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

When Teacher Chabashira gently touched her neck, the ahoge (cowlick) on Amane's head immediately stood up in fright.

His expression stiffened. Seeing that he had successfully fooled Amane, Chabashira patted the ahoge (cowlick) on Amane's head with satisfaction before turning and leaving gracefully, leaving Amane standing stiffly outside the door. She also realized that if things continued like this, it might really turn out as Chabashira-sensei had said...

However, after glancing at the room full of beautiful girls, Amane turned away and forgot about Chabashira-sensei's reminder.

'You're all lovely girls, how could you do something so violent...right?'

The school took into account that the students, who had just finished a late-night battle, needed a good night's sleep, so the closing ceremony was moved to 10:30 p.m. After the ceremony, students could enjoy a luxurious buffet prepared by a top chef specially hired by the school. After lunch break, they would return to Hida around 3 p.m., stay overnight in Hida, and return to the school early the next morning.

The students didn't pay much attention to the schedule, since the special exams were over and it was time for them to relax.

When the closing ceremony arrived, all the students who participated in this special exam gathered at the spot where they had gotten off the bus. The students from each class stood in the exact same spot as at the opening ceremony, but their moods were quite different now that more than half a month had passed.

Compared to the second-year students who were all beaming with joy, chatting, laughing, and discussing how many special points their class would get, the first-year students mostly looked dejected. Only Hayasaka and a few others remained calm. However, the thought that their class was about to suffer a huge financial loss, which would indirectly lead to a significant drop in their quality of life, made Hayasaka's mood quite low. But this special exam really didn't concern her much. Both the actual planning and actions were basically directed by Hiko. The current situation was truly embarrassing.

Thinking of this, Hayasaka looked at the first-year Class A area. Masahiko was not there. According to Amasawa, Masahiko was seriously injured last night and was still receiving treatment. However, Hayasaka knew that Masahiko did not want to be ridiculed by others here.

To be honest, Jiang Yan had already tried his best, but the others only wanted to cooperate with him at the last minute. The chaos and backstabbing in the early stages gave the second-year students too many opportunities. The internal discord was the real reason for the failure of this special exam.

It can only be said that the first-year students were not strong enough and lacked experience, so there is really nothing to complain about.

Ms. Fujiwara took her manuscript and walked up to the specially built platform. The weather was unusually nice today; the gentle sunlight was not scorching, and the post-rain breeze was exceptionally cool, carrying the unique scent of the mountains, making people feel unusually pleasant and comfortable.

"First of all, thank you everyone..."

Ms. Fujiwara's summary lasted about half an hour. She praised the outstanding individuals and classes, then criticized dangerous behaviors and overly violent actions. In the end, she even emphasized personal conduct, though it was unclear who she was talking about. Amane said it probably wasn't her. After Ms. Fujiwara finished rambling on about all the unimportant things, everyone perked up when she mentioned rewards and punishments.

"According to the rules, the winning side has the right to share the remaining special exam points of the current grade, as well as all the remaining special points of the losing side. Therefore, the winning second grade will share a total of 1296 special points as a reward. In addition, all students who participated in this special exam will receive a reward of 10 personal points. The forty-two students who were not eliminated by the end of the special exam will receive a reward of 50 personal points."

Chapter 224: The Dropouts

"Nearly 1300 special points? That's amazing! Even if each class averages out, that's over 300 class points. This is finally a rare and large sum of points! Ahhh~ Ahhh~ With this result, I can finally go back and report to that guy Sakayanagi... Hey, Hashimoto, you don't seem very happy?"

After learning that he would receive 500,000 personal points and his class would receive more than 300 class points, the smile on Kamuro's face never stopped. This was a rare and great harvest for other classes since Tenon stepped into the position of Class A in the second year.

Not only the students in Class B, but many students in Class C and Class D had already started jumping and celebrating. The entire second year was immersed in the joy of a great victory. However, at this moment, Kamuro noticed that Hashimoto next to him had a solemn expression, as if the news of the great victory had nothing to do with him. This unusual behavior made Kamuro unable to help but ask.

"Kamuro-kun, do you think this is something worth celebrating?"

Hashimoto's question caused Kamuro's smile to gradually fade, and he glared at Hashimoto unhappily.

"Say something like that when everyone's celebrating. Aren't you just spoiling the fun? Stop beating around the bush and just say what you want to say."

Although Kamuro was angry that Hashimoto said something inappropriate in this situation, she was not a student who didn't think things through. The reason why Hashimoto did not join in the celebration must be that he noticed something that she had not noticed. Therefore, Kamuro did not blame Hashimoto for not being a part of the group. Instead, she urged him to tell her what he had discovered.

Who performed best in this special exam?

Hashimoto did not directly answer Kamuro's question, but instead asked Kamuro about everyone's performance in the special exam.

Kamuro's gaze toward Hashimoto regarding this issue now resembled that of someone looking at an idiot.

"Is there even a question? Of course it's Amane. On the first day, she took down Class D of the first year, then seized the flags of Class B and Class C of the first year, and finally fought a great battle with Miyako Masahiko to snatch the flag of Class A of the first year from Hayasaka, the commander of the first year. Such a performance is simply well-deserved number one."

Everyone witnessed Tianyin's performance. The others mainly focused on maintaining the students' daily meals and throwing paintballs during this special exam. They only truly clashed with the first-year students in the final battle. The rest of the time, Tianyin was the one guiding the direction of the special exam. In terms of merit, Tianyin's first place was undoubtedly the best.

Hashimoto didn't react emotionally to Kamuro's answer, because he was also a participant in the entire special exam and followed Amane step by step towards victory. In fact, Hashimoto had more authority to speak about the role Amane played in this exam than Kamuro did.

"Do you remember the reward for this special exam? It was that one:"

The rules state that "the student with the highest number of individual defeats, the student who completes the most reward challenges, and the student who captures the most flags will each receive a personal point reward of 100 million, their class will receive 100 class points, and they will also receive a class transfer ticket."

When Hashimoto mentioned the reward for the special exam, Kamuro thought for a moment and then nodded.

"There is such a rule, but what does it have to do with Tianyin...?"

Kamishiro's voice abruptly stopped. If this rule were to be followed, Tenon would receive at least 200 million personal points, 200 class points, and two class transfer tickets.

Compared to the 200 million personal points that Kamuro was so excited about, the 200 class points would be the final straw that broke Class B's back.

This means that Class A will lead Class B by at least 200 points after this special exam. Perhaps others don't fully grasp the significance of this number, but let's put it this way: Class B in second year spent a full year and a half earning less than 200 class points. This alone represents a waste of half of everyone's school time. Whether they'll have another opportunity for such a rewarding special exam is uncertain, especially if the rewards are significantly reduced later…

This means that the matter has been settled.

Hashimoto had been watching Kamuro's expression closely, and when he saw Kamuro's face growing increasingly grim, Hashimoto laughed instead.

"Well, there's really no need to worry so much. Miyako has two transfer tickets. If you can get special treatment from her, maybe..."

"Stop trying to fool me with this kind of empty promise. Even if Amane uses the transfer ticket, it will only let girls with outstanding abilities like Sakayanagi or Fukuyama, or those with whom she already has a close relationship, go there. Such an important thing is not going to be used on someone like me. Oh well, graduating as a B-class student is fine anyway..."

Kamuro was interrupted by a sneer from Hashimoto before he could finish speaking.

"You haven't forgotten who completed the most reward challenges, have you?"

The reward challenges are daily tasks that the school arranges for staff to set up questions or physical challenges at the base. Amane was busy fighting against the first-year students, so she never paid attention to these things. Since completing the challenges would reward some props, ingredients and special points, Shiina was always in charge of leading the team to handle these reward challenges.

Since Shiina Hiyori is a member of Class C, this special exam will give Class C a chance to catch up with Class B in one fell swoop.

"Shiina Hiyori... another troublesome guy. Looks like I'll have to fight with all my might from now on. What a hassle!"

Kamuro glanced at the dejected Shiina Hiyori with disgust and clicked his tongue inwardly.

Actually, she had thought about the transfer tickets, but based on Kamuro's judgment, the first one was definitely for Sakayanagi's use, without a doubt, so the second one would most likely be for Shiina Hiyori.

In the past, Shiina Hiyori might not have accepted Amane's invitation, but after several recent encounters, Kamuro discovered that Shiina Hiyori was also quite interested in Amane. In that case, if Amane really wanted to compete for a transfer spot, Shiina Hiyori would be her strongest competitor.

She, Masumi Kamuro, could no longer sit idly by and wait for her doom.

After Ms. Fujiwara announced the individual and class points earned by the second-year students, the main event began. The awards were given to those who performed exceptionally well in the special exam. Just as Hashimoto had predicted, Amane received the honor of having the most eliminated students and the most class flags captured. She was awarded 200 class points, 200 million individual points, and two unconditional class transfer tickets – a generous reward that would make everyone envious.

In addition, Ms. Fujiwara awarded everyone a Special Survival Exam Medal. With this medal, if you encounter a special exam where you are about to be expelled, you can spend only one million personal points to get rescued and avoid being expelled.

This commemorative medal is undoubtedly the most desired item for everyone present, but there are two rather stringent conditions for its use. The first is that it can only be used in special exams that are 'rescible'. In special exams like the Command Tower, where rescue is not possible and failure means expulsion, the survival medal is useless. The second point is that the medal holder must have one million personal points, and no transfers can be made to her account from the moment she is deemed to be expelled.

To avoid expulsion, one must possess one million personal points at the moment of expulsion; lending or paying on behalf of others is not permitted.

One million points is not a small amount of money for anyone. Even those who received a reward of 500,000 personal points still have a balance of less than one million. So how to raise as many as one million personal points will become the most troublesome thing for these students who have the commemorative badge.

"The rewards have been distributed; now it's time for the punishment."

Ms. Fujiwara looked at the first-year students who had remained silent since the announcement of the awards.

Admittedly, many first-year students performed exceptionally well in this special exam, but unfortunately, those who lost are destined to face their own painful punishment.

"First, there's the 'Designated Expulsion.' According to the special exam regulations, each second-year class can designate one student from a different class to be expelled. This expulsion penalty can be waived using 20 million personal points, provided you have 20 million personal points."

Speaking of designated expulsion, we must mention that this rule has a major flaw: the scope of designated expulsion applies to all first-year students. This means that even if you don't participate in the special exam, you will be expelled immediately if you are selected. This is undoubtedly unfair to those students. The school's explanation is that luck is also a part of ability.

It's normal for some people to be unlucky and get fired from their jobs or encounter various difficulties. So, if a student is expelled for not taking a special exam, the punishment will be carried out in accordance with the rules.

Luck, at this moment, has also become a part of determining one's own fate.

As soon as Ms. Fujiwara finished speaking, Amasawa was the first to step out from the group.

"Principal Fujiwara, if I remember correctly, the rules also state that 300 class points can be used to exempt you from all penalties in this special exam, right?"

Fujiwara nodded in response to Amasawa's question.

"That's right, this is compensation for the first-year students who didn't participate in the major special exams, but are you sure you want to do this? Changes in class points could directly affect the current class rankings. Shouldn't you discuss such a big matter internally?"

"Thank you for your kind offer, but this is a decision we made before the special exam. We don't want anyone to drop out on the first real special exam."

Tianze's answer made Yagami re-examine him. Unlike Tianze's approach, Yagami did not intend to use such an expensive method as sacrificing 300 class points to avoid expulsion. Although it was a feigned surrender in the end, Tianyin had promised them that she would not designate him to be expelled. So Yagami decided to take a gamble. As long as he was not expelled, it didn't matter who in Class B of the first year was expelled.

The other two classes shared the same idea, especially Class D. Class D had already suffered a significant loss of strength due to the conflict with Longyuan. If they were to lose another 300 class points, Class D would be essentially rendered useless. Therefore, even though Baoquan wanted to use the 300 class points to protect himself from being expelled, he was opposed by the other students in his class.

"Then please have each class in the second grade send a representative to designate one student from each of the three classes B, C, and D in the first grade to withdraw from school."

Although they had already guessed that this might be the outcome, the second-year students all felt a pang of sadness when they heard from Ms. Fujiwara that three classes had refused to protect their classmates in order to save class points.

This is strikingly similar to how they initially rushed to expel underperforming students based solely on data provided by the school and their individual academic performance.

Hirata then recalled the scene during the first monthly exam, when five students from Class D were expelled in one go, and he was powerless to do anything about it.

If they had enough class points at the time, and there was a rule that all students could be protected by sacrificing class points, Hirata felt that he would definitely have chosen to sacrifice class points to protect everyone.

But unfortunately, there are no "what ifs".

Some things, once missed, are missed forever. All he can do is try his best to protect the remaining companions who have come this far with him.

"Is it up to you to decide who drops out, Miyako, or should we each do our own thing?"

Longyuan already had a designated candidate for withdrawal, but since Tianyin was a major contributor to the second-year victory, it was natural to ask her first as a token of appreciation.

"I'll protect Hayasaka Miyabi and Nanase Tsubasa. The rest are up to you."

After Tianyin finished speaking, she was about to return to the team, but Longyuan grabbed her hat and pulled her back.

"Wait a minute, isn't something missing from the list of people you're sue for?"

Upon hearing Ryuen's words, Kanzaki and Hashimoto both looked at Amane, as several key figures were missing from the list Amane had provided.

"Huh? Who's missing? Weren't Class 1-A exempted from expulsion?"

Tianyin blinked in confusion, as if she really couldn't remember anyone else who needed her protection.

"Have you forgotten? You promised those who surrendered that you wouldn't require them to drop out of school."

Seeing that Tianyin had actually forgotten such an important matter, Longyuan could only remind her.

At this moment, Tianyin also remembered the agreement made last night.

"It seems there was such a thing, but... what does what Miyako Tenon promised have to do with you, Ryuuen Sho?"

Tianyin revealed a cruel smile.

Takuya Yagami, a student in Class B of the first year, was also ordered to drop out of school.

Tsubaki Sakurako, a first-year student in Class C, has been ordered to drop out of school.

Baoquan and Chen from Class D of Grade 1 have been ordered to withdraw from school.

Chapter 225: Are you trying to kill me?

On a late August morning, sunlight gently shone through thin clouds onto the quiet streets of the school. At this time, most students should be enjoying a rare, leisurely holiday.

This was especially true for the students who had just returned from Hida. Even Horikita, who regularly got up early to exercise, had been sleeping in late since returning.

On the contrary, Amane, who usually sleeps in late, got up early, and then carefully dressed herself before leaving the dormitory under Horikita's wary gaze.

Holding a giant croissant, a gift from Ms. Fujiwara, Amane was supposedly inspired by some strange anime she watched and created an upgraded version of the croissant. Amane hadn't intended to take the two croissants that looked like horns, but Ms. Fujiwara offered them for free, so…

Tianyin arrived at the "Palette" café. In Tianyin's memory, she had rarely come here since she packed more than a dozen boxes of tomato juice and hoarded them in her dormitory. The only time she came was when she went to see a movie with others and bought a drink on the spur of the moment.

The entrance to the café is filled with beautiful flowers whose names I don't know, emitting a sweet and comforting fragrance. As soon as I approached the café, I was drawn to the floral scent in the air and stopped in my tracks.

I took out the address from my pocket to confirm. The other party didn't say whether it was inside or outside the coffee shop. Just standing outside and waiting would make me look like an idiot. I might as well go in, order a drink, and enjoy it while I wait for the other party to arrive.

That's right, the reason Amane came here today is because she received a confession letter. The letter is from a third-year upperclassman who is said to be quite close to Kaede. Kaede said she heard a lot about Amane from Kaede and found it very interesting. In addition, she was impressed by Amane's outstanding performance at last year's sports festival and hopes that Amane can meet her to satisfy her curiosity, etc.

Although the content of the letter was very subtle, it was essentially a love confession. However, Tianyin was also curious about the confession from the third-year senior. Generally, by the third year, students' desire and need for dating tend to decrease significantly. Those who had partners before were already in the honeymoon phase, and even if they broke up, it was likely to happen after graduation.

People who don't have a partner generally won't consider finding one when they're about to graduate from their third year. Even if it's to make up for the regrets of being a high school student, they should be thinking about it in the first semester of their third year.

Like wanting to date a girl a year below her in the second semester of third grade... Even Amane couldn't figure out what this senior was thinking. However, all the answers would be revealed when the other girl showed up, so Amane didn't have that anxious feeling of wanting to get the answer too much.

Tianyin pushed open the door of the coffee shop, and the doorbell rang melodiously, followed by a familiar greeting.

"Welcome! Oh, it's Amane-chan~ What would you like to drink today?"

"Give me a glass of milk."

"Eh? Amane-chan, you're still drinking milk? It's time to try the latte that adults love, isn't it?"

"I'm still a child and need more nutrition."

Tianyin smiled, paid the money, and then pointed to herself.

The red-haired female shop assistant's expression suddenly became incredibly strange.

"Replenish...nutrients?"

Looking at her overly developed breasts, the red-haired woman fell silent.

"Oh, remember to add sugar."

Carrying a glass of milk with three spoonfuls of sugar, Tianyin found a seat by the window. The café had just opened, and Tianyin was the first customer of the day. It was a rare opportunity to get a seat that she would never normally be able to find, so Tianyin happily began to enjoy her breakfast.

Soon, the doorbell rang again. Amane instinctively looked up at the door. A girl with delicate features and a very cute appearance, the kind of girl who would stand out in a crowd, walked into the cafe. Before the staff could greet her, the girl looked at the only customer in the cafe, Amane Miyako.

Seemingly lacking confidence, she took out her phone and looked at something. If Tianyin wasn't mistaken, the other party was probably comparing her photo with her in person.

Sure enough, after confirming that it was Tianyin, the other person walked towards him with a big smile on his face.

"Hello, are you Miyako-san? I'm Shiratori Hae from Class 3-B, the one who asked Miyako-san to come out and meet me."

As soon as Shiratori sat down, she playfully began to introduce herself.

"I am Miyako Amane. It's a pleasure to meet you, senior. Please give me your guidance."