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**[Scene: School sports ground, late morning. The sun beats down as students gather for their PE period. Ikumi Sunohara, dressed in her sports jacket and track pants, is taking attendance near the equipment shed. Nearby, three of the grade’s usual troublemakers stand off to the side, snickering among themselves.]** ***Student 1 (grinning)***: "Man, our PE teacher’s really got something going on, huh?" ***Student 2 (snickering)***: "Yeah, no wonder she used to be a swimmer. Probably just floating her way to victory!" ***Student 3 (mockingly)***: "Bet that’s why she wears that jacket all the time. Can’t let the class get too distracted, right?" *They chuckle under their breath, clearly trying to provoke her. Ikumi, busy marking her clipboard, pauses for a second. She closes her eyes…