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

Pretending nothing had happened, Sakayanagi left the restaurant without pausing. Once outside, she opened her palm, revealing a small segment of orange lying quietly inside, apparently left for her by Amane.

"Sakayanagi, where did you get these oranges?"

Kamuro saw Sakayanagi holding a small segment of orange, picked it up curiously, looked at it, and then put it in his mouth.

"Hmm, it doesn't seem very sweet... Where should we go for dinner next? Sakayanagi... you, you put your cane down first... Damn!"

……

After Sakayanagi and the group from Class A left, the restaurant returned to its previous quiet. Katsuragi stood up somewhat embarrassed and apologized to everyone.

"I'm sorry, it's all because of me that Totsuka-san ended up like this..."

Before Ge Cheng could finish speaking, Tian Yin raised her hand to interrupt him.

"What's there to apologize for? I'm the one who brought you here. If even you need to apologize, wouldn't I have to kowtow to everyone? There's no need to care about this kind of thing. Besides, you should have noticed, right? Totsuka doesn't seem to be here for you."

The people around Tianyin showed surprised expressions when she said this.

Horikita was a bit better off. She had seen too many students with very abstract ideas, so she didn't find Totsuka's neurotic remarks particularly strange. Even when Amane said that there might be other reasons for Totsuka's behavior, Horikita didn't show any surprise.

On the other hand, Karuizawa, sitting opposite, was slightly agape in surprise. This sight made Amane want to kiss her, but Amane knew very well that if she did kiss him now, she would most likely be brutally suppressed by Horikita, so Amane could only think about it for now.

It seems her plan to sleep with someone in the same bed still needs some work.

"Amane, what do you mean by this? Isn't Totsuka here specifically to cause trouble?"

Hearing Yukimura actually call out to Amane, Horikita couldn't help but narrow her eyes. She didn't remember Amane having such a close relationship with a man.

"Well, it seems like Totsuka came to deliver information, but he gave us information that we don't need. I'm not sure if he just wanted to pass on this information to us, or if he was trying to test whether we were willing to accept it."

"Hey, is this the kind of thing to discuss in a place like this?"

Longyuan and a few people from Class C passed by Tianyin's desk and overheard what Tianyin was saying. Even Longyuan couldn't stand it and couldn't help but remind Tianyin.

"..."

Tianyin turned her head and looked at Longyuan with a slightly meaningful gaze. Longyuan frowned in confusion at first, mistakenly thinking that Tianyin was not listening to his reminder. Longyuan had only taken two steps when he suddenly turned around.

"Hmph, so that's how it is. I was wondering how a little fox like you could let me hear such important information. I didn't expect... you actually told it to me on purpose. In that case, I'll just sit back and watch the show."

"Of course, I might be even happier if you all die together, hahaha."

Seeing Ryuen's sudden change in mood, Shiina, Yamada, Ishizaki, and Ibuki looked at each other, completely bewildered as to what had happened.

"Alright, stop standing there. Come with me to another spot. I have something to tell you."

After finishing his sentence, Ryuen strode away from the restaurant. The others behind him, not knowing what Ryuen had done wrong again, could only quicken their pace to catch up with him. Only Shiina turned back before leaving to say goodbye to Amane, Ichinose, and the others, and then jogged after him.

"What's wrong with Longyuan? Sigh, I feel like I've been running into some weirdos lately."

Horikita took a sip of coffee as she spoke. The bitterness of the coffee made Horikita subconsciously show a dissatisfied expression, but she quickly covered it up.

Horikita used to like drinking tea, but recently she's started drinking coffee for some reason. Even though both tea and coffee are somewhat bitter at first sip, it's obvious that Horikita can't stand the taste of coffee at all. She can drink some instant coffee, though...

"I think I know now. That boy named Totsuka was probably trying to warn us that Sakayanagi is planning to declare war on us, right?"

Seeing that the people around him were not reacting, Ayanokouji had no choice but to remind them. The reason he was told to give up slacking off was that his phone had been vibrating many times. If he didn't deal with this matter quickly, he would have a hard time explaining to Sato. So, before Amane could speak, he preemptively revealed the answer.

He successfully earned a cold shoulder from Tianyin.

"But isn't it common knowledge that Sakayanagi is going to declare war on us?"

Ichinose cutely raised her half-eaten crab claw and asked her question.

"What Totsuka means is... Arisu plans to choose to fight us in the special exam. That's what I meant when I said he seems to have risked passing on information we don't need. It's really a headache~"

Chapter 164: Suggestion: Only Wear It for Me

With Totsuka's reminder, Class B began to take action. Although Class B had planned to go head-to-head with Class A even without his reminder, Totsuka's reminder made the others wary of Class A, which was a good thing for Class B, who had been on a winning streak.

This special exam appears to be about classes setting up and solving challenges from other classes, but in reality, it focuses on testing individual abilities. In fact, this exam has little to do with most people in the class, because setting up and solving challenges is quite difficult. For ordinary people, whether they are defending against the challengers or acting as challengers, it's basically no different from giving the class points. Unless it's a specific occasion, they are not needed.

This is a competition among the best students from each class.

Therefore, based on the idea that too many people would only cause trouble, Tianyin decided that Class B would take on this special exam as an elite team.

After handing over the task of setting the challenge content to Horikita, Amane was responsible for scouting out the questions set by other classes.

Rather than having no idea what other classes are going to do on the day of the exam and having to rely solely on personal performance, Tianyin prefers to obtain some information about other classes before the exam.

Therefore, Amane decided to observe Shiina Hiyori. In Amane's view, the only way to find out the content of Class C's special exam was through Shiina or Kaneda.

Although Longyuan has strong overall abilities, when it comes to setting questions... Longyuan's strength is questionable.

If Ryuen had focused all his energy on his studies, he would probably be a formidable enemy now, a more powerful version of Horikita Manabu.

But expecting Longyuan to be a good boy, listen attentively in class, and study hard... seems a bit too much to ask.

What? If Class B isn't planning to attack Class A, why are they observing Shiina from Class C?

Last night, Amane tried to get some information out of Sakayanagi, but Sakayanagi was too stubborn and not only refused to cooperate but also bit her. So Amane had to temporarily change her target of observation.

Hiyori Shiina is so gentle, at least she won't bite her.

Generally speaking, observing a person and obtaining certain information is a skill, especially in a school where it is even more difficult.

The reason, of course, is that this school is a closed school. After school, most students choose to go directly back to their dormitories, except for shopping malls and eating out. This greatly increases the difficulty of obtaining information through tailing or other means. After all, it is impossible to sneak into someone's room to steal information, as that would be considered a pervert and would get you arrested by the dormitory supervisor.

Compared to Kaneda, who has little social life, Shiina also rarely participates in activities organized by other people in the class who are not part of Ryuen's inner circle. Perhaps those people would never invite Shiina. Logically speaking, it would be quite difficult to observe Shiina. However, Shiina has a hobby that makes it possible to observe her.

That is reading.

There's a rumor in Class C that if you can't contact Shiina, go to the library.

This shows that Shiina was well-known for her love of reading, even within Class C.

As the school bell rang, those with club activities headed to their respective locations to prepare, while the boys and girls who had made plans to have some fun gathered in small groups and headed towards shopping malls, bubble tea shops, or cafes.

Since school ends quite early in the afternoon, going back to the dorm now would be too boring, not to mention eating now. It's only been a few hours since they had lunch, so even if they feel a little hungry, it won't be too intense. So it's more appropriate to go to a coffee shop or bubble tea shop to chat with classmates to pass the time and have a bite to eat.

In reality, most people choose how to do it.

However, some students quicken their pace towards their dormitories as soon as school is over, not because they don't want to go to the shopping mall for a bit of fun, nor because they don't want to kill time by having afternoon tea and chatting with classmates or friends.

It's not because their points don't allow them to do that.

This group is quite large, accounting for about one-fifth of the total number of students in the school. Of course, it may include some members of the "going home club" and people who do not like socializing, but most of the people who go directly back to the dormitory are basically in a state of running out of personal points.

Even if today is only the second day of the points distribution.

For a class like Class D in Grade 1, there is almost no difference between the beginning and end of the month.

Tianyin observed for a long time at the entrance of the teaching building, and sure enough, she spotted the cute figure waving goodbye to her classmate.

After the other person left in the direction of the shopping center, Shiina walked onto another road that looked sparsely populated, which led to the library.

This doesn't mean that students at Kaohsiung University of Education have no interest in reading or the library. On the contrary, they are probably the group that relies on the library the most. It's just that you can only see them engrossed in their studies at specific times, such as midterms, finals, and special exams.

Aside from that, the only way to see them is when a certain topic suddenly becomes popular. People will then go to the library to borrow related books, even if they don't find them interesting. They will force themselves to finish reading the books, just so that they can have common topics with everyone and not seem out of place.

Amane followed Shiina toward the library, keeping a certain distance from him at all times. Only after Shiina found a seat by the window did Amane take a book she had grabbed from the shelf and sit down opposite him.

The warm light in front of her was suddenly blocked by a figure, and Shiina subconsciously looked up at the person opposite her.

"Tianyin...Tianyin, what are you doing here?"

Shiina exclaimed Amane's name in surprise, then immediately covered her mouth. She glanced around and, seeing that no one was reading at the moment, quietly asked Amane.

"I just happened to be passing by today and wanted to find some books I wanted to read."

Amane answered Shiina's question with a slight smile, without blushing at all. However, Shiina obviously did not believe Amane's words, which sounded rather unbelievable.

"Huh? Really? Tianyin, you're here to find out what kind of Q&A questions our class is planning to prepare, right?"

Whether it was intuition or because Shiina successfully applied the reasoning skills she learned from the novel, she discovered Amane's true intentions.

"Ugh~ Hiyori, you think so badly of me? Is that really how you see me?"

Amane looked at Shiina with a pitiful expression.

Shiina was only momentarily stunned by Amane's rather menacing expression before realizing that Amane's words were mostly a joke, so he stuck out his tongue.

"Well, there's nothing I can do. You're just too strong, Tenon, and it's the special exam time, so of course I have to be careful around you. But... if you really came to me about the special exam, Tenon, you'll probably be disappointed~"

Shiina's smile made Amane realize that things might not be so simple.

"Don't worry, I didn't come here for such a trivial thing. I just happened to run into you, Hiyori."

As long as she's stubborn enough and has perfect control over her expressions, Tianyin is confident that no one will be able to spot her flaws.

"That would be perfect. Actually, I don't really like these special exams that everyone fights over, but Ryuen is really into them... Sigh."

Shiina sighed, her gaze naturally falling on the books Amane was holding, and her previously normal face suddenly turned bright red.

"Hiyori's face... Should I go find you the librarian? Or would you like some water?"

Seeing Shiina's face turn bright red, Amane was worried that Shiina had a fever or was feeling unwell. Just as Amane was about to get up and go find the librarian, Shiina shook her head shyly.

"I'm fine... but Tianyin, why did you suddenly decide to read this kind of book?"

Shiina shyly turned her face to the other side, then pointed to the photo album of the "Kyoto Beautiful Girl Selection Contest Winner" printed in Amane's hand.

The moment Tianyin saw the cover of the book in her hand, she immediately looked at the bookshelf from which she had taken the book.

The school actually allows this thing to be put in the library?

But when Tianyin saw the words 'Magazine Weekly - Entertainment' on the bookshelf, she could only purse her lips.

Now she was completely unable to explain herself.

"I'm just... interested in pretty girls... no, I'm interested in the selection process..."

Just as Amane was feeling awkward because she couldn't think of a good reason, Shiina stared at her for a moment and then nodded very seriously.

"I see, I understand now."

Seeing Shiina's knowing look, Amane really wanted to pat Shiina's head and ask her what she understood.

"Judging from your appearance alone, Amane, you do meet the standard of a beautiful girl. However, I remember that this selection requires wearing some very revealing clothes. Amane, your family might not agree, right?"

Shiina had heard a bit about Amane's situation; what if Amane wore a very revealing bikini to participate in some kind of beauty pageant...?

Hmm... I'm a little worried for the organizers.

"If I went to participate in that kind of competition, my butt would probably get a good spanking!"

Tianyin shook her head. If the old man found out that she was neglecting her studies and instead participated in a beauty pageant and even had her photos published in magazines, she knew she would definitely get a beating when she got back.

Since the topic of beautiful girls has come up, Amane has also begun to seriously examine Shiina Hiyori.

"Tianyin, why are you staring at me like that?"

Shiina, who was smiling happily, saw Amane suddenly staring at her, and her already flushed face turned even redder.

"I think you, Hiyori, really fit the image of a beautiful girl. If you wore these clothes for a photoshoot, I would definitely buy them all!"

Amane pointed to a sky-blue swimsuit in the photo album and looked at Shiina with anticipation.

Shiina was so shocked by the revealing swimsuit that she waved her hands repeatedly.

"I'm not really suited to wearing clothes like this. I don't even feel comfortable in the school swimsuit... People look at me differently."

Shiina shuddered as she recalled the scene of being stared at with hungry eyes by a group of boys.

Although she knew that this was an extremely rare occurrence, there were still quite a few people who looked at her differently in her daily life, so she had some resistance to wearing clothes that were quite revealing.

Tianyin nodded thoughtfully.

"It's really not appropriate to wear it for other people to see, so I'll wear it just for me to look good."

"Hmm... Hmm? No, isn't something wrong?"

"No, didn't I just tell you that you might feel uncomfortable wearing it in front of strangers?"

Amane tilted her head and looked at Shiina with a puzzled expression.

Shiina scratched his cheek. He seemed to have said that just now, but something felt off.

"Since you can't wear it for others to see, you won't feel uncomfortable wearing it just for me, right? I remember you looked so sexy in that lace swimsuit back then, didn't you?"

Shiina became shy when the swimsuit was mentioned. She had bought it on a luxury cruise ship during her preferential treatment exam so she could swim in the outdoor pool.

However, she didn't expect that the swimsuits sold on the cruise ship were too revealing. At that time, the swimsuits issued by the school had been taken away for washing, so she had no choice but to wear that swimsuit to go swimming.

Seeing that the pool was packed with men and women, she decided to give up on going in. She happened to run into Tianyin, who was having a nosebleed for some reason, so she let her rest with her head on her lap for a while.

"That's true..."