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

"Hmph, why can you sit still in Hiyori's place, but when it comes to me you make excuses?"

Ibuki felt a sour feeling well up in her heart, and in a moment of impulsiveness, she blurted it out.

Sure enough, after Ibuki spoke, the atmosphere between the two became strange again.

Amane knew that if she rejected Ibuki at this point, Ibuki would probably keep her distance from her in the future.

"Then I'll have to bother you."

Tianyin couldn't help but feel a little regretful as soon as she stepped through the door.

If Shiina's room was just because Shiina was occasionally lazy, then Ibuki's room was undoubtedly a scene from a disaster movie.

Trash and clothes were scattered everywhere, an unfinished drink on the table was missing its cap, and black over-the-knee socks were carelessly tossed on the floor.

Amane pointed to the room, then looked back at Ibuki, whose ears had turned bright red.

"Mio, your room... seems like it needs some cleaning."

"Seriously?! I had no idea you were coming to my room today! It's never this messy normally!"

While defending herself, Ibuki hurriedly started tidying up the room, ignoring the fact that her legs were still weak. However, perhaps because she was too nervous, Ibuki fell several times before she could finish tidying up. In the end, she had to be helped by Amane to get back to normal.

"I'm so sorry, I invited you here to be my guest, but I still made you help with the cleaning. To repay you, I'll treat you to a drink..."

Ibuki opened the refrigerator, and the empty refrigerator made her expression freeze instantly.

"Tea is fine, I'm not that picky."

"Well... it's because I don't usually drink tea..."

"..."

Amane stared blankly at Ibuki, who looked like she had done something wrong, and finally sighed helplessly.

"Water is fine."

"Sorry, I accidentally broke my kettle last week... I've been buying drinks to drink all week."

Amane remembered the half-bottle of beverage she had just thrown away; it seemed that besides that, she couldn't find any other drinks at Ibuki's place.

But not even having water is a bit too much...

"Never mind, I'll just have to bear with it if I don't have any. So... Mio, is there something you wanted to say to me that you invited me here?"

broken!

Ibuki suddenly realized that she had invited Amane without any reason whatsoever, and Amane had even helped her clean the house. She couldn't exactly say she invited Amane over to do chores, could she? And if she couldn't find a reason, inviting Amane into her room would just be...

Letting the wolf into the house?

"Could it be that you..."

"I didn't invite you in because I wanted to do that kind of thing with you, so forget about it! I invited you here because... um... by the way, you have a younger brother who's a first-year student, right? Which class is he in?"

Faced with such a drastically different question, Tianyin hesitated for a few seconds before answering.

"First Grade, Class A"

"That's good. As long as it's not Class D, there won't be any problems."

Ibuki breathed a sigh of relief.

Tianyin gleaned some information from this short sentence.

What happened to Class D in Grade 1?

"I'm not entirely sure, but it seems like Longyuan is going to cause them trouble."

Chapter Thirty-Three: Who is the one inside the shell?

Is Longyuan about to make a move?

This was quite a novel thing for Tianyin. After the training camp in the forest, Longyuan had disappeared without a trace. Although Tianyin knew what Longyuan was doing in private, she had not received any news about Longyuan making a move against the first-year students.

Was it that Ibuki deliberately fabricated information to distract her, or... was this a secret limited to Ryuen and Ibuki?

"Hey! Things are finally getting interesting again."

Amane's smile made Ibuki instinctively show a look of disgust.

In that instant, Tenon's expression seemed to completely overlap with Ryuen's sneer. Realizing that she had such a terrifying imagination, Ibuki quickly shook her head, trying to banish the horrifying thought from her mind.

Tenon is Tenon. Even if her methods are similar to Ryuen's in some aspects, she could never become a despicable person like Ryuen... right?

Ibuki felt an unreal sensation that was gradually eroding her understanding of Amane's past.

"Hey, Mio, since Ryuen is planning to target the first-year students, whatever the reason, this should be extremely important information for you, right? Won't it cause problems if you just leak this information like this?"

Even if the other party is someone like Ibuki who can't keep a secret, Amane will never let her guard down. Many great figures have fallen because of their closest relatives. Even the smartest person can hardly withstand the sharp blade from someone close to them.

Although Amane didn't think Ibuki could maintain her facade for long under her watchful eye, it was always better to be cautious.

She had to determine the authenticity and purpose of this intelligence.

It seems that the information that Ibuki casually mentioned may not have much to do with Class A. At least, judging from Ibuki's expression, Amane could not tell that Ryuen's plan would have a negative impact on Class A.

But Tianyin's intuition told her that Longyuan was planning something that would shock everyone.

How could she miss out on something so interesting? So Amane hoped to extract more valuable information from Ibuki.

"This shouldn't be considered a leak... after all, I don't even know the specific details of the operation."

Ibuki was not lying.

Tianyin drew her own conclusions through observation, but things gradually became strange.

First, for reasons unknown, Longyuan is carrying out a plan targeting Class D of Grade 1.

However, since it was a large-scale plan targeting an entire class, it was impossible for there to be no news at all. Even someone as trusted as Ibuki only knew that Ryuen was carrying out some kind of plan.

With this level of secrecy... even if you said that Longyuan was going to drug all the students in the school during their lunch break... Tianyin would still choose to believe it.

Long Yuan is the kind of guy who's good at bullying others with ruthless methods, and the fact that such a person is plotting something makes Tianyin feel that nothing is more urgent than finding out Long Yuan's plan as soon as possible.

"Maybe it's just that you, Mio, don't know about the plan. Hiyori and Ishizaki should know very well what Ryuen is planning to do, right?"

"That's not how it is! This time... how should I put it?"

Ibuki clutched her head, seemingly struggling to organize her thoughts. Amane didn't urge her, but quietly watched Ibuki think. Finally, after Ibuki had tormented herself for about five minutes, she managed to organize her thoughts.

“I’ve got it! To be precise, Ishizaki and the others shouldn’t know about this plan, because when Ryuen told me, he said I was the first person to know about his next plan, and he didn’t intend to tell anyone else about it… The more people who know about the plan, the greater the possibility of a leak…”

Ibuki spoke in a very serious tone, in a language that didn't sound like it could be heard coming from her mouth.

Seeing that Ibuki had hesitated for so long but still managed to say something that was essentially meaningless, Tenon couldn't help but purse her lips. It seemed that Ryuen had miscalculated; he had chosen to trust Ibuki, but he hadn't expected that Ibuki would turn around and reveal the secret...

No, something has been overlooked.

Amane pondered for a moment, realizing that Ibuki's tendency to let things slip behind people's backs wasn't unique to her; many people should know this.

Even Shiina would often advise Ibuki not to talk too much, which seems to have become a consensus among the students of Class C.

Will Longyuan really be careless?

To some extent, Ryuen is not a saint and it is impossible for him to have never made a mistake. Theoretically, there is a possibility that something he said casually was remembered by Ibuki.

After all, Ryuen hadn't explained the specifics of the plan to Ibuki. Knowing that Ryuen was about to take action against Class 1-D, there was no way to stop or sabotage Ryuen's plan.

Besides, she had no grounds to stop Longyuan...

That's right! It's about stance!!!

Amane suddenly raised her head and looked at Ibuki with a joyful expression.

She finally understood why Ibuki was the first person Ryuen chose to learn such important information.

Because Ibuki has a habit of letting slip information, and was previously used by Amane to extract information about Class C, Ryuen is likely using Ibuki to test Amane's stance and attitude on this matter.

But how could Ryuen be so sure that he would meet Ibuki?

Take last month for example, it seems that Amane only met Ibuki once. While the holiday factor certainly played a part, the practical reasons also reduced the frequency of their meetings to a minimum.

Judging from Ibuki's reaction, it seems that it was time for Ryuen to take action. Otherwise, he wouldn't have suddenly informed Ibuki of his plan and objectives. However, this means that Ryuen would not have time to wait for Ibuki to happen to meet Amane and inadvertently reveal this important information.

There must be some other action supporting this plan.

"Mio, why did you come to see Hiyori? Who told you that someone confessed to me?"

Amane repeated the questions she had asked before. Amane was certain that Ibuki hadn't noticed certain details when she asked the first time, so her answer didn't provide any valuable information. In that case, she would just ask again, this time with a more targeted approach.

"I remember you asked that on Hiyori's forum once, right? Of course I saw it on the forum... Huh?"

Ibuki seemed to suddenly remember something.

"Ishizaki! That's right! It was Ishizaki who came to me and told me about the news of you being confessed to on the forum, which is why I checked it out. It was also Ishizaki's suggestion to come to Hiyori... Amane, why are you asking this? You don't mean to say that Ishizaki knows about Ryuen's plan, do you? That's absolutely—"

"impossible."

The two gave the same answer in unison.

“Ryuen would never entrust such an important matter to Ishizaki, who is a fighter. So his orders must have been to tell you that I was confessed to, and then encourage you to come to Hiyori’s dormitory to find Hiyori… no, to be precise, to bring you to me.”

Amane's cunning eyes gleamed in the twilight, and Ibuki couldn't help but shiver. She then quickly got up and turned on the living room light.

"You people are really something. Why do you always leave things unsaid? Is it really that interesting?"

Ibuki glared at Amane with displeasure, but Amane chuckled and didn't give Ibuki a direct answer.

Sometimes it's not that Longyuan or Tianyin want to be riddle tellers, but rather that some things can't be said openly.

For example, this time.

If Amane isn't mistaken, Shiina's movie tickets were probably obtained from Ryuen.

Shiina lied.

However, it's also possible that she was tricked into coming here by Ryuen and then asked to participate in the assistance, because Shiina was sitting in a corner quite far back, only one row away from Amane. According to Shiina, it was only because her position was inconspicuous, the lighting was dim, and she was wearing a black casual outfit that she had never worn before that Amane didn't notice her.

Now that I think about it, that explanation doesn't hold water. Amane is certain that Shiina was definitely not in the movie theater before the lights were turned off, and Shiina's position was relatively close to the exit, so... Shiina must have sneaked in after the movie started.

Her date plans with Tianze were being followed.

No wonder she felt something was off on the way to the movie theater with Tianze.

Looking back now, it must have been Longyuan who gave the other boys in their class the order to report on her actions.

Tianyin herself is not very sensitive to men, so it is impossible for her to remember all the boys in Class C. Therefore, as long as she picks two guys who are not very noticeable to follow them, even if Tianyin feels something is wrong, she will not think that she is being followed.

Then, after Amane and Amasawa entered the horror movie screening room, Ryuen tricked Shiina into coming over under the pretense of inviting her to watch a mystery movie. Then, he suddenly assigned Shiina the task of flirting with Amane and started contacting Ishizaki.

The best evidence is that Tianyin recalls that the original price of the movie ticket and the package ticket were different, and the movie ticket in Tianze's hand did not have any discount words at all.

This only shows that the time of purchase at Longyuan was too close to the start of the show. At this point, even if there were still many empty seats, individual tickets would be sold out, and only package tickets would still be available.

That's why Shiina was holding a package ticket.

Speaking of which...

Tianze and Longyuan were both trying to outsmart her. The movie tickets Tianze had were internal tickets, which were free tickets given away by the cinema during promotions. These tickets were exactly the same as regular movie tickets, and it was almost impossible to tell them apart.

The reason why Tianyin immediately noticed the problem with Tianze's movie ticket was...

Aside from package deals, each person can only buy one regular movie ticket, and a student card is required. That's why Amane judged that Ibuki approached her with a purpose; otherwise, she wouldn't have brought a pre-prepared movie ticket and said something like "I just bought it."

Shiina may be somewhat innocent, but she definitely had an ulterior motive in talking to her. Otherwise, Shiina, who was closest to the movie theater exit, should have left as soon as the movie ended.

Instead of waiting for Amaze to finish confessing to Amane, Shiina pretended to have just noticed Amane and came over to say hello.

The idea was to have Ishizaki encourage Ibuki to cause trouble for Amane, thus creating a private meeting between Ibuki and Amane.

It can only be said that this is Longyuan. I have unwittingly fallen into his elaborate scheme. However, there is still one thing that puzzles Tianyin.

Judging from Ibuki's reaction just now, she did not receive orders to tell Amane about this. In other words, if this topic is not brought up, then all the previous arrangements will fail. There must be some key person who will make Ibuki bring up this topic.

......

As expected, it's Shiina.

The reason for deliberately not opening the door is probably to delay time and send a message to Longyuan, right?

However... in the end, Shiina chose to give up participating in Ryuen's plan, otherwise she wouldn't have been able to use the method of pretending to be asleep to get the two to leave.

Fortunately, Ibuki was a little jealous today and insisted on inviting Amane into her room to take a look.

Otherwise, Tianyin wouldn't know when she would realize that she had spent the entire day following someone else's plan.

This feeling... is so unpleasant!!!