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

"Oh? Are you declaring war on me with that tone?"

"I didn't mean that. To be honest, I'm not a girl who likes to fight, but I also know that in matters of the heart, the one who backs down first will lose everything. So even if people say that liking someone else's boyfriend is shameless, I absolutely cannot back down!!"

Hiyori Shiina's tone was full of determination.

Without a doubt, this was a formal declaration of war against Horikita Suzune, Amane's lover, for the sake of Amane.

Even Ichinose and Karuizawa didn't have the courage to go that far, and they maintained a tacit attitude towards Horikita Suzune, indicating that they would not actively compete for Horikita Suzune's position, while Horikita Suzune tacitly accepted their existence.

This was the first time Horikita Suzune had ever encountered a situation like Shiina Hiyori's, where someone dared to declare war even when they were in the wrong.

"Please wait a moment, Horikita-kun, calm down first."

Kamuro quickly stepped between Shiina and Horikita to prevent any accidents.

"Don't worry, Kamuro-kun. Horikita-kun won't do anything too outrageous to me. In fact, if I get hit now, it will be more advantageous for me."

"what?"

It turns out that Hiyori Shiina wasn't a fool; she simply didn't want to get involved in the fight. Otherwise, no other girl could have remained so calm and confident in the same situation, saying she liked someone else's boyfriend without getting beaten up.

"You're quite courageous, but you don't need to show your little schemes to me. As for saying you like her, you should tell her yourself. I came to see you today for two reasons: first, I hope you can help mediate the situation with Ibuki to prevent the conflict from escalating further; second, I want to give you Amane's letter, which she wrote specifically for you."

Horikita Suzune handed the letter to Shiina with a slightly sour feeling.

She felt no dissatisfaction with Shiina's bold declaration of war; on the contrary, she was bothered by a sentence on the cover of the letter.

'Rin, you're not allowed to peek, or next time we'll only do half of it.'

That's outrageous!!!

Is she the kind of person who would secretly read other people's letters? Besides, what's wrong with reading them anyway? If your own woman is writing letters to some other woman, and you don't let her see them, isn't that obviously suspicious? Isn't it perfectly normal for her to peek?

Is it really necessary to write that on the cover?

She handed the letter to Shiina in its entirety because she was upright, and it had nothing to do with doing it halfway through!

She, Horikita Suzune, would never be threatened by such a thing.

"A letter from Tianyin? The envelope is smeared with..."

"Just look at the content."

Chapter 136: I Believe in Heavenly Voice

Shiina was a little suspicious of Horikita's attitude, but since it was written on an envelope, it probably wasn't anything too important.

But she didn't seem to have heard that Tianyin had the habit of writing letters. This special training allowed the use of cell phones, which meant that if Tianyin really needed to contact her, she could call her anytime. Was there any special meaning behind using letters as a way of communication?

With a hint of anticipation, Shiina opened the envelope. Influenced by years of reading mystery novels, Shiina had an unusual curiosity about the unknown. After she was convinced that Amane's letter contained something extraordinary, Shiina perked up and first checked the seal and stamp, finding no signs of damage.

In other words, so far only the envelope of this letter has been altered, and the actual contents have not yet been seen by anyone.

After confirming that she was the first person to see the contents of the letter, Hiyori Shiina smiled with joy.

Of course, this wasn't because she was happy about the contents of the letter, because she hadn't had a chance to read it yet.

However, after Horikita saw this scene, she became increasingly suspicious of the contents of the letter. First, she told her not to peek, then she specified that the letter was to be written to Shiina, and Shiina was so happy after seeing the contents of the letter.

All signs indicate that Tianyin is using a very unconventional new method to flirt with other girls.

hateful!

'Why hasn't Tianyin ever written me a letter? I should have made her write a love letter as a keepsake.'

At this point, Horikita had forgotten that she had once asked Amane to write a love letter, but after discovering that Amane's love letter contained words copied from various love letters Amane had received, she gave Amane a severe scolding.

Although Shiina was focused on 'exploring' the letter, she noticed Horikita's change in expression and mistakenly thought that Horikita was urging her to read it. Shiina quickly put away her smile and began to read it seriously.

Shiina's gaze was immediately drawn to Amane's beautiful handwriting the moment it fell on the letter.

'I didn't expect Tianyin's handwriting to be so beautiful.'

After admiring Tianyin's handwriting in his heart, he began to read the contents.

The letter was only two pages long, but it detailed the rumors she had heard at the hospital about the Forest School. Based on this information, she devised an emergency plan, primarily aimed at stabilizing the conflict between Ibuki and Fukuyama. Additionally, Amane, judging that Ibuki's sudden actions might not have been without reason, warned Shiina in advance of the potential internal strife in Class C and instructed her to pass the second page of the letter to a first-year girl named Amasawa Ichika.

There was also a line of small print in the lower right corner of the letter.

"Hiyori, if you peek at the second page, I'll give you a good scolding when I get back!"

Then he also drew a gesture of spanking.

When Shiina saw this, her face turned bright red again.

"Shiina-kun, what did the letter say?"

Seeing the change in Shiina's expression, Horikita, unable to hold back any longer, took the initiative to ask.

Although she could guess that even if Tianyin's letter contained some ambiguous content, there might be other important arrangements. Otherwise, she wouldn't have specifically designated someone to read it, because once someone is designated to read it, it means that the decision of whether to publish the contents of the letter rests with that designated person.

The person designated was Shiina Hiyori. Undoubtedly, the contents of the letter were related to Shiina and involved some rather private topics. Nevertheless, Horikita hoped to obtain as much valuable information as possible from Shiina so that Class A could make the necessary preparations in advance.

Horikita's question brought Shiina Hiyori back to reality, and her face turned extremely grim as she thought about the contents of the letter.

"I'm sorry, but part of the letter involves our class's privacy and it's really inconvenient to disclose it to everyone. However, the main content is related to Ibuki-san. Since Amane and Horikita-san trust me so much, please leave this matter to me."

After speaking, Shiina bowed to Horikita and Ichinose in front of him. This gesture silenced Ichinose, who was about to ask questions on Horikita's behalf. When it came to trust, even Ichinose found it inconvenient to question Shiina's next move.

However, Horikita didn't care about such formalities. The impact of this incident was extremely negative. Normal grade-level conflicts wouldn't matter, but now Ibuki's remarks had created a conflict between ordinary students and top students. If left unchecked, even Class A would split into two factions taking sides. Originally, she only hoped that Shiina could appease Ibuki and prevent the situation from escalating beyond control, and then deal with it when Amane returned.

But judging from Shiina's attitude, it seems she intends to resolve this matter once and for all.

Does she really have that ability?

Are you really planning to handle this all by yourself?

Horikita couldn't help but ask.

"Horikita-kun, are you questioning my abilities?"

You can understand it that way.

Horikita's overly frank statement startled Shiina. Amane clearly stated in the letter that its contents must not be leaked, otherwise Class C and Class B would immediately fall into internal strife. Since Sakayanagi was not at the Forest School, and Kamuro could not mobilize Kito, almost no one in Class B could suppress that person. Therefore, Amane suggested that they should try not to alert the enemy, otherwise the premature internal strife of each class would only cause the second-year students to lose the upcoming special exam.

If she can't reveal the contents, how can she convince Horikita to believe her?

Shiina couldn't help but regret her previous low-key approach. If she had put in a little more effort during the special exam, Horikita might not have questioned her abilities.

While deep in thought, Shiina's gaze unconsciously lingered on the signature at the end of the first letter. Seeing Amane's name, Shiina's eyes suddenly lit up.

"What if even Tianyin believes I can accomplish this arduous task?"

Horikita's pupils contracted slightly upon hearing this, and his sharp gaze quickly met Shiina's.

"Then I'll leave it to you. By the way, Kamuro-kun, you've been transferred to Fukuyama Shinobu's group. Please complete the group exchange before the exam this afternoon."

After Horikita finished speaking, he got up and walked out of the tent, while Ichinose hurriedly followed after saying goodbye to Shiina and the others.

"Horikita-san, do you really trust Shiina-san that much? She hasn't even shown her abilities yet! Even if she's very capable, taking on such a big task right away, what if something goes wrong..."

The thought of the entire second year of ordinary students attacking each other, regardless of class, made Ichinose shudder.

Horikita Suzune glanced calmly at Ichinose.

“I don’t trust Shiina, but I trust Amane. Since Amane has asked her to handle this matter, all we can do is try to minimize the interference of uncertain factors like ‘people’ on the plan.”

"I see. So, what should we do next?"

"We don't need to do anything. We just need to prepare for the upcoming exams as usual. Let them make a fuss. Even if the second year is in complete chaos, as long as Class A can maintain a relatively intact personnel structure, it's not impossible for one class to compete with the entire first year. Moreover, handing things over to Shiina will make things much easier for us. It's like playing with a joker. When you hold the joker in your hand, you're bound to hesitate, afraid that you'll be stuck with it and unable to get rid of it. But what if someone insists on taking your joker away? Whatever they want to do is no longer our concern, right?"

"That's true."

Ichinose crossed her arms and showed an expression of approval on her face.

"I didn't expect that you, Fanbo, would have the same thoughts as me."

Horikita was somewhat surprised that Ichinose would support her almost irresponsible idea.

"I am now a member of Class 2A, so naturally I have to think about the future of Class 2A. I am really looking forward to graduating from this school with everyone as a member of Class A, which would be a perfect ending to my high school life."

Horikita turned his head to look at Ichinose. The longing look on Ichinose's face made it easy to believe that Ichinose was just a girl who hoped to graduate from Class A with her classmates. She was no different from other students and was at most a relatively outstanding girl.

But such acting skills couldn't fool Horikita's eyes at all.

Beneath Ichinose's longing expression, a pair of calm eyes were quietly observing Horikita's expression.

"Don't worry, we will definitely graduate as Class A. We've already come this far, so there's no way we'd give up our spots now."

"Okay, let's cheer each other on then!"

Let's cheer each other on.

'Trying to lower your profile and threat level? If you think that's all it takes to make me jealous... then you're underestimating me, Honami-kun.'

……

"Huh? Why do we need to switch tents? I think staying here is fine. Even if we have to switch tents, wouldn't it be more practical for the two of them to switch?"

Kamuro, who came to inform Ibuki, seemed very impatient when faced with Ibuki's questioning.

"This is the school's arrangement. If you're not satisfied, you can complain to the school's higher-ups. If you can't stand it, you can apply to return to school. If you're still not satisfied, you can apply to withdraw from school. The world is so big, it won't stop turning without you."

"Hey! I'm talking to you..."

As soon as Ibuki got up, she saw that Kamuro had already turned on the camera and was pointing it at her.

“You can continue your violent behavior, but I hope you won’t cry and try to gain sympathy when you get expelled.”

Kamuro's few words were enough to enrage Ibuki. She knew very well that Kamuro was deliberately trying to provoke her, but she still couldn't tolerate Kamuro's blatant provocation.

"Hmph, it seems that all you Class B can do is use this kind of underhanded provocation."

Upon hearing Ibuki's admission of submission, Fukuyama Shinobu let out a soft laugh.

"It's hilarious to say that this is underhanded, sister. Did you hear that? This guy actually said that provocation is a low-down tactic! Cough cough, sorry, I laughed a little too loudly. Ibuki, if you're not convinced, you can try provoking us too! Let's see if we react. I don't know if it's the provocation tactic or the person's problem."

"you……"

"Little Shinobu."

Fukuyama Shisho frowned and scolded Fukuyama Shinobu.

After sticking his tongue out at Ibuki, Fukuyama Shinobu returned to Fukuyama Shisho's side and continued reading.

This infuriated Yi. Even though her nails were almost digging into her palms, she kept emphasizing that she absolutely could not lose her temper here.

If she loses her temper and becomes uncontrollable, she will most likely be disqualified from taking the special exam due to her use of violence, and the losses will be enormous.

Ibuki could tell from Kamuro and Fukuyama's behavior that while they wanted to provoke her, their main goal was to drive her away.

If it were the old Ibuki who had seen through the other party's little scheme, she would never have given in easily. However... she was afraid that she would be unable to withstand the harassment from Kamuro and Fukuyama and would go berserk. Therefore, even though she felt extremely embarrassed, Ibuki silently packed her clothes, glared angrily at Kamuro, and walked towards Shiina's tent without looking back.

"Kamuro-kun, don't you think you're going a bit too far? Although she disagrees with me, she hasn't gone to the point of deliberately causing trouble. In a sense, she's just someone who's unambitious, likes to talk a good game, and is a little clever. She's not a bad person at heart. After this incident, there might still be a chance to mend our relationship. But with you interfering, all that's left between us is a battle of wits."

Fukuyama Shisho closed the book and slowly looked at Kamuro, who had already started laying out his sleeping bag.

"There are plenty of guys like her, right? If you think you can be friends with someone like that, Shichang, my opinion of you will drop."

After laying out his sleeping bag, Kamuro lay down on it, replying to Fukuyama Shisho with an indifferent attitude while rapidly pressing buttons on his phone, as if he were texting someone.

"Alright, sister, don't be angry over that kind of guy. Aren't we on the same side as Kamuro?"

Are they one of our own?

Fukuyama Shishou's furrowed brows gradually relaxed, and she silently turned to the page she had just been reading and began to read it seriously again. However, this time, no matter what she did, she couldn't concentrate on reading a single word. She felt as if she had overlooked something important.

What could it be?

suddenly.

With a bang.

Fukuyama Shisho abruptly closed the book, the abrupt sound attracting the attention of the others in the tent.

"Fukuyama, what's wrong with you? You suddenly made such a commotion and startled me."

"Sister, you don't look too good. Should we go see Teacher Hoshinomiya?"

Faced with Kamuro and Fukuyama Shinobu's concern, Fukuyama Shinobu had no time to respond and rushed to Kamuro with a look of urgency.

"Masumi, you have Kito's contact information, right? I'd like to meet him."

Chapter 137: Your bear is way too big!

"Ghost Head's contact information? And we need to meet in person? Heh~ I didn't expect Shichang to have such unique taste! But these things can't be rushed, we should at least add each other as friends and chat first... Hmm? Are you serious?"

When Kamuro saw Fukuyama Shisho urgently asking her for Kito's contact information, she knew that Fukuyama was unlikely to be interested in Kito. Because she was so bored lately, Kamuro deliberately used this to tease Fukuyama.