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

Ayanokouji couldn't understand why Amane, who was always very generous with her personal points, would become so stingy at a time like this.

"Of course, does Sato-kun not want to?"

"..."

Now it was Ayanokouji's turn to be speechless.

His original intention was to get Amane to understand Sato's difficulties by putting herself in his shoes, but who would have thought that Amane would say something so insensitive?

Two hundred thousand points is not a small amount. Even if we take one hundred thousand points per month as an example, two hundred thousand points is equivalent to two months' worth of personal points. A student can only stay on campus for a total of 36 months. The compensation of two months' worth of personal points given by Tianyin is already sufficient. However, in Ayanokouji's opinion, the price should clearly be negotiable. Otherwise, he would not have asked for five hundred thousand points right away.

However, Tenon directly asked Ayanokouji to state his position, which put him in a difficult position. If he admitted it, then the 200,000 points would be a foregone conclusion and could not be changed. However, it was absolutely impossible for him to refuse. If he said in such an important occasion that Sato was unwilling to take on a certain responsibility for 200,000 points, it would cause irreparable damage to Sato's reputation.

The trust that had been painstakingly built among the class members could suddenly collapse, something that neither Sato nor Ayanokouji wanted to see.

"It seems I've shot myself in the foot. I agreed on Sato's behalf, but what about the aftermath..."

"I will take care of it for you, you can rest assured about that."

The so-called "handling of the mess" is nothing more than how to deal with it if the school holds someone accountable or imposes penalties. Now that Amane has promised to handle it, Ayanokouji can start preparing with peace of mind.

Those present exchanged bewildered glances, completely unable to understand what Amane and Ayanokouji were talking about.

Even Horikita could only roughly guess that Amane was going to give Ayanokouji 200,000 personal points so that Sato could carry out the plan to lure Class D into making a mistake.

A feeling of utter uncertainty washed over Horikita.

Sending Sato on such an important mission is somewhat...

However, since these were all decisions made by Tianyin, she couldn't say anything more.

……

After the discussion ended, Horikita and Amane planned to go back to their dorm to discuss some details further.

Horikita stopped halfway there.

There are some things she needs to confirm with Tianyin.

"Amane, do you really think Sato can successfully complete the mission?"

Although Horikita had already guessed Amane's answer the moment the words left her mouth, she still had little confidence in Sato. Sato's various performances all showed that she was the kind of person who was good at internal battles but bad at external battles. Her academic ability and physical ability were also terrible. Apart from having a capable boyfriend to support her, it was really hard for Horikita to believe that a student like Sato could do something that even she thought was very difficult.

"Rinne, you should be able to guess my answer, right? By the way, Rinne, do you really have so little confidence in Sato-kun?"

Amane was well aware that Horikita would consider factors like academic ability when judging whether someone was good enough, but sometimes academic ability or physical ability couldn't determine whether someone was useful.

"Sigh, I'm just a little worried about Sato. You know, we only have six days left. If we can't complete Amane's plan within six days... all our plans will end in failure, right? So I still think we should carry out Amane's plan while holding a book club to improve the overall abilities of the students in the class as much as possible. That way, even if Sato fails, we won't be in a particularly passive position."

Horikita's words implied that he didn't have any hope for Sato.

"Then... Suzune, if you were to do this, would you do it better than Sato-kun?"

Chapter 210: Can this even be used for a competition?

"Of course, I think I'm definitely more reliable than Sato-kun to do this."

Horikita answered without hesitation.

Horikita believed that Amane would not have arranged for Sato to carry out a scheme against Class D without a reason.

Since Tianyin has made such an arrangement, the first thing to know is that this plan can definitely be completed and will indeed be of great help to the upcoming special exam.

If that's the case, then Amane probably sent Sato, who has only average abilities, to accomplish this task because they believed that Sato was capable of handling it.

How could Horikita Suzune possibly fail to complete such a simple task? What she called a conspiracy was nothing more than provoking Class D to make them violate school rules or even physically assault them.

In this respect, Horikita even has a physical advantage over Sato. Having practiced some self-defense techniques since childhood, Horikita believes that even if the other party attacks, he can easily resolve the situation and at least escape unscathed. In Horikita's opinion, he has already completely defeated Sato in this respect. It is probably impossible for Sato to provoke the other party and escape unscathed.

Therefore, Horikita felt that even if the plan were to be carried out, sending her would definitely be more efficient than sending Sato.

Seeing Horikita's confidence, Amane suddenly thought of something interesting.

"Since you're so confident, why don't you have a match with Sato-kun?"

"Contest?"

Horikita tilted her head in confusion, seemingly not understanding how Amane wanted her to compete with Sato. On paper, Horikita completely overwhelmed Sato in both academic ability and physical strength. No normal person would think that Sato was an opponent who could defeat Horikita.

Horikita herself thought so too, so she didn't understand why Amane would let Sato, who was bound to lose, compete against her.

"That's right! Let's see who can reduce the number of participants from Class D first, shall we?"

This idea sounds...not very friendly to Horikita.

Because if Horikita were to compete against Sato in her current capacity, neither winning nor losing would benefit her. If Horikita were to win easily, it would mean that Sato's 200,000 personal points would be lost. Moreover, Amane's last-minute change of opponent would cause Ayanokoji and Sato to lose face in the class, thus generating resentment.

But the reward only proves that Horikita is excellent, but does that need to be proven?

In other words, if Horikita wins the game, he won't gain anything and might even be resented. But what if he loses the game?

Losing the match would be even more disgusting. If Horikita loses the match, it will only prove to everyone that the previous failures were caused by her interference, and people will question her abilities and lose trust in Horikita.

Therefore, this kind of match is completely unfair and unfriendly to Horikita.

But Horikita had no choice but to agree to the competition.

because……

Amane didn't believe she could do better than Sato.

Even though Amane never said anything about Horikita Suzune being unable to complete the task, her attitude made Horikita realize that Amane didn't expect her to complete the task; otherwise, she wouldn't have proposed such a competition.

Amane proposed this competition, which seemed like a fair contest but was actually unfair to Horikita. Her intention was to discourage Horikita from participating. On the other hand, even if Horikita agreed, how could the competition be conducted? Neither side could start provoking the other at the same time, as this would only alert the other side and reduce the success rate of the plan.

According to the principle of first come, first served, Amane will definitely let Sato go first. Once Sato completes the mission, Horikita's match can be canceled directly, because there is no point in provoking Class D after the mission is completed.

This effectively silenced Horikita by having her participate in a match that Horikita was destined not to play, preventing her from opposing the plan or questioning Amane's use of Sato, since contestants cannot also act as referees, and Horikita was no exception.

Regardless of the reason, Amane's intention was to express her disapproval of Horikita, which immediately ignited Horikita's arrogance.

Even if this competition is unfavorable to her, Horikita still wants to have a match with Sato. It's one thing if she can't beat Ayanokouji, Koenji, and Amane, but what level is Sato? Does she even deserve to mess with her?

"I'll take on this match, but I have one condition."

"any request?"

"I must make the first move."

Horikita's request was not excessive. In her opinion, whoever could solve the problem first would definitely have the advantage, and the person who acted later would only be a bystander and a supporting character to highlight the other.

Horikita didn't want to use herself to highlight someone else, so she simply suggested to Amane that she make the first move.

"No problem~ Then I'll be waiting for your good news, Rin!"

Amane directly agreed to the match on Sato's behalf, and Horikita looked at Amane with some curiosity.

"Don't you need to discuss this with Sato-kun?"

Amane made such an important decision without consulting Sato... It seems they must have had some other collaborations, otherwise Amane wouldn't be so adept at it.

Recalling the strange conversation between Amane and Ayanokouji during the discussion, Horikita became even more convinced of her idea.

I'm afraid Sato has been doing some shady things for Amane in private all along... No, wait!

Horikita suddenly realized that Sato and Amane's relationship didn't seem to be particularly good. Sato should have been more wary and fearful of Amane. Such a person might do some things for Amane under Amane's power, but he would never have the right to be Amane's equal or to bargain with her.

Horikita initially judged from the bargaining between Ayanokouji and Amane that Sato was an equal to Amane, but now he wondered what right Sato had to bargain with Amane.

Thinking about it this way, there is only one possibility: the one bargaining with Amane was not Sato behind Ayanokouji, but Ayanokouji himself!

It's even highly possible that Sato was a puppet supported by Ayanokouji, used to operate in the open while diverting attention from others. If that's the case, then Amane's reaction would seem quite reasonable.

Horikita felt she finally understood why Amane thought she was inferior to Sato. If Sato was nominally in charge of the task, but Ayanokouji was actually the one doing it…

There's simply no student in Class D who's better than Ayanokouji. So it's easy for Ayanokouji to take her down. Her rash nitpicking seems pointless. In other words, did Amane's suggestion that she compete with Sato just mean to make her back down?

Unfortunately... since he had already agreed to the competition, he had to take it seriously. Horikita was confident that he could do it well before Sato or Ayanokouji.

"Just tell Sato when you have a chance. Anyway, she hasn't started anything yet, so there's no need to discuss anything."

Amane's casual attitude when mentioning Sato made Horikita even more certain that the person she was actually competing against was Ayanokoji, so Amane naturally didn't need to consult with Sato to make the decision about the match.

"That's true. Then let's see what I'm capable of."

……

"That Horikita Suzune is so annoying! Why should I compete against her? We had already agreed on something... Horikita must have said something to Miyako! Otherwise, there would never have been some kind of competition out of nowhere."

After receiving the message from Amane, Sato immediately began complaining about Horikita's meddling.

Sato couldn't understand why Horikita would go against her for such petty gains. Wouldn't it be better for Horikita to be her shadow class leader? Wouldn't life be much more comfortable with Tenon protecting her than for a nobody like her?

Her little circle was forcibly destroyed by Amane before it could even take shape. While it wouldn't be considered a complete failure, it was certainly impossible for her to compete for class leadership or become the leader of the girls in Class B. Therefore, Sato set her sights on improving her quality of life.

Sato was somewhat afraid of Amane from the bottom of his heart, so he usually kept in touch with Amane through Ayanokouji, who was his middleman.

When Tianyin was unable to appear in person, she was the one who handled the transfer of information and the bribery of certain people...

It can be said that she has made real contributions to the class, so it's not unreasonable for her to earn a little money, right?

In addition, the reward this time was pitifully small. Two hundred thousand points was nothing to Sato, who had already experienced the feeling of spending money lavishly. Whether it was to maintain her quality of life or to think about her and Ayanokouji's future, she had to get as many points as possible.

But this time, even though it was just a minor skirmish, Horikita managed to snatch it away halfway through, which made Sato extremely unhappy. She complained for a full hour after returning to the dormitory, until she was hoarse from yelling and had completely vented her frustration before finally sitting down at the table.

She wasn't alone in the room; Ayanokouji was also there.

Ayanokouji listened quietly to Sato's complaints for a full hour without saying a single word to cheer him up, as if Sato's anger, which was so close at hand, had nothing to do with him.

Sato wasn't angry when he saw Ayanokouji's expression. Instead, he obediently sat down next to Ayanokouji, who was reading a book.

The fact that Ayanokouji could still concentrate on reading while someone was constantly complaining speaks volumes about his strong willpower.

Are you feeling better?

Once Sato's breathing and heartbeat had stabilized, Ayanokouji asked in a lukewarm tone.

If it were another girl and her boyfriend remained silent when she was angry, and finally managed to say something, but it was just asking if she was feeling better, her first reaction would probably be to slap him and tell him to open his eyes and see if she was actually feeling better.

However, Sato did not do that, but instead took Ayanokouji's arm directly.

"It's alright, I guess. So, what should we do next, Qinglong? This business deal didn't make much money, but at least it's some income..."

"What happened to the points I gave you before?"

When asked by Ayanokouji, Sato showed a slightly embarrassed expression.

"Oh dear, that happened so many days ago, let's not bring it up again. Besides, what's important right now is much more pressing, isn't it?"

Ayanokouji took in Sato's changing expressions, but his own face remained impassive. He knew that Sato had already used up all the points Amane had given him, but this wasn't a big problem for him. Ayanokouji's situation was similar to Koenji's; with his grades, getting into a good university would be a piece of cake. The real challenge was whether the university would dare to accept him.

As for employment... Ayanokouji felt he shouldn't have to worry about employment. As long as he left this school, his future would be clearly arranged by his incompetent father.

Ultimately, he came to this school only to escape his father; nothing else held much appeal for Ayanokouji.

The same applies to points. Although it's incredibly difficult to get by in this school without points, you'll never lack points as long as you have talent. This has absolutely nothing to do with how good your class is.

"Yes, the current situation is more important. I think instead of complaining about Horikita here, you should take the initiative."

Normally, Sato would definitely listen to Ayanokouji's advice, but now...

"Hmph, Miyako-san said that Horikita should go and challenge Class D first."

Sato snorted coldly, clearly dissatisfied that Amane had given all the credit to Horikita, leaving the rest of them without even a share.

Ayanokouji couldn't help but smile when he saw that Sato was still angry about the matter.

"Maya, how do you know that Amane didn't want Horikita to go ahead and gather information about Class D for you?"

Ayanokouji gently stroked Sato's hair, but it still didn't calm Sato down.

"How could such a thing happen! I may not be as smart as you, Kiyotaka, but I'm not stupid. Of course I know that the worst thing about provocation is that the other party is on guard. If Horikita makes the first move, whether it succeeds or not, it will make the other party wary. Then, even if it's our turn, it will become extremely difficult. Then this deal will not be worth it at all. Not to mention that Horikita may also complete the task that Amane gave her. Wouldn't we become her supporting characters? Just thinking about becoming supporting characters for that woman, Horikita Suzune, makes me uncomfortable!"

Sato's answer was completely correct, and Ayanokouji nodded in satisfaction, acknowledging Sato's response.

"Maya, what you said in the first half is correct, but the second half..."

Ayanokouji's attitude initially puzzled Sato, but then, as if realizing something, his eyes widened.

"Kiyotaka, you're not saying Horikita will fail, are you? Although I don't like that woman, she's still a very good student, isn't she? Dealing with those people in Class D should be a piece of cake for her."

"Not necessarily."

Chapter 211: What kind of little shrimp are you?

Horikita Suzune's work style has always been to plan carefully before acting; in short, she is extremely cautious.

Back when Ichinose was still in Class D, Class D was one of the classes that needed to be closely observed, and Horikita Suzune had been collecting information about Class D to a certain extent for a long time.