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

Chabashira interrupted Hoshinomiya before she could finish speaking in an extremely serious tone, and then Hoshinomiya saw Chabashira take out her phone and take two photos of her.

What are you doing?

"You can talk to the chairman about it later."

Seeing the look of disgust in Chashu's eyes, Hoshinomiya couldn't control his emotions for a moment.

"What do I have to say? I don't recall ever doing anything that would require the chairman's intervention."

Snapped!

A crisp slap suddenly rang out.

Hoshinomiya stared intently at the tea pillar, and after a long while, she reached out and touched her face.

"You...you actually hit me?"

"I hit you for your own good. I know you've been a bit sexually frustrated lately, but I never expected you to do something so disgusting and despicable!"

Chabashi's words made Hoshinomiya burst out laughing.

"Disgusting and filthy? Me?"

Hoshinomiya glanced at Amane, who was coldly staring at her, and then looked at Chabashira as if she had made up her mind.

"Don't think I don't know what you're thinking. I'm disgusting and filthy? Who was it that planned to seduce Xiaotianyin on the deck during the preferential treatment exam and record it for intelligence?"

Now that things have come to this, Hoshinoguchi has nothing left to hide, so she simply revealed everything that happened back then.

Upon hearing Hoshinomiya mention this old story, Chabashira's expression changed, but he quickly regained his composure.

"Can what I did be the same as what you did? I was just using a scheme to get Amane to help Class D get promoted to Class A, and that was to create a handle for her to use. Not to mention that Amane saw through my plan before I even started. And you, Hoshinomiya Chie, what did you do? Did you sleep with her?"

"So what? Isn't this what you wanted to do? If you could change that outcome, you could be the one lying here now, couldn't you?"

When faced with Chabashi's mockery, Hoshinomiya immediately retorted.

"I'm not like you!!"

"So what kind of person are you? A woman who would push the entire class into an abyss for someone she'd only known for less than a day?"

"shut up!"

A crisp sound rang out again.

Unlike the symbolic slap that had just brought Hoshinomiya back to her senses, Chabashira's slap was delivered with almost all his strength. Caught off guard, Hoshinomiya fell to the ground after being slapped on the left cheek, and the spot quickly became red and swollen.

Chashu, breathing heavily, saw Hoshinomiya's swollen cheek and a flash of guilt crossed her eyes. She knew she had gone too far, but there was no turning back now. Since the slap had already been delivered, anything she said would seem like hypocrisy.

"You...you're still holding a grudge about that incident. Eleven years have passed. Can't you just let me go?"

Despite Chabashira's humble tone, Hoshinomiya covered her swollen face, stood up, and walked step by step to Chabashira, looking her in the eye.

"Let you go? Is it me, Hoshinomiya Chie, who won't let you go? No, wait, you know Saeko, right? The one who really won't let you go is Chabashira Saeko herself, isn't she?"

"I...I've let go of that matter..."

Chabashira's gaze darted away. Hoshinomiya, upon hearing Chabashira's words, laughed so hard she almost fell over. When she had finished laughing, she took Chabashira's hand and placed it on the red and swollen spot on her face.

"What did you let go of?"

Just a casual remark was enough to cause a visible expression of pain to appear on Chashu's face.

"Tianyin, let's go."

Chabashira didn't want to continue the topic with Hoshinomiya, but Hoshinomiya didn't seem willing to let Chabashira off the hook.

"If running away could solve any problem, what problem couldn't you solve after running away for eleven years? But is it useful? This child will face the same choice as you sooner or later. I'm curious how you, Saeko, will face that choice, and how you will let this child face that choice."

Hoshinomiya crossed her arms, seemingly oblivious to her exposed skin, and quietly watched Chashu's back and Amane beside her.

"I will find a way to prevent her from making a choice she will regret, and besides, the school may not hold that special exam again."

Chabashira answered Hoshinomiya's question, but her tone was so fragile and lacking in confidence.

Even Amane knew that Chabashira was terrified of the arrival of 'that' special exam.

"You're scared again, aren't you? I knew that every time that special exam is mentioned, all you can do is be scared. Even if you go through the same thing a hundred times, it won't help because you've already chosen your answer. No matter what others choose, you can't change your answer from eleven years ago. No, even if you went back to that time, you would still make the same choice and ruin everyone's lives."

"Enough! I will stop that special exam from happening! Class A's homeroom teacher has the right to make suggestions regarding the special exam."

Chashu stared at the empty space ahead with bloodshot eyes. She dared not turn around, afraid that she would see the same desperate look in Hoshinomiya's eyes as she had seen back then.

"It seems you still don't understand. That special exam is a test that all students must take before graduation. You can't possibly stop it from happening, because there are always multiple-choice questions in this world where you lose something no matter what you choose, and that's why it exists."

Chapter 169: You Want to Be Me?

The faint moonlight illuminated the path leading to Chabashira Sae's room. The pitch-black night, the hazy moonlight, and the deathly silence made the beach seem rather eerie.

Two figures, one tall and one short, walked quietly past the edge of the boys' residential area. Suddenly, the woman in front stopped.

"Don't you have any questions for me?"

From the moment Chabashira left Hoshinomiya, she was prepared to be annoyed by Amane's relentless questioning along the way.

To her surprise, Tianyin didn't ask her any questions along the way. Instead, she remained quite calm, as if the conversation that had just taken place was nothing to her.

"If I ask Mr. Chabashira, will you tell me the answer?"

"...Probably not. Even though that special exam happened eleven years ago, it is still held every year, so according to school regulations, I can't tell you any details about that special exam."

After pondering for a long time in response to Amane's question, Teacher Chabashira finally answered.

"That's pretty much what I was thinking. Anyway, even if I ask you, you probably won't tell me, so why should I reopen your wounds?"

Tianyin spoke in the most relaxed tone, hitting the nail on the head.

Upon hearing the word "scar," Chashu couldn't help but shudder. However, she immediately realized that if she showed such a timid appearance in front of Amane, Amane would think she was an unreliable homeroom teacher. So, Chashu quickly tightened her women's tracksuit.

"It is indeed a bit cold at night."

Amane knew that the strong-willed Chabashira-sensei was unwilling to show her a vulnerable side, but unfortunately, Amane had already seen the fear and helplessness on Chabashira-sensei's face when she was questioned by Hoshinomiya-sensei.

Without a doubt, when that special exam arrives, Ms. Chabashira will be unable to offer them any advice or help.

Because Ms. Chabashira was a loser in that special exam, you can learn from the experience of losers, you can listen to their stories, but never listen to the advice of losers.

Those who fail to succeed cannot imagine the path to success.

"However, I do have some questions for Chabashira-sensei."

Amane seemed to have suddenly thought of something and looked up at the uneasy-looking Chabashira-sensei.

Upon seeing Amane, they finally had something they wanted to ask, and Chabashira-sensei finally perked up.

The reason she didn't want to violate the school rules, yet still wanted to talk to Tianyin about that special exam from back then, was actually to exaggerate how terrible that special exam was so that Tianyin could prepare in advance. At the same time, she was also trying to find a reason and excuse for her own crushing defeat back then.

The exam was too difficult. Isn't it normal that someone as mediocre as her couldn't find a way to pass that special exam? Perhaps even Tianyin, one of the top students in Gaoyu's class, didn't know how to pass it. In that case, her initial approach might not have been wrong. It's just that her solution led to a lose-lose situation, rather than the decision she made being wrong.

Chabashira returned to this school as a teacher after graduation not because she particularly liked or loved the school.

On the contrary, she hated being a teacher and hated being a babysitter for her students even more. Due to her lack of experience, she could only start by leading Class D to accumulate experience. From the day she became the homeroom teacher of Class D, Chabashira was dealing with all sorts of messy things related to Class D almost every day. In the first few years of her career as a homeroom teacher, she even needed to take medication every day to fall asleep. It was only this year that she encountered a strong team that made things a little easier for her and allowed her to breathe a sigh of relief.

The reason why Chazhu, despite facing such immense pressure and having developed a personality that even physically abhorred becoming a homeroom teacher, still persisted in this place was to overcome that special exam.

It wasn't about leading her class through that special exam, but about letting her overcome that special exam on her own.

She came here to achieve her dream by relying on the help of others.

Chabashira and Hoshinomiya both yearn to graduate as Class A students. Every time Chabashira hears Hoshinomiya say that she wants to graduate from Class A more than anyone else, he can't help but want to go over and shut her up.

No one wanted to make up for that mistake more than her, and no one longed to graduate as an A student more than her! Even Hoshinomiya, who was implicated by her, had no right to say that she was the one who wanted it most!

To fulfill her wish, Chabashira Sae waited for one class after another, but just like the students in Class D were given the nickname "defective product".

Even if one or two outstanding leaders occasionally emerge from among them, they are only at the level of Hirata.

It's not that Hirata's level is inadequate, but in special exams, all-around class leaders often don't perform as well as some so-called 'bad students' or students with special talents.

Unless it's an exceptional, all-around class leader like Tianyin who has maxed out all her abilities, there's simply no way for them to compete with other classes.

Therefore, Chazhu had no motivation to pass that exam. Even though the students in Class D, who saw no hope in the face of the same exam, didn't care who left the class, and there were no class points to be deducted, so no matter what they chose, it wouldn't affect the final result.

failure.

One or two failures are fine, but after many times, Chabashira himself gradually became numb.

She couldn't see any possibility of realizing her dream, nor could she see the future of the students in Class D.

So she also became the owner of another nickname: the homeroom teacher of the "Flawed Class".

But things are different now. With Tianyin and many other outstanding talents, Class D has fought its way up to Class A in just one and a half years. Although they stumble badly when they encounter the special exam that the lower-ranked classes can easily pass, as long as Tianyin is there, her dream may still be realized.

Chazhu firmly believes that Amane can replace her in realizing the dream of the class and all its members graduating in Class A.

What do you want to ask me?

Chazhu perked up. Even though there was a lot she couldn't say, she had personally experienced all sorts of special tests, and she was confident that she could provide some help to Tianyin based on her experience.

"I know that you, Chabashira-sensei, cannot reveal information related to that special exam, so let me ask you another way: if you could do it all over again, would you change your choice back then?"

After Amane realized that she couldn't get any useful information out of the key exam content, the only person she could refer to was Chahashi-sensei himself. If Chahashi-sensei thought that going back in time and changing her choices could change the outcome, then it meant that the exam that caused Hoshinomiya-sensei and Chahashi-sensei to break up wasn't actually that difficult.

It's simply that, at the time, Chabashira-sensei may have chosen a result that most people couldn't accept due to some personal reasons.

This is the answer that Amane would like to see the most, because anything that can be changed is not something that can stump her. On the contrary, if Chabashira-sensei thinks that she still intends to stick to her own choice after going back to the past, then it means that this special exam is a big problem.

Chabashira's choice caused a rift in her friendship with Hoshinomiya-sensei. Even she herself has been trapped in that exam for eleven years without being able to get out of it. If Chabashira, who is suffering every day, were to make a choice again under these circumstances and still choose the same path as before, it would only mean that it's not that Chabashira doesn't want to take the other path.

Rather, she simply didn't have another option, or rather, the price she would have paid for taking another path was something that Chabashira-sensei couldn't afford at that time.

When faced with Amane's question, Teacher Chabashira fell silent.

Chazhu's eyes kept flickering, but gradually a look of hesitation appeared on his face, as if he was simulating in his mind what would happen if he chose another path.

For a moment, the scene became incredibly quiet, with two figures, one tall and one short, standing silently in the moonlight.

After a long while, with a long sigh from Teacher Chabashira, Amane had already found the answer in her heart.

"I'm afraid I still won't change my choice, because... that exam holds something I can't give up for me."

"About relationships?"

Why are you always so perceptive about these kinds of things?

Teacher Chabashira didn't say it directly, but that was enough for Amane. That special exam where no matter which option you chose, it was wrong was no longer a threat to Amane.

If Chabashira-sensei had come to the same conclusion by thinking rationally, Amane would probably have worried to the point of skipping a bowl of rice at every meal. But Chabashira-sensei handled both special exams by applying her emotions, so her thoughts and experiences were no longer of any value.

Because it's difficult to expect someone trapped in a relationship to act rationally when their partner is in danger, Amane was able to deduce almost everything that happened back then from Chabashira-sensei's few words.

It was nothing more than a special exam, which would either expel someone or deduct a large number of class points. As it turned out, the person who was to be expelled happened to be the person Chabashira liked or was dating. So Chabashira began to do everything she could to save her lover, and then combined the clues she got from Hoshinomiya-sensei.

The vast majority of the class agreed to expel Chabashira, and Hoshinomiya-sensei even voted in favor, indicating that Chabashira-sensei was almost completely uncompromising at that time. Therefore, everyone planned to expel Chabashira, but the result was that the class lost the possibility of becoming Class A.

The result shows that a large number of points were lost but no one dropped out of school. It's not hard for Amane to imagine that the person Chabashira-sensei wanted to save was saving Chabashira-sensei in the same way.

The story is touching, but it's obviously too naive for Amane, unless... the person Chabashira-sensei likes is the kind of saintly guy like Hirata, who would rather be expelled himself than let others be expelled.

Otherwise, it would just be pure stupidity. If it were Tianyin, she would only need to find a scapegoat. Even if there wasn't a scapegoat, there would be someone in the class who could find fault with her. As long as the contradiction was shifted, the problem would be easily solved.

However, Amane finally understood why Hoshinomiya-sensei used her to annoy Chahashi-sensei, and she also understood why Chahashi-sensei's attitude towards her was so strange.

The reason is simple: Chabashira-sensei put herself in Amane's shoes. Although Amane has many close female friends, she does have a publicly acknowledged boyfriend like Horikita. If Amane were faced with a special exam where Horikita would either drop out of school or lose a lot of class points and fall into Class A, what would Amane choose?

Because of this coincidence, Chabashira may have been putting herself in Amane's shoes from a very early stage. Perhaps at first, Chabashira's purpose in putting herself in Amane's shoes was simply to fulfill her dream of being in Class A, because Chabashira had never seen a girl as strong as Amane. If even Amane couldn't graduate from Class A, then she would never meet a student stronger than Amane.

As Chabashira predicted, Amane led her class to the top of Class A. All that was left was to maintain that position and wait until graduation. But then Chabashira remembered the special exam. As the date of the exam drew closer, Chabashira began to hope that Amane could make a better choice than her and make up for her regrets from back then.

Hoshinomiya was aware of Chabashira's thoughts, which is why she added a scene on the spot when she saw Amane and anticipated that Chabashira would come to her residence.

Hoshinomiya wants to use the most direct visuals to rescue Chabashira from his fantasy.

Chabashira Sae is Chabashira Sae. Even if she eventually becomes the de facto homeroom teacher of Class A, she will always be Chabashira Sae and can never become Miyako Amane. Her so-called desire to fulfill her dream by using Amane is nothing more than Chabashira's deep-seated obsession with what happened back then, which makes her want to achieve the best ending by being Amane. In essence, it is nothing more than a thoroughly enjoyable fantasy.

Even if Amane ends up in the most perfect way and graduates as a member of Class A, none of that will have anything to do with Chabashira. Chabashira Sae is still the loser who ruined the whole class.

That's why Hoshinomiya wanted to use an intimate scene with Amane to wake Chabashira from her dream and make her see clearly who she really is.

However, after Amane caused trouble, Chabashira believed that it was Amane's charm that made even Hoshinomiya unable to control his desires.

So what would Chazhu think if he were in Amane's shoes? The answer is self-evident.

So, although Chabashira acted aggressively after catching the two inappropriate behavior and verbally accused Hoshinomiya of violating school rules, he didn't actually report Hoshinomiya, and that's why.

She sees herself as a celestial being, and when faced with such a situation, she only marvels at her own powerful charm. How could she possibly want to ruin the comfortable feeling of being surrounded and loved by everyone?

After finally seeing clearly the game and psychology between the two that she couldn't see, Tianyin couldn't help but smile.