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

"Hey!! Ibuki! Calm down, who are you holding onto..."

When Ishizaki saw Ibuki grab Amane's arm without saying a word and forcefully pull Amane towards the door, he broke out in a cold sweat and quickly whispered a warning to Ibuki.

Unfortunately, although Ibuki heard Ishizaki's warning, she was a step too late. Before she could turn around, she heard Amane's voice coming from beside her.

"I'm sorry to interrupt Mio, but didn't you just mention me?"

The moment that familiar voice rang out, Ibuki's body trembled violently as if she had been electrocuted, and then she stiffly turned her body towards Amane.

Her gaze began to travel upwards from the unfamiliar chest, until finally, a face she knew all too well came into view.

"Hey~ Mio, why do you look like you've been played with so badly..."

Why you?!

Ibuki's loud shout startled Amane, causing her to drop the fried shrimp she was holding. Fortunately, Amane reacted quickly and bit into the shrimp while it was still in mid-air, then began to crunch and chew.

"We really should have sprinkled some more salt..."

"Aaaaaah!!! I can't stand you anymore! Answer me right now, why are you here? Where's Hiyori? This is Hiyori's dorm, how come you..."

Ibuki's voice suddenly stopped mid-sentence, and her already charming eyes widened as if she had sensed something terrifying.

Ibuki first took a few steps back to confirm the house number.

It really is Shiina's dormitory.

Then Ibuki took a deep breath and tentatively tried to peek into the room to check what was going on inside.

"If you do anything to Hiyori... I will absolutely not let you get away with it, absolutely!!!"

As if to encourage herself, Ibuki glared at Amane and then peeked into the room through the door.

However, the moment she looked into the room, Ibuki closed her eyes and covered them with her hands.

"Hiyori, are you alright? Put your clothes on first, then we can talk..."

"What are you talking about, Mio? Why should I wear clothes?"

Since she had already heard Ibuki's voice, Shiina didn't intend to get up and go to the door to greet her. She wanted to eat more while Amane was away.

Shiina, who was enjoying her meal, picked up a piece of fish and was about to put it in her mouth when she heard Ibuki telling her to put on her clothes. Shiina subconsciously asked back, but to her surprise, her question completely enraged Ibuki.

"What? You're not even going to put on any clothes? This is too... this is too erotic... No, I get it! Hiyori, you want to preserve evidence, right? I'll call the police for you."

After covering her eyes and finishing speaking, Ibuki quickly left the room and then closed the door behind her with her foot.

Hearing the door lock, Ibuki breathed a sigh of relief and removed her hand from her eyes.

But what they saw was Ishizaki covering his face, looking very pained and slightly embarrassed, and Amane holding chopsticks, also locked out of the door.

"What are you doing? I just came here to have a meal with Hiyori. I'm not as evil as you think. How could someone as upright as me bully Hiyori?"

Amane guessed that Ibuki had misunderstood her and thought she had done something inappropriate to Shiina, but Amane could swear that she really didn't have any strange thoughts.

Whether it's Shiina or Ibuki, they all seem to think that appearing in other girls' dorms means they're going to do something indecent. This stereotype is just too scary...

No way!! The real problem is why such a stereotype exists! She's a very proper girl!!!

At least she's being serious today.

"Huh? Do you think I believe you, this womanizer, won't do anything bad here in the future?"

Ibuki's disgusted expression, as if she had seen a cockroach, deeply hurt Amane's fragile heart.

"Then why don't you choose to believe me for once? After all, we are also..."

"What nonsense are you talking about?! Ishizaki is here too... Wait, where's Ishizaki?"

Ibuki was about to say that Ishizaki was listening nearby and that Amane shouldn't talk nonsense, in case what happened that day got out...

A chill ran from the soles of my feet all the way to my head.

But when Ibuki went back to check on Ishizaki, she found that Ishizaki, who had been standing behind her just moments before, had vanished.

It turns out that after Ibuki locked Amane out, Amane gave Ishizaki a look that told him to go back first. Ishizaki originally wanted to try, but after being glared at by Amane, he decisively sold Ibuki out and slipped away through the escape route.

Seeing Ishizaki's lack of loyalty, Ibuki felt immense pressure.

"He just left you here and went back first. Of course, I told him to go first."

"How could Ishizaki possibly listen to you?"

"Well, I can not only make Ishizaki-kun listen to me, I can also make Mio-kun listen to me~"

"Humph."

Ibuki, who initially felt a little guilty about facing Amane alone, couldn't help but snort softly after hearing Amane's words.

"Don't you believe it?"

"Anyone can talk big, but I don't believe you can make me completely obey you. Even Longyuan can't do that."

Ryuen used violence to subdue Ibuki, but even when Ryuen beat Ibuki badly, Ibuki would only completely obey Ryuen's orders when it came to special exams.

Ryugen usually turned a blind eye to Ibuki's little temper tantrums, thinking they were just trivial matters. If not exposing Ibuki's stubbornness would make her more obedient to his orders, then it wouldn't matter if he let her keep being stubborn.

However, Ibuki's trick didn't work on Amane. Amane's specialty was using physical means to make disobedient and naughty children behave.

"What if I could get you to obey me completely, Ibuki?"

Amane changed how she addressed Ibuki. Ibuki thought about it for a moment and realized that Amane's only cards to play were her past experience when she tried to seduce Amane but failed and was almost devoured by Amane, and the violence that Amane used against her.

Frankly speaking, no matter what card Amane plays, she can't counter it and has no way to fight back. However, this doesn't mean that Ibuki has no means to contend with Amane.

As long as she's shameless enough, Tenon's methods won't work on her. If Tenon threatens her with what happened before, Ibuki plans to reveal the situation to the public, along with all the sweet nothings Tenon said to her that are so cheesy they make one blush just thinking about them.

The main theme is mutual harm.

If Tianyin intended to use violence against her, she would simply lie on the ground and scream, wanting to see what methods Tianyin could use to make her obey.

"I've been obedient, so can't I just give you orders to do what you want? But... what if you can't do it?"

Ibuki's confident expression piqued Amane's interest, who had only intended to scare Ibuki. She was curious about what kind of trump card Ibuki had that made her so confident.

Could it be that Ryuen has already been called over? To prevent herself and Shiina from being bullied... Although she didn't bully Hiyori at all, Ibuki wouldn't listen to her now, would she?

However, if Ibuki's last resort is hoping that I'll let them go for Ryuen's sake, then I'm seriously underestimating her.

To prevent Shiina from eating all the fried shrimp in the house, Amane planned to finish quickly, as getting Ibuki to obey her was not a difficult task at all.

"What do you want?"

"You are no longer allowed to go near Hiyori!!"

"What should I do if Nari takes the initiative to approach me?"

"...That guy...he seems like the kind of person who would do something like that..."

When Ibuki thought about what Shiina had said to her—that he wanted to understand Amane more deeply—she knew that Shiina would one day be kidnapped by that big bad Amane.

But she never expected this day to come so soon...

Before she was even mentally prepared, the two of them were doing something shady in a room.

To be honest, I actually met Tianyin first, and she was the one who first thought of building a good relationship with Tianyin to leave myself a way out.

She was the one who beat Shiina to everything, so why did things turn out like this? Neither of them is a good person!!

"I don't care, as long as I win, you won't be allowed to get close to Hiyori. If she gets close to you, just kick her out."

"Huh? Chasing them away is too abrupt..."

"I don't care, that's your problem. Anyway, since I won, you have to keep your promise."

Ibuki almost threw a tantrum, and seeing this, Amane had no choice but to agree, since she couldn't possibly lose anyway.

"If you're ready, I'll begin?"

Amane revealed a devilish grin. She could have chosen to launch a surprise attack on Ibuki, but Amane was afraid that Ibuki would be so frightened by her actions that she would faint. If that happened, even if she won the match, she would be labeled a pervert by the people who came to investigate. If that were the case, she would have really lost more than she gained.

Therefore, Tenon was willing to sacrifice the advantage of going first so that Ibuki could be mentally prepared in advance.

However, Ibuki heard this as somewhat provocative. Since Amane said that, she probably intended to solve the problem by violence. What? Isn't this exactly the same method as Ryuen's? At most, Amane's beating would hurt a little more than Ryuen's. It's nothing special.

What's most infuriating is that Tianyin actually greeted her before attacking, which clearly shows that she looks down on her!

"Of course I'm ready, bring it on—"

Before Ibuki could finish speaking, she felt the world turn upside down. Then she saw a scene that made her both ashamed and angry: Amane grabbed her ankles and lifted her upside down.

The whole process was as smooth as flowing water, so smooth that Ibuki thought she had inexplicably started doing a handstand. As for why she was both ashamed and angry, it wasn't because she had been defeated by Amane in one move and her self-esteem had been hurt.

But... she's wearing a super short skirt today without any underwear!!!

When Amane lifted her upside down, Ibuki instinctively tried to press down on the hem of her short skirt with both hands to avoid letting others see anything they shouldn't see.

"Tianyin! You despicable bastard! You ambushed me and then resorted to such shameless tactics! We're all girls! Couldn't you have used a normal method...? What, what do you want to do? Let me go!"

Originally, Ibuki had only planned to complain a few more times before admitting defeat. Although it was a bit of a pity this time, Ibuki really didn't expect Amane to use such a despicable trick, so there was nothing she could do about losing.

Before Ibuki could even hesitate about how to gracefully admit defeat, she saw Amane grab her foot with one hand and slip the other hand inside her skirt.

Realizing what Amane was trying to do, Ibuki immediately struggled frantically, but unfortunately Amane still managed to get her spoils before Ibuki could break free.

After achieving her goal, Amane put Ibuki down.

The first thing Ibuki did upon landing was to try and reclaim what was most important to her.

"You bad guy, you bad guy, you bad guy!!! Give that back to me! If you want to bully Hiyori, go bully her! Give it back to me!"

Ibuki and Amane dodged and weaved in the corridor for a long time, but Ibuki still couldn't snatch 'that' back from Amane's hands. Ibuki couldn't help but shout loudly at Amane.

Many girls who were already bothered by the running noise in the corridor couldn't help but open their doors after hearing Ibuki's voice.

"Hey! Can't you guys keep it down? I was just about to go to sleep, and if you keep making this noise I'm going to..."

A girl who looked somewhat familiar to Tianyin opened the door and immediately scolded her. But when she saw what Tianyin was holding, her face turned pale.

When Ibuki saw that someone had finally stepped forward to help her, she quickly asked for their help, but to her surprise, the girl just glanced at Amane and immediately slammed the door shut again.

This closing of the door completely extinguished Ibuki's hope of taking 'that' back.

"I give up! Is that alright now? Tianyin, you're such a bad guy! I'm never talking to you again!"

As Ibuki spoke, she actually sat down in the corridor, hugging her knees, and started crying.

If it were someone else, they might have softened and returned the item to Ibuki. After all, not many people can remain heartless when a girl is crying.

However, Amane remained unmoved and instead intensified her threats against Ibuki.

"I suggest you keep your voice down. If you want to cry, find a quiet place where no one is around and cry slowly. If you attract people out and they see this, I won't be responsible."

As she spoke, Amane waved her spoils in front of Ibuki.

Seeing Amane threaten her with 'that', Ibuki gritted her teeth in anger but stopped crying. However, her tearful eyes clearly showed how wronged Ibuki was being bullied by Amane.

"Speaking of which, I thought you would buy a color that would be more suitable for cute or sporty girls. Black is so... tsk tsk."

"Stop right there!!!"

Chapter Thirty-Two: What kind of water do you have here?

Tenon easily dealt with Ibuki in less than three minutes. Although the methods were somewhat dishonorable, Tenon always valued efficiency and results the most. Methods were just one of the necessary processes to achieve the result. As long as the result met her expectations, it didn't matter what methods were used.

However, this seems a bit cruel for Ibuki.

"Bad guy! Bad guy! Bad guy!!!"

Well, that's about it.

Because Ibuki was coerced into obeying by extremely despicable means, it directly resulted in a situation where, although Ibuki obeyed Amane's orders, her loyalty would never exceed 1.

Even now, Ibuki is still muttering complaints while desperately pressing down on the hem of her skirt. Her originally carefree, boyish way of walking has also been significantly improved in a certain sense.

"Mio, did you bring any sharp objects, like hair clips?"

After failing to break the U-lock by brute force, Amane asked Ibuki, who was beside her, if she had any tools that would allow her to unlock it.

Shiina was originally in the dormitory. Amane thought that knocking on the door would be enough to get Shiina to open it for her, but to her surprise, Shiina didn't respond at all after Amane knocked on the door for a long time. Afraid that Shiina would die from overeating, Amane started looking for tools to pick the lock.

"Hmph, even if I did, I wouldn't tell you unless you give me back what you took from me!!"

Ibuki rolled her eyes and then presented Amane with her terms for negotiation. However, Amane only gave Ibuki a look as if she were an idiot before starting to look for lock-picking tools elsewhere.

Tianyin didn't need any professional tools. As long as one end had a sharp point that she could operate on, opening this kind of lock was a piece of cake for her.

Of course, compared to this troublesome method, Amane prefers to break down the door by force. However, it would be somewhat inappropriate for her to tear down Shiina's door on her first visit to someone's dorm.