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

"That's a real shame. I was hoping to take your first kiss, Shichang."

"Idiot! Is this the time to talk about this kind of thing?"

Fukuyama Shisho, who was released, showed a visible disappointment on his face, but Amane did not take the opportunity to try again. Instead, she patted Fukuyama Shisho on the shoulder and walked towards the same wooden door as before.

As soon as the wooden door was pushed open, a wooden sword was slashed directly at Tianyin. Tianyin countered with a swift and precise hand chop, striking the opponent's wrist in the darkness. The opponent, in pain, turned to run away, but Tianyin grabbed him by the collar from behind and pulled him in front of her.

"name."

"I…"

"name!"

Startled by Tianyin's sharp shout, the boy dared not utter another word and quickly wiped the dye off his face with his sleeve.

"Class 2-B, Naoki Shimizu."

Hearing the commotion behind the door, Fukuyama Shisho rushed over. When she saw Shimizu being grabbed by the collar by Amane, she was startled and quickly tried to explain for Shimizu.

"He is indeed Shimizu-kun, but... Shimizu-kun, shouldn't you be playing the demon samurai chasing tourists in the last level? How did you end up here with me?"

With Fukuyama Shisho proving his identity, Amane released her grip on Shimizu's collar. Shimizu didn't dare to complain about Amane's rough behavior at all. If you asked why, he had participated in the sports festival that year, and as for the result... well, that goes without saying.

Therefore, Shimizu recognized Amane at a glance after being captured.

"Something happened later! I don't know what happened, but my phone lost signal, and I couldn't contact Sakayanagi-san or Kito-san. I wanted to go out, but I couldn't find the exit. I remembered that you have a direct passage to the outside, Fukuyama-san, so I came here. I also encountered a few students who were spinning around on the spot. When they saw me, they took off running, which startled me..."

After Shimizu's description, Fukuyama Shisho became even more frightened and insisted on leaving the place. However, he was afraid that tourists would come to the ticket office to buy tickets or food and water, so he could only point out the entrance to the special passage to Shimizu and let Shimizu leave first to find Arisu.

Tenon silently witnessed the entire conversation between the two, and when Shimizu simply pushed the wall, the entire wooden wall spun around. Behind that wooden wall was a dark passage. After saying goodbye to Tenon and Fukuyama, Shimizu hurriedly entered the passage and left.

Seeing how perfectly Fukuyama had restored the wall to its original state, Tenon stared at it thoughtfully for a while before continuing down the passage.

Compared to the traps and students dressed as ghosts that frequently appeared in the first half, the second half was extremely simple. Amane did not encounter any traps or people along the way, as if Arisu had not arranged any scary methods in the second half.

Of course, Tianyin knew very well that this was impossible.

Since Arisu was so confident in inviting her to challenge this haunted house, and even arranged for Fukuyama Shinobu to be on the show halfway through, which almost made her feel eerie, how could she possibly not prepare any surprises for her in the second half?

Sure enough, Tianyin saw a classroom not far away.

Yes, one classroom.

There were no windows, and all four walls were black. A snow-white blackboard hung in the pitch-black room, and various tables and chairs were placed there. However, this time, all the chairs were occupied by people.

Tianyin walked into the classroom without the slightest hesitation.

In an instant, everyone's eyes in the classroom turned to Tianyin.

Being stared at by dozens of eyes in the dark... that feeling...

Okay, Tianyin didn't feel anything.

An ordinary person would definitely be frightened, but for Tianyin, who has no sense of fear, it was just that there were so many people here.

Tianyin looked around and found that not only were the seats full of people, but there were also people squatting in the corner of the classroom, and a few people standing there doing something.

All things considered, there were more than twenty people in this classroom alone. With so many people missing, didn't the school and Arisu notice anything at all?

Or are these people just part of the atmosphere-building team or actors?

Just as Tenon was beginning to consider whether to ignore them, a dark figure suddenly pounced into her arms. Tenon's first reaction to being hit by a ball was that the other person was probably on par with Airi.

"Miyako-kun! It really is Miyako-kun! We finally have a way to get out!"

The familiar voice made Tianyin immediately recognize the true identity of the girl who had rushed into her arms.

"Hasebe? What are you doing here?"

If the others were there to create atmosphere or to complement Arisu's performance, Hasebe shouldn't have followed Arisu's arrangements.

"I came to the haunted house with San San... that is, Miyake Akito. At first, everything was fine, but suddenly a girl dressed as a ghost chased us relentlessly. Since we both knew it was a game and we couldn't hurt each other, we had to split up at a fork in the road. San San and I got separated, and then I accidentally found a wooden door. When I pushed it open, a girl named Fukuyama Shisho was selling tickets, food, and drinks, but you had to leave your phone there to store it. I bought some water and continued on, and then... and then..."

Hasebe choked up as he spoke.

This familiar scene made Amane frown slightly. Hasebe's experience was almost identical to hers, which meant that Arisu's game wasn't targeting her alone... But what was the point of doing this? If everyone was gathered here, someone would surely emerge to lead those trapped here. If everyone pooled their resources and acted as a group, no trap or student playing the demon would be able to stop this team of over twenty people.

What is Arisu's purpose in doing this?

Seeing Hasebe choking up and unable to speak for a long time, the girl next to him spoke up and told the rest of the story for Hasebe.

Hasebe was among the first group of people to get lost in the classroom. Hasebe was not a coward. After gathering with four or five other students who were also lost, the group continued to explore and try to find an exit. There were four boys and three girls among them. Two of the boys were from clubs, so they were quite reliable.

Even so, they were all startled and screamed when they pushed open a wooden door.

They found a ticket booth behind the wooden door that looked exactly the same as the one in front. After explaining their situation to Shichiro Fukuyama, Shichiro Fukuyama was also frightened, because Shichiro Fukuyama explained that he had never seen them before.

This caused a complete uproar. To make matters worse, Fukuyama Shisho was about to open a special passage for them to leave when they discovered that the passage had vanished into thin air and turned into a wall. This terrified Hasebe and the others, who dared not continue their exploration and could only return to the classroom with the food and drinks given to them by Fukuyama Shisho to wait.

Many people arrived one after another, but no one believed them. They thought Hasebe and the others were just joking and playing a prank. As a result, they were all scared and ran back. Some people simply disappeared. This situation was undoubtedly even more frightening. Finally, everyone remembered Fukuyama Shisho's instructions and decided to wait here until six o'clock for someone to come and rescue them.

When Tianyin heard what the girl from Class C said, she was initially dismissive. Wasn't this the same situation she was in? What was there to be afraid of?

But then Tianyin realized a very serious problem.

"You mean... there's another girl named Fukuyama Shishou up ahead?"

"That's right. Since you've managed to get here, you must have seen that Fukuyama-kun before. The Fukuyama you see here looks exactly like the one you saw before!"

"How many Fukuyama Shishos did you encounter along the way?"

Tianyin suddenly asked out of the blue.

"Of course there are two! We wouldn't be scared if there was only one, wait... Miyako-kun, you wouldn't..."

The girl's voice attracted everyone's attention, and even Hasebe looked up at Amane with an incredulous expression.

Everyone here was scared away by the second Shisho Fukuyama.

However, everyone could tell from Tenon's words that Fukuyama Shisho seemed to have more than two people.

Now that things have come to this, Tianyin has no choice but to be honest with them.

"I had already met two before I met you. If what you say is true, then Fukuyama Shisho is probably the third one for me."

Chapter 292: Arisu's Victory

After hearing Amane say that she might soon encounter a third Fukuyama Shisho, Hasebe's eyes revealed a look of despair.

"Even you, Tianyin, can't get out of here? Then... we really can only wait until after six o'clock for the B-class students and staff in charge of the search to come and rescue us?"

Seeing Hasebe's despairing expression, Amane couldn't help but recall the conversation between the couple she had encountered at the entrance of the haunted house.

At first, Tianyin thought the man was frightened and panicked, which was why he said things that sounded like nonsense. But after experiencing things that couldn't be understood by normal logic, Tianyin felt that the man's words might not be untrue.

So, how was he able to get out? Did Arisu let him pass, or did he say that the exit was actually nearby?

The reason why Tenon determined that the exit was nearby was because everyone except Tenon had only encountered 'Fukuyama Shisho' twice.

Due to insufficient information, Tianyin could not determine the reason behind it, but she firmly believed that the strange occurrences in the haunted house were due to someone playing tricks.

Through her contact with the second Fukuyama Shishō, Amane has already obtained the other party's physical data. If Amane encounters a third 'Fukuyama Shishō', she only needs to have one contact with her to know whether the other party is the real 'Fukuyama Shishō'.

However, simply knowing whether the other party was really Fukuyama Shisho could not help Amane lead the students trapped here to leave, which is why Amane thought of what the man had said.

He, like the students trapped here, had even seen these people before, and then stumbled out of the haunted house in a panic. If what the man said was true, then the exit of the haunted house is most likely nearby.

“I’ve seen someone come out of a haunted house before, so this isn’t a dead end.”

Tianyin's voice was very soft, but everyone in the classroom heard it.

"Miyako-kun, did you really encounter someone who came out of here?"

Someone asked in a skeptical tone.

For a moment, all the students in the classroom held their breath and stared intently at Tianyin, hoping to get an answer from her that could bring them hope.

"Of course, and I also met two others, one of whom I think I've seen before. He was a man around 181cm tall, about 28 years old, with short black hair, wearing a white shirt with a red tie, suit pants, and business leather shoes, size 37 or so..."

As Tianyin recalled the man's physical characteristics, she described them to the students present. Suddenly, a girl raised her hand.

“I remember seeing him once. I saw an adult running around in a haunted house, and I was curious. I tried to ask him what happened, but he seemed to be very scared and just kept running without paying attention to me.”

Someone saw the man described by Tianyin. A height of 181cm is quite conspicuous, and it is almost impossible to mistake him under normal circumstances. In other words, Tianyin did not make up such a person out of thin air.

What Tianyin said was naturally true!

Someone actually escaped from here!

That kind of exhilarating excitement, like grasping at a straw in despair, spread like a virus quickly to everyone in the classroom.

"Then how do we get out? Did that person tell Tianyin how he got out?"

Hasebe looked up at Amane with hopeful eyes, but unfortunately, Amane didn't know how the man had escaped. If she had known beforehand that something like this would happen, she would have asked him about it and then come to challenge Arisu's carefully arranged haunted house after gathering enough information.

Unfortunately, it's too late to say anything now; if you want to get out, you can only rely on your own strength.

"No, I couldn't have known this would happen beforehand, so I didn't ask any questions. But since someone managed to escape, it's enough to show that everything here was just a charade. I'm planning to go see that Fukuyama Shisho. Would any of you like to come with me?"

Tianyin's words caused everyone present to lower their heads. They were already terrified. Even though they knew that what Tianyin said was very likely true, almost no one was willing to take the risk with Tianyin, knowing that all dangers would be over by six o'clock.

In fact, Tenon was not the first person to try to persuade them to act together. Several third-year students had tried to persuade them to team up before Tenon, but after several unsuccessful attempts, they decided that talking to this group was a waste of time, so they set off on their own to find an exit.

In the end, no one made it back.

It was this experience that made these trapped students completely give up the idea of ​​saving themselves.

Tianyin only needed to glance at them to roughly understand what the students were thinking.

It's only natural to hesitate when faced with danger, and Tianyin understands their thoughts. However, Tianyin is not a pushover. She has always believed in walking her own path. If someone is willing to follow behind her, Tianyin doesn't mind walking in front to pave the way for them. But if someone stands behind her hesitant, Tianyin will decisively abandon them. People who can't even make a decision on their own are not worth saving.

Amane's gaze swept over those people before finally settling on Hasebe Haruka's face.

"Haruka, would you like to come with me?"

"Yes, I'm willing."

Hasebe agreed without hesitation.

"Aren't you afraid of meeting Fukuyama Shishou or encountering something terrible?"

Tianyin asked curiously.

Hasebe gave a wry smile in response to Amane's question.

"Of course I'm scared, but I trust your judgment, Tianyin. I've never seen anything that could make you lose face, and I believe your judgment this time will be just as sound. Besides... even if we encounter any danger, I'll feel more at ease with you by my side, Tianyin. If even you can't protect me, then no one else can either."

Haruka Hasebe tucked her messy long hair behind her ears and forced a smile onto her face, which still held a hint of fear.

Although her smile was forced, Tianyin thought it looked very beautiful.

"Then let's go."

After speaking, Tenon took Hasebe's hand and walked towards the passage ahead.

"It's over, there's a high chance they won't be coming back."

"Even Miyako wouldn't be able to find the exit so easily. I think the two of them will have to come back sooner or later."

"Let's take care of ourselves first. You all know what you've done, right? Even if you go out, you might still get expelled."

Upon hearing that they might be expelled, the two boys who had been discussing whether Tianyin would ever return quickly spoke up to defend their actions.

"That was an emergency evacuation!"

"Yeah, so what if we're stuck in this place and can't get any food or water? It's not like you didn't eat or drink anything when you brought it back."

"You... Hmph, you'll get what's coming to you later."

……

Tianyin knew that it was a very wrong thing for two people to walk side by side in a narrow passage. If any unexpected situation occurred, whether they wanted to escape or fight back, they would be hindered by the terrain.

However, Amane knew that Hasebe's willingness to go with her to find the Fukuyama Shisho she had met was not because he had truly overcome his fear, but simply because he had blindly chosen to believe her.

Tianyin held her hand to give her a sense of security. If she let go at this moment, the girl next to her who was trying to remain calm might be so scared that she would cry.

Fortunately, with Hasebe's guidance, Amane found a damaged wooden door in about three minutes. Judging from the extent of the damage, it seemed that someone had violently broken down the door and then trampled on it by others.

Seeing this, Amane gestured for Hasebe to stand behind her, and then Amane took the lead, stepping over the broken wooden door and entering the room that was exactly the same as the one in front, which was also the ticket office of this haunted house.

However, this time, Fukuyama Shisho did not greet Amane with a smile as he had done before. Instead, he sat on the chair behind the cashier with a dejected look on his face.

Lockers and vending machines were all knocked over on the ground, and even the area behind the cashier was a mess. From the crushed cookies and canned drinks on the ground, Tianyin could easily imagine that the place had been looted, and the culprits were naturally the people in that classroom.

No wonder that apart from Hasebe, who was the first to meet Fukuyama Shisho, who was willing to come with her, everyone else kept their heads down and dared not look at Amane.

So it wasn't out of fear, but because they knew that Arisu and Fukuyama had a good relationship with them, and that they might help them vent their anger by robbing Class B's supplies, so they all bury their heads in the sand.