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

Yagami quietly gave Kusanagi a thumbs up.

With just a few words, Kusanagi silenced Kiriyama, and with the situation under control, Kusanagi decided to give both sides a way out so that the conflict could end sooner.

"Besides, confiscating points is the same as confiscating money. The school should not have the right to confiscate an individual's private property. So I hope you, President Kiriyama, can reconsider. If you make a big fuss about something that is easy to resolve, it might end up like what happened to Nagumo."

Everyone already knew that Nagumo's misunderstanding had led to the riot at the sports festival, and Kiriyama could naturally tell that Kusanagi was warning him not to go too far.

Seeing that both first-year and upper-year students were intimidated by Tianyin, Tongshan had no choice but to announce that he would give up on recovering the points, but the previous rules would still be in effect.

Schools will no longer be allowed to buy or sell points privately.

It seems that Kiriyama gained some small advantage in the end, but it didn't meet his expectations at all, so it was almost the same as a failure.

"Thank goodness Kusanagi-senpai was there~ otherwise I would have been bullied by that bastard Kiriyama~"

Looking at Amane snuggling against Kusanagi, Yagami sighed. To him, she was Yagami-senpai, but to Kusanagi, she was Kusanagi-senpai. The treatment... well, he really wanted to snuggle against Kyoko's arms too.

cough cough.

"It's okay..."

Kusanagi gently patted Amane's back to comfort her, still remembering the terrifying scene when Amane grabbed her throat and slammed her to the ground.

If Tianyin really does act recklessly, the special exam today might have to be rescheduled at the last minute.

After the matter was resolved, everyone began to redistribute the groups, and soon all three grades were divided into six groups each for boys and girls.

Kiriyama, who originally planned to divide the groups in the afternoon, decided to divide them into groups now, so that everyone could have more time to rest.

However, since the first-year students and other upper-year students were not very familiar with each other, they did not know where to start choosing. In the end, the three grades drew lots to determine the order, and the first-year group was responsible for selecting one group from each of the second and third grades to form a large group.

This put the first-year students, who were already unfamiliar with the upper grades, in a difficult position to make a choice.

Only Ichinose smiled.

"Tianyin, we'll need you when it comes to choosing a group later."

Looking at Ichinose, who was earnestly asking her for a favor, Amane blinked.

"But I don't know many older girls either. Although I might remember their bust sizes... cough cough, anyway, you can't count on me for this. What if I mess it up..."

Tianyin's social circle is almost entirely within the first-year students' circle, so from an outsider's perspective, Tianyin's role in selecting students should be quite limited.

"I have a brilliant plan! Tianyin, just trust me~"

As Ichinose spoke, she gently tapped Amane's nose and then gave her a cute smile.

"Mmm~"

Chapter 118: Go warm up my bed (6K)

Ichinose, as the group leader, briefly discussed with the other five first-year girls' groups the order in which they would go up on stage to choose their class. Sakayanagi, Horikita, Shiina, and the others were not interested in going up to choose the upper-grade groups first.

Anyway, since everyone doesn't know each other very well, maybe only Sakayanagi, a first-year student, knows a little about the other upperclassmen, but it's unrealistic to expect him to know everything about the upperclasswomen.

Therefore, no one competed with Ichinose for the order to go up and choose a group first. In the eyes of others, choosing an excellent senior group was more about luck.

Seeing that no one was competing with her for the first chance to choose, Ichinose was very happy. However, she did not intend to go up and choose alone. Ichinose, who had run off the stage, dragged Amane, who was still confused, up on the stage without saying a word.

When Tianyin stood in front of the groups of senior students, she was completely stunned.

"Fanbo, didn't I already say I don't know many older girls?"

Amane, feeling a little guilty, leaned close to Ichinose's ear and whispered an explanation. If she had chosen two mediocre groups and failed to achieve a barely acceptable ranking, it would have been somewhat unfair to Ichinose.

"Don't worry, I already told you I have a way. Tianyin, take a close look and see if there are any groups that look familiar. We'll choose the group that looks the most familiar."

Ichinose casually pointed to the six groups in front of her, each composed of second- and third-year girls, and told Amane to choose whichever she wanted.

Amane was a little dumbfounded when she first saw this way of selecting people, but since Ichinose had said so, she could only choose first.

Amane arrived at a group of second-year girls, and the first thing she saw was Kusanagi-senpai, who was hiding in the crowd. Kusanagi-senpai's strength was quite good among the second-year girls, but the others in the group didn't know who she was...

"Huh?"

Tianyin couldn't help but exclaim in surprise as she looked at what was in front of her.

Could it be that Ichinose was right? Amane was surprised as she paced back and forth in the group. The group of only fifteen people looked somewhat familiar to Amane, but in a way that Amane had no recollection of at all.

How could such a bizarre thing happen?

Amane was certain that she hadn't had any contact with these second-year upperclassmen, but each of them gave her a strong sense of déjà vu. Amane couldn't explain why such a strange thing was happening, so she could only go back and consult Ichinose for advice.

"Fanbo, I feel like I've seen all the people in this group before, but I don't remember ever seeing them..."

Amane scratched her cheek, unsure how to explain this strange sense of incongruity. However, to her surprise, Ichinose smiled happily upon hearing this ambiguous news.

Are you sure you recognize everyone in this group?

"They look familiar, but I..."

"If we recognize it, that's enough. Let's choose this group. Come on, let's go check out the third grade."

When she arrived in front of the third-year girls' group, Tianyin was even more clueless. She looked at several groups and realized that she didn't know any of them. Moreover, the third-year girls looked at her as if they had seen some kind of monster and seemed to mind being in a team with her.

Tianyin naturally couldn't focus her energy on groups that weren't compatible with her, until she arrived at the last group of third-grade girls.

After wandering around Tianyin for most of the day, I finally ran into someone I knew.

"It's been so long, Fujiwara-senpai~"

Tianyin greeted him familiarly, but the other person rolled his eyes at her.

"Hmph, you hit me so hard back then, and you didn't even visit me afterwards. Do you know I was lying in a hospital bed for a full two weeks?"

Fujiwara-senpai directly pinched Amane's cheeks and gently pulled them to both sides.

Tianyin immediately showed a pained expression and begged for mercy.

"I...I know I was wrong, Fujiwara-senpai, please let go! My face is all swollen from being pinched, it hurts, it hurts..."

Seeing the pained expression on Tenon's face, Fujiwara reluctantly let go. That punch almost sent her to meet her ancestors, and now she cries out in pain even when he pinches her cheek. This girl really doesn't want to suffer any loss.

Fujiwara remembered that when she punched Amane, Amane didn't even utter a sound. Now she's become a soft and delicate little girl. The difference is too great.

Just as Fujiwara was observing Amane, Amane was also sizing up Fujiwara and the group of people behind him. The strange thing that had just happened in the second year was happening again.

The girls behind Fujiwara, many of whom appeared to be athletes or trained martial artists, were looking at Amane with grim expressions.

Indeed, their faces turned extremely pale when they saw Tianyin, as if they were terrified that Tianyin would choose them.

Tianyin glanced around at the girls' group from the past three years, and it seemed that only this group had exceptionally high-quality girls. Well, I'm talking about their abilities, and it has absolutely nothing to do with being "big-breasted" or anything like that.

The most crucial thing is... all of these people look very familiar to Amane, but she just can't remember where she's seen them before. Anyway, Ichinose said whichever group looks the most familiar, that's the group she should choose.

You guys are the ones I've decided on!!!

"Honan, shall we choose Fujiwara-senpai's group?"

"Hey, you little rascal, aren't you going to let us go?"

Fujiwara pulled Amane into his arms and began to roughly fondle her.

If they were in the same group as Tianyin, they would probably have nightmares every night. After all, that incident was so brutal that it destroyed all the confidence they had built up since childhood.

Many of them still dream of those terrible things and feel indescribable pain all over their bodies when they go to sleep.

"Waaaaah..."

Seeing the happy look on Amane's face, Ichinose ultimately chose Fujiwara's group.

It seems that the other party and Tianyin are quite familiar with each other, so there is no possibility that the other party will deliberately trip them up. However, they must be careful in everything they do to ensure their safety. After all, Tianyin had just had a conflict with the student council president not long ago, and it is inevitable that the other party will retaliate against their group in this special exam.

After the groups were formed, the teachers led the students to their dormitories. Although the male and female dormitories were next to each other, there were clear rules that male and female students were not allowed to meet in private. In addition, the lack of cell phones caused some young couples who had just started dating after Christmas to complain.

The girls in Amane's group are all similar to Ichinose in personality, so Amane doesn't feel uncomfortable around them. Since the sports festival, everyone seems to be quite friendly towards her, which saves her a lot of trouble.

January temperatures weren't much different from winter temperatures. Without kotatsu or central heating, everyone crawled into bed early. Coupled with the lack of cell phones or other things to pass the time, the atmosphere in the dormitory felt quite oppressive.

Although everyone was lying in bed, only a few could actually fall asleep. Everyone had something to say, but Tianyin was also in the room besides their own people. It wasn't really appropriate to discuss many things in front of Tianyin, so they had to keep their thoughts to themselves. Naturally, they couldn't bring up topics and have a lively discussion because they had things on their minds.

Ichinose did want to bring everyone together with Amane, but Amane and everyone seemed to get along very well on the surface. It was already quite an achievement to have done so when they were not familiar with each other. Moreover, she was unsure whether Amane would be interested in other people, and forcing everyone to deepen their relationships might backfire.

So Ichinose remained silent, and everyone waited for an opportunity, an opportunity for someone to break the silence.

at last.

A sound came from the room.

Just as Ichinose and the others breathed a sigh of relief, they discovered that the sound was coming from outside the door.

A figure pushed open the door and entered. Just as they were about to reach for the light switch, they seemed to notice that someone was already asleep and had to give up on turning on the light.

"I'm Asahina from Class 2-A. Do you live in this room, Miyako-san?"

Upon hearing that it was a second-year senior visiting, many people sat up from their beds.

Ichinose seemed to have thought of something and quickly stood up in front of Asahina.

Both of them were members of the student council, so they were already acquainted.

"Asahina-senpai, I'm the group leader. May I ask what brings you here so late?"

Ichinose's upper bunk is Amane, but at this moment, Amane... well, she seems to be sleeping very soundly. Ichinose doesn't want to disturb Amane's rest, and on the other hand...

She knew that this girl named Asahina was very close to Nagumo, and there were even rumors that the two were a couple.

Ichinose was worried that Asahina would be taken advantage of by calling Amane out for a late-night meeting.

That's right, Ichinose is worried that Asahina will get hurt. Amane has all sorts of strange quirks, and Asahina is currently burdened with various labels. If Asahina were to try anything against Amane... she'd most likely get a beating from Amane... cough cough...

Therefore, it would be better to avoid meeting in private.

"Ichinose? This has nothing to do with you. I just have something I want to talk to Miyako-kun about. Don't worry, I won't bully the younger ones."

But I'm afraid you'll be bullied.

Ichinose was at a loss for what to do.

After hesitating for a moment, Ichinose still came to Amane's side. She planned to wake Amane up first to see Amane's opinion. If Amane found it troublesome or too lazy to get out of bed, she would have an excuse to refuse Asahina's invitation on Amane's behalf.

"Tenon, wake up! Asahina-senpai needs to see you..."

Ichinose gently nudged Amane, but found that Amane didn't react at all. Her rosy cheeks were still covered with a happy smile, so much so that Ichinose was reluctant to wake Amane up.

Ichinose nudged Amane again, but Amane still didn't react at all. Seeing this, Ichinose could only shrug helplessly.

"Asahina-senpai, Amane seems a little tired today. If there's anything you need to talk to Amane about, how about we discuss it tomorrow?"

"I'm afraid there won't be such a good opportunity again."

Asahina stared at Ichinose for a while, and Ichinose met her gaze frankly. After confirming that Ichinose was not faking it, Asahina personally went to Amane's bedside.

"Miyako-kun! Miyako-kun, wake up, I need to talk to you about something."

Logically speaking, going to someone else's dormitory in the middle of the night to wake someone who is sleeping soundly is a very offensive thing to do, especially if you have to get up early the next day. Asahina must know what kind of bad reputation she will get if she does this, but she insisted on waking Amane. Is there really something urgent?

The bed creaked as Asahina shook it, but Amane remained as still as a mountain.

Seeing that Asahina's actions were becoming increasingly erratic, Ichinose, fearing that she might do something irrational, decided to wake Amane up first.

"Tianyin, dinner is ready."

Asahina looked at Ichinose, who was whispering in Amane's ear that dinner was ready, with a strange gaze.

She didn't react at all when Ichino was shaken so loudly, so how could she possibly be woken up by Ichinose's soft voice?

Just as Asahina was about to tell Ichinose to stop joking, Amane opened her big eyes and blinked rapidly.

"Fanbo, I think I heard dinner's ready. Is there going to be a late-night snack tonight?"

Amane looked at Ichinose with anticipation.

Asahina, standing to the side, looked at Amane, whose eyes were full of longing for more food, with a mixture of amusement and exasperation.

"You're such a glutton. The school won't provide extra food at night. Asahina-senpai needs to talk to you. Get up now."

Upon hearing that there would be no extra food, Tianyin's face immediately fell, and she pouted unwillingly.

"Can't you just talk things out? It's so cold outside..."

Tianyin shrank back, leaving only her eyes outside the blanket, clearly not intending to leave her warm little bed.

"This is very important!"

Asahina solemnly emphasized the seriousness of the matter. By the dim moonlight, Amane sensed the blatant hostility in Asahina's eyes. Since she was clearly hostile, there was no need for her to remain in this stalemate. It would be better to end things quickly.

"Let's go, this isn't the place to talk."