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

A burst of bubbling sounds slightly surprised Tianyin.

"Lingyin, are you in the water?"

"Damn it! Hello! Hello? Tianyin, can you still hear me?"

Horikita's anxious voice came from the other end of the phone.

"I can hear you. What were you doing just now, Ringtone? I think I heard... the sound of water getting into the phone."

Horikita blushed slightly on the other end of the phone, then quickly returned to her normal tone.

"It's nothing. We were having a swimming lesson just now. Before the lesson, Sakayanagi called me and said she was going to visit you and we could chat with you. I didn't know when she would get there, so I kept my phone with me. But I left my phone on the shore during the swimming lesson and almost didn't hear you speak."

"What was that sound just now?"

"How are you feeling, Amane? Are you badly injured? Could you send a picture of Sakayanagi over?"

Horikita seemed unwilling to discuss the abrupt sound that had just appeared, and Amane wisely refrained from pursuing the matter further.

Amane gave Horikita a brief introduction to her current physical condition, living environment, and medical information.

When Amane said that even with conservative treatment, it would take another month before she could be discharged from the hospital, Amane could clearly feel Horikita's voice on the other end of the phone suddenly stop for a moment.

"A month? Is that long?"

Even when Horikita's voice came through a phone, it still carried a bitter tone.

Tianyin immediately realized that something was wrong.

"Has something difficult to resolve happened?"

"I guess so. Although I'm currently managing the second-year girls in your place, the problem isn't with our class. It's a conflict between the girls in Class C and Class B. With Shiina in Class C, it's a bit easier, but Kamuro can't control the girls there. Even bringing in Sakayanagi doesn't really help. It's quite troublesome; you're probably the only one who can resolve this conflict. But right now, your health is important. Getting well is the most important thing. By the way, Amane, do you want to talk to Megumi and the others? Megumi was just complaining that she finally got to wear a swimsuit, but you didn't bother her, making her lose interest in swimming class..."

Before Horikita could finish speaking, Amane heard a coquettish voice coming from the other end of the phone.

"Horikita-kun, don't talk nonsense to Amane! I didn't want to be harassed by her!"

Chapter 117: What pose do you want to strike?

Karuizawa adjusted her swimsuit with her fingers, glancing at Horikita's phone every now and then. She wanted to speak several times but didn't know how to start, so she could only stand aside and listen to Horikita chatting with Amane.

Horikita noticed Karuizawa's little scheme, and when she deliberately shifted the topic to Karuizawa, although Karuizawa complained that she shouldn't mention her to Amane, her body language betrayed her.

Seeing Karuizawa's flushed face, Ichinose let out a mischievous laugh. Being teased in public for the first time made Karuizawa, who was the most shy among them, wish she could find a tree hole to crawl into.

Upon hearing on the other end of the phone that Karuizawa had changed into a swimsuit, Amane immediately perked up.

"Rinne~ Could you please take a picture of Megumi in a swimsuit and send it to me?"

Horikita gave him a knowing look and then deliberately raised his voice.

"Hmm? Amane, you want to see Karuizawa-san's swimsuit photos?"

"Huh?!!"

Upon hearing Amane's request, Karuizawa let out a surprised sound, and his whole body went weak.

Seeing this, Horikita took advantage of Karuizawa's dazed state and deliberately took several photos of Karuizawa with her phone.

The clicking of camera shutters pulled Karuizawa back to reality from her overly shy surprise.

Seeing that Horikita was starting to use her phone and seemed to really intend to send her photo to Amane, Karuizawa quickly spoke up to try to stop her.

"Horikita, wait a minute!"

"What? Karuizawa, don't you want Amane to see your swimsuit photos?"

"It's not that I don't want to, it's just..."

"only?"

"This is the first time I've officially worn a swimsuit in public, and I don't know if Amane will like it..."

Horikita carefully examined Karuizawa, who was wearing a simple dark blue one-piece swimsuit.

Horikita's gaze lingered on Karuizawa's face for a long time at first glance. In terms of the refinement of her features, Karuizawa was slightly inferior to herself and Matsushita, but Karuizawa's face was the kind that could give people the most direct feeling of beauty.

Even if Horikita Suzune stood next to Karuizawa Megumi, Horikita's cool and aloof demeanor might draw everyone's attention to her first, but upon closer inspection, it would be clear that more people would be drawn to Karuizawa's appearance.

Perhaps even Karuizawa herself didn't realize that her greatest strength wasn't her ability to read people's expressions, but rather her appearance, which best fits the image of a high school girl.

Horikita looked down. Originally, Karuizawa and she were about the same size, but she wondered if the girl had undergone a second growth spurt with the help of Amane.

Her figure is almost as big as Ichinose's; if she continues to grow, she might even reach the exaggerated size of Hasebe.

F and what... Are those people really high school girls?

"Don't worry, if you appeared in front of Amane looking like this, she would force you into all sorts of weird poses."

"Position?! Horikita, how could you say such an embarrassing thing in front of so many people?! Ugh, so embarrassing! I'm not talking to Horikita anymore!"

Karuizawa shyly covered her face and squatted down next to a small tree, muttering something to herself.

Horikita gave Ichinose, who was beside him, a look that seemed commonplace.

Ichinose sighed helplessly, then gave Horikita an OK sign before walking towards Karuizawa.

Not long after, Horikita finished sending the photos.

"Mission accomplished."

……

Ding!Ding!Ding!

Upon receiving a series of message notifications, Amane quickly opened the chat window, eager to catch a glimpse of Karuizawa in her swimsuit.

Unexpectedly, just as Tianyin opened the chat box, a small head suddenly peeked out from her arms and tapped the screen to zoom in on the photo Horikita had sent.

"Arisu, didn't you go to sleep?"

"So, my dear Amane, are you planning to sneak peeks at other girls' swimsuit photos while I'm sleeping? I'd like to see how Karuizawa-kun has you completely bewitched."

Sakayanagi zoomed in on the photo with a grin, and then her expression froze.

It took Banyan quite a while to look up from her phone screen and glance down at her chest.

"If you have time, could you ask Karuizawa for a copy of her recipe menu?"

After finishing her sentence, Sakayanagi couldn't help but glance at Karuizawa's photo one more time, then pouted and shrank back into Amane's arms.

"Megumi's recipes? I don't think she has anything like that."

In Amane's memory, Karuizawa ate mostly snacks every day and didn't seem to have any special diet plan, but... it seems that Karuizawa has grown quite a bit recently.

It must be my own doing!!!

After admiring Karuizawa's swimsuit photos, just as Amane was about to save them to her phone, she noticed that Sakayanagi, who was nestled in her arms, was looking at her with a mysterious gaze.

"You idiot Tianyin, have you forgotten that this is my phone?"

"Huh? It seems so. By the way, I don't know where my phone is. I can't contact you guys with just this."

Amane fiddled with her wristwatch. Although she could make calls, she could only find Hayasaka's contact information. She couldn't input Sakayanagi's contact information no matter what she tried. After trying for a long time without being able to solve this technical problem, Amane had no choice but to give up for the time being.

It seems you need a computer to set this up. The room has everything, including dozens of game cartridges, various game consoles, and controllers, but there's not a single computer.

It seems that from the very beginning, there was no intention to allow Tianyin to contact the outside world during her recuperation period.

Sakayanagi's situation was probably an accident. The reason why Sakayanagi's contact information requesting a meeting was sent to me was probably because Sakayanagi and I had been very close since childhood, which gave me this privilege.

"By the way, Suzune just told me that the girls in Class B and Class C had a conflict. Do you know what happened, Sakayanagi?"

Since we're stuck here with nothing to do anyway, if we can help Horikita resolve the conflict among the second-year students, it would be somewhat helpful for the special training.

When the conflict was mentioned, Sakayanagi, who was repeatedly examining her chest, let out a rare sigh.

"How could I not know what happened in my class? In fact, not only Kamuro, but Horikita has also told me about it. But even I can't really get involved in this matter."

Sakayanagi frowned, looking troubled.

Tenon reached out and smoothed out Sakayanagi's furrowed brows.

"There aren't many things that can make my dear Arisu feel troubled. Tell me about them."

Amane deliberately emphasized the word "darling," which earned her a glare from Sakayanagi, whose cheeks flushed slightly.

"It was the Fukuyama sisters who had a conflict with Ibuki Mio from Class C."

When this was mentioned, Amane immediately remembered that she had cornered Ibuki in the bathroom yesterday to ask her why Ibuki was angry. Although Amane guessed that it might be related to her roommate, neither the Fukuyama sisters nor Sakura Airi seemed like girls who could bully others. So Amane could only try to use a semi-coercive method to get Ibuki to tell her on her own initiative.

Unexpectedly, Amane lost control of her morals and, despite having her fill of pleasure, failed to extract the information she wanted from Ibuki.

In the end, it was actually confirmed through Sakayanagi that she was related to the Fukuyama sisters; coincidences are quite amazing.

"Is it Shichang or Ren? Only Ren would provoke Mio, right?"

Compared to the gentle Fukuyama Shishō and the still somewhat timid Sakura Airi, it seems that only the easygoing Fukuyama Shinobu is likely to clash with Ibuki Mio.

"Hmm... I don't know how to describe it, because to be precise, they didn't have a 'conflict' but simply a difference in their views."

Differences in opinion?

This is quite a novel term; it's the first time Tianyin has heard anyone use it to describe the conflict between the two of them since she arrived here.

In Tianyin's view, very few people in the entire school have their own 'ideas'. The vast majority of students blindly follow or trust the instructions of their class leaders and move forward on the path they have paved.

Only a handful of people truly overcome all obstacles, and in Amane's view, the only ones with differing opinions are Sakayanagi and Katsuragi, Horikita and Hirata, and Kanzaki and Ichinose.

They all had intense ideological conflicts with outstanding students in the class when they were serving as class managers. As for the others... perhaps they were outstanding enough to develop their own independent ideas, but it's a bit unbelievable to Tianyin that they would have conflicts and disputes with people who share the same ideas.

"Arisu, do you know the details?"

"Why don't you ask your Lingyin if you want more details? She was there and experienced the whole thing."

Sakayanagi deliberately tilted his head back, pretending not to want to talk to Amane. It was clear that Sakayanagi was still resentful of Horikita's habit of sending Amane photos of girls in swimsuits all the time.

In a sense, Sakayanagi is magnanimous enough to tolerate everything that outsiders find unacceptable and all sorts of criticisms directed at her. However, only Amane knows that Sakayanagi also has a petty yet adorable side.

chirp~

"Can we talk about it now?"

"Hmph, you just know how to use this kind of trick to make me happy. I'm not falling for it."

Chirp!

"Is this alright now?"

"I don't care..."

muamuamuamuamua……

"Wait, wait!! Tianyin, you idiot, stop kissing me! Stop kissing me! I'll talk! I'll talk, okay? Seriously, why can't I do anything with you?"

Sakayanagi pushed Amane away with a look of disgust.

If Amane were to kiss her again, she would surely swell up her lips, so Sakayanagi only thought for a second before choosing to surrender.

"The incident started yesterday. According to Shichang, it was during a special training session called 'making fire by rubbing sticks together.' This special training was to be conducted in groups based on dormitory dormitories. It seems that Ibuki's mentality was affected after she broke several sticks. Then Shinobu complained that Ibuki couldn't do anything except fight. Naturally, Ibuki didn't dare to back down and retorted. In the end, Ibuki angrily threw the sticks at Shichang, and then..."

Hearing this, Amane couldn't help but cover her forehead. The result was obvious to Amane. The reason it was called a conflict was because the conflict had been escalated. If Fukuyama Shishou hadn't completed the training, Ibuki, who had the upper hand, would have turned around and mocked Fukuyama and the others. It wouldn't have developed into such a big commotion.

"I think you probably guessed the result, Tenon. Shi Chang successfully ignited the flames, and then used the words, 'The prerequisite for solving a problem is to first find the problem, rather than blindly relying on brute force like a stubborn fool who won't turn back until he hits a wall,' to make Ibuki lose control."

The subsequent developments were pretty much as Amane had guessed, but Amane still felt that something was amiss. You see, Sakayanagi had described it as a clash of values, and if it were just a childish conflict like that in kindergarten, it would have absolutely nothing to do with values.

"Arisu, are you sure this is just a difference in values? It feels like a game to me. After you both lose your temper, you can just apologize to each other and that's it. Why make such a fuss?"

If this were something that Amane had encountered, it would have been resolved in just one minute. How could it have dragged on until now? Moreover, Horikita seemed to have some unspeakable difficulties when talking about this matter. So what terrible thing is hidden behind this conflict?

"It would be better if they could apologize to each other, but this time Shishou and Shinobu are very firm in their stance. They believe that what they said is correct and refuse to apologize to Ibuki. Ibuki's situation is similar. She believes that Fukuyama and the others are deliberately targeting her. When Horikita went to mediate, Fukuyama and the others believed that since she came here, she should be responsible for her own future. It's okay if she doesn't strive for progress, but she shouldn't hinder the progress of others. The implication is that they think Ibuki will only hold back the group or the second-year students, and they hope that Ibuki will be sensible enough to withdraw from the special exam."

Upon hearing this, Tianyin couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

"Arisu, are you sure this is something Shichang would say?"

"Although I was surprised at first, Kamuro gave me the same feedback, and Ibuki did indeed slack off during the group mission."

Sakayanagi stopped there. As the leader of Class B, if she said too much, she would inevitably be seen as favoring the students of Class B. Therefore, all the information that Amane could obtain through other channels was what she mentioned.

"What did Ibuki say?"

"It's true that Ibuki thinks she's stagnating, but she also has her own place in the class. There's no need for the Fukuyama sisters to worry about her future. Besides, the upcoming special exam is more focused on physical abilities, so if anyone has to be disqualified, it should be the Fukuyama sisters."

After roughly rehearsing the events in her mind, Amane finally understood why Sakayanagi defined this conflict as a clash of ideas.

The Fukuyama sisters are not only capable of leading the team but also of carrying out special missions. They are also very skilled at managing personnel and resources, making them a force to be reckoned with in grade-level competitive exams. Although Fukuyama Shinobu has always been seen as Fukuyama Shishō's shadow, she is also the second strongest fighter in Class B after Kito. If a real conflict were to break out, Ibuki's strength would probably be no match for Fukuyama Shinobu.