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

Not to mention the reward of one million personal points and the freedom to choose your class.

This one-man challenge is far more rewarding than any special exam Tianyin has ever seen.

"Tianyin, keep it up!!!"

Cheers for Horikita could be heard from the sidelines, and Amane happily waved to Horikita. Just then, Horikita suddenly added something.

"If you don't win, your meals for the next month will be a vegetable and wild vegetable set meal."

"Huh?! Rinne, winning seems a bit difficult... Don't go... Rinne!!!"

Tenon's face turned deathly pale in an instant. She jumped around and shouted loudly at Horikita's departing figure, but unfortunately, Horikita had already returned to the viewing platform and couldn't hear what Tenon was saying at all.

"Why is it a wild vegetable set meal...sigh."

Tianyin sighed heavily. There was no way she could possibly win this time! Damn it!

Just as Amane was squatting on the ground drawing circles with a disappointed look on her face, Shiina also squatted down.

"Tianyin, you seem to be in a bit of a predicament. I'm sorry, but it seems like you're determined to win this time at Yousheng Longyuan."

Looking at Amane's profile, Shiina really wanted to reach out and poke Amane's rosy cheeks, but unfortunately there were too many people around, and if she did that, people would gossip. So Shiina could only suppress her little thoughts and said to Amane with some regret.

"I know, but... if I lose, I'll have to eat a whole month's worth of mountain vegetable meals! That's a whole month! If all else fails, I'll just have to go after Longyuan. Anyway, if he loses one match, he won't win."

Seeing that Amane seemed determined to drag Ryuen down with her, Shiina felt uneasy. In the original plan, Amane was the biggest threat, so Ryuen had prepared a way to deal with her. But the premise was that Amane had no interest in the grand prize of Ikki Tou. As long as Amane had no motivation to compete for the victory, she would not go and fight Ryuen to the death.

But things are different now. Horikita actually said that if Amane doesn't win, she'll have to eat a mountain vegetable meal for a month. Although Amane doesn't want to win, she wants to drag Ryuen into it too.

That would ruin their entire plan, because no one present, including Albert, dared to say for sure that they could win by a score of 2-1 against Ayane; that seemed rather unrealistic.

So how can we distract Tianyin?

Shiina thought for a moment and then his eyes lit up.

"If Horikita-kun treats you to a mountain vegetable set meal, how about you come find me? I can treat you to lunch and dinner for a month!"

Shiina's solution was to address the problem at its root. Rather than figuring out how to defeat Amane, it was easier to solve the problem of Amane being punished by eating a mountain vegetable meal.

Shiina couldn't help but feel a little proud of her quick thinking.

"You're actually going to treat me to meals for a month? Even so, I won't deliberately throw the game and lose..."

Amane seemed a little wary, but Shiina thought that was normal. After all, they were about to become enemies, and Shiina's sudden offer to invite her to dinner seemed like an attempt to bribe Amane. Any normal person would refuse, right?

It seems I was a bit too hasty.

"If my words have indeed caused a misunderstanding, then let's just let this matter go."

"No way! You promised to treat me to meals for a month, how can you go back on your word!"

Amane grabbed Shiina's arm, clearly intending to cling to him.

Shiina was initially a little flustered, but after thinking about it carefully, since Amane had accepted his kindness, it meant that Amane didn't seem to have any interest in winning the grand prize. Knowing this news in advance was actually a good thing. As for taking care of Amane for a month... it shouldn't cost much money.

Compared to the rewards of the one-man challenge, it's practically insignificant.

"Then it's a deal."

Shiina happily pinched Amane's cheek.

So soft~

"Whoops"

Feeling her cheek being pinched, Tianyin subconsciously let out a coquettish sound.

Shiina's eyes lit up when she heard that.

As expected, Amane is still so cute. If Ichinose hadn't proposed that plan, I really wouldn't have wanted to bully Amane in this way.

I'm so sorry, Tianyin.

Chapter 436: A Strange Match

The duel officially began.

Once all the first-year students entered the designated competition area, Koenji immediately noticed that something was amiss with the other classes.

Firstly, in terms of numbers, Class A only sent Masumi Kamuro to participate in the one-on-one duel.

Koenji couldn't understand whether Class A of the first year was planning to give up its position as Class A or if it had some special plan.

According to Koenji's estimation, at least he and Amane are ruthless individuals capable of achieving a ten-game winning streak among the three members of Class B. This would give Class B an extra 800 class points. As long as Ayanokouji doesn't underperform too much, whether he earns 100 or 200 points, he can easily replace Class A as the new Class A.

If Class A wants to stop them, they must send a large number of people to participate in the competition to earn as many points as possible, or find a way to defeat them. But now they have only sent one person. What does that mean?

"Miyako girl, do you think Class A has given up?"

Koenji decided to seek Tenon's opinion.

Tenon glanced at the lifeless-looking Kamuro before looking away.

"That's Katsuragi's cautious tactic."

"Isn't this considered cautious? This tactic is no different from that of a coward. Giving up the opportunity to gain advantages in order to avoid failure is undoubtedly the most foolish tactic. This is a school where strength reigns supreme; even standing still is a sin."

Koenji revealed a bright smile, his sharp gaze fixed on Class C. Although he didn't usually pay much attention to these little bugs, Tenon's high opinion of Class C made Koenji slightly concerned.

Especially when Koenji saw Albert, his expression became slightly serious. Just by looking at his appearance, one could tell that Albert was not easy to deal with. Fortunately, there were only two boys in Class C, Ryuen and Albert. Apart from them, there were Shiina, Ibuki, and a few girls he didn't recognize.

Why did Class C send so many girls? Koenji frowned slightly, vaguely sensing that something was wrong. However, what was even more wrong was Class D. Ichinose had brought almost all of them up, which explained why there were almost no Class D members during the team competition.

There are very few people in Class B who are good at physical fitness. Koenji believes that the best way to quickly pass the level and win the grand prize is to start with Class D. After making a plan, he was about to take action when Kanzaki blocked his way.

"Are you looking for a worthy opponent? I'll play with you then."

When Kanzaki extended his invitation, Koenji revealed a fearless smile.

"No problem, but I hope your matches are ones where you won't get injured. I'm not one to control my strength, you know."

Seeing that Koenji had already been challenged by Kanzaki, Amane headed straight for Ryuen.

Long Yuan, who had been calm and collected, immediately changed his expression when he saw Tian Yin approaching and pointed at her.

Shiina immediately stepped forward and blocked Amane's path.

"Sorry, but this time I'll be your opponent, Tenon."

Upon seeing that Shiina had indeed been sent, Amane didn't say much, only inquiring about the events Shiina would be competing in.

"The competition event? How about we just go to sleep then?"

Shiina showed the nameplate she was sleeping on to prove that she had actually won the application for this project.

"I didn't expect there to actually be sleeping facilities. How are we supposed to compete then? There aren't any beds or anything here, and I don't like sleeping on the floor."

Tianyin hesitated for a moment, then stepped on the hard ground. Sleeping on this would definitely be very uncomfortable.

"How could I possibly sleep here? I've applied for a sleeping bag. The competition is being held on the playground over there. Come with me."

Shiina took Amane's hand and walked towards the playground, where a referee followed them.

At this moment, several colorful sleeping bags were placed on the grass of the playground, and they were fully equipped with everything. There was also a small fan next to them. Since sleeping was a matter of personal privacy during the competition, there were no spectators at the competition venue. In order to apply for this competition venue, Shiina went to find the manager of the soccer club and finally managed to get permission to borrow it after a lot of hard work.

"The sleeping bag feels so comfortable! How do we compete? By seeing who falls asleep first?"

Amane jumped into a brown sleeping bag and crawled inside before Shiina could react, only sticking her little head out to talk to Shiina.

"That's right, the competition lasts thirty minutes. Whoever falls asleep first wins. If there are no questions, shall we begin?"

As Shiina took off her shoes and prepared to crawl into her sleeping bag, Amane grabbed Shiina's wrist.

"Honestly, Hiyori, you're actually playing these little tricks on me. You said the match is thirty minutes long, so is it a race to see who falls asleep first within thirty minutes, or does the match only end when the time is up?"

Shiina's face first showed surprise, then turned into a wry smile.

"I didn't expect you to discover this. To be honest, this was a little trap I carefully set. I didn't expect you to see through it before the competition even started. The winner of the competition is who falls asleep first, but the result will not be determined until thirty minutes later. That means even if you fall asleep immediately and win, the competition will not end until thirty minutes later."

Shiina cautiously observed Amane's expression. She was worried that Amane had already guessed their plan, since it was impossible for Amane not to notice such an obvious time-wasting match.

Okay, I understand.

Tianyin went back to sleep as if nothing had happened, and then closed her eyes.

Seeing this, Shiina patted her chest with lingering fear and then crawled into another sleeping bag to snuggle up next to Amane.

Once the referee saw that both players were ready, he immediately announced the start of the match.

Meanwhile, Ayanokouji was ambushed by Shibata, and the event for both of them was the 1,000-meter frog jump.

Even the referee thought the competition was outrageous just by hearing about it, and specifically told Ayanokouji that the competition had very high requirements for the physical fitness of the participants, and that they could choose to refuse if they were not feeling well.

But Ayanokouji accepted the challenge anyway. As the name suggests, the race was a one-kilometer round trip using frog jumps. There was no requirement to jump continuously, no time limit, and participants could relax or even drink water in between. Whoever finished first would win.

Ayanokouji immediately saw through that his opponent simply intended to wear him down. Although he didn't quite understand how Shibata would proceed after going all out in the first round, Ayanokouji still wanted to play along and get to know the current Shibata better.

Compared to Ayanokoji, Koenji's situation was slightly easier, as the competition consisted of a 1200-meter race.

Koenji arrived at the starting line with a determined look, intending to give Kanzaki a hard time. However, to his surprise, Kanzaki looked very relaxed, as if he wasn't in a race and hadn't even warmed up before arriving at the starting line.

"Hey, if you get too careless, I'll crush you!"

Koenji couldn't help but speak up to remind him, but Kanzaki remained as nonchalant as ever.

"Congratulations on your victory!"

"what?"

Chapter 437: She Deceived Everyone

Koenji won the 1200-meter race with an absolute crushing victory, but at this moment, Koenji was not happy at all.

Because Kanzaki had no intention of competing seriously with him at all, Kanzaki was still walking slowly on the track, and it would probably take him about ten minutes to finish the 1200 meters.

If Kanzaki were competing normally, Koenji would have scoffed at such a snail-paced speed. But this was a crucial duel for him, and he had only entered the arena to secure a spot that would allow him to switch classes at will. And this was the way Kanzaki greeted him.

Was Kanzaki deliberately admitting defeat?

That seemed to be the case, but Koenji frowned, thinking of an even more extreme possibility.

"Kansaki is stalling for time. If Class D takes turns using stalling tactics, what are they trying to do? Without a doubt, this match has fallen into a trap from the very beginning. Class D should be cooperating with Class C... This is a tricky tactic. Didn't the Miyako girls notice their tactics?"

Koenji looked suspiciously toward the competition venue, but Amane wasn't there.

At this moment, the match between Amane and Shiina had also been decided. The innocent Shiina blinked and looked at the sky, while Amane, who was clinging to her tightly and rubbing against her all the time, was standing next to her.

Shiina was also surprised to learn that Amane was not a peaceful sleeper. Despite trying various methods, she could not shake Amane off her. Amane was like an octopus, almost becoming one with Shiina.

What's even worse is that this octopus keeps moving around and making noises...

According to the competition rules, Tianyin had already won, but there were still fifteen minutes until the start of the competition. If she opened her mouth and woke Tianyin up, it would be considered a foul during the sleeping competition, and she would be disqualified.

So all she could do was look helplessly at the sky, hoping time would pass faster, occasionally glancing down at her tiny, clenched hands...

Shiina felt that he had lost out big time in this match.

On the main stage of the competition, Kamuro Masato, who had no one coming to challenge him, looked at Ryuen, who had already announced his entry into the ring, with an expression of disbelief on his face.

Arm wrestling is considered a physical fitness competition?

The students from Longyuan and Class D each had a round of arm wrestling. After losing two rounds, they had to admit defeat. Was this a competition?

Kamuro sees this as a way to accumulate points, and if things continue like this, Ryuen will definitely be the one to win this one-man showdown.

Despite not receiving orders from Katsuragi or Sakayanagi, Kamuro still wanted to attempt to snipe Ryuen.

If Long Yuan is allowed to run rampant like this, it probably won't be difficult for him to surpass Class A.

Even Longyuan wouldn't dare to compete with her.

The reason why no one has dared to provoke Kamuro until now is because of her competition events.

"Knee-walking 1km", "Knee-walking up stairs", "Kowtow competition", "Dogezuku (prostration) competition", "Clothes-swap running competition", "Magic trick competition"

These competitions, whose very names were disgusting enough, deterred everyone. Ibuki initially planned to challenge Kamuro, but Kamuro simply placed the sign for the kowtow competition in front of Ibuki. After hearing the rules, Ibuki cursed Kamuro as a lunatic and turned away.

The contestant who kowtows the most times to the opponent within ten minutes wins.

The competition was very simple. Given Kamuro's physical abilities, almost everyone on the field could easily defeat him. However, it was absolutely impossible for anyone to be willing to kneel down and play a kowtowing game with the opponent in front of hundreds of people. Such an act would ruin their reputation for the next three years and might even cause them to lose their right to choose a partner. After all, no one would want to date a fool who plays a kowtowing game with others.

Well, thankfully Kamuro didn't run into Amane.

The first two competitions were outrageous. Her mother opened the door to something even more outrageous. It was so outrageous that she had to kneel on the ground and walk on her knees, even though she had knee pads to ensure that her knees would not be injured.

However, the shameful act of crawling on one's knees for a kilometer deterred many people. The challenge of climbing stairs was even more outrageous, as the competition venue was actually the stairs of a dormitory building, and participants had to go around every floor.

Although the competition is not over yet, many people have already returned to their dormitories to rest. They are not that interested in the one-man showdown. If they were seen crawling up the stairs on their knees, it would definitely be a social disaster.