The strongest high school student in Japan

"Well, if I had known you were this kind of person..." Takasaki Mayu sighed, not surprised at all. "So what do you want? Tell me, if it's a reasonable request, we'll make a deal."

"For example, how about singing ten songs for me in the future?" Mogami asked. "Just like last time, sing with all your heart and soul. If I am not satisfied, do it again."

"Eh?" Takasaki Mayu's eyes widened in surprise. "That's it?"

She had actually been prepared for a huge demand, but she didn't expect that this time Jun Mogami would be so easy to talk to and put forward such low conditions.

Singing is one of her main jobs. Singing eight or ten songs is no problem for her, even if she wants to dance to it.

As if she was worried that Jun Mogami would go back on his word, she immediately nodded heavily and agreed.

"Okay, let's do this. If something happens that requires you to save the situation, and you do it, I will sing ten songs for you alone. You can choose any song you want, and I will never regret it!"

Then, she took out her phone and checked the time. "Okay, let's stop here. I've been gone for so long, they must be looking for me. We can't cause any trouble."

Mogami Jun immediately stood up and walked out with Mayu.

Perhaps because the worries in his heart have been basically relieved, the worry on Zhenyou's face has disappeared, and he has regained his previous high spirits, and his fair face seems to be covered with a layer of glaze.

"Humph, didn't you say before that my singing was bad? Why do you want to hear more of it now?" Just as they reached the door, Takasaki Mayu narrowed her eyes slightly and sneered sarcastically, "You are really not frank..."

"Is it not okay for me to abuse myself occasionally?" Mogami Jun stopped and asked back with a straight face. "Self-abuse is fun!"

"Bah!" Zhenyou spat.

70. Trust

After getting Mogami Jun's promise, Mayu finally felt relieved, her mood became very good, and she left with light steps.

And Jun Mogami returned to the corridor where he was just now.

Izumi Sanae, who was here just now, has now disappeared. She must have gone to prepare for a TV show.

There is still some time before the show officially starts, and Jun Mogami is suddenly free again.

He was about to go downstairs to the lobby, and just as he reached the escalator entrance, a figure slowly came towards him on the rising escalator.

Jun Mogami subconsciously glanced at the other person, and then he found that he knew this person.

It turned out to be Miss Takeuchi, the staff of Shinyu...

Today, she wore a gray-black suit and a white shirt as usual, looking quite capable and imposing.

As soon as he saw her, for some reason, Mogami Jun suddenly remembered the teasing she had said in the car that day, "Are you still a virgin?", and then a feeling of embarrassment arose.

Just when he was feeling embarrassed, Miss Takeuchi, who walked out of the escalator, also recognized Jun Mogami, so she stopped at the escalator entrance and greeted Jun Mogami with a smile.

"Hey, little brother, nice to see you again, how are you doing recently?"

"Long time no see. I'm fine. How about you, Ms. Takeuchi?" Since the other party greeted him, Mogami Jun was embarrassed to pretend to ignore him, "Is work going well recently?"

"Thanks to Zhenyou, my work has been going smoothly recently, saving me a lot of worries." Ms. Takeuchi smiled and nodded, "By the way, did you see her just now?"

"Ah, I see. She's chatting with her friends over there." Mogami Jun casually pointed to the shop where Mayu was, "You can find her when you go in."

After saying this, he took another step and prepared to go downstairs.

What he didn't expect was that Miss Takeuchi had no intention of leaving, but stood there looking at Jun Mogami who was walking over.

"It's enough to know where she is. It's okay. I'm not in a hurry right now. Brother, can you talk to me for a few words?"

"May I ask what you can do for me?" Jun Mogami stopped again and stood in front of the other person.

"Nothing, I just wanted to ask you, how is your relationship with Zhenyou recently?" As she asked, she skillfully took out a cigarette case and a lighter from her pocket. "From the fact that she invited you over, you should have improved a lot since last time, right?"

"It's an improvement, for now." Mogami Jun nodded, "At least the grudge between us is over, and there's no quarreling now."

"Then I feel much more relieved. No wonder Shinyu's mental stress seems to have been reduced a lot recently..." Miss Takeuchi lit a cigarette, took a deep puff, and then squinted her eyes slightly, seeming to enjoy it very much. "Young man, you should know why Shinyu invited you here this time, right?"

"Well, Makoto just told me that she asked me to come here to help with the TV program. If something happens that she can't control, she wants me to help save the situation." Mogami Jun answered the other party's question truthfully, "Is that right?"

"That's basically it." Miss Takeuchi replied with a wry smile. "It's really embarrassing to say this. This kind of thing doesn't happen very often. We only agreed to it reluctantly because of our relationship with the TV station. To be honest, not only is Mayu nervous, I'm a little nervous too. No one wants to see any unexpected situation happen."

Then, she sighed again, leaned over the glass railing of the corridor, and blew a puff of air. The blue-purple smoke instantly filled the air in front of her, weaving into strange shapes.

"Those people at the TV station are so arrogant. They always like to act so great in front of us, as if we can't live without them. To be honest, I've been fed up with them for a long time."

Ms. Takeuchi frowned slightly, looking distressed. "It just so happens that we really can't leave them right now, so the company has no choice but to put Shinyu and the others in a difficult position. Just treat it as a test."

"I think I understand." Mogami Jun nodded. "But if that's the case, it seems that your company is quite optimistic about Mayu and believes that she is capable of dealing with unexpected situations, so you assigned her such a task."

"You can say that." Ms. Takeuchi smiled again. "Although you may not be able to see it, I can tell you that in the current internal discussions of the company, after the current core members graduate and leave the group, there is a strong demand for Mayu to be the next generation's main member. If nothing unexpected happens, it will soon become a decision."

Mogami Jun was a little surprised.

He didn't expect that Zhenyou was so favored by the company.

But if you think about it carefully, as a professional idol, Zhenyou has good looks, a passable singing voice and dancing skills, and even cute acting skills. It is normal for her to be trained as a core member... At least she is no worse than other idols he has seen.

"Then is that Sanae Izumi the core of the next generation?" He suddenly thought of another question.

"Eh? Didn't you say you don't care about idols? How come you know her?" Ms. Takeuchi was a little surprised, but still nodded. "But it's true. Sanae is also our key training target. The president is very optimistic about her and thinks she has a very promising future... Of course, no one can predict what will happen in a few years, so we can only take it as an expectation. In our industry, there are many examples of people who were amazing at the beginning but soon became unknown. Many times, no one can tell how a person became popular. It depends on luck."

One is the successor who is being trained with emphasis, and the other is the successor of the successor who is being trained with emphasis, and they are equally arrogant. I believe that when the two of them face each other, their feelings must be quite complicated. They admire each other and naturally dislike each other, and they are both afraid of falling from their current positions... No wonder they both behaved like that.

Jun Mogami suddenly understood the teasing of Izumi Sanae.

Because the company wants to focus on training them, it spares no effort to provide them with resources and allow them to participate in TV shows to expand their popularity.

Similarly, it is precisely because she knows that she is placed with high hopes that Zhenyou feels tremendous pressure. She does not want to disappoint anyone and is even more afraid that she will lose these expectations and be abandoned by the company.

The enormous pressure that Zhenyou is facing certainly did not start today. No wonder she would go to school to vent her emotions to someone else and throw all her anxiety, fear and self-doubt on others.

Now, Jun Mogami still completely disagrees with her behavior of bullying Xiao Min at that time. This behavior was definitely wrong - but he can also understand her motives a little.

"So, brother, sometimes you may think that Zhenyou treats you badly, but it's not necessarily because she hates you. She just doesn't know how to express normal feelings anymore." Perhaps she thought of something, Ms. Takeuchi suddenly said, "She is subconsciously tired of being so gentle and sweet to everyone, so she likes to treat you with the opposite attitude."

"Another psychological analysis?" Mogami Jun asked back. "So according to you, I should feel honored when she mocks me? Sorry... I don't feel honored."

He still remembered that when they were in the car, Ms. Takeuchi said that she studied psychology in college, and later because she didn't want to do related work, she went to work as a staff member in the company.

"Brother, I've already talked about Shinyu, so let's talk about you--" Just as Mogami Jun was teasing him, Miss Takeuchi suddenly changed the subject, "Although we have only met twice so far, I think you and Shinyu should be quite compatible. You both have a sense of pride, and you firmly believe that you will win, and you are willing to work hard for it, so Shinyu will appreciate you..."

"I think it's a little different. Yes, I won't allow myself to fail, but I will never allow myself to escape, because I am more afraid of my self-esteem being hurt than failure. If I fail, I can admit defeat, because as long as I work hard, there will be hope of making a comeback, but if I escape, I will never be able to stand up straight again..." Mogami Jun replied calmly, "Mayou's behavior of venting your anger on others, no matter how justified it is, is a form of escape in my opinion. Everyone has to pay a price to realize their dreams. Bearing pressure and making sacrifices for the dream is also part of this price, and it is a part that must be borne. Using others as a shield and venting this pressure on others is a cunning escape! If you can't even bear the pain alone, how can you be qualified to bear the sweetness after the dream comes true?"

Having said this, Moishikawa stopped.

He also felt that he had gone a little too far.

"Okay, maybe this is just my extreme thinking, you don't have to care about it, but that's how I see it anyway."

"Well, it's standard absolutism. You arrogantly believe that the world is divided into two parts: winners and losers, and you will stand on the winning side, no matter what twists and turns there are in between, so you don't feel fear." Ms. Takeuchi nodded, showing no sign of anger. "But... well, this is also a serious attitude towards life, at least better than the decadent herbivorous type. The young generation today lacks this kind of momentum. Anyway, I will pass these words on to Shinyu, maybe it's not bad for Shinyu to grow in this direction-"

"Eh?" Mogami Jun was a little embarrassed. "This... I can't say I'm giving you any life guidance."

"But judging from Makoto's behavior, she does seem to have some admiration for you." Ms. Takeuchi replied with a smile, taking another deep puff of her cigarette, "It's just that with her personality, she can't possibly tell you in person."

"Admiration...?" Mogami Jun was stunned for a moment.

"If not, why would she invite you here as insurance? This is a rare trust, she believes that you can help, at least give her psychological stability." Miss Takeuchi smiled and shook her head, "Brother, I know you are not qualified to respond to the trust imposed on you by others, but - being friends with Mayu is not that bad, right? It might be really interesting if you give it a try?"

Then, she suddenly turned her head again and seemed to be looking at Jun Mogami very seriously.

"But bro, there is one thing you have to remember. There is a rule in the contract between our idols and the company, and that is...dating - forbidden! Although it seems a bit inappropriate to come up with such an old-fashioned rule in the Heisei era, rules are rules, so you are not allowed to do anything out of line within my sight. This is for the future of Mayu..."

Is it okay if I don't see you? Look at what you said! If that's the case, you should warn me righteously. What are you trying to imply with your smiling face? Do you dare to say it!

Jun Mogami was complaining wildly in his mind.

Just when he was about to say something...

"ah!"

A scream came from a distance, breaking the silence in the corridor.

71. Accident

"ah!"

A scream coming from a distance interrupted the conversation between Jun Mogami and Miss Takeuchi.

The two looked at each other in astonishment, not understanding what was happening.

At the first moment, Jun Mogami thought that something had happened to Mayu and Komi, but he quickly denied this idea.

Although the voice was a sharp female voice, it was not their voice, and the direction was also different.

The screaming seemed to be coming from below, or more precisely, from the bottom of the escalator.

After staring at each other for a moment, both of them came to their senses, and then they stepped onto the escalator at the same time and walked towards the direction where the sound came from.

Following the winding ∑-shaped escalator, they went down from the third floor to the first floor, and then they discovered a shocking scene at the bottom.

A man in a suit and shirt was lying face down on the marble floor, motionless. There was a large pool of blood beside him, which flowed freely on the ground, making the patterns on the floor look particularly strange. There were also a lot of papers scattered around him, like pieces of white cloth, covering the blood.

Izumi Sanae stood next to him with her mouth open.

This cute and quirky girl was now pale in the face and her legs were trembling slightly. She almost looked like she could not stand steadily. She was obviously frightened.

She wanted to bend her knees to check on the person lying on the ground, but she was so frightened that she couldn't control her body at all. She bent one leg and made a strange and funny posture - but I'm afraid no one would laugh at this time.

When she saw Jun Mogami and Ms. Takeuchi coming down the escalator, she seemed to finally regain a little bit of consciousness.

"Ah!" Then there was another scream. "Takeuchi-sister!"

She took a deep breath and stumbled towards Miss Takeuchi.

Ms. Takeuchi glanced at the person on the ground, then immediately hugged Izumi Sanae.

"Don't panic." She gently stroked Izumi Sanae's hair, using this most primitive way to comfort the child, "What happened just now?"

Ms. Takeuchi's calmness seemed to give Izumi Sanae some courage. She took a few deep breaths in Ms. Takeuchi's arms and finally regained her ability to speak. "We just said hello, and then... then he talked to me... talked about the precautions for the show later... and then... then... he fell down..."

The person who greeted her warmly fell down in the blink of an eye and became like this. Witnessing such a shocking scene, it was no wonder that Izumi Sanae was distracted. After all, she was just a child of thirteen or fourteen years old.

I guess he was focusing on the documents in his hands while chatting, which is why he ended up like this.

Miss Takeuchi looked at the person on the ground again. Although she couldn't recognize who this person was, this scene really made her feel pity.

"Don't be afraid, it's just an accident." She stroked Sanae Izumi's hair again and comforted her softly.

Then she loosened her arms, walked over to the man, and squatted down.

She looked at the man's profile and found that he was not someone she knew. He should be some unknown staff member.

Then she raised her hand and placed it on the other's neck, not caring at all about the blood on his body.

"Fortunately, he still has a pulse and his temperature is normal." She blurted out as if relieved.

"That's great..." Izumi Sanae also breathed a sigh of relief and almost fainted, "Finally...finally it didn't..."

Miss Takeuchi touched the other person gently again and found that he had no reaction. He must be unconscious.

She was not a medical worker and had no systematic medical knowledge. In this situation, the other party was very likely to have internal bleeding or even rupture, so she didn't dare to make any violent movements and had to let go.

At this time, Jun Mogami also came over, bent down slightly and looked at the man lying on the ground.

"Hey bro, have you ever studied nursing? I think his condition is a little bad."

"I'm very sorry, I haven't learned that, and it doesn't look like he's in a condition that can be easily resuscitated." Mogami Jun shook his head, "Let's just call an ambulance and not waste any more time."

"Yes, you're right." Miss Takeuchi nodded with a wry smile, then reached out to take out her cell phone from her pocket.

Just when she touched the phone, the corner of her eye suddenly fell on Izumi Sanae next to her.

The little girl hadn't recovered her breath yet, and was still in shock, shaking as if she had just been pulled out of the water. Her eyes were full of panic, and there seemed to be a hint of guilt?

"Sanae, did you touch him in the elevator?" She paused for a moment and then asked.

"I..." Sanae Izumi opened her mouth, then closed it again, and kept blinking her eyes.

Ms. Takeuchi and Jun Mogami looked at each other.

The answer is already obvious.

"Did you run into him?" Ms. Takeuchi's tone had changed. "Sanae, don't hide anything from me. Please believe me, I'm always on your side no matter what."

Perhaps it was Miss Takeuchi who gave her the courage, and Izumi Sanae finally spoke again. She lowered her head and looked at the ground in shame.

"When we were going down the escalator, he was looking at the documents in his hand, and then... then he accidentally touched me, and I immediately dodged, after all, I didn't want to be touched by the uncle, and then... then he suddenly rolled down... I used very little force, really... I didn't do it on purpose!"

Her tone was very anxious, as if she was afraid that the two people would not believe her, and tears were about to come out.

Although Jun Mogami and Ms. Takeuchi both believed that the other was telling the truth, they both knew that it was just a forced excuse. If a person loses their balance, even a slight force can make them fall, not to mention Sanae who was caught off guard after being stimulated.