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

She knew very well that she probably couldn't escape this time, so what could she do? Cry? Even if she cried all her tears, would that prevent her from dropping out of school? Rather than crying, she would rather take this opportunity to disgust Kanzaki and those bastards in Class D.

He had only been tricked by Amane, but the guys who had sworn to follow him the day before had all become Ichinose's loyal companions.

Why don't all these fence-sitters just die?!

Since he was going to be expelled anyway, Ninomiya decided to stop hiding anything.

Her attitude was exactly what Kanzaki wanted. The reason he wanted to get rid of Ninomiya was simple: the main reason why the girls and boys cursed and opposed him every day was that Kanzaki did not try to save Ichinose during the forest training camp. If Amane hadn't pulled Ichinose back, Ichinose would probably have been expelled. After Ichinose transferred to another class, everyone vented their anger over losing Ichinose on Kanzaki.

But what could he do? If he could, he really wanted to pry open these people's heads to see what was inside. If he could save Ichinose, would he just sit idly by? Did he even have 20 million points?

Kanzaki wanted to reason with them, but unfortunately the students in Class D wouldn't listen to reason. They kept shouting that to prove their innocence, they had to get Ninomiya expelled.

Such remarks would make Kanzaki laugh in anger. What does he need to prove his innocence? He couldn't save him, so he's the one who's become the sinner.

Fine, since you want me to prove my innocence, then I'll prove it.

So, in order to shut everyone up, Kanzaki chose to sacrifice Ninomiya. In Kanzaki's opinion, he no longer had any enthusiasm for this class, so everyone could do whatever they wanted.

"Does it matter whether I'm satisfied or not? As long as they're satisfied, that's all that matters. Also, I want to remind you of something, Ninomiya-kun. It's not me who wants you to drop out of school, it's them. So... don't give me that sour look. If you have any complaints, go and yell at them. Don't put on airs in front of me."

Chapter 188: Reunion (6K)

As the bell rang, Ms. Chabashira began packing up her teaching materials to leave without any hesitation. It was the last class of the morning, and with lunchtime approaching, the hungry students probably weren't in the mood to listen to her continue.

So she decided to leave the classroom without hesitation. Just as she stepped out of the classroom door, Ms. Chabashira seemed to remember something and quickly turned back to the podium.

"Wait a moment, I have something to tell you..."

Before Teacher Chabashira could finish speaking, a figure darted out of the back door of the classroom.

Almost instinctively, Ms. Chabashira tried to call the other person back through the front door, but when she got to the corridor, she found it was already empty.

"She ran so fast, could it be Tianyin... I knew it was her! What a despicable person! Is she hungrier than I am after lecturing for tens of minutes? Couldn't she have just waited a little longer, sigh..."

Teacher Chabashira gave up on the idea of ​​calling back Amane, who was rushing towards the cafeteria like a wild horse.

"I'm so sorry, Ms. Chabashira. It seems that Amane was complaining this morning that she wasn't full, which is why she was a little anxious just now. Is there anything I can pass on to her?"

"Oh~"

Teacher Chabashira gave Horikita, who was picking up his backpack and preparing to return to his seat, a meaningful look.

Teacher Chabashira had heard a little about the relationship between Amane and Horikita, but the school only stipulated that opposite sexes should not have relationships that go beyond friendship, but there was no rule against same sexes doing so. Is this a bug in the school's rules?

Teacher Chabashira actually thought about it seriously for a moment, but she quickly came to the conclusion that Amane should be the heretic of this school.

The reason why Chabashira-sensei looked at Horikita was... because those words were just spoken by Ichinose.

After Ichinose spoke, the cheerful atmosphere in the class, which had been somewhat relaxed as they were planning to treat themselves to a nice meal at the cafeteria after the morning classes were finally over, vanished without a trace.

Although it was far from being so quiet you could hear a pin drop, it was true that no one was speaking.

They exchanged glances, their gazes inevitably drawn to Horikita and Ichinose.

Almost everyone was convinced that there was going to be a good show to watch, or at the very least a heated verbal battle.

However, to everyone's surprise, Horikita sat down in her seat as if nothing had happened, and then looked around strangely.

Why are you all looking at me?

"Horikita-san, did you hear what Ichinose-san just said?"

Based on the principle that "a funeral is no big deal," Ayanokouji decisively chose to add fuel to the fire. Yesterday, Amane's punch had caused his stomach to ache all day. If it weren't for the fact that he felt better after a night's rest and that he didn't cough up blood, he would have even suspected that he had suffered a stomach hemorrhage.

This punch was a punishment for his slacking off and making the wrong decision. Ayanokouji himself didn't have much to say, but that didn't mean he was willing to suffer this loss.

"I heard you, what's wrong? Is there a problem? Tianyin usually has a big appetite, doesn't she?"

Horikita didn't understand where everyone's focus was.

In her opinion, it was normal for Tianyin to be able to eat. Tianyin would cry out for food after just a little bit of thrashing around, and she did so almost without regard to the occasion. Sometimes she would even sneak out in the middle of the night to look for food and get caught red-handed.

So, Horikita was tired of hearing Amane say that she hadn't eaten enough for breakfast. Ichinose wasn't lying, so why was everyone's attitude so strange?

"I thought I was slow-witted enough, being called a blockhead by Maya, but I didn't expect you to be even slower. Did you become slow-witted after spending so much time with Amane?"

Ayanokouji was utterly exasperated that Horikita's brilliant mind was practically useless outside of studying.

Couldn't Horikita see such an obvious provocation?

……

Perhaps Horikita genuinely failed to notice.

There seemed to be many girls in the class who liked to hang around Amane before, but after Amane and Horikita became a couple, even if some people had ideas, they would deliberately keep their distance from Amane. No one had ever dared to challenge Horikita like Ichinose.

It's probably normal that Horikita, who has no experience in this area, didn't notice anything amiss.

"Horikita, could you please imagine that what Ichinose just said was said by Sakayanagi?"

Faced with Ayanokouji's strange request, Horikita hesitated for a moment before imagining the scene of Sakayanagi saying those words.

His fist clenched instantly.

Just as Horikita realized what she was about to say, another person spoke before she could.

"Tea Pillar Teacher, it's lunch break now, so please tell us what you need to say quickly. Everyone must be starving. If we go later, we'll have to wait in line for a long time, which might affect our lunch break."

Hirata's words shattered the atmosphere that everyone in the class had created to watch the drama unfold.

Teacher Chabashira glanced helplessly at Hirata. Sometimes life needs things that make others happy, even if it's just watching others have fun. Although such behavior is somewhat inappropriate, student life is already very boring. Without some kind of entertainment, people will go crazy sooner or later.

Thinking about it this way, it seems understandable that there are a few crazy guys in each year.

However, Chabashira-sensei naturally understood that Hirata's original intention was to take care of Horikita's feelings while protecting Ichinose as much as possible. After all, Horikita had accumulated a lot of prestige in the class, and there would definitely not be many people to speak up for Ichinose if a conflict really broke out between the two. Rather than letting things get out of control, it was better to nip the crisis in the bud.

In addition, what Hirata said made sense, so Chabashira-sensei followed up on what Hirata had said and began to explain what had suddenly come to her mind.

"After discussion at the school, some special sports and difficult-to-score events have been banned in the next selection process, such as music, gymnastics, dance, painting, and calligraphy. It is particularly noteworthy that video games are also prohibited. However, events like typing are allowed. You should make reasonable allocations based on the skills of your classmates... There is also something I don't know if I should tell you in advance."

The students in Class B hesitated when they saw Chabashira-sensei. Many of them immediately realized what was going on, and their playful expressions all disappeared. Everyone knew that what Chabashira-sensei was about to say was absolutely crucial.

"Everyone is listening very attentively, and we hope that you, Mr. Chabashira, will not hide anything from us. We have fought continuously for a whole year to get here, and no one wants to end their first year of school in defeat as a farewell to their first year of school."

Horikita's speech earned a satisfied nod from Chabashira-sensei.

"What I'm about to tell you is that when the school selects its signature events, it tends to favor physical events. Only when neither side has a physical event will it choose other types of competitions."

This news immediately surprised the students in Class B.

While everyone was still shocked by the changes at the school, it was Katsuragi who was the first to react.

"No, this rule may seem to encourage people to compete in physical or violent events, but it is actually a trap."

"Katsura-kun, have you discovered something?"

"That's right. Everyone, please think about it: if physical fitness events are given priority, what events will other classes submit?"

"Of course, it's physical fitness-related. Being given priority in these competitions allows those skilled in them to showcase their abilities, which is a win-win situation."

This time, it was Sato who answered Katsuragi's question. Even Sato could guess the answer to this kind of question, so it goes without saying that the people in the other classes could too.

"So what exactly constitutes a physical fitness competition?"

Katsuragi's problem also made Horikita realize something.

"Katsura-kun, are you implying that the school is indirectly encouraging combat-related physical competitions?"

Horikita thought of this because the competition rules stipulated that, except for the generals' duel, other events required at least two people to participate. Many physical fitness events in sports are multi-person events, which could easily mislead other classes. For example, if someone signed up for the soccer event and was selected, more than a quarter of the competition slots would be used up. What would happen to the remaining six events?

What kind of physical fitness event can create the greatest chance of winning with the fewest participants?

The answer is combat sports. Good athletic ability does not necessarily mean good combat skills. Moreover, the rules of this competition are self-made, making it easy to manipulate them. For example, the rules of karate competition can be interpreted as meaning that unarmed combat is in compliance with the rules.

Such a rule is allowed in this special exam, so even people who haven't had professional training can play as long as they can fight.

Losing consecutive combat sports events can be very demoralizing for an opponent.

If you mistakenly believe that physical fitness is limited to sports competitions, you will suffer a great loss.

"It's not just that. Some classes that aren't good at physical fitness might want to take a gamble and choose five academic competition events. After all, it's said to be a priority selection, but it doesn't mean they won't choose academic competition events. Besides, there are seven competition events available. As long as they can get three or four academic events, even if they lose, it's not that bad. And if a class has all their energy tied up in physical fitness events and suddenly announces that they will compete in five academic events, the other side might be so angry that they want to hit someone."

Katsuragi's analysis made Koenji nod in agreement.

Being cautious has its advantages, but its disadvantage is that it can be a bit too cautious.

"While what you said makes sense, Katsuragi boy, I still think that since the school wants to see physical competitions, we should focus on physical competitions as much as possible. This will make it easier to get selected, and our opponents are just some guys who are good at studying, so they may not have an advantage in physical competitions."

Koenji's rebuttal clearly resonated with everyone. If they were to face Class C, no one would dare to say that they would choose five physical fitness competitors. What if they were to suffer an unexpected defeat? Wouldn't that be a loss?

But now their opponent is only Class D, and if they are still so cautious, they will inevitably become a laughing stock.

Katsuragi nodded silently and sat back down. Although he wanted to object, Koenji was the commander, and his opinion obviously took precedence over his own.

On the other hand, Katsuragi also felt that Class D shouldn't have any good athletes in terms of physical fitness.

Their chances of winning would actually be higher if they selected all physical fitness events.

"What do you think, Mr. Chazhu?"

Horikita looked up at Chabashira-sensei. She felt that Chabashira-sensei was acting strangely this time, but she couldn't quite put her finger on what was wrong.

Just in case, Horikita Suzune still planned to ask Chabashira-sensei for his opinion.

"The special exam is your business, I won't comment on it. Rather than discussing it here, I think you should go eat first, it's already been twenty minutes."

"Huh?!"

……

"I'm so full~ It's definitely the best to eat in the cafeteria when you forget to make a bento box. But... where are the people from Class B? It feels like I'm the only one eating in the cafeteria?"

While rubbing her stomach, Amane picked up her phone and called Horikita.

She learned that Ms. Chabashira had announced changes to the special exam rules while she was away.

Tianyin herself stated that she felt completely unmoved.

She was confident she could handle whatever the competition was, so there was no need to worry about what to compete in. However... if all the competitions were fighting-related, she would rather hold back. If she ended up in the hospital after a few more fights and the school got so angry that they wanted to disqualify her, that would be the real disaster.

"Hirata and I are planning to discuss the competition events, so we won't be eating at the cafeteria. Amane, could you bring me back some food and a drink while you're at it... but no tomato juice!!!"

Horikita's voice went a little off-key when tomato juice was mentioned, and her sudden increase in volume almost startled Amane so much that she dropped her phone.

"Ouch, my ears! Rin, why are you suddenly so loud? Besides, I think tomato juice tastes pretty good."

Tianyin gave the tomato juice an extremely positive review.

However, Horikita on the other end of the phone seemed to be losing her composure.

"Tomato juice is awful! Absolutely not! If you dare bring me tomato juice, I'll juice you up."

Horikita issued a life-threatening statement to Amane.

But Tianyin's eyes were shining brightly on the other end of the phone.

"Oh! Is this a new way to play? I think I can give it a try... Hello? Hello? Ringo? Why did you hang up halfway through the conversation?"

Amane pursed her lips. Since there was a vending machine nearby, Amane's first thought was to get Horikita a drink.

When swiping her card, Tianyin hesitated for a long time between tomato juice and orange juice, but finally chose orange juice.

Well, she knew that Horikita had been drinking tomato juice with her for half a year and now felt nauseous and gagged at the sight of this stuff, just like... Hehe, Amane said that she had no perverse interest in seeing Horikita make that kind of expression.

After buying the drinks, Amane planned to buy some bread as well, not that Amane didn't want to bring Horikita some hot food.

However, the school's rules have various strange little flaws. For example, snacks purchased outside are not allowed to be brought into the teaching building, including snacks themselves.

The problem is that there are vending machines selling snacks inside the teaching building, and Tianyin really can't understand the point of this school rule.

Furthermore, there are regulations that prohibit bringing regular meals into the teaching building, but allow bringing lunchboxes... Even buying food from the school cafeteria and putting it into the lunchbox is not considered a violation of the regulations.

But if you bring the bag directly into the teaching building, you will be caught on camera and points will be deducted.

What? How does Tianyin know so much?

Because the student council has spoken to her several times.

And another thing is that bread is not considered a snack or a main meal, so it can be brought into the teaching building without being punished.

This is a strange place.

So Amane planned to bring Horikita some bread. First of all, she ruled out bread from convenience stores. Amane thought that kind of commercial bread was so bad that it was almost impossible to swallow. However, she often saw Shiina eating that kind of food alone in a corner.

Anyway, Amane couldn't accept it, so she decided to go to Ms. Fujiwara's bakery to see if Ms. Fujiwara's bakery was open today... I mean, was Ms. Fujiwara's bakery open today?

If they're open, you can take some bread home; she doesn't need any.