After changing clothes, they came to the playground. The bell for class rang immediately, and the physical education teacher in sportswear appeared and asked the students to line up.
"...Ah, this is bad." At this moment, Shidou frowned slightly.
It has come to this, and the strong feeling of dizziness that he had not felt until now attacked Shidou.
His whole body felt hot as if he had a fever, and his consciousness gradually blurred. It seemed that the teacher was explaining the items of the physical fitness test and how to use the grip strength meter in front of everyone, but Shidou could not hear his voice at all.
"Hey, Shidou, are you okay?" Katsu noticed that something was wrong with Shidou and instantly came to Shidou's side and spoke with a frown.
"Hmm..." Shidou rubbed his blurry eyes vigorously. He didn't expect his condition to deteriorate to this extent... However, things have come to this point... So he looked up and smiled at Katsu reluctantly: "I'm fine..."
Just as Shidou finished speaking, someone suddenly tapped his back.
"Hmm...what...?" Looking back, he saw the student standing behind Shidou pointing forward.
"What are you doing? It's your turn to measure your grip strength."
"Huh? Oh oh..." Hearing his classmates' urging, Shidou realized that while he was absent-minded, the students in front of him seemed to have finished measuring their grip strength.
"Shidou..." Katsu was still a little worried. After all, he didn't look like he was alright.
However, Shidou's consciousness was a little fuzzy now. He did not hear Katsu's call at all, and he walked forward with unsteady steps and picked up the pointer-type grip strength meter.
"The next one is Itsuka. Okay, let's start with the right hand. Grip it tightly." The physical education teacher holding the recording board said, making a gripping motion with his hand.
"The average grip strength of high school boys is about 43 kilograms. The current highest record is 75 kilograms by Yoshikawa. Do you have a way to surpass him?" Teacher Suganuma said jokingly, and the burly male student, Yoshikawa from the Judo Club, smiled bitterly.
"Don't be like that, Sensei. I won't lose to Itsuka no matter what... Or rather, if I lose to him in grip strength, If I did, I'd have to question my entire life."
"That's right." The male students around laughed "Ahahaha".
Shidou was also helpless.
In this state, it would be difficult to break the record, let alone surpass the average...but I had no choice but to do it. Shidou exerted force in his right hand and gripped the grip strength meter.
Then, the next moment── At the moment when he heard a "bang!", something hard brushed against Shidou's cheek.
"???"
"Hey... Hey, Itsuka." Just as Shidou tilted his head in confusion, he found that the students around him were all looking at his right hand.
"What's going on...?" Shidou followed everyone's gaze and looked at the grip strength meter in his right hand, only to find that the grip strength meter was broken. The spring was torn off, the handle was completely pressed together, and the pointer that was supposed to be on the scale flew away. It seems that the pointer that just brushed past Shidou's cheek.
The students around suddenly started to make noise.
"Just...what happened just now?"
"How many kilograms of grip strength does Itsuka have..."
"Let...let me take a look." After taking the grip strength meter from Shidou's hand, Mr. Suganuma looked at it carefully from all angles.
Then, he let out a breath.
"Ah... maybe it's the metal fatigue of the spring. After all, it's the same spring that I've used for a long time, and it's reached the end of its life. Are you okay, Itsuka?"
"Eh? I'm fine..." Shidou replied, calming the atmosphere of the students who were gasping for air in one breath.
"Ah, what's going on? You scared us to death."
"No wonder we were scared. The pointer flew off, but the spring was torn off completely."
The students nodded as if something suddenly dawned on them.
Listening to the other students' conversations, Shidou opened and clenched his right hand several times without saying a word.
...I see, if it's spring metal fatigue, that makes sense. Shidou isn't doing any proper muscle training, so it's impossible for him to damage the grip strength meter, and his body is in a very bad state right now. Besides, when Shidou held the grip strength meter just now, he barely used any strength.
Katsu frowned... "Metal fatigue?" Impossible... Katsu can easily see that the instrument is not that old.
Just as Katsu was frowning and thinking about something, the physical education teacher had already taken out a new grip ball from the side.
Then, Katsu was called over by the physical education teacher to take a test... because he was the one ranked after Shidou.
Katsu blinked, nodded, and stepped forward. He grabbed the grip ball—and then—
Bang!
Katsu flinched, staring in disbelief at the grip ball that had just shattered in his hand. He blinked blankly... What happened? I didn't use any strength?
He had spent years training to control his strength precisely. How could he break it?
Then he raised his head and looked at the physical education teacher.
As a result, the physical education teacher looked at Katsu in even greater shock, and suddenly asked, "Katsu, why did your eyes turn red?"
"Katsu, why did your eyes turn red?"
The PE teacher's words made Katsu's expression change slightly, "Red eyes...Sharingan? I don't have Uchiha Sharingan..."
As he was thinking this, Katsu once again glanced at the handgrip in his right hand that had turned into pieces.
Ability out of control? This word popped up in Katsu's mind in an instant.
"Katsu-san?"
The physical education teacher called Katsu's name again, his tone was full of disbelief and helplessness... There was no other way, anyone who saw a teenager crushing an iron handgrip in front of you, with his eyes strangely turning red... would probably be in disbelief and helplessness -
The classmates around him also looked at Katsu as if he were a monster.
"This...is also metal fatigue?"
I don't know which classmate said this in such a daze.
Katsu, who was called, raised his hand and rubbed his temple. Not to mention the teachers and classmates, even Katsu himself was confused... How could his ability go out of control for no reason?
Still, this wasn't the time to panic.
Katsu looked up sharply, locking eyes with the teacher.
Katsu instantly raised his head, glared at the physical education teacher, and changed his memory - nothing happened just now, Katsu tested his grip strength, the result is 45KG, and the grip ball was broken.
He activates his magic. The teacher's expression slackened, then blinked, shaking his head slowly.
Seeing this, Katsu swallowed hard. He turned and repeated the same mental suggestion to the nearby students, rewriting what they saw.