players finished their practice for the day. Both of them came to me in satisfaction and handed me their notebooks.
I looked at Anju Suzumiya's record and was deeply impressed. In her notebook, she clearly wrote down the daily activities of the seeded player she was observing, from the moment we started working all the way until this player finished the exercise for today...
I then opened Sora Ichinose's notebook. It was full of different parabolas, illustrated by some small red text.
During this serve, if the racket turns outward 5 more degrees, the ball would land in a better position.
Here, if the power from the wrist increases by 11% during smashing, the ball would fall closely to the table edge without going out-of-bounds.
……
I gave them a big smile after closing the notebooks.
[player]That's all for today. Very well done, you two.
Two of them did a great job today. As for how to turn the materials collected into a news report, I should leave it to the vice president.