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

No one is afraid of a girl when it comes to bragging in private, but when the school legend actually stands in front of them, not a single person in the entire first year dares to challenge the legend.

"Sister Amane, what did you do with Nanase and Amasawa? Were they eliminated or are you keeping them on this mountain?"

Jiang Yan stepped forward to talk to Tian Yin before she could get angry. Knowing Tian Yin's temperament well, Jiang Yan knew that once everyone was intimidated by Tian Yin's power, Tian Yin would definitely dare to come in alone, even if there were several times more people, let alone a dozen or twenty. At that time, everyone except him would probably be left here by Tian Yin.

In order to buy time for those behind him, and also hoping to resolve the matter peacefully, Jiang Yan decided to have a negotiation with Tian Yin before the battle.

The reason he was the one to speak with Tianyin instead of Baoquan or someone else was because, given the current tense situation, Tianyin would probably only give him face. If Baoquan had gone up to negotiate with Tianyin, they would probably have already contacted medical staff to come and save him.

Jiang Yan glanced back at Bao Quan's direction. Bao Quan, who had been bullying Ishizaki in front of the battle, had somehow hidden at the very back of the group, as if he was afraid that Tian Yin would see him.

Mingtianyin had just trampled over the flag of Class 1-D, which was no different from humiliating Baoquan and Class 1-D in front of everyone. However, Baoquan, as the class leader, actually chose to act like a coward, which made Jiang Yan snort with disdain.

"I'll stay with Yi. As for Tianze... I'll give her back to you later."

When they first heard that Amane was unwilling to return Nanase, Masahiko wanted to try to persuade her, since their initial goal in this negotiation was to get Nanase back, and Amasawa being detained up there was just an accident.

If, after all that effort, he still fails to save Nanase, it would be somewhat unreasonable for him, as the leader of Class A and the actual commander of this special exam.

When Masahiko heard Amane say that she would return Amaze to him, he hesitated only briefly before decisively giving up the chance to win over Nanase.

If his actions upset Amane and she detained Tenze, then even if he managed to win over Nanase, he would definitely be at a loss.

Moreover, judging from Tianyin's tone and attitude, Jiang Yan already knew that this was the final result Tianyin had given, leaving Jiang Yan no chance to bargain.

"In that case, I'm willing to exchange these ten second-year seniors for them."

Jiang Yan didn't specify who he was exchanging for, but both parties involved knew perfectly well that he was referring to Tian Ze.

Originally, the plan was to use these ten people to exchange for Amasawa and Nanase, but now only one person can be exchanged, and that one was the one who was released by Amane. This means that Hiko gained absolutely no benefit from releasing the hostage.

As Chun Yingzi watched the two talking in front of the battle, her eyes narrowed slightly. Seeing the lone Amane, she suddenly had a bold idea.

"Lu, what do you think our chances of winning would be if we attacked Miyako Amane at this moment?"

Upon hearing Tsubaki Sakurako's shocking statement, Utsunomiya's face instantly turned extremely ugly.

"Shh! Tsubaki, keep your voice down. I know that Miyako Amane is all alone right now, which is the best opportunity to launch an attack, but I'm afraid we don't have enough people, do we?"

"I never said we'd rely solely on Class C of the first year. Aren't we still surrounded by them?"

Utsunomiya followed Tsubaki Sakurako's gaze and saw Yagami standing there deep in thought, while Hosen stood timidly at the back of the crowd with his head down. This scene made Utsunomiya doubt Tsubaki Sakurako's judgment for the first time.

Can they really eliminate Miyako Amane with teammates like that?

Yagami was the first to notice Utsunomiya and Tsubaki Sakura's gaze. Tsubaki Sakura secretly gestured to Amane's location and then made a decapitation gesture. Yagami's eyes sharpened, and he instinctively wanted to refuse, but he glanced at Amane, who was all alone, once again.

You have to understand that just yesterday, Tianyin single-handedly broke through the defensive stronghold of Class D in the first year. Even after a night of rest, she couldn't possibly be in the same condition as at her peak. The group of defective students in Class D in the first year couldn't compare to the elite students from Class B that he brought. If they really launched a sudden attack, they might actually be able to take down Tianyin in one fell swoop.

Moreover, even if the attack fails, they can quickly eliminate the ten second-year students in front of them and then choose to escape.

With Takarazumi, Masahiko, Utsunomiya, and himself on the team, even if Miyako Amane were to personally pursue them, Yagami felt they should be able to put up a fight. After hesitating for a moment, Yagami nodded and whispered something to Takarazumi beside him. Takarazumi initially showed a shocked look and then shook his head rapidly, seemingly not daring to fight Amane at all. However, under Yagami's whispered persuasion, Takarazumi finally chose to join them.

Seeing Yagami nod in agreement, Tsubaki Sakura was finally relieved. Now, almost all the top combat power of the first year had gathered here. Amane was too arrogant and dared to provoke them alone. This time, they would definitely keep her here!

Since they had made up their minds to keep Amane, necessary preparations were essential. While Masahiko was still chatting with Amane, Yagami quickly relayed orders to his class. Upon hearing that they were going to participate in the attack on the school's legendary figure, both the students in Class B and Class C were very excited. They began distributing paintballs with great enthusiasm, ready to attack at any time.

However, both Tsubaki Sakura and Yagami overlooked a crucial point: Amane was indeed alone in front of them, but the number of second-year students on the mountain was several times that of them, and the number of boys alone was twice that of the first-year students they had brought out.

This means that if the first surprise attack fails to eliminate Tenon, they will face annihilation. However, the first-year students, who are already terrified of Tenon's strength and eager to defeat her, can no longer afford to worry about such things.

"Ryuen-kun! Something seems off with the first-year students."

Since paintballs are considered important supplies, they are usually guarded and protected to prevent them from getting damp. They are only distributed when needed. Although Yagami thought he had done a very discreet job of distributing paintballs, Hirata, who was standing on the mountaintop overlooking the first-year students' formation, noticed their actions immediately.

"I know, Katsuragi. Go and make arrangements right now. Bring over all the paintballs we have on hand, and follow my instructions in a moment."

Ryuen reacted even faster, immediately instructing Katsuragi to take swift action. Unlike the first-year students who needed to distribute paintballs discreetly, Ryuen had already distributed paintballs once during the previous standoff. Even if a conflict broke out immediately, Ryuen was confident that his side's firepower could definitely suppress the first-year students' side. The purpose of having Katsuragi collect all the paintballs was clearly that Ryuen did not intend to miss this rare opportunity to eliminate the main force of the first-year students.

"I'll go prepare right away."

After agreeing, Katsuragi immediately started running around to collect paintballs.

Katsuragi is usually a man of few words, but he is extremely efficient. In less than two minutes, he had collected a large box of paintballs and started distributing them.

Hirata frowned as he looked at the paintballs in his hand.

Because he noticed a very serious problem.

"What about Ishizaki and the others? If we throw paintballs down from here, we can certainly have a suppressive effect on the first-years from a high vantage point, and the paintballs can be thrown farther, but we won't be able to protect Ishizaki and the others. If they get hit, it will be troublesome. Should we go down the mountain and confront them?"

Hirata discovered that the problem was that Ishizaki and his group were still kneeling in front of the first-year students. This position was very delicate. On the one hand, it could serve as a shield, and on the other hand, it could allow the second-year students to see the miserable state of Ishizaki and his group.

If Ryuen orders a covert attack, the paintballs dropped by the second-year students from the mountaintop will be impossible for the first-year students at the foot of the mountain to dodge. This would not only cause a large number of eliminations but also create an absolute suppression effect, forcing them to give up attacking Amane. It is a win-win situation.

However, this might mean they wouldn't be able to protect Ishizaki and his group. The paintballs falling from the sky wouldn't be able to dodge the first-year students, and the injured ones wouldn't be able to either. If the first-year students were lucky enough, they might only get hit by one or two paintballs each, and all the eliminated ones would be the second-year students. If this were to happen, Hirata was afraid that Ryuen wouldn't be able to accept the fact that he had personally eliminated Ishizaki and his group, so he made an untimely suggestion.

That means going to the foot of the mountain and confronting the other side. As long as the distance between the two sides can be shortened to about 20 meters, the second-year students can greatly improve their hit rate. With the advantage of numbers, even if they can't eliminate all the opponents, they can at least defeat them. Moreover, once the battle starts, the second-year students can quickly go to rescue Ishizaki and the others, and try their best to prevent them from being eliminated.

However, this is risky. Masahiko is a very intelligent leader. If he sees the second-year students preparing to go down the mountain, he might decisively order a retreat with the prisoners. That would make things incredibly complicated, and Hirata would definitely bear the primary responsibility if accountability were pursued.

Hirata couldn't possibly have been unaware of this, yet he still proposed such a plan. His goal was never to eliminate a certain number of people on the other side, but simply to minimize the harm to the second-year students.

In other words, this is a suggestion that only someone with a near-saintly heart like Hirata could make.

However, it was clear that Ryuen would not agree to Hirata's suggestion.

"Hey! I know what you're worried about. Yes, I'm very angry right now, but my anger doesn't come from those idiots in the first year. I'm angry that Ishizaki willingly groveled at Baoquan's feet like a dog!!! If he had any dignity as a second-year student! If he had any dignity as a man, he should have fought like a mad dog! He should have struggled! He should have been prepared to die and bite Baoquan's throat! Instead, he's lying there in such a pathetic state..."

Long Yuan roared hoarsely.

"Dragon Garden..."

For some reason, Hirata could sense a deep sense of self-reproach mixed in with the raging fury of Ryuen.

Unable to save Long Yuanxiang, who was not only his classmate and younger brother but also one of his few friends, all he could do at this moment was to rage helplessly in front of him.

Long Yuan knew exactly how pathetic he was. As a 'tyrant,' he couldn't even protect his own subjects. What kind of tyrant was he, all alone?

As Long Yuan gradually calmed down, his gaze grew increasingly cold.

"Don't try to persuade me anymore. What we need to do now is figure out how to make Ishizaki's elimination more valuable."

……

Even Hirata noticed it, so naturally Amane did too. However, compared to the two groups of students who were on high alert, Amane appeared much more composed.

The first-year students' plan to ambush her was exactly what she wanted.

Rather than sneaking up mountains in the middle of the night to raid strongholds, Tianyin prefers things like this, where lambs to the slaughter gather together voluntarily, waiting for the butcher to arrive. This is definitely the most comforting thing for Tianyin.

Seeing the lambs baring their teeth and trying their best to show their aggression, Tianyin found it incredibly funny. They were such a cute bunch of little lambs, though a bit stupid. However, when Tianyin was carrying out her executions, she didn't care whether the fallen creatures were smart or stupid, or whether they were male or female. As long as they couldn't satisfy her pleasure, she would just eliminate them all.

As for Ishizaki?

Sorry, Tianyin never intended to save them from the beginning. Fishing requires bait first, and fish will only take the bait if they bite it. It would be a bit difficult to swallow these twenty-odd people all at once if you are unwilling to use that little bit of bait.

After all, as long as there is bait, the first-year students will definitely think that even if they fail to attack her, they can eliminate these ten baits first and then escape unscathed. In that case, the losers will only be the second-year students.

The idea is good. If it were someone else, they might have hesitated because of these hostages. It's just a pity that she is Miyako Amane.

Her constant pursuit is to maximize profits.

"Now!!!"

Taking advantage of Amane's distraction, Tsubaki Sakura pointed at her and shouted loudly.

In an instant, countless paintballs were tossed high into the air from the first-year students' ranks, then fell rapidly like a summer downpour, crashing down on Tianyin.

Tianyin kicked away the bewildered Jiang Yan, then casually took off her tracksuit tied around her waist and began to dance rapidly.

"Are you kidding me?!"

Tsubaki Sakurako stared in shock as the sportswear, which had been used as an umbrella to deflect paintballs, actually caught the entire first round of paintballs.

The sportswear, which was clearly an inanimate object, seemed to come alive in Tianyin's hands, like a nimble snake that precisely swallowed all the paintball attacks launched by the first-year students.

The impenetrable defense instilled even greater fear in the first-year students, who began to disobey commands and haphazardly pound their paintballs at Tianyin, hoping to knock the tracksuit to the ground with their own strength.

However, even after using up all the paintballs she had brought in the first year, not a single paintball had left even the slightest mark on Tianyin's body.

"Is that all? It's much simpler than I expected~ It's actually quite boring..."

Tianyin, who was waving her tracksuit with one hand, yawned widely. Then, suddenly, the hand inside the tracksuit grabbed at her face. The next second, a paintball was crushed by Tianyin's hand as if they had planned it. The blue liquid almost changed the color of Tianyin's tracksuit. But the more stained the tracksuit was, the more people couldn't help but look at the clean white shirt Tianyin was wearing underneath.

The stark contrast drove the first-year student to a complete breakdown.

"Monster! This guy is a monster!!"

A boy pointed at Tianyin and roared.

He couldn't believe that someone in the world could catch hundreds or even thousands of paintballs with just one hand using a tracksuit; it was something no human could do.

monster!

Yes! Only a monster could do something so defying common sense!

Seeing that the first-year students had run out of paintballs, Amane casually draped her school uniform over her shoulders, and then looked at Ishizaki for the first time.

"Ishizaki, you guys should be prepared to be men by now, right?"

"..."

Ishizaki, lying on the ground, moved his lips slightly, saying something, but in Amane's eyes, it was clear that Ishizaki understood.

Then Tianyin waved her hand.

There were no shouts of ambush, no orders from Tianyin, and not even any offensive.

"Yagami, let's retreat."

Tsubaki Sakura didn't even bother to inform Masahiko before turning around and preparing to leave.

Just then, Tsubaki Sakurako suddenly stopped walking.

"Did you hear anything?"

"A sound? What kind of sound could there be? Oh dear!"

As soon as Utsunomiya raised his head, he was hit squarely in the face by a paintball. The power of a paintball thrown from a mountain hundreds of meters high was unimaginable. The light impact made Utsunomiya see stars, and after struggling for a few moments, he lay down on the ground.

"land!"

Before Tsubaki Sakura could react, she was also knocked to the ground by a paintball that fell from the sky.

Splash splash splash splash!

Paintballs rained down from the sky like a storm, battering the poor first-year students. Cries for help and shouts filled the air, and the scene descended into chaos. No matter how Jiang Yan tried to restrain them, they all ran around like flies. Jiang Yan glanced at Tian Yin, who was also within the paintball range but still managed to smile, and made his decision.

Jiang Yan chose to run away.

As long as he is still here, he can continue to lead the first and second grades to fight against each other. As the leader of Class A of the first grade, he absolutely cannot let Tianyin leave him here. It is not yet time for him to duel with Tianyin.

With Yan Yi's escape, the others naturally lost their inhibitions and screamed as they tried to flee. But just then, a sudden change occurred.

"Brothers! Stop them!!"

Ishizaki shouted loudly to the other prisoners in a hoarse voice.

From the moment the attacks began in the second year, these people knew they couldn't escape. Since that was the case, they had nothing to be afraid of. Even if they were to be eliminated, they would drag the first-year students down with them.

A girl was running away when a boy suddenly grabbed her tightly from behind. The girl screamed and started to struggle, but no matter what she did, she couldn't break free from his arms. She could only stand there helplessly as paintballs hit her and she was eliminated.

Similar situations were happening all over this small battlefield.

The boys in Class C of the second year, fighting with all their might, unleashed an unprecedented level of fighting power. For example, Ishizaki actually dared to go head-to-head with Baoquan in the midst of a hail of bullets. Even though Baoquan kicked Ishizaki around like a punching bag, Ishizaki stuck to Baoquan like glue. Baoquan tried desperately to kick Ishizaki, who was clinging to his legs and refusing to let him go, but to no avail. In the end, Baoquan, who had been hit by paintballs countless times, could only sit down helplessly on the ground.

Looking at Ishizaki, whose face was covered in blue paintball stains and blood, Baoquan rarely pursed his lips.

"What a madman."

As soon as Baoquan finished speaking, he saw Tianyin walk past him. Baoquan, who was originally unconvinced, immediately lay down on the ground and pretended to be dead, afraid that Tianyin would come over and beat him up again if she wanted to avenge Shizaki and the others.

This little trick couldn't escape Tianyin's notice, but Tianyin didn't have time to pay attention to Baoquan, who had already been eliminated. She headed straight for the base of Class B, Grade 1.

Just as they arrived at the foot of the mountain where Class 1B was located, Amane bumped into Hayasaka, who was carrying two flags and seemed to be preparing to move.

Hayasaka was speechless. According to the rules, the head of the main camp, or commander, of a year cannot leave the base they are defending to participate in actual attack operations. If it were like the second year, where there was only one base, it would be fine. For example, Ryuen could stay in the base and still command the others.

However, the strongest class in her year was Class A, and the best stronghold was naturally Class A's. This meant that even though she was the commander-in-chief, the stronghold she was in was quite vulnerable. Although the area was large enough, it was easy to attack but difficult to defend. So when she learned that the first class had been defeated, her first reaction was to take the flag and flee to Class A's stronghold to hide.

Speaking of which, it must be mentioned that the leaders of the first year are quite decisive at times. For example, when they were escaping, Tsubaki Sakurako, Utsunomiya and Yagami discussed it and decided that they would not be able to hold the base if they went back, so they simply abandoned the B class base and retreated with Masahiko back to the only remaining A class base of the first year.

It can be said that this decision was very correct, and it could also effectively avoid the tragic situation of being wiped out by Tianyin after returning to Class B's base. However, they seemed to have forgotten something very important.

They seem to have lost their commander.

According to the rules of the special exam, as long as you capture or eliminate the opposing commander, your side will be considered to have won.