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

Sakayanagi angrily pinched the tip of Amane's nose.

"That was interest. Now it's time to pay it back. Hehe, Arisu, here I come!!"

"Wait, wait! Didn't we agree... Waaah..."

……

Early in the morning, the road leading to the teaching building was congested. Because the rankings and punishments for the special exam were to be announced today, first and second-year students crowded around the bulletin boards at the stairwells of each floor to check the news of changes in their class scores.

Changes in class points are a top priority for all students at Gaoyu High School, and everyone cares about them deeply, including Tianyin High School.

After much effort, I managed to squeeze Horikita from the first floor to the second floor, and then from the second floor to the third floor, before finally seeing the second-grade notice board on the third floor.

The average scores and awards for each second-grade class in this special exam are as follows:

First Place: Grade 2, Class B (Sakayanagi Class)

reward:

50 class points.

Sakayanagi Arisu ranked second in the overall score of her partner group and was awarded hundreds of thousands of points.

In Class 2B, 13 partner groups ranked in the top 30% of the entire grade, and each group was awarded 10,000 personal points.

Second place: Grade 2 Class A (Miyako Class)

reward:

30 class points.

The three partner teams, Miyako Amane, Koenji Rokusuke, and Horikita Suzune, ranked first, third, and fourth respectively in the overall partner team score, and were awarded hundreds of thousands of points.

In Class A of Grade 2, 15 pairs of partners ranked in the top 30% of the entire grade in total score, and each of them was awarded 10,000 personal points.

Third place: Class D, Grade 2 (Kanzaki Class)

reward:

10 class points.

Ryuji Kanzaki's team achieved fifth place in the overall team score rankings, earning them a personal reward of hundreds of thousands of points.

In Class D of Grade 2, 17 partner groups ranked in the top 30% of the entire grade in total score, and each group was awarded 10,000 personal points.

Fourth place: Grade 2, Class C (Longyuan Class)

reward:

Because Class 2C violated school rules and special examination regulations, all of the class's grades are invalidated. Specific disciplinary measures will be announced separately.

When Tianyin saw the rankings, her first thought was disbelief.

Indeed, Amane felt that there was something wrong with such results no matter how she looked at it. The average academic ability of the students in Banyan's class was already among the top in the entire grade. This was also due to the foundation of Banyan's class as the former Class A. It was entirely expected that they would get first place.

Amane had anticipated this when predicting the results, so she remained relatively calm when she saw Sakayanagi take first place.

But when she saw that it was her class the next day, Amane couldn't believe it and checked repeatedly. It would be understandable if she, Koenji, and Horikita's team got a top-five ranking in the whole grade. After all, Amane had used her connections to easily get Masahiko to team up with her by making her own bento boxes, and she also picked out several good students from the class.

Moreover, unlike the second-year Class A, which is a "defective class" that has struggled its way up from the bottom, Masahiko and his group are genuine Class A students. The people who partnered with Horikita and Koenji were even more outstanding than Horikita in terms of academic ability. It was only natural that their group would get high scores.

The number of people who ranked in the top 30% overall is also quite average and there's not much to say about it.

The problem is that the rankings on this list are not based on the total scores of the partner groups!

This ranking is based on the class average score.

It is undeniable that the academic ability of Class A in the second year has made a qualitative leap. However, no matter how much it has leaped, it is impossible to truly possess the academic ability of Class A. Class D in the second year, which used to be Class B and has always ranked second in the second year in terms of comprehensive academic ability, was actually defeated by Class A in the second year in the overall ranking this time.

In other words, under Kanzaki's leadership, even Class D's previously most prized title of second in academic ability has changed hands.

This was something that Tianyin couldn't understand at all.

In the last special exam, Class A lost to Class D in almost all academic competitions. They were almost overturned by Class D due to the large gap in academic ability. If it weren't for the crucial battle where Amane personally fought against Ninomiya, the outcome would have been uncertain.

How could a class that was doing well academically just a few months ago suddenly have such poor grades this time? If Class C's grades hadn't been canceled, Tianyin was really afraid that Class D would actually become Class D. A temporary setback is not a big deal, but if things are not normal, then something is not right.

"Tianyin, do you think there's something wrong with Class D's grades?"

Horikita, who had just taken a picture of the special exam results with her phone, turned around and saw Amane staring intently at the D class's scores. Horikita quickly realized why Amane was behaving this way.

"Hmm... I can't say there's a problem, but Class D's results are definitely not right. Although I've given them a lot of trouble, poached Ichinose, and expelled Ninomiya and several other top students, which can be said to have crippled them enough, it's still too much to hand in these results after all that damage... It seems like you know something, Suzune?"

As Amane was answering Horikita's question, she immediately guessed the inside story from Horikita's confident expression. Horikita must know, so she quickly asked, as Amane was quite curious about such unknown gossip.

"I wouldn't say I know anything about it. I just heard that Kanzaki handed over the class leadership to Himeno, but this special exam was still arranged by Kanzaki himself..."

"An excuse to step down?"

Horikita gave Amane an appreciative look. This was why Horikita, who couldn't get along with anyone else, was so easily won over by Amane.

There are many things that only Tianyin and she can see most clearly. Even though Tianyin basically doesn't collect information about other classes or manage class affairs, as long as the key points are mentioned, Tianyin can immediately deduce the facts of the matter with a high degree of accuracy.

"They were only aiming for individual points this time, so their average score was basically left to chance. If Class C hadn't had some problems, Class D would probably have been fourth this time. But I'm curious how the student council is going to deal with Longyuan and Class C. Didn't they tell you this at the meeting yesterday?"

Horikita glanced at Amane with a puzzled look. Amane recalled yesterday's meeting, which seemed to have been a negotiation between Chairman Fujiwara and Ryuen, who then came up with a general outline of the agreement.

It seems they haven't really said how to handle it...

So what was the meeting for yesterday? Well, whatever makes the school happy.

Looking at Amane's appearance, Horikita shook her head helplessly. It was completely different from when her brother, Horikita Manabu, was the student council president. In Horikita's opinion, the current student council was far less efficient than Horikita Manabu's. Of course, this might also be somewhat related to the fact that the president was Sakayanagi Arisu.

Amane and Horikita moved to the side and then saw another announcement.

"Given that Class 2C, instigated by Long Yuanxiang, adopted a rather radical method of protesting against the exam rules, their scores for this special exam are cancelled, 100 points are deducted from the class's points, and Long Yuanxiang is suspended from school for one week as punishment. Considering Class 2C's good attitude in correcting their mistakes, the punishment of expulsion is waived for those who failed this special exam."

The way the letter was handled, neither too big nor too small, made Tianyin exclaim in admiration.

"The school really knows how to talk. They clearly don't dare to expel so many students, but they say that their attitude of correcting their mistakes is good and that the expulsion punishment has been canceled. By the way, I wonder what punishment Baoquan received. I'll ask Jiangyan."

Tianyin casually sent a message to Jiangyan. Jiangyan, who had already taken his seat, immediately ran to the bulletin board and took a picture of Tianyin after receiving the message.

'Notice: Bao Quan and Chen, students of Class D in Grade 1, attacked others with violence during a special exam. Their classmates did not intervene or report the incident to the school. After review by the board of directors, it has been decided to cancel Class D's scores on this special exam, deduct 200 points from the class's score, and require Bao Quan and Chen to undergo an additional two weeks of disciplinary education and examination. They will only be allowed to resume normal classes after passing the examination. All first-year students are urged to take this as a warning.'

Comparing the two, Tianyin discovered that the school was still using the old, muddling-the-edges approach, punishing both sides equally. No matter why you submitted a blank paper or why you hit someone, you were both at fault and would be punished.

The only difference was that the school punished Baoquan more severely in an attempt to appease Longyuan.

"It's getting late, let's hurry up and get into class."

Horikita glanced at the time; there were less than ten minutes left before morning self-study. So he urged Tenon to hurry up. As for Treasure Spring, Horikita had absolutely no interest in it.

With Amane, a first-year student, there's not much of a fuss to be made. Horikita's belief in Amane's strength has reached the point of being almost blind.

"Okay, let's hurry up and go. Speaking of which... everyone's been looking at me strangely today. I feel like something's not quite right."

Tianyin glanced around. Although she usually attracted a fair amount of attention, this time it was just too much. Tianyin felt as if all eyes were on her.

If Tianyin had only been watching her, she wouldn't have thought there was anything wrong with it, but the fact that they were whispering to each other made Tianyin want to eavesdrop.

Horikita gave Amane a deep look, as if she wanted to say something, but in the end she shook her head. As long as Amane was happy, that was all that mattered.

"Good morning, Hui!"

Amane entered the classroom first, and then greeted Karuizawa, who was sitting in the front row, as was her habit.

"Shh!"

Instead of greeting Amane happily as before, Karuizawa nervously put his hand to his lips and frantically made a shushing gesture.

Has something happened?

Tianyin then noticed that the atmosphere in the class had reached a point that could only be described as oppressive.

The source of this atmosphere was, of course, Maya Sato, who was sitting in the middle and constantly radiating a low-pressure aura.

However, finding the source only made things more difficult for Amane. Yesterday, Amane couldn't find a way to deal with the conflict that erupted after Sato and Ayanokouji broke up, so she simply knocked them both unconscious.

While successfully calming the two down, Tianyin also bought herself time to resolve the matter. However, Tianyin had completely forgotten about it, so today she faces a difficult problem.

What if the two people are unwilling to reconcile?

Violence definitely won't solve this kind of problem. You can't threaten them with violence to prevent them from breaking up, or knock them unconscious every time they argue, can you?

Putting aside the fact that Sato's small frame could withstand several of Amane's antics, Amane herself simply didn't want to pay attention to this matter at all.

However, the conflict and controversy caused by the two have slowly begun to affect the entire class, which has forced Tianyin to find a way to resolve the situation.

Good morning, Tianyin.

Upon seeing Amane, Ichinose immediately walked towards her.

"Good morning, Honami. What's wrong with her? Didn't you go to the infirmary with her yesterday? Didn't you try to talk to Sato properly?"

Upon hearing Amane mention this matter, Ichinose gave a wry smile.

"Of course I tried to persuade her, but the problem is that Sato knows that if she continues to make a scene, it will affect the class, but she just can't swallow her anger..."

Ichinose's tone became somewhat helpless as she spoke.

Sato understands everything, but she has no intention of letting things go. Rationally speaking, if Sato makes a big fuss, Amane's handling of the situation will not be as gentle as her persuasion.

Despite getting along well with almost all the girls, Amane is now the undisputed leader of Class A. The whole class must obey her every word. Even an oddball like Koenji will follow her instructions under Amane's extremely serious demands, let alone Sato.

Not to mention that Sato couldn't stand being isolated by another class, the leaders of other classes all had some connection with Amane, so it would be almost impossible for Sato to act as an inside agent. Amane had a way to make Sato submit his withdrawal application without saying a word.

Therefore, provoking Amane, no matter in what way, is an extremely foolish decision in Ichinose's view.

However, from an emotional perspective, any girl would choose to stand on Sato's side.

It's unacceptable for anyone to have their boyfriend break up with them for no reason, especially when the relationship was harmonious and there were no conflicts between them.

Ayanokouji had already amassed considerable fame in Class A, and even someone like Yukimura was willing to support Ayanokouji, who was a boy.

After this incident, Ayanokouji not only lost his reputation, but no one in Class A dared to speak up for him.

If Ichinose hadn't learned some specific details from Amane, she probably would have thought Ayanokouji was a scumbag.

"Can't swallow this anger? Sigh, I thought it was a big deal. If she can't swallow this anger, why not just vent it? Whether she wants to slap Ayanokouji a few times or make Ayanokouji kneel down and apologize, I can find a way to do it. I just don't know if Sato will be satisfied."

What frustrated Ichinose the most was that Ayanokouji would have apologized in the same way even without Amane's help. Yesterday, after the two woke up, Ichinose had a serious talk with them. Ayanokouji said that she didn't care how they wanted to apologize or let her vent her anger, but the breakup was a done deal.

Based on the information provided by Amane, it's not hard for Ichinose to deduce that Ayanokouji wanted to distance himself from Sato in order to prevent those who wanted him expelled from school from harming Sato.

However, it seems inconvenient to discuss this with Sato Akira, otherwise Sato's first reaction would be to report it to the school or the police, which would only make the situation more irreparable.

Therefore, Sato saw Ayanokouji's attitude as irresponsible and refused to forgive him, insisting on demanding an explanation from him.

"Sigh, things aren't as simple as you think, Amane... Ayanokouji-san is here."

Ichinose noticed Ayanokouji walking towards his seat and quietly reminded Amane.

Sure enough, Sato stood up the moment he saw Ayanokouji.

"Ayanokoji Kiyotaka! Don't you have anything you want to say to me?"

As soon as Sato opened his mouth, the few scattered voices that had been there immediately disappeared, and many people watched the two of them with an attitude of watching a good show.

"No."

"No? Ayanokouji, are you even human? You dumped me for a first-year junior without even an explanation. What do you take me for? A vessel to vent your desires, summoned and dismissed at will?"

Sato's words were an absolute weapon of mass destruction. Having staked her dignity, Sato no longer cared what others thought of her. She seemed to just want Ayanokouji to give her an explanation. As for what that explanation was? Perhaps Sato herself didn't know, but she just wanted an explanation.

It might sound unreasonable, but this is the core logic of girls' arguments. Only those who master this logic will almost never lose an argument.

You are asked to provide an answer without a standard answer.

Whether the answer is right or wrong depends entirely on the other person's mood. It's fine under normal circumstances, but if the other person pulls this stunt during an argument, do you really expect them to agree with your answer?

It's obvious that this is impossible.

"Ayanokouji-san, although I don't want to get involved in your and Maya's affairs, isn't it the right thing to do if you don't like each other anymore? You're going to be here for almost two more years. How can you treat Maya in such an extreme way and be so fickle? What will you do when you see each other in the future?"

Shinohara, who was also a member of a group of gyaru (gal girls), spoke up in support of her best friend. Seeing that Shinohara had stood up for her, Matsushita, who was also a member of the group, had no choice but to help Sato.

"You're right. As a boy, you should at least have some basic responsibility, right? A first-year girl's love letter stole your heart. That's such a disgrace to boys!"

The moment Amane saw Matsushita stand up, she knew that things were unlikely to end well today.

Because Matsushita currently serves as both the student council secretary and the head of the Amane group, he is essentially the person in charge of Amane.

As soon as Matsushita spoke, the uninformed girls and boys, mistakenly believing that Matsushita had the support of Amane, immediately turned their anger towards Ayanokouji. Faced with the group attacking Ayanokouji, Amane could only silently turn her face to the side. At this moment, she was completely unable to speak. If she spoke up to support Matsushita, it would only create a situation where everyone rejected Ayanokouji. If she spoke up to support Ayanokouji, it would cause a rift in her relationship with Matsushita.

Therefore, the best option is to remain silent and leave the problem to others to solve.

Even someone as powerful as Tianyin is often unable to unleash her full power for various reasons.