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

I have nightmares every night.

The dogeza competition is a contest to see who can perform the most dogezas of the highest quality within ten minutes.

It's a competition similar to the kowtowing contest, one that makes people turn away immediately after just one glance.

The clothes-swap running race is practically a death trap for idiots, because before the race, Kamuro got a large sum of money from Sakayanagi to buy all sorts of embarrassing and unbearable clothes, mainly featuring clothes with very little fabric. Both boys and girls can instantly imagine the scene of themselves dying of idiots when they see those bikinis.

This is a terrifying competition that even someone as shameless as Tianyin would probably hesitate to participate in.

Magic trick competitions are probably the most normal competitions in Kamuroku. The competition involves both sides preparing a prop on their bodies and having to take the prop out of their bodies without touching it.

It could be considered a fairly normal match, but... Kamuro wouldn't obediently participate in such an easy match with you. You see, in a one-on-one duel, both sides specify the content of the match. Kamuro was waving around a sign that said "kowtow match," as if she was afraid that others wouldn't know that she had specified a kowtow match.

They immediately began persuading those covetous members of Class D to leave.

Just as Kamuro was about to make his move, the match between Shibata and Ayanokouji had already begun on the other side of the field.

The competition Shibata designated was the 1,000-meter frog jump.

The two teams started the match after warming up.

Unlike Kanzaki, Shibata appeared quite serious during the competition. Ayanokouji observed him for a while and only decided to formally approach him after finding that Shibata's expression was perfectly normal.

"Has Ichinose regained leadership of Class D?"

Faced with Ayanokouji's sudden question, Shibata hesitated for a moment. His mission was to stall for time, not to win or lose the match. Since the other party wanted to chat, that suited his wishes perfectly.

"She has always been the leader, she has never changed, we have all been deceived by her."

Shibata gave a wry smile. This was a completely different person from the Shibata that Ayanokouji had met on the deserted island and the Shibata during the preferential treatment exam.

The Shibata of today is a far cry from the spirited and ambitious figure it once was.

He looked like a pathetic loser.

Ayanokouji could understand that this was Shibata's despondency after he went all in with all the classes when he thought he had a 100% chance of winning, only to be utterly defeated and cause Class D to plummet from Class B to the bottom.

Then... what does it mean to have a leader who has never changed, and to be deceived by her?

Chapter 438: Want to touch it? It's very soft.

"Liar? You were fooled by Ichinose?"

Ayanokouji's words made Shibata's face turn very ugly, and it took him a long time to recover.

"You really don't hold back when you speak. How should I put it... she deceived everyone from the very beginning. I know that saying such things without evidence sounds like a loser making excuses for their incompetence, but that's the truth. From the very beginning, Ichinose has firmly controlled Class B... and now she controls all of Class D's movements. Even Himeno is a pawn that Ichinose left by my side."

Shibata's words made Ayanokouji stop in his tracks. If all of this were true, then Ichinose would undoubtedly possess strategies and cunning surpassing Ryuen's. But... was that possible?

If anyone else had said this, Ayanokouji would have had reason to believe it. But when Shibata said it, it had no persuasive power whatsoever. Just as Shibata himself said, it sounded like the incompetent excuse of a loser.

People who fail often selectively exaggerate the strength of their opponents to cover up their own incompetence. Was Shibata such a person?

"Your words are hard to believe. Ichinose's control over Class D was far more than just that of a leader; she was more like a god within the class. I really can't think of any reason why Ichinose would abandon such a united class and risk internal collapse to set a trap for you."

After thinking about it for a moment, Ayanokouji concluded that Shibata's words were at most 30% credible.

After experiencing internal turmoil, power struggles, and a crushing defeat, Class D has completely lost its spirit and is nothing like the once-unbreakable and most united class. Not even a trace of its former self can be seen in the current Class D.

If one had to describe the Class D members in front of Ayanokouji, "rabble" would be the most fitting word.

If Ichinose wanted to eliminate dissidents, there was no need for her to overthrow the kingdom she had painstakingly built all at once.

Starting over is far more difficult than moving from Class B to Class A.

Ayanokouji believed that Ichinose would never do something so foolish.

"You're wrong. She wasn't targeting me. I was just a fish that took the bait. Believe it or not, I've already told you about Ichinose's strength. If you can't find a way to deal with her, you might be the next ones to fall into the abyss."

After Shibata finished speaking, he fell silent and began to focus on the game. Ayanokouji also stopped asking questions and began to speed up his pace.

Who is lying?

Ichinose? Shibata? Or perhaps...

What do you want to compete in?

Arm wrestling

"Quick victory"

After a brief exchange, Long Yuan extended his hand and won the match in just three seconds.

He then designated arm wrestling as the next event, and the winner was decided in an instant.

Then, the B-class students who challenged Ryuen readily chose to concede defeat.

Dragon Garden has completed a six-game winning streak.

Immediately, another person came to challenge Dragon Garden.

At this speed, Ryuen would win the race in half an hour at most, but right now, Amane, Koenji, and Ayanokouji are all tied up by Class C and Class D and have no spare strength to stop Ryuen.

Kamuro observed for a long time and finally concluded that she had no chance of defeating Ryuen unless Ryuen was too shameless and she could subdue him without a fight.

Kamuro felt he had no chance of winning, because Ryuen had achieved a six-game winning streak with just one arm-wrestling match so far.

No information was leaked to anyone else.

The man named Albert had been staring at her with hostility, and she might get hurt if she went up to him rashly.

Unable to find Sakayanagi's Kamuro, they headed towards Horikita. It was easy to see from the scene that Classes C and D had joined forces, and if they didn't do something soon, failure was almost inevitable.

"Hey, Horikita, aren't you going to do something about it?"

Kamuro's blunt question made Horikita frown.

"Do something? You mean..."

Seeing that Horikita was still pretending to be stupid, Kamuro was also a little angry. What did it matter to her whether Ryuen won or not? She just couldn't stand Ryuen winning by using such a despicable way of boosting scores. If she had to say what her concerns were, it was probably that she was afraid Ryuen would be transferred to Class A. She didn't want Class A to be dominated by this tyrant.

"What are you still pretending for at a time like this? Longyuan is about to win, isn't it? All of your B-class contestants are being tightly controlled by the D-class team. If you don't make a change, you'll just have to hand over that grand prize, won't you?"

Seeing that Kamuro wasn't there to test them, Horikita felt a little relieved. The situation was just as bad as Kamuro had said.

Horikita was more anxious than anyone else, but the key problem was that she couldn't find a solution.

That's right, she had absolutely no clue how to break the deadlock. Both Ryuen and Ichinose were playing according to the rules, so what could she do? The only thing she could probably do was try to get Amane to challenge Ryuen. Now that Ryuen had chosen to take the stage, defeating Ryuen once would disqualify her from the competition.

But Tianyin simply doesn't have time to resolve the Longyuan issue right now.

The event Tianyin designated was juggling a ball. At this moment, Tianyin was engrossed in watching the game and had no intention of finishing quickly.

Horikita was getting anxious watching this, and she urged Koenji on, but Koenji remained silent with a gloomy expression.

After losing two games in a row, the opponent had no intention of giving up. In the third game, they had bad luck and drew the swimming pool.

Koenji is strong in swimming, but the key issue is that swimming requires changing into swim trunks, and the competition venue is also in the swimming pool. Just getting to the swimming pool takes fifteen minutes, not to mention the time to change into swim trunks and return after the competition.

He was completely unaware of the current situation at the main venue, and Koenji began to have a bad feeling.

He had no way to solve the problem given Horikita's urging, and could only place his hopes on others.

As for Ayanokoji, he was still locked in a fierce battle with Shibata, and Horikita did not have high hopes for him.

With their main force tied up, Horikita, who hadn't participated in the duel, was at a loss. If Class B had focused on the duel, even though most of them were mediocre, they could have used their numerical advantage to help Amane and the others out of trouble. As long as Amane could reach Ryuen, she could stop him. If Amane could break through the most crucial link, victory would be practically guaranteed. But now...

Kamuro noticed Horikita's helplessness and sighed deeply.

"Sigh, I thought that someone as valued as Tianyin would have some way to solve this, but it seems you're nothing special. I guess I'll have to take a gamble."

After finishing his sentence, Kamuro walked gracefully towards Ryuen.

Horikita felt a mix of emotions as he watched Kamuro's retreating figure.

Even before the match started, Amane had warned Ichinose that she might be cooperating with someone, but she thought it was Nagumo's interference. Now it seems that her judgment was completely contrary to reality. If she had listened carefully to Amane's warning, she wouldn't be in such a passive position now. Looking at Ryuen, who had already achieved seven consecutive victories, Horikita tried hard to think of a way to break the deadlock.

Suddenly, as if she had just remembered something, Horikita ran towards the location where Horikita Manabu was.

The legitimacy of Ryuen's score-boosting can be denied by disregarding the rules, and right now, only Horikita Manabu, the student council president, can do this.

While Horikita Suzune was seeking help from Horikita Manabu, Kamuro arrived in front of Ryuen. Just as he was about to challenge Ryuen, Albert grabbed his shoulder and preemptively challenged Kamuro instead.

The challenger has the right to be chosen first, so the first round is the competition chosen by Kamuro: a kowtow competition.

Kamuro hoped to use such a match to make the opponent back down, but to everyone's surprise, Albert agreed immediately.

"Things have gotten complicated..."

Beads of sweat began to appear on Kamuro's forehead. She had originally planned this competition to discourage those who were afraid of making a fool of themselves, but she never expected to participate herself. Now things had become complicated.

Meanwhile, on the other side, Amane squatted on the grass watching Shiina clumsily juggle the ball.

The ball kept bobbing back and forth, and Tianyin's smile grew even brighter.

Shiina's frequent mistakes in her movements, which she noticed from Amane's gaze, were a feast for Amane's eyes, and in the end, Amane won again.

Originally, Shiina was supposed to have a third match with Amane, but Shiina refused to continue the third match with Amane no matter what.

Left with no other choice, Amane even gave up the initiative to Shiina, allowing Shiina to choose any event she wanted. However, Shiina, thinking about how her trump card, swimming, required changing swimsuits together in the locker room, refused to compete with Amane and simply chose to concede, leaving Amane feeling somewhat regretful.

After all, Shiina has a pretty good figure.

"Hiyori, are you really not going to compete with me again? I can let you win~"

"I don't want to compete with you, Tianyin. You're definitely still trying to take advantage of me."

"Huh? I'm a decent person, how could I possibly take advantage of you? I already said the sleeping contest was an accident, I didn't expect you to be so... no... so soft... Hey! Hiyori, don't go!"

Seeing Shiina cover her face and flee in panic, Amane scratched her cheek.

She felt she was being quite serious; in the second match, she honestly only watched and didn't actually touch anything. It's just that she was probably too engrossed in the game, which is why Shiina was afraid. She could only hope her next opponent would be...

Tianyin's face immediately fell.

Because her opponent is Ibuki.

"What's with that expression? Do you really not want to see me?"

Seeing that Amane treated Shiina and herself in completely opposite ways, Ibuki questioned her angrily.

"It's not that I don't want to see it, it mainly depends on the situation. For example, when you're not wearing... cough cough, I'd actually be happy to see you, but now... I think watching Hiyori juggle the ball is more interesting."

Tianyin sat cross-legged on the grass, looking dejected.

As the one being challenged, she had the right to choose her event first, but Amane was not interested at the moment and simply let Ibuki choose her event first.

Because Shiina left so quickly, she didn't have time to explain some things to Ibuki, so Ibuki immediately chose swimming, which was the easiest way to stall for time.

"I'm really good at swimming, so don't cry later..."

"I know, I know. Hey, Ibuki, did you bring a swimsuit? If not, I can lend it to you. I happen to have a really cool swimsuit here that no one's wearing, what a shame."

"Very refreshing? Hey! What are you trying to do?"

Ibuki looked at Amane, who was wiping her drool with the back of her hand, and realized that she might have chosen the wrong event.

No wonder Shiina didn't play the third game against Amane as promised.

But now that the competition events have been decided, it's too late to back out.

On the way to the swimming pool, Tenon saw Koenji rushing back in a hurry. It was clear that Koenji had realized what Ryuen was planning to do.

Unfortunately, even if Koenji manages to return now, he probably won't make it in time. Just as Amane arrived at the entrance of the swimming pool, Kanzaki walked towards her.

"I didn't expect your competition to be swimming too? Well then, you'd better do your best, Miyako-kun!"

Kanzaki said with a forced smile.

Amane rolled her eyes at Kanzaki. Did she think she couldn't see through his little schemes? She wanted to use the conversation to buy Ibuki some more time, but unfortunately, if Ichinose were here, Amane might be interested in chatting with him and even swimming together.

Kanzaki and Amane had absolutely no intention of chatting.

"I'm not in the mood to chat with you. If you want to waste time, Ibuki can keep me company. Go find somewhere cool to stay."

After saying that, Amane pushed Kanzaki aside and walked into the swimming pool.

Kanzaki looked at Ibuki in surprise, thinking that Ibuki had told Amane about the plan. If that was the case, then Ryuen might be in big trouble.

"Why are you looking at me like that? Do you think I'm the one who leaked the information?"

Ibuki glared at Kanzaki. Seeing Ibuki's expression, Kanzaki took two steps back to distance himself from Ibuki. He knew that this Ibuki was also a madman, so it was best not to provoke him.

"Regardless of whether the information was leaked or not, she now knows your purpose is to buy time. You'd better watch yourself."

After saying that, Kanzaki swaggered away from Ibuki, leaving Ibuki glaring at Kanzaki's back with gritted teeth.

It's not hard to imagine that once Amane realizes that Ibuki is stalling for time, she will definitely try to end the match as soon as possible. In the second game, Amane might resort to an extremely violent method to break the deadlock.