I'm in a real religion, why are all the people who confess to me girls?

To put it simply, Tianyin isn't that skilled yet, but practice makes perfect, and with more practice, she'll naturally become more proficient...

"Tianyin, what are you doing?!"

Ichinose's terrified voice brought Amane back to her senses.

Suddenly, her hand started moving on its own... Tianyin realized this was not her intention at all; this hand was really indecent!

"Ahem, we definitely need to warm up a bit before the main event, otherwise our blood circulation will be poor later."

Faced with Ichinose's suspicious gaze, Amane managed to control her facial expression and solemnly told a lie.

"Is that so? But I only scraped my skin... Applying the ointment should be enough, right?"

Ichinose tried to cover herself, but Amane stopped her.

"How could it be that simple? Think about it, don't you usually warm up before exercising?"

Amane tried to guide Ichinose's little head to follow her train of thought. Ichinose blinked to indicate that there seemed to be no problem, but she still couldn't help but speak up.

"That's true, but I only had a small cut..."

"You're mistaken!!"

Amane's stern expression made Ichinose tremble.

Feeling the waves crashing against her, Tenon's heart was almost melting, but her expression still showed a mixture of regret and anger.

Is there something I've missed?

Seeing how serious Amane was, Ichinose began to wonder if she had overlooked something, otherwise why would Amane be so angry?

"Hmph, you're only realizing it now?"

Amane wore an unfathomable expression, her mind racing as she considered what to do next. It seemed she had reached a dead end. She had been so focused on persuading Ichinose that she had been outmaneuvered by him. If she couldn't answer this question, Ichinose would easily see through Amane's little scheme and eventually kick her out of the dorm!

Undoubtedly, that kind of ending is the most unacceptable to Amane. So how can she get Ichinose to accept her 'thoughtful' service?

When Tianyin is thinking about a problem, she unconsciously increases the force in her hands, using the pain to make her thinking clearer and more purposeful rather than just daydreaming.

This time was no different, except that Tianyin no longer exerted her power from her own palm, but rather...

"Ouch, it seems to hurt a little."

Ichinose's voice interrupted her thoughts.

Realizing she hadn't started yet, Amane quickly slowed down the massage. At that moment, Amane suddenly remembered something and quickly moved closer to Ichinose, less than a finger's width away.

"Ichinose, you're afraid of pain too, right?"

"Of course, there aren't many normal girls who aren't afraid of pain, right? Even Amane's expression changes when she feels pain... right?"

Ichinose expressed her doubt at the end because she didn't know whether Amane should be classified as a normal girl.

If it were Tianyin, perhaps she really could remain unmoved in the face of pain.

"Of course I'm afraid of pain too, so I'm doing some warm-up exercises beforehand so that you won't feel any pain when I apply the medicine. I think you understand what I mean, right?"

Tianyin inwardly gave herself a thumbs up for her cleverness; someone else probably wouldn't have been able to come up with such a self-consistent excuse in such a short time.

Ichinose tilted her head, seemingly unsure whether it was really as Amane said. It sounded somewhat reasonable, but it still felt strange. As for what was strange about it, Ichinose herself couldn't quite put her finger on it.

The direct result of this situation is...

"Since you have no questions, Ichinose, then I'll begin~"

Can I do it myself?

Ichinose was still a little scared by Amane's eagerness. Even if there was a warm-up first, she would feel a little more at ease if she did it herself. After all, she had never let anyone other than her mother and sister touch her body so intimately before, so it was inevitable that she would feel a little...

"I left this wound, and I must take full responsibility for it! This is my inescapable duty!"

After meeting Amane's firm gaze for a moment, Ichinose blushed and removed her hand, and Amane began her warm-up exercises.

To Amane's surprise, before she could even finish her Tai Chi routine, a strange sound came from Ichinose's direction.

"Ah~"

"Such loud noises might be misunderstood by the neighbors!"

Amane's words made Ichinose bite her lip and nod.

The soundproofing in this dormitory isn't completely nonexistent; it seems to be somewhat effective, but only to a certain extent. It's only thanks to the fact that Horikita's dormitory is right next to the elevator and Amane's room that Amane can freely do some shady things.

Otherwise, the dormitory teacher would have arrested Tianyin long ago.

So what happened next was...

"Hmm, hmm~ Ah... Tianyin, I think it's okay now, should I apply the ointment? Hmm~ Hmm~"

Ichinose kept biting her lip to control her voice, but even so, her slightly sensitive constitution made her cry out in pain.

Only after Tianyin was completely satisfied did she reluctantly let go.

"Now we can apply the medicine..."

Seeing that Yukiko's fair face was now as red as Ichinose's, Amane scratched her head a little embarrassedly, as if she had been enjoying herself too much and had been a little too rough.

Ichinose breathed a sigh of relief when she heard that the warm-up exercises were finally over.

But Tianyin's subsequent actions plunged her into deep suspicion.

Tianyin squeezed out a little ointment, applied it to the broken skin, rubbed it in with her hand, and finished the application process.

The whole process took less than ten seconds, and the ointment felt cool and didn't hurt at all. Ichinose then realized that Amane's words were just to coax her and take advantage of her, so Ichinose's face darkened.

When Amane saw the change in Ichinose's expression, she realized that she had been a bit hasty in applying the medicine, so she quickly got up and prepared to leave.

"Um... I just remembered I have some things to take care of. Since I've already applied the ointment to Ichinose, I'll head back now..."

"Are you in such a hurry to leave? After doing such a terrible thing to me, Tianyin, do you really think you can just walk away?"

Ichinose's plaintive voice made Amane's entire body stiffen.

"What do you want, Ichinose?"

"Of course... I want to touch it back!!!"

Chapter 412: Can I roll around without clothes?

"I'm back"

A weak, feeble voice came from the doorway.

Welcome back

Horikita, with his head down, flipped through a book and answered casually.

Horikita could tell exactly what was going on about visiting Ichinose's dorm twice in a row. Just as Horikita was about to make a few teasing remarks to Amane...

With a thud.

Amane collapsed onto the table, startling Horikita, who was just watching the crucial part.

"You suddenly did this... Tianyin, what... what happened?"

Horikita looked at Amane, who was dressed perfectly but had a lifeless, drained expression on her face, and slumped listlessly on the table.

"Waaaaah, today..."

Amane was about to complain to Horikita about how she was brutally abused by Ichinose, but then she thought that if she complained to Horikita about taking advantage of someone only to be taken advantage of in return, there would only be two possible outcomes.

The first option is to be rolled up in your bedding and thrown outside.

The second option is to have Horikita beat her up, then roll her up in her bedding and throw her outside, while also putting a non-recyclable label on Amane's head.

Just thinking about it feels so real.

Nothing happened today.

Amane instantly recovered and even tried to charm Horikita, but Horikita, who was already used to it, didn't fall for Amane's act at all. When Amane tried to change the subject, Horikita took matters into her own hands.

Boom!

A pleasant sound is a good start.

"Ouch, ouch, ouch! Waaaaah, if you keep hitting me like that, I'll become stupid!"

Admittedly, Horikita still gently tapped Amane's head with the back of her finger.

Amane rolled around on the floor, clutching her head, two or three times, until Horikita gave her a look and she stopped.

"How many times have I told you not to roll around on the floor with your clothes on?"

Even though Horikita was confident that the floor was cleaned every day, it was impossible for the room to be completely dust-free. If Amane got her school uniform dirty, it would be quite troublesome to wash it. Many people would go to a dry cleaner to clean their school uniforms. Horikita, on the other hand, had been hand-washing Amane's school uniform, so when she saw Amane doing this, she wanted nothing more than to grab Amane and scrub the dust off her body.

But seeing that Amane was starting to look blank again, Horikita knew that Amane was about to say something that was both logical and shocking.

"So that means you can roll around on the floor without clothes?"

Horikita took a deep breath and slowly exhaled, trying to calm her agitated emotions. But she soon realized that one breath was not enough, so she took another deep breath. When she saw Amane take off her clothes and casually throw them on the hanger with a perfect expression, her suppressed anger finally exploded.

"How many times have I told you, you need to hang your coat properly on the hanger!!"

The long-awaited hand chop landed with a critical hit effect, catching Amane off guard. Her eyes widened in surprise, clearly not expecting Horikita to suddenly reward her with her favorite hand chop.

"Phew, it really does relieve stress to punish you every now and then."

Horikita smiled with satisfaction.

Well, if it weren't for the backdrop of Amane sprawled on the floor, Horikita's smile would be practically unfair.

……

Horikita poured himself a full cup of hot tea, then took out heated milk and poured a cup for Amane.

He hummed a little tune and decided to continue reading.

At this moment, Tianyin was truly slumped on the table, looking utterly hopeless.

It's all thanks to her that this chop; if it had been someone else, they probably would have chopped their kidneys to pieces.

"Tell me, what did you learn today?"

Horikita was in a good mood and peeled an orange, feeding one piece to Amane.

Amane, with an orange in her mouth and clutching her stomach, slowly leaned against Horikita's shoulder.

Horikita just rolled her eyes at Amane and didn't say anything more.

"I was just with Ichinose..."

"I advise you to provide me with some useful information, otherwise I might consider going out and buying a single-person bento for dinner later. As for whether someone goes hungry, that's none of my business."

Well……

Amane pouted in dissatisfaction, but quickly returned to normal under Horikita's gentle smile, even her abdomen, which had just been severely injured, seemed completely unharmed.

Amane sat up very straight and began to report on what she had seen and heard that afternoon, and even made a special mention of Shiina's one-man showdown project and the training situation of Class C and Class D.

The former was a new discovery for Horikita, as knowing the opponent's one-on-one duel plan allowed him to analyze what tactics the opponent intended to use.

Horikita watched both classes train. Class C was training very hard, probably preparing for the team competition, while Class D was all listless and didn't even count as an enemy in Horikita's eyes.

The only real threat is Ichinose, and what she wants to know right now is what Ichinose is planning to do.

Can sleeping really be considered a physical fitness competition?

Horikita also raised this question. In her past experience, she had never treated sleeping as a competition. So when she heard that Class C would allow Shiina to choose such an unreliable competition, she was probably announcing to everyone that they did not intend to seriously participate in the one-man showdown.

Then suddenly they send out a powerful elite team to try and steal first place, right?

Anyway, Arisu has confirmed that sleeping will be a competition event.

Amane shrugged. She had a different opinion about this strange competition, but she had no intention of reminding Horikita.

She wanted to see if Horikita could realize that when these fragmented clues were put together, the truth would come to light.

"It seems Sakayanagi-san is unreliable too, but her strength shouldn't be underestimated. She's lucky this time that she can't participate in events like the Sports Festival that require physical exertion. But Katsuragi doesn't seem to be able to perform very well at the Sports Festival either. His subordinates seem to have started doing some harmless little tricks. Sigh, if only Katsuragi could perform better."

Horikita took the opportunity to observe Class A in the afternoon, and Totsuka and his group were all very proactive under Katsuragi's orders.

But Hashimoto and his group seemed to be deliberately slacking off to make up the numbers; their perfunctory attitude was practically written all over their faces. No wonder Katsuragi's expression was so unpleasant. If the people in Class B treated her like that one day, Horikita felt she would definitely lose her temper.

"Rinne, you seem to have a prejudice against Arisu?"

Tianyin asked with some curiosity.

The two seemed to have been communicating fairly well before, with no ideological conflicts or personality clashes. Although they weren't particularly close, they weren't this close either.