The strongest high school student in Japan

Originally, the gap in test scores between top students would not be too big. If the test questions for a few subjects could be leaked in advance, it would definitely lead to a leap in rankings.

At least at this point, Jun Mogami had gone from being half-believing and half-doubting to being 80% to 90% certain that someone was indeed making illegal profits through cheating.

But what is the meaning of all this?

If the test questions were to be leaked, it would not be enough for students to be involved, and teachers must also be involved - this is what Mogami Jun couldn't understand.

Monthly exams in school may satisfy students' vanity, but what's the point for teachers? Updating the honor roll once a month will not bring them any direct value, and once discovered, teachers will definitely be severely punished and even lose their jobs.

Obviously, the risks and benefits of cheating in this kind of exam are disproportionate, so he has never encountered a teacher who would do so.

After thinking for a while, Jun Mogami still couldn't figure it out.

But no matter what, he had to prevent this from happening again. He had been defeated once in a despicable way and it must not happen a second time, especially since he had already promised the teacher that he would get the top score in the school.

So, how should we stop it?

It seemed inappropriate to report it now. Apart from the report card, he did not have any direct evidence to prove that someone cheated. This problem was very serious. As long as he reported it, it would cause a huge wave in the school. What if it was just a rumor? The consequences would be unbearable even for Mogami Jun himself.

Logical evidence alone is not enough. We must find a way to obtain solid physical evidence before we can report it and make those people receive the punishment they deserve.

But how do we get physical evidence?

He fell into deep thought.

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The next day was another ordinary study day.

On this ordinary day, Mayu Takasaki was chatting and laughing with the female student group around her as usual.

As a campus idol, she never puts on airs in front of her peers, and infects those around her with her gentle smile. It seems that just by looking at this smile, one can feel a sense of warmth arising spontaneously.

When talking and laughing, she would sometimes make various exaggerated expressions and sometimes nod and shake her head, as if she was on a TV show, showing her friendly idol nature.

Mayu Takasaki is as cute as ever.

Oh, if only I didn't know her true nature, it would be so much fun to watch this performance... Jun Mogami thought.

When the bell rang for lunch break, Mogami Jun seized the opportunity and caught up with them just like he did that day.

As soon as they saw Jun Mogami approaching, the girls' faces changed immediately, as if they had seen a monster. Jun Mogami himself didn't dare to imagine what image he had in their minds.

Last time, in order to catch the informer, he deliberately defamed himself in front of others. Although the storm has subsided in the past few days after he and Zhenyou explained the situation later, this incident must still remain in the minds of others.

But since it has come to this, he will not back down, so he forced himself to avoid their gaze and walked in front of Zhenyou.

"Chun...Chun-chan, is there something wrong?" Takasaki Mayu forced herself to maintain a smile, but one could already see the coldness in her eyes.

Her loyal follower Fujiyoshi Ayami beside her looked at him viciously, fearing that he would still have evil intentions and come to harass Mayu again.

But maybe because Mogami Jun had taught her a lesson in person last time, she was still frightened this time, so she didn't curse at her in person, but just stood coldly in front of Mayu.

"Mogami Jun, didn't you agree not to harass Yuzu-chan anymore? Why are you here again?" she asked in a low voice.

"I don't mean to harass Mayu, I just have a few words to say to her." Mogami Jun bowed slightly to Takasaki Mayu, "Yuzu-chan, I'm really sorry for what happened before! I'm really sorry for causing you a lot of distress and trouble because of my recklessness! Now I've turned over a new leaf, and I want to delete everything about our past, so that we can start over and become a supporter of Yuzu-chan! Please give me a chance, Yuzu-chan!"

"Huh...?" Takasaki Mayu had never expected that Mogami Jun would act like this, and she stared at Mogami Jun in amazement.

She didn't believe the stupid things Jun Mogami said at all, but she also heard Jun Mogami's hint that "he wanted to delete everything in our past and start our relationship over again."

This was an unexpected blessing for her.

Did this guy suddenly find his conscience, or is he up to some conspiracy again?

She hesitated for a moment.

But on the surface, she of course had to put on the magnanimous demeanor of an idol girl.

“Chun-chan, you…you don’t have to blame yourself. We are all responsible for what happened…I didn’t do well before and everyone treated you rudely. I’m sorry!” Then, she smiled sweetly, “Now that Chun-chan is willing to turn over a new leaf, that’s great! If everyone can delete everything and start over, I’d be very happy too!”

As she spoke, she narrowed her eyes slightly, giving Mogami Jun a look that said, "You'd better not come to tease me for no reason."

"Don't worry, I mean it sincerely. Also, seeing how much fun Xiaoshi has had with you guys recently, I feel relieved too, so there's nothing to worry about anymore. It's good to let all this end, so that no one will be unhappy in the future." Mogami Jun winked at Takasaki Mayu and hinted, "Yuzu-chan, let's talk for a few steps, let's get this over with!"

"Okay..." Takasaki Mayu glanced around and finally agreed reluctantly.

To her, Jun Mogami's suggestion to delete all the files was too tempting, so she wanted to try it no matter what.

"Hey, what the hell are you doing?"

After the two of them walked to the corner downstairs, Takasaki Mayu was no longer polite. She restrained her smile and looked at the boy unhappily.

"I've made it very clear. Since you guys have been doing well recently and haven't bullied Xiaoshi anymore, I decided to put an end to the last incident and delete all the audio." Mogami Jun shrugged. "Are you satisfied now?"

“Really…?” Takasaki Mayu was both happy and doubtful.

Will this guy really find his conscience?

"Of course it's true. Don't worry, since I said so, I will definitely do it." Mogami Jun nodded firmly, and then changed the subject, "Of course, before that, I still want to ask you something--"

"What's the matter?" Takasaki Mayu asked impatiently.

"I heard that you are very familiar with Honda Rino from Class B? Have you heard of Sakai Koichi who is in the same class with her?" Mogami Jun asked first.

"That Tokugawa couple? Why ask them? How are they bothering you?" Takasaki Mayu asked unhappily, a little confused.

"Tokugawa couple?" Mogami Jun was confused. "What does this mean?"

"Well...they have always had a good relationship and are dating now. One of them happens to be named Honda and the other Sakai. They are both from the families of military commanders that Tokugawa Ieyasu trusted the most at the time, so they got this nickname." Takasaki Mayu replied.

Mogami Jun understood that this joke came from two generals, Sakai Tadatsugu and Honda Tadakatsu, among the four great Tokugawa generals in history...

"What a boring nickname," he couldn't help but comment.

"I think it's stupid too." Takasaki Mayu nodded slightly, then immediately changed her gaze to disdain, "But what does this have to do with you? It has nothing to do with you, so you don't need to judge it."

Although Mayu was almost a head shorter than Mogami Jun, she still looked at him with squinting arrogance.

She seemed to enjoy being able to express her emotions freely.

"I'm sorry, they had nothing to do with me before." Mogami Jun ignored the other party's arrogant gaze and replied calmly, "But now they do."

32. Persuade

"I'm sorry, they didn't have anything to do with me before, but now they do."

Mogami Jun's calm tone made Mayu a little nervous. She frowned slightly and looked at the boy, then tried cautiously.

"How did they offend you?"

Because she was still a freshman in high school, most of her classmates were new, so she had only just gotten to know them.

In the past, she never took the people in her class seriously. In her eyes, Jun Mogami was just an ordinary top student with a good brain and a weird personality, not worthy of much attention.

But what Mogami Jun did a while ago completely overturned her original impression. This annoying person was arrogant, cold and reserved. He never fell for her cute tricks and even got a hold of her when she was not prepared, almost making her lose face...

Although she was filled with hatred, she could naturally see that the young man was definitely not someone to be trifled with and must be taken seriously.

So now he actually came to me and asked irrelevant people. What was his intention?

"It's not that you've offended me. To be honest, I didn't know these two people until yesterday..." Mogami Jun deliberately dragged out his tone, "But now I want to get to know them, for some reason, and I heard that you have a good relationship with Honda Rino, so I wanted to ask you about it."

"Why exactly? If you don't tell me your intention, I won't tell you." Takasaki Mayu looked at Mogami Jun with caution, "I won't be so rash as to tell the wrong people about my friend's affairs!"

Ah, it seems that Takasaki Mayu is not that easy to fool... Jun Mogami thought.

Well, he was not unprepared for this.

"In that case, I'll tell you the truth—" Mogami Jun reached into his pocket, took out a piece of paper, and handed it to Takasaki Mayu, "This Tokugawa couple is involved in something extraordinary."

“What a big deal…?” Takasaki Mayu was a little confused. She subconsciously raised her hand and took the page of paper.

Then she found that there were many densely packed numbers printed on this A4 paper, and some places were circled with red pen.

She couldn't understand it at all. She was not good at math to begin with, and seeing so many densely packed numbers just hurt her eyes.

"What is this?!" she asked, looking up.

"This is the data I sorted out. The source of the data is the transcripts of our last two first-year high school monthly exams." Mogami Jun replied, "By comparing the scores of various subjects, I have enough reason to believe that someone cheated in the last exam, which led to a sharp improvement in their scores... These circled numbers are abnormal scores."

"Ah... is it true...?" This explosive news made Takasaki Mayu open her eyes wide in shock, then she realized she had said something wrong and immediately covered her mouth.

But her expression had completely caught the attention of Jun Mogami.

"You don't seem very surprised." Mogami Jun sneered, "Do you know something about it?"

"You're talking nonsense!" Gao Qimayu immediately interrupted him, "I didn't do that!"

Her reaction was very intense, which was quite normal. After all, as a student, if she was caught participating in large-scale cheating, she would be severely punished by the school. What's more, she was an idol. If such scandals were exposed, her career would be over.

"By the way, I checked your grades..." After enjoying the other party's angry look, Mogami Jun spoke again, "Well, although your ranking was too low so it was not recorded on the school's transcript, I asked other classmates and found out that there was no significant change in your performance in the two exams. If there was any change, it was slightly lower... Was it because you were distracted by work?"

To be honest, before preparing to look for Zhenyou, he also specially investigated Zhenyou to avoid catching ghosts but finding the ghost instead and making a fool of himself.

However, the facts show that at least so far, Takasaki Mayu has not participated in this cheating behavior.

That's right. For her, it doesn't matter whether she does well in the exam or not. On the contrary, the consequences of being caught would be too serious. She has no motivation to do such a thing.

"What do you care!" Seeing that the other party did not doubt her, Takasaki Mayu breathed a sigh of relief, but immediately became angry at his mocking attitude. "Is it great to have high test scores? Why look down on others? If I'm serious..."

"Even if you study hard now, you can't beat me in the test. This gap can't be made up by studying hard for a short period of time." Mogami Jun stated this fact calmly.

Then, he did not argue with the other party and directly changed the subject, "Since I have come to you, you should understand that I already have some suspects in my mind-"

"The Tokugawa couple? Them?" Takasaki Mayu finally understood, "Do you have any evidence?"

"The data I have found so far has proven that they are indeed highly suspicious." Mogami Jun nodded, "Now we just need to verify it further."

"In other words, you don't have any evidence at all, and all of this is just your subjective inference... right?" Takasaki Mayu finally understood.

Then, the corners of her mouth curled up slightly, revealing a hint of mockery and sneer. "Humph, data, data... can your data have any legal authority? Or do you want to convict someone based on a page of paper?"

"Of course I don't have that ability, so I have to investigate further," replied Jun Mogami.

"So you came to me... Actually, you wanted me to help you get close to the Tokugawa couple and get evidence from them, right?" Takasaki Mayu still sneered, with an expression that showed she had seen through him. "You just said something so nice, about changing your ways and having a change of heart, but it turned out to be all bluffing!"

"The reason is not important, what's important is that as long as you help me this time, our accounts will be settled. I can apologize to you and delete all the previous records. You don't have to worry about it anymore." Mogami Jun persuaded, "Is this condition suitable?"

"Magami Jun, you are too arrogant. Do you think that now that you have the recording, I have to listen to everything you say?" Takasaki Mayu narrowed her eyes with an arrogant attitude, "You threatened me twice with the same thing, and you clearly said that you would not pursue it anymore, but you came to me again... Do you still have any credibility now? Who can guarantee that after you have done it this time, you will not threaten me for the third time? So I refuse! I have kept our agreement last time. If you dare to mess around under this situation, I will never forgive you!"

"I'm serious this time." Mogami Jun bowed his head sincerely, "Please do me a favor this time."

Takasaki Mayu didn't answer, but just looked at him coldly.

"Okay, I know you have a very negative opinion of me now, but don't you think that as students of this school, we have an obligation to maintain the fairness and justice of the exams?" Mogami sighed, "If there are really people cheating on a large scale, wouldn't that be an insult to the efforts of other students?"

"Huh? What's fairness and justice got to do with me? I'm not involved in this, so I naturally have no obligation to help you with this kind of thing!" Takasaki Mayu still completely refused. "Let me tell you, I've been enduring your arrogance for a long time. Don't think I'll listen to everything you say!"

After venting her resentment, she felt a lot better. For some reason, she felt very happy when she saw the other person's conflicted look.

Humph, now you have come to this day.

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"Okay, that's enough, Jun-chan." She smiled that cute smile again and waved goodbye to Jun Mogami. "See you later~"

Alas, she is really stubborn. Looking at this pure and sweet smile, Mogami Jun couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Fortunately, he was not unprepared for this situation.

"Hey, Yuzu-chan, do you really think you are completely out of this?" After being silent for a long time, he finally spoke, "Don't you realize that I am helping you now?"

"What nonsense are you talking about again!" Takasaki Mayu stopped and looked at Mogami Jun with a puzzled look.

"I am just suspicious now, and I haven't reported it to the teacher or the school. You know, once this kind of thing is reported to the school, it will definitely not be a trivial matter, and they will definitely investigate it strictly." Mogami Jun said coldly, "If even I can see the problem, I am afraid it will be easier for the school to investigate. If it is finally confirmed, many people will be in trouble."

Then, he also sneered, "Then you'd better pray that I'm wrong and Honda Rino is not involved. Otherwise, given the close relationship between the two of you, it seems that many people will associate it with something... For example, maybe she leaked it to you? Did she, Yuzu-chan?"

In fact, Jun Mogami is not sure whether to report to the school now, and he is just trying to scare Mayu, but this does not stop him from acting confident.

He had already realized that when dealing with a cunning bad boy like Zhenyou, it was useless to talk about reason and justice. The only way to scare her was to threaten her with the possible damage to her interests.

"Are you really planning to report the school?" Zhenyou suddenly paused.

Honda Rino really did look for her, and if the school were to investigate, it would be difficult for her to clear herself - of course, she thought that Mogami Jun didn't know about this.

"What else? Am I investigating this just to kill time?" Mogami Jun asked back. "I'm telling you, if you cooperate with me now, you can still clear yourself, but once I tell the school everything, the consequences will be out of my control, do you understand? Yuzu~chan~"

Takasaki Mayu bit her lip slightly, her face becoming increasingly darker.

Jun Mogami was not in a hurry at all. He didn't believe that Takasaki Mayu would take risks for someone like Honda Rino.

"Rino, that fool... fool..." Sure enough, after a moment, Takasaki Mayu spat angrily, "I've never seen such a fool!"

She no longer had the composure she had just now, but was now anxious and annoyed. "What does this crappy exam have to do with me? Why do I need her to help me? I am so annoyed with her!"