「Welcome to Mount Old Village Campground! I am the manager, Yamamine! I’ll be your coach for this camp! You’ll only be here for one night and two days but I’m looking forward to work with you!」
An old, muscular man in a tank top greeted us at the entrance of the campground, which had been carved out of the mountain.
At the entrance of the lodge, which is probably the place of the manager, is decorated with deer and boar skulls.
Did he catch them himself?
Isn’t his taste too bad?
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Even so, the atmosphere of the lodge is completely militaristic.
It would be great if they don’t hurl abusive language at us like Sergeant Saunders*, but honestly speaking, I don’t like this type of person.
TN: A character from the American tv series called “Combat!”
Look, the junior high school students are all freaked out by him.
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A young girl peeked out from behind his legs.
The young girl, with her slicked back black hair in a side tail, is looking at me with an anxious expression on her face.
Is she the coach’s daughter?
…..I hope he didn’t kidnap her.
She has a smart looking face but seems withdrawn and quickly hides behind his legs when I make eye contact with her.
It looks like she’s attacked with this coach.
「The selected participants will be asked to compete in an orienteering event together with their assistants. You will compete in teams of four, two junior high school students and two high school students. The result will be reported to the school so keep that in mind!」
Orienteering…..ugh….my head…….
「Kazu?」
Yui peeks at me with a worried expression on her face as I hold my head.
「No, it’s nothing.」
I’m just remembering my trauma from my black company slave days.
「Orienteering is, in essence, a walk in the mountains, right?」
Someone said something lukewarm like that.
But still, they were all fearless looking people given that they were gathered in a camp like this.
Somehow….during my first life, it is a race that is not compatible with a background person like me.
「Are you an idiot! Orienteering is a sport that requires full use of your mind and body! You have to go around four points placed on the mountain in order and compete with the time it took you to reach the goal at the top of the mountain! The time and the rank determine the grade of ingredients for dinner! The number one will get matsuzaka beef while the second one is disposable chopsticks!」
「Matsuzaka! Whoah!」「Is disposable chopsticks an ingredient?」「Is he talking about menma?」
TN: Menma is a thinly sliced bamboo shoot
While the participants were buzzing, the coach handed out maps and smoke bombs to the selected participants.
「I don’t see the location of the points on the map」
Yui showed me the map and I couldn’t help but voice my doubts.
「Hou, you know a lot. Were you in boy scouts?」
The coach rubbed his chin happily.
「No, that’s not what I meant……」
「The map is just a reference to show you where to go! Find the points yourself.」
How reckless.
The area marked in red on the map was roughly five kilometers. And it’s a mountain that is quite rugged and only has animal trails.
Even if they were marked on the map, it would be difficult to find them.
「If you use the smoke bomb, the staff will go to your aid. You can use it to call for help.」
I see.
You can use it huh.
I’m starting to understand the rules of this game.
If that is the case, the next rule is—
「At least one girl must be a member of the team and you will not be scored a point unless every member of the team is in the point, right? 」
The coach’s eyes widened when I asked that.
「Hou……we’ve got a pretty good one this year. That’s what I’m supposed to say next! You can start once you’ve made a team! Leave your unnecessary luggage at the lodge! My daughter Senka will be cheering on you!」
「Go-good luck」
The students’ faces relaxed as they heard the coach’s daughter’s cute little voice cheering at them from behind him.
「Then, let’s start!」
