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

Kushida narrowed her eyes. She had a strange feeling she couldn't quite put her finger on. She could clearly sense a dangerous aura emanating from Ayanokouji, yet he seemed like an ordinary high school boy. Amane shouldn't have been mistaken...

"What do you think I'm going to tell you, Ayanokouji-san?"

Kushida stopped in her tracks, her face slightly flushed and her head lowered. When she felt Ayanokouji's gaze on her, she slowly raised her head. At this moment, her expression changed to a shy one, looking just like a girl who had fallen in love.

If a normal person saw such an adrenaline-pumping scene, their first reaction would probably be that the next step should be a confession.

Unfortunately, she encountered Ayanokoji.

"Kushida, are you planning to confess your feelings to me?"

Ayanokouji's blunt words left Kushida speechless.

In this situation, answering either yes or no is highly problematic.

If the answer is "yes", then the confession process will definitely follow. If you say "yes" in a joking manner, it will give people the impression that you are not taking things seriously and are just playing with someone.

Even if Ayanokouji stormed off, Kushida couldn't say anything.

If the answer is "no," then the person who asked the question, Ayanokouji, will inevitably feel awkward, and it's understandable that he would make up an excuse to leave.

With just one sentence, Ayanokouji not only turned defense into offense but also gave himself an excuse to leave at any time.

However, Kushida was clearly no ordinary person either. How could a girl who could move freely among the first-year classes be an ordinary person? With her excellent social skills, she immediately came up with a good answer.

"Ayanokouji-san, so you were... hoping I would confess to you?"

The same sentence perfectly illustrates the same situation in Ayanokouji's case.

No matter how she answers, Kushida should theoretically be able to take control of the conversation.

"Hmm, I'm really looking forward to you confessing to me, Kushida-kun. After all, being confessed to by a cute girl like you would be a really happy thing for me... Now that I've said that, will you confess to me, Kushida?"

Ayanokoji's effortless demeanor darkened Kushida's expression.

She couldn't understand why this gloomy and seemingly insignificant person could leave her speechless.

If it were a negotiation, Kushida would be almost in a dead end. The only way to break the deadlock would be to confess his feelings and then see how the other person reacts.

But looking at Ayanokouji's face, Kushida couldn't muster any interest.

She had absolutely no interest in this gloomy guy; even Tianyin's fake smile was much more cheerful than his.

Seeing that Kushida remained silent, Ayanokouji decided not to waste his time and went straight to the point, asking Kushida why he had asked him out.

"Let's leave the jokes aside. I believe you have a good understanding of me after our recent probing. So... what did you want to say to me? Or... do you need to reconsider whether you should tell me this?"

Ayanokouji's stern gaze made Kushida take a few steps back in fear, while Ayanokouji calmly followed.

"Kushida, what are you doing? Aren't we classmates? What are you afraid of..."

"Stop! You gloomy bastard, I told you to stop right here!"

Kushida finally couldn't help but reveal an expression full of disgust and fear, and loudly commanded Ayanokouji.

Ayanokouji disobeyed Kushida's order and took another step forward.

"Everyone's time is precious. If you're playing me for a fool, you'll have to pay the price. Do you understand?"

"I'm not kidding you! I really do have something important to tell you. I have definite information that Class C will only send four girls—Shiina and Ibuki—and two boys—Ryuen and Albert—to participate in this 'Ikki Tou' (one-man raid)."

When Ayanokouji was only a finger's width away from her, Kushida quickly revealed all the information she had gathered.

Since Amane handed over the intelligence system of Class B to Ayanokouji, Ayanokouji has been in charge of all external intelligence sources for Class B.

So when he heard this piece of information that he had never heard of before, a playful smile appeared on his face.

Chapter 416: You don't have misogyny, do you?

Kushida has her own sources of information, or perhaps someone specifically told her about it or intentionally let her know.

Ayanokoji probably only had two options.

So which one could it be? If this crucial information was obtained by Kushida through his own abilities from outside, even Ayanokouji would have to praise Kushida's skill.

The reason why Class C and Class D's attempt to frame Class B went wrong, allowing Amane to lead Class B to a comeback, was due to the leak of the recording. Since then, Ryuen has placed great importance on intelligence, personally handling most important matters and strictly prohibiting other classmates from being present when talking to the other party.

Ayanokouji also tried to get some information about the sports festival by following Ryuen, but all his efforts were in vain. This was because Ryuen always had Albert, Ishizaki, and Ibuki clear the venue or inspect the area when he met or talked with others.

After ensuring everything is in perfect order, Longyuan will communicate with the other party through chat software. Since they don't speak, it's difficult to know what they are talking about.

Not to mention recording conversations or leaking information, Longyuan would even have the other party delete the chat history to prevent them from leaking information.

This means that even if someone leaks information to a third party, it's difficult for the other party to believe what they say if they can't provide evidence.

To avoid repeating past mistakes, Longyuan went to great lengths to prevent recording, which made obtaining information through other means even more difficult.

Kushida, surprisingly, obtained a very detailed report that even Ayanokouji couldn't solve, including information on who would be involved.

Anyone with a modicum of sense would be suspicious of the source of the information, and Ayanokouji became slightly interested in the situation.

"Kushida-san, may I ask where you got your information from?"

Ayanokouji's seemingly casual question only made Kushida's expression darken further.

Are you doubting me?

Regardless of what Kushida was thinking at that moment, her face now displayed a mixture of dissatisfaction and disgust.

This is completely at odds with her carefully crafted gentle persona. If the other students in the class saw this, they would definitely not be able to accept that Kushida Kikyo's image had completely collapsed at this moment.

However, Ayanokouji had seen Kushida like this before, so he wasn't too surprised. Instead, Kushida's unusual attitude made Ayanokouji vaguely realize something.

"That's right, I do suspect you, so Kushida-san, can you explain to me where you got your information?"

There is a specific number of participants, or even a specific individual.

Even if Kushida and Ayanokouji claimed that Ryuen told her this information to her face, Ayanokouji would still believe it, given how detailed it was.

"...I don't seem to have an obligation to tell you the source of the information, do I? How did you become so sure I would tell you something as important as the source of the information, Ayanokouji-san? My job is simply to tell you this information. Whether you believe it or not, and how you use it, is your business and has nothing to do with me. Of course, the consequences arising from it are also none of my concern."

Kushida's words brought a slight smile to Ayanokouji's lips.

Kushida felt nauseous when he saw Ayanokouji's gloomy face break into a smile, and couldn't help but turn to leave.

Just then, Ayanokouji's words made Kushida stop in his tracks.

"Kushida-kun, you really can't lie."

Kushida's body stiffened abruptly, but she quickly recovered and turned around, her innocent expression returning to normal.

"How annoying! How could I possibly lie to you, Ayanokouji-san? Your suspicions are way too much..."

Kushida paused slightly at this point, and his tone underwent a complete change.

"I advise you to find a girlfriend sooner rather than later. You gloomy guy actually doubts the information that girls work so hard to bring you, thinking it's a lie. Hey, do you actually have misogyny?"

"Kushida-kun, you seem to have misunderstood something. I don't have much of a problem with the authenticity of this information. I'm just curious about the source of your information. Who told you such important information?"

They saw that Ayanokouji was still relentlessly trying to find out the source of the information.

Kushida simply crossed his arms and responded directly.

"I don't want to say, is this answer acceptable to you?"

Just when Kushida thought Ayanokouji would continue with his boring questions, something unexpected happened next.

Ayanokouji pondered for a moment and then slowly nodded.

I think I understand.

"You understand? You understand what? Honestly, communicating with you is just a waste of my time. I even thought Tianyin recognized you so much because of your abilities, but it seems that's all you're capable of. If there's nothing else, I'll be going now."

After making a polite remark, Kushida quickened his pace and left the scene.

Ayanokoji has basically confirmed that Kushida and Ryuen have made contact.

The previous speculation seems to have come true. What was Ryuen's purpose in using Kushida to leak this information to Class B? There are only two possibilities: one is to make Class B lower their guard against Class C by leaking the information that Class C has fewer participants in the one-man showdown, so as to maintain the current situation and not increase the number of participants.

Another possibility is that they want to appear weak to lure Class B into increasing the number of their own men in the one-man raid.

To correctly determine Longyuan's purpose, one must guess which competition Longyuan is focusing on, or perhaps... Longyuan wants to win both competitions.

If Ryuen's goal was to win on both sides, then this posture was simply an attempt to mislead Class B, making them believe that Class C was mainly preparing for the team competition. As for the "Ichi-Tō-Kō" (一骑讨不) character, he was deliberately sent up as a troublesome opponent, so that the other side would avoid attacking Class C while using Ryuen and Albert's physical advantages to gain some class points and overtake Class B.

If Class B's way of thinking is misled by Class C, Horikita will most likely not send more people to participate in the one-man showdown. This is because the more people sent in a competition that showcases individual strength, the easier it is for Ryuen to find a weakness. In order to avoid unnecessary losses in the competition, Horikita's lineup for the one-man showdown will basically still be based on Amane and the other two, and will not be changed.

But if we do that, B-Class will be powerless when a situation arises that requires a large number of people.

What will Horikita choose to do next?

Ayanokouji hesitated for a moment. Perhaps it would be better not to tell Horikita about this, given the source of the information...

But now that Horikita is the leader of Class B, he has no choice but to tell him the truth.

However, Ayanokouji chose to keep the fact that the information was provided by Kikyo Kushida a secret.

Chapter 417: You actually want to compete in assassination?

Just as Ayanokouji had thought, after receiving Ayanokouji's message, Horikita judged that Class C's main goal was the team competition, and even specifically instructed Ayanokouji not to challenge Class C if he was not confident, so as not to be defeated by the strange competition they had assigned.

A week before the start of the sports festival, Amane's competition schedule was rejected.

Chabashira looked helplessly at Amane, who was standing in front of him with a silly grin. Chabashira couldn't help but feel a headache whenever he saw Amane.

Because she trusted Amane and the others too much, the tea shrine only checked the team and individual competition forms for the sports festival, except for the one-man show.

Seeing that the personnel list was arranged very well, and that the submitted list of one-on-one duels was also the strongest lineup that Class B could field at present, it was simply impeccable.

So they didn't pay much attention to the competition projects they submitted. It wasn't until the student council registration, when Horikita Manabu was checking the competition project plan with Chahashi, that Chahashi noticed the competition content on it.

The six competition events prepared by Tianyin are: parachuting, no-rules close combat, shooting, infiltration, melee combat, and assassination.

If skydiving can barely be considered a physical competition, what comes after that? In the no-rules close combat event, Tianyin's note says, "Only the survivor is the winner." Would anyone actually see that note and still want to challenge her to a match?

The shooting was even more outrageous. Tianyin actually demanded to use the firearms she specified for the competition. Please, how could the school just get such dangerous equipment out of the blue?

They even specified firearms; just hearing that makes it sound like Tianyin is planning to use these things for something else...

Even if it were changed to archery, maybe some people would accept it... Ah, it seems that archery also has certain limitations.

It is said that the previous president of the archery club proposed a competition event for mounted archery, which was rejected by the school.

What's wrong with kids these days? Shooting and horseback archery. Are the teachers out of touch with the times?

Chashu fell into deep self-doubt, not to mention the following projects. Infiltration and melee combat sounded a bit far-fetched, but the physical and technical challenges were real, just too difficult for high school students.

However, the last note for assassinating Amane was that he should put a substitute for poison in Chairman Sakayanagi's tea. For a moment, Chabashira even suspected that Chairman Sakayanagi might have offended Amane in some way. If Amane really went astray, this guy might actually take it seriously.

In short, after reading the competition schedule, Chazhu was completely distraught. She immediately sent someone to call Tianyin over, demanding a reasonable explanation from her.

"Now tell me, what were you thinking, or what were your feelings when you submitted this competition project plan?"

Chazhu's furious expression made Tianyin involuntarily take a few steps back.

"Calm down, Mr. Chabashira, you absolutely must calm down!"

"What do you expect me to use to stay calm? I won't even mention parachuting and hand-to-hand combat; let's say you wanted to utilize certain skills in infiltration and shooting. But how do you explain the assassination? How on earth did you come up with the idea of ​​simulating poisoning Chairman Sakayanagi's tea as part of the test?"

Chazhu couldn't help but loudly question Amane.

"It was Lingyin who told me to prepare one of my special skills..."

Tianyin said with a wronged expression.

"What kind of special skill is this...? You mean, that competition event is your special skill?"

Teacher Chabashira's forehead was covered in sweat, probably because of the hot weather.

When Tenon heard Chabashira ask her a question, she puffed out her chest proudly.

"I'm really good! Do you want me to give you a demonstration, Mr. Chabashira? Hmm... I'll use your teacup, Mr. Chabashira..."

"Stop! You, stop right now!!!"

Seeing that Tianyin was about to take her teacup outside, Chazhu quickly snatched the teacup away.

Are you kidding me? What if this guy actually puts something in her...?

"In short, take this form and revise it carefully. Try to make it into some more normal items, understand?"

After Chabashira tossed the form to Amane, he simply left her in the office, leaving Amane, who had planned to give Chabashira-sensei a perfect performance, feeling extremely disappointed.

"Seriously, I'm actually really good at all of these things, lol."

Tianyin stuck out her tongue at the office door and took her form back to revise it.

After many days of deep thought.