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

I will personally teach you a lesson before the special exam ends. Although it may make you cry and beg for your mother, I will try to save you from the label of "the substitute for Miyako Amane" and the path you pursue of "wanting to surpass your sister and have the power to protect her" that I least want to see.

Being branded isn't your fault, but I don't want this brand to follow you for life. Miyako Amane is Miyako Amane, and Miyako Masahiko is Miyako Masahiko. You have your life, and I have mine. How can a single sentence erase all your significance as a person? Especially not as a substitute for me? Are you trying to rebel against the Heavenly Gang? If you weren't my brother, I'd suspect you were just jealous that I have cute girls rolling around with me every day… cough cough… Anyway…”

"No one in this world can replace me as the new Miyako Amane, not even you, Masahiko!! As for wanting to surpass me? Don't forget, I am the monster you all talk about, and the only way to surpass a monster is to become a monster first."

Chapter 191: Monsters and Eccentrics

Turn into a monster?

Jiang Yan never imagined that he would one day walk that path. He deeply hated those who bestowed such an insulting title of "monster" upon his closest friend, Tianyin.

But now, seeing Tianyin utter words that he found incredibly painful and grating just to hear without batting an eye, Jiang Yan's lips twitched slightly, but in the end, he couldn't say anything.

Jiang Yan knew that Tianyin had already accepted the world's different views of her. Compared to respect and admiration, the number of people who feared Tianyin far exceeded the former.

Over time, when everyone around a person says that she is a monster, she will become a monster even if she is not.

However, Jiang Yan rarely heard such voices around him. Originally, Jiang Yan thought that he had silenced those people with his strength. Now it seems that in those people's eyes, he was probably just a genius who was much stronger than ordinary people, and he was not at all at the level of a monster with absolute suppressive power.

“Sister Tianyin, you’re right. I’m not ready to become a monster, nor do I want to. In my heart, you, Sister Tianyin, are not a monster either. Monsters wouldn’t stand in front of the weak, would they? Monsters only bring disaster and pain to those around them. You’re not like that at all, Sister Tianyin…”

"What if that's the case?"

"so?"

"I said, what if my existence is constantly bringing disaster and pain to the people around me? Would I then become a monster in your eyes?"

Tianyin leaped off the boulder, which was about two stories high, without any preparation or protective measures.

As Tianyin's body crashed heavily to the ground, it stirred up a cloud of dust.

Tianyin casually brushed aside the dust in front of her and slowly walked up to Jiang Yan.

"Sister Tianyin..."

“You’re all grown up now, so stop talking nonsense. You know very little about me. If you think I’m a good person just because of your impression of me, you’re sorely mistaken.”

They didn't call me the monster of the Miyako family without reason, it's just... those are all painful memories, too painful to recount, painful for both the speaker and the listener, so I rarely mention them to others, even Arisu doesn't quite know what I've been through—of course, I have no intention of telling you, Masahiko. I've told you all this just to make you understand, you haven't even seen the real Miyako Amane, so don't talk about protecting me, it's rather embarrassing to hear. I'm happy that you think of me, but I don't need anyone's protection.”

Tianyin patted the dust off Jiang Yan's knees and then helped straighten Jiang Yan's collar.

After Tianyin tidied him up, Jiang Yan was no longer in a disheveled state. However, his eyes had become extremely dim, as if he had lost something important.

As the instigator, Tianyin was well aware of how much her words would hurt Jiangyan, but she still chose to do it. Now that she was here, Jiangyan could naturally follow her back, but what would Jiangyan do after Tianyin left?

At this moment, Amane finally understood Horikita Manabu's feelings back then. However, she was not Horikita Manabu. Amane did not have time to guide Masahiko in various ways, both overtly and covertly. All she could do was to completely shatter the self-esteem and confidence that Masahiko had developed on the wrong path. After that, whether Masahiko would become despondent or strive to improve himself would be none of her business.

She can help correct Jiang Yan's mistakes, but he still has to walk his own path in life.

"Let's go back."

Tianyin smiled and took a few steps back, indicating that Jiang Yan could leave.

Jiang Yan pursed her lips, turned around, and quickly took a few steps in the opposite direction of Base B, but then stopped.

"Sister Tianyin, I hope to have the chance to face you in this special exam, just once! Please!"

Jiang Yan bowed deeply to Tian Yin.

"Oh? You're going to lose badly."

"I'm mentally prepared for this. Just like you said, Sister Tianyin, I haven't even seen the real you, so I'm not qualified to say I want to protect you. I hope to see the real Sister Tianyin. I want to know... what kind of gap exists between Sister Tianyin and me..."

Jiang Yan slowly raised his head, the dejected look on his face vanished, replaced by an unwavering gaze as he looked at Tian Yin.

It is clear from this that he was speaking from the heart. Perhaps Jiang Yan already knew that he could not be a match for Tian Yin at this stage, but since his fight with Gao Yuanji, Jiang Yan has become more and more curious about the real Tian Yin. As a substitute for Miyako Tian Yin, he has never seen Tian Yin use her true power. Just thinking about it makes him feel quite ridiculous.

"Well, since you put it that way... then I won't hold back."

……

Tianyin watched as the radiant Jiang Yan left Base B. Anyone who didn't know better might have thought Jiang Yan had won the challenge, given his current state.

"I didn't expect you to care about your younger brother so much."

Koenji was curious about the side of Amane that showed concern for Masahiko. In his impression, Amane was not an easy person to talk to, even though she always presented herself as lively, cute, gentle, and so on.

However, almost everyone knows that this is just a disguise for Amane's "approachability". Any student who has experienced the sports festival would never think that Amane is really a naive and harmless ordinary high school girl.

But once you've seen how Amane dominates the battlefield, no one would believe that she would easily show her gentleness to anyone other than Horikita and a few other girls.

Tianyin, who values ​​interests above all else and equal exchange, would never be swayed by mere emotions.

Especially this kind of kinship that doesn't hold much importance.

These things can never become stumbling blocks for Tianyin.

"Concern? I think there is some. Even if you raise a pet, you will develop some feelings for it after a few years. If one day you really have to give your pet to someone else, I believe many people will patiently teach the pet how to behave, for fear that it will anger the new owner and suffer the tragic fate of being scolded or abandoned... What I am doing now is just the same thing."

Tianyin glanced at the time on her bracelet as she spoke.

With only a few hours left until the agreed time, she needed to make the most of the time to get some rest, otherwise the operation that night would be a waste of her energy.

"Aren't you about to take action?"

"Yes, the plan is to move at night. Although I don't think they will necessarily choose to take the risk, if they react quickly, they might launch a desperate attack on all the huts in our field of vision. At that time, Koenji, your place will be the main battlefield. Under no circumstances can we let others easily occupy the stronghold, otherwise... Koenji, you should understand what I mean."

Tenon's words caused Koenji's expression to change drastically.

He naturally understood what message Tianyin wanted to convey to him.

Back in Class D, Koenji acted without restraint. Whether it was Hirata or Horikita, Koenji showed no respect for anyone. Others, unsure of Koenji's code of conduct, were easily manipulated by him. Eventually, everyone gave Koenji the nickname "weirdo." However, this had no impact on Koenji's social circle. He still managed to get along very well with the older girls.

Until Class D was integrated by Tianyin.

When he was alone, Koenji Hajime often pondered the answer to a question: if he had joined forces with Hirata and others to deal with Amane while Amane was still unstable after the special exam on the deserted island, would he have been able to escape Amane's endless exploitation by now?

As a member of a chaebol family, Koenji originally had countless choices when it came to schooling, and no high school would refuse to admit the first heir of a chaebol family.

However, among the many prestigious high schools available, Koenji immediately spotted Koyu High School and chose it without hesitation. But what could Koyu High School offer him? Neither a rejection letter from a top university nor the possibility of being directly admitted to a Fortune 500 company to become an indispensable cog in its machine seemed utterly ridiculous to Koenji.

Whether it's the highest-level recommendation letter that he can easily obtain through his connections, or the fact that his family owns several Fortune 500 companies, he doesn't need Gao Yu's help.

Therefore, from the moment he stepped into this class, Koenji felt that his life here should be unrestrained and free.

After all, what can the school and class leaders do with a chaebol's son who doesn't care about his classmates, his grades, or where he'll go after graduation? Just imagining that situation makes one feel helpless.

Moreover, Koenji Rokusuke is among the best in his grade and even the whole school in terms of both academic ability and physical fitness. So what if the class leaders dislike his passive attitude? Are they willing to give up such a powerful weapon?

As Koenji had predicted, no matter how much he tried to reason with Hirata or Horikita, Koenji acted as if he hadn't seen anything.

Especially after seeing that even Hirata, the class leader, couldn't do anything about him, Koenji became certain of one thing.

That is, in this school where strength reigns supreme, with his abilities he can do whatever he wants.

He can now fully enjoy the wonderful three years of high school life ahead of him.

until……

From her initial emergence to her sudden rise to prominence, Tenon's speed was so fast that even Koenji hadn't had time to react before Tenon had already integrated the entire class and turned her attention to him.

At first, Koenji mistakenly thought that Amane was just a show-off like Hirata, and he basically obeyed Amane's orders in name only, or even more outrageously refused to carry them out.

Soon after, Tenon came to him wanting his help to advance the class. This humble gesture made Koenji burst into laughter. He didn't believe that Tenon could really make him willingly serve her, and he thought Tenon was too naive.

Well, everyone basically knows what happened next. In an accident, Amane successfully tricked Koenji into revealing his weakness of not wanting to graduate from a class other than Class A. In addition, she was afraid of losing her usefulness and being abandoned halfway, which meant dropping out of school.

Seeing others drop out of school is a wonderful thing, and of course, it's even better if it's not you who drops out.

Koenji wasn't too concerned about the consequences of dropping out of school. Given his status, he wouldn't lack any schools. What he was truly afraid of was being treated as a scapegoat and forced to drop out by Amane.

He was the first in line to inherit the Koenji Zaibatsu, yet he was expelled from school by Ko Yu!

Just the news of his expulsion from school would be enough to completely tarnish the reputation of both him and the Koenji Zaibatsu, leaving them utterly disgraced.

Koenji had tried many ways to escape Amane's control, but unfortunately, he hadn't succeeded even once. On the contrary, Amane's prestige had soared, and she had become a behemoth who could now control the entire second year at will.

It seems I'll have to figure it out myself in the end...

Koenji sighed deeply.

……

Base A, the residence of Class A, Grade 1.

Before Jiang Yanren even returned, the news of his defeat had already swept through the entire first-year student body like a hurricane.

Because Jiang Yan was defeated so quickly, the class leaders, who were idly gossiping, received such explosive news just minutes after Jiang Yan began his operation. They hadn't even had time to get their chairs yet.

The entire first-grade command system was completely paralyzed in an instant, which prompted the class leaders, who had not yet been dismissed and returned to their respective class locations, to quickly gather together again.

This time, they were going to discuss the matter of Jiang Yan's fate.

"Jiang Yan is truly incompetent and more of a hindrance than a help!!! He lost the match in such a short time. What exactly did he compete against his opponent in?"

Since the live broadcast has not yet started, the wristbands on each student's wristbands will not display any other information besides the points deducted and added.

Apart from the class leaders, the other students in the first grade had no idea what Jiang Yan had done, where he had gone, how many special points he had lost, how he had been defeated, or who his enemy was. Ordinary students knew almost nothing about these things.

Normally, such proactive actions, even if there is a need for secrecy, would be discussed or informed with ordinary students. However, this time, Jiang Yan's proactive attack was too fast. Before the class leaders could even pass on the news of Jiang Yan's sneak attack to their own classes, they received notification of Jiang Yan's failure.

As for the specifics of the challenge, not only were ordinary students very interested, but even the class leaders knew nothing about it. However, this did not stop them from watching the show with amusement, because it would play an important role in suppressing Jiang Yan's right to speak.

"I advise you, Utsunomiya, to watch your words. Masahiko might have suffered a crushing defeat and is coming back with a belly full of anger. If you continue with this attitude, don't blame me for not warning you if you accidentally run into a gun."

Tianze had barely finished speaking.

The door to the storage room was violently opened.

"I am back."

Chapter 192: I'm in!

"I am back."

A familiar voice came from outside the storage room door, and then the door was opened somewhat roughly, revealing Yan's tall figure to all the first-grade class leaders.

"Hey, isn't this Miyako? You're back so soon, you must have won a great victory!"

Baoquan, who had previously suffered a setback at Jiang Yan's hands, immediately asked Jiang Yan a sarcastic question upon his return.

"Of course we lost. Didn't you see the notification on your wristband?"

Jiang Yan pointed to the display screen on his wristband and looked at Bao Quan.

During this special exam, all grades will be notified of any changes in their special points. However, if the change is due to the purchase of supplies, the notification will only be sent to the main commander and three other authorized individuals who have the authority to use special points.

If the special points increase or decrease due to the competition or challenge, the school will send a message about the change in special points to all wristband holders in the grade who have not been eliminated.

This means that all first-grade students should have received a notification from the bracelet at this time.

The points deducted for challenging a Vision Hut are the number of challengers multiplied by the number of Vision Huts currently held by the challenged side.

There are now four Vision Houses in the second grade, so the first graders have four special points deducted.

At first glance, four special points may not seem like a big punishment, but you should know that if a person checks in three times a day, they will only get three special points.

In other words, Jiang Yan wasted the special points that would take a person more than a day to accumulate, which is a serious mistake.

It was because he advocated attacking the Vision Hut at Base B and ultimately suffered a crushing defeat that everything was his fault. Although if he had won the bet, no one would have had the right to say anything, there was no "if" in the special exam. Winning was winning, and losing was losing. Jiang Yan was not someone who lacked responsibility or was afraid to face failure. He would accept any complaints or urges from others to criticize him.

Baoquan was speechless after being rebuffed by Jiang Yan's words, but his expression grew increasingly gloomy.

Seeing that Baoquan was about to get angry, Nanase's heart skipped a beat. Baoquan and Jiang Yan's strength were obvious. Even if Jiang Yan lost the challenge, the result would not be different if Baoquan were to take it. Therefore, in Nanase's opinion, Baoquan was the one who had no right to mock Jiang Yan.

Normally, Nanase wouldn't bother with Hosen. As long as it doesn't affect the interests of Class D, she doesn't care what Hosen does. In the end, it's just Hosen who gets hurt.

But a special exam is in progress right now. If Baoquan and Jiangyan break off their relationship here, regardless of who wins or loses, the loose alliance of the first-year students will be completely destroyed. In order to prevent a potential conflict, Nanase quickly tried to change the subject.

"We only lost one game. The special exams are still a month away. If we are subjected to overwhelming criticism because of one failure, who will dare to act boldly in the upcoming special exams? Can you all guarantee that you and your classmates will not make even the slightest mistake? Besides, we have not gained nothing from this experience."

Nanase's mysterious tone unsurprisingly attracted the attention of others, even Masahiko looked at Nanase.

Seeing that everyone's attention had turned to her, and that Baoquan's anger was about to erupt, Nanase breathed a sigh of relief. Her goal had been achieved, and now it was just a matter of whether the things she had noticed could satisfy everyone.

"Nanase-san, have you discovered some important information?"

Hayasaka asked the question with a blank expression.

"Yes, as far as I know, although the second-year students are generally very strong, there are only a few extremely strong individuals. If we waste the combat power of an extremely strong individual just to defend a stronghold like the Vision Hut, isn't that good news for us?"

Nanase's confident voice invigorated everyone.

Yes, there are only a handful of well-known experts among the second-year students, and even fewer who can defeat Jiang Yan. It's no different for anyone to be left in the Vision Hut, since neither the Vision Hut nor the main force general can be attacked proactively. This means that the second-year students have already lost Ryuen and another super-strong fighter.

This is excellent news for the first-year students who are outnumbered. When a large-scale battle breaks out, the first-year students can form a super-strong assault arrow with Yagami, Masahiko, Utsunomiya, Hosen, Amasawa, and Nanase. I doubt any of the second-year students will be able to stop this force.

Except for that person, of course.