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

While blushing, Horikita Suzune hurriedly interrupted Horikita Manabu's questioning. In her opinion, her feelings for Amane were genuine, even though they might have been filled with misunderstandings or the need to fulfill promises at the beginning.

But after going through thick and thin together, the two had long since accepted each other from the bottom of their hearts. They were not only officially dating, but were even considering future plans. However, Horikita Suzune was speechless at Amane's words, "I'll take care of you from now on." Because, judging from the current situation, she was the one who did most of the cooking and housework. Even though she was still in school, it was like she was taking care of a disobedient child. From any perspective, it should be her taking care of Amane.

However, this did not affect their relationship. Even Horikita Suzune herself was somewhat enjoying it. During the few days that Amane stayed at the Arisu dormitory, Horikita Suzune was so distracted that she couldn't eat or sleep. She would throw Amane's bedding into the corridor without hesitation, not caring at all that Amane would not be able to find a place to stay. She didn't even care who Amane stayed at, since Amane would definitely not let her suffer any losses.

On the contrary, after Amane took the initiative to suggest that she stay in someone else's dormitory, Horikita always felt a sense of emptiness and loneliness.

Gone are the endless brown bear pajamas and all sorts of strange clothes.

The room was no longer filled with the frantic clicking of Tianyin's game keys, nor with the shouts of her character dominating the battlefield. There was also no longer the sound of "Lingyin, I'm hungry~" urging for dinner. Even the "hehe~" sounds that Tianyin made when she was about to do something naughty could no longer be heard.

This immense sense of loss caused Horikita Suzune unbearable pain. After enduring it for two weeks, she could no longer bear the absence of Amane in her life. In the end, she had to bite the bullet and go to Arisu's place. Under Arisu's teasing, she blushed and took Amane back with her...

Now their relationship is progressing steadily, and everything from the past is no longer important. But Horikita Manabu brings up the old issues at this time, which seems to make it seem like Horikita Manabu wants Amane to give him an explanation. This makes Horikita Suzune feel a little uneasy.

"Lingyin, please don't interrupt my conversation with Tianyin. Isn't the answer to this question something you've always wanted to know?"

Indeed, even though Horikita Manabu had been away from school for almost a year, he was still able to deduce the progress of Amane and Horikita Suzune's relationship by summarizing and analyzing the bits and pieces of information that Horikita Suzune had told him before, and even figured out Horikita Suzune's complicated feelings for Amane.

Faced with Horikita Manabu's incisive question, Horikita Suzune chose to remain silent. Just as the atmosphere was becoming increasingly tense, Amane suddenly pulled Horikita Suzune into her arms.

"Since you're willing to entrust Rin to my care, Senior, you should know my answer very well."

"But I'd rather hear you answer this question in person. In front of Rin, as her older brother, I'm undoubtedly a rather incompetent one. This is the only thing I can do for her."

Aren't you afraid I'll lie to you?

“If it were anyone else, I wouldn’t believe any promises she made to Rin, because the most worthless things in this world are vows and promises, but… if it’s you, I’m willing to believe you.”

Horikita Manabu's tone was firm and without a trace of confusion, as if he had been fully prepared to ask Amane this question for a long time.

"I like Horikita Suzune, that's my answer."

In order to make Horikita Manabu feel her sincerity, Amane answered Horikita Manabu on the other end of the phone in an extremely serious tone.

"Hearing these words puts my mind at ease. Please tell Lingyin for me not to let down someone who truly loves her, regardless of her gender. Her love is genuine and precious. It's time for someone else to accompany you on your future journey."

"Wait a minute, brother..."

"Beep—beep—".

Horikita Manabu hung up the phone, and Horikita Suzune stared blankly at the phone that kept beeping.

Seeing Horikita become distraught, Amane hung up the phone and then hugged her tightly.

"It smells so good, exactly like the smell when school started. I still remember the first time we held hands, the first kiss, the first time we made love..."

"Please don't talk about that kind of thing..."

Horikita shyly raised her head to look at Amane. Her gaze, which was full of confusion about the future, gradually calmed down after meeting Amane's eyes.

The two stared at each other, and finally, a smile returned to Horikita's face.

She knew that there were people she needed to cherish even more now, and that everything from the past needed to be severed here and now.

The figure that had always run ahead of her gradually became blurred and eventually disappeared. In its place was the figure of Amane, who was holding her in her arms. The blurry black and white figure gradually became full of color. Amane, covered in various colors, was constantly moving closer to her. After realizing Amane's intention, Horikita Suzune slowly closed her eyes.

Let their lips and teeth mingle freely.

……

Due to signs of brown bear sightings in the forest near the ski resort, the ski resort and its surrounding area were forced to close. The second-year students who came for the educational trip had to return to the hot spring hotel and wait for Ms. Majima and the school to discuss the next steps.

That afternoon, Ms. Majima informed the second-year students that the planned brain-training games had been canceled. In addition, since ski training was not possible and a new lease agreement needed to be signed with another ski resort, the school's order to Ms. Majima was to maintain the status quo. Therefore, Ms. Majima decided to give the students four days off. During these four days, they could move freely in and around the hot spring hotel. If they wanted to go out in groups, they had to be accompanied by a homeroom teacher before leaving the hot spring hotel.

This proposal was supported by the vast majority of students, since most people choose to participate in educational trips so that they can enjoy their holidays outside of campus.

What they did during this time wasn't that important. Instead, the fact that the ski training was canceled due to an accident made students like Hui, who weren't very good at skiing, very happy and excited, celebrating that they would finally be free from the torment of skiing. As for requests to go out?

Although many people want to visit the surrounding villages or cities, a practical reason forces them to give up this idea.

And the reason is simply—no money.

Personal points are a kind of credit currency that is conventionally agreed upon within the school. Once you leave the school, they are no different from a string of numbers. Want to leave the hot spring hotel and go out to play? Of course, no problem, but the premise is that you have money.

If you don't have money, going on a tour and only being able to watch is no different from not going at all.

So even though the school allowed second-year students to leave the hotel and visit nearby scenic spots and villages with their homeroom teachers, almost no one submitted an application.

So a strange scene unfolded at the hot spring hotel: the second-year students who came on an educational trip preferred to stay in their dormitories and sleep rather than leave the hotel to explore the surrounding area. Their homeroom teacher was worried that they would get bored and wanted to find them something to do.

Four days passed in the blink of an eye.

Tianyin woke up as usual in her large, comfortable, and soft white bed.

As soon as Tianyin opened her eyes, she felt the heavy weight on her arms. Tianyin first glanced at her left arm, where Fenghua was fast asleep.

Ever since her near-death experience escaping the forest with Amane, Maple insisted on sharing a room with her. To make both of them more comfortable, Maple even requested a room with a double bed. Now, even if there were another Maple or Arisu, they could all sleep in the same bed.

Tenon stared at Maple for a long time, unable to find a place to kiss her, and finally could only kiss Maple's forehead as a good morning kiss. Then Tenon turned her gaze to Arisu, who was sleeping very obediently on her right arm.

In Tianyin's vague memory, Arisu was in this position before going to sleep last night. Unexpectedly, Arisu's sleeping position did not move at all during the night. She wondered what Arisu dreamed about. Early in the morning, two conspicuous blushes appeared on Arisu's cheeks, and Arisu smiled. In her sleep, Arisu would occasionally let out a few unintelligible moans, as if she was dreaming about something interesting.

Seeing this, Tenon smiled and gently touched Arisu's lips. Just as Tenon was about to take another small bite, Arisu, who had been sleeping soundly just a second ago, opened her eyes.

"Good morning, Tianyin... Why are you up so early today? Fenghua is still sleeping. I'll sleep a little longer too. I was so tired yesterday..."

As Arisu was talking, she closed her eyes because she was too sleepy. Finally, she instinctively snuggled against Amane's chest and fell into a deep sleep again.

Seeing how much the two of them slept, Tianyin could only sigh that her own sleep schedule was much healthier. As for why the two of them slept so much, Tianyin said it had absolutely nothing to do with her.

Amane only played some games with Arisu and Kaede until 4 a.m.

Just as Tianyin was about to savor the wonderful time they had together last night, a knock on the door forced her to abandon her reverie. She carefully got dressed and opened the door.

"Good morning, Tianyin...Are you still in bed? It's already ten o'clock!"

Shiina, who was outside the door, laughed heartily when he saw Amane opening the door for her in her pajamas. Just as Shiina was about to make a few more jokes, he saw Amane put her finger to her lips in a shushing gesture and then point to the room.

Shiina blushed and quickly took a few steps back, stopping only a meter or two away from the house, after looking in the direction Amane was pointing.

"Sorry, I didn't know you and Sakayanagi-san... Oh dear!"

"Ahem, well... Arisu is just temporarily staying in my room to play some games or something..."

Amane explained to Shiina somewhat awkwardly.

"Um……"

Shiina blushed and softly hummed in agreement before falling silent. How could someone as intelligent as Shiina not guess what Amane meant by "temporary stay" and "playing games"? But what she didn't expect was that Amane would be so frank with her about this, leaving Shiina momentarily at a loss for how to continue the conversation.

Amane belatedly realized that the topic she had brought up with Shiina was a bit too much... so she quickly asked Shiina what her purpose was.

"Hiyori, is there something you need from me so early in the morning?"

"It's getting late... Tianyin, you must not have seen the group chat notification yet, right? Today is the day for the interactive games, and there are preliminary rounds for the interactive games this afternoon. I heard that the group with more members advancing to the main competition and finals will receive cash that can be used for shopping!"

"Interactive games? What are those?"

Tianyin tilted her head in confusion and then opened her phone to check the group chat messages.

The name of this interactive game is 'Who is the Spy'.

This game is a fairly well-known social game, and it's quite fun to use it to pass the time. However, it seems a bit strange that a social game has been turned into a competition.

game rules:

Preliminary Round: Four people (two men and two women) are randomly selected to form a group to play the game "Who is the Spy". There is only one spy, and there is only one round for the spy to reveal their identity. If the spy is guessed correctly, everyone except the spy will gain 1 point. If the spy is not discovered after one round, they will gain 2 points.

The preliminary round lasted for 2 hours, and 48 students with the highest scores were selected to enter the second stage of the main competition.

Main competition:

48 to 32: Eight people (four men and four women) are randomly selected to form a group to play the game "Who is the Spy". There are two spies. They can reveal their identities in turns without limit. If the spies are guessed correctly, everyone else in the group advances and the spies are eliminated. If the spies cannot be guessed correctly, the spies advance to the next round and the other group members are eliminated.

The rules for the remaining rounds of 32 to 16 and 16 to 8 are exactly the same.

In simple terms, the preliminary round selects 48 people to enter the main competition based on their points. After the main competition begins, the advancement is no longer based on points. Instead, the players are eliminated by guessing the identity of the undercover agent or by cleverly hiding their identity so that they are not guessed and thus eliminating all other members of a group. This process continues until the last eight people are selected.

reward:

1. All participants can receive a reward of 2000 personal points. Each preliminary and revival match will earn 1000 personal points. Undercover agents can earn 2000 personal points per match.

2. All participants in the main competition will receive a reward of 10,000 personal points, and all participants in the final competition will receive a reward of 100,000 personal points.

3. The team with the most members who are undercover agents entering the main competition will be awarded 80,000 yuan in cash, the second place will be 40,000 yuan, and the third place will be 20,000 yuan.

4. The group with the most members entering the finals will be awarded 10 yuan in cash. If the number of members in each group is equal in the finals, the winning group will split the 10 yuan cash prize equally.

Chapter 318: The Gathering

"Who's the mole? The school's finally come up with something interesting. Hiyori, you're probably here to discuss tactics with us, right? You go first... uh..."

Amane wanted to invite Shiina in for a chat, and after Arisu woke up, they could discuss the game together and see if there was anything they could do to cooperate.

However, when Amane thought about the current situation in the room, her expression became strange. If Shiina saw the scene inside, she might scream and run away from Amane's room.

Just as Amane was racking her brains trying to prepare Shiina mentally, Shiina immediately understood Amane's situation from her expression and the disgusting scene he had just witnessed in the room, so he quickly waved his hand.

"The game rewards this time are pretty good. Plus, everyone has been staying in the dorms with nothing to do these past few days, so I'm sure everyone will be eager to participate. Since we're just killing time anyway, we might as well play some games together."

So I was thinking that if we could get everyone in our group together to discuss it, maybe we could come up with a way to get more of our group members into the finals or the main competition. I've only notified Ando, ​​Yamada, Amane, and Arisu so far. I still need to notify Hamaguchi and the others, so I won't go in. Amane, you need to hurry up and make sure Arisu gets up!

"Don't worry, I'll wake Arisu up. So, where should we meet?"

Tianyin glanced back at the room. Although the hotel rooms were large, they were basically built for 2 to 3 people. It would be quite crowded to have eight people gathered together.

And it's snowing outside right now, so discussing what games to play while standing in the snow makes it seem like someone has a serious illness.

"I've already chosen the location, it'll be in the E10 area of ​​the hotel. There are places there to rest and enjoy the view, so we can discuss game strategies there. As for the time, let's set it for 10:30."

Shiina took out a small notebook and flipped through it while communicating fluently with Amane. It was clear that this arrangement had been planned from the beginning, which made Amane think that perhaps Shiina was not there to discuss strategies but simply to help everyone get to know each other better.

"Yes, I'll bring Ayashi along with me then."

"It's settled then~ I have to go inform the others, so I'll be going now. See you later."

After Shiina finished speaking, she ran to a room not far from the front area and knocked on the door, while Amane went back to urge Arisu to get up.

Ayumi, who was sleeping soundly, was woken up by Amane. Before she could even react to what was happening, Amane pulled her to the bathroom to wash her body. Then she started to help Ayumi wash up. Ayumi stood obediently in front of the mirror, still half asleep, and Amane helped her brush her teeth, wash her face, fix her hair, and even put on some light makeup. After doing all this, Amane went to Ayumi's room and picked out a warm new outfit for Ayumi to change into.

After finishing all this, Tenon circled around Ayumi a few times and finally nodded in satisfaction, seemingly very pleased with her makeup skills and her eye for choosing clothes. She glanced back at Kaede, who was still fast asleep, handed her cane to Ayumi, took Ayumi's hand, and walked towards the door.

"Maple, Arisu and I are going to meet with the group members. You can take care of lunch yourself. Remember to wash yesterday's dirty clothes too."

After saying that, Tenon didn't even check if Maple had heard her, and directly led Ayumi towards the agreed-upon location.

A gust of cold wind mixed with snowflakes helped Arisu wake up a little from her drowsiness.

"Is it really necessary to go out in this cold weather? Can't we just talk on the phone if there's anything wrong?"

As Arisu gripped Amane's warm hand, she leaned closer to Amane, wanting to shield her from the cold wind with Amane's body.

"It's rare to have a group activity, and there's nothing fun to do staying in your room all day. It's just eating and sleeping, not doing 'that kind of thing'. Why not participate in the school's game competition?"

Upon hearing this, Arisu felt a burning sensation on her fair cheeks.

"Nonsense! I never wanted to do that kind of thing with you! It was you and Fenghua who were messing around, I just went to play chess with you and ended up being bullied by you!!"

"Yes Yes Yes……"

Tenon's perfunctory smile made Arisu's face turn even redder. Finally, after letting out a soft hum, she chose to ignore Tenon's mischievous grin.

However, it must be admitted that although Arisu initially stumbled into Amane and Kaede's daytime antics, she genuinely enjoyed it in the end. She even took the time to go back and find some props to add some fun, such as those torn pantyhose and white stockings... cough cough.

Of course, Arisu would never admit that she actually enjoys being bullied by Amane, because if she did, Amane would definitely find all sorts of ways to bully her, and each time it would be more outrageous than the last! So even for the sake of her fragile body, Arisu would never give Amane any chance to take advantage of her.

"By the way, what game are you talking about? And where are we going?"

While still sulking, Arisu followed Amane for a few steps before remembering the important matter of the day. It seemed that Amane was taking her to meet someone to discuss something, perhaps related to the game Amane had mentioned earlier.

Yuqi was completely clueless about the school's announcements. During the few days of vacation, she was often unconscious. When she was awake, she was either eating or playing shameless games with Tianyin from day to night until she fell asleep or was so exhausted that she didn't have time to check her phone. Naturally, she knew nothing about what activities the school was holding.

Seeing this, Tenon explained the school's announcement and the rules of "Who is the Spy" to Ayumi. After thinking for a while, Ayumi shook her head helplessly.

"This game is probably not easy to play. Unless we reach an agreement with all the groups, we can only rely on luck. Because both the qualifiers and the main competition randomly select students to form teams, which means we basically have no room for maneuver. In addition, we only have one chance to speak in the qualifiers. Even if we encounter a group member, we must act decisively, otherwise those undercover agents may earn all the points."

After understanding the competition rules, Arisu immediately realized that the biggest winner in the preliminary rounds was not the 'civilians' who had the advantage in numbers, but rather the undercover agent who was the only one. According to the rules, civilians would get one point for winning, while undercover agents would get two points for winning. After two hours of competition, the 48 contestants with the highest scores would qualify for the next round.

This means that nearly a hundred people will be eliminated in the first round. The vast majority of these will be people who have drawn the civilian role more often. The reason is simple: it takes two civilian victories to equal one spy victory. If someone plays spy twice and wins, it would take civilians four more rounds to catch up. Obviously, it is impossible for civilians to gain points faster than spying.

In addition, the rules of the preliminary rounds clearly favor undercover agents. Everyone only has one chance to speak before voting. If the undercover agent speaks vaguely, who can be sure that they will be identified in the first round?

Therefore, in Arisu's view, this rule is completely biased towards the students who draw the most undercover identities.

In such a fiercely competitive environment, let alone teamwork, you have to be ruthless and eliminate even if you run into someone from your own team, otherwise you might lose your chance to advance to the main competition.

Therefore, Arisu judged that this meeting would definitely not yield any results. This game was never intended to be interactive; it was a purely entertainment-oriented game.