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

"Let me think about it..."

Just like before, Ms. Hoshinomiya picked up her beer and downed it in one gulp.

This unrestrained behavior made Amane's eyelids twitch again. Was Hoshinomiya-sensei really not good at drinking? After downing two more cans, Hoshinomiya-sensei didn't seem to change much except for her face becoming even redder.

After finishing his drink, Hoshinomiya-sensei casually wiped the foam from the corner of his mouth, and a glint of light flashed in his pale purple eyes.

She knows what she should choose!

"This time, I choose honesty!"

As expected, Tenon, who had already figured out how to get revenge with interest, immediately wilted and lost all interest after hearing that Hoshino Palace had chosen truth.

"Do you have a boyfriend/girlfriend, Hoshinomiya-sensei?"

In her haste, Amane couldn't think of any questions that could stump Hoshinomiya-sensei, so she casually asked a topic that girls often talk about.

"Hmph~ Is Little Tianyin deliberately going easy on me? Even so, I won't let you kiss me again~"

Hoshinomiya-sensei winked mischievously at Amane, and her sickeningly sweet voice caused Amane's body temperature to rise rapidly.

"It's not too late for you to say such things after I win, Hoshinomiya-sensei."

Tianyin was determined to teach this naughty big kid a lesson once she won the next round.

Well, lessons learned from various positions!

"Hehe, then I'll wait. I'm not dating anyone right now."

Hoshinomiya-sensei stuck out her tongue and then answered Amane's question casually. This answer was not unexpected to Amane. If Hoshinomiya-sensei had a boyfriend, she wouldn't have become like this.

"Scissors, rock, paper!"

Tianyin's expression suddenly changed; her stone was perfectly countered by the Star Palace's cloth.

She actually miscalculated in this most crucial game!

What a cunning woman! How could someone draw the same number three times in a row?

This is terrible. He just said those harsh words, and now it's his turn to suffer the consequences.

"I choose honesty!"

Amane preemptively chose truth in front of Hoshinomiya. Although she was sure that Hoshinomiya would trick her into revealing some information today, it was still better than being bullied by Hoshinomiya during a dare.

"Hehe, Little Tianyin~ You chose this yourself~"

Hoshinomiya-sensei's ambiguous tone sent chills down Amane's spine. Amane would never believe that Hoshinomiya-sensei hadn't set a trap.

"Here, drink this first."

Teacher Hoshinomiya handed a can of beer to Amane, who followed suit and downed it in one gulp. Due to the ball-like infiltration drills during her training, Amane, being a woman, inevitably had to drink alcohol. Maintaining a high level of rationality and sobriety while drinking was not enough with drugs alone. This required Amane to have a certain alcohol tolerance; otherwise, even a slight intoxication during the operation could affect the outcome or even her life.

As a result, Tianyin developed a fairly good alcohol tolerance during her training. Drinking beer like water wasn't a big problem for her. As long as she didn't drink too much, it wouldn't cause any harm to her body, let alone getting drunk.

As soon as Amane put down the can, she thought that Hoshinomiya-sensei would praise her drinking capacity, but to her surprise, Hoshinomiya-sensei reached out and poked Amane's forehead.

"It seems Xiao Tianyin has been secretly drinking quite a bit at school, hasn't she?"

"Cough cough, how could I possibly drink this kind of stuff? Besides, alcohol is prohibited from being sold to minors at school, so how could I possibly buy it? Not everyone is as fond of drinking as you, Hoshinomiya-sensei."

Now that Tsunade has discovered the truth, it's possible that Hoshinomiya-sensei is secretly drinking alone to relieve work pressure, but more likely it's because drinking is Hoshinomiya-sensei's hobby. Otherwise, it's impossible for her to be able to laugh so happily after being slightly drunk, because usually people who drown their sorrows in alcohol end up crying their eyes out.

"Huh? Is that so? Teacher, I'm not that easy to fool!~"

"Shut up! Hoshinomiya-sensei, you'd better ask him already."

Tenon didn't want to be tricked into revealing anything by Hoshinomiya-sensei, so she quickly urged him on.

"Little Tianyin is really in a hurry. Last game, Little Tianyin let me win, so I have to repay that favor this time. What I want to know is, does Little Tianyin want to sleep with me for one night? Remember to tell the truth~ I might grant your request based on your answer."

hiss! ! !

Unlike Amane's lighthearted honesty, Hoshinomiya-sensei's words immediately plunged Amane into a precarious situation.

However, Hoshinomiya-sensei's question was particularly clever, because she asked whether Amane wanted to but did not say whether she was willing. For those who had no interest in Hoshinomiya, it was enough to simply refuse outright.

However, giving such an answer to a woman would undoubtedly imply that she lacks charm, which is quite impolite. It is impossible to tell whether Hoshinomiya-sensei is joking or has something to say. If Amane says that she does not want Hoshinomiya-sensei to misunderstand her as lacking charm or to use the answer for something else, she will immediately be in a passive position.

Amane believes this is the situation Hoshinomiya-sensei wanted to see. The current situation is that the hunter and the prey have become a cat catching a mouse. The cat wants to tease the mouse before eating it, but it didn't expect the little mouse to be so clever. It escaped from the cat's claws without warning. In order to catch this cunning little mouse again, the wicked cat is now scheming to find some bait to lure the little mouse into its trap.

Therefore, the second answer was also a trap. Tianyin was very sure that as long as she answered yes, she would be immediately caught by Hoshinomiya-sensei for having a problem with her thoughts. At that time, she would have no choice but to let Hoshinomiya-sensei deal with her. After all, it was strictly forbidden for a student to have feelings for a teacher.

Tsk.

Amane couldn't help but click her tongue. For the first time, she realized that Hoshinomiya-sensei was not as soft and cute as she appeared. Her extremely approachable appearance affected Amane's judgment of Hoshinomiya Chie's strength.

When Hoshinomiya-sensei saw that Amane's brows were slightly furrowed, she smiled and smoothed them down with her hand.

"Girls who frown frequently will develop wrinkles!"

Hoshinomiya-sensei's tone was playful and casual, making it impossible for anyone to feel any dislike towards her.

Seeing that Amane was unable to answer the difficult question for a long time, Hoshinomiya Chie laughed, and her movements became more and more exaggerated until she even had to cover her stomach in pain from laughing.

Amane detected a different emotion in Hoshinomiya-sensei's laughter and couldn't help but look at her with a probing gaze.

"I'm sorry, Xiaotianyin, I didn't mean to laugh at you. I just thought that the strongest student in the whole school was stumped by such a simple question from me, doesn't that prove that I'm actually very good?"

"Teacher Hoshinomiya is already very good."

"Is that so? Little Tianyin has such a sweet tongue. But I think so too. Don't let my current status as a pitiful office worker fool you. I used to be a top student with the reputation of a genius... Although I wasn't as versatile as you, I led the class, along with the class leaders, to a point where we were just one step away from Class A. Back then, no one could beat me when I was serious!"

Amane found it fascinating to hear Hoshinomiya-sensei recount past events. She had heard from Chabashira-sensei that she and Hoshinomiya-sensei were classmates, but Amane hadn't expected Hoshinomiya-sensei to be so strong, almost leading the class to...

Amane's pupils contracted sharply as she recalled a sentence that Teacher Chabashira had once told her.

"Back then, because of a small mistake, I caused the whole class to lose the opportunity to graduate as an A class."

Chabashira-sensei and Hoshinomiya-sensei are in the same class, so...

"Judging from your expression, Chabashira Sae must have told you about that matter, right?"

Under the faint moonlight, there was no trace of drunkenness in Hoshinomiya Chie's clear eyes.

What cat and mouse game? It's all just a trick to kill time while drinking.

"If it weren't for that Chabashira guy, I should... no, we! We would definitely graduate with the honor of Class A, instead of having the shameful title of Class B graduate appear on our resumes. Well, of course, I'm not exactly a good person either. After all, I voted when the whole class voted to expel Chabashira. It's kind of disgusting to pretend to be a good person now, don't you think, Amane?"

Chapter 167: Playing the Fake Game for Real

If it weren't for Hoshinomiya-sensei's casual mention of their past, Amane would have had no recollection of those fragmented memories dormant deep within her mind.

Judging from Chabashira-sensei and Hoshinomiya-sensei's performance during that 'exam', it is undeniable that Chabashira-sensei did something that seriously harmed the class, even causing the entire class to lose a huge number of class points and be unable to graduate as Class A.

This is not something that Mr. Chabashira can easily dismiss with a casual "mistake".

A 'mistake' that could make a kind-hearted teacher like Hoshinomiya hold a grudge for eleven years could definitely not be a mistake.

When Amane saw that Chabashira-sensei only expressed slight regret when talking about that incident, she mistakenly thought that it was 'luck' that caused Chabashira-sensei to make a serious mistake in the most crucial special exam.

For example, in a crucial round, if both sides play a game of chance similar to flipping a coin to choose heads or tails, and assuming that the coin lands in the middle, the probability of getting heads is always 50% each time, regardless of skill level. Even if Tianyin and the person with the worst overall ability in the grade play a coin toss, the probability of the coin landing is still 50%. The probability will not increase just because you flip it more times, nor will it be possible for the coin to land accurately on the side the person flipping the coin is good at.

In this kind of game of chance, both sides basically have to rely on fate. Humans certainly can't interfere with luck. So if Chabashira loses in this special exam, Amane will at most just think that Chabashira was unlucky, and there's nothing more to say.

Perhaps it was for this reason that Amane missed the opportunity to learn about the special exam process in advance from Chabashira-sensei.

Judging from Hoshinomiya-sensei's disgusted expression and dissatisfied tone, it's easy to see that Chabashira-sensei must have done something truly shocking.

This also led to the extreme situation where the entire class voted to expel Mr. Chabashira.

These were all things she had never heard of before.

"What exactly happened back then? I remember Chabashira-sensei saying that Hoshinomiya-sensei, you and she were classmates and close friends back then..."

"That was then! We were indeed the closest of friends, but after that incident, it became incredibly difficult to even maintain a friendship, let alone a close one. You've probably heard that Gao Yu's dorm used to be a double room, right? It was because of my big argument with Xiao Zuozhi that the school thought double rooms would lead to unnecessary conflicts and even violence, so they changed the dorm to single rooms. In a way, Xiao Tianyin and I should thank me."

Hoshinomiya-sensei picked up a can of beer and took two big gulps, her eyes filled with reminiscence. It seemed that Hoshinomiya-sensei was very satisfied with her student days, and her face was filled with a smile, until... Hoshinomiya-sensei's face gradually turned gloomy.

"Huh? Things actually got that bad? Doesn't that make me even more curious about what happened back then? Hoshinomiya-sensei, please tell me about it."

Amane, realizing that Hoshinomiya-sensei was going around in circles and not getting straight to the point, couldn't help but urge him on.

"Little Tianyin, do you really want to know?"

"Of course! I'm very curious about what exactly happened back then that made you, Hoshinomiya-sensei, hate Chabashira-sensei so much."

The fact that Hoshinomiya-sensei couldn't get over the incident even after eleven years is something that Amane finds quite intriguing. It can't possibly be...

"Hate? I don't think I hate Kozae to the point of hatred, but I do dislike her a bit. Since Amane wants to know, then I... I won't tell you!"

Teacher Hoshinomiya stuck out her tongue, and her funny expression made Amane clench her fists in anger.

However, considering Hoshinomiya-sensei's fragile physique, Amane gave up on using physical communication to get Hoshinomiya-sensei to speak properly.

"It's not that I can't tell Xiaotianyin, but... it's a matter of personal privacy, and I would feel guilty if I talked about her private matters behind her back..."

Ms. Hoshinomiya covered her enormous... with one hand, making a heartbroken expression. An ordinary person might have been fooled by Ms. Hoshinomiya's pitiful appearance.

But Tianyin had already been fooled several times and saw through the meaning behind those words at a glance.

Tianyin requires paying a certain price.

As for those nonsense about personal privacy and a guilty conscience, they're just bargaining tactics.

However, Amane was unaware of Hoshinomiya-sensei's preferences, so she had no way to address the issue and was forced to ask Hoshinomiya-sensei what she needed.

"What can I do to make you, Hoshinomiya-sensei, not feel guilty?"

Seeing that Amane was so cooperative, Hoshinomiya-sensei smiled sweetly.

"I've heard that you're very skilled at massage, Xiaotianyin, is that right?"

Tianyin's face turned bright red at the mention of this.

Her usual approach is to start with massage. Of course, she doesn't use massage as a means to get closer simply because of desire. Tianyin has actually studied professional massage techniques. However, after watching some videos, Tianyin continuously improved the props and techniques, which eventually won widespread praise from customers.

Why is she so popular? Because many girls confess their feelings to Amane because they want to experience Amane's professional massage. It's easy to see how popular Amane's massage skills are. It's quite normal for Hoshinomiya-sensei, as a health teacher, to have heard about her from some girls.

"now?"

"Of course it's now. Does Xiaotianyin plan to prepare something else? I remember there were ropes and candles in the warehouse of the forest school."

"Teacher Hoshinomiya!!! I... I was giving a proper massage! It wasn't what you think, Teacher Hoshinomiya..."

Amane blushed and waved her hands repeatedly to show that she was a proper girl, but for some reason, Hoshinomiya-sensei obviously didn't believe Amane's explanation.

"A proper massage? Forget about it. I was hoping to experience the power of the high-speed water pump, but it seems that's out of the question."

Teacher Hoshinomiya looked at Amane's fingers with longing eyes.

Tianyin suddenly felt as if she had been electrocuted, and her whole body stiffened.

This is bad! This is extremely bad!!

"Hoshinomiya-sensei, please be normal! You're talking about adult topics with a high school girl right now! If you get reported, Hoshinomiya-sensei, you'll definitely be arrested."

"Huh? Is it that scary? Little Tianyin, please don't report me, okay~"

Hoshinomiya-sensei hugged Amane tightly with a look of 'horrified' expression. Although it seemed like Hoshinomiya-sensei was simply being cute and charming, Amane might have a different impression of her if she hadn't gone straight for her chest.

Now that things have come to this, Tennyo has pretty much realized that it's practically impossible to get anything out of Hoshinomiya-sensei.

Her constant bawdy talk and shameless groping made Tianyin finally understand the helplessness other girls felt when facing her.

"Since you don't want to talk about it, then forget it. You seem to have sobered up by now, which makes me feel a little more at ease. I'll be going now."

"Waaaaah, is Little Heavenly Sound really planning to abandon me already?"

"Hey!! Hoshinomiya-sensei, you can't do this to me! I didn't do anything to you, don't frame an innocent person!"

After hearing Hoshinomiya-sensei's incredibly fake crying voice, Amane couldn't help but interrupt her to avoid causing unnecessary misunderstandings.

"Why didn't you do anything bad to me? My first kiss, my first kiss was stolen by you, Xiao Tianyin, waaaaah..."

First kiss?

Amane glanced at Hoshinomiya-sensei in front of her. Although Hoshinomiya-sensei showed a youthful vitality in both demeanor and mindset, even rivaling that of her students, time had still left its mark on Hoshinomiya-chie, a woman. As compensation, time had given her a mature appearance and figure befitting her age.

How could a mature woman who touches her inappropriately after just a few words, takes advantage of her, and uses lewd language while trying to flirt with girls possibly have kept her first kiss until now?

"Stop lying! How could you possibly still have your first kiss, Hoshinomiya-sensei?! If you're going to stall for time, at least come up with a better excuse!"

"Tsk tsk, Xiao Tianyin is really not cute~ She actually exposed me, but what should Xiao Tianyin do if I say it was my first kiss today...?"

The smile on Hoshinomiya-sensei's face also froze.

She remembered the second half of Tianyin's words.