Chapter 54.6 – Looking Up at the Clear Autumn Sky, the Clouds are High

『The next competition is tug of war, tug of war desu. If the sign on the middle of the rope crosses the white line of the team, the white line wins.』

The announcer, Yashimo, is getting tired. Even I was confused by her explanation.

Well, it’s a simple competition so I guess it’s all right.

「Uooohhh! Red team will be the winner!」

「Shaaaa!」

「Bring the red team down!」

「Make sure the white team wins!」

To be honest, it doesn’t matter even if the red team wins this match and it looks like everyone doesn’t care about it either.

I’ve made it so that the white team can get back on top in the last competition.

It’s like a quiz show where the one who answers the last question wins.

It’s not fun for those who worked hard since earlier though.

『On your marks! Three, two, one…..』

Beeeppppp! At the sound of the silly whistle, ten powerhouses from each team pulled on their ropes at once.

「Go for it!」

「Bring it on!」

「Don’t lose!」

「Pull pull pullllll!」

The crowd cheered loudly but the center of the rope did not move an inch.

The girls are so evenly matched in strength that not even a shout came from the girls who were pulling the rope. Their faces are all bright red too.

『Ooooo! This is! Perfect! Complete power balance! The rope won’t move an inch!』

It will go to the red team a little and then, come back to the white team at the exact same distance.

It was like that for five minutes.

The cheering voices gradually died down and when the audience began to murmur with concern, the curtain fell on the players of both teams.

To be honest, I underestimated the guts of these girls.

It was my fault for not thinking of the time limit.

I rushed to the scene and used healing magic so nothing serious happened. Even so, their strength will not recover because of healing magic.

There were a number of players who were supposed to participate in the cavalry battle, the last event of the day, but went down. In short, we need to find substitutes for them at a short notice.

「Isuka, you will participate in the cavalry battle. I need someone as tall as you.」

「No, that’s….」

It was Chicken, the red team strategist, who commanded Isuka, the person in charge of the sports meet.

Well, it’s true that Isuka is big.

I’m sure she can play the role of a horse in the cavalry battle…..

However, Isuka seemed to be completely put off by the rough competition earlier.

Don’t get your tail tangled in your arms because you are scared.

「Isuka, go.」

She trembled after hearing my command.

「Managers also need to work on wiping ass. You have to be willing to do whatever it takes.」

「That’s right, Isuka. Master is right.」

「Y-yeah….」

With a shrug, her black and yellow tail left her arm.

Dragging her drooping tail, Isuka took off her jacket and left with Chicken.

Managers must take responsibility for their underlings or….

Projects I don’t know….

Clients I’ve never met….

I can only dogeza….

Ah, my head….

….well, it’s okay. In this world, I’m the CEO. I basically skipped any managerial position.

Responsibilities to the employees can be taken care of through wages and benefits.

The problem is that many of my employees have gangster-like guts….

Maa, I guess I’ll just have to do my best to avoid being resented as much as possible.

『This will be the last competition! It’s called cavalry battle! In this competition, three people will form a horse and one person will ride on top of them as a knight! The knight will be eliminated when the hat the knight is wearing is taken from her! As a special case in this competition, the last knight standing will be rewarded with ten points!』

It’s a bit of a stretch but without this, it will be just a simple game.

Now, it’s entertainment.

『The centaur Ms. Pickles and the birdkin Ms. Vongo will be joining the white team as a pair due to sudden vacancies.』

「Vongo-chan!」

「Pickles!」

Pickles is so different from the others in terms of physique so she never had the chance to participate. Because of that, she’s currently very happy.

『The last event of the day desu! On your marks! Three, two, one…..』