In the morning, Naruse and all the first-year students stayed in the junior field.
He skated with Shangzi for a while, and when she became proficient again, he returned to the group members.
Looking around, on the wide and gentle snow track, there are figures wearing the same ski clothes everywhere. They are in small groups, their movements are either unfamiliar or skillful, and screams and laughter occur one after another.
"Let's go skating again."
Xiao Lin pointed at the starting point of the ski trail above, "When we get down below, it's almost time to go back for dinner."
Tanaka Koji looked at the time and nodded, "Well, it's already noon."
The two called their other companions, as well as Naruse, who was looking at something not far away.
"Naruse, let's go skating up there again——"
"Okay."
He looked over, bent down and took off his skis, and followed them towards the cable car station.
Most students were leisurely relaxing or practicing on the snow slopes. There was basically no need to queue at the cable car station. This was the case several times he came here.
"There happens to be a cable car, hurry up."
Several people got into the slowing down cable car one after another, with Naruse following behind. Just as they were about to enter, they were stopped by the staff.
"It's full, wait for the next one."
"..."
He took a look and realized that there was a strange classmate sitting at the very end of the cable car.
"You guys go up first."
Naruse didn't care. He took a few steps back with his skis in hand and watched the cable car creaking out of the station.
After waiting for a while, another cable car slowed down and entered the station, and he got in first.
As soon as I sat down, three more figures came over quickly and got into the cable car one after another.
"Are you alone?"
"..."
Naruse turned his gaze back and realized that sitting across from him were Morimi and Haixing, as well as a girl from Class E whom he didn't recognize.
"Almost."
Morimi raised an eyebrow but said nothing.
He looked at Starfish and asked, "How's the skating going now?"
Although the snow track is long and wide, each first-grade class practices separately. After skiing all morning, he also encountered starfish.
At that time, she and Morimi were lying on the snow.
"It's no problem anymore."
She smiled and said, "I have regained my feeling before."
Naruse nodded, "Let's slide down together later, it's almost time to eat."
"Yeah."
"Where's Morimi."
"I want to see the scenery, don't worry about me."
"Still not very proficient?"
"..."
She looked out the window and was already looking at the scenery.
The cable car moves slowly, the doors automatically lock as soon as it exits the station, and the speed increases.
Climbing up, it didn’t take long for the cable car to reach the transfer cable car station halfway up the mountain, which is also the starting point of the beginner ski trail.
"Go down, be careful."
Following the three girls and getting out of the slowing cable car, Naruse looked up and saw the group members staring silently.
"Let's go."
"He just said 'let's go'!"
"...Let's go, it's almost time to eat."
After leaving the cable car station and arriving at the starting point of the ski trail, Naruse had just put on his skis and the boys were already skiing down together.
Looking at Haixing and Morimi, who were still bending down to put on their skis, he waited for them for a while.
"Take your time..."
Another unknown girl didn't seem to be very skilled either, with Haixing encouraging her.
"Just like that."
Watching her and Morimi start gliding, she glanced at Naruse, then held up her ski poles and followed him.
Putting on goggles, Naruse followed closely.
The snow path is gentle and long, covering three kilometers.
Slowly sliding down the snow path, the speed was not fast, and there were no people in the first half. Morimi and the girl gradually relaxed.
Naruse pushed his ski poles a few times and sped up to keep up with Haixing, while several boys in the same group had already skied far away.
"Skiing is so fun." Haixing said.
At this speed, wearing or not wearing goggles made little difference, so Naruse took them off again.
"Intermediate and high-end venues are more interesting."
"You can try the intermediate ski trails...forget about the advanced ones. The speed is too fast and I don't dare."
Naruse smiled and said nothing.
Morimi was a little behind, looking at the two people from behind. His body suddenly swayed, and he quickly focused his attention on his feet.
I slid all the way down the three kilometers without encountering any accidents.
After sliding to the bottom of the snow track, the three girls stopped the car smoothly, while Naruse drew an arc and slid forward for several dozen meters before stopping.
Shangzi looked back and saw that students from Class C were gathering over there.
"Naruse——"
"Coming."
After the roll call was completed, the team of Class C, led by Zhongyuan Xue, left the ski resort, returned to the hotel, and went to the restaurant for lunch.
Sitting down at the dining table, Naruse looked around and found Naoko and Hikaru Takigawa sitting together with four other girls in the same group.
"I'm starting."
"The lunch here is quite sumptuous," Tsuchikawa Taiga said.
In addition to the food, there is also a rich variety of mixed dishes that taste very good.
Picking up a piece of cooked chicken leg meat, Naruse chewed it slowly.
Kamoi Ryohei was eating next to him and said: "This hotel also has a hot spring. I want to take a bath now."
"Don't think about it."
Tanaka Koji shook his head, "The bathhouse won't be open until evening, and every class takes turns, so there won't be much time to soak."
"What a pity... Will the men's and women's baths be exchanged regularly?"
"No. The kind of lucky pervert incident you are expecting is unlikely to happen."
"Damn..."
The stew tastes good, Naruse thought.
After lunch and a short rest, the afternoon is free time - free movement in the ski resort.
There was wind and snow in the afternoon, but it was not too heavy and would not affect skiing for the time being.
After queuing up to the ski resort, Naruse and the boys in the group took the cable car directly to the starting point of the intermediate ski trail to experience a steeper slope.
Xiao Linzheng shouted: "Are you ready?"
"Let's go." Itoxiong slid out directly.
Several people followed, and Naruse also used his ski poles and started gliding on the snow slope.
The slope becomes steeper, and the speed of descent is much faster than on the gentle primary road.
For experienced people, the intermediate level is not difficult, and Naruse quickly adapted to it.
While obeying the pull of gravity, while changing the direction of sliding, the cold wind blew in my face, and the speed became faster and faster.
It was only then that he truly began to enjoy the excitement and fun brought by high-speed gliding.
The dozen or so ski trails at the Spring Ski Resort are all long-distance ski trails, and as the speed of the descent increased, Naruse and the others skied to the bottom very quickly.
"It feels so good."
Xiaolin was slowing down and making a big circle, and stopped next to Naruse, "Sure enough, the mid-level field is more exciting."
Looking up at the snow path he had just skied down, he nodded, "Yeah."
"I said, should we challenge the advanced path?" Ryohei Kamoi suggested.
"Okay."
Someone responded quickly, and Naruse didn’t refuse, and they went to the cable car station together.
The starting points of the two high-level trails are near the top of the hillside. When a few people took the cable car up, the staff reminded that if the wind and snow get stronger, the high-level trails will be closed.
"Wow, then we have to go up quickly..."
As we rode the cable car all the way up, the wind and snow became heavier and heavier, constantly beating against the cable car's carriage.
"It's snowing heavily on the top of the mountain. It can't be so unlucky."
"The cable car is still going up...it's so cold."
When we arrived at the cable car station at the top of the mountain, the temperature dropped sharply.
Several people crossed their arms and asked the staff about the situation of the high-level trails. The other party said that they had not yet received any news about the closure of the high-level trails.
He added that if you are not particularly confident in your skiing skills, it is better not to challenge the advanced trails at this time.
The results are obvious.
How can you say this to a male high school student...
Naruse shook his head and followed them to the starting point of the advanced trail. There were many figures wearing the same ski clothes preparing to set off.
The wind and snow are constantly blowing, which has had a considerable impact on the field of vision.
Several people gestured OK to each other and set off one after another, with Naruse habitually standing behind.
The advanced trail is a bit steeper than the intermediate trail, and there are more bends along the way, and it even has to go through a forest, which is very complicated.
But it is precisely because of this that it can be called a challenge.
Naruse concentrated on staring ahead in the wind and snow, and would slow down in time when encountering curves.
But there are also people who don't like to slow down, or... forget to slow down.
"..."
When the figure that hit him from the side appeared within the field of vision of the goggles, he was only confused.