Aoi finds the first flag

As Aoi runs while holding her pants up, she sees the first flag on the branch of a tree next to a fountain. Aoi couldn't hear or see Akane anywhere.

Aoi climbs up the side of the tree, making sure that her pants don't get pulled down. Eventually, she made her way to the branch that was just beneath the branch that the flag was placed on.

Aoi stands on top of the branch, she reaches up to the flag.

"The sooner I get this done, the sooner I can go somewhere else." Aoi mumbled to herself to motivate her to get Nekomaru's training done as fast as possible.