Editing Toaru Majutsu no Index:Item4 Chapter2 (section)

===Part 5===

it was another sunny day in Academy City.

Although the direct sunlight was a little too hot for autumn.

There were rumors the weather conditions were artificially altered around major events, but the truth was unclear.

At a District 13 elementary school, the usual schedule had been changed and everyone was out in the schoolyard. The boys and girls were all wearing their short-sleeve gym clothes. Fremea really wished she could wear shorts like the boys, but for some reason the girls here wore athletic bloomers.

This was all because it was September.

The Daihaseisai was coming up. Simply put, it was a massive athletic festival involving all of Academy City’s schools.

This was the time of year for the fast runners to reign supreme.

For first graders, it was such a major event it felt like a war.

“We’ve gotta win 1st place! C’mon, Azumi, show some spirit in today’s practice! In the first place, we need to beat all the other schools and stand on the winner’s podium!”

“Fremea-chan, i-isn’t our school being split up for the Daihaseisai? Like different classes will be on different colored teams?”

Her friend, a glasses girl, tilted her head, but the fired-up 7-year-old in athletic bloomers wasn’t listening.

“If it’s a competition, I won’t hold back even if we are from the same school! You’re my rival too, Azumi!!”

“Ehh? I don’t want to compete against you.”

A female teacher formed a megaphone from her hands and yelled over.

“Okay, everyone, we’ll start today by learning the basics of the penguin flap-flap dance!”

“?”

“It can be hard to follow alone while watching the video, but once you learn the footwork, you won’t trip! So we can save the arm movements for later. Okay, everyone, I’m going to play the example video, so focus on the screen!”

“In the first place, how do they decide who wins this?”

“Everyone gets 1st place.”