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

As she watched Amane disappear into the night, Arisu took out her phone, thought for a moment, and finally dialed another person's number.

Braving the increasingly heavy snowfall, Tianyin arrived at the agreed-upon open-air bar in less than three minutes.

The reason Tianyin was able to act so quickly wasn't because she was particularly familiar with the location of the bar, but because, in the vast darkness and amidst the swirling silver snow, that orange hanging lamp was simply too conspicuous.

Following the directions of the hanging lamp, Tianyin successfully found the location of the open-air bar, but as soon as she went up the stairs to the second floor, she realized something was wrong.

The second floor of the open-air bar is a terrace with rattan chairs and hanging lamps. Logically speaking, it is understandable that Hoshinomiya-sensei agreed to meet here, since it is a relatively easy place to find. But who would come here to drink on such a cold night?

The smell of alcohol on the second floor was so strong that Tianyin could smell it as soon as she stepped onto the stairs. She forced herself to endure the smell and quickened her pace.

When she arrived on the second floor, the scene before her eyes made Tianyin's eyes widen in surprise.

"What are you doing, Hoshinomiya-sensei?"

Tianyin lowered her body slightly and assumed a defensive stance.

It's no wonder Tianyin is making a mountain out of a molehill; the scene before her was simply too astonishing.

Chazuki lay motionless on the floor, the slightly darker-colored teacher's uniform behind him clearly indicating that he had been lying there for a while.

Hoshinomiya, holding a glass, was half-squatting next to the tea pillar, looking as if she were examining her spoils of war.

Faced with this scene that resembled a crime scene, Tianyin couldn't help but become cautious.

"Didn't you ask me to help? The rest is up to you."

Hoshinomiya pointed to the tea pillar that was still lying on the ground in front of him.

This action made Tianyin's face turn pale.

Seeing that Tianyin's expression was off, Xingzhigong realized something and hurriedly waved his hands despite being drunk.

"What I mean is, Kozae is drunk and needs you to help her back to her dorm."

Upon hearing that Chashu was drunk and not murdered, Amane approached Chashu with some skepticism and immediately checked him over. Only after confirming that Chashu was still alive did Amane feel relieved.

When Hoshinomiya said she was handing over the tea pillar, Amane thought Hoshinomiya wanted her to help dispose of the body. Luckily, it was just a misunderstanding... or so?

"Why did you let Chabashira-sensei lie here like this, Hoshinomiya-sensei? Aren't you afraid she'll catch a cold?"

"I like seeing her in a mess."

Hoshinomiya's cold voice startled Amane for a moment, then she understood. Amane was intimately familiar with the feud between Hoshinomiya and Chabashira. Although Hoshinomiya could appear to have a good relationship with Chabashira in public, he had shown no shortage of hostility towards Chabashira in private, and it was an undisguised hostility, because Chabashira completely ignored Hoshinomiya, or rather...

Chabashira just felt that Hoshinomiya's constant trouble-making was inexplicable.

Chabashira's reaction would naturally provoke Hoshinomiya, making her even more disgusted with him.

With such a mindset, Hoshinomiya wouldn't feel any sympathy for Chabashira even if she were to lie on the ground in the snow all day, let alone see Chabashira lying there all day.

Thinking of this, Tianyin agreed with Xingzhigong's explanation and stepped forward to help Chazhu up.

But perhaps because he was too drunk, Chaba was not only ice-cold all over, but he couldn't even stand up. He was completely asleep. After trying to wake Chaba to no avail, Amane could only carry Chaba to his room.

Since Amane had never been to Chabashira's room, she could only follow behind Hoshinomiya through the complex accommodation areas. After walking for about ten minutes, Hoshinomiya finally stopped in front of a door.

Tianyin looked at the surrounding room layout and streets and felt that they were vaguely familiar. When she looked up at the house number, she was stunned.

"Hoshinomiya-sensei, isn't this your room? Didn't you say you were going to send Chabashira-sensei back?"

Amane was quite familiar with the room in the Star Palace, having just been there at noon...

So when she saw Hoshinomiya leading her back to her own room, she assumed that Hoshinomiya had drunk too much and was not thinking clearly, and she was speechless for a moment.

"But I don't know where Kozae lives either."

Hoshinomiya shrugged.

This sentence left Tianyin somewhat bewildered amidst the swirling snow.

"Aren't you and Chabashira-sensei both teachers? How could you not know where she lives?"

"Isn't this normal? This hotel only temporarily accommodated us. Even among students, only a very small number of those who arrived first were able to stay in consecutive rooms in groups, let alone us teachers. Of course, we were assigned randomly, lol. Besides... my relationship with her is a mess. Even during my break, there's no need to go looking for her to reconnect. Isn't it normal not to know where she lives? Tianyin, do you know where all your girlfriends live?"

Hoshinomiya-sensei's question made Amane look embarrassed.

Because she really didn't know which accommodation area Horikita and the others had been assigned to, and since everyone gathered at the self-service restaurant, Amane had stopped asking about it over time.

Just as the two were talking, a familiar voice rang out not far from Tianyin.

"Amane? What are you doing, Hoshinomiya-sensei?"

Amane subconsciously turned around to look, only to find that Kamuro, who was holding bags of various foods and drinks, was looking at them with a strange expression.

Hoshinomiya and Amane were walking around the street late at night with an adult woman in their arms. Anyone would find this behavior a bit strange.

"Masumi, did you just come back from the cafeteria? Chabashira-sensei got drunk, so I came to help take her back to her dorm. But Hoshinomiya-sensei didn't know where Chabashira-sensei's dorm was, so she brought her back."

On a snowy night, when she suddenly bumped into an acquaintance, Amane instinctively felt something was amiss, but when she saw the food in Kamuro's hand, her gaze became somewhat knowing.

The buffet at the hot spring hotel is open 24 hours a day, with staff constantly replenishing the food and drinks. Since the students couldn't use their personal points and most didn't have any money to buy anything, they could only go to the buffet to bring back snacks or drinks when they wanted them.

Therefore, when Amane saw Kamuro carrying food and drinks, she assumed that Kamuro must have been hungry in the middle of the night and had gone to the cafeteria to get something to eat. This kind of behavior was not unusual, so Amane didn't think much of it.

"I knew I wouldn't make it to the main tournament after losing a few rounds in the qualifiers, so I went back to my room to sleep. I slept until now. I was planning to hold out until tomorrow, but I was so hungry that I had to go to the cafeteria to get some food... Since I saw you here, I might as well help out."

Kamuro put the food and drinks he was holding on the ground and then came over to help Amane put the tea stalks down from her arms. He and Amane then lifted the tea stalks up from either side of Amane.

Looking at Kamuro's calm and composed expression, and then at the food and drinks Kamuro had placed on the ground, Amane raised an eyebrow almost imperceptibly.

After fumbling around for a while, Hoshinomiya finally found the key and opened the door, allowing the two, who were shivering from the cold, to enter Hoshinomiya's room.

"Sorry... looking for the key took a lot of time. Just put Saeko on the bed. Would you like something to drink? I have some beer here..."

Hoshinomiya opened the indoor freezer and found it filled with beer she had brought back from the cafeteria. She couldn't help but pat her head.

Giving beer to young children seems a bit inappropriate.

"No, no, no, I can't drink beer. Since Teacher Chabashira has already delivered it, I should go back now. Amane, do you want to come with me?"

Kamuro sat on the sofa, brushed the snowflakes off his clothes, and then asked Amane.

Tenon glanced at Chashu, who was sleeping soundly on the bed, and thought everything was alright. Just as Tenon was about to leave with Kamuro, Hoshinomiya stopped her.

"I have something to discuss with Amane... Kamuro-kun, what do you think..."

Hoshinomiya looked at Kamuro with a troubled expression.

As if he had expected this, Kamuro immediately got up to say goodbye when he saw that Hoshinomiya wanted to talk to Amane alone.

"Then you two can talk about your business first. I'll go back and have dinner now. Goodbye, Hoshinomiya-sensei. Goodbye, Amane."

"Goodbye, Kamuro-kun~"

"Bye Masumi~"

Kamuro smiled and nodded, then put on his coat, opened the door, and left.

Upon seeing Kamuro leave the Star Palace, he immediately rushed forward and locked the door from the inside.

Just as Hoshinomiya was about to explain to Amane, she found Amane already standing there calmly looking at her.

"Tianyin, I..."

"Arisu really went to great lengths. I never expected that the gift she mentioned would be Chabashira-sensei, and I never expected that Hoshinomiya-sensei would be so shameless as to do something like this with Arisu."

"You know it all?"

Hoshinomiya saw that Amane had guessed the whole story and showed a surprised expression, but she quickly understood. How could Amane be fooled by such a simple trick?

Perhaps Amane saw through this from the very beginning, but simply didn't make a fuss. More likely, she wanted to see if Hoshinomiya Chie was really that kind of shameless woman.

"Of course, I knew it from the beginning."

Tenon's answer confirmed Hoshinomiya's conjecture.

But Hoshinoguchi faces another 'problem': what to do next? Should they just let Amane leave, or continue with the plan?

"Tenon, do you really have absolutely no feelings for Kozae?"

"I find it hard to believe that these words came from Hoshinomiya-sensei. Is there something you're having trouble saying? What kind of dirt did Arisu have on you that made you like this?"

The sound of Tianyin hitting a nerve made Xingzhigong unable to pretend to be nonchalant anymore, and even his drunkenness vanished without a trace.

"Isn't it because you told Sakayanagi about what happened at noon?"

"When did I tell Arisu? Hoshinomiya-sensei, are you sure Arisu said I told her about this?"

Amane certainly wouldn't admit to Hoshinomiya's accusations, because she really hadn't told Arisu what happened at noon. But Hoshinomiya's confident demeanor made Amane a little insecure, and she began to wonder if she had really let something slip.

"How could this be false? At a time like this, would I have any reason to lie to you? Sakayanagi told me personally that you were the one who leaked that information! If it weren't for you, I wouldn't be doing this kind of thing here!!!"

As Hoshinomiya spoke, her voice began to choke up.

If it were someone else seeing Hoshinomiya's pitiful expression, they might not be able to resist softening their heart.

But Tianyin merely glanced coldly at Xingzhigong.

"No, I'm sure I didn't tell Arisu about this. Could it be that you, Hoshinomiya-sensei, were tricked into revealing that secret by Arisu?"

Chapter 332: Call Me Zuozhi

"I was tricked by Sakayanagi-san... Amane, do you mean she noticed something was wrong with me and deliberately tricked me so that I would tell you what happened?"

Hoshinomiya recalled her conversation with Arisu, and then she realized that Arisu had just told her that she knew everything, but had not directly explained what she knew.

If Arisu is truly angry about her close contact with Amane and knows about it, Hoshinomiya thinks that given Arisu's personality, she probably won't let her off so easily.

However, this makes some things a bit illogical.

For example, Arisu's plan to have Amane bully Chabashira couldn't have been something Arisu came up with on the spur of the moment, right? And although the plan was rudimentary, its success rate was frighteningly high.

Thinking of this, Hoshinomiya subconsciously glanced at Chashu lying on the bed.

"That should be it, so you can't put the blame on me, Hoshinomiya-sensei. Fortunately, the misunderstanding has been cleared up, so can you let me leave now? I will explain to Arisu that I gave up on continuing the project on my own initiative."

As Tenon was about to walk outside, Hoshinomiya grabbed her arm.

The soft touch made Tianyin's mind wander a little, but after thinking about her current situation, she quickly dismissed those romantic thoughts.

"What are you doing, Hoshinomiya-sensei?"

"You really don't want to do 'that' with Kozae? Even though she has a terrible personality as a friend, she has a great figure as a woman. If you really like women, don't you feel tempted?"

Hoshinomiya's unusual behavior made Amane realize something, but she quickly shook her head.

"I am interested, but I won't take advantage of her. Right now, Chabashira-sensei is completely drunk. If I do that kind of thing with her without her consent, how am I supposed to explain it to Chabashira-sensei and the others tomorrow? And Hoshinomiya-sensei, what's wrong with you today... Do you really want to see me bullying Chabashira-sensei?"

Amane began to doubt her own judgment. In her guess, Hoshinomiya was forced to carry out this plan because Arisu had caught her in a compromising situation. So all she had to do was clearly refuse to accept this 'opportunity'. Even if Arisu was angry, she wouldn't blame Hoshinomiya-sensei.

However, judging from Hoshinomiya-sensei's behavior, it seems that Hoshinomiya-sensei's agreement to Arisu's plan was probably not simply because she was coerced.

"Of course, I hate Sakayanagi-san's plan, but I have to admit that Sakayanagi-san has a very good grasp of people's hearts. I hope that Amane can inflict pain on Kosae!"

Hoshinomiya released Amane's arm, quickly moved behind Chabashira, hugged him tightly, and then, without saying a word, unbuttoned Chabashira's clothes...

Seeing this, Tianyin quickly turned her head to the other side, but she was still a beat too slow. No one expected that Xingzhigong would do such a thing. Even though Tianyin's reaction speed was fast enough, she was still a beat too slow, so much so that she caught a glimpse of that fair skin out of the corner of her eye...

"Look, Xiao Zuozhi's skin is as smooth as a child's, look at this color... Amane, are you sure you don't want to give it a try?"

Gurgle.

Tianyin's throat was churning.

Her feet unconsciously walked towards the bed. When Hoshinomiya saw that Amane was willing to continue the plan, a smile finally appeared on her face.

Tenon stared at the pair of OO for a few seconds, then suddenly reached out and grabbed them tightly. Just as Tenon's hands touched Chashu's skin, Chashu suddenly opened his eyes and grabbed Tenon's wrists with both hands.

"You're quick to understand!"

Chashu shouted to Hoshinomiya without any hesitation.

Hoshinomiya hurriedly began searching her body. After a few seconds of searching, Hoshinomiya's face suddenly turned deathly pale.

"I can't find my phone... I probably left it on the bar table."

Hoshinomiya rushed to the nearby clothes rack without thinking and roughly pulled her coat over. The force was so great that Hoshinomiya pulled the clothes rack down, and the rack crashed heavily to the ground with a loud thud. However, Hoshinomiya was too anxious to care about that at the moment. After frantically searching through every pocket of her clothes, Hoshinomiya's face turned deathly pale.

Seeing that Hoshinomiya had faltered at a crucial moment, Chabashira frowned and immediately reprimanded the distraught Hoshinomiya.

“Idiot! You hold her hands down, I’ll take the picture.”

Under Chabashira's scolding, Hoshinomiya finally returned to normal and quickly came to Chabashira's side, taking over Chabashira's place and pressing down on Amane's wrists, trying to prevent Amane from removing her hands.

Amane watched with great interest as Hoshinomiya and Chabashira busied themselves with preserving evidence.

In reality, Amane had no intention of resisting. If Amane really had the idea of ​​resisting, let alone Chabashira and Hoshinomiya, apart from her own mother, probably no one in this school could restrain her.