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

I began to learn how to disguise and act, so that even when facing a nasty boy who could beat up girls at will, I could still show a gentle smile.

When faced with introverted boys who harbor the idea of ​​'wanting to get closer to cute girls' and are ostracized by the other girls in the class, only I will offer them a gentleness they have never experienced before with a smile.

Did you know? There was a boy who cried all afternoon just because I granted his request and held his hand. I just sat there with him for the whole afternoon.

That boy was the top student in our class, no, I should say in the entire school.

In private, he's a pathetic guy who's never even held a girl's hand. Sigh, I guess only I would fulfill their wishes.

I admit I was acting, and I admit I was being cunning. I never said that my behavior was right.

I was only acting to satisfy my own sense of superiority.

When I was inexperienced at first, some people could tell I was acting at a glance, but they didn't expose me. Once, I couldn't help but tell her that I was actually faking it. She just nodded and said that she already knew. I asked her why she didn't expose me.

Hey, guess what she said?

She said, "So what if you're faking it? No one has ever praised me except you since I was little. Even if you're faking it, I'm still happy."

From that moment on, I realized my own value, and while satisfying my sense of superiority, I offered a little comfort to those pitiful people.

However, a small problem arose later, and I ruined everything. Then I came to Gaoyu to start over, but I never expected that this was the beginning of my nightmare.

Questions that leave you scratching your head, intrigue and traps everywhere, life-or-death situations, and people fighting in places I can't see.

Watching the flames burning on the deserted island, I felt as if I were in a dream.

Watching that lazy white-haired girl effortlessly manipulate everyone with a flick of her wrist, laughing with such arrogance and domineering confidence that no one dared to meet her gaze, I realized that I wasn't even a qualified pawn.

I live in an environment full of monsters, and every day is worse than death for me.

Because apart from what I consider my "advantages" that I have a killer feature, I am practically useless in this school. You might not believe it, but I have seen two people communicate with each other just by looking at each other.

It's really amazing.

Even though I was standing right next to Amane and Ayanokouji, they ignored me completely and exchanged glances directly.

My goodness.

Are they even human?

What's even more unbelievable is yet to come.

How many people do you think a girl can fight? I'm not kidding, but based on common sense, it's very difficult for an average girl to defeat a man with physical strength and power in a fight, right? Even a girl who has practiced relevant skills can at most defeat ten people, and that's the limit I can imagine.

But I realized I had underestimated the school.

I underestimated the person who used to be my friend, and I chose the wrong side by siding with that guy named Ichihashi. As a result, I was never able to have a place by her side, except for the girl named Miyako Amane.

If I could do it all over again, I would choose to support Tianyin without reservation.

Unfortunately, there's no going back in this world.

Watching a girl dominate the battlefield, I was so shocked my jaw almost dropped.

What is this?! Are they filming some mindless movie?!

Even in a movie, can the protagonist really be that powerful?

Watching the guy who was dominating the competition with Muay Thai just a second ago being utterly defeated the next second.

A few people, dozens, hundreds of people!!!

They surrounded and attacked her, raining blows upon her, but they could not defeat Tianyin.

Finally, Tianyin actually started a chase. The boys and girls who had ambushed Tianyin, terrified out of their wits, were all beaten unconscious by Tianyin, whether they ran away without looking back or knelt down and begged for mercy.

I witnessed with my own eyes how Tianyin, who is also a girl, tore off a huge clump of another girl's hair, then shoved that girl's face, which was far prettier than mine, into the mud and beat her until she was crying her eyes out and still ended up with disfigured skin.

The final attack by hundreds of people seemed like a joke, and Tianyin was left with only a few seemingly powerful opponents.

If I'm not mistaken, these people should all be those legendary martial arts geniuses, otherwise they wouldn't dare to challenge Tianyin after seeing him slaughtering everyone.

I initially thought things would get interesting, but to my surprise, everyone except Ayanokouji from my class got beaten up... in a truly horrible way. However, Ayanokouji managed to hold his own against Amane, which was beyond my expectations. I'll try to get to know Ayanokouji better in the future...

Before I could even react, Amane, who had been defeated, had turned the tide of the battle! Are you kidding me? Isn't this cheating? Even if Minamoto no Yoshitsune and Kiso Yoshinaka came back to life, could they really defeat the current Amane?

At that moment, I felt fear.

Because I wanted to eliminate a girl who had witnessed my shameful past, I chose to stand against Tianyin.

That person happened to be one of her very good friends.

So... am I finally going to challenge monsters again?

Will I become a dragon-slaying hero or a presumptuous ant?

I know, I know.

I knew from the beginning that only that thing could defeat them.

However, the price is—sacrificing all "trust".

Chapter Twenty-Seven: Only Twice a Month

"Good morning, Karuizawa-san... You don't look too well?"

Karuizawa, who had been lying on the table, sat up and rubbed his blurry eyes before he could see who was talking to him.

"It's Inogashira-kun, good morning... I had no choice, haha~ It's all Chabashira-sensei's fault! Why do we always get notified about exam changes so close to the date? I had almost finished reviewing, and then last night they suddenly sent a message saying today's exam will be in groups, and the passing score is 60!! I only needed 40 to pass last time, so I had to stay up all night studying, and now I'm so sleepy. I can only hope my partner can save me from this... Inogashira-kun, you don't look too good either."

Karuizawa pointed to Inoto, whose face was deathly pale.

Did Teacher Chazhu post a message in the group yesterday?

"Wow, as expected of Inogashira-kun! There are still twenty minutes left before the exam, good luck!"

Immediately after that, a pitiful sound was heard, and Inogashira hurriedly ran back to his seat and began to read the book.

Horikita frowned slightly as he watched many students in the classroom cramming for exams.

However, we can't entirely blame them, since Horikita used the same passing score as the previous semester's final exam when guiding the review.

But who knew that at 10 p.m. last night, Ms. Chazhu suddenly sent a message in the class group, saying that she had just received a notice that the midterm exam after the start of school tomorrow and the previous year's quiz have been combined, so the exam will be conducted in pairs. Since this exam is closely related to the final exam, she hopes that everyone in Class C will take it seriously, and so on.

Incidentally, it was also explained that there are two passing standards: one is that an individual's score in a single subject must not be lower than 60 points, and the other is that the average score of the team in a single subject must not be lower than 60 points.

This caused an uproar in the group chat, but Horikita was unable to see the message in time due to some special circumstances, and Hirata, who was used to going to bed early, also failed to notice the message. In the end, Horikita only realized how serious the situation was when she woke up.

Horikita glanced at the culprit that prevented her from receiving the message in time.

The white-haired girl, fast asleep on her desk, was completely unaware that she was being watched. She was still immersed in her sweet dream, a beautiful smile playing on her lips.

"Arisu... I really can't eat anymore."

Hearing this guy calling out other girls' names even in his sleep, Horikita couldn't stand it any longer and leaned close to Amane's ear.

"Get up!!!"

"I'm so full..."

Seeing that even at such close range, Tianyin had no reaction, Horikita felt a headache coming on and rubbed his temples.

It seems I have no choice but to use my ultimate move.

Horikita once again leaned close to Amane's ear, but unlike last time, her voice was much softer this time.

"Dinner's ready!"

Tianyin's ears twitched, and then she suddenly sat up.

"I think I heard a beautiful call, ouch, ouch, ouch!"

Tianyin's screams drew the attention of some people, but most of them only glanced at her briefly before turning back to their studies.

Even though they knew that no matter how much they crammed at the last minute, they couldn't instantly raise all their scores to 60, it was the only thing they could do right now.

"Rin, if you're this fierce so early in the morning, the bear might shrink!"

Amane muttered something under her breath, but Horikita glared at her and made her shut her mouth, turning her into a well-behaved person.

"Who do you think made me miss important information? From now on, I'll be more disciplined and controlling of you! Once a month at most."

"Damn it! I object!!"

"Objection overruled!!!"

"Why! This isn't fair! It's clearly Chabashira-sensei's fault, why should I bear the responsibility? And if I'm at fault, then Suzune, you should also bear half the responsibility! You were the one who requested overtime yesterday, and my back is still aching. It's much more tiring than when I did the One-Man Tournament, waaaaaah!"

Before Amane could finish speaking, Horikita covered her mouth.

"Are you crazy? There are so many people here, what nonsense are you spouting!"

"Waaaaah"

"I don't care, it's all your fault anyway. Of course, I'll also reflect on my own actions a little. Let's each compromise, twice a month, no more than that!"

"I object!"

"Objection overruled!"

"I……"

"It's settled then."

After Horikita finished speaking, he lightly flicked Amane's forehead, turned around and went back to his seat. Amane looked like she was about to cry but had no tears.

You bastard Hori... Chabashira Sae!

So what if I messed up the sports festival and got demoted from Class B to Class C?! And you actually launched a sneak attack! You have no sportsmanship at all!

Just as Amane was feeling sad about her wonderful life about to end, Chabashira Sae walked into the classroom.

After silently glancing at the spectacular scene of almost the entire class reading, Chashu first touched his forehead.

Then he left the classroom, and after repeatedly checking the door number, he walked into the classroom with a strange look on his face.

Chazhu didn't say a word, but just quietly watching the students who were still frantically memorizing their lessons made the atmosphere in the class heavy, giving people the feeling that the air itself was frozen.

Gradually, the sound of reciting began to fade away.

In the end, the class of thirty-five students, or thirty-six if you include Chazhu, was completely silent.

They looked at each other in silence.

"Did the sun rise in the west today? This is the first time I've seen such a spectacular display of studying since I took over this class. I should have taken a picture of you all looking like you were suffering while memorizing and posted it online. I'm sure it would have been a hit."

Even as the matter was about to unfold, Chazhu couldn't resist making sarcastic remarks about everyone.

"Tea Pillar Teacher, who do you think caused this situation?"

Horikita retorted angrily to Chabashira, saying that if Chabashira hadn't announced at the last minute that the passing standard had changed, everyone wouldn't have been working so hard to improve their grades.

If you hastily memorize new knowledge, you are likely to forget everything you reviewed in the previous month, and you will not learn the new knowledge well either. This could lead to an even more terrible situation where you lose the big picture while trying to gain the small things, and end up losing the big picture as well.

"Oh? Horikita-kun, are you blaming me? I was actually surprised by this unexpected situation too. After all, the midterm exams and the quizzes before the final exams used to be completely separate. Perhaps because the holiday was too long and there wasn't enough time, the school decided to combine the exams to solve the problem. This has nothing to do with me, since it was the school that made the change to the exam rules."

"No, Mr. Chabashira, you're really good at twisting the facts. I'm not talking about changing the exam content or the passing standard, but about the timing of your notification. You only informed us at 10 pm last night, which left us with absolutely no time to prepare. If this isn't handled properly, many people might be expelled because they fail."

Horikita's speech plunged the already heavy atmosphere into despair.

Even the usually optimistic Hirata fell silent this time.

When Hirata saw the message Chabashira sent yesterday morning, he angrily threw his phone onto the bed.

A score of 60 in a single subject might not be a problem for Class A or even Class D now, but for Class C, 60 is enough to stop a quarter or even a third of the students!

Because a score of 60 is required in every subject, many students who are weak in certain subjects are also anxious. It is normal for some students to score 80 or 90 in one subject but only 40 or 50 in other subjects.

If we could give them more time to review... there might still be a glimmer of hope, but right now... sigh.

Hirata let out a heavy sigh, and as everyone fell silent, his sigh became the last straw that broke the camels' backs.

The class instantly erupted into chaos as everyone started complaining to each other.

One by one, they rushed to tell Chabashira about the unfair treatment they had received. Yukimura even directly accused Chabashira of the same thing during the last middle school entrance exam, always failing at crucial moments and not fulfilling any of his responsibilities as a teacher.

Only Amane, Horikita, Hirata, Kushida, Ayanokoji, Koenji, and Matsushita remained silent.

Even Wang Meiyu, who had excellent grades, was thrown into chaos because her score in one subject was hovering around the passing mark. If she underperformed, she would be forced to drop out of school even if she got 100 in all her other subjects. The thought of the terrible consequences made Wang Meiyu complain.

"Why couldn't you have notified us in advance about this? Even if you had just notified us two or three days earlier... no, even just one day would have been fine, so we could have had some time to prepare. What are we supposed to do if you only tell us at the last minute?"

Even Wang Meiyu, known for her good temper and shyness, criticized Chazhu in this way, which shows that Chazhu's actions in Class C have aroused public anger.

What's strange is that, faced with everyone's accusations and criticisms, Chabashira's expression was full of sarcasm.

If I had to describe it, it would be like looking at a monkey that's been provoked and is now jumping around wildly.