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

"Sakura, you can ask me anything you like. Even if it's just something you're interested in, you can use it as a question to ask her."

"Then, I'll just go with whatever comes to mind."

Airi seemed to have thought of something, and her cheeks flushed slightly.

Horikita, who had already begun planning the next group action, did not witness this scene.

After tidying up briefly, Horikita and Airi found a makeshift house built by the school not far from the beach.

There are many of these simple huts, which house not only the class teachers of each class, but also a large number of instructors and lifeguards, all in order to prevent any potential safety hazards.

Since the physical fitness test was being conducted by Chahashi Sae, the two went directly to the house where Chahashi-sensei lived.

As soon as they arrived at the door, they bumped into Chabashira Sae, who was holding a kettle and seemed to be going to get water.

"Why are you two here? Did something happen?"

Chabashira Sae, who had just woken up, immediately became alert upon seeing Airi and Horikita. It wouldn't matter if Chabashira didn't know other things, but he was quite clear about what had happened back then.

In a sense, Horikita and Airi should have a bad relationship, but the fact that they came together so early in the morning clearly indicates that something is wrong.

"Good morning, Chabashira-sensei. We've come to apply for a special reward challenge to launch a quiz game."

Special reward challenges are rewarded challenges that can be applied for after both parties have drawn three identical slips of paper.

Chabashira wasn't surprised by Horikita's application. As the class advisor, she could see everyone's group assignments and the types and quantities of the slips of paper they held immediately after drawing them through the OAA backend.

So almost no one knew better than Chabashira who would ask her to apply for the special reward challenge, but she really didn't expect that the first ones to come would be Horikita and Airi.

It seems something happened in between.

"Oh? How did you know that each of you had three identical slips of paper? I remember I said at the beginning that neither of us should tell the other the contents of our slips of paper, right?"

Chashu put the kettle aside and asked casually, but his gaze was fixed on Airi beside him.

If Horikita had used certain methods to make Airi obey her orders, the situation would be quite different.

Airi never expected that Chabashira would ask her such a question, and for a moment she stammered, not knowing how to answer.

Compared to Airi, Horikita, who had undergone more than a year of special exams, seemed much calmer.

"I don't recommend that you use this self-proving trap on your own students, Chabashira-sensei. Sakura-kun was not coerced in any way. If you really want me to give a reason, it's that I guessed."

Guess?

Such a ridiculous excuse, even to fool people, is truly something that could come from Horikita Suzune's mouth.

Sure enough, Horikita's current style of doing things is becoming more and more like that lawless guy.

"A guess? Do you think I'd believe that?"

"Does it matter whether you believe it or not? If you insist that there is a problem with my answer, then you need to provide relevant evidence, Mr. Chazhu. As long as you can prove that we have violated the school's rules, you can punish us however you want, but you have no reason to reject our application before you have solid evidence."

Horikita stands with his arms crossed, facing off against Chabashira Sae.

In a daze, Chashu seemed to see the figure who once said to her, "You have no right to lecture me."

"Come in with me."

Teacher Chabashira gave up on asking any further questions and led them to their temporary accommodation.

Despite it being a temporary residence, the school ensured the supply of internet and electricity. Teacher Chazhu skillfully operated the computer for a few moments, then pressed a button on the desktop.

Next to the button is a professional microphone and the audio equipment it is connected to.

"Notice: The first group of special reward challenges for the Q&A game is about to begin. The content is a two-on-two duel. Both participants need to write down ten questions to ask the other. After the school staff reviews the questions and confirms that the questions are allowed to be asked, they will be put into two different question boxes. Then, the staff will ask the participants questions by randomly selecting questions."

"During the question-and-answer session, the answer slips held by both sides will not be consumed by answering questions. If there is a question that cannot be answered or that you want to avoid, you can use the answer slip to avoid it. The game ends when one side runs out of avoidance attempts. The winner is determined by the number of points gained by both sides when answering questions. If one side ends and the other side has not finished answering questions, they can choose to continue answering questions. There is a time limit for answering questions. Each answer can be thought for a maximum of two minutes. The competition will officially begin after both sides have reviewed the questions."

After Chabashira finished speaking, he turned off the broadcast, picked up his phone and started contacting staff to come and assist in reviewing the questions. Then he casually took twenty sticky notes, half red and half blue, and handed them to Horikita and Airi.

"You can start writing down the questions you want to ask now. The pens are on the table over there. Remember, you two should write separately."

Horikita and Airi exchanged a glance, then each took a sticky note of their own color and began writing their titles in two different corners of the room.

Once the staff arrived, they immediately took Airi to another competition room prepared by the school.

Chashu stood behind Horikita with great interest, watching what kind of difficult questions she had written.

Are you sure you want to ask Sakura-san these things?

Chabashira's expression turned incredibly strange as she looked at the ten sticky notes Horikita handed her.

"What? Are there any questions I can't ask?"

"No, not really... However, I've only just realized that you're quite cunning, Horikita-kun, and you have quite a few bad ideas."

"Thank you for the compliment. May we begin the challenge now?"

Seeing that Horikita had no intention of continuing the conversation, Chabashira gave Horikita a die.

Even without explanation, most people know what dice are for.

Horikita had already discussed with Airi how to get through this special exam before they came, so there was no objection to who should start first.

Horikita casually picked up the dice and tossed them onto the table.

The above shows two points.

This point is a bit tricky; it's practically impossible to gain the initiative.

As expected, Chabashira received news from the staff on the other side that Airi had rolled a five.

Then it will be Airi's question that will be asked first.

After Chabashira dropped the sticky notes written by Horikita into the question box, he exchanged question boxes with another staff member.

After confirming that all procedures were completed, Chazhu turned on the microphone again.

"Just to inform you again, both sides of the special challenge are in position. The contestants are Horikita Suzune from Class 2-A and Sakura Airi, also from Class 2-A. Based on the number rolled on the dice, Horikita will first ask Sakura the question she prepared. To be repeated..."

As the sound of the tea pillar echoed through the residential area, many people were taken aback and rushed out of their tents to gather around the speaker, eager to hear what questions the two Class A students would ask in their duel.

Those who weren't initially paying attention to the challenge couldn't help but turn their attention to the speakers when they learned that Horikita was actually the first person to participate.

After repeating the announcement, Ms. Chabashira casually took out a red sticky note from the blue question box.

Then, the corners of her mouth began to twitch uncontrollably.

"Tea Pillar Teacher? Why aren't you asking any questions? I hope you can start asking questions soon. I don't want to be the center of attention for too long."

Upon hearing this, Chabashira-sensei gave Horikita Suzune a deep look.

"This is what you asked for. Ahem, Horikita-kun, please listen to the question. First question: Horikita-kun, how many people have you had sexual experience with?"

Chapter 152: Mari Naiyan's Selection

"Eh!!!"

The entire beach was filled with gasps and excited shouts.

Karuizawa, who was squatting next to the tent playing with ants, was so startled that he dropped the small wooden stick in his hand, but he was still completely unaware of it.

"Are you kidding me?! Is this the kind of question you should ask in public?"

Karuizawa clutched his head in shock, looking towards the direction from which the sound came from.

"Horikita from your class will probably avoid this question... right?"

Karuizawa's partner was Takeko Nishino from Class 2-C. When she first heard the news on the radio, she was completely taken aback. According to the challenge rules, the questions would be submitted to the school staff for review, and only after the review was approved would she be allowed to ask questions.

So what's going on in this situation?

Surely the school doesn't think this kind of problem is reasonable, right?

"If you asked me this question, I would try my best to avoid it no matter what, even if it meant losing points. You know, this is a very private matter for girls! I don't know what the school was thinking to allow Sakura to ask such a question!"

Karuizawa blushed and affirmed Nishino's words.

Even though only Amane is currently participating in the Karuizawa event, the question itself doesn't ask who that person is. In other words, answering the question too easily could cause unpredictable trouble!

That's just endless rumors.

For example, if we use Karuizawa as the standard to answer this question, then the answer is obviously one person.

However, in other people's eyes, this "one person" may not necessarily refer to Amane, because when girls have sex with each other, they are usually not specifically asked about the number of people involved. So if Karuizawa answers zero, no one will believe her. But if she answers one, everyone will immediately spread the word that this "one" refers to Hirata Yosuke.

Because at the very beginning, Karuizawa asked Hirata Yosuke to pretend to be her boyfriend, wanting to use Hirata's reputation and fame to become the female colleague with the most say among the girls in the class, and also to cover up the fact that she was bullied in junior high school.

Although Hirata implied that they were a fake couple from the beginning when he announced the 'breakup,' many people privately disagreed with this statement. Many believed that Hirata only said that their previous relationship was fake to protect Karuizawa, and that they broke up amicably. Another opinion was that Hirata was just making excuses for being dumped by Karuizawa.

The fact that Amane and Karuizawa publicly announced their so-called relationship was just Karuizawa finding another backup option.

The fact that people still believe such statements today shows just how enthusiastic they are about gossip in the closed environment of a school. Even if they know it's a rumor, they will still try to spread it to some extent so that they can have something to talk about in social situations.

The news spread like wildfire, eventually reaching Karuizawa's ears. She had become known as a woman who had been with countless men and sold her body to Amane in exchange for Amane's financial support.

Faced with such blatant rumors, Karuizawa could only remain silent, because whatever she said would only be embellished and spread again. Her only way to resist the rumors was to ignore them.

Even so, her silence was seen by some as tacit acceptance of the rumors, so even though Karuizawa was quite well-known at school, her reputation was never particularly good.

It is precisely because Karuizawa has personally experienced the horror of rumors that she finds this kind of issue unacceptable and incomprehensible.

"I don't understand what the school is thinking either, but it's not something we can change just because we disagree... Sigh."

Nishino sighed. This incident reminded her of how she had openly opposed Ryuen's rule on various occasions in order to resist his rule, only to be ignored by Ryuen like an ant. After talking with Amane, Nishino learned that the reason Ryuen ignored her was because she did not have enough power.

Having neither the power to defeat Ryuen nor the power to create any real trouble for him, she was successfully persuaded by Tenon to choose to betray the class in order to remove Ryuen from his position as class leader, so that everyone would no longer be subject to Ryuen's violence and coercion and could truly live the high school life they wanted.

Even if the price is that their class will forever lose the qualification to become Class A, it doesn't matter. Yearning for freedom and liberation, she no longer cares whether she can graduate as a Class A student. The idea of ​​defeating Ryuen has taken deep root in her mind to the point that it has become her obsession.

The final result was that she became a pawn used by Amane to fight against Ryuen, and she played a significant role in many special exams, allowing Amane to deal with Class C with ease.

Especially during the sports festival, when Ryuen and his group were so badly beaten by Amane that not a single one of them could stand up from the playground, only Nishino was cheering for Amane. At that time, she naively believed that Ryuen had been defeated and that a bright future for Class C was about to arrive.

However, reality gave Nishino a harsh wake-up call.

Ryuen acknowledged the gap between herself and Amane and adopted a strategy of avoiding battle to accumulate strength. Amane, because of Ryuen's honesty, focused her attention on dealing with Sakayanagi and her class.

During this period, Nishino approached Amane more than once, hoping that Amane would help her get rid of Ryuen, but Amane clearly refused Nishino's proposal each time.

Later, Amane and Ryuen reached some kind of agreement, and Amane personally told Nishino that Nishino's mission was complete. Realizing that Amane intended to abandon her, Nishino begged Amane to give her more time, or hoped that Amane could pay 20 million points to help her advance to Class A.

The reason why Nishino was in such a sorry state after losing Tenon's support was that she knew Ryuen's personality very well. After the forces behind her abandoned her, Nishino could easily imagine that Ryuen would definitely carry out an unprecedented purge against her.

So Nishino begged Amane to let her join Class A, but Amane told her that she was not worth the equivalent of 20 million personal points, and then deleted all her contact information.

Tenon casually discarded a useless piece on the board, but for Nishino, this was tantamount to the end of the world.

From that moment on, Nishino truly understood that no matter what the ordinary students thought, it was useless. The power in the class was in the hands of the class leaders. No matter how problematic their decisions were, the leaders' decisions were beyond question. In fact, those class leaders might have already distributed all the benefits in the time it took to have an afternoon tea.

Whether they win or lose, they are merely performing according to the script set by the class leaders. In front of the class leaders, whether they are poor students or good students, they are all, without exception, chess pieces on the chessboard that can be used and discarded at will by the chess player, or puppets that cannot break free from their strings.

In short, they may not be as important as they imagine.

Just like now, if a school wants to do something malicious to you, it doesn't even need to resort to any terrible methods; it only needs to transform those malicious thoughts into reasonable rules.

"Hoshinomiya, don't you think Chabashira went a bit too far this time?"

Ms. Majima took a sip of juice, holding a can of juice in her hand, and looked in the direction of the simple hut where Chabashira lived.

On the beach not far away, Hoshinomiya, wearing a pair of large sunglasses, hesitated for a moment, then reached out and took off her sunglasses.

“Kozae must have had her reasons for doing this. Although there are some inappropriate aspects, I don’t think her behavior went too far.”

“I know that you and Chabashira have always had a good relationship, and it’s inevitable that you’ll be biased towards Chabashira due to your personal feelings. But Chabashira’s actions in this special challenge have indeed crossed the line that a teacher should have. If today’s questions and answers are exposed… you should know very well what kind of punishment Chabashira will face.”

Majima's face turned extremely gloomy. Logically speaking, as the homeroom teacher of Class B, Majima had no reason to express his opinion on this matter and provoke Chabashira's dissatisfaction.

In reality, Majima's words were entirely for the sake of Chabashira, the 'newbie' homeroom teacher of Class A who had far less experience than him.

"Sigh, if Saeko is willing to play around, why do you have to judge her nature? Besides, I don't think there's anything wrong with asking such a question. We've been teaching sex education since kindergarten. Elementary, middle, high school, and university education all impart relevant knowledge to students in different ways. You could say that everyone here is a high school student, and asking such a question is just a matter of needing to improve their emotional intelligence. At least a third of them have already done that kind of thing. You can't deny that, Ms. Majima, can you? So... it's like making a trivial joke. I think you're being too conservative and serious, Ms. Majima."

Hoshinomiya stretched lazily, then shifted to a more comfortable position, intending to listen to how these young girls would answer such a private and incredibly tricky question.

"This is utterly ridiculous! The fact that this kind of question was approved will negatively impact the image of both the students and the school, especially since it involves students' privacy, Chazhu..."

"I don't deny that this question involves personal privacy, but similarly, it doesn't require the other party to answer. Horikita could have chosen to avoid it, couldn't he? The rules of this challenge are that the challenge ends when one person runs out of avoidance attempts. In that case, instead of comparing the difficulty of the questions, why not just ask the other party a question they can't answer, thus using up their avoidance attempts? This method may be a bit underhanded, but it is indeed the fastest way to win. You must know that this school's motto is 'Strength First, Strength Second.' If we easily give up the idea of ​​fighting to the last moment for the sake of some face or dignity... wouldn't that truly make the motto 'Strength First' just an empty slogan?"

For once, Hoshinomiya-sensei spoke to Mashima in an extremely serious tone, revealing her true thoughts.

After pondering for a moment, Majima downed the juice in her hand, then turned and returned to her room without saying a word.

Mr. Majima is not unaware of these principles. He has been at the High School for countless years, and it can be said that no current teacher understands the meaning of "strength above all else" better than him.

"If one easily abandons one's dignity as a human being in order to become a so-called cog in society or a toy of capital, then it would undoubtedly be a sad thing."

Ms. Majima spoke earnestly in a low voice to the room.