Itaru Chigasaki/Sorrowful Triple Bogey

Decide! The Final Secret Shot of Victory!

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Izumi	You guys can have some free time now!
Itaru	GJ. Haa...I can finally rest...
Tsumugi	What are your plans after this?
Itaru	Holed up in my room gaming, of course.
Izumi	Ehh?! That's the same as usual! Since we're here for the training camp, you might as well make the most of it.
Itaru	No way.
Tsumugi	Now, now, don't say that. Doing physical training is also part of the training camp, right?
Itaru	I'm already tired enough from doing practice though, I don't need more of that.
Izumi	(He really doesn't want to do anything else aside from playing games and practice... How do we convince him to go out...)
	...Ah, that's right. If it's a sport that doesn't involve too much movement, you're able to do that much, right?
Itaru	What's with that way of wording? Do you have that little confidence in me?
Izumi	Ehh?! No, no, that's not what I meant!
Itaru	Well, it's fine. So? Can you name a sport that's not too intense?
Izumi	Um...
Tsumugi	How about golf?
Izumi	Golf, huh?
Tsumugi	Azuma-san told me that there's a place near here where you can play minigolf.
	I also wanted to try it out, so why don't we go together?
Izumi	Sounds good! You don't have to move much when you play minigolf, so Itaru-san might be able to enjoy it!
Itaru	I've played golf games before so I know the rules somewhat...well, it should be fine.
Tsumugi	Now that we've rented the golf club, let's get started.
Izumi	Yes!
Tsumugi	The rules are simple. Everyone goes around a few courses and the person with the lowest total number of strokes to get the ball into the hole wins.
Itaru	Roger that.
Izumi	Are you familiar with golf, Tsumugi-san?
Tsumugi	I've played minigolf before with a fellow tutor.
Itaru	Eh, isn't it unfair that you have experience with this already?
Tsumugi	No, I'm not that good at physical activities so the results were disastrous. I think it will still be a fair match.
Itaru	Hmm.
Tsumugi	Shall we start? As we decided earlier, the order will be me, the director, and Itaru-kun.
Izumi	Yes!
Itaru	Haa...It's troublesome, but I guess there's no helping it.
Tsumugi	Here I go!
	Ah...it didn't fly as far as I thought it would...
Izumi	It's my turn next.
	(I haven't played golf much, so I'm not that confident...)
	Hup!
	Ah... it surprisingly flew.
Tsumugi	That's amazing! It went farther than mine!
Itaru	...It's my turn now.
Izumi	Itaru-kun, please do your best!
Itaru	...Alright. Ready, set....!

Itaru	...Ah.
Izumi	(He just barely grazed the ball and moved it a little bit, it was basically almost a miss...)
Itaru	...Damn it. Can you not count that one?
Tsumugi	Yeah, sure. Let's put the ball back and count that one as practice.
Itaru	As expected of Tsumugi. You really get me.
	Then...one more time!
Izumi	Wow! It flew farther than mine! You can do it if you put your mind into it, Itaru-san!
Tsumugi	But isn't it a bit off from the direction of the hole?
Itaru	Don't sweat the details too much. Here, it's your turn next, Tsumugi.
Tsumugi	Y-yeah. Hup.
	As I thought, it didn't fly...
Izumi	Okay, my turn. Hup!
	Ah! T-that swing just now was just practice!
Itaru	Does that not count as well?
Tsumugi	It's fine, we're still a bunch of beginners, so let's not be too strict about it.
Izumi	Thank you very much! Then, one more time.
	Haa...we finally got to the last hole.
Tsumugi	The end is finally in sight.
Itaru	That was way too long...
Izumi	Who knew it would've taken us this long...
Tsumugi	Each of us took at least five strokes to go through just one course...
Itaru	Well, Tsumugi and the director are safe. I have to make a miracle here somehow or I'll be dead last.
Izumi	I tried counting it and if you do a hole-in-one here, it will be a great victory for you, Itaru-san!
Itaru	No, no, you expect too much from me.
Tsumugi	Well, I think it's fine to have expectations.
Izumi	That's right! Do your best, Itaru-san! Show us what a gamer is made of!
Itaru	Hmm...I have no choice but to get serious, then.
	It's finally time to put the knowledge and skills I learned from the game "Golf of the World" I played 10 years ago to good use...
Izumi	(Itaru-san seems motivated...!)
Itaru	Open your legs and put your weight on your left leg...
	Go forth! My final secret technique, Final Blaze Shot!
Izumi	Ah! The ball went straight into the hole!
Tsumugi	Could it be...!
Itaru	...Did it really go in?
Tsumugi	That's amazing, Itaru-kun! It's a hole-in-one, right?
Izumi	Nice shot, Itaru-san! I didn't think you'd actually do a hole-in-one!!
Itaru	...Hm. Looks like the skills I honed in "Golf World" weren't in vain.
Tsumugi	As you would expect from Itaru-san, he's really strong when it involves games.
Itaru	Ahaha, as the director said, it's called a gamer's willpower.
	...Well, I say that, but if all the missing swings were counted, I would've ended last.

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