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

Tianyin blinked several times but couldn't think of any keywords. Suddenly, cold sweat broke out on her forehead.

"Tianyin, why aren't you saying anything? Tell me what you were thinking about. You're sweating a lot, are you that hot?"

Horikita Suzune gave Amane a very gentle smile.

"I...I'm fine..."

Tianyin subconsciously swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva, and her brain, which had been shut down, restarted and began to think quickly for the perfect solution. Just as Tianyin was racking her brains to avoid being packed up and thrown out at night, a familiar figure walked in from outside the door. In that instant, Tianyin felt as if she had seen a savior.

Good morning, Ayanokouji!

Amane greeted Ayanokouji eagerly.

"Good morning, Miyako-kun... Didn't you say something last night? Your expression right now is a bit, well, not so good."

Looking at Ayanokoji Amane's bloodshot eyes and stiff expression, he made a fairly objective judgment.

"I think I'm fine! I'm still lively and energetic."

"..."

Ayanokouji stared speechlessly at Amane, who had actually jumped around a few times, feeling as if he had somehow gotten involved in something very dangerous.

Ayanokouji instinctively looked at Horikita, who was looking down and seemingly repairing a compass. The gleaming needle seemed to flash in his eyes from time to time. Without thinking, Ayanokouji knew that he was being used as a shield by Amane. Horikita's behavior was undoubtedly a declaration of his dissatisfaction with his arrival.

However, Ayanokouji couldn't do anything about it; he had no idea what kind of fierce battle was taking place here before he entered the classroom.

Having successfully changed the subject, Amane didn't even dare to look at Horikita. Her gaze quickly swept around the classroom, trying to find the next person she could start a conversation with.

By this time, most of the students had arrived, and everyone was excitedly chatting about the interesting things that happened during the spring break. Some were even catching up with friends they hadn't seen during the break.

In reality, this situation only means that one of them has no need for social interaction, or that the relationship between the two parties may not have been as good as it seems. Even during holidays, everyone can't go home, which means that they are usually in the dormitory. If they really want to go out and have fun together, they just need to knock on the door.

However, there was not a single contact during the entire week, which clearly indicated something. It's just that it's impossible for the two parties to be so explicit when they meet. Undoubtedly, everyone here has learned the most basic social skill—playing along.

Currently, both boys and girls have formed small groups to chat. The boys are mainly talking about games and girls. Compared to the girls, the boys don't have any obvious cliques. Apart from the fact that top students and underachievers might have different cliques, the topics they usually talk about are basically the same. Even Ayanokouji was approached by Miyake and joined the conversation.

Apart from the three outliers.

Katsuragi was greatly affected by Totsuka's departure. Amane helped him realize his wish and surpass Sakayanagi to become the new Class A, thus fulfilling her promise to Katsuragi. However, Amane's cruelty towards Totsuka also made Katsuragi see Amane's cold and ruthless side as a leader. In particular, after investigation, Katsuragi unexpectedly discovered that the reason Sakayanagi abandoned Totsuka was entirely due to Amane's previous defection plan. Totsuka, who believed Amane, chose to rebel before Sakayanagi showed any signs of decline.

As a result, Totsuka became a useless piece in the battle between Amane and Sakayanagi, and it was only natural that Sakayanagi would discard him.

But if Amane hadn't turned Totsuka against her, perhaps... perhaps Totsuka could have survived until his third year under Sakayanagi's leadership.

Thus, Katsuragi found himself in a dilemma, unable to experience the joy of defeating Sakayanagi, yet still resentful about his friend's expulsion. In addition, he struggled to integrate into his new class, and for a time, Katsuragi became the lone wolf of Class A.

Aside from Katsuragi, Hirata and Koenji were the only ones who didn't participate in the discussion about boys.

Hirata was surrounded by girls as always, making Amane's envious eyes sparkle. As for Koenji... he was admiring himself in his small mirror as usual, occasionally saying "I'm so beautiful," which drew disgusted looks from the girls around him.

Overall, the male side was quite harmonious.

As for the girls... it's a bit more complicated.

Several girls from the "Amane faction," centered around Matsushita Chiaki, were chatting animatedly on the side. It's worth mentioning that Hasebe and Sakura were also pulled into this small circle by Matsushita.

Sato had built a girl group that almost influenced the entire Class A, but with the arrival of Ichinose, almost all of Sato's people were subdued by Ichinose. Even Kushida, who had been marginalized in the class, maintained some level of communication with Ichinose. It has to be said that Ichinose's personal charm and overall ability are far beyond what Sato and others who came to the class later could compare to.

While Ayanokouji knew how to help Sato build his power base, he couldn't teach Sato how to maintain relationships with people.

Since Ayanokouji himself is socially awkward, expecting him to teach Sato how to make friends is asking too much.

Currently, the girls in the class are basically divided up into two circles: Ichinose and Matsushita. Due to the relationship between Ichinose and Amane, it can be said that Amane can influence both circles.

It seems that the internal problems, except for those involving Katsuragi, have been largely resolved.

Tianyin nodded in satisfaction. The reason Class A was so harmonious was all thanks to her!

Wait a minute, isn't now the time for sentimentality?

What was she planning to do again... Oh right, she was looking for someone to chat with... Hmm, it's you I've decided on!

After looking around among a group of girls, Amane finally chose Wang Meiyu as her conversation partner. One reason was that Wang Meiyu was an international student, so there would naturally be plenty of topics to talk about with her. Another reason was that Amane and Wang Meiyu had always maintained a friendship, so Horikita didn't care too much.

Just as Amane was about to take action, Chabashira-sensei walked into the classroom.

"Everyone, get back to your seats."

Amane, who had just stood up, sat back down helplessly. Anyway, she was just planning to find a topic to pass the time before class, and since Chabashira-sensei was here, she didn't need to worry about that.

"Everyone seems to be here. Those who are not here, please raise your hands. Okay, everyone is here. Now that everyone is here, we can officially begin the class meeting."

Chabashira-sensei's lame joke silenced everyone, and they all stared at him with strange looks.

Unlike her usual serious expression, Chahashi Sae is all smiles and beaming with joy. If you were to blur her face, you would believe she was actually Hoshinomiya-sensei in disguise as Amane.

"It seems that second year will be much more interesting."

Chapter Three: Squeeze it dry! Squeeze it dry!!

"Tea Pillar Teacher, do you have some good news to tell us?"

Ichinose's question successfully captured everyone's attention. If good news comes as soon as someone enters the second year, it subconsciously gives people the impression that the following year will be very smooth.

"Of course there is good news. First of all, congratulations! After a year of hard work, we have finally been promoted from Class D to Class A. Such a speed of promotion is unique in the entire history of the school."

"So I hope everyone will maintain their current momentum in their second year and strive to graduate as Class A. This will fulfill your original intention of coming here and also be worthy of your hard work and dedication at this school."

Ms. Chabashira's words brought joy to everyone in the class, even though they already knew they were now members of Class A and were sitting in the classroom the school had prepared for the second-year Class A.

But everyone had a sense of unreality, as if just yesterday they were still the same Class D who had fallen to the bottom, seeing no hope at all, and struggling in the endless cycle of despair every day.

Teacher Chazhu's speech clearly told them that they could now walk openly and legitimately on campus as Class A students. As long as they maintained their current ranking, they could choose between jobs and schools after graduation. Everyone was full of enthusiasm, as if no difficulty could stand in their way.

Only a few people, including Tenon, noticed that the joy on Chabashira-sensei's face was slowly fading.

"I know you're all very happy right now, but I need to remind you that you've done exceptionally well as first-year students, but you're now second-year students. This means you must quickly adapt to your second-year identity and prepare for the second-year exams."

Sure enough, the school wouldn't give them any breathing room; even the simple desire to enjoy a peaceful campus life without conflict was becoming a luxury.

However, in a company, the boss cannot tolerate employees thinking about slacking off all day long. Although the ultimate goal of higher education is to cultivate social talents who can seamlessly integrate into society after graduation, it is still a school in essence. If too much emphasis is placed on competition, it may easily produce some terrible people who enter society.

"Wait, Chabashira-sensei, do you mean there will be the first special exam for second-year students soon? Isn't that a bit too fast?"

Hirata seemed to be getting more and more sensitive to the term "special exam." As soon as he heard that an exam was going to be held, he immediately asked Chabashira-sensei for details.

"Hirata, you're quick to react. But I'll talk about the exam later. Before that, I have something more important to tell you. First, please take out your phones... I don't think anyone would forget their phone, right? If you really forgot yours, you should go to the dormitory to get it right now, because what I'm about to say is very important."

After looking around and finding that everyone had placed their phones on the table, Teacher Chabashira nodded in satisfaction.

Then he went up to the podium, casually opened a video presentation file, and projected it onto the whiteboard screen.

"After you take out your phones, you need to go to the school's official website and download an app called 'Over All Ability.' Once downloaded, it will display the OAA logo."

Tenon picked up her phone and successfully downloaded an app called OAA following Teacher Chazhu's instructions. It used a school icon, which gave it the illusion of being an old-fashioned learning software.

"Once the download is complete, you can put your phone down. If you have any questions about how to operate it, you can raise your hand."

In today's society, we can't live without mobile phones. Everyone basically knows how to operate a mobile phone, let alone a very simple operation like downloading an app. The task was completed smoothly, and Teacher Chazhu began to continue explaining.

"You'll be using this app for many things in the future, including important school notices, your exam results, personal information, and even special exams. So please don't try to be clever and uninstall it after downloading. If anyone doesn't listen to this advice, they'll be responsible for all the consequences. Okay, now try registering your information yourselves. You can complete the registration by scanning your student ID with your camera."

Tenon searched her entire body but couldn't find her student ID. Just as she was about to raise her hand to signal to Teacher Chashu that she needed to go back to the dormitory to get it, she heard someone behind her quietly calling her name.

"Heavenly Sound".

It was Horikita's voice. Amane subconsciously turned around to look. Before Amane could turn around, a familiar card was thrown at her. Amane quickly reached out and caught the flying card. When she looked in her hand, she saw that it was her student ID.

It seems that since the start of the semester, Amane has linked her phone to her student ID and then entrusted her student ID to Horikita for safekeeping. Since she can use her phone to pay for goods after linking the phone, she almost forgot about her student ID in some inconspicuous corner of her mind.

Thanks to Horikita for keeping it for her for almost a year, Amane herself had almost forgotten about it.

"As expected of Rinne!!"

Amane gave Horikita a thumbs-up, but Horikita seemed to still be angry. He only glanced at Amane before lowering his head to register his information, completely ignoring her.

Seeing that Horikita was still angry, Amane's ahoge (cowlick) immediately went limp on her head. It seemed she would have to coax Horikita again tonight. If only Horikita could be as reassuring as Karuizawa...

Amane smiled as she looked at Karuizawa, who happened to be secretly glancing at her with a resentful look.

Amane suddenly shuddered, realizing that she hadn't asked Karuizawa out for fun in almost half a month, and the pressure suddenly hit her.

Besides Karuizawa, it's been at least two months since we last hung out together in Matsushita.

The thought of this made Tianyin's lips twitch slightly.

"Should we create a specific work schedule?"

After registering her identity information, Tianyin finally saw what exactly was in the OAA that Teacher Chazhu had asked her to download.

Upon opening the OAA page, it will automatically redirect to the list of all students in the class. It seems that the names are arranged in the Japanese syllabary (hiragana and katakana), but this is not the focus of Tianyin's attention.

Amane casually clicked on the profile of Ichinose Honami.

2-A Honami Ichinose

First Grade Results:

Academic ability A (86)

Physical ability C (54)

Mechanical thinking ability B (70)

Social contribution A+ (96)

Overall Strength: B (74)

"Is this... a numerical representation of our abilities?"

Hirata exclaimed in surprise. Amane couldn't determine the extent of Ichinose's stats just by looking at them, so she opened Hirata's profile again.

2-A Hirata Yosuke

First Grade Results:

Academic ability B+ (76)

Physical ability B+ (79)

Mechanical thinking ability B (75)

Social contribution A- (85)

Overall ability: B+ (78)

Amane was stunned when she saw that Hirata's stats were actually slightly higher than Ichinose's.

"I know Hirata is excellent, but is he really that strong? Why haven't I felt that Hirata is more outstanding than Ichinose before? Or is Hirata just a monster with stats on his character panel???"

Amane stared in astonishment at Hirata sitting in the front row. Up until now, Amane had always used Hirata as an important member to stabilize the class, but she had not regarded him as a top student who could stand on his own. Admittedly, Hirata was also a class leader at the beginning, but Hirata's performance at that time was no match for Ichinose, Ryuen, or even Katsuragi.

How come Hirata's overall score was higher than Ichinose's in the end?

Looking back now, Hirata might have been a very good student, but his personality held him back. For example, Hirata's mechanical thinking ability scored 75 points.

Tianyin just clicked on the '?' in the description of "mechanical thinking ability," which includes the number of friends one has, one's status in class, and the ability to adapt to changing circumstances.

Hirata's rating of 75 might be because he is a pushover; even if he comes up with some good ideas, it is difficult for them to be effective or put into practice.

In other words, Hirata's quick thinking ability might be rated higher than 75, such as 85 or 90, but his personality and poor practical results resulted in the final score being only 75. Thinking about it this way, it makes sense.

However, Hirata's data still surprised Amane.

"That's right. After being quantified, it's easier for others to quickly understand a student's general situation. Also, the data can be inaccurate. For example, if you perform poorly on this exam, your academic ability might be rated as a C, but if you get full marks in every subject on the next final exam, you'll jump from a C to an A+."

The example given by Chabashira-sensei revealed something important to Horikita, who had been silent all along.

"In other words, everyone's stats are constantly changing, and the information provided here is only for reference. Besides... if someone has hidden strength, the OAA probably can't reflect it normally, right?"

Horikita reacted very quickly, and after Horikita presented her idea, Chabashira-sensei nodded in satisfaction.

"Horikita is right. This data can only be used as a reference. However, even as a reference, there are some people in our class with incredibly impressive data."

Is the data terrifying?

Amane glanced back at Ayanokouji, who was checking the information of other classmates, and then at Koenji, who was holding a mirror in the other hand even while operating his phone with one hand.

If we're talking about truly terrifying data, would it be these two?

Amane thought about it and felt it was unlikely. Although Ayanokouji got a perfect score in the last exam and performed outstandingly in the sports festival, he later returned to a situation where he could only get points by chance. If this evaluation was based on the data of a student's performance throughout the year, it would be difficult for Ayanokouji to get a higher score than Hirata.

As for Koenji... this guy has always been all talk and no action. The rare time he took it seriously was when he was tricked by Ninomiya during the Command Tower exam. Although it was an unintentional mistake and he got full marks on all his answers in the subsequent academic subjects, his performance still shouldn't have received a very high evaluation.

But if Koenji could unleash his full potential, the data might become incredibly impressive.

'Oh right, I haven't checked my data yet.'