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

"Really? Does that mean my guess was right?"

puff.

Before Tianyin could explain, she suddenly felt a sharp pain in her abdomen.

The sudden sanctions were truly unexpected.

Looking at Amane, who was lying in his arms and could only stammer, Horikita affectionately tidied her hair, which had become a little messy from running.

"I knew you were going to say you need an explanation, so I devised this plan. It seems to be working quite well. If you have time, let's invite Shiina to your dorm. I'd also like to make friends with Shiina."

"Ahem, I'm afraid of Lingyin..."

"Don't worry, I won't bully Shiina-kun."

"what about me?"

"Isn't it normal for me to bully you? You bully me like that every day, shouldn't I get some interest back?"

Horikita seemed to be thinking about something unpleasant, and her face turned red.

Recently, it seems that Amane has been buying all sorts of materials to make some small toys herself, which makes Horikita's eyelids twitch.

I have a feeling that Tianyin is heading down a path of perversion, and if it is not corrected, it will definitely cause some unnecessary trouble because it has gone too far.

However, because it involved some unspeakable matters, Horikita was somewhat embarrassed to ask Amane to change. Should she really say to Amane, "Can we do something normal today?"

It's rather shameful for a girl to say something like that.

Therefore, Horikita was somewhat troubled for a while.

"Hey hey hey..."

Horikita was brought back to reality by Amane's somewhat cheerful and enjoyable laughter.

At this moment, Tianyin, who was being held in her arms, actually tried to take advantage of her.

Boom!

Horikita reached out and gently tapped Amane on the head.

"Now that we're in the classroom, hurry up and act normal!"

……

"Tianyin... are you alright?"

Looking at the red mark on Hirata's cheek that looked like an injury, he asked uncertainly.

Who could possibly be the one to hurt Tianyin?

"It's okay! You'll get used to it."

Habit?

"Is that right?"

You could tell that Hirata's expression was somewhat strained.

After all, not everyone can accept statements like "being used to getting hurt," which sound like they have a strong masochistic tendency.

"Alright, let's stop talking about things off-topic for now and discuss what our competition events are."

Because they still had to attend classes during the special exam period, the time left for discussion was extremely limited, and everyone basically rested after lunch.

In the evenings, some students would participate in club activities, making it somewhat difficult to get the whole class together to discuss the special exam.

However, these issues can actually be overcome. The reason why a discussion with only a small number of people was ultimately adopted was due to another factor: Ichinose's absence.

Since Ichinose was the class leader of Class D before this match against Class D, she was advised to avoid suspicion and not participate in the discussion of the competition. Ichinose's absence made organizing the group meeting somewhat unsafe, and Ichinose felt as if the group had excluded her.

To prevent Ichinose from having any unnecessary thoughts, Hirata suggested that everyone first select a portion of the competition events, and then find a time to write all the events on the blackboard for everyone to vote on.

The voting is anonymous, and the total number of votes is not announced. Students with special talents or those who want to participate in certain projects can privately message Horikita or Hirata.

In short, this special exam, which involved everyone, was completely turned into a secret meeting-like atmosphere by Class B.

"I think it's necessary to first set up some academic subjects that are easy to use as smokescreens, such as English exam papers."

Subjects like Mandarin, English, Mathematics, and History are the best smokescreens; no one can easily tell whether a competition item is just a bluff or a genuine specialty.

"That's right, and I think Class D will most likely participate in these competitions as well, and one or two of them might even become their specialties."

Katsuragi Kohei's judgment was quite convincing. It was only now that Amane realized Katsuragi Kohei's greatest strength was his excellent judgment. What he lacked was execution and coordination.

To put it bluntly, the strategy is excellent, but no one implements it, and even when he does, problems arise.

Such a person might be a stretch as a leader, but would be an excellent deputy to fill in the gaps and make up for deficiencies.

"So, it's just four smokescreens: 'Modern Chinese Test,' 'Mathematics Test,' 'English Test,' and 'History Test'?"

Since the competition is intended as a smokescreen, it must be comprehensive.

Horikita thought about it for a moment and then formulated the rules for these competitions.

"Each project allows four participants, and the team with the highest total score wins. The Commander can answer questions in place of one of the students, while the General Showdown is a 'Quick Question and Answer' one-on-one competition. Failure to ask a question or answer within one minute results in defeat."

Horikita's rules were very comprehensive, taking into account both the possibility of interference from the command tower and the interesting rules for one-on-one duels.

Seeing that no one had any objections, Horikita continued to advance the topic. Now that they had used academic competitions as a smokescreen, what were the remaining physical competitions that were their main focus?

"As for physical events... how about relay races? There are quite a few classmates in the class who performed brilliantly in the sports festival. Even against Amane, they are very strong in running, like a trump card."

Panasonic proposed a relay race as the competition event.

Hirata wrote the relay race on a piece of paper, thought for a moment, and then nodded.

"A four-person relay race would be fine, like at the sports festival. For a one-on-one race, how about having Amane and the other run 50 or 100 meters? If the command tower intervenes, Koenji is also very good at running."

Since it involved the special talents of the classmates, Katsuragi, who had only been here for a short time, was not able to easily express his opinion, so Hirata offered his own.

Although Horikita felt there was some overlap in personnel, Class B had a significant advantage in the race when facing off against the generals and the command tower, so it was worth a try.

"Then let's allow a relay race. I remember Miyake is quite good at archery, right?"

Horikita's gaze fell on Miyake, who was sitting in the corner.

Unexpectedly, Miyake quickly shook his head.

"Although I have achieved some success in the archery club, I remember there is a boy in Class D who is the star of the archery club. He must have been practicing archery since he was a child. I am no match for him at all. I guess only Miyako can completely defeat him?"

"There are such amazing people in Class D? I've never heard of them before?"

"It's not just the archery club. The students in Class D have always been quite active, but they just haven't had the opportunity to show it off. Class D also has students participating in the swimming and track and field clubs. If I remember correctly, Class A seems to have three very strong swimmers. Unfortunately, club activities are all considered hobbies until they participate in official competitions and win awards. This means that most of them are relatively unknown before they achieve results. After all, they may not even know which clubs they participate in, let alone investigate other classes."

Onodera provided crucial information.

This unexpected information forced Horikita to temporarily adjust the direction of the competition.

Ordinary physical fitness competitions are likely to attract the hidden club experts from Class D to participate, but what about physical fitness competitions that are not common in this school but are compliant?

"If it were you, Tianyin, which physical fitness event would you choose?"

Horikita glared at Amane, who was constantly making a fuss under the table, and decided to involve Amane in the discussion.

Upon hearing about the physical fitness competition, Tianyin's eyes immediately lit up.

"Hmph, Lingyin, you've come to the right person. If it were me, I'd definitely choose 'Full Marathon,' 'Racing,' 'Golf,' or 'Skydiving.' I don't believe anyone in Class D can rival me!"

"Hmm, rejected. Next."

Chapter 191: I Need Your Water (6K)

Amane's proposal for an overly strange competition was rejected by Horikita, who believed that Amane's proposal was probably just meant to cause trouble for the opposing team.

These competition events are all quite difficult. Take the full marathon for example. The full marathon is called the full marathon. When people hear the word "marathon", they may associate it with long-distance running. In fact, the marathon is much more terrifying than long-distance running.

Long-distance running generally refers to running over a distance of five kilometers or more. The distance of a race is mostly ten kilometers. This number is a bit exaggerated for the physical fitness of high school students, but with training, running ten kilometers is not difficult. Horikita can complete a ten-kilometer long-distance run in an hour.

This was not a difficult thing for her, and she believed that the 10-kilometer race was undoubtedly an easier event for people like Tenon or Koenji.

A full marathon is 42.195 kilometers long, and a normal race usually takes six to seven hours. Even for trained adults, it usually takes three to four hours to complete a full marathon.

Those who can run under three hours are almost all professional national-level athletes, as well as some top enthusiasts who are obsessed with the full marathon.

For a high school student, simply running a full marathon is almost unrealistic. Even Tianyin would probably have a hard time making it to the end, let alone needing several hours to determine a winner.

From any perspective, the school would never allow such a chaotic competition.

As for racing cars and golf, needless to say.

There is no doubt that as long as these competition events are announced, the opposing class will be alarmed and may even report the incident to the school to cancel the competition.

But if they can't produce any high-quality contestants themselves, this special exam will turn into a competition to see who is the worst.

If the school takes punitive measures, it will be even more counterproductive.

As for whether it's possible for Tenon to be proficient in all of these things, Horikita felt it was unlikely. Tenon's achievements in martial arts and academics were already outstanding, so she shouldn't have time to participate in such hobbies.

For races like the full marathon, which are time-consuming, difficult to improve performance, and require extensive training, Tianyin probably doesn't have that much free time to immerse herself in martial arts and studies.

Therefore, Horikita judged that Amane was just trying to liven things up by mentioning some competition events that neither side could possibly do, so Horikita decisively chose to reject them.

"I clearly think it's great..."

Amane slumped dejectedly onto the table, while Horikita ruthlessly pulled her hand up from under the table as well, to prevent her from interfering with his judgment.

In this special exam, Amane and Koenji were in a state of both participating and not participating. Although it was possible to have Amane or Koenji participate in every event, Horikita was most afraid of a time-wasting, endless series of challenges.

Just like during the sports festival exam, Class D, with a bunch of trash, was able to hold off Koenji and Ayanokouji. If it weren't for Kito's overwhelming power that intimidated them and triggered the subsequent events, Ryuen might have actually won in the end.

Therefore, Horikita instinctively felt that the participating teams should at least have a certain level of fighting ability.

You can't leave everything to the commander or the general. The biggest role of these two roles is to deter the other side and prevent them from making rash moves, not to act as pawns.

Seeing Amane's adorable dejected look, Karuizawa couldn't help but gently poke Amane's slightly flushed cheek.

Karuizawa was reluctant to let go of the warm and soft touch, but just as Karuizawa was about to poke Amane's cheek a second time, Amane bit her fingertip with a "whoosh".

The entire discussion group fell silent for a moment.

An atmosphere that was both ambiguous and slightly awkward began to fill the air.

Karuizawa was stunned for a moment, then she was relieved to find that Amane hadn't bitten her hard. Just as she was about to pull her finger back, she felt a tingling sensation from her fingertip that made her feel like she was being electrocuted.

This caused Karuizawa's face to turn as red as a ripe apple in just a few seconds, making people want to take a bite and taste it.

Yes, Tianyin is already doing this kind of thing.

Even Katsuragi, who always had a stern face, couldn't bear to watch this rippled scene and silently turned his head in another direction. Hirata, on the other hand, looked at Karuizawa with the kind eyes of a loving old father.

Perhaps in his view, the fact that Karuizawa and Amane could interact so intimately meant that the two were not in a host-parasite relationship, but rather that they were friends... no, they should be in a closer relationship.

Hirata was genuinely happy to see Karuizawa grow up and no longer need to rely on him.

In some respects, Hirata is probably a better fit for the definition of selflessness than Ichinose.

The others either looked at Amane with envy or at Karuizawa with jealousy. In short, their expressions varied, but they all maintained a tacit silence, pretending not to have seen anything.

Horikita was the first to lose her temper. Although she was already mentally prepared for Amane's absurd behavior of going into heat in broad daylight and wouldn't be surprised by it, they were currently discussing something extremely important, and then this guy went into heat without saying a word. It was really...

"You two are hopeless! Have you no idea how this is supposed to go?!"

And so, Amane and Karuizawa were both kicked out of the classroom by Horikita, who also locked the classroom door from the inside, for fear that Amane would go in and harm other people.

"Ugh, it's all your fault!! You made me get kicked out in front of so many people! This is terrible, how am I going to explain this to everyone if some weird rumors start circulating tomorrow?!"

Karuizawa scratched her hair in frustration. Just as she was getting angry, she saw Amane standing to the side, seemingly oblivious to her plight. Unable to contain her anger, Karuizawa walked over to Amane and pinched her cheeks hard.

"Tenon, you better think of a solution quickly! At least, at least explain to Horikita that I didn't mean it that way..."

Since the incident occurred in front of Horikita, and it was she who first curiously pinched Amane's cheek, resulting in her being bitten by this guy, it was not at all about deliberately showing off their intimate relationship in front of Horikita.

Even if Karuizawa were stupid, he would know that for someone like him who completely relied on Amane and had no skills to establish himself in the class, the best thing to do was to keep a low profile and behave himself quietly.

With Amane protecting her, Horikita will probably turn a blind eye and not usually bother with her. But if she rashly follows Ichinose's example and declares war, there will definitely be terrible consequences waiting for her in the future.

"Don't worry, don't worry~ Lingyin isn't that petty."

Upon hearing Amane's words, Karuizawa reluctantly let go of her hand. Perhaps only Amane could say such things so openly.

While Horikita isn't exactly a stingy person, she's not exactly generous either.

Ugh.

Today was such a bad day.

"Even if Horikita-kun doesn't mind, I'll be very troubled if some strange rumors start circulating in the class."