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

Amane knew that Instructor Uesugi had touched her wrist, but since she couldn't feel any pain, she had no way of judging the extent of her wrist injury. As a result, when she tried to get up, her wrist went limp and she fell to the ground again.

Instructor Uesugi took a running start, bent his knees, and leaped into the air. He intended to smash his knees directly into Tenon's chest, judging from experience that if Tenon caught this blow, she would be completely unable to resist.

For a moment, the hearts of all the onlookers were in their throats.

Marina, who was hiding in the shadows, stared intently at Instructor Uesugi's neck. Her left hand, which was gripping the hilt of the knife, was extremely pale from the force she was using, and blood was trickling down the hilt from between her fingers.

Kill her! Kill her! Kill her!

Everyone who harms Tianyin must...

Marina took a step forward, her arched body resembling a cheetah about to pounce on its prey. She was confident that she could rush into the playground within ten breaths and finish off that woman with a single slash.

However, just as Marina was about to take action, a strange scene unfolded on the playground.

Click!

The crisp sound of bones breaking echoed across the entire playground, and many onlookers instinctively shivered upon hearing it.

At first, many people thought that Tianyin had broken her bones, and they all got up to check on Tianyin's injuries. However, when they quickly came to Tianyin, their expressions became extremely strange.

Just as Instructor Uesugi was making a desperate move, unleashing a knee strike that could decide the outcome of the battle, Tenon, whose wrists suddenly lost strength and who had no way to dodge, turned her body into a 'C' shape.

Thanks to her flexible waist, honed from frequently performing strange movements, Amane narrowly escaped Instructor Uesugi's deadly attack at the last second.

Without Tenon's body to cushion the impact, Instructor Uesugi's knees inevitably slammed directly into the concrete ground.

The instructor in the shirt clutched his knee, his face contorted in a grimace, looking incredibly ferocious. Although he didn't utter a single sound of pain, his silent, grotesque expression spoke volumes.

After struggling a few times to stand up on her elbows, Tenon prepared to deliver a knee strike to the head of Instructor Uesugi.

The Tianyin, now enraged, had completely lost the concept of holding back.

Just as Tianyin was about to successfully counterattack, a figure quickly stepped in front of Instructor Shangshan, raising his leg and colliding his knee with Tianyin's.

"The battle ends here!!"

Instructor Li's authoritative voice brought a little sanity back to Tianyin's bloodshot eyes.

"Cough, cough... So who wins? Cough cough..."

With each cough, Tianyin coughed up some blood.

Seeing that Tianyin's hand, which was covering her mouth, was covered in blood, yet she still stubbornly stared at him, Instructor Li couldn't help but gasp.

Is she really an ordinary high school girl?

Feeling a bit uneasy under Tianyin's gaze, Instructor Li glanced at Instructor Shangshan, who was already rolling on the ground clutching his knees, and finally spoke helplessly.

"You won."

"I won?"

"Ah."

Instructor Li nodded, and after confirming her victory, Tianyin's knees buckled and she fell rapidly to the ground.

"Sister Tianyin!"

Jiang Yan quickly grabbed Tianyin's arm, preventing her from collapsing to the ground due to lack of strength.

"Quickly take Tianyin to the infirmary."

Horikita scooped up Amane and strode quickly toward the infirmary, though not very fast. Seeing Horikita's strained appearance, Marina, extremely anxious, stepped forward and snatched Amane away.

Who are you?

Before Horikita could react, he saw Marina carrying Amane and running more than ten steps away.

After seeing Marina's figure, Masahiko felt relieved and then turned to look at Instructor Uesugi, who was being examined.

Jiang Yan was absolutely certain that Instructor Uesugi's final series of experienced moves was definitely aimed at killing Tenon. If Tenon hadn't changed her body at the crucial moment to dodge that knee strike, she would be lying on the ground writhing in pain right now.

Thinking of this, Jiang Yan couldn't help but clench his fists. At this distance, Jiang Yan was confident that he could wipe out that so-called Aikido master with one punch.

Noticing that Masahiko's gaze was strange, Hayasaka quickly stepped on Masahiko's foot to signal him not to act rashly.

Seeing Hayasaka's hint, Yasuhiko's breathing became noticeably heavier, and his chest heaved violently with the change in breathing. It took him a while to calm down.

Jiang Yan snorted and left the crowd. Not long after, medical staff carried Instructor Shangshan on a stretcher to a nearby hospital for treatment.

Although it was nearby, it was still at least tens of kilometers away, which meant that Instructor Shirt could only endure the pain and persevere all the way to the hospital.

"How pitiful."

Hayasaka watched the figure being carried away on a stretcher and shook his head with a sigh.

If it were her who had been hit by Instructor Uesugi just now, she would probably be dead by now. But who would have thought that Tenon would dodge the attack in such a strange way?

It can only be said that fate played a cruel trick on us.

……

With a loud clang.

The door to the infirmary collapsed with a crash.

Marina didn't bother to say anything more to the medical staff inside. She simply threw Amane onto the hospital bed and then pulled out a knife and held it to the neck of a man who looked like a doctor.

"Examine her, and if she can't be treated here, send her to the hospital immediately..."

Just as the medical staff were still in shock at the gleaming blade, Amane, who had been thrown onto the bed by Marina, opened her eyes.

Upon seeing that Amane had woken up, Marina immediately went to the bedside.

"Tianyin, are you alright? Does your body hurt? Is there anything that's bothering you? If anything is bothering you, tell me right away..."

Tenon blinked as she looked at Marina, whose face was full of worry and concern. Tenon's thoughts gradually returned to last night. As she recalled what happened last night, a smile couldn't help but appear on Tenon's face, and her cold eyes, which had previously shown no emotion, softened at this moment.

Tianyin's chapped lips parted and closed slightly, as if she were saying something.

"What? Tianyin, can you say that again?"

Amane's voice became hoarse due to the violent coughing, and she sounded much weaker due to exhaustion, almost to the point of being barely audible. Seeing this, Marina quickly leaned close to Amane's lips to listen carefully to what Amane wanted to say to her.

"Mom, I'm hungry."

Chapter 113: Let me touch you!

"Are you hungry? Okay, you stay here and get the check-up done while I go get you something to eat."

After Marina finished speaking, she got up and walked towards the door, but before she could step out of the collapsed door of the infirmary, her steps slowly stopped.

What did Tianyin just call her?

Swish.

Mari suddenly turned around.

Amane had already closed her eyes, whether she had fainted or wanted to rest was unknown. Marina returned to the bedside, her lips slightly parted, and she hesitated several times as she tried to call Amane's name.

Did I really hear her call me 'Mom' just now, or... was it just a hallucination in my panic?

Or perhaps the voice was too soft and I misheard it?

But how can we verify this with Tianyin? What if, what if it's just her imagination? How will we handle that then?

Wouldn't that make Amane think she's a woman who's deluding herself? She was the one who recklessly left Amane alone in that bastard's hands. Although... Marina has only seen Amane once since giving birth to her. Usually, Shojin doesn't allow her to see Amane at all. In other words, even if she stayed in that house, she couldn't be by Amane's side as a mother.

But... no matter how difficult it was to explain, she was still young and abandoned her responsibilities as a mother, resolutely returning to the Kiryuin family. It wasn't until her mother passed away that Marina suddenly realized the importance of maternal love.

But by then it was too late.

Tianyin has been tortured into this state by that demon.

A long time ago, Marina actually approached Amane once. At that time, she followed Amane as a tourist to go hiking. As a result, a rainstorm broke out. Marina originally planned to use the rainstorm to pretend to be a victim to get close to Amane. However, after discovering that Arisu Sakayanagi, who was traveling with Amane, had a high fever, she chose to abandon the plan. Without food or fever reducers, approaching Amane at that time would only add to her burden. So Marina chose to hide to the side and quietly watch over Amane's child.

Then, in that torrential rain, she witnessed Tianyin's most authentic self.

After leaving all the supplies to Kiryuin Fuka and telling her to wait until dawn or the rain stopped before going down the mountain, Amane carried the feverish Sakayanagi on her back and chose to hike down the mountain to seek help at a hospital 20 kilometers away.

Marina, hiding behind a rock, inadvertently saw Amane's eyes as she descended the mountain. They were cold, emotionless eyes, as if all the beautiful things that originally belonged to her had been torn to shreds by cruel torture and training.

Those emotionless eyes weren't cold because of indifference, but because of despair. Marina knew that only someone who had experienced countless moments of despair and become indifferent to everything would have that look. In the face of despair, one can let go and close off all the good things in oneself. As long as one doesn't yearn for light, then even living in darkness is not something unacceptable.

This is Miyako Tenon.

After witnessing Amane's transformation, Marina completely lost the courage to meet her. She could only watch as Amane carried Sakayanagi and disappeared into the rain.

She was not a good mother.

Therefore, she never dared to hope that Amane would acknowledge her, even though Amane had already realized her identity. The only thing Marina could do was to quietly protect her from the sidelines until... Amane no longer needed her protection.

"Excuse me, ma'am, could you please allow us to check this student's physical condition first?"

"Yes, thank you for your help."

……

Tianyin, who had been unconscious for an unknown period of time, slowly opened her eyes.

"An unfamiliar ceiling... ugh, that feeling again."

As soon as Tianyin tried to get up, she felt a sudden dizziness. Then, her brain seemed to come alive and run wild inside her skull. The feeling of her entire brain shaking made Tianyin feel uncomfortable and her consciousness began to blur.

Tianyin's inability to feel pain is something she has had since birth, but as she grows older, her nervous system becomes numb, to the point that she can no longer feel things like headaches. However, not being able to feel headaches is not a good thing, because her brain has developed its own unique way of reminding her that she is not in a good state.

The unique way of being reminded was that the world was spinning and it felt like my brain was running around inside my head. The discomfort was far beyond what a simple headache could provide. It was only because Tianyin had strong mental power that such a reminder would have driven a mentally fragile person crazy.

This uncomfortable feeling lasted for a full three minutes before it gradually subsided.

Lying on the bed, Tianyin was breathing heavily, and a few drops of sweat slid from her forehead onto the pillowcase. Tianyin didn't even have the strength to raise her hand to wipe away the sweat.

After resting for a few minutes and feeling a bit better, Tianyin licked her chapped lips. Feeling a little dehydrated, she turned her attention to the kettle on the bedside table.

Just as Tianyin reached for the kettle to pour herself some water, her gaze fell on her left hand.

"Aaaaaah, my hand is gone!!!"

Tianyin's exclamation immediately echoed throughout the entire ward.

With a whoosh, the white curtain beside her was forcefully pulled open, revealing Instructor Uesugi, who was also lying on the hospital bed, looking at her with a displeased expression.

"You stupid brat, you're so noisy!!"

"Instructor Uesugi, my hand, my hand..."

With tears welling up in her eyes, Tianyin waved her left hand, which was wrapped in bandages into a smooth oval shape, at Instructor Shangshan.

According to Tianyin's understanding, this is something that only people who have had their limbs amputated would be bound like this. She was so young when she had her limbs amputated! How is she supposed to live like this?!

Even if amputation is necessary, why can't the right hand be amputated?

All her fighting power comes from her left hand!!

Yes, Tianyin is left-handed. When doing some strange things with her left hand, her hand speed is about twice as fast as her right hand. Losing her left hand will not only affect her daily life, but also her sexual happiness.

Looking at those big, teary eyes and that raised left hand, Instructor Uesugi's expression was slightly awkward.

Since she was the culprit who caused all this, Instructor Uesugi, who had initially thought Tianyin was a bit noisy, suddenly softened his tone.

"Cough cough, don't worry, it's just for treatment, there's no amputation. If you want some water, I'll pour you some."

Instructor Uesugi struggled to get out of bed, and with two crutches in his hands, he limped to Tianyin's bedside and poured her a glass of water with trembling hands.

The corners of Instructor Tenon's mouth twitched slightly as she looked at the shirt-clad instructor, whose entire body was wrapped in bandages and whose legs were in casts below the knees.

"Um... Instructor Uesugi, are you alright?"

"..."

The instructor in the shirt, whose hands were still trembling as he held the cup, gave Tianyin a strange look after hearing her words.

It seems like things aren't going well...

Tianyin carefully took the water cup with her right hand, put it to her lips, and then tilted her head back and drank the water in one gulp. Then, holding the empty water cup, Tianyin looked at Instructor Shangshan with her big, expectant eyes.

"I see."

Unable to move after putting down his crutches, Instructor Uesugi could only shakily pick up the water bottle and fill Tianyin's cup again.

After Tianyin finished her drink in one gulp, she looked at her.

"..."

Instructor Uesugi's forehead veins bulged, but after seeing Tenon's left hand, she poured Tenon a full glass.

After making sure Tianyin had drunk her fill, he struggled back to his hospital bed, leaning on two crutches.