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

Amane completely disregarded this move, grabbing Hayasaka's leg with her other hand. Hayasaka, seeing Amane's quick reaction, tried to pull his leg back, but Amane wasn't about to let Hayasaka's opening slip by. Amane suddenly exerted force, pulling Hayasaka up and slamming him onto the ground in the distance.

Hayasaka, realizing that her entire body was suspended in mid-air, did not panic this time. She already knew what Amane was planning to do to her, so she covered her head in advance.

As long as the head is not injured, there is still a chance to persevere.

Just as Hayasaka had expected, Amane threw her out. In mid-air, Hayasaka quickly flipped to dissipate the force on her body and actually managed to land smoothly.

A figure flashed by, and Amane arrived at her landing spot first. Without saying a word, she swept Hayasaka, who had just landed, to the ground.

This time, Hayasaka didn't care about dignity and rolled around on the ground to quickly create distance.

But when she looked up, Tianyin was calmly gazing at her, the two of them almost touching nose to nose.

A chill ran through Hayasaka, and fear began to spread rapidly throughout her body. But Hayasaka was not defeated by fear. The near-zero-distance contact between the two was the perfect opportunity for her to fight back.

"Watch out for knee strikes."

A familiar female voice came from the crowd, seemingly reminding Amane. Amane instinctively took a step back, and then a flying knee as fast as lightning came straight for Amane's chin. However, after Amane retreated, she successfully dodged this attack that Hayasaka considered a sure kill.

Hayasaka didn't hold back at all in that attack. Even if Amane had a strong constitution, her jaw might have been shattered if she had been hit by her. But Hayasaka was already in battle mode and didn't have time to think about the consequences of her actions, let alone what to do if she failed.

Boom!

Amane imitated Hayasaka and landed a high whip kick directly on Hayasaka's head.

Hayasaka's entire body tilted backwards dramatically, and just as she was about to fall to the ground, she managed to steady herself and maintain her balance, preventing herself from collapsing.

But now her head was buzzing, and even her brain was starting to become foggy. She knew that she was only one step away from failure.

All resistance is futile.

Amane noticed Hayasaka's waning will to resist, but she was not a novice like Hayasaka who would let her guard down. Amane immediately went behind Hayasaka and quickly strangled the confused Hayasaka with her hands crossed.

Although Hayasaka gradually became less lucid, her accumulated muscle memory began to fight back desperately.

Because in her muscle memory, if she didn't counter the move that Tianyin was about to use in time, she would be completely finished.

Without the brain's command, relying solely on muscle memory is completely insufficient to make Tianyin complete the final step of the movement.

Amane's legs were locked tightly around Hayasaka's waist, and Amane's weight caused Hayasaka's entire body to fall to the ground. The pain awakened Hayasaka's confused consciousness.

But when Hayasaka regained consciousness, a look of terror immediately appeared on her face.

With the final step of choking.

Tianyin executed an almost unsolvable killing move: naked choke.

The reason this move is considered almost unsolvable is that there are only two ways to break it: one is to escape before the move is completed, and the other is to have greater arm strength than the attacker so that you can directly pry open the opponent's arm that is locking their throat.

Realistically speaking, the first option is basically the only chance. Even if you have stronger arms than the attacker, it's completely unknown how much force you can exert when you're being choked and will quickly lose oxygen.

If you can't crack it, it will only hasten your own death.

Such an almost unsolvable technique was used by a monster like Tianyin, and the result was predictable.

“Heavenly… Sound”.

Hayasaka struggled to pry Amane's arms off, but after a few attempts, she realized it was all in vain and could only try to beg Amane to let her go.

Finally, she saw Amane slowly open her mouth, but then Hayasaka's eyes widened, because what Amane said was...

"10, 9, 8..."

Chapter 95: I Want to Be Your Woman

'7, 6, 5...'

The countdown continued, and Amane's emotionless eyes remained fixed on Hayasaka's face. Each cold number sounded to Hayasaka like a declaration of death.

Hayasaka knew that the reason she didn't immediately admit defeat was because she was certain that this was just a competition, and the instructors and the school would not allow Amane to kill her. Therefore, Amane would most likely release her and make her admit defeat after the countdown ended.

Although the outcome is the same, the education she received from childhood taught Hayasaka that if she could persevere to the end before giving up, there was a certain probability that she could move Amane with her tenacious will. This was the main reason why Hayasaka chose to grit her teeth and persevere.

But gradually, Hayasaka realized something was wrong. Her breathing became more and more rapid and difficult. The continuous loss of oxygen made her head spin and her thoughts began to become confused.

Her body began to gradually slip out of control, and her hands started flailing wildly, trying to break free from the two arms that were tightly gripping her throat.

However, such resistance was futile against Amane. By the time Hayasaka realized something was wrong, it was too late. Amane's deadly move would mean certain death for Ayanokouji and Koenji if they were controlled. There was no possibility of them being able to escape.

Hayasaka, who had underestimated Amane's ruthlessness, stared wide-eyed, her gaze filled with fear and despair, tears streaming down her cheeks, blurring her vision.

Her body gradually lost strength, her legs weakly kicking the ground, as pale and powerless as the last struggle of an insect about to die.

Hayasaka's heart began to pound wildly, each beat feeling like it was about to leap out of her chest. She tried to call for help from the instructors and classmates nearby, but only weak sobs could escape her throat. Hayasaka vaguely felt her life slipping away bit by bit, her consciousness began to blur, and everything before her eyes became distorted and unreal.

The surrounding air seemed to freeze, with only Hayasaka's intermittent sobs and gasps from the ground testifying to the danger she was in.

However, even Masahiko had no intention of going up to save her. If Amane wanted to punish or get rid of Hayasaka, there was only one possibility: Hayasaka had upset Amane.

Originally, Hayasaka was a doll gift that he gave to Amane, but Amane didn't want her, so he kept her at the school. Now that Amane wants to get rid of her, it doesn't matter. Hayasaka's position in Masahiko's heart is no match for Amane. Although he is a little reluctant, if he has to choose between the two, Masahiko will choose Amane without hesitation.

Jiang Yan didn't say anything, let alone the others.

Moreover, they shared almost the same thought as Hayasaka: this was just a competition, and Amane wouldn't dare to go all out. Furthermore, the fact that the instructors nearby didn't stop them meant that Amane was probably just playing around with Hayasaka and there was no danger.

Only Shiraya realized that Amane wasn't just messing around with Hayasaka, but because it was Amane, Shiraya didn't dare to provoke her for fear of Amane's retaliation. He had heard that Amasawa had previously caused trouble for Amane and had his throat made hoarse, which showed how ruthless Amane was. So, these people in the know tacitly chose to bury their heads in the sand and pretended to be deaf and dumb.

Because of the distance, the second-year students could only see Amane's mouth moving as if she was talking to Hayasaka. They mistakenly thought that Amane was secretly making some kind of agreement or deal with Hayasaka, so naturally no one would be so tactless as to disturb Amane's conversation at this time.

For a moment, not a single spectator in the entire arena was willing to help Hayasaka or speak up to stop this horrific behavior.

"4, 3, 2, 1..."

Hayasaka closed her eyes, and even her brain, which was no longer able to think rationally, believed that everything was over.

Just then, Amane suddenly released Hayasaka's neck. She had guessed right. Amane had no intention of killing her. Everything that had just happened was probably just to intimidate her... right?

But if it was just to scare her, why did that feeling of being so close to death feel so real? Was that near-death experience just a hallucination caused by oxygen deprivation?

Hayasaka couldn't comprehend what had just happened. Those ten short seconds felt like hours to her.

Hayasaka lay on the ground of the playground with a blank stare, panting heavily, trying to recover her strength as soon as possible.

This was the first time she had ever felt that being able to breathe freely was such a blissful thing.

"You're not a close-quarters combat style user, are you?"

As she stood up, Amane brushed the dust off her clothes and casually asked Hayasaka, who looked like she'd been thoroughly messed up.

Hayasaka's performance in close combat was extremely poor, no different from that of a novice. Even though each move was powerful and precise, it was just a formulaic attack in Amane's eyes. Once Amane didn't cooperate with her "routine", Hayasaka didn't know how to fight back. So in this match, Hayasaka was almost completely suppressed by Amane, and Hayasaka didn't get a single effective counterattack until the end of the match.

"Well, I only have practical experience with firearms. This... is my first time... I never expected to give it to Miss Tianyin."

Tianyin, who was about to clean the dust off her trousers, stopped what she was doing upon hearing this.

What does it mean to say that you gave your first time to Miss Tianyin?

Even in this state, why say such ambiguous things? Don't you think she's already in enough trouble?

However, seeing that Hayasaka was barely clinging to life, Amane couldn't say anything more.

"Why are you working so hard? Even if you're hiding your strength, you could still live happily here, right?"

"I want Miss Tianyin to see my strength."

"and then?"

"To be your woman."

"..."

When Amane first heard this illogical explanation, her brows immediately furrowed, but she quickly understood Hayasaka's true intention.

"So you filled a sheet of papers with wrong answers that I was supposed to review? That's incredibly stupid."

In order to stay by her side, Hayasaka hoped to demonstrate her strength through a fight, but unexpectedly, she was easily defeated by Amane. As a result, Hayasaka completely lost the added value that set her apart from other girls.

Take Karuizawa for example. Her appearance is the basic score, and her ability to understand others' feelings and read between the lines is her added value. Amane is most relaxed when she is with Karuizawa because Karuizawa clearly has the ability to understand other people's feelings and thoughts by observing them, but she uses it entirely to observe whether Amane is in a good mood or not and how to please Amane. This is simply the most wasteful use of her talent.

However, Amane had no intention of correcting Karuizawa's approach and allowing her to play her best role. Firstly, that would make Karuizawa too tired, which would affect Amane's quality of life. Secondly, Karuizawa was too stupid; even if she noticed something unusual about the other person by observing their expressions, she wouldn't know why it was happening.

All that guessing is pointless; it's better to let Karuizawa use his ability to read people in bed.

In short, for a girl, having some added value makes it easy to gain the favor and special treatment of others. Unfortunately, Hayasaka just destroyed her added value.

This is what makes Hayasaka most desperate.

"I just failed. If I had succeeded, would you really not treat me differently, Miss Tianyin?"

Hayasaka looked up at Amane's back and couldn't help but ask.

"Perhaps, but you've already lost, haven't you? Focus on recovering and try not to leave any lasting effects."

"Aftereffects?"

"How could you possibly be unharmed after taking so many of my attacks? You don't actually think you could withstand all of my assaults, do you? You should go and apply for a hospital visit. Oh, and by the way, remember to admit defeat."

After saying that, Tianyin walked away without looking back in the direction of the second-year students.

Hayasaka shook his head bitterly and raised his hand to the instructor.

"I concede."

With Hayasaka's surrender, the second-year students secured a decisive victory in the match with a record of three wins and one draw.

Except for the injured who needed medical treatment, the other first-year students began preparing to accept the punishment of climbing the mountain with heavy loads.

The second-year students were overjoyed and discussing the exciting fights that had just taken place.

However, the focus of everyone's discussion was not Tianyin, but the match between Albert and Sangyuan.

From the moment Amane appeared, no one thought she would lose, so Hayasaka's surrender was expected and there was nothing to discuss.

After all, the second-year students had already experienced Tianyin's power, so the topic of conversation was much less. On the contrary, Sangyuan, that short, plain-looking, bespectacled bookworm junior, was actually a master of weaponry. If Sangyuan hadn't had asthma, the outcome between her and Albert would have been much more intense, and perhaps turning the tables wouldn't have been so difficult.

Besides that, the most discussed character was Ayanokouji. The highly anticipated Ayanokouji actually chose to concede defeat along with a girl. As soon as Ayanokouji left the stage, Sato started introducing Iwasaki to everyone as the third party who ruined their relationship.

This immediately sparked a frenzy of gossip, keeping the topic trending. After explaining to Sato, Ayanokouji seemed to be angered by Sato's persistent attitude and subconsciously slapped him.

This angered everyone, and Hirata punched Ayanokouji, knocking him to the ground and forcing him to apologize to Sato, who was crying his eyes out.

Ayanokouji refused to apologize and turned to leave, even though Katsuragi and Hirata tried to stop him, Ayanokouji grabbed him by the collar and threw him aside.

Ayanokoji has now become an object of universal condemnation.

However, Tenon glanced thoughtfully at Yagami, who was on the first-year students' side.

"Amane! Ayanokouji has gone too far, are you really going to just sit idly by?"

Matsushita angrily complained to Amane. This anger was naturally not directed at Amane. From the beginning, Matsushita was extremely disgusted by Ayanokouji for abandoning Sato, but Amane told her not to take sides. Matsushita could only silently endure her dissatisfaction. She also knew that Ayanokouji was Amane's current leader in the class and the secretary of the student council. Once she stood up and expressed her opinion, it would immediately cause a chain reaction, which was something Amane did not want to see. Therefore, Amane made Matsushita give up standing up for Sato by implying that there was something going on.

Matsushita had thought the matter was over since Ayanokouji had been behaving much better lately, but when he saw Ayanokouji and Iwasaki exchanging glances, he felt something was wrong.

When Sato directly confronted Matsushita about the girl being the other woman, Matsushita was furious. However, Ayanoji had already broken up with Sato by then, so even if Matsushita, as his best friend, was dissatisfied with Ayanoji's behavior, she had no right to criticize his words and actions with his new girlfriend.

But Ayanokouji seemed to get angry and slapped Sato, throwing Katsuragi and Hirata to the ground. This caused Matsushita's pent-up dissatisfaction with Ayanokouji to finally erupt.

But she also knew that she couldn't handle Ayanokouji on her own, so Matsushita went directly to Amane, hoping that Amane could get justice for Sato.

The entire second-year students witnessed Ayanokouji slapping Sato. If Amane doesn't intervene, it will definitely affect her prestige.

"Lingyin, what do you think?"

Instead of directly stating her own thoughts, Amane asked Horikita for his opinion.

Horikita, who was already very clever, gradually developed a tacit understanding with Amane, so he knew exactly what Amane was thinking.

If Amane really wanted to deal with Ayanokouji, she could have simply agreed to Matsushita's request. There was absolutely no need to go through the trouble of asking for her opinion, since Horikita Suzune hadn't supported Ayanokouji or anything.

The others weren't stupid either. Both Ichinose and Matsushita understood what Amane meant. Ichinose, however, couldn't figure out how Amane was going to deal with Ayanokouji, so she didn't speak up.

Matsushita, on the other hand, began to get anxious. She was the last person who wanted Amane to choose to cover up the matter.

"I think Matsushita-san's words make some sense."

Horikita did not follow the script given by Amane this time. In her opinion, Ayanokouji had completely lost his original value. Since he had lost his value, no matter how capable he was, it was not as important as winning over the girl group and maintaining Amane's prestige.

Amane seemed to have guessed that Horikita would not follow the script, and simply raised her head to signal Horikita to continue.

"The reason we chose to indulge Ayanokouji is simply because his learning and physical abilities are so outstanding that we are willing to sacrifice certain costs to protect him in order to better win various special exams, but—."

Horikita deliberately dragged out her voice, trying to make sure that more people who had gathered around could hear her.

“Things are different now. We are now students in Class A, and we have achieved our initial goal. Our class points have also stabilized at over 1,000 points, which means we will get at least 100,000 individual points every month. Even if we fall to Class B for a while, we won't panic too much... So the demand for mavericks is not so high. In addition... Ayanokouji has not used his true strength for Class A. His exam results are still mediocre. Even in the physical contest, he just chose to disobey your orders and surrender to the first-year students, which almost caused us to fail at Albert's level. If Ayanokouji had directly defeated Iwasaki, we would have won long ago, but he didn't do so.”

Horikita paused for a moment, his gaze sweeping over the faces of the familiar people.

"Should we really continue to tolerate people who have no sense of collective honor and are unwilling to contribute to the collective?"