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

Even Koenji sat up straight, his fingers digging deeply into his arms.

Yukimura tried to speak several times, but in the end, he couldn't utter a single word and just shook his head helplessly.

"I don't have a corresponding bet."

Yukimura only had tens of thousands of points in total, and he couldn't possibly come up with a bet of 20 million points that could be compared to Amane's.

"Then let's try something else. How about you dress up as a girl and dance on the stage, Yukimura-kun?"

"Huh?"

Tianyin's suggestion surprised everyone.

"Tianyin, no matter how you look at it, your demands are a bit too much..."

Horikita didn't know how to comment. Such a request might be considered somewhat insulting by Yukimura. Just as Horikita was about to remind Amane to change the stakes.

Yukimura readily agreed.

"Yukimura-kun, are you really sure? There's no need to force yourself. Amane-kun is actually very easy to talk to. If you feel that asking is difficult, I can talk to Amane-kun on your behalf."

Hirata assumed that Yukimura had agreed to Amane's proposal out of spite, so he quickly offered Yukimura a way out.

After all, Amane's request was indeed a bit excessive, so it wouldn't be a big deal if Yukimura refused.

"Thank you for your kindness, Hirata, but I've decided to accept. I have my reasons. Purely from a value perspective, if I lose, it's just a matter of dancing and losing face. But if I win, it's equivalent to gaining 20 million points for free, and the win rate is as high as 50%. Even a special exam wouldn't have such a high reward and such a fair win rate."

Yukimura's words made some sense; as long as Yukimura could accept Amane's wager, there was nothing to hesitate about.

"Furthermore, why do you all think I'll lose? Is it just because she's Miyako Amane? I've tutored many students, and in our Class C, at least six students are guaranteed to fail, and another thirteen are hovering around the passing mark. Only a handful of us consistently pass all subjects. Hirata, do you really believe that none of them will drop out? If she had lowered the numbers by a few, I would have agreed with her assessment, but everyone heard it—none of them will drop out. I don't believe Amane can do something so incredible; it's practically a miracle to me."

"Besides, even if we lose, isn't it a good thing that no one drops out of school? The price of dancing is enough to witness a miracle; I think it's worth it."

Chapter Twenty-Nine: Partnering with Airi

Since Yukimura was willing to take the gamble, Hirata had no choice but to nod. However, Yukimura's words were perfectly correct in terms of logic, facts, and other factors.

Even if the person he was betting against wasn't Amane, Hirata would have supported Yukimura without hesitation.

But since Yukimura's opponent is Amane, we need to think about why Amane is so confident that everyone will pass the exam.

Only after the argument in the class had completely subsided did Ms. Chazhu return to the classroom; she had heard everything about the bet.

She already knew the outcome before the exam even started, and couldn't help but sigh.

"It seems you've accepted reality. In that case, I'll go over the details of the exam with you again. Please pay close attention, because misunderstanding any part could really lead to expulsion."

The teacher, Chabashira, made it sound so serious that the whole class perked up and prepared to accept the challenge.

Seeing Class C's united spirit, Mr. Chabashira couldn't help but nod in approval.

Amane is the pillar of this class. While others are still trying to reason with her, Amane has already convinced everyone. This is because Amane has never failed, and none of her opponents—Katsura, Ichinose, Ryuen, Horikita Manabu, and Nagumo—are ordinary.

In the end, apart from Tianyin, everyone else had to resort to tricks and opportunism to get a sip of soup from Tianyin's bowl.

Of course, one is only qualified to drink this soup if Tianyin gives her tacit approval.

As long as Tianyin says that no one will be expelled, even if they have no idea why they won't be expelled, they will still choose to believe Tianyin.

When have you ever seen Tianyin suffer a loss outside of the bedroom?

If you can't figure it out, just follow Tianyin. That's the absolute influence Tianyin brings. It's probably not just limited to Class C. No matter what decisions Tianyin makes in other classes, there will likely be a considerable number of fanatics who will choose to follow her.

The people here have long since turned their admiration for the strong into a distorted, fanatical belief.

This cannot be achieved simply through intelligence or violence.

"First of all, this exam is called Paper Shuffle, so it's a special exam."

The moment Chabashira-sensei opened his mouth, the expressions of the people below turned ugly. If it were just about tests and midterms, no one would think much of it, but when Chabashira-sensei said it was a special test, everyone subconsciously felt uneasy.

"Having realized how difficult this exam is, I need to say some important things about it. From now on, you will be paired up to face this midterm and final exams. If either of you scores below the passing grade, both of you will be expelled. By the way, since the school was founded, there has never been a time when no one has been expelled from this exam. Every year, several pairs of students are expelled without exception. If you don't believe me, you can ask the older students after the exam to see if I'm just scaring you."

Teacher Chaba's serious demeanor made it hard to believe she was lying, and many couldn't help but look at Amane when they heard that someone dropped out of school every year.

It seems that Amane's chances of winning are very slim. Even Chabashira-sensei said that every year since the school was founded, there have been partners who have been expelled, without exception. Can Amane really do it?

"Tea Pillar Teacher, stop scaring them. If you frighten them into underperforming, you can expect to be a D-class teacher for life. I don't believe anyone would be interested in leading a half-destroyed class to compete for A-class honors."

Amane's words brought a smile to Chabashira-sensei's face.

"I like your confidence, but I probably prefer you when you're not talking; at least you look quite pleasing to the eye that way."

"Thank you for the compliment; I wholeheartedly agree that I am cute."

Amane's shamelessness disgusted even Chabashira-sensei, so he could only ignore Amane and continue talking about the important things.

"Then there's the same old story about not being allowed to cheat. If you're caught cheating, both of you will be expelled, so give up on that kind of clever idea as soon as possible."

After finishing her speech, Teacher Chazhu looked around at everyone. Seeing that they had returned to normal after being interrupted by Amane, she began to explain the most important part of this exam.

The passing grade requirement.

Two people team up to take the exam, and they need to meet two passing requirements at the same time to avoid being expelled.

The first requirement is that each individual must score above 60 in every subject.

This requirement is already quite difficult for most people, and many feel that they are likely to be rejected based on this requirement alone, let alone other requirements.

However, the second requirement is more difficult than the first.

The second requirement is that the total score of the two partners must meet the following conditions: all subjects must have a score of more than 60 points, and the sum of the scores of the same individual subjects must be greater than or equal to the sum of the passing scores of the individual subjects.

It sounds like it's not much different from the first one, and it should be even simpler with someone else helping out.

If you approach the exam with this mindset, you're essentially falling into a trap.

The first sentence of the second requirement is a complete trap: "The total score of the two partners must meet the requirement that all subjects have a score of more than 60."

At first glance, it doesn't seem like much, but if you calculate it carefully...

One person has eight subjects, so two people have sixteen subjects.

However, the total score for both individuals must meet the requirement that all subject scores are greater than 60.

That is 16 × 60 = 960 points.

That means that two people need to score at least 960 points on a test paper with a total score of 1600 to pass.

It's like two people having to answer 60% of the questions correctly, which sounds incredibly difficult.

However, if a poor student and a good student team up, they should be able to easily pass the exam.

Holding such a thought will lead you into the trap of the second sentence.

The sum of scores for the same subject must be greater than or equal to the sum of the passing scores for that subject.

This means that the sum of scores in the same subject must be greater than the sum of the passing scores for each subject. Given that the passing score is 60, this means that the combined scores of two people in the same subject must be 120.

Instead of simply distributing the total score evenly.

After carefully understanding the rules of the exam, even Horikita became a little worried, as Amane's judgment this time might really be wrong.

the reason is simple.

There are more struggling students than high-achieving students.

There were six students who failed completely: Inoshita Shin, Sato Maya, Sakura Airi, Okiya Kyosuke, Minami Hakuo, and Sonoda Chiyo.

On the other hand, the elite student lineup consists of only five people: Rokusuke Koenji, Suzune Horikita, Amane Miyako, Meiyu Wang, and Teruhiko Yukimura.

Why isn't Hirata included? Because while Hirata's academic performance was good, it was too average. Initially, he could rank among the top two or three in the class, but as Hirata shifted his focus to the soccer club, his grades slipped to around 80, which was above average. His chemistry grades hovered around 70, which was quite dangerous. However, since most of his subjects were in the 80s to 90s, his overall academic ability was highly rated, but he couldn't be considered a top student with perfect scores in every subject.

As for Ayanokoji... because he was so well hidden, Horikita didn't even consider him.

And most importantly, one student who consistently gets full marks must be removed from the list of top students.

The reason is that there are currently thirty-five people in Class C, and if two people form a pair, one of them will inevitably be left out.

Teacher Chabashira said that the person who gets a bye is both safe and dangerous because they can be considered to have taken the same test as two other people. If an average student gets a bye, they will almost certainly be expelled. So no matter how it is arranged, a spot for a top student must be used to make up for the bye.

Horikita's idea was to let Amane have a turn, since Amane always gets 100 points in every exam, so letting her have a turn would be a good fit.

This makes the number of top students even more scarce. Not to mention those with average grades, there are still thirteen students whose grades are in the middle, which means that there will still be one average student matched with one poor student.

Or, students with above-average grades, such as Hirata or Kushida, would be in charge of the underachieving student.

The problem was miraculously solved when Ayanokouji volunteered to skip the bye.

"Ayanokouji, are you really sure you want a bye? If I remember correctly, your scores are usually around 60. What if you underperform..."

No problem.

At Ayanokouji's insistence, Horikita assigned the bye to Ayanokouji, and then began the random draw for assignment.

Horikita was in charge of the following groups: Okiya, Koenji and Sato; Hirata and Sonoda; Yukimura and Minami Hakuo; Wang Meiyu and Inokashira; and Amane and Sakura.

Ayanokoji was the only one who didn't get a bye.

The others also drew their partners.

However, they were generally not very satisfied. For example, Karuizawa drew Shinohara, and both of their scores hovered around 50 to 60 points. In other words, unless both of them performed exceptionally well at the same time, they would basically be expelled from school together.

There are also more subtle combinations, such as Hasebe Haruka and Miyake Akito, whose strengths and weaknesses are exactly the same. Their strengths are self-evident, but their weaknesses are enough to give them a headache. However, the grouping has been decided and there is no way to change it easily.

Regardless of whether they are satisfied or not, everyone must be paired up according to the person they were drawn.

"Tianyin-kun...please take care of me."

Sakura spoke to Amane with some restraint.

"You should be able to get 20 points in every subject, right?"

Sakura was taken aback for a moment, because if Amane asked that question, it meant she was confident she could get full marks in all subjects...

"Well, I'm pretty good at math, modern Chinese, and English, but I'm a bit weaker in the other subjects... but I should be able to get over 20 points in all of them without any problem."

Sakura rarely showed a confident smile.

Amane then remembered that Sakura Airi was a student who excelled in some subjects but was weak in others, which was why she was at risk of dropping out of school. This made her feel much more at ease.

In fact, Sakura Airi wasn't exactly a bad student. Her academic performance was rated C+ in her first year, which was more than enough to rank her in the top ten of the entire C class. The students with similar academic performance ratings to her were Hirata and Kushida, who received B ratings, and Shibata from the D class, who received the same rating. It's clear that Sakura's academic performance wasn't actually a major problem.

Now comes the moment to witness a miracle.

Chapter 30: The Monster of the Miyako Family

The exams will be held from the start of the third period in the morning until the end of lunchtime, and in the afternoon until the end of the school term.

In other words, they had to complete eight subjects in four class periods, which seemed rather tight. However, the students in Class C were too preoccupied with studying to worry about the exam time. They were all focused on their studies. Students like Hirata, who didn't have to worry about exams, used the remaining time to tutor others. Chabashira was clearly very satisfied with the rare learning atmosphere in Class C. He thought that if there was such a positive learning atmosphere every day, even Class A would eventually be defeated by Class C in terms of academic ability.

However, Chabashira could only dream about such a far-fetched idea, and soon it was time for the exam.

The moment I received the exam paper, someone made a strange noise.

"Huh?"

After receiving the exam paper, Amane only glanced at it briefly before looking towards Yukimura's seat. After Yukimura looked at the exam paper, he also subconsciously turned to look in Amane's direction. The two looked at each other and then smiled at the same time.

However, one side wore a happy smile, while the other wore a wry smile.

The reason is too simple.

It was supposed to be a midterm exam and quiz for high school students, which should have been quite difficult, but in fact the questions were so simple that even an elementary school student could answer most of them correctly.

In Tianyin's opinion, if older elementary school students were to take this test, they would get at least 60 points, and if it were middle school students, they would get 80 points or more.

Apart from a few questions that were suitable for high school students, about 80% of the questions were easy.

With the current level of Class C, getting a high score shouldn't be difficult.

Of course, the premise is to keep a stable mindset.

As soon as the first round of exams ended, cheers erupted from the whole class. Even though there were still seven subjects left to be tested, the level of the exams could already be roughly judged from the papers just now.

"That's great! I thought I wouldn't even get a 60 this time!"

Sakura patted her chest with lingering fear, because she had only just realized that to pass, one needed to achieve a score of 60 in a single subject.

However, Amane only asked her if she could get 20 points. It was precisely because Sakura was confident that she could get 20 points that she was able to perform at her normal level after seeing the test paper.

Otherwise, given her tendency to be nervous from the start, she might still fail the exam, no matter how easy it was.

"As long as you stay calm, there won't be any problems with this exam. I've said it before, there won't be a single student dropping out this time."

After Tianyin finished speaking, she slumped onto the table. Right now, her biggest enemy wasn't the exam at all, but drowsiness. She had been fighting until 3 a.m. last night and desperately needed to catch up on sleep to relieve her fatigue.

Amane also took a moment to glance at Horikita and saw that she was not only full of energy but also tutoring others during the short time after the exam. Even Amane, who was full of energy, couldn't help but marvel at how terrifying Horikita was when she was working hard, whether it was in the classroom or the bedroom.