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

Chapter 289: Arisu's Challenge

After leaving the cafe, Amane went to the cashier to try and get to know Chabashira better. However, Chabashira, feeling a little guilty, was afraid that his relationship with Amane would be exposed. So, before Amane could even exchange a few words, he picked her up and dumped her next to Horikita, who was discussing making desserts with Ichinose.

"Keep an eye on your girlfriend and don't let her run around."

After finishing his sentence, Chashu quickly returned to his post. Horikita, looking puzzled, picked up Amane, who had been thrown over to him, and asked curiously.

"Amane, what did you do to make Chabashira-sensei angry?"

"No."

Amane shrugged. Had she done anything to make Chabashira-sensei angry?

What? You mean what happened this morning? How can something that happened consensually be called being angry?

"That's strange, because Chabashira-sensei seemed perfectly normal just now..."

Horikita put Amane down, straightened her maid outfit, and then twirled around a few times with satisfaction.

Given that the maid outfits Amane chose for everyone were too revealing, Horikita has now purchased a new batch of maid outfits for the cafe from a clothing store. As for Amane's maid outfit, Horikita bought it and then carefully modified it, such as the black bow on the back and the unique pattern, all of which demonstrate that Amane's maid outfit is unique.

"By the way, Tianyin, how long will those people outside stay?"

Horikita gestured towards the location of Ishiba and the others.

"What's wrong? They should wait for Grandpa to come back and then sit for a while... They might have lunch here. I was just about to go buy some groceries. Is there a problem?"

"Amane, are you an idiot? Of course there's a problem! There are so many people blocking the cafe from the door, how are other people supposed to get in? This cultural festival is all about sales!"

Horikita's reminder made Amane suddenly realize that the rankings for this cultural festival were based on sales revenue, but the entire group the old man brought had only spent a few dollars...

Ok?

Amane paused for a moment, then suddenly realized that the tea, which Amane had personally brewed, was not on the menu at all. Although Arisu's hand-ground coffee was on the menu, Arisu was not an employee of the coffee shop; she had only used a small amount of coffee beans.

So, all things considered... their revenue is still 0!!!

As the morning was about to end and she faced a sales record of 0, Amane began to get anxious. It wasn't that she cared about the final ranking of Class 2-A in the cultural festival, but rather that if the sales record was still 0 by the end, Amane would lose face. So Amane had to find a way to quickly earn some sales.

So Tianyin turned her attention to Shi Po and Gu Cheng, who were chatting idly.

"Uncle Shipo, Uncle Gucheng, would you like some dessert? My freshly baked cookies taste really good!"

Tianyin smiled and handed a plate of cookies to the group. Even though Shipo and Gucheng weren't particularly interested in cookies that young people liked, they didn't dare to be presumptuous.

"I didn't expect you to be so skillful, Tianyin. I'm a little hungry too. Shipo, stop looking so serious and come and try Tianyin's cooking."

"Good work."

Shi Po nodded slightly, picked up the biscuit, and began to taste it.

"It's nothing, just a small favor. Seniors, you should try it too. This is the Shiina Hiyori Like-a-Thumbs-Up Type II Bear Cookie that's especially popular at school this year. They say eating it will bring good luck!"

Upon hearing this amazing news, the four senior students from the Higher Education Institute also picked up cookies out of curiosity.

"Then I won't stand on ceremony."

Just as the others began to taste it, Ishihara curiously picked up the cookie, examined it for a moment, and then put it in his mouth, slowly chewing it.

The rich aroma of milk and eggs instantly filled Ishihara's mouth, and the perfect touch of buttery creaminess prevented it from being too sweet, elevating the cookie to another level. For Ishihara, it was a pretty good cookie.

What intrigued her even more was why such an ordinary cookie had such a strange name.

While Amane was distributing cookies inside the café, the others were also distributing cookies and coffee outside. Initially, the security personnel were quite wary and refused the cookies and coffee offered by Horikita. However, after Amane and Miyako Kuninori's relationship was mentioned, the security leader immediately changed his tune and called the security personnel to come and collect the food.

Chazhu looked at each person with the same gaze one would give a piglet, then quickly calculated the fees to be collected later.

Just as the café was busily working to generate revenue for the cultural festival, the café door opened, and a flirtatious red-haired girl walked in.

"Senior Tianyin~ I didn't expect your class's coffee shop to look so good! It's just that there are too many people outside, so no one dares to come in... I'd like a milk tea! Strawberry flavor!"

After casually ordering a milk tea, Tianze happily skipped and hopped over to Tianyin's side.

Seeing Tianze so happy, Tianyin casually asked him if something happy had happened. Tianze then told her something that almost made her jaw drop.

Nanase was taken away by the school's disciplinary committee!

Class D of Grade 1 has been disqualified from participating in the cultural festival!

This explosive news immediately attracted several girls who were bored to gather around and ask for details.

"Huh? You guys didn't know about this? It's been almost an hour, hasn't it? I thought everyone already knew about it. It seems that Tsubasa was taken away by the Disciplinary Committee for questioning because of the ticket fees."

"Ticket fees? Are they too high? But shouldn't the students decide the price themselves? It's not like it's mandatory. If the price is too high, can't we just go to another booth?"

Megumi questioned the reason why Nanase was taken away, as mentioned by Amasawa. Hearing Megumi's statement, the others agreed with her and nodded in agreement. However, Matsushita suggested another possibility.

"It was the Discipline Department that took the person away. Could it be that the ticket was just a trigger, and the real reason was that the dispute over the ticket price escalated and the Discipline Department had to intervene to investigate? Otherwise, it seems unnecessary for a student council department like the Discipline Department, which is specifically responsible for supervising and punishing violations of school rules and regulations, to get involved over just a ticket."

As the third-in-command of the student council, Matsushita was well aware of the functions and responsibilities of the Discipline Department. The ticket price, regardless of its amount, did not violate school rules and regulations, so even if the school wanted to investigate, it should not be the responsibility of the Discipline Department.

Matsushita's words were agreed upon by Ichinose. As someone who had also worked in the student council for a period of time, Ichinose knew very well that although the student council had a small number of members, its functions were clearly defined, and there would never be a situation where someone overstepped their boundaries to handle affairs, unless Nanase violated school rules and regulations.

What Ichinose could probably think of was that she had a verbal dispute with a customer over ticket money, which even led to a physical altercation and Nanase violating school rules. In the end, the disciplinary committee took Nanase away for investigation.

"Isn't the Discipline Department making a mountain out of a molehill? It's just a ticket, why make such a fuss?"

Unlike Matsushita and Megumi, Amane, as the founder of the Discipline Department, originally intended to use the department's deterrent power to urge some people to abide by school rules and regulations and to protect some students from violence.

But at most, this ticket dispute is just an economic matter. What's the disciplinary department doing meddling in this? Besides, from Tianyin's perspective, there are foreign guests visiting now. If word gets out that a class has violated school rules and been disqualified from the competition, it will have an extremely negative impact on the school's reputation.

The purpose of the cultural festival is to allow the upper class to gain a deeper understanding of Gaoyu, and after experiencing Gaoyu's campus culture, to encourage those who believe in Gaoyu's future to invest in Gaoyu. Even if no one invests in Gaoyu, they can still use this opportunity to communicate with the outside world to make a name for themselves among the upper class.

With its growing reputation, more high-ranking officials, tycoons, and prominent families may send their children to Gaoyu to receive its unique cultural education.

With this, will Gaoyu still lack investment? In the future, these students and seniors will naturally form a circle after graduation. If a few big figures emerge from among them, the school's reputation will also rise.

Therefore, Gao Yu's ultimate goal in holding this cultural festival is to promote his own culture.

Given this, Gao Yu should not do anything that could potentially damage his reputation.

Punishment like that for Nanase is clearly inappropriate.

Tianze didn't take Tianyin and the others' complaints to heart.

"Xiaoyi was indeed taken away for investigation because of collecting entrance fees. However, this time it's not that the Disciplinary Department is making a mountain out of a molehill. I understand your concerns, Tianyin, but this time it is indeed Xiaoyi's problem because she collected entrance fees at the school gate."

Tianze's last words plunged everyone present into a deathly silence. Even Tianyin was stunned for a long time before she could react.

"Yixia, are you saying that Xiaoyi is charging foreign visitors for tickets to the Gaoyu Cultural Festival at the school gate?"

"correct."

After receiving Tianze's affirmative answer, Tianyin felt as if she had been struck by lightning, and her brain was buzzing.

The fact that Nanase wasn't reported to the police and arrested is already considered a lenient move by the school.

Gao Yu had originally invited these important figures to visit, and many of them came along out of respect for Miyako Kunimitsu. However, Nanase stopped at the entrance and started collecting entrance fees.

Just imagining that scene made Tianyin feel utterly absurd.

"How did Xiaoyi come up with such a brilliant idea? With her way of thinking, she shouldn't have been able to come up with such a uniquely creative way of charging, right?"

Tianyin turned her gaze to Tianze.

She knew that Amasawa and Nanase were rivals, and the two were always bickering. It was possible that Amasawa had given Nanase advice behind the scenes when she did this.

"Don't look at me like that. This has nothing to do with me. I heard that Xiaoyi originally planned to run a barbecue shop, but she gave up because no one in her class knew how to barbecue and another class had already chosen this project for the cultural festival. Later, Xiaoyi listened to someone's advice and went to the school gate to collect entrance fees as revenue. As a result, she was reported and taken away by the disciplinary department for investigation."

After realizing the hidden meaning in Tianyin's gaze, Tianze quickly waved his hand and explained.

She and Nanase often joke around together, and Amaze would sometimes tease Nanase with pranks, but she wasn't so bad as to give Nanase such bad advice.

After hearing Tianze's explanation, Tianyin could only sigh helplessly, hoping that after this incident, Nanase, that idiot, would learn a lesson and stop trusting others so easily, so that she wouldn't be deceived so miserably every time.

……

Kuninori Miyako quickly went to the coffee shop with Arisu. Originally, Kuninori Miyako wanted to have lunch there, but it seemed that the school had specially organized a banquet. Kuninori Miyako couldn't refuse Chairman Sakayanagi's request, so he had to take a large group of people to attend the banquet organized by the school. Before leaving, he was ripped off by Amane for a hefty sum of money for the meal, to the point that Kuninori Miyako couldn't help but sigh that his granddaughter's shop was really shady.

After making a large profit, Amane didn't care much about the final ranking at the cultural festival. After handing over the management of the café to Chabashira-sensei and Horikita, Amane wandered around the cultural festival.

After learning that the large group of menacing security guards surrounding the maid café had left, the café of Class 2-A immediately became crowded. Looking at the long line in front of her own café, Amane felt extremely fortunate that she had left early, otherwise she would probably be busy inside right now.

After casually browsing through a few stalls and sampling some common cultural festival snacks, Tianyin headed towards the stall of Class 2B.

It wasn't that Amane was particularly interested in haunted houses, but rather that Arisu had earnestly invited Amane to visit her haunted house when she left the cafe, saying that she would definitely feel a surprise there. So Amane took the time to come and see for herself.

As soon as they arrived at the haunted house, they saw a group of people arguing fiercely outside.

"Mingli! Listen to me! This place is really eerie. You probably won't believe it, but I actually got lost in there. And I encountered a group of strange people who kept saying something about not being able to leave and then they pounced on me. I was so scared that I ran around everywhere and finally stumbled out by accident. I dare say this is definitely the scariest haunted house in the world! I even suspect that there are people trapped inside who can't get out and have gone insane!"

A man was excitedly recounting the horrors of the haunted house to a woman holding a child, but she was noticeably calmer than the man.

"Honey... I don't quite understand what you're saying. We left the haunted house without any problems after we separated inside. We didn't encounter any of the crazy people you mentioned. Honey, are you hallucinating because you were scared?"

"How could this happen? I asked the students in charge of managing the haunted house, and they said that the haunted house only has one exit. Mingli, if you want to come out, you can't avoid running into those crazy students... Damn it! What went wrong?"

Listening to the conversation between the two, Tianyin became very interested in the haunted house in front of her for the first time.

At the same time, she also understood the true meaning behind Arisu's request for her to come here.

"Arisu, you really want to have a showdown with me? Then let me see what's so scary about this haunted house you've so meticulously set up."

After muttering to herself, Tianyin bit into the lollipop in her mouth and walked towards the haunted house.

P.S.: Happy New Year to everyone!

I hope everyone will be happy every day and have everything go smoothly in the new year.

The most important thing is to be healthy!

Finally, thank you all for your continued support!

Chapter 290: Haunted House Adventure

Amane arrived at the booth of Class 2-B. Perhaps because Arisu was the student council president and therefore received an extra budget, Class 2-B's haunted house was quite luxurious, as could be seen from the area it occupied.

Looking at the haunted house, which was as big as a dozen maid cafes, Tianyin was a little stunned and even doubted that she had come to the wrong place.

"Could Arisu have approved a million points for Class B? No... this venue alone would cost at least three million points to acquire, right?"

Amane was shocked that Arisu would go to such lengths to surprise her, which also aroused Amane's competitive spirit.

Judging from the tone of Arisu's voice when he invited her, it's easy to see that Arisu was very satisfied with her masterpiece.

Even Kamuro privately said that the entire haunted house was almost entirely designed by Arisu, and the others were just assisting Arisu in the construction.

This alone is enough to show how much effort Arisu put into this haunted house. The interior design must have been meticulously prepared. So, for Amane, there was naturally no reason to refuse the challenge. When was the last time she seriously competed with Arisu?

Tianyin thought for a long time but still couldn't remember. Since coming to this school, although she had taken things a little seriously on some occasions, the current Tianyin was undoubtedly much more relaxed compared to the Tianyin who had just finished the family lessons arranged by the old man. If it were Tianyin at her peak, everything here would be so boring that she would want to immediately change to a more exciting place.

In fact, she was already feeling a bit annoyed with this place, especially since the exams were so boring that the underlying logic was so obvious, yet everyone was still expected to exploit 'loopholes' to win within this framework. The desire to indulge violence while carefully avoiding a public relations crisis made Tianyin completely doubt that this kind of hesitant and timid educational approach could cultivate the ideal believers who truly prioritize strength.

Perhaps if the school's higher-ups knew about Tianyin's idea, they would refute Tianyin's statement by pointing out that the school had cultivated a large number of outstanding talents and celebrities in the political and business circles.

But Tianyin thought this was pure nonsense. Gaoyu was just a high school student. How difficult would it be to bring the connections and relationships built up there to university?

Most students' professional networks come from their college classmates, meaning that college is the time to truly build connections, even if those connections aren't always useful.

However, in general, one's career development depends more on the achievements made in university.

According to Gao Yu's rules, only students graduating from Class A are eligible to choose their own schools. So what can students from other classes do if they want to attend a prestigious university?

The answer is that I passed the exam myself.

So what's the difference between this and getting into a prestigious university from an ordinary school?

Those outstanding individuals are talented in the first place; they succeed because they are excellent enough, not because they graduated from that school.

Only after reaching a fairly high level do people's backgrounds become a marker for forming cliques, like the four people around the old man, but before they entered this field, they had almost no contact with each other.

It's clear that even graduating from the Advanced Education Class A and receiving that recommendation letter doesn't guarantee a worry-free future. Ultimately, one must rely on their own hard work and perseverance to take each step steadily into the future.

Even if a person without talent receives a lucky opportunity, they will not be able to seize it, because people can never earn money beyond their own understanding, just as they cannot seize opportunities beyond their own understanding.

Having understood this deeply since enrolling, Tianyin never had any expectations for this school.

This is merely a sieve for selecting outstanding talents from among the common people.

Even if a grain of sand is held in the palm of someone's hand alongside gold, it will eventually be filtered out one day.

This place can indeed offer opportunities to change the fate of ordinary people, but whether they can make it to the end depends on their own destiny.

Amane snapped out of her reverie. Since she couldn't recall when she had last fought Arisu, she simply gave up on remembering and walked into the haunted house in front of her.

The person in charge of greeting people at the entrance of the haunted house was Morishita. As soon as Morishita saw Amane, he put on a business-like smile, as if he had been waiting for Amane there on purpose.

"Miyako-kun, are you planning to challenge our haunted house?"