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

Actually, Sakayanagi left a mark on Amane's neck last night. Considering that the mark was too conspicuous to expose, Amane casually grabbed a scarf to cover it up, but she didn't expect that she had just grabbed a gift from Karuizawa.

"Eh—!!!!"

Chapter 67: Be careful not to be spied on while kissing!

"Oh my, I never expected that Amane would like Karuizawa so much."

Taking advantage of Karuizawa blushing because of Amane's teasing, Ichinose launched a counterattack. She remembered that Karuizawa had laughed at her quite a bit just now.

"N-No, that's not how it is! Ugh! I shouldn't have asked you, Tianyin. Now everyone's laughing at me. It's all Tianyin's fault!!"

Karuizawa, 'angry,' reached out and pinched Amane's cheeks, gently pulling them to both sides.

"Tap tap tap... If this keeps up, my face will swell up..."

"Hmph, you deserve to be swollen, it's all because of you that everyone makes fun of me!"

Karuizawa was playfully fighting with Amane when she suddenly felt as if a hand was placed on her waist.

Before Karuizawa could turn around to see who was taking advantage of her, she suddenly fell forward into Amane's arms.

"I didn't expect you to be in such a hurry, Hui!"

After giving Karuizawa a quick kiss on the cheek, Amane teased the blushing Karuizawa.

"Ugh! Ugh! You're bullying me again, even though Horikita-san and Ichinose-san are here too..."

"I won't let this guy fool me. But Karuizawa, you always seem to be offering yourself up to Amane. It's hard to imagine that you're not planning to use this opportunity to get close to Amane openly."

Horikita's words sounded somewhat meaningful, and Ichinose, who was standing next to him, raised an eyebrow almost imperceptibly. Horikita's words had just been a bit inflammatory.

"I don't want to get close to this guy! Hey! Amane, let me go right now! Horikita-kun will get jealous if you don't let go!"

Karuizawa pretended to scold Amane, but his gaze actually met Horikita's.

Horikita was somewhat surprised to see that Karuizawa had matured quite a bit. If it were before, Karuizawa would probably have been too scared to say anything, but now she had mastered the ability to confront her head-on.

People do grow, and those who stagnate will eventually be eliminated, no matter the circumstances.

"Huh? Is Lingyin jealous?"

Amane, who was holding Karuizawa, rested her head on Karuizawa's shoulder and curiously peeked at Horikita's expression.

"Of course I'd get jealous. Nobody could see their lover holding another girl and not be jealous, right? If someone like that really existed, they'd probably be a very famous 'ninja' master, wouldn't they?"

After Horikita finished speaking, he walked confidently to Amane's side and kissed her in front of Karuizawa, who still had her head on Karuizawa's shoulder.

This is a classroom!

Unexpectedly, Amane and Horikita were so bold that Karuizawa's body still stiffened.

Every second she sat in Tianyin's lap felt like sitting on pins and needles. Looking at the two of them being so sweet and loving, it seemed like the right thing for her to do was to get up and give up her place in Tianyin's lap.

Just as Karuizawa was about to get up, Ichinose gently pressed down on her other shoulder, indicating that she should stay in that position.

"Horikita-kun, I know you and Amane are close, but this is a classroom, you know~ The surveillance cameras will record your every move very clearly. There might be someone in the monitoring room right now watching Horikita-kun and Amane being affectionate."

Ichinose's words made Amane stop kissing Horikita. Although she didn't care much about these things, she still felt a little uncomfortable being watched through a security camera.

Horikita, whose good time had been interrupted, glanced at Ichinose beside her. She hadn't expected that Ichinose would actually try to 'fight' her with Karuizawa.

If someone were to say that Ichinose didn't have any intention of monopolizing Amane, Horikita would definitely scoff at such a statement, but Ichinose's various actions left Horikita somewhat puzzled.

Even from the most malicious perspective, Ichinose only wanted to take advantage of Karuizawa's being the most 'favored' to put her in the lead and then gradually use Karuizawa to share Amane's love for Horikita.

But what good would doing this do for Ichinose? Even if Amane really transferred her affections to Karuizawa, wouldn't Ichinose's actions be the same as raising another Horikita Suzune?

What method will Ichinose use to defeat the already favored Karuizawa?

Horikita Suzune has conducted countless observations and systematic analyses of Ichinose, but she has never been able to find the answer to this mystery.

It seems that Ichinose is trying to create a peculiar balance.

In a typical conflict between different circles, Horikita might have supported Ichinose's idea of ​​'balance,' but this is a battle of emotions.

There can only be one Tianyin, and there should only be one winner, even if we have to tolerate that Tianyin's excellence will attract more girls to her side.

There should only be one person who holds the greatest power of discourse—no, there must be only one!

If no strong person steps forward to manage the group of girls around Tianyin, each with their own agendas, who knows what strange things they'll be thinking about all day long.

"Ichinose, aren't you exaggerating a bit? Let's not even talk about the fact that it's lunch break. Staff and faculty should have priority to eat or rest. Even if someone is still watching the surveillance, it doesn't matter. You know, our school has so many surveillance cameras that we can't even count them all. Amane and I were just getting to know each other better. It didn't even take a minute. To be honest, I don't really believe that the staff watching the surveillance could accurately capture that one minute and react in time after discovering what we were doing."

Horikita seemed to be refuting Ichinose with reason and evidence, but in reality, she was deliberately trying to make Amane realize that Ichinose was exaggerating her efforts to stop the two from having an intimate conversation.

This move was undeniably powerful, but unfortunately, Ichinose remained remarkably calm, even displaying a smile. Clearly, Horikita's response was exactly what Ichinose had expected.

In other words, it is highly likely that Ichinose has prepared a way to deal with Horikita's argument.

"Horikita is right. An ordinary person wouldn't be staring at the monitor screen during lunch break, let alone accurately capturing what's happening in our class, but..."

Ichinose wore an expression of delight, like a cat that had just stolen a treat.

Seeing Ichinose's appearance, Horikita instinctively sensed something was wrong.

"What if someone is specifically watching every move in this class?"

"I told you Ichinose you were overthinking it. There's no way the school would have that much free time."

“The school would never do that, but if it's Sakayanagi-san… hmm? After all, Amane is the class leader now. As the class leader of Class A, she must be authoritative and not be able to be found fault with, right?”

Ichinose's words made Horikita's face darken completely. If it were anyone else, Horikita would never believe that someone would specifically monitor the surveillance of Class 2-A, but Ichinose mentioned Sakayanagi's name as soon as she opened her mouth.

This made Horikita, who knew that Ichinose might be doing this on purpose to disgust her, waver a little.

Horikita felt that Sakayanagi was very much the kind of guy who could do the kind of behavior that Ichinose described.

Tianyin looked left and right, and seeing that the tension between the two was gradually escalating, she gave each of them a puff.

"Alright, alright~ Just be more careful about this kind of thing next time. But speaking of which, Arisu shouldn't do something like this, right? After all, Arisu is a very well-behaved girl."

Clever?

What exactly makes you think she's well-behaved?!

Both Horikita and Ichinose covered their foreheads at the same time.

Amane's perception of Sakayanagi was clearly completely different from theirs; Sakayanagi held an incredibly high position in Amane's eyes.

Sometimes even Horikita couldn't help but wonder what Sakayanagi had done to Amane that made Amane favor her so much.

"Huh? Tianyin, didn't you guys go to eat?"

Matsushita had just returned from the cafeteria when she opened the classroom door and was surprised to find that Amane and the others were all in the classroom, which was a rare sight for Matsushita.

When Matsushita saw Horikita, Amane, Ichinose, and Karuizawa all present, his first reaction was that something terrible must have happened. However, Matsushita soon noticed that the oppressive atmosphere he had felt in the classroom that morning was gone, which meant that Amane's mood should have returned to normal, or at least her anger should have subsided considerably.

However, what Matsushita found strange was that she always felt there was something indescribable about the atmosphere in the classroom...

“We were discussing Sato’s matter and that’s why we didn’t go for a meal. Now that Matsushita-kun has arrived, it’s time for us to get down to business.”

To ease the somewhat ambiguous atmosphere, Horikita took the initiative to invite Matsushita to join the discussion.

With Matsushita's involvement, Horikita was certain that neither Karuizawa nor Ichinose would choose to have intimate contact with Amane in front of Matsushita. This temporarily dissuaded Ichinose from his plan to press his advantage.

Karuizawa obediently escaped from Amane's arms and returned to his seat, moving his chair over.

And so, a simple group capable of deciding matters for Class A began their discussions.

Horikita spoke first, since Amane and the others had been fooling around and weren't discussing anything related to Sato. Since Horikita had invited Matsushita to join the discussion, she had to start by letting Matsushita know the general direction of the discussion and also to give Amane and the others a heads-up.

"I believe that Sato's actions have had a significant impact on Class A. Although dating is a private matter, I cannot forgive Sato if he causes chaos in Class A because of dating. Amane, you must take responsibility as the class leader and punish Sato."

Horikita set the tone for how to handle Sato's disruptive behavior that day as soon as he opened his mouth.

That is, the class administrators must take strict measures to intervene in the series of chain reactions caused by Sato and Ayanokouji's breakup.

“I have a slightly different suggestion.”

After Horikita finished speaking, Ichinose was the first to raise his hand and ask a question. Although Horikita did not want Ichinose to show off too much, Ichinose was the first to have a question, and Horikita could not stop Ichinose from asking a question, could he?

After a brief moment of thought, Horikita could only signal to Ichinose that she could express her thoughts.

"First of all, I agree with some of Horikita's points. Sato's behavior has indeed had an extremely negative impact on the class. As the class leader, it is only right for you, Amane, to punish Sato. But let's not forget that Sato is also a victim! If you go too far in dealing with Sato, the other students may not say it, but they will probably have a different opinion of you."

Ichinose's answer was clearly more comprehensive than Horikita's, but it added to Horikita's points while acknowledging Horikita's statement, successfully avoiding overshadowing her.

According to Ichinose's idea, Sato definitely needs to give her a warning and punishment, otherwise, it would be terrible if everyone would make a big fuss in class after breaking up.

But Sato is, after all, a true victim, so the punishment shouldn't be too excessive, otherwise it would damage Amane's image.

Therefore, figuring out how to deal with Sato became the most pressing issue that Amane urgently needed to resolve.

“Fanbo is right, but… how should we punish Sato? Although I think it would be enough to just give Sato a violent beating…”

Amane was fully aware of the inside story of their breakup, but many things couldn't be discussed openly, which led Amane to no longer want to punish Sato.

The real reason why Amane was furious with Sato this morning was because Sato had insulted Katsuragi and Ichinose with his careless words.

This has crossed the line for Tianyin.

Otherwise, no matter how much Sato made a scene in class, Amane didn't intend to punish him.

If Amane is going to rub salt into her wounds when she's already so unlucky, it's no different from trying to drive Sato to his death.

Of course, the reason why Amane could fully understand Sato was that she was completely clear about what had happened behind their breakup, and she knew exactly what Ayanokouji wanted to achieve by proposing the breakup. Therefore, Amane was not very proactive in dealing with Sato.

However, Karuizawa, who was completely unaware of the inside story between the two, was utterly confused.

"Why is everyone talking about Sato-san's problem? Although Sato-san's actions were a bit extreme, ultimately they didn't cause too much damage to Class A. Punishment and such seem like a really excessive thing to do, and most importantly!!!"

"Why doesn't anyone think it's Ayanokouji's fault? I feel that it was Ayanokouji, that gloomy guy, who toyed with Sato's feelings, that caused Sato to lose control and end up only thinking about how to get revenge on Ayanokouji while ignoring the feelings of others."

Seeing Karuizawa's excited expression, Amane felt it was necessary to be honest with Karuizawa about the undisclosed information behind this matter, lest Karuizawa take Sato's side out of consideration for Amane's past friendship with him. Otherwise, Amane would feel constrained and uncomfortable in her actions.

Chapter Sixty-Eight: The Juicer

Amane noticed that Karuizawa became overly emotional when talking about this matter, and immediately realized that Karuizawa and Sato's relationship wasn't actually that bad.

Rather than saying it was bad, it's more accurate to say that the two were initially members of the same gyaru group. Although Karuizawa's gyaru persona was an act, she got along quite well with Matsushita, who was also pretending to be a gyaru, and Sato and Shinohara, who were real gyaru. The four of them could be considered good friends.

Later, at Ayanokouji's urging—that is, under Amane's encouragement and with Ayanokouji's support, intending to make Horikita Suzune a whetstone—Sato once formed the largest girls' group in the class, the Sato faction.

In order to seize control of the narrative from Horikita, Sato actively courted Shinohara, Kushida, and Karuizawa, who had previously been leaders of the same clique.

However, all three of them realized that there must be something wrong with Sato so easily seizing some control from Horikita, so none of them joined in.

Enraged by the rejection from her friends, Sato believed they had sided with Horikita and Amane, and thus ended their friendship.

At the time, Karuizawa felt a little lost because of the loss of a good friend. However, with the addition of Ichinose and the shattering of Sato's dream, the four of them were able to play together again. So the four of them have a really good relationship now. Otherwise, Matsushita and Karuizawa would not have been so hostile to Ayanokouji, who was always assumed to be part of the Amane faction.

From Amane's perspective, neither Matsushita nor Karuizawa should express their opinions on this matter, because the situation behind it is quite complicated, and getting involved could cause considerable trouble.

However, if I don't explain to Karuizawa and the others, they will definitely speak up for their friend. After all, they have their own social circles besides Amane, and I can't just let them make a mess of their social circles without any reason.

Amane thought for a moment, trying to find something from this complicated background that could persuade Karuizawa without adding unnecessary pressure to her.

If Amane had started by saying that there were many assassins in the White House among the first-year students who wanted to expel Ayanokouji, and that these assassins were sent by Ayanokouji's own father, it would have been a different story. One of the assassins had been in love with Ayanokouji for a long time and had infiltrated the school during this operation. He had confessed his father's plan to Ayanokouji and offered her generous terms: if she stayed with him, he would protect her from his father's interference, give Sato a large sum of money, and ensure her a peaceful life for the rest of her days.

Finally, after careful consideration, Ayanokouji chose to break up with Sato to prevent her from becoming a target of the White House assassins, and used the female assassin's family background to protect Sato...

The story is full of twists and turns, and the plot is full of ups and downs. Most importantly, it is based on real events.

Could Karuizawa and Matsushita really believe something so outrageous? They'd probably laugh out loud if they heard that there were assassins in modern society.

It seems more likely that it will be taken as a joke.

This caused Tianyin considerable distress.

Therefore, Tianyin had to make up a story that everyone could accept and that they could choose not to interfere with the two of them.

"Megumi, you and Sato get along quite well, don't you?"

Amane deliberately shifted the topic from discussing whether Ayanokouji had gone too far to the relationship between Karuizawa and Sato.

Although Karuizawa didn't know Amane's intentions, she still nodded.

"Maya and I have always been friends... But Amane, don't get me wrong! We're just... just ordinary friends!! And this time, I didn't speak up for Maya because we're on good terms. I genuinely felt that Ayanokouji was going a bit too far, which is why I said those things."

Karuizawa hurriedly began to explain.

She mistakenly thought that Amane was unhappy that she was speaking in favor of Sato, which was why she suddenly used the sophisticated way of asking about their relationship to subtly hint at her point.

Ever since Ichinose suggested that she learn more about scheming, she went online and read a lot of strange online novels, and learned some scheming techniques that she didn't know if they could be called backstabbing or intrigue.

However, judging from the current situation, it seems to have some effect. Although Karuizawa did not guess Amane's intentions, she did realize that Amane did not support everyone's excessive attacks on Ayanokouji.

Karuizawa didn't understand Amane's intentions, but he also understood another thing: Amane didn't want everyone to support Sato.