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

"Is it your shift today, Manager Kiryuin? Where is Ms. Fujiwara? Usually she's busy with her little inventions at this time."

Amane casually picked up a white lamb-shaped dessert and chewed it. The cream was so smooth and the chocolate was made with carefully selected ingredients. There was no doubt that Ms. Fujiwara had chosen the ingredients. Only someone would go to such lengths to use such high-quality ingredients. She really loves baking bread and desserts. If the Fujiwara family didn't need an agent to step forward, Ms. Fujiwara might already be the world's number one baking master or pastry master.

As for the production...

It must have been my mother's doing. The reason is simple: the lamb looked really good, but the taste was a bit hard to describe. It wasn't that it was bad, but it just felt like such a waste of such good ingredients.

"Fujiwara was dragged back by the chairman, who grabbed her ear. Before she left, he asked me to watch the shop for a while. Is this Amane your friend?"

Compared to Fujiwara-san, who was once again dragged back to be disciplined for not doing her job properly, Marina was clearly more interested in the girls around Amane.

Masumi Kamuro.

The moment Amane and Kamuro entered, Marina quickly went through all the information she had gathered about Kamuro Masumi in her mind, and then shook her head slightly in her heart.

This person is the worst choice for Amane in terms of both character and personality. Even as a friend, Marina is not very optimistic about him. Marina doesn't really care about his lack of ability, but Kamuro's habit of stealing is a major taboo in Marina's eyes.

Although the investigation suggests it's more like a kleptomania disorder, and the problem almost disappeared after Kamuro met Sakayanagi Arisu, suggesting it's related to kleptomania stemming from psychological emptiness, Marina doesn't like this girl with a 'criminal record'.

Due to her family's upbringing and etiquette, Marina perfectly controlled her expression, making her appear no different from ordinary people. However, this subtle action was still noticed by Amane.

"This is a new student who transferred to our class. Her name is Kamuro Masumi. Masumi is the acting manager of this bakery, Kiryuin. When Manager Fujiwara is not here, Manager Kiryuin will be in charge of the store."

Kamuro found it a bit strange that Amane was giving such a grand introduction to the manager of a bakery, but he still greeted Marina.

"Greetings, Manager Kiryuin. I am Masumi Kamuro. I look forward to working with you in the future."

"I wouldn't dare offer advice, after all, my skills are far from those of Manager Fujiwara; I'm at best an intern manager. However, I can certainly offer discounts to customers. Kamuro-kun, next time you shop at the store, I'll give you a 50% discount! ~"

"I happen to often buy bread when I pass by here, so thank you in advance, Manager Kiryuin."

"Kamuro-kun, you don't need to be so polite."

After a brief exchange with Kamuro, Marina turned her gaze to Amane.

"Amane, are you here to buy desserts or to see Manager Fujiwara? If you're looking for Manager Fujiwara, I can help you get in touch, although she might not have time."

Marina recalled the thick stack of unprocessed documents on Fujiwara's desk and said somewhat uncertainly.

"No, that's not it! Today I was planning to teach Masumi how to make desserts, and I wanted to borrow the bakery's kitchen and oven."

Making desserts? Marina thought about it for a moment and then nodded in agreement.

Anyway, the desserts that Amane makes are much tastier than those that Marina makes herself. No matter how hard Marina tries, even if she is a genius, she can only make desserts up to the ceiling of an ordinary baker. To cross that hurdle, she needs a lot of time and experience to accumulate. Marina doesn't want to waste time on baking, so she hasn't made any progress.

In addition, the students at the school have all become picky eaters because of Fujiwara-san and Amane's desserts, which has made Marina's baked goods not sell very well. So now Marina is just simply looking after the shop.

Since she wasn't planning on restocking anyway, she figured she might as well lend the kitchen to Tianyin so she could enjoy desserts made by Tianyin herself later.

Thinking of this, Marina pointed in the direction of the kitchen.

"You should be very familiar with the kitchen, so feel free to use it. But remember to make me one of your signature desserts to try, as payment for using the kitchen."

"OK! Leave this little thing to me."

Amane readily agreed to Marina's request and then pulled Kamuro into the kitchen to make desserts.

After the two entered the kitchen and closed the door, Kamuro breathed a sigh of relief while constantly patting his chest.

"Masumi, what's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"

"That's not it at all. The pressure from Manager Kiryuin outside the door is too much. Just being stared at makes me sweat all over..."

Tenon looked at Kamuro and was somewhat puzzled to see that the back of his shirt was indeed soaked with sweat.

"Pressure? I don't feel any pressure."

It seems that ever since Amane learned that Kiryuin Marina was her mother, she has been much more relaxed when facing Marina. She has not felt any pressure from Marina. Moreover, Amane is not the only one who has seen Marina. In her memory, dozens of people around her have seen Marina, but this is the first time she has encountered a situation like Kamuro's.

"Don't you think it's normal? I think she looks a bit like... a grown-up version of Tianyin. Just thinking about facing a grown-up version of you makes me nervous."

Upon hearing Kamuro's reason for being nervous, Amane couldn't help but puff out her cheeks.

"Why would I be that scared! Even if you think of Manager Kiryuin as me when I'm all grown up, wouldn't I be a mature, composed, beautiful, and dignified person? It's strange that you're nervous, Masumi... Could it be... that you've been nervous the whole time you're on our date?"

Amane squeezed Kamuro's other hand, which hadn't been held before, and sure enough, his palm was covered in sweat. Now she could understand why Kamuro was nervous. It turned out that Kamuro had been in a state of high tension from the very beginning of their date. He only relaxed a little while watching the movie, and before the tension had completely dissipated, he encountered Marina, who looked about 80% like Amane. Marina did look like a more mature version of Amane, so it was understandable that he was so nervous that he was sweating profusely.

However... Amane always felt that Marina was showing hostility towards Kamuro, but perhaps she was overthinking it.

"Of course...this is my first date..."

Is this your first date with a girl?

Amane nodded thoughtfully. She still remembered how nervous Horikita was on their first date that he even walked awkwardly, and how Horikita had punished her for simply laughing...

It's understandable that Kamuro would be nervous on his first date with a girl.

"Shall we begin? First, let's take off our clothes..."

……

Just as Tenon was teaching Kamuro sweets how to make them, Tenze had already arrived at the bakery entrance. Originally, Tenze wanted to barge in and bump into Tenon and the others, but after observing them quietly for a while, she couldn't help but frown.

Because Amane and Kamuro weren't inside the bakery. You see, she saw them enter the bakery with her own eyes, and the bakery only had one exit. Even if Amane had amazing stealth abilities, it was absolutely impossible for her to sneak away silently under Kamuro's nose.

There is only one answer: Tianyin entered the kitchen for some unknown reason!

At present, this is the only plausible guess, but it is not good news for Tianze. The fact that Tianyin was able to enter the kitchen means that the owner and Tianyin have a good relationship, so she can enter the kitchen. But he doesn't know the owner at all and has never been a customer. It would be strange if the owner let her into the kitchen. The only possibility is that he said he came to see Tianyin, and the owner would probably be willing to help notify Tianyin.

But in that case, Tianyin would most likely come out to see her on her own, and Tianze's attempt to show off their affection in front of Shenshi to deter his rival would become meaningless.

What should I do?

As Amaze paced anxiously around the corner in front of the bakery, trying to think of a way to enter the kitchen without alerting the enemy, little did she know that her every move was being watched by Marina.

Of course, it wasn't that Marina had any superpowers that allowed her to see Amasawa standing at the corner; rather, there just happened to be a surveillance camera above Amasawa's head.

Marina watched as Amasawa paced back and forth on the surveillance footage, glancing furtively at the bakery every now and then. Even a fool would know that Amasawa was definitely up to something.

Now that Ms. Fujiwara is not here, and it's still time for the students to have intensive training and before school ends, it's obvious that the other party's purpose is to target Amane.

Marina instinctively reached for the iron cone hidden under her skirt, but after a quick thought, she had a very creative idea.

Marina had a vague impression of Amasawa; he seemed to be one of the first-year pets that Amane had approved of. Now it seemed that this pet was a bit clingy. If she put this clingy pet in the kitchen... that girl named Kamuro shouldn't come looking for Amane again for a while.

Although Amasawa is an assassin from the White House side, Marina doesn't like him very much either, but compared to Kamuro, Amasawa's family background and upbringing are a plus.

It barely reached a level that Marina could accept, so Marina felt it was necessary to use Amasawa to keep Kamuro and Amane at a distance and give Amane some time to calmly consider things.

With that thought in mind, Marina put on a mask with a faint smile and walked out of the bakery.

"Hello, student, how can I help you?"

The moment Amaze saw Marina, he was startled. Marina and Amane looked so alike that even people who were close to Amane might mistake one for the other. Fortunately, Amaze had countless close encounters with Amane, so he quickly realized that the other person just looked like Amane.

"I'm so sorry to bother you. I arranged to meet a friend named Miyako Amane here, but I've been waiting for ages and she hasn't shown up. I was in a rush to leave and forgot my phone, so I was thinking of borrowing yours to call my friend... But I've never been here before, so I'm a little hesitant to talk to you... If it's alright, could I please borrow your phone?"

Even when caught red-handed, Tianze quickly came up with a somewhat far-fetched but plausible excuse.

"So you're Tianyin's friend! What a coincidence, Tianyin is currently teaching another girl how to make desserts in my kitchen. Would you like to go see her?"

"Yeah, we agreed to meet here and teach that girl how to make desserts. Maybe Tianyin couldn't get through to me on the phone, so she started teaching her earlier?"

Amaze seemed to be answering his own question at the end, but he was actually explaining to Marina why they arrived here one after the other. If it were an ordinary person, they would definitely believe Amaze's explanation, but Marina just smiled and watched Amaze for a while before nodding gently.

"Then please come with me."

Marina led Amasawa to the entrance of the kitchen and stopped.

"Tianyin is inside, you can find her yourself. I have to watch the shop, so I won't go in."

"Thank you so much."

"Since we're all friends of Tianyin, there's no need to be so polite with me. Come on in. I imagine Tianyin is probably getting impatient waiting for you."

Urged on by Marina, Amasawa took a deep breath and then knocked on the door.

A flurry of activity erupted from the kitchen, and the faint sounds of Kamishiro's heavy breathing and cries of pain could be heard. Upon hearing this, Tenze's eyes sharpened, and without waiting for Tenon to open the door, he rushed in.

Then Tianze was shocked at the door.

Kamuro was sweating profusely, breathing heavily. His shirt had vanished, leaving him only in his underwear. Amane was even more direct, wearing only a sweat-soaked tube top and shorts, revealing her strong, muscular abs.

"What...are you doing?"

Chapter 256: Satisfying You

"Yixia, what brings you here? Perfect timing, let's come together."

Tianyin walked towards Tianze with a smile, which startled Tianze. She didn't expect Tianyin to be so thirsty, doing such a thing in the kitchen of someone else's bakery and trying to drag her into this mess.

Terrified, Tenze quickly hid behind Marina.

"I...I just came to take a look, please don't come any closer!!"

"Huh? Weren't you here to make desserts together?"

"If we're going to make something, isn't there already that shrine? I don't want to be watched making...wait, desserts?"

Tianze panicked and wanted to refuse Tianyin's invitation, but he realized what he was saying halfway through.

Although the two of them had taken off their tops and were somewhat revealing, they were still wearing their skirts and hot pants neatly. Kamuro was also holding a large dough ball that had just been kneaded. Were they really making desserts?

"Why are you taking your clothes off while making dessert?"

"Why don't you try it yourself? There's an oven right next to us. I kneaded this lousy dough for ages, my hands are almost killing me from the effort, and this is the color it turned out to be. My clothes are already soaked with sweat. Are you expecting us to work in these wet clothes if we don't take them off?"

Kamuro had always been disappointed that the color of her dough could never compare to that of Tenon's. Tenze's appearance just happened to be the perfect opportunity for her to criticize. She had been working so hard that she hadn't even had time to drink water, yet someone was still questioning her, as if she had some serious illness.

After being angrily rebuked by Kamuro, Tensawa actually believed that the two were indeed making desserts.

After all, if someone were interrupted while doing that kind of thing, apart from Amane, no one else would be able to refute it as confidently as Kamuro.

"I'm sorry, senior. I was just a little curious. I know nothing about desserts. I was just curious when I saw you and Tianyin dressed so scantily. If you think I offended you, I apologize."

"No need for an apology."

Tenze's attitude changed very quickly, which surprised Kamuro slightly. However, it was not a big deal. In addition, since she knew Tenon and was on a date with Tenon, it was inconvenient to make the relationship too awkward. So she had no choice but to accept the way Tenze gave her.

"Well, now that the misunderstanding is cleared up, Ichika, can you come and help now?"

Tianyin revealed a smile that sent a chill down Tianze's spine.

At this crucial moment, Tenze suddenly thought of Nanase's somewhat silly smiling face.

It seems I can't escape today, so I might as well drag Nanase into it and get her to help.

"Of course, no problem. But Yi is still waiting for me to bring her some bread. How about we call her and ask her to come over and help?"

"Yi is here too? That's great! Give Yi a call and ask her to come over and help out."

Tianyin selectively forgot that someone outside the screening room chose to stand by and watch a certain idiot being bullied by Tianze die.

After getting permission from Amane, Amasawa completely forgot his excuse for coming to the bakery and directly took out his phone to call Nanase.

"Hey?"

"Tsubasa, hurry to the bakery, Amane wants to see you!"

Tianze spoke to the person on the other end of the phone with a mischievous grin.

"Huh? But, but I'm already in bed, and it's so warm~ Can I go in another time?"

Nanase's lazy, soft voice made the veins on Amaze's forehead throb.

Even though Nanase is right outside waiting, she's made up this excuse not to come and help. I'll see how I deal with her.

"Oh, I see. Well then, next time... Aha! Tsubasa, you've fallen for it..."

Taking advantage of Nanase's lack of vigilance, Tianze activated the school's unique online video function. As long as both parties authorized the camera during the call, one party could directly turn on the camera without the other's consent.

Because this feature is so intrusive, girls usually turn off camera authorization to block this feature that guys like to use as an excuse to secretly look at girls during calls under the guise of 'accidental touch'.

However, Nanase always left this function on because she couldn't use the school's modified phone at all, so she never knew where to turn it off. Also, apart from Amane, no one else used this function to ambush her, so Nanase simply left it on.

As a result, Tianze successfully launched a sneak attack this time.

The moment the camera switched on, Nanase was clearly startled. Her phone slipped from her hand, bounced on her chest, and finally fell onto the blanket.

"You've gone too far, you wicked woman!! There are outsiders watching! Idiot! Idiot!! You big idiot!!! I'm breaking up with you! You'd better sleep with one eye open tonight!"

Just as Nanase, enraged and embarrassed, pointed at Amasawa on the other side of the screen and loudly complained and rebuked him, everyone who had just witnessed the scene fell silent.

'Are girls all so well-developed these days? Nanase Tsubasa... she seems like a girl who would be very fertile. It's a pity Amane isn't a boy, otherwise Nanase would be an excellent choice...'

Marina looked at Nanase with a serious expression.

"This is insane! Hey!! This is way beyond the limit!"