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

Fortunately, the Star Palace didn't come away empty-handed; at least she was able to turn over and face Tenon...

Hmm, this seems even more awkward.

Star Palace dares not sleep at all, for if Tianyin does something to her while she's asleep, she'll be at a huge disadvantage.

But if she didn't sleep, she didn't seem to have any other way to pass the time, so she could only stare at Tianyin.

After staring at Amane for a long time, Hoshinomiya-sensei couldn't help but sigh. Amane really does have a face that even girls think is beautiful. If she didn't have this face, she probably wouldn't be able to fool so many girls into revolving around her.

Wait, there's also this!

Hoshinomiya curiously poked Tenon's lips, thinking to herself that Tenon used sweet words to coax those naive girls into bed...

"Can anyone really be fooled by sweet talk?"

Hoshinomiya leaned closer to look at Amane's lips, and for some reason, the image of Chabashira Sae suddenly appeared in Hoshinomiya's mind.

'Those lips must have kissed Kosae too, right?'

Once the idea popped into her mind, Hoshino found that she couldn't shake it off no matter what she did.

'Since Kozae has already kissed Amane, I can't lose to her... I think I kissed Amane on the beach before, when I was drunk, but I didn't taste what it was like then...'

Even Hoshinomiya herself didn't know why such strange thoughts were popping into her head.

As she tried to grasp the connections and logic between them, she suddenly realized with a start that she had unknowingly kissed Tianyin on the lips!

Just as Hoshinomiya's mind went blank, Amane slowly opened her eyes.

"Why did you kiss me, Hoshinomiya-sensei?"

Chapter 324: Your mother has been exploding?

At 2 PM, the preliminary round of the "Who is the Spy" game at the Gaoyu Educational Travel Center in the hot spring hotel started on time.

Because of its renowned reputation, Gaoyu High School not only boasts educational quality far exceeding that of ordinary high schools, but also possesses a unique educational approach not found in other high schools—competition through special examinations.

All students of Gaoyu undergo countless special examinations during their three years of campus life before graduation. Those who can persevere to the end under such elimination-type examinations are elite talents whose mentality and mind have been honed to a high degree of maturity.

However, apart from showing the outside world some exciting fight scenes in the special exam a while ago, Gao Yu's other secrets remain quite mysterious. No one knows what methods Gao Yu used, and everyone who graduated or dropped out of the school keeps quiet about the content of the special exam, which has aroused great interest in Gao Yu's mysterious special exam.

The hotel operators were overjoyed when they learned of Mr. Majima's purpose. Although Mr. Majima had explained beforehand that it was just a very ordinary competition, the fact that Gao Yu wanted to compete at a hot spring hotel was obviously a hot topic. So the hotel operators provided Mr. Majima with the venue, food and drinks free of charge so that the students could maintain good condition during the competition.

After finalizing the details with Professor Majima, the hotel management immediately notified all guests that "Tokyo Metropolitan Advanced Educational High School will be holding a special exam at the hotel at 2 PM this afternoon." This exciting news caused many guests who were planning to check out after the snow stopped to extend their stay for another night, preparing to wait until the afternoon to see what the legendary special exam was like.

Ms. Majima soon learned of this, but when she tried to communicate with the hotel owner, she was turned away because the owner had to leave by plane early and she would have to wait until the evening to communicate with them.

This news made Ms. Majima feel like she had been tricked, but since she was under someone else's roof, she had no choice but to accept the title of "special exam".

When the time came, the second-grade students began to gather in groups in a temporarily vacated indoor stadium. According to the rules of the game, all members of the groups would be shuffled and formed into groups according to newly drawn numbers.

The person in charge of drawing the numbers was none other than Hoshinomiya-sensei.

As soon as Hoshinomiya stepped onto the platform, she saw Amane standing at the very front. Two blushes appeared on her face as she shyly looked away from Amane's face before she began to read out the list of the newly formed competition groups.

Amane is in Group 17. The group members are Morimiya from Class B of the second year, Beppu and Minami from Class D of the second year, plus Amane herself. I don’t know if it’s a coincidence, but they just happen to form a group of two boys and two girls.

"I believe everyone has already received the competition rules for this 'Who is the Spy' game through the OAA terminal on your mobile phones. I won't repeat them here, but I will just add some basic information about the group configuration."

After glancing at the eager crowd, Hoshinomiya-sensei continued speaking.

"This competition is an individual event. The preliminary round will be a group of four, with one person acting as an undercover agent. After the competition starts, the group members will draw their own identity cards from the staff and describe the meaning of the words on the cards according to the rules. Three cards with the same word are 'civilians' and the card with a different word is the undercover agent. In the game, you need to judge whether you are the undercover agent based on your own situation and do not easily reveal your identity. Each person is limited to one round of speaking and then votes to select who is the undercover agent. The side that guesses correctly gets 1 point, and if they guess incorrectly, the undercover agent gets 2 points."

After the preliminary rounds, the number of participants changed to eight, consisting of two undercover agents and six civilians. There is no limit to the number of speaking rounds. When the number of civilians is less than four, the undercover agents win.

If there are not enough players when the competition enters the finals, a participant will be temporarily added from the top of the leaderboard. This participant will not participate in the winner's reward distribution, but will receive 10,000 personal points regardless of winning or losing.

If you still have any questions, please raise your hand and ask me while you can!

Hoshinomiya-sensei's gaze swept across everyone's faces, but when it fell on Amane's face, her expression changed slightly. However, being a teacher, she quickly adjusted her expression so that most people didn't notice the detail, except...

"Hey~ Rinne, did you see that? Hoshinomiya-sensei's expression when she looks at Amane seems a bit strange. Do you think Amane might have won over Hoshinomiya-sensei?"

Arisu asked Horikita in a low voice.

Horikita glanced at Amane, who seemed to be in a good mood, and then looked at Hoshinomiya-sensei, whose face still had a slight blush, and couldn't help but feel a little strange.

"It seems to make some sense, but Tianyin shouldn't have any feelings for adult women, right?"

"That's hard to say. Look at Ms. Hoshinomiya, she's almost thirty but looks like a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl. A mature woman who can be both cute and mature is not someone that some foolish idiot can resist."

Arisu immediately realized that something must have happened between Hoshinomiya and Amane. However, due to limited information, she had never seen Amane and Hoshinomiya interact before, so she couldn't make a judgment for the time being. Although she didn't know Hoshinomiya, she did know Amane.

"So what do you plan to do? Try to catch them in the act, or..."

"Oh? Why not help Tianyin?"

"Don't joke around! Hoshinomiya-sensei is..."

"Tea Pillar Teacher~"

Upon hearing Arisu mention the name Chabashira, Horikita immediately recalled the scene she had witnessed in the screening room. Her fair face instantly turned hot, and the change was so rapid that even Ichinose, who was sitting a row away from Horikita, noticed something was wrong.

"Rin, what are you and Arisu talking about? Rin, your face is so red, are you sick? Or... are you talking about something interesting?"

Horikita, who was thinking about Chabashira-sensei, was startled by Ichinose's sudden interruption and was a little flustered, not knowing how to answer.

Seeing Horikita's somewhat embarrassed expression, Arisu stepped in to help her out.

"It's quite a coincidence that we were just talking about you, Fanbo."

"Huh? You're talking about me?"

"I heard Tianyin say that of all the girls she's been with, Fanbo, your voice is the most beautiful."

"Eh!!!! Amane, why are you all talking about this?! And, and... my voice isn't like what Amane said... Wait! Arisu! Suzune! Why are you discussing this in broad daylight?! I'm so embarrassed!!!"

Seeing Ichinose cover her face in embarrassment and dare not look at them, Arisu let out a soft laugh.

However, Arisu's gaze was still fixed on Hoshinomiya-sensei, who was standing on the high platform, lost in thought.

Ms. Hoshinomiya was completely unaware that she was being targeted. After looking around and finding that no one had raised their hand to ask a question, she announced the start of the competition.

Originally, as a game competition with a strong entertainment element, no one paid much attention to it. However, because the hotel advertised it as a special exam, many hotel guests came to watch outside the indoor stadium today. These external factors put considerable pressure on the students participating in the competition.

"There are so many people watching today. If I say something wrong during the competition, I'll be laughed at."

Nanfang was a little nervous at first because it was the first time he had encountered such a big scene. Just then, Tianyin patted Nanfang on the shoulder.

"Don't be afraid, Shao. Just think of all these onlookers as bears."

"Are you treating them like bears? This... isn't that even scarier? Tianyin, don't joke like that."

"Are bears scary? I don't think they're that bad..."

When Tenon and Nanfang arrived at the competition venue chatting and laughing, the staff, Beppu, and Morimiya were already waiting there. Upon seeing this, the two quickly hurried over.

Beppu seemed somewhat dissatisfied with the two's casual attitude. After all, the competition only lasted two hours, and they needed to seize every minute to earn points in order to improve their chances of advancing to the next round of the main competition. However, after seeing Amane, Beppu could only choose to remain silent.

After the contestants were seated, the staff took out four cards with white backs for everyone to draw.

Tianyin took the card and frowned slightly upon looking at it.

The word above is 'mother'.

When Tianyin saw this word, she had a bad feeling. Normally, whether this word is an undercover agent or not, it is likely to be put together with words related to 'father', 'sister', and 'grandmother'. In that case, as long as it is spoken vaguely enough, let alone one round, even three or five rounds, no one would be able to guess the undercover agent.

Is it really that difficult right from the start?

Seeing the frighteningly high difficulty level from the start, Tianyin had no choice but to take it seriously. However, what she didn't expect was that the first person to speak would immediately put her on a show that made her unable to hold back.

Beppu was the first to speak. After thinking for about five seconds, he began his description.

"It generates heat through explosions at all times."

"???"

Suddenly, everyone turned to look at Beppu with strange eyes, and even the staff members had extremely odd expressions.

Amane was so confused by Beppu's description that her mind almost went blank. Why was her card labeled 'Mother'? What exactly was Beppu describing? The sun? Or something else entirely?

But can that thing really be compared to "mother" as a deceptive word?

"It's very warm."

Morimiya chose a rather vague explanation.

Nanfang, who spoke third, glanced at his identity, then scanned Beppu and Morimiya for a few seconds before cautiously speaking.

"She can be very strict at times and very gentle at others."

"That's impressive, it should be able to kill a bear... but it's true that it can hunt wild boars."

As the last responder, Amane has confirmed that Beppu is the undercover agent, because both Morimiya's and Minami's descriptions seem closer to the image of the mother. And what's with the constant explosions in Beppu? There's no way anyone wouldn't realize that Beppu is the undercover agent!

Amane was very confident in her judgment, so when the staff asked who the undercover agent was, she immediately pointed to Beppu. But to her utter astonishment, she saw that the other three people were pointing at her.

"Miyako Amane is eliminated with three votes. She failed to guess the undercover agent in this round. The undercover agent is Beppu. Two points are added."

When they heard the result, Morimiya and Minami actually showed expressions of surprise.

"How could an undercover agent be from Beppu?"

Upon hearing Morimiya say such things, Amane felt an urge to punch him in the face.

"Idiots! How could you possibly think I'm an undercover agent?"

Morimiya was truly unique in being able to anger Amane to this extent. Realizing that his words were somewhat foolish, Morimiya stammered, unsure of how to respond, and could only look to Nanami, who also believed that Amane was an undercover agent, for help.

“Um… Beppu-kun’s description was a bit exaggerated. I thought he was just giving a somewhat abstract answer. Amane, your description was too specific. I can’t imagine how a woman could hunt a wild boar or a bear. So I think Amane, your identity might be an undercover agent, and your identity card is ‘Father’…”

The Southern explanation was somewhat plausible, but Tianyin simply couldn't swallow this insult.

This loss is so unfair! Marina is a ruthless character who can chop a wild boar in half with a knife, what could she do? To be doubted for telling the truth, what kind of situation is this?

"So you'd rather believe his mother is exploding all the time than believe I have a mother who can kill wild boars?"

"terribly sorry!!"

Upon seeing that Tianyin was angry, Nanfang quickly bowed and apologized to her.

Beppu's statement to Amane was somewhat inappropriate, but seeing that Amane was a little angry, he immediately turned around and went to participate in the next match.

Seeing the pitiful Nanfang Tianyin, she could only wave her hand and hurry to participate in the next competition. The competition time was only two hours, and she didn't have time to waste on such things. It would be ridiculous if she failed to enter the main competition.

Just as Amane was about to go find Hoshinomiya-sensei to participate in the second competition, she saw Arisu blushing and excitedly scolding several students from Class B. Amane couldn't help but curiously go over to Arisu when she saw her so angry.

After listening for a while, I realized that Arisu had actually lost the first round, and the loss was even more unjust.

The commoner's word for Arisu's group was "toothbrush," while the undercover agent's was "teeth chewing stick." Arisu was the first to speak, saying she often bought this for Amane. As a result, the undercover agent couldn't help but laugh. The undercover agent had already been exposed, but during the vote, everyone voted for Arisu. Afterwards, Arisu questioned the other two girls about why they thought she was the undercover agent. The two girls thought giving a toothbrush was childish, so they deduced that Arisu's word must be a gift that could be given to a lover, and therefore thought Arisu was the undercover agent. Arisu was so angry that she wanted to drag Amane over and make her prove to this guy that she was giving him a toothbrush, so what?

Chapter 325: Was Airi a Male Model?

When Amane saw that Arisu had also been tricked in the first round, she couldn't help but laugh out loud, and this laugh successfully attracted Arisu's attention.

"You're still laughing! How did you do in the first round? Did you lose too?"

Seeing that Arisu had exposed her, Amane still smiled and moved closer to Arisu, gently rubbing Arisu's soft hair.

"How many times have I told you! Don't touch my head! Don't touch my head! You'll stunt your growth! And you still do it?! Miyako Amane!!!"

Arisu picked up her cane and gently tapped Amane's head. Unfortunately, Amane didn't react at all. Arisu was stunned for a moment before realizing that her move had no effect on Amane. She became even more annoyed, and her cheeks puffed up with anger, making her look as cute as a large hamster.

"Okay, okay, don't be angry anymore. I won't touch your hair next time."

"Next time? I seem to remember you saying the same thing last time, Tianyin?"

"Really? I don't seem to remember..."

"Hmph, you scoundrel, you still haven't told me how your battle is going."

Arisu rolled her eyes at Amane, choosing not to argue with this selectively forgetful girl, lest she make things difficult for herself. However, seeing that Amane didn't seem to have won, Arisu asked a question, since Amane would definitely come up and show off in front of her if she had won.

"As you can see, they lost. They'd rather believe someone has a mother who's always on the verge of exploding than believe someone could kill a wild boar."

Tianyin shrugged helplessly; in this kind of situation, it would be pointless for anyone to come.

"Huh? What kind of crazy questions were those? Oh well, we've already lost, let's hurry up and go find Hoshinomiya-sensei to redraw the lots. I see some people have already gotten ten points, if we keep going we might end up at the bottom, and then we'll really become a laughing stock."

Arisu's serious attitude surprised Amane slightly. She had thought that Arisu was just killing time and had nothing better to do, but she didn't expect that Arisu seemed to take this competition quite seriously.

"Arisu, you're not taking this seriously, are you? Is it really necessary to go to such lengths in a competition like this?"

"Of course! I never like being second place. Even if you, Tianyin, were first, I would still feel unhappy. It's just that my love for you overshadows that unhappiness. Not to mention that you and I are in the same group this time. We could have excuses for losing the treasure hunt game by saying it was a misunderstanding, but what about this time? Tianyin, are you planning to lose again?"

Arisu asked Amane with utmost seriousness.

After learning Arisu's true thoughts, Amane's previously somewhat nonchalant expression gradually became serious.