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

But... what about the people she hurt? Isn't this considered deceiving Tianyin?

Just then, Ibuki's eyes lit up. Why was Amane still trying to persuade her even though she already knew all of Class C's plans?

Is it to give her a way out?

But... if she doesn't complete the mission... how will she explain it to Shiina?

This is so annoying!

“I know what the consequences of doing this will be, but I’ve already gone this far. If I don’t continue, I’ll be betraying other people’s trust. But if I continue, it will hurt you, Tianyin… I don’t know what to do.”

Did you hurt her?

Amane's doubts about Ibuki finally turned into firm belief!

Ibuki is going to cut her to pieces!

Fortunately, through talking to her, Ibuki's murderous intent was reduced somewhat, and it seemed that Ibuki herself was also a little wavering. If I try a little harder, I might really be able to get Ibuki to give up her impulsive actions.

Tenon gritted her teeth, walked up to Ibuki, and gently hugged her.

Then, feeling that the bread in his hand was getting in the way, he handed it to Ibuki.

"Mio, can you hold this for me for now?"

"Oh……"

After handing the bread to Ibuki, Amane hugged Ibuki tightly again.

"Mio, you just need to follow your heart. I won't blame you no matter which path you choose. If you can only find peace of mind by hurting me... then go ahead and hurt me."

Amane's muscles tensed at that moment; if Ibuki really made a move, Amane planned to give her a slam.

Completely unaware that she was only one step away from falling headfirst to the ground, Ibuki was slightly moved after hearing Amane's gentle words.

However, Ibuki still has no intention of giving up on the plan.

"Can I really hurt you, Tianyin?"

"Yes, of course, if you think it's necessary, Mio."

"Then tell me your barbecue sauce recipe... Waaaaaah!!!"

Before Ibuki could finish speaking, she was suddenly turned upside down. Caught off guard, Ibuki screamed in fright. Just as Tenne was about to finish the takedown, she suddenly remembered that Ibuki seemed to have said something strange to her earlier.

"Um... Mio, what did you just tell me to tell you?"

Amane, who had grabbed Ibuki by the waist and lifted her upside down, asked somewhat awkwardly.

"All I want is a sauce recipe! If you won't give it to me, fine! But you have to humiliate me like this! I can't live like this anymore!"

As Ibuki was talking, she suddenly started crying in front of Amane. Amane realized that something was wrong and quickly put Ibuki down, but even so, Ibuki still sat on the ground hugging her knees and cried loudly.

Completely unprepared for the seemingly strong Ibuki to cry like this, Amane frantically tried to wipe away Ibuki's tears with tissues, but Ibuki gave Amane no chance to comfort her and just cried sadly by herself.

It's not hard to understand why Ibuki turned out this way. Ibuki thought that Amane really allowed her to 'hurt' her a little once, and she was preparing to ask Amane for the recipe for barbecue sauce so as to fulfill her promise to Shiina.

But who knew that Amane would suddenly turn around and lift her upside down? Ibuki could easily see that Amane had deliberately approached her in order to catch her.

All those things Amane said before were definitely meant to lower her guard and deliberately get close to her. Not only was she moved for nothing, but Ibuki also realized that she had been deceived by Amane for the second time! This made Ibuki finally lose control of her emotions and burst into tears.

Amane was completely bewildered. She had no idea that Ibuki's threat to harm her was actually asking for some sauce. Amane couldn't understand how asking for sauce could hurt her. Amane had genuinely thought that Ibuki wanted to kill her, resulting in such a huge misunderstanding.

How should I coax him now?

"Um... maybe you should stop crying, Mio?"

"Get out! I don't want to see you right now!"

Ibuki shoved Amane aside and threw Amane's bread at her.

Tianyin took the bread and her temper flared up at the same time.

When has she ever been humiliated like this?

The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. She roared at Ibuki.

"Fine, I'll get out then. Do you think I'm afraid of you?"

As she spoke, Amane held the bread in her mouth, covered her head with her hands in front of Ibuki, and then rolled into the school building in a ball shape with her forehead against her knees.

This series of fluid movements left Ibuki, who was crying her heart out, completely dumbfounded.

No, Tianyin, you really know how to roll?

Amane rolled all the way to the steps before stopping. She patted the dust off her clothes from the tumbling, glanced triumphantly at Ibuki who was staring in disbelief, then snorted and walked upstairs.

As soon as she reached the second floor, Amane, realizing that Ibuki could no longer see her, quickly sped up and began to run upstairs. Fortunately, she had a flash of inspiration and came up with a way to escape the scene.

Otherwise, Amane really wouldn't know how to stop Ibuki from crying in a short time.

Because from any angle, it seems that Amane imagined Ibuki's motives to be too terrible. But what puzzles Amane is that the truth is completely different from her imagination. How did the two of them end up talking together?

When Amane finally returned to the classroom, she saw Airi watching something for Horikita. Seeing that no one had noticed her coming in, Amane quietly slipped back to her seat from behind everyone.

Before Tenon could even catch her breath after returning to her seat, Shinshiro sat down in front of her again.

"Masumi, is there something you need?"

"Yes, I have some, but judging from your appearance, Tianyin, you probably haven't eaten yet, right? We can talk after you finish eating. But why did you only eat some bread for lunch? There must be quite a few girls who want you to eat a bento box, right?"

Kamuro glanced meaningfully at the girls who were gathered in a circle, having a heated discussion. He figured that if Amane asked, no one would refuse the opportunity to have lunch with her.

Even so, it was unbelievable that Tenon could be reduced to eating bread for lunch.

"I was delayed for lunch today because of something, so I'll just have some bread. Masumi, just tell me what's wrong."

After Tenon finished speaking with a smile, she took a bite of bread and then received a small surprise from Kamuro.

"Then I'll just say it directly. I only remembered today when I saw everyone discussing the cultural festival. It seems that Class B decided on the cultural festival a long time ago. Apparently, they're going to build a haunted house."

"A haunted house? Masumi, are you sure Arisu intends to position the haunted house as a performance show?"

Amane perked up immediately upon hearing the news. She wasn't happy because she had obtained information, but rather because the performance program that Arisu had chosen piqued her curiosity.

Haunted houses are a staple of school festivals, almost a must-have, so Amane wasn't particularly surprised by their appearance. However, given Arisu's courage...

Even now, Amane still remembers the time when Arisu went to the amusement park with her. Full of confidence, she went into the haunted house with Arisu, but when they came out, Arisu's legs were so weak with fear that she could only move her feet by holding onto Amane's arm.

And most importantly, Arisu's emotions cannot fluctuate too much. But Arisu can't possibly not participate in building a haunted house, right? Won't Arisu be scared?

"Of course I'm sure. I was in charge of purchasing some props back then. The haunted house that Arisu is building seems to be quite a large project. I haven't seen Kito and the others for several days. You know, they started preparing when I left Class B. It's been more than a month now, they should be almost done with it, but..."

As Kamuro spoke, a look of hesitation crossed his face, as if he found something strange about the plan.

"But what? Masumi, have you noticed something noteworthy?"

Tianyin asked casually.

She didn't pay much attention to this matter. After all, this cultural festival was really about giving out benefits. There would be no punishment even if you did nothing. Since that was the case, there was no need for Amane to fight to the death with other classes for dozens or hundreds of class points. With Class A's class points, unless there was some unprecedented special exam, it was basically impossible to surpass them. So Amane just asked Kamuro about his doubts casually. However, Kamuro did provide Amane with some rather strange information.

"Well, although the plan for this cultural festival was finalized by Arisu and the students of Class B together, the details and arrangements were all discussed by Arisu and the Fukuyama sisters. It seems like they are planning to give the visitors a surprise."

"A surprise? Given Arisu's personality, it's more likely to be a shock, right?"

"Ah, that's true. Arisu loves to play pranks. Maybe if you went to clear the haunted house, you'd get pranked pretty badly too~"

"Huh? I won't be scared by haunted houses or anything like that..."

"Miyako Amane!!!"

While Amane and Kamuro were having a great time talking about the haunted house that Class B would be performing at the cultural festival, Ibuki, with red eyes, pushed open the door and startled everyone in the room.

"Ibuki-san, are you...crying?"

Horikita glanced at Ibuki and then looked at Amane with perfect ease.

“I… I didn’t cry. It’s just that… I took a nap at noon and my eyes are swollen… Anyway, this has nothing to do with you. I need to find Tianyin.”

Horikita didn't pay much attention to Ibuki's bad attitude and simply made way for her. Ibuki walked up to Amane in a few steps and was about to say something when she saw Kamuro with an unfriendly expression.

"I have something to say to Tianyin..."

"What business is it of mine if you want to talk to Amane? Ibuki and Horikita might be giving you face, but I have no obligation to give you face. Besides, didn't you see that Amane and I were chatting? There's always a proper order to things, isn't there?"

When Kamuro and Ibuki started arguing, not only did no one try to stop them, but a group of people immediately sat around watching the two bicker with great interest.

Hui even found a large bag of potato chips from somewhere and started distributing them to everyone, even Tianyin got two chips.

Ibuki wanted to argue with Kamuro, but when she saw that the area was surrounded by students who wanted to watch the show, she gave up the idea. She had only come to ask Amane for the barbecue sauce recipe, not to be treated like a monkey.

As for why Ibuki was still thinking about that barbecue sauce recipe at this point, it all started after she was stunned by Amane's impromptu act of leaving. After stopping crying, Ibuki thought about it for a moment.

Now that she's been bullied, seen naked, humiliated, and cried, if she still can't get that damned formula after all this, then all her crying was for nothing, right? Isn't it perfectly normal for her to ask for some compensation after being bullied and crying by Tianyin?

Having figured it out, Ibuki immediately chased after her. However, before she could even ask Amane for the sauce recipe, Kamuro suddenly appeared out of nowhere. Kamuro seemed determined to keep her occupied, but Ibuki was too lazy to argue with her about such a thing.

Ibuki chose to bypass Kamuroku and, after adjusting her mood, stared at Amane, who was chewing potato chips, and spoke seriously.

"Miyako Amane! You just made me cry, aren't you even willing to give me a little compensation?"

As soon as Ibuki spoke, the entire classroom fell silent.

Chapter 284: The Maid Cafe is About to Open

For a moment, Amane became the focus of attention in the crowd, but Amane herself was still trying to digest Ibuki's accusations against her, which seemed to be nothing but actually sounded enough to make her wander the world for a week.

Click, click.

Tianyin was chewing potato chips unconsciously when she suddenly heard a 'bang' sound as someone slammed their hand on the table, which startled her so much that she stopped chewing.

"How could Tianyin do such a thing? You're not just talking nonsense, are you? Even if Tianyin really did something so shameless, she would never be interested in you, right?"

Upon seeing Ibuki's accusations, Kamuro immediately questioned the veracity of Amane's claims. Amane, standing nearby, moved her lips slightly. Although she wanted to criticize Kamuro for concluding that she would actually do such a shameful thing, considering that Kamuro was probably speaking up for her, Amane abandoned her plan to criticize and quietly listened to the confrontation between Kamuro and Ibuki.

Faced with Kamuro's questioning, Ibuki simply chose not to respond and instead gestured towards the direction where Amane was.

"Whether what I said is true or false, you can ask Tianyin yourself."

"This……"

When Kamuro saw that Ibuki didn't offer any explanation and simply let her confront the person in question, he felt a little guilty. After all, Kamuro had heard a lot of rumors and stories about Amane. Although Kamuro used to be with Arisu, he knew that the rumors on the internet forums were exaggerated and that many things were just baseless rumors.

But why do so many people believe these unsubstantiated and exaggerated rumors that are obviously false?

The ability to achieve this is naturally inseparable from Tianyin's style of doing things.

So when Ibuki calmly let Kamuro and Amane confront each other, Kamuro started to get scared. After all, unless Ibuki was stupid, she wouldn't talk to her in such an attitude. Even on slightly controversial issues, Amane might contradict Ibuki, which would make Ibuki the one who loses face. As a relatively well-known figure in the school, Kamuro felt that Ibuki wouldn't make such a basic mistake.

In other words, Ibuki has evidence that forces Amane to admit it or leaves her with no room for denial!

What Kamuro could think of, Horikita and the others could naturally think of as well; it was just that in the blink of an eye, everyone's perspective on the drama shifted.

Airi, blushing with excitement, held up her camera as if searching for a suitable spot to take a picture...

"Ahem, well... I admit that part of the reason why Mio cried so hard was because of me, but... um... it seems that it was my fault, but... the truth of the matter is definitely not what everyone thinks!"

What kind of image do you all have in mind?

Ichinose asked with a sly smile.

"How did even you, Honami, get corrupted? It must be Megumi teaching you some weird stuff again! Once I've dealt with this, I'll make sure Megumi's butt gets a good beating!~"

"Huh? What does it have to do with me if Fanbo goes astray on her own? She always likes to tell dirty jokes and stuff, maybe Fanbo just learned it on her own?"

"What? Hui, you can't wrong me like that. You often send me strange things..."

OK!

So the main reason why all the girls around me have been acting a little strange lately is because of Hui. Let's see how she deals with Hui when she gets back!

Tianyin was determined that she would not let Hui sleep unless Hui begged for mercy this time.

"Huh? Why am I being blamed again? Isn't taking the blame once enough according to the rules?"

Ignoring the bickering between Megumi, Honami, and the others, Horikita went straight to Amane.

Rather than wondering who corrupted Honami, Horikita was more concerned about Amane's hasty departure at noon after saying she had something to do.

She didn't even have time to eat the bento box that Horikita had carefully prepared for her.

If it were a genuine emergency, Horikita could understand, but if this so-called emergency involved rushing to eat girls...

"Amane, do you mean that what Ibuki-san said is all true?"

"...I guess so."

If we're just talking about making Ibuki cry, then that was indeed Amane's doing, but the "making" she meant wasn't the kind of "making" Horikita was thinking of.