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

Horikita suddenly opened her eyes wide and looked at Amane in disbelief.

"What nonsense is Horikita Manabu talking about! How can we let you compete without a horse? What if you get bumped into while you're alone? And if you fall, it could cause a stampede. I'm going to talk to the student council president and get this straight."

As Horikita spoke, she prepared to dismount from her horse. This action left the three girls responsible for carrying her at a loss for what to do, and they could only look to Amane for help.

Tenon was secretly pleased. It seemed that Rin still cared about her, much better than that bastard Nagumo.

"I already promised Chairman Horikita, if you go like this, you'll embarrass him."

Amane grabbed Horikita and tried to persuade her.

Without even thinking, Horikita glared angrily at Amane upon hearing this.

"Can't back down? Didn't he think about how to handle the aftermath if you got injured? As the student council president, he doesn't even care about the safety of the students. What right does he have to order you to participate without a horse? Since he allows this kind of competition... Tianyin, you come up here, I'll participate without a horse. Since it was his stupid decision, let his sister bear the possible consequences."

Horikita's confident and assertive words made Ichinose glance at him sideways.

She admitted that she might have underestimated Horikita, the apparent leader of Class B. He treated even his own brother with utmost seriousness. If he wasn't a saint, he was probably an extremely cold-blooded person.

Unfortunately, Ichinose was completely unaware that Horikita would only get so angry if Amane were in such a situation.

If it were someone else, Horikita might not even bother to ask, at most just telling her to run away from the arena as soon as the match started, which she would consider as fulfilling her responsibility.

"Lingyin, do you believe me?"

Tenon's sudden question made Horikita's cheeks flush slightly.

"What kind of time is this to ask such a thing?"

"Tell me, tell me!"

"Of course... I believe you... Wait, you're not going to agree to participate in the race without a horse just because you believe me, are you? That's a completely different matter. Even if I believe you, I'm not going to risk getting you injured for a race. Even from the perspective of the class's interests, it's not a worthwhile thing to do!"

Horikita felt that what she said was a bit too explicit, sounding like a confession, so she quickly added a sentence at the end about interests as a cover-up.

"Just trust me, and leave the rest to me. I'm very strong."

Tianyin confidently walked into the arena.

Once you step onto the field, there's no turning back; the best outcome is simply slinking off the field after the game starts.

"Alas, one person's strength is ultimately limited..."

Before Horikita could finish his exclamation, the referee, who had been waiting impatiently, announced the start of the match.

At the start of the competition, regardless of whether it was Class A, Class C, or Class D, their riders immediately gave the order to attack Class B.

Although Horikita lacked practical experience, he had recently brushed up on his knowledge and immediately ordered everyone to retreat to a corner of the arena, protecting Amane in the middle while the five squads formed a fan shape to block the opponent's attack.

Because the contact area was too small, only five groups could go up at a time to fight B-class. So C-class withdrew from the operation to encircle B-class before long and, under Shiina's command, took charge of sneaking up on A-class riders from behind.

Before anyone could react, three riders had their headbands removed. The remaining two riders immediately ordered the three men acting as horses to quickly distance themselves from Class C.

On the other hand, although Class D was constantly putting pressure on Class B, Class D was far inferior to Class B in terms of physical fitness and spirit. They had to carry people while engaging in physical confrontations, even though they had been eating wild vegetables for more than a month and going hungry.

Just thinking about it makes me feel bad for them.

Horikita was facing off against Himeno Yuki, and for a time the two were evenly matched. Surprisingly, Himeno, who was hungry, was even stronger than Horikita in terms of fighting ability. This surprised Horikita.

She didn't recall any strong girls in Class D. According to Horikita's idea, she should be able to defeat the rider in one round.

Unexpectedly, Hime and Horikita fought for more than a dozen rounds. Every time Horikita reached out to grab the symbol on Hime's head, Hime quickly raised her hand to stop her. There were even a few times when Hime took advantage of the gaps in Horikita's failed attacks to turn the tables and almost take off Horikita's symbol.

Seeing this, Amane silently observed the other party. When she noticed that the girl who was carrying Himeno on the front looked flustered, she leaned over to Matsushita, who was carrying Karuizawa on the other side, and whispered something to him.

Matsushita immediately ordered Shinohara and Sato to change positions and crash into each other. Caught off guard, the other person lost their balance and fell to the ground. Himeno was also thrown out and rolled twice on the ground before getting up in a disheveled state.

Just as she was about to criticize Matsushita, she was disqualified by the referee, as the rider falling to the ground and having his marker removed were essentially the same thing.

Amane was the only one in the entire venue who was not subject to this restriction, which could be considered Horikita Manabu's compensation to her, allowing her to move freely.

"Well done, Matsushita! Now let's go ram Ichinose! Charge!!!"

Seeing that his side had made the first contribution, Karuizawa immediately urged everyone to attack Ichinose with great enthusiasm.

Amane shook her head helplessly as she watched Karuizawa having a great time. She guessed that Karuizawa was the only one who was happily enjoying the game.

Chapter 423: Stop Rubbing Against Me

"Ichinose-san, what should we do?"

When the girls in Class D saw Karuizawa's group knock down Himeno's group, they were caught off guard and their legs even felt weak.

When she saw her classmate who had been hit lying on the ground for a long time without being able to get up, and was eventually carried away, her fear reached its peak.

Ichinose was well aware that Class D was just a bunch of sheep without opinions or confidence, and it would be difficult to rely on them to achieve victory. But at this point, she could only gently comfort them, lest they throw her down from mid-air before the battle even started, which would be incredibly embarrassing.

"Don't worry, I'm here. She's no match for me. You just need to hold on tight and not let me fall behind..."

While Ichinose was trying to calm her down, Sato Kazuma stepped forward and blocked Ichinose's path.

Karuizawa leaned forward slightly, reaching out to grab Ichinose's sign, but her wrist was grabbed by a force far exceeding hers, which pulled her to the other side. Karuizawa was so frightened that she shouted loudly.

"Matsushita, Shinohara, you two hold me tight, Ichinose is too strong..."

Before Karuizawa could finish speaking, he felt a chill on his forehead.

When I quickly turned around to look at Ichinose, Ichinose had already taken the symbol from Karuizawa's head.

"Taking your eyes off me was a mistake. Karuizawa-kun, I'll accept your mark..."

As Ichinose spoke, his body suddenly slumped down.

"Huh?!"

Onodera, surprised by the failed sneak attack, had just defeated two D-class riders and handed the remaining one over to Horikita when she saw Ichinose locked in a stalemate with Karuizawa. She quickly ordered the men carrying her to rush towards Ichinose, reaching out almost without hesitation. However, Ichinose heard the sound of running and the whooshing of air and instinctively dodged.

Ichinose used the same trick again, grabbing Onodera's wrist. Just as Karuizawa was about to remind Onodera not to take his eyes off Ichinose, he was ejected from the game by the referee.

When Onodera saw that his wrist had been grabbed, he decided to test his strength against Ichinose.

Having been a member of the swimming club, her arms were quite strong. Ichinose was no match for Onodera at all, and no matter how hard the other three tried, they couldn't stop Ichinose from being pulled over.

Thus, Ichinose's body was almost entirely suspended in mid-air, yet she smiled despite being in such a perilous situation.

Onodera had one wrist pinned down by her, while her other hand pulled on that arm, trying to pull her over.

Now only Ichinose had the spare strength to make a move. As the distance got closer, Ichinose decisively raised his hand and took away Onodera's symbol.

After Horikita took care of the other rider from Class D, he, Wang Meiyu, and Hasebe planned to launch a pincer attack from both sides.

"Get to the very edge! Quickly!"

After succeeding, Ichinose immediately ordered several people to carry her to the edge.

With her back to the side of the arena, she only needed to worry about attacks from the front. Attacks from the left and right sides were almost impossible, because if someone tried to attack from both sides, one of the horses carrying the rider would inevitably go out of bounds, resulting in the entire team losing.

Ichinose used her unique advantage to defend against Horikita's attack.

"Horikita-kun, what should we do?"

Wang Meiyu wasn't used to such a stimulating scene and, somewhat frightened, sought advice from Horikita.

Horikita glanced at Wang Meiyu indifferently and pointed in the direction of Ichinose.

"Just run them head-on. You don't need to remove their insignia. Just keep hitting them, hit them as hard as you can, understand?"

"But, but..."

Just as Wang Meiyu was about to give up on such a potentially discordant task, Horikita put on a stern face.

"Do you have a better idea?"

Faced with Horikita's questioning, Wang Meiyu revealed a bitter expression.

She considered herself to be on par with Horikita in terms of academic ability, but such a large-scale event was simply not suitable for someone as introverted and easily embarrassed as her.

"Since there isn't one, launch an attack immediately! Hasebe, your group should do the same."

Hasebe saw that Wang Meiyu had no choice but to tacitly agree to the plan. He obediently lined up behind Wang Meiyu, waiting for her to run into the obstacle first. After she ran into the obstacle, he would wait until Wang Meiyu's marker was removed or she fell down and failed before he would make his move.

"I'm here!!!"

Wang Meiyu shouted to bolster her courage, but unfortunately, her voice was too soft for anyone to hear what she said. Instead, Ichinose stared intently into Wang Meiyu's eyes and then waved his hand.

"Let's ram them together! At worst, we'll all die together!"

Ichinose's voice was much louder than Wang Meiyu's, and Wang Meiyu closed her eyes in fright when she heard that Ichinose wanted to die with her.

In that instant, Ichinose swiftly removed Wang Meiyu's insignia and then continued rushing toward Hasebe without stopping.

Seeing Ichinose's incredible bravery, the men carrying him were even more confident and charged forward with roars.

Hasebe, who was preparing to attack, was caught off guard by Ichinose and was knocked back repeatedly. Just at the critical moment, Maezono suddenly exclaimed. It turned out that she had accidentally twisted her ankle. When she was backing away, her legs went weak and she knelt on the ground, which directly caused Hasebe to fall down and land on Kushida.

Ichinose ignored the disheveled Hasebe group and went to Horikita instead.

"Looks like I'm in luck. Horikita-kun, I won't hold back this time."

"Hmph, you've got quite the big mouth. Are you confident you can take victory from me?"

Horikita snorted and looked at Ichinose with feigned arrogance.

Ichinose frowned and gestured for someone to slowly approach Horikita to prevent Horikita from escaping using her speed. The arena was so large that Ichinose's side generally lacked the stamina to engage in any kind of pursuit.

"No one knows what the outcome will be until the very last moment."

"You're wrong, I've already seen the outcome..."

You wouldn't be thinking of saying—

"Heavenly Sound!!!"

Horikita's sudden shout startled Ichinose. Amane, who was hiding behind the three, seized the opportunity, took a running start, rushed towards Ichinose, and then pushed off the ground with force, actually flying into the air.

What's even more unbelievable is that, in the instant she leaped, Amane grabbed Ichinose by the waist and, with tremendous force, pulled Ichinose's entire group to the ground.

The three of them never expected that Amane had such great strength. As they were knocked down by Amane's strength, they involuntarily let go of Ichinose's leg.

And so, Amane hugged Ichinose and happily rubbed her cheek against Ichinose's.

"I caught Honoka!!!"

"Tianyin, let me go... I know I've already lost, stop rubbing against me, stop rubbing against me, waaaah, don't grab that weird spot..."

Ichinose had considered all sorts of possibilities for failure, but she never expected to be so dramatically caught up by Amane.

Horikita looked at Ichinose, who was being ravaged, and snorted, ordering the others to join another battle.

As for Ichinose? She was originally a prize promised to Amane by Horikita.

Otherwise, Tianyin would never have obediently done such a thing.

What a bunch of idiots.

Horikita thought to himself.

Chapter 424: Don't believe the words of bad women

Class B has finished its battle with Class D.

Meanwhile, the battle between Class A and Class C, which was locked in fierce combat, was also gradually coming to an end.

Class C initially gained the upper hand through a surprise attack, and then Ibuki, the main female member of Class C, easily defeated a horse riding group from Class A. Thinking that she could easily win the game with her numerical advantage, Ibuki directly sent the other three horse riding groups, who hadn't done much, to deal with the last team from Class A.

However, the last cavalry team from Class A suddenly unleashed astonishing fighting power, defeating three cavalry teams from Class C in a row, causing the situation to once again become evenly matched.

Fortunately, the opponent wasn't a difficult opponent; he was only fighting by relying on his arm length and strength.

Shiina observed for a moment and vaguely recognized the girl opposite her. She seemed to be a girl from the tennis club named Motohi.

Although he didn't perform particularly well in tennis, his physical stamina was commendable.

The next question is... who will defeat Gentoi?

Looking at the completely disordered breathing of Motohi, both Shiina and Ibuki could see that their failure to attack Motohi together was already a foregone conclusion.

The key point is that after they were hoping to hold back Horikita's Ichinose, they were ambushed by Amane, and Class D officially announced their withdrawal.

If Motohime were to continue fighting and resisting, she and Ibuki would be easily attacked by Horikita and the physically strong Amane.

Shiina clearly witnessed Amane leaping and capturing Ichinose. She didn't consider herself to have Ichinose's outstanding physical abilities, which were considered excellent even among girls.

In other words, if Horikita and Motohi gang up on Ibuki, and Amane comes directly to capture her, Shiina has absolutely no chance of escaping.

Horikita cautiously approached the edge of the battlefield, pacing back and forth like a hungry wolf waiting to pounce, seemingly waiting for an opportunity.

To avoid being caught off guard and unable to launch an attack or provide support, Horikita specifically ordered the three people carrying her to keep moving the entire time.