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

There are more girls than boys in Class C, but Sato has managed to gather nearly, or even more than half, of the girls to form a small group centered around her. What is she up to?

"Sato-san probably didn't want me to know beforehand. If I'm not mistaken, Xiaoyu and Lingyin shouldn't have received invitations either. Sato isn't forming a clique for the sake of unity."

Amane made a judgment on Sato's behavior.

"Sorry, I don't quite understand what you're saying. What should I do?"

"Say yes"

"Say yes?"

Hasebe looked troubled. If she wanted to agree to Sato's request, why did she bother coming to Amane and the others? But now even Amane was urging her to join Sato. Did she have no other choice?

"First of all, Hasebe-kun, the reason you're unwilling to agree to her request is because you're afraid of troublesome social activities, right?"

In order to persuade Hasebe to join, Amane began to subtly influence him.

"Well, while it's partly because I don't really like Sato's type of girl, the main reason is that I don't want to engage in troublesome social activities."

Hasebe's words made Karuizawa's eyes look strange, because Karuizawa had imitated Sato's style in order to quickly fit into the class, and disguised her behavior and appearance as a gyaru.

Hasebe clearly didn't like this style.

The reason they came to her for help was probably because there was no one else she could find who could help them solve their problems.

"When she tries to win you over, she definitely says she wants to be your friend. If that's the case, just say yes. After you agree, she won't bother you anymore because she definitely has other people she needs to win over and won't put too much effort into you. Also, the people she's trying to win over involve various circles, and it's impossible for everyone to attend every social event. So if you're invited, just decline. If you decline a few times, Sato will probably find it troublesome and stop inviting you. Wouldn't that solve the problem?"

Amane's guess was completely correct. Hasebe's dilemma lay precisely in the matter of becoming friends. In Hasebe's view, becoming friends required taking the friendship seriously, and only by maintaining the friendship with care could it last.

However, Hasebe disliked Sato from every angle, from his interests to his personality, so he naturally refused to become friends with him.

Sato, unaware of the situation, might mistakenly believe that Hasebe has been won over by Amane, so he works even harder, leading to the current predicament that Hasebe is finding extremely troublesome.

If you want to end this entanglement, you might as well tell a lie.

"But isn't this a bit..."

"The methods are neither despicable nor good or bad; as long as they solve the problem, they are good methods. By the way... I hope you can keep an eye on Sato. I'd like to know what Sato-kun has been busy with in his spare time."

……

After seeing Hasebe off, both Matsushita and Karuizawa were clearly much more relaxed.

After all, Hasebe came seeking help, and if they appeared relaxed, it wouldn't seem very dignified.

"Amane, are you planning to make Hasebe-kun your eyes? I think given Hasebe-kun's personality, it would be difficult for him to become a good pair of eyes."

Matsushita, relying on his intuition, gave an answer that perfectly matched Amane's expectations.

“That’s right, Hasebe doesn’t have excellent eyesight, but what I need her to do isn’t the work of an eye; she just needs to be a good mouthpiece.”

As soon as Amane finished speaking, Karuizawa cutely slapped her palm with her fist.

"I understand! Amane, you're so mean! If I'm not mistaken, Amane, you're planning to have Hasebe tell you that Sato invited her to the party, right?"

"I didn't expect you to react so quickly, Hui."

"What? I'm already excellent, okay? Um... you should praise me more often!"

Karuizawa muttered shyly in a low voice.

"Yes, my Hui is the best!"

"Yeah!"

Karuizawa gasped in surprise and stood up abruptly.

It immediately attracted the attention of many people in the coffee shop.

"Oops, I accidentally spilled the milk tea! It's so hot!"

Karuizawa deliberately spoke up to cover up his misunderstanding, and everyone just glanced at Karuizawa and then stopped paying attention to the situation.

Once he was sure no one was looking in his direction, Karuizawa sat down sheepishly.

"Seriously, Karuizawa-kun, you startled me!"

Matsushita patted her chest; Karuizawa's scream had really startled her.

"I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry..."

While apologizing, Karuizawa glared fiercely at Amane out of the corner of his eye.

Amane simply shrugged at this. It was Karuizawa who asked Amane to praise her, and she just casually complimented her. Who would have thought that Karuizawa would have such a big reaction?

"Speaking of which, Amane, you had a conflict with Chabashira-sensei before. Did you go to apologize to Chabashira-sensei afterwards?"

Matsushita noticed the awkward atmosphere and quickly brought up a new topic to try and divert everyone's attention.

"no"

"What? You didn't apologize?"

Karuizawa's reaction was quite surprising. In her opinion, a teacher's authority should be unquestionable. Amane should apologize after talking back to the teacher. Otherwise, given that the school hasn't changed homeroom teachers for three years, Amane might be targeted by Chabashira-sensei.

"Sigh, Amane, don't take offense, but perhaps Ms. Chabashira herself has some issues. However, she is, after all, our homeroom teacher for the next three years. If our relationship remains so strained, it might not be good for any of us."

Upon hearing this, Tianyin let out a soft laugh.

"It should be said that it did her no good."

Chapter 32: Kushida's Outburst

"Is it because there's no benefit for Chabashira-sensei?"

Matsushita and Karuizawa exchanged a glance; neither of them knew why Amane had come to such a conclusion.

With the student-teacher relationship deteriorating and the teacher remaining for three years, it seems that Tianyin, as the student, will be at a greater disadvantage.

But the convincing atmosphere created by Tianyin's confidence didn't seem like something she said in a fit of pique. In other words... did Tianyin arrive at this conclusion through thought and judgment?

Just as Amane was about to answer, she realized that the coffee cup in front of her was empty. Just as Amane was about to buy another drink, Karuizawa ran to the counter first.

"You two keep chatting, I'll go buy you a drink."

"I don't want coffee..."

I know~

Karuizawa made an OK sign and ran to the counter to order a drink.

For some reason, Tianyin always had a feeling of unease.

Even after Karuizawa returned, Amane looked at the drink in Karuizawa's hand with some suspicion.

"Hey, Tianyin! I kindly offered you a drink, and you're looking at me like that?!"

"Sorry, I was just a little worried... Hmm? It tastes good, and the sweetness is actually just to my liking... I didn't expect you to know me so well."

Karuizawa ordered hot milk for Amane, with extra sugar, it was super, super, super sweet.

If someone else were to order it, even if Tianyin specifically asked for extra sugar, it probably wouldn't be possible to achieve the perfect sweetness to suit her taste.

It's because she has a particular fondness for super sweet things.

"Of course, but if you keep drinking such sweet things, be careful you don't gain weight or get cavities!"

"Sigh... Speaking of gaining weight, I feel like all the fat is accumulating in my chest, it's so annoying. I was actually hoping to look a little chubby, maybe that would make me cuter... Matsushita-san, Megumi... your expressions don't seem very friendly—"

Tenon looked at Matsushita and Karuizawa's resentful gazes, and as they stared at a certain part of her body, her lips twitched involuntarily.

She didn't mean to provoke them.

"No wonder you like drinking milk... were you a cow in your past life?"

"Oh! Does that mean I had an endless supply of milk in my past life?"

"No, dairy cows generally don't get to drink the milk they produce."

Matsushita's words plunged Amane into despair.

"Is that so? What a pity... Wait, when did our topic turn to cows?"

Amane noticed the conversation had taken a turn and quickly tried to steer it back on track, but Matsushita and Karuizawa's eyes kept glancing at Amane's chest.

Where were we?

Karuizawa asked Matsushita.

Matsushita recalled the progress before the topic went astray.

Save file loaded successfully!

"It seems like Tianyin was trying to say something."

"Hmm, let me think. It seems I need to explain to you why it's not good for Chabashira-sensei. First of all, do you know why Chabashira-sensei was the teacher of Class D in the first place?"

Faced with Tianyin's question, the two looked at each other in bewilderment.

"Isn't it supposed to be randomly assigned?"

"How could such a thing happen? This school values ​​merit, so what about Mr. Chabashira..."

Tianyin revealed a mysterious smile.

"Amane, you don't mean... that Chabashira-sensei was only assigned to teach us because he only has the teaching ability for Class D?"

Panasonic reacted quickly, while Karuizawa was much slower and seemed somewhat unable to understand the situation.

"But, isn't that unfair? If, I mean, if we think according to what Matsushita said, wouldn't Class A's homeroom teacher have a teaching level comparable to Class A? Although Mr. Majima is very strict when he teaches, I don't think he's that much worse than Mr. Chabashira. Besides, if there really is such a big difference between his teaching and Mr. Chabashira's, wouldn't Class A have won at the starting line? I mean... did you hear what I said? Why are you looking at me with such surprised eyes?"

Karuizawa felt a little embarrassed by the shocked looks from Matsushita and Amane.

"Wow, that's amazing... I never expected you, Hui, to be able to say something so logical."

"It seems that appearances can indeed be deceiving."

"Hey!! You two are really going too far! Humph, I'm ignoring you!"

Karuizawa puffed out his cheeks and deliberately turned to the side, pretending to ignore the two of them.

"What Karuizawa-kun said does make some sense, but Amane, you're saying that because you have 'information,' right?"

Having spent a long time by Amane's side, Matsushita also developed the habit of gathering information and quite agreed with Amane's belief that "information is everything".

"Ms. Chazhu herself came from Class D, and the difference in scores between all the classes in her year was very small, meaning every class had a chance to graduate as Class A. But at the very moment when caution was most needed, Ms. Chazhu made a fatal mistake, causing Class D to be unable to compete with other classes for Class A status until graduation. She has always felt guilty about this, and to make up for her regret, she wanted to use us to fulfill her wish. We are the strongest Class D class in the school's history. If she misses out on us, she might never get such a good opportunity again before retirement."

"Tianyin...where did you get this information from?"

Matsushita's voice trembled slightly as he spoke.

"So, Teacher Chabashira had such a past... Then why does she keep hindering us? Doesn't that contradict her purpose?"

Matsushita and Karuizawa both asked questions that were very important to them, and Amane thought for a moment and chose to answer Matsushita's question first.

"I can't disclose the source, but there are corroborating accounts from other people. Even if there are some discrepancies in the details, there's no doubt that Ms. Chabashira is the culprit behind her class's failure to graduate as an A student."

After speaking, Amane immediately looked at Karuizawa.

The problem with Karuizawa is actually quite painful to explain.

She was also a little worried that she might dampen their enthusiasm, since the final exams were just around the corner, and if they knew about Chabashira-sensei's little schemes, there might be a bad reaction.

Seeing that Amane hadn't answered her question yet, Karuizawa rested her chin on her hand and thought for a while.

"Could it be that Teacher Chabashira's intentions aren't exactly friendly to us? Ugh, just tell me without hesitation! You're always teasing me like this, I'm about to be driven crazy by you, Amane!!!"

Since Karuizawa wanted to break the ice, Namie didn't mind telling her the truth that day.

"Hui, you guessed right. The reason she did some things we couldn't understand was to filter them. She wanted to shed all her burdens and then lead the main force forward."

"Main force?"

Karuizawa seemed to realize something.

"That is, the small group of students in the class who don't worry about academics or physical fitness. As long as those who fail are expelled, the overall quality will improve significantly even if the remaining students are fewer, and it will also better ensure unity. What Ms. Chabashira wants is for her class to graduate as an A-class student, not for all the students in her class to graduate smoothly. As long as the class can be promoted to A-class, she is willing to give up everything. Therefore, she cares about the class's success or failure more than anyone else. As long as we can move forward, she will endure even if we don't get along with her. She has waited for so many years, how could she choose to give up when there is the most hope?"

The gentle smile on Tianyin's face gradually turned cruel.

"Humans are highly adaptable creatures. Chabashira-sensei can get used to teaching a bunch of subpar, mediocre students, but that's only because she's never encountered what truly excellent students are like. In this year's class, whether it's Koenji, Suzune, Hirata, or even Ayanokouji, who's recently shone in exams and the sports festival, they're all all-around top students. Plus, there are talents like Yukimura and Wang Meiyu, whose academic abilities surpass many in Class A and even rank in the top ten of the grade, all in Class D. She's experienced what it's like to teach top students; it's like seeing a glimmer of light in the darkness. She would never let go of them."

Tianyin's words made both of them show fear. Tianyin's perspective was completely beyond that of ordinary students. It was as if they were playing chess. Tianyin was one of the chess players, and their names represented pieces that could be sacrificed at any time for the sake of tactics.

Tianyin took a sip of milk, and the sweet taste warmed her mood considerably, restoring her gentle smile.

Such topics about human nature were still too profound for Karuizawa and Matsushita, but Amane didn't expect the two of them to be able to digest these complex things immediately.

Anyway, these things don't really concern them.