Tokyo: Starting with a fake boyfriend

In addition, there are also selected essential questions and explanations extracted from Xiao Nan's study notes.

"Ring ring ring!"

It wasn't until the school bell rang that Shiratori Osamu's consciousness returned to reality from the waves of memories.

"It's really not easy."

Shiratori Shu opened his eyes, feeling a great sense of accomplishment, and murmured to himself.

Although he was a college student in his previous life and had taken the extremely difficult college entrance examination, he racked his brains and studied day and night, but in the end he only got into a second-tier university.

But this life is different. I learned all the math knowledge in high school in just half a month, and mastered it comprehensively from the basics to the advanced levels.

"Xiu, tomorrow is the final exam. How are your preparations going?"

Just then, Nakamura Tomoki ran up to him because of the hot topic in the class, and asked curiously while resting one hand on his desk.

"I have made full preparations."

In response to his question, Shiratori Osamu looked up to meet his gaze and replied.

"That's good."

Seeing his confident reaction, Nakamura Tomoki couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Although Xiu was completely absorbed in his studies and might not have been very self-disciplined, the school has been in complete chaos these past two days.

Because Mr. Shinonome was giving Shiratori Osamu individual tutoring on weekends, and because the perennial underachiever had recently been studying diligently... everyone, from top students to struggling students, and even students from other grades, was waiting for a result.

That's the upcoming final exam. Shiratori Osamu, the Tiger of Martial Arts, has studied so hard for so long, what kind of results will he get?

In short, everyone is waiting to see the joke.

As a good friend, he naturally hoped that Xiu could get a good score and impress everyone.

But to be honest, he was quite unsure about this matter.

After all, before Xiu made up his mind to study hard and take the college entrance exam, he was the worst student among the worst, firmly holding the last place in his grade.

Chapter 133 A Difficult Situation

The Japanese are very adept at reading social situations, especially those who are skilled at social interaction.

Apart from Nakamura Tomoki, no one dared to approach Shiratori Osamu anymore, including the trio of gyaru led by Seto Yuki.

Osamu Shiratori was already quite famous at Takeno High School. Everyone knew he was a delinquent bully and was even nicknamed the "Tiger of Takeno" because of his outstanding fighting skills.

However, they kept to themselves. As far as the students of Takeno High School were concerned, whether he went to fight, race cars, smoke, or drink, as long as he didn't bully them, nothing would happen.

But as a delinquent youth, of all things he could do, he insisted on studying diligently.

Such behavior would normally be seen as a joke by top students.

To only start studying seriously now, are you kidding me?

If learning is such a simple thing, then what about their behavior of going to private tutoring every day after school until 9 or 10 p.m. during the two and a half years of high school, and even taking tutoring during spring break, summer break and winter break?

Moreover, Shiratori Osamu suddenly realized that going to university was the right way out, and began to work hard and study diligently. So why did he receive special treatment from the youngest and most beautiful female teacher in the whole school?

What makes people most envious and jealous is that Ms. Shinonome, who only wears formal attire at school, also wears casual clothes on weekends. Although she is still quite conservative, she looks absolutely stunning!

"This is not fair!"

With the encouragement of those who were interested, top students in all grades developed this awareness.

Is it reasonable for a delinquent student who is lazy, good-for-nothing, and does all sorts of bad things to receive special treatment that even top students don't get?

"I also want Mr. Shinonome's holiday tutoring!"

"I also want to get along well with Professor Dongyun."

The top students in Class 3(1) felt even stronger resentment, envy, jealousy and hatred, after all, Shinonome Mizuki was also their teacher.

Among them, the male student who had a crush on the teacher reacted the most enthusiastically.

Despite the general outrage, several students went to Mr. Dongyun's office after school yesterday, hoping he would change his mind, give up tutoring Shiratori Osamu, and instead tutor them, promising that they would definitely get into a good university.

However, those people were all brushed off by Teacher Dongyun using two different sets of rhetoric:

“Teachers have limited energy and time and cannot tutor two people at the same time, but I can tailor an academic enhancement plan for you based on your grades.”

"This is not about money. Teachers are not allowed to have extracurricular work, let alone provide extra tutoring to students by charging them money."

What "Academic Ability Enhancement Plan"? How could a top student possibly need something like that?

They decided to take the college entrance exam in their first year of high school and locked in their preferred universities in their second year. In the past two and a half years, they have spent 150 to 400 million yen just on extracurricular tutoring classes, hiring private tutors, and purchasing a large number of textbooks and test papers. Their study plans and such were already set in advance.

What they wanted was extracurricular tutoring from a beautiful female teacher, the opportunity to spend time alone with her, and a desire to prove themselves.

Given this intelligence, the top students, having all received an education, understood the importance of having a legitimate reason for launching an attack.

They need a legitimate reason to persuade Mr. Shinonome to change his mind.

"Final exams are just around the corner. If Shiratori does poorly and is of no value to tutor or teach, then Shinonome-sensei can change his mind!"

After someone proposed this idea yesterday, it received an overwhelming response and was recognized by everyone. Even students from other grades started to pay attention to it.

Everyone loves to watch a spectacle, especially when others make fools of themselves or embarrass themselves. Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many prank variety shows in Japan.

Most importantly, fighting is not the strength of top students, but studying and taking exams are their strengths.

The top students, who usually had to shrink back and avoid Shiratori Osamu, had been feeling stifled for over two years. Now they finally found a weapon to fight back and their enthusiasm soared.

Even so, no matter how indignant everyone was, no one was foolish enough to go up to Shiratori Osamu and provoke him.

A person's reputation precedes them. This guy is the undisputed strongest bully at Takeno High School. He's tall and strong, and has a terrible temper. If you piss him off and get beaten up, the consequences will be severe.

Shiratori Osamu was actually aware of the undercurrents in Class 3(1).

Although everyone was gossiping about him behind his back, he could feel their gazes when he was engrossed in his studies.

Mocking, sarcastic, cold-smiling, contemptuous, disdainful—none of these were friendly glances.

In fact, after learning last week about the campus rumors that someone had spotted him and Shinonome-sensei at the Aozora study room on the weekend, Shiratori Osamu guessed that this would cause dissatisfaction among some people.

That's human nature. As a teacher, Shinonome Mizuki has the freedom to stay home and relax on weekends and holidays without anyone objecting. But when she gave extra tutoring to a particular student, and it was discovered that the student was a poor student, it made people feel very unbalanced.

Even so, the intensity of the situation still surprised him somewhat.

"Is the combination of a delinquent school bully and a beautiful teacher really that effective?"

"No, it must be the chemical reaction caused by my sister-in-law. She replaced Mr. Dongyun yesterday and supervised me while wearing casual clothes."

"Actually, this is not the most explosive situation. If everyone knew that Mr. Shinonome has a twin sister who studies with me, that would be truly explosive."

Perhaps he became the target of everyone's criticism, but Shiratori Shu was not afraid at all.

Because his choice after triggering the turning point in his life was to go all out, even though he had only finished reviewing the math from the three years of high school these past few days and had barely touched the other subjects, he wouldn't have enough time to study tonight and wouldn't get good grades.

But it doesn't matter. Mathematics is the subject that tests talent the most. As long as he can get a super high score of 135 or above in mathematics, it will definitely have a stunning effect.

"Keep it up, get a good score, and let Auntie see your attitude."

Shiratori Osamu chatted with Tomoaki for a while, packed his bag, punched him in the chest with his fist to encourage him, and then left the school.

Leaving the school building, crossing the campus, and stepping out of the school gate, Shiratori Osamu walked alone on his way home from school.

Considering that tomorrow's math exam is extremely important, he plans to go to the bookstore to buy practice papers and do some practice, making extra preparations.

"Let's give Mr. Dongyun a heads-up."

On the way, Shiratori suddenly remembered something and took out his phone.

Learning from his previous experience, he was smarter this time and wanted to deliver the good news as soon as possible.

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After school, at Takeno High School, in the teachers' office.

Higashino Mizuki sat at her workstation, her slender, pale fingers tapping on the keyboard of her laptop.

With summer vacation approaching, there's so much work to do as a teacher.

Aside from her daily teaching duties, she also needs to prepare notification slips for all the students in the class.

The so-called notification form is a form that every teacher must prepare at the end of each semester. It includes information such as grades for each subject, attendance, teacher comments, and holiday suggestions.

That being said, this is not her first year as a teacher, and having learned from last year's experience, she will not be flustered again this year.

"Teacher Dongyun, Teacher Dongyun, tomorrow and the day after tomorrow are the final exam days. Are you confident about the teaching results of Class 3(1) in the second semester?"

While she was busy with work, Mr. Murata, having nothing else to do, came up to chat with her.

"..."

Shinonome Mizuki was busy with her necessary work as a teacher when she saw this annoying person causing trouble again. She glanced at her and chose to ignore her.

Respect is mutual. Although she felt that her personality was not very good and she was not very likable, precisely because of this, she would never lower her dignity to please others.

Despite receiving a disdainful and cold glance from her, Mr. Murata wasn't annoyed. Instead, he began to patiently and earnestly lecture her:

"You seem to be in a bad mood. Is it because those students came to protest to you yesterday?"

"Oh dear, I've advised you before. Instead of tutoring hopeless students like Shiratori Osamu, you should tutor students with good grades."

Mr. Murata was in a good mood. First, he enjoyed watching the after-school drama yesterday. Second, Mr. Shinonome was in a very awkward situation, caught in a dilemma.

She had already inquired and found out that the top students in Class 3(1) planned to wait until Shiratori Osamu's final exam results were announced, and then, based on the difference in their scores and rankings, ask Mr. Toono for extracurricular tutoring again.

While most high schools don't publish exam results to protect students' self-esteem and privacy, Takeno High School, being a college-preparation-oriented school with a strong academic atmosphere, publishes its results directly, even in the form of rankings, to enhance students' competitiveness and motivation.

It'll be quite a show when that happens, I'm so excited just thinking about it.

Because Mr. Murata would pick fights all the time, it was fine once or twice, but after a while, the teachers in the teachers' office noticed something was wrong and didn't bother to go and join in the fun anymore; it had become commonplace.

However, people still couldn't help but take a few more glances today, because it was clear to everyone that Mr. Shinonome was in a terrible situation, even going down a dead end.

It's actually a good thing that a delinquent student like Shiratori Osamu is willing to study hard and has been reading diligently for so many days. Regardless of how much his grades have improved, he has at least reformed.

However, what Mr. Dongyun should never have done was to provide after-school tutoring, which caused dissatisfaction among the students.

Friday morning was destined to be a tragedy.

Even though Shiratori Osamu studied very hard, he only started studying the Thursday before last. Even if his grades improved, they were still limited and he couldn't compare to those top students.

Despite everyone's stares and Mr. Murata's nagging, Shinonome Mizuki ignored them and focused solely on her work.

Just then, her cell phone, which was in her pocket, vibrated a few times.

Noticing this, Shinonome Mizuki stopped what she was doing and took out her phone, whose screen was lit up, from her pocket.

This was a Line message from Shiratori Osamu. The message was very short, so short that she didn't even need to unlock her phone or double-tap to view it; she could see it simply through a pop-up notification.

"I've finished learning."

"You finished learning so quickly? As expected of Shiratori-kun!" Upon seeing this message, Shinonome Mizuki, who had been feeling quite annoyed, was overjoyed.

The message may have been short, but she was able to decipher its meaning.

When Shiratori Osamu said he had finished studying, he meant finishing all six standard textbooks for high school mathematics.

Although she didn't know what level Shiratori Osamu's math skills had reached, she could foresee that they were definitely not bad!

Realizing this, Shinonome Mizuki, her heart pounding with emotion, couldn't help but glance up at Murata-sensei.

She didn't pop the champagne halfway through the night; instead, she muttered viciously to herself, "You're mocking me, aren't you? Just you wait!"

"what happened?"

Mr. Murata, who had been talking non-stop, suddenly felt a chill run down his spine when he noticed that she had given him a cold look after looking at her phone.

Chapter 134 Final Exam

Having slept for 8 hours, I'm now feeling refreshed and energetic.

In the darkness, as the pop-up window appeared, Shiratori Shu opened his eyes.

Since acquiring the talent "Full of Energy", his sleep time has been forcibly locked at 8 hours. Once the state is triggered, he will be full of energy and wake up from his sleep.

Because he was alone, he didn't need to speak; he simply got up to wash, change clothes, and comb his hair.

After everything was settled, he took out his phone and checked the time.

At 7:02 AM on July 21, the weather was cloudy with moderate to heavy showers.