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

The students, noticing Chazhu's gaze, gradually quieted down until the entire class returned to calm.

"Hmph, why are you all quiet now? Weren't you all so furious just a moment ago, looking like you wanted to tear me apart? How come you're all acting like good little kids now?"

Teacher Chazhu walked down from the podium with her arms crossed.

His gaze swept across the faces of those who dared not speak out against their anger.

Until... Chabashira-sensei stopped in front of Amane. Amane's gaze was the clearest she had ever seen. When she looked into Amane's eyes, apart from seeing her own reflection, she could not read any emotion from them, just like a clear and tranquil blue pool.

Chabashira-sensei wanted to continue watching, but after noticing that Amane was starting to read her emotions, Chabashira-sensei quickened her pace and left Amane's side.

Ms. Chabashira started walking and circled around the back of the classroom, making it look like she was going to complete a full circle.

When Mr. Chabashira returned to the podium, his expression turned into a smile.

"I'm somewhat pleased, it proves my judgment was correct; you're a bunch of defective products."

As soon as she finished speaking, countless eyes fell on Teacher Chabashira.

"What? You disagree with my assessment?"

“Even you, Mr. Chabashira, shouldn’t evaluate us like that. We’ve put in so much effort over the past six months; we’ve even moved from Class D to Class B…”

"But now you've fallen to Class C, haven't you? Hirata, I admit you've worked very hard and exceeded my expectations, but can you tell me whether your achievements along the way were due to someone supporting the class or all of you working hard?"

"Of course, it's everyone..."

Hirata was about to answer without thinking when Chabashira made a shushing gesture.

"If participating in odd jobs counts as hard work, then there's no one in the world who doesn't work hard. Anyone can do the job of just participating, right? If you think I'm wrong, then let me ask everyone here: your dissatisfaction with me just now stemmed from the fact that I informed you yesterday that the passing score had changed, right?"

Chabashira's gaze shifted from Shibata to Horikita.

As the leader of Class C, Horikita Suzune must step forward to answer Chabashira-sensei's questions on behalf of the entire class.

"certainly"

"Hahahaha, you guys are so stupid it's laughable. I'm sorry, I'm laughing so hard I'm crying. Horikita-kun, just how thick-skinned do you have to be to confidently answer 'of course' like it's a given? You say I didn't notify you in advance, so here's the question: what have you been doing for the past month? Didn't I tell you before your vacation that the high school entrance exam after the holiday was a very important exam?! Answer me, Horikita Suzune!"

Teacher Chabashira leaned forward slightly, supporting himself on the lectern with both hands, and questioned her with a face full of anger.

"You...you did say those things...but..."

"But I didn't say that 60 was the passing score, right? Did you really listen to me when I said the exam was very important? As students, are you going to study for such an important exam with a passing score of less than 60? No way, no way? Are there really such idiots? Horikita-kun, if you were the teacher standing in my position and heard the students below complaining and even personally attacking you because the passing score is 60, how would you feel?"

Horikita bit her lip, unable to answer a single word.

Hirata, standing to the side, also lowered his head in shame.

The fact that the two seemingly the best students in the class were both completely silent speaks volumes.

"So, what exactly did you spend a month studying that made you think you couldn't even get a measly 60 points? And you still have the nerve to say 'of course' you tried? You guys are truly disappointing."

Chapter Twenty-Eight: Would you dare to dance in women's clothing?

disappointment.

For a teacher to express disappointment to students, and specifically to an entire class, it shows just how badly Class C had become.

Faced with such a somber evaluation, one could almost hear sobs in the classroom. It was likely that no one had ever uttered the word "disappointment" to the group of people present before.

Just as the class was teetering on the brink of collapse again, someone raised their arm high.

"Yukimura-kun, it's class time now. If you need to go to the restroom, please wait until after class."

I have something to say.

Yukimura stood up, took off his glasses, and then took out a cleaning cloth from his pocket and began to carefully wipe them.

Just as Chabashira was about to ask him when he was going to speak, Yukimura cleverly seized the moment Chabashira opened her mouth and interrupted her.

"Since you're disappointed, why don't you take this opportunity to weed out the useless people?"

Yukimura's statement was immediately opposed by Hirata.

"Yukimura-kun! When faced with difficulties, we should choose to work together instead of thinking about how to abandon our companions all day long."

"Hirata, stop lecturing me with that self-righteous tone. You keep saying things like 'Don't abandon your comrades,' but did we get to where we are today precisely because we abandoned Sudo and those guys? Weren't you involved in what happened back then? Now you're spouting some grand philosophy to me? It's really absurd."

"you--"

Hirata glared at Yukimura with wide eyes, but he was speechless at Yukimura's words. After all, they had indeed been promoted to Class B after abandoning their so-called comrades.

It would be virtually impossible to get Hirata to accept the idea that 'abandoning his comrades would allow him to advance to the next rank'.

Horikita prefers to believe that everyone can get a perfect score and resolve the controversy and conflict perfectly, and doesn't believe that Hirata would choose to abandon his companions to move up to some A class.

"Oh? I didn't expect you to be so ruthless, Yukimura-kun. But this is your business, and you can decide how to do it. I won't get involved."

Teacher Chabashira sneered and stepped aside, quietly waiting for Yukimura's next speech. Since Yukimura dared to make such a suggestion, he must have a follow-up plan. Otherwise, simply proposing to abandon his classmates would undoubtedly be attacked or even ostracized by the other students in the class.

She wanted to know how Yukimura planned to convince others of his proposal.

"First, let me state my position. This exam is not difficult for me at all. The passing score of 60 is meaningless to me. As long as I have a partner of average ability, I should be able to pass this exam easily. Those who fail will naturally be expelled. You need to understand, it's not me who is telling you to be expelled, it's you who are telling you to be expelled. The way to not want to be expelled is very simple, just get 60 points, right? Do you have any other options?"

Yukimura's candid remarks forced some people who wanted to lash out to suppress their anger.

Yukimura is right. Whether or not someone is expelled is not his decision. It is the school's rule that anyone who does not score 60 points will be expelled.

At the same time, Yukimura also offered a solution: get a score of 60.

In summary, it was as if nothing was said, but simply repeating the facts had already touched a nerve with some people.

"This is easy for you, right? For us, getting over 60 in all subjects is a very difficult thing."

Karuizawa complained, clearly dissatisfied.

"Karuizawa-kun, as I just said, it's useless for you to criticize me. I didn't set the rules for expulsion. If you can't get a score of 60, then expulsion is your only option, isn't it? I just compiled the information and shared it with everyone here. Why are you all angry? What did I say wrong?"

Karuizawa was rendered speechless by Yukimura's rebuttal. To put it bluntly, Yukimura's proposal was based on the rules, and the rules were inflexible. No matter how much you argued, if you didn't get 60 points, you would be expelled.

"In short... I still think Yukimura-kun, you're being far too cold and heartless. We've all spent so much time together, yet you're talking about dropping out so casually..."

"Karuizawa-kun, you should give up trying to appeal to my emotions. What good will it do even if you convince me? Does that mean you can get a 60 on the test and avoid being expelled? Instead of arguing about whether I'm cold-hearted or not, you might as well read some history books or memorize some vocabulary words. Maybe you'll get lucky and stay on the school campus?"

"Yukimura Teruhiko, you—"

"Don't mention that name to me!!!"

Yukimura suddenly roared at Karuizawa.

Caught off guard, Karuizawa was so startled that tears welled up in her eyes.

"Yukimura-kun, please watch your attitude."

Hirata immediately began to remind Yukimura.

After putting on his glasses, Yukimura took a few deep breaths before his ferocious expression returned to calm.

"I apologize for my poor attitude just now. However, everything I said was the truth, and although it was harsh, it was not an exaggeration. What you do is entirely your business and has nothing to do with me. I just hope that those who have the ability to save dropouts will think carefully before paying the price and decide whether they really want to save those poor souls."

Yukimura's voice became somewhat low, as if he was recalling something he didn't want to remember.

Amane slightly raised her head and looked in Yukimura's direction.

Why do you feel sorry for those people?

As soon as Amane spoke, everyone stopped whispering. Even Karuizawa, who had just been choking back tears, lowered his hand and looked up at Amane.

When Yukimura saw Amane asking him a question, even though he was prepared, his teeth were still chattering and his thoughts were starting to become blurry. Just by looking at her, he could feel the low pressure emanating from her.

A person's name is like a tree's shadow; what's more, he had personally witnessed this girl, who had always been at the top of the school, gradually elevate a worthless class to a height that did not belong to it.

"Inogashira-kun, can I ask you a question?"

To ease the tension, Yukimura chose to change the subject to buy himself some time to recover.

"Oh? Of course, I can answer any question as long as it's not too outrageous."

Inokashira looked at Yukimura with a slightly flushed face.

"Then I'll be rude. May I ask, Inogashira-kun, do you like studying?"

Yukimura's single sentence made Inokashira blush deeply.

She never expected Yukimura to ask such a question.

Now that Teacher Chabashira is listening, how should she respond?

Noticing Inokashira glancing at her, Chabashira-sensei immediately walked towards the classroom door, indicating that she didn't need to pay attention to Inokashira's presence.

Inokashira felt a little relieved after seeing Chabashira-sensei leave the classroom.

"Studying is a difficult thing for me, so I don't really like studying."

"But if you don't study, you'll be expelled. And in order to avoid being expelled, you'll be forced to study. If the price for not being expelled is studying day and night, can you accept that?"

Yukimura's questions were interconnected, and Inokashira followed his train of thought to the final stage.

Inokashira nodded first, then shook his head, a behavior that puzzled Yukimura.

Seeing Yukimura's puzzled look, Inokashira quickly explained in a low voice.

"Emotionally speaking, if I could avoid expulsion as long as I studied, I would definitely choose to study. But realistically, I feel I can't accept the pressure of being forced to study and the fear of expulsion if I don't study."

Yukimura nodded in satisfaction at Inokashira's answer.

"So, you can't accept that arrangement and it even causes you pain, right?"

"Yeah, that's about it."

The exchange between Yukimura and Inokashira left everyone pondering. They knew that Yukimura wouldn't have gone to Inokashira to ask him random questions without reason; there must be some hidden information in those words.

"Amane... Miyako-kun..."

"It's fine to call me Tianyin. A name is just a label. If you dwell on the past and can't see the future, you'll be stuck in that name forever, forever being called that for the rest of your life."

Tenon's pointed remark made Yukimura frown.

His gaze toward Tenon was tinged with fear. He was certain that Tenon knew something about his past, but the most important thing right now was to answer Tenon's question, so Yukimura could only pretend to be calm and continue the conversation.

However, because his acting was so bad, even Kushida shook her head. In her eyes, Yukimura was someone who wore his heart on his sleeve.

He belongs to the type that is easiest to guess. This kind of person could not possibly defeat Amane. Kushida gave up his newly emerging idea of ​​winning over Yukimura.

"Then I'll call you Tianyin. As you can see, studying is a complete torture for those of them who don't do well in school. They want to study so they won't be expelled, but the pressure and pain will gradually drive them to despair. It might be better for them to drop out than to continue like this; that would be a relief for them."

"Yukimura-kun, that's not what I meant... I, I..."

Inogashira was anxiously trying to say something.

But all he got in return was Yukimura's indifferent gaze.

"But even though you try very hard, your grades are still not ideal, right? You might pass this time, but what about next time? And the time after that? Sixty points is considered passing this time, but what if a large number of poor students drop out and the average score rises to seventy or even higher? It's just a matter of time. The later you drop out, the more painful it will be, won't it?"

"I……"

Inokashira was rendered speechless by Yukimura's logical explanation.

Perhaps the truth is as Yukimura said: she can't escape her fate forever. Maybe dropping out of school now would be better?

"That's well said, but unfortunately your vision is too short-sighted."

"What? My vision is short-sighted? What brilliant ideas do you have, Tianyin?"

Yukimura looked at Amane with displeasure.

Tianyin merely smiled slightly.

"No one will drop out this time."

"I advise you not to be so sure. How many people can your points save? I don't believe there won't be at least three or five dropping out this time."

Yukimura's words were not entirely unfounded.

Inogashi is currently ranked last in the class, and he didn't score higher than 50 in any subject in the final exams last semester.

There were four or five students who were on par with her, and many more whose scores hovered around 60 or 70. If they performed poorly in any subject, they would be expelled.

He refused to believe that no one would drop out of school this time.

"Let's make a bet."

"What are you gambling?"

"Let me think about it... If I lose, how about I move you up to Class A right now? I knew you wanted to be in Class A, didn't I?"

Tianyin's bet made the whole class gasp.