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

Amane smiled happily as she watched Nanase wolfing down her food. She hadn't expected Nanase to blend in with everyone so quickly, which would help to downplay her status as a captive.

Tianyin had just sat down with her plate when Longyuan sat down opposite her.

Since there are no dining tables on the mountain, everyone sits on the ground, and the ways of eating are varied. Most people put their food on a plate and sit on the ground, holding a sandwich while enjoying the view of the distant mountains.

It must be said that the school's location is quite well thought out. Not far away is a ring-shaped mountain that looks like it was hit by a meteorite and is filled with a lake formed by rainwater, which looks very magnificent.

Although the lake is quite far away and people can't see it, just looking at the towering peaks is enough to make people marvel at the natural scenery of this unassuming place, Hida.

If you're still not satisfied, head a little further north, and you can vaguely see the spectacular snow-capped mountains known as the Neon Alps.

Of course, Tianyin is definitely not in the mood to appreciate these views right now.

Upon seeing Ryuen sit down, Shiina and the others consciously distanced themselves from the two, leaving them a private space to talk. Originally, Nanase wanted to move closer to Amane and have breakfast with her.

However, she was caught in a pincer attack by Ichinose and Horikita and could only deal with the two of them, thus losing the opportunity to have breakfast with Amane.

"What did you do to those first-year students yesterday? I heard there were quite a few more eliminated students from the first year."

Long Yuan looked at Tian Yin with anticipation.

The school deliberately used various means to block both sides from obtaining information during this special exam, so much so that even though Tianyin caused chaos among the first-year students and even single-handedly wiped out Class D of the first year, the second-year students were completely unaware of it.

If Longyuan hadn't managed to get some information out of the staff, he wouldn't even have known whether Tianyin had been eliminated.

"It's nothing much, just that we eliminated Class D of the first year. But is the information that there are many eliminated students in the first year accurate?"

Tianyin first finished a sandwich in a few bites, then rinsed it with milk.

Then he asked Long Yuan with a puzzled look.

In her memory, it seems that not many people were eliminated, right?

"What? You didn't cause a lot of casualties?"

Seeing that Tianyin's expression was strange, Longyuan quickly asked, knowing that Longyuan's next plan was based on the premise that the first-year students would suffer major casualties.

If the enemy's numbers don't decrease as drastically as expected, it could cause serious trouble.

"Hmm... Let me think, I think I eliminated all the girls in Class D of the first year except for Yi, but I also used up all my paintballs. I basically knocked down the remaining boys. I didn't intentionally eliminate them, so I'm not sure how many they eliminated."

"So the exact number of people being eliminated is unknown?"

Long Yuan frowned. The painful part of the lack of intelligence was that even if a seemingly brilliant victory was achieved, if no one compiled the specific results, even the parties involved would not know what they had done or what achievements they had made.

"By the way, how did you manage to trick Nanase into coming here?"

"Yi? She's a prisoner."

Chapter 204: An Excellent Wife

captive?

Ryuen glanced sideways at Nanase, who was happily busy eating with both hands under the hospitality of Ichinose and Horikita, and couldn't help but twitch her lips.

"Is the prisoner you're talking about the same kind of prisoner I'm thinking of?"

"I think so?"

"Should we use her as a shield? Just push her in front of the first-year camp and hang her up, and they'll collapse without a fight, right?"

Long Yuan let out a few malicious sneers. In fact, if Tian Yin really agreed to this policy, Long Yuan was confident that he could finish this special exam within three days.

All they had to do was hang Nanase on something and surround the first-year camp. Every hour, they would take off one of Nanase's clothes and threaten to hang her there until the end of the month. Even though all the students in Class D of the first year had been eliminated, there were still a lot of girls in the first-year camp.

To prevent themselves or their classmates from being humiliated, Hayasaka, as the commander or rather, Miyako Masahiko, the de facto leader, will be forced to launch a full-scale attack on the second-year students, even though they know it's a foolish idea, but as leaders, they will have no other choice.

When the time comes, gather all the martial arts faction members together—Kito, Amane, Ishizaki, Kanzaki, Albert…—and have them fight a pure violent battle against the first-year students. It won't take more than three days, or even as little as thirty minutes, to ensure that the outcome is decided.

There is no possibility of a first-year student surviving their absolutely mindless and efficient brute force.

However, Longyuan also knew that Tianyin would never allow him to do so.

"Hmph, are you looking for death?"

"Don't get so angry. You're the one who said she was a prisoner, aren't you? Miyako, you need to understand that prisoners of war have no human rights."

Click.

Tianyin's plate snapped in two in the middle.

Long Yuan took a deep look at the two finger marks that had penetrated deep into the plate, and his pupils contracted rapidly.

The noisy atmosphere of the entire camp fell silent at the sudden, crisp sound, and everyone stared in the direction of Longyuan and Tianyin without daring to breathe.

Seeing this, Long Yuan knew he couldn't provoke him any further, otherwise this guy would really go berserk and he wouldn't stand a chance.

However, from this probing, Ryuen learned some very important information.

So, Nanase is a fairly important character to Amane. Now, here's the question.

Will Miyako Masahiko believe the information this girl conveys? If Miyako Masahiko unconditionally trusts Amane... then he does have other ways to defeat the first-year students.

Violence?

That was just an appetizer before the main show.

"Well, if you don't want to, then forget it. Ishizaki, after we finish eating, continue to lead people to collect branches and firewood, the more the better, understand?"

"No problem, leave it to me."

Ishizaki first glanced at the expressionless Amane before carefully lowering his voice to assure Ryuen.

"Tianyin, what did that guy say to you?"

Upon seeing Ryuen leave, Horikita immediately rushed to Amane's side and asked anxiously.

Horikita had seen Amane get angry more than once, but never with such intensity.

Tianyin raised her head slightly, and the warm sunlight shone on her delicate features. Tianyin was bathed in the sunlight, and the warm feeling made her tense body relax slightly.

It's just a pity that the warm sunlight could never melt away Tianyin's cold expression.

“Longyuan told me a way that could help us win this special exam.”

"What? Tianyin, are you sure what he said is credible?"

Horikita suspected that Ryuen had exaggerated some of the things he said to Amane.

Today is only the second day of the special exam. Even though the first-year students suffered a heavy blow from Tianyin, the core members of the first-year students have not been greatly lost. They still have the confidence to compete with the first-year students in terms of both combat power and overall ability.

Ryuen's claim that he had a way to win under these circumstances seemed a bit far-fetched to Horikita. He couldn't very well let Amane use the same trick to raid the first-year students' strongholds again, could he?

"No, his plan is indeed feasible... but I don't really like it."

Amane stood up, dusted herself off, and beckoned to Nanase, who was looking at her with curiosity.

"Yi, come with me for a moment."

"Okay, senior."

Nanase quickly put down her sandwich and got up to walk towards Amane. Because she was walking too fast, Nanase stumbled a few times on the way and almost fell to the ground. Fortunately, Nanase's physical fitness was quite good. Despite the stumbling, she quickly arrived at Amane's side.

"I'll show Yi around the camp. Lingyin, you can proceed as usual."

"Don't worry, I'm here, nothing serious will happen. If you're tired, go and take a rest."

Horikita gently squeezed Amane's warm hand.

Tianyin nodded, and then led Yi towards the back of the camp.

Horikita vaguely guessed that Ryuen's plan was probably to use Nanase to do something.

Otherwise, Tianyin wouldn't be so angry.

"Lingyin, aren't you going to go and take a look?"

Ichinose had somehow arrived beside Horikita. Watching Amane and Nanase walk away, she seemed to have thought of something and asked Horikita a question.

"I'm not that tactless. If you're interested, Fanbo, you might as well come along and take a look."

"Hehe, I don't want to spoil Tianyin's fun."

Horikita rolled her eyes at Ichinose upon hearing this, then began to clean up the rest of Amane and Nanase's breakfast. Looking at the food Amane had scattered on the ground, Horikita sighed.

I should have let Tianyin eat more.

"Senior, what's going on here...?"

Seeing that Amane had led her all the way to the edge of the cliff at the very back of the residential area, Nanase couldn't help but ask curiously.

Wasn't I supposed to show her around the camp? How did we end up in a place like this? It's actually quite quiet here since nobody seems to be passing by...

Huh? Senior isn't going to be here...

"I wanted to relax here, but I was worried you might not be used to the atmosphere here in the second year, so I brought you along. If you don't want to relax here with me, there's a bear-shaped tent about fifty steps in that direction. That's my tent, and there's a sleeping bag and some food inside. You can go there and rest for a bit."

Tianyin sat down on the ground and then pointed in a direction.

Nanase was also quite exhausted last night, and now is the time for her to get some sleep and energy. It's more important for her to rest than to stay here with her.

"I want to keep my senior company here so she can relax."

Nanase sat down next to Amane without hesitation, her bright eyes blinking as she looked at Amane, as if she couldn't get enough of looking at her.

"Yi, what kind of person am I to you?"

Amane suddenly turned to Nanase beside her and asked a question.

She had never cared about other people's opinions before, but this time she really wanted to get Nanase's opinion of her.

After all, Nanase initially regarded her as a mortal enemy with whom she had to take revenge, and she had done such a terrible thing to her yesterday. At this moment, Nanase's evaluation of her was probably the only fair and objective one.

"What kind of person is Senior Tianyin? Let me think about that first..."

Nanase lightly touched her lips and began to recall her first encounter with Amane up to this morning. Due to their different grades and limited interaction, Nanase had very limited contact with Amane before, but she still had a considerable understanding and knowledge of Amane.

"In my memory, Senior Tianyin is a very strong and gentle woman. Although she may have a few bad intentions at times, I can only feel her thoughtfulness."

Nanase clenched her fists and looked at Amane with a determined gaze.

Being strong is no problem, but being gentle...

Amane doesn't consider herself a gentle person. On the contrary, she is extremely self-centered and advocates a profit-driven approach, which means that Amane's actions are always driven by a strong sense of purpose and utilitarianism. No matter how Amane thinks about it, the word "gentle" is far removed from her own personality. She could never be as good-tempered as Ichinose.

Moreover, her capricious personality means she rarely considers the feelings of others, a trait that even Karuizawa Kei, who prides herself on being good at reading people, probably does far better.

It's a miracle that someone like her can be liked.

"I think of myself as a cold-blooded, ruthless machine, and a bit of a womanizer... Well, Tsubasa, you have to understand, it's unavoidable. There are too many people I want to protect, and if I don't take care of them, I'm afraid they'll be deceived by awful bad people. Rather than handing them over to unknown people, I feel more at ease protecting them myself. At least I can promise them a future..."

As Amane was speaking, Nanase next to her suddenly burst out laughing.

"Is there anything wrong with what I said?"

"Ahem, because I don't know much about Horikita-senpai and the others and your past with Amane-senpai, I can't judge whether your way of getting along with them and your attitude and actions towards them are right or wrong. But... how can Amane-senpai, who can say that she wants to protect others, be a cold-blooded and ruthless violent machine? And that sentence, 'At least I can promise them a future,' is so responsible and just hearing it gives people a sense of security."

Nanase nestled affectionately on Amane's shoulder.

"I'm starting to feel a little glad that I gave my most precious thing to Senior Tianyin... To repay Senior Tianyin for your kindness, I will strive to become an excellent wife."

"wife?!"

Amane was stunned for a moment when she suddenly heard this completely unfamiliar word come from Nanase's mouth. But then Amane realized that Nanase had said something incredible and quickly looked at Nanase, who was resting her head on her shoulder.

Unbeknownst to her, Nanase had already fallen into a deep sleep. Her adorable sleeping face, like that of a small animal, made Amane unable to resist reaching out and gently pinching her cheek.

Just as Amane's fingertips touched Nanase's cheek, Amane could clearly see that Nanase's originally rosy cheeks suddenly turned bright red.

However, Amane didn't expose Nanase. Instead, she placed her on her lap and let her rest.

After an unknown amount of time, Tianyin, who was sitting on the edge of the cliff with her mind blank, suddenly twitched her ears slightly.

Someone was deliberately slowing down as they walked towards her.

"Heavenly Sound?"

The other person stopped about five meters behind Tianyin and called her name softly. The other person did not intend to approach or touch Tianyin rashly, as if afraid of disturbing her.

At this moment, Tianyin recognized the other person's voice and turned to look at them.

"Hiyori, what brings you here?"

The person who came to find Amane was none other than Shiina Hiyori. When Shiina saw that Amane was still awake, she gently patted her chest and breathed a sigh of relief, as if she was afraid that she had disturbed Amane's rest.

"It's my classmate Longyuan who's looking for me..."

Shiina hadn't taken two steps when she saw Nanase sleeping soundly with her head resting on Amane's lap.