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

For a moment, Amane didn't know how to describe Ayanokouji's expression.

Happy birthday! Hey? Are you constipated?

"You're a girl, you shouldn't say things like that so casually."

"Haha, there's no one else around anyway, and besides, I'm probably the only one who would celebrate your birthday, right? You're such a virgin..."

Tianyin's gaze pierced through the crack and she vaguely saw a pair of women's shoes in the shoe cabinet. Tianyin's words came to an unexpected halt.

Ayanokouji, who had been observing Amane's expression, immediately noticed this. Just as he was about to explain, he saw Amane give him a thumbs up.

"You're really something! I never thought someone like you could come to your senses~ Happy birthday, wishing you a long and happy marriage! May you have a baby soon~ Remember to use protection, I won't bother you anymore, hehe."

After speaking, Amane gave Ayanokouji a "take down" gesture.

For Ayanokouji, being noticed by a girl is probably quite a rare thing...

Tianyin was also quite curious about who the person inside the house could be.

"By the way..."

Tianyin ran to the stairwell and then turned back.

Ayanokouji stared at Amane in astonishment.

"Is there anything else?"

"I'll remember you this time, Ayanokoji Kiyotaka."

"It's truly my honor."

After watching Amane leave, Ayanokouji carried the cake into the room.

The girls who had been waiting impatiently inside immediately asked Ayanokouji a question when they saw him return.

"I didn't expect you, Kiyotaka, to be so close to Miyako."

"Be good..."

Ayanokouji thought for a long time, but couldn't think of any way that fit the description of them being "close friends".

"Just ordinary friends... It's hard to say whether they're even friends, because Amane only makes friends with girls. Sato-kun, you seem to have some kind of problem with Amane?"

Ayanokouji caught a fleeting look of displeasure on Sato Maya's face.

"No way~ It's just that Kiyotaka calls Sato-san but Amane, so of course I'm a little unhappy. You can call her Maya too, since we've already started dating, haven't we?"

"Yes, we've started dating...Maya."

Chapter Twenty-Two: Latest Class Points Announced

November 1st.

There are still two weeks left until the end of the holiday.

But today is a special day for all classes.

So everyone put on their school uniforms and went to the notice board in the teaching building to check the latest announcements.

The latest notice is divided into two parts. One part is that after the holiday, Kiriyama Ikuha from Class 2B will replace Horikita Manabu from Class 3A, who has served for two years, as the new student council president.

The vice president is Sakayanagi Arisu from Class 1-A, who also serves as the student council secretary. In addition, Katsuragi Kohei from Class 1-A serves as the head of the student council's disciplinary committee.

This bombshell news sent the students of Class 1A into a frenzy of celebration.

It's obvious to anyone with eyes that the student council has almost completely fallen into the control of Class A of the first year.

However, Kiriyama Ikuha was no ordinary person. He appointed Mizowa and Tonogawa from Class 2-A, who had been suppressed by Nagumo Masashi, as the sports committee member and the publicity committee member, respectively, thus firmly grasping the power of school events and publicity. At the same time, he also recruited Asahina Nagisa, who had a good relationship with Nagumo Masashi, into the student council and made her an executive committee member to supervise all departments of the student council.

Originally, Sakayanagi intended to try to stop Kiriyama from placing such a large number of people in the student council, but later Kiriyama took out the student council officer files and Sakayanagi discovered that these three were originally members of the student council, but had gradually become marginalized due to some conflicts with Nagumo. Although they were not invited to the meeting, they were not dismissed.

Sakayanagi had no choice but to accept Kiriyama's arrangement.

However, Kiriyama was not satisfied with this. Using the excuse that the student council had been inefficient in the past six months, had repeatedly failed to supervise properly, had condoned violence, and had made inappropriate arrangements for special exams that affected the student council's reputation, he dismissed all the third-year student council members who were still in office. Even some second-year students who had followed Nanono Masa for a long time could not escape this fate.

At the same time, student council recruitment notices were sent to Kikyo Kushida of Class B, Hiyori Shiina of Class C, and Honami Ichinose of Class D.

Of the three, only Shiina Hiyori declined the invitation, leaving Kiriyama with no choice but to recruit Kaneda Satoru from Class C of the first year to join the student council.

In this way, the student council, with its fresh blood, could firmly establish itself, and at the same time, it could use the complex relationships among the first-year classes to supervise and restrict Sakayanagi Arisu's power. In Kiriyama's view, it was a killer move that killed many birds with one stone.

Of the three, only Ichinose Honami had experience working in the student council, so she was reinstated as a service committee member. The other two were new members of the student council and were learning how to work and gaining experience.

This matter is undoubtedly the most important thing right now for the entire grade and even the entire school.

If the first thing was somewhat good news for all classes, then the second thing was undoubtedly a nightmare for all classes.

The class scores for first grade in November were posted on the bulletin board.

Grade 1 Class A (Gecheng Class): 695 points.

Grade 1 Class B (Longyuan Class): 399 points.

Grade 1 Class C (Horikita Class): 356 points.

First year, Class D (Ichinose Class): 0:00.

At first glance, Class D of the first year seems to be the most pitiful class with its bare zero, but in fact, Class D is the undisputed winner of the entire sports festival competition.

After all the class one-man showdown results were canceled, the changes in class points depended entirely on the official sports festival matches. Because Ichinose had called up the entire class to participate in the one-man showdown, the Red Team, composed of classes A and D from the whole school, suffered a crushing defeat. Regardless of whether class D was good at sports, as long as they participated, they would definitely earn some points. However, Ichinose's decisiveness made the Red Team's total points much lower than the White Team, composed of classes B and C.

Therefore, the Red Team lost, and then the worst thing happened. Class A of the first year, which was led by Katsuragi Kohei, chose to give up the one-man show and participate in the sports festival competition. As a result, because the physical fitness of the top students in Class A was terrible, they only ranked third in the grade, only higher than Class D of the first year with zero points.

In other words, regardless of whether the Red Team or the White Team wins the Sports Festival, Katsuragi Kohei's Class A will have 50 class points deducted. Coincidentally, because of Ichinose, a chain reaction was triggered, and the Red Team suffered a crushing defeat, so all Red Team classes will have 100 class points deducted. With these 50 points, the total is 150 class points.

This infuriated Katsuragi Kohei, but fortunately, Class A was well-off, and the mere 150 class points could be earned back sooner or later through the academic ability test and the special exam that favored academic ability.

But to his surprise, the one-man duel tournament, which he had never planned to participate in, suddenly exploded!

The fact that all classes would have 500 class points deducted caused Katsuragi Kohei's blood pressure to spike.

This is equivalent to Class A giving it their all in the sports festival, only to have 650 class points deducted, almost half of Class A's current points. Although Class A is a large and powerful team, they would still be firmly in first place even after the points were deducted, but for Katsuragi Kohei, this is probably the most painful defeat of his life so far.

Upon seeing the results, Katsuragi Kohei had a verbal altercation with Class 1-D, which eventually escalated into all the classes in the Red Group gathering to condemn Ichinose Honami.

However, Ichinose Honami directly performed a dogeza (a traditional Chinese kowtow) and kowtowed to everyone in front of everyone. This move immediately vented Katsuragi Kohei's anger, and he turned and left with a livid face. When the other classes saw Ichinose's behavior, they didn't dare to say anything more, for fear of being blamed for forcing a first-year student to kneel down and apologize, and for confirming the crime of bullying. They immediately scattered like birds and beasts.

Class D of Grade 1 narrowly escaped this ordeal.

However, in Tianyin's opinion, Katsuragi Kohei was indeed extremely unlucky. She had thought that by using the safest tactics, even if she lost, she would only lose by a little over a hundred points. But who knew that the one-on-one duel would turn into a chaotic melee, which pushed Katsuragi Kohei into the abyss.

It will probably not be long before Sakayanagi Arisu completes the integration of Class A. At that time, will Horikita be able to deal with Sakayanagi, who has an entire Class A standing behind him?

Tianyin drew a question mark in her heart.

If Class D is the biggest winner, then Class A is the most tragic loser, and Class C, where Tianyin is, is probably the most unwilling to accept defeat.

Whether it was the sports festival or the one-man showdown, Horikita Suzune believed that she had brought out the best in her talents. In reality, if we only talk about winning and losing, it was her class that won the most victories.

However, because their overall physical fitness was slightly worse than that of the Longyuan class in the team competition, they finished second by a narrow margin of fifteen points.

There was neither punishment nor reward for the second place team, but fortunately, the victory of the White Team earned Horikita a valuable 100 class points.

Although Ryuen cheated and finished the race first to win the grand prize, Ayanokouji, Koenji, and Amane all defeated their opponents. Apart from not winning the grand prize, their total class points were actually higher than Ryuen's.

As a result, the solo attempt caused a major upheaval, and not only was the result invalidated, but 500 points were also deducted.

The reason why Ryuen was able to become Class B this time was mainly because, as a member of the White Group, Ryuen not only received a 100-point bonus, but also a 50-point class point reward for being the first in the grade.

That's how Longyuan managed to surpass his class by sheer luck.

Seeing that Class B, which had only been ranked for a little over a month, had fallen to Class C, many class members were somewhat discouraged.

Even without considering rankings, the number of personal points each person can obtain has been reduced from over 70,000 to over 30,000, which has caused some people to feel unbalanced.

Ryuen was arguably the second biggest beneficiary among the first-year students at the entire Sports Festival.

After reading the two announcements, everyone left the school building with mixed feelings. There were still two weeks left of the holiday, and all classes had to use this time to quickly digest the negative impact of the sports festival.

Otherwise, the holiday will end with a quiz, followed by the final exam. If the students in the class are not academically strong, they may underperform due to the setbacks of the sports festival, which could lead to the whole class becoming discouraged.

Sakayanagi Arisu's smile has never faded since the class scores were announced. The sports festival, which Katsuragi Kohei had hoped would turn things around, turned out to be the last straw that broke the camel's back.

"Masumi-kun, is everyone here? The show is about to begin!"

Kamuro looked around to confirm the number of people before answering.

"Aside from a few cowardly neutrals and that kid who's still recovering from his injuries, everyone else is here. What do we do next? The school's control over violence right now..."

Although Kamuro only said half of what she meant, she was confident that Sakayanagi would understand her meaning.

Do you all think I would resort to violence to solve problems?

Sakayanagi, leaning on his cane and supported by Kamuro, slowly walked past the assembled Class A members.

Sakayanagi Arisu took in all those hesitant expressions.

She knew, of course, why these people thought that she, Sakayanagi Arisu, was going to seize power through violence.

Because Katsuragi Kohei chose to desert this time, according to the previous agreement, Sakayanagi entrusted all her strength to him, and what Katsuragi Kohei needed to do was to lead Class A to at least get second place in the grade in the sports festival.

However, instead of gaining any points, the entire Class A's points were almost halved.

Despite such a crushing defeat, Katsuragi Yasuhira was unwilling to take responsibility and voluntarily resigned from his position as class leader. While some die-hards like Totsuka were trying to defend Katsuragi, they were also trying to smear Sakayanagi, accusing him of letting Kito fight a one-man show, which led to the entire school losing points.

Seeing that Katsuragi refused to hand over power, why did Sakayanagi gather almost all of his faction members here?

The most likely scenario is that they will resort to violence or coercion to create a scene, ultimately forcing Katsuragi Kohei to relinquish his position as class leader.

Otherwise, why would Sakayanagi have called them all over?

However, the timing is not good right now. Gao Yu, who is known for his violent incidents, is determined to crack down on violence and school bullying.

Therefore, the Sakayanagi students who came to the gathering were somewhat hesitant. In any case, they were already students of Class A and had all the guarantees promised by the school after graduation. As long as they made sure their rankings didn't drop, it didn't matter who led them. In the eyes of these Class A students, it didn't matter. There were quite a few people in Class A who thought this way, so many of them did not want to take the risk.

"If you try to desert now, I'll give you that chance."

"Sakayanagi..."

"Masumi-san, please open the door. Anyone who doesn't want to stand with me can leave now."

After finishing speaking, Sakayanagi turned away, refusing to look at the crowd who were still hesitant when faced with the situation.

"What are we still hesitating about at this point? It's already a blessing that we didn't drop to Class B this time. If we continue to sit idly by and let that incompetent guy Katsuragi lead the class, we'll probably fall into Class B before we even make it to the second year. Right now, while we're still in Class A, we need to get rid of this internal cancer as soon as possible, otherwise... our first-year Class A will only become the biggest laughing stock among all the Class A classes in the whole school!"

"And you will lose all the preferential treatment the school promised. Doesn't that mean you've all lost the point of coming here? If you have to study hard and compete here to get into a good university and find a good job, then what's the difference between us studying in a regular high school? Why did we leave our parents to come here, and why should we be worried about taking some bullshit special exams here?"

It has to be said that Hashimoto's words resonated with everyone.

Hashimoto gave someone in the crowd a look.

Two girls who looked very similar stepped forward at the same time.

"I think Hashimoto-kun is right. If it weren't for the school's promise, we wouldn't need to study here at all. Katsuragi-kun has proven through multiple special exams that he's not capable of leading the class through difficulties! If it weren't for Sakayanagi-kun supporting the class, we might have already fallen to Class B or even Class C. Besides, we made an agreement with Katsuragi Kohei from the beginning: if he couldn't get second place in the grade at the sports festival, he would voluntarily give up his position as class leader. But he's been hiding like a coward, afraid to meet us, trying to break the agreement. So, whether from a realistic or moral point of view, we're in the right! Today is the day to make Katsuragi pay the price for his actions!"

Fukuyama Shisho and Fukuyama Shinobu's rallying cry had a much better effect than Hashimoto's. Rinaka, the most popular boy in the class, was the first to stand up and support Sakayanagi, followed by Motohi and Tsukaji, the well-rounded and strong girls in the class, who also stood up to support Sakayanagi.

In the end, even Morishita, who always considered himself an observer, expressed his support.

The time has come.

The advantage lies with me.

Sakayanagi Arisu opened her eyes, turned around with a smile to look at the indignant Class A members.

"Thank you all for your support. Let's go and settle things with Katsuragi-kun together."

Chapter Twenty-Three: The Victor Takes All

A massive crowd poured out of the teaching building. The students who recognized the group as being from Class A of the first year stopped in their tracks to watch the spectacular scene. As the leader of this group, Arisu Sakayanagi walked very slowly due to her leg injury, but every step she took was firm, and her face was filled with confidence.

Seeing Sakayanagi's state, anyone who knows anything about Class A knows that Class A is about to change. It's a foregone conclusion that Sakayanagi will seize power. The next point of focus is how Sakayanagi will take power and how he plans to deal with Katsuragi.

"Ryuen, should we go check it out? It seems Kito, who's always with Sakayanagi, isn't there."

Ishizaki asked Ryuen, who looked somewhat serious.

Normally, Ryuen would immediately follow behind Sakayanagi to witness this battle for the leadership of Class A, and at the same time, prepare to win over the loser.

However, this time Longyuan hesitated.

"I'd like to go with them, but there's a roadblock in our way. Ishizaki, can you help me get rid of it?"

Ryuen was referring to the fact that after Sakayanagi and his group left the teaching building, Amane, who was eating a sandwich and drinking milk, stood at the entrance of the teaching building.

The crowd, who had originally intended to join in the fun, gasped at the sight of Amane and dared not move an inch, let alone follow Sakayanagi.

Tianyin calmly looked at the large group of people watching her eat breakfast.