Anime Crossover: About How I Spoiled an Angel

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Although Su Qing was just giving Caijia normal guidance, Hachiman felt more and more sorry for her.

"Um, shouldn't we take a break?"

Do you know how much time has passed?

Su Qing asked in return, then glanced at Hachiman, sighed, and said softly:

"Hachiman, have you asked Saika what she thinks?"

"What are Caijia's... ideas?"

Hikigaya was stunned. He seemed to have been projecting his own ideas onto Saika... completely forgetting the determination Saika had shown yesterday.

"Hachiman, I'm fine... don't worry."

Despite being drenched in sweat from exhaustion, Saika still gave Hachiman her most radiant smile at that moment.

"Okay... I understand. I'll do my best to support you and provide logistical support."

Hikigaya nodded emphatically, and then, with a charmingly innocent air, he took over Yui's logistical work.

Time slipped away like sand through our fingers, and the midday training session came to an end...

Chapter 110 Conflict in Progress

"Let's go play tennis."

After school in the afternoon, in the classroom, Su Qing spoke to Cai Jia and the others, but her voice was a little louder than usual.

This time, Su Qing and the others didn't go to the Service Club to meet with Yukinoshita, as that would be too much of a waste of time. Instead, they went directly to the tennis court and found that Yukinoshita was already waiting for them there.

After completing the usual warm-up and stretching, Su Qing and the others took turns sparring with Cai Jia. This was to further review and master the content that Cai Jia had just taught them at noon in a real fight.

……

However, during the practice session, perhaps due to overtraining at noon, Saika fell to the ground while receiving a ball, and her racket flew out of her hand. When Hachiman helped her up, he noticed that the skin on Saika's knee was rubbed raw and bleeding from the court.

"Caijia, let's stop practicing for now. You should rest in this condition."

Although he was very close to Saika at the moment, and the view under Saika's collar was faintly visible, Hachiman had no mind to care about that. All he could see was heartache.

"No, Hachiman, I can continue."

Ayaka dusted herself off and addressed Hachiman and Su Qing.

Are you sure you want to continue?

Yukinoshita looked at Ayaka's bleeding knee and asked her a question.

"Yes, thank you all for staying with me. I don't want to give up."

Saika gestured for Hikigaya to let go of her hand, and then tried to stand up on her own, trying to show that she was alright. However, her slightly trembling legs still revealed the truth that she could no longer train normally for a while.

What do the transfer students think?

Yukinoshita remained silent for a moment. She instinctively wanted to ask Su Qing's opinion, but seeing the obvious unease on his face, she realized something was wrong and asked with concern:

"What's wrong with you? You look terrible."

"No, it's nothing. It's probably just low blood sugar. I'll go buy some candy. You guys can discuss this first."

Su Qing waved her hand to indicate that she was fine, and then left without looking back.

Yukinoshita looked at Su Qing's back with a puzzled expression, then glanced at Ayaka's bleeding knee, and suddenly a somewhat outlandish idea popped into her head:

Hemophobia or...stress trauma?

No, that's unlikely...

"Hey. Where's Xiaoqing?"

After checking on Ayaka, Yui noticed that Su Qing had disappeared sometime earlier and asked curiously.

"Hmm... I'm having a hypoglycemic episode, I'm going to buy some candy."

After explaining Su Qing's reasons to Yui, Yukinoshita told Ayaka to stop fighting and asked Yui and Hachiman to take care of the other person before turning and leaving.

"Am I too useless, and my skills haven't improved, so Su Qing and Yukinoshita gave up?"

Noticing Su Qing's departure and watching Yukinoshita's retreating figure, Ayaka felt down and blamed herself.

"Ah...no way! Xiaoxue and Xiaoqing are definitely not that kind of people. Xiaoqing has a bit of low blood sugar, and Xiaoxue is probably going to find the first-aid kit. Anyway, they won't abandon you!"

Yui patted her chest, giving them her assurance. After all, they hadn't given up on each other when she was cooking, so how could they possibly give up on Saika now?

“I agree, and you’ve already done your best, Caijia, and you did a fantastic job.”

Hikigaya hasn't praised anyone in a long time, so he's still a little unaccustomed to it.

"Thank you... I won't say things like that again. But... Hachiman, are you telling the truth?"

"Of course, you did a really great job."

Hikigaya thought that Ayaka didn't believe him, so he quickly repeated himself.

"Really?... That's good."

After hearing Hachiman's affirmation and recognition once again, Saika's delicate face blossomed into a beautiful smile, leaving Hachiman's gaze unfocused once more.

I want to watch it, but I'm too embarrassed to.

I can't possibly not watch it.

Hachiman was thus plunged into chaos once again...

Seeing that the atmosphere between the two was clearly off, Yui suddenly remembered how the veteran fujoshi Himeko often intentionally or unintentionally revealed BL...

These two... no way!?

"Ah... they're playing tennis, huh? Hey, can we join in?"

Just then, a voice came from not far away. The group looked over and found that a group of popular people, led by Miura Yumiko and Hayama, had somehow appeared at the entrance of the tennis court.

"Um, we're not kidding, Miura-kun."

Caijia explained.

"Huh? What did you say? Can you speak louder? I can't hear you if you're speaking so softly."

Faced with Miura's blatantly shameless behavior, Ayaka was at a loss for what to do.

Just as Yui was about to step forward and explain to Miura, Hachiman stepped forward first:

"This is for Caijia's application; anyone else who wants to use it will have to apply for it themselves."

"Huh? Are you kidding me? You're using it right now, aren't you? By the way, where's that transfer student? Why isn't he with you guys?"

I don't know why Miura suddenly brought up Su Qing, but it's obviously not important right now.

"No, we're just practicing with Ayaka. You can think of it as outsourcing... or a business commission."

"...What kind of statement is that? I don't understand it at all, and it's disgusting."

Miura glanced at Hikigaya with disdain, then turned to Hayama and said in a coquettish tone:

"Hey, Hayama, shall we play tennis?"

"You guy..."

Although Hikigaya has a self-destructive tendency, it doesn't mean he can tolerate Miura indefinitely, especially since Saika has just been injured and the other party is already trying to "steal" the tennis court. What kind of behavior is that?

"Alright, alright, don't be angry. Isn't it better for everyone to have fun together?"

After gesturing for the others not to be angry, Hayama spoke to Hachiman.

"Everyone...? What do you mean by 'everyone'? Do you mean that we applied for the venue, and you suddenly want to play, so you suddenly come and interfere, trying to take away the only tennis court I have left, from someone who has nothing? This kind of 'everyone' is absolutely terrible."

Hachiman firmly expressed his stance, while Miura remained steadfast in his own way.

"Tsk, stop saying things that nobody can understand. We're all classmates, what's wrong with letting us have some fun? You agree, Yui."

“Yumiko…this venue was indeed applied for by Aya yesterday, so…”

When Yui was called over, she faced the group of people who were popular with everyone. Although she was still not used to it, she gripped the hem of her clothes tightly with one hand and her eyes showed no sign of flinching.

"Huh? Even you're going to oppose me?"

"I did not mean that……"

"How about this, I'll have a match with you guys. If I win, we can play together; if I lose, we'll leave. Is that okay?"

Seeing the conflict escalating, Hayama made a suggestion.

"Why do we..."

Before Hikigaya could finish speaking, Miura interrupted him.

"That sounds really interesting! How about I join you for a mixed doubles match?"

Miura excitedly raised his hand, then looked at Hachiman with disdain:

"Is this okay?"

Damn it... I really don't want to agree to their request, but Hachiman knows that with Miura's personality, this will only go on forever. It's better to just agree. If things turn out badly, all we need to do is stall for time until Yukinoshita and Su Qing take over the match. We can definitely win easily.

Therefore, he made his decision and looked at Yui:

"Yuigahama-san, you should be fine, right?"

Yui nodded:

"I'm fine with it. Besides, we can't let someone else take the tennis court while Xiaoqing and Xiaoxue are away."

A great war began.

Chapter 111 During the game

"5 to 4, Miura and Hayama are in the lead."

As the referee updated the score, the atmosphere on the field became even more tense. Both Hachiman and Yui placed their hands on their knees, bent over, and gasped for breath.

"Is Miura really that strong?"

Hikigaya couldn't help but complain. He initially thought that Miura had joined just for fun, but he didn't expect that the main player on the other side was actually herself instead of Hayama. In fact, the latter was just playing because of her better physical qualities. In terms of skills alone, she was not even as good as Yui.

Even so, Miura managed to bring the score back through his tennis skills.

Oh no... We're really going to lose if this keeps up.

Hikigaya thought to himself.

Although the score seemed very close, it was obvious that he and Yui were far more exhausted than the other side... It was hard not to suspect that the other side was doing this on purpose. His worst-case scenario was to drag the game out until Yukinoshita and Su Qing returned, but now it seemed that this was not realistic.

"Of course! Yumiko was a member of the prefectural competition when she was in junior high school!"

(Note: The counties on the island can be roughly compared to provinces on the mainland.)

Yui, equally breathless, offered a brief explanation.

"Damn it, we should have waited for Su Qing and the others to come back before the competition. By the way, are you alright now?"

Hikigaya looked at the beads of sweat on Yui's forehead and asked.

"Even if I'm stuck, I can still keep going!"

"Hey, what's wrong? If you're out of energy, you can give up early."

Seeing that Hikigaya and Yui looked visibly exhausted, Miura made a sarcastic remark, but the two ignored him, only gripping their rackets even tighter.

"what!"

But soon after, Yui twisted her ankle while catching the ball, causing her to lose her balance and fall to the ground.

"Are you okay?"

Hikigaya didn't even bother to catch the ball again, putting down his racket to check on Yui's condition.

"Sorry, I think I twisted my ankle."

Yui glanced at her injured area and said with self-reproach.

If she had known this would happen, she should have exercised more regularly. Now, at this crucial moment, this has happened.

"Ugh... really."

Yui tried to move her ankle again, but a sharp pain quickly came over her, making her gasp. Although she was very unwilling, given her current condition, even if she forced herself to continue fighting, she would only be a burden.

"It seems we can no longer place our hopes on Yukinoshita and Su Qing, so we have no choice but to resort to the last resort."