The strongest high school student in Japan

"Hey! Chun-chan, isn't it too cruel to say that? We are obviously good friends, right? You have helped Yu-chan a lot, and now that she is in trouble, you are the one giving her advice. It's not an exaggeration to say that you are Yu-chan's life mentor! How can you suddenly say that we are not familiar with each other at all?" As she spoke, she blinked pitifully, making her look even more pitiful.

"Makoto..." Mogami Jun was a little angry, so his face became stern. "Even jokes should be kept within a certain limit--"

"Jun-kun, don't scare people." At this time, Senior Sister Luyuan lowered her head and said, "I think I understand the current situation... The heroine in the previous rumor is her, right? When I saw such a beautiful junior school girl, my first reaction was that it must be her. To be honest, I even think this is a good thing."

Although her tone and expression were very calm, she couldn't hide the slight sense of loss, but even so she didn't scold Mogami Jun.

At least at this moment, Shinyu achieved his goal. He took revenge on his senior through Mogami Jun, and then took revenge on Mogami Jun through his senior.

"She created the rumor on her own initiative. She just wanted to show off to you and take revenge on me for what I did to her before. Don't be fooled by her cute appearance, but she is not as sunny as she seems." Since things have developed to this point, Mogami Jun doesn't want to keep anything back, so he simply explained to Senior Sagihara the whole process of the two people's acquaintance and what happened after they met. "So don't think too much, Senior, she is really just joking."

After hearing Mogami Jun's explanation, Sagihara Shion finally understood the whole story, and her originally tense mood immediately relaxed.

"So Zhenyou is an idol, no wonder she's so pretty." She wasn't angry, but looked at Zhenyou like an older sister admonishing her younger sister, "You shouldn't make such jokes, it won't be good for you if people misunderstand you."

Mayu didn't expect Senior Sagihara to react like this, and was a little at a loss for a moment.

She really has a gentle personality, no wonder she can charm people...

"Who told that guy to be so harsh to me before? It's okay for me to retaliate, right?" she replied coldly.

Since the other party already knew the whole story, there was no need for her to maintain her usual false mask in front of this senior, so her fake smile faded away.

"I can't deny this. Chun-kun is always merciless when he stabs people. It would be better if he was a little gentler." Senior Sister Luyuan smiled slightly. "By the way, you just said that you were in trouble and Chun-kun was helping you. Are you kidding?"

"This is not a joke. Let's just say that he helped me a lot this time." Mayu shook her head and explained the situation she was facing to Senior Sagihara.

"I see... I understand now." Sagihara Shion finally realized what was going on, and then turned around to look at Mogami Jun, "Jun-kun, I never thought that you did so many things without saying anything when I couldn't see you..."

"It was just a small favor, nothing to brag about. Besides, it has nothing to do with us, so I didn't mention it—" Mogami Jun replied awkwardly.

"No, I don't mean to blame you, Jun-kun. On the contrary, I am very pleased because you are doing what you should do." Sagihara Shion replied with a smile, "What you have done has further strengthened my idea - if your talent can be used in the right way, you can definitely achieve something, so please try to continue doing similar things in the future!"

"The results haven't come out yet, so don't laugh too soon," replied Jun Mogami.

"So we must cherish every bit of strength. We can't just stand aside." Sagihara Shion shook her head, then looked at Shinyu, "Shinyu, if you don't mind, I can also help to show my support. Although I'm busy with my studies now, it doesn't matter if I write one or two letters of protest..."

"Ok?"

Zhenyou didn't expect things to develop like this.

She could see that the other party sincerely wanted to support her.

"Thank you. Also, I'm sorry." She felt a little embarrassed. "I shouldn't have joked with you maliciously."

"It's okay. Everyone has times when they want to lose their temper." Senior Sagihara replied with a smile.

Mayu Takasaki felt a little embarrassed. She wanted to change the subject, so her eyes fell on the manuscript paper in Senior Sagihara's hand.

"By the way, Senior, what are you two doing together in the library? Are you on a date?"

Now it was Sagihara Shion's turn to feel embarrassed, and her face turned slightly red.

"No...it's not a date, it's...it's a novel I wrote, and I want to ask Junjun to review it." She answered in a low voice.

"Eh... So senior has such a hobby?!" Takasaki Mayu immediately became interested, "Then can senior show it to me too? Anyway, I'm on vacation recently and have very little free time, otherwise I wouldn't have come to the library tonight."

"Sure." Sagihara Shion naturally wouldn't object to having another reader. "But now I've written it in sections. I'll compile it into a book when I have time. I'll show it to you then."

"Okay, I'm looking forward to it! It's settled then." Zhenyou nodded immediately, "Senior, remember to show it to me when the time comes. If it's good, I can recommend it to my friends!"

Seeing how well the two of them interacted, Jun Mogami's heart suddenly settled down.

He was afraid that the two of them would start arguing, and he wouldn't know how to end it.

At this time, Sagihara Shion looked out the window.

"It's getting late, let's call it a night. I'm going to go back and rest - is everyone dismissed?"

"Okay, goodbye, senior." Jun Mogami bowed and said goodbye to senior Sagihara, then turned and walked out of the reading room.

He could see that Senior Sagihara seemed to have something to say to Mayu, hinting that he should go back first, so he followed her lead.

"Senior, do you have any other instructions?" asked Takasaki Mayu after Mogami Jun left.

"You...what kind of feelings do you have towards him?" Sagihara Shion asked in a daze, "Is it hatred? It doesn't seem like it. Generally speaking, girls won't damage their reputation to get revenge -"

"Is senior angry?" Takasaki Mayu did not answer directly, but asked back with a smile.

"I am still a little angry after all... I just don't want to lose my composure in front of him." Sagihara Shion replied with a wry smile. "I was very worried. For a moment, I felt like my heart was empty."

"It seems I can understand." Takasaki Mayu listened quietly and nodded.

"No, it's still hard for you to understand, because you've experienced too many beautiful things in your life and seen too much light, so you don't quite understand how a person feels when he sees a beam of light in front of him in the dark..." Sagihara Shion shook her head and replied with a wry smile, "It took me a long time to calm myself down."

"Are you hinting at me to withdraw?" asked Takasaki Mayu.

"No, that's not what I meant. He is not my private property. He has the right to like anyone. If he doesn't like me and likes someone else, that's my own problem. I will use all my sincerity to bless him because I owe him too much." Sagihara Shion shook her head and looked quietly at the night sky outside the window.

Then, she suddenly spoke again in an extremely serious tone.

"But if someone tries to forcibly end the bond between us against his will, I... I will fight with all my might."

Then, she repeated emphatically, "No one."

79, Respect

"No one."

There was a frightening firmness in Sagihara Shion's few short words, so much so that Mayu felt a chill all over her body for a moment.

Although her expression was calm and her tone was very soothing, without any sign of anger, Zhenyou could tell that this guy was serious...

She looks weak, but she actually has a tough side.

Zhenyou suddenly found that she needed to re-evaluate this senior.

"Senior, don't take it too seriously. I never said I wanted to snatch it from you." She forced a smile, and then joked with the senior, "Senior said I was insincere, but in my opinion, you were even more insincere. You clearly had feelings for him at first sight, but you refused to admit it..."

"Yes, I am willing to admit that I do have other feelings for Jun-kun, but I dare not make it clear, because I am not sure that the answer I will get is 'yes', so I can't force Jun-jun to give an answer. What if it is 'no', we can't even maintain our current relationship... So I would rather remain silent and wait for time to prove it to me." Sagihara Shion replied with a wry smile, "I am a coward. I dare not gamble, even if the probability of losing is only 1%, I dare not, because I can't afford to lose, and I can't afford the cost of losing again. For me, even maintaining the current relationship is better than taking risks and losing miserably. Really, I am already very satisfied now."

"You told me this so clearly?" Takasaki Mayu blinked in surprise, "Senior, you are too honest..."

"I like to be honest with people, and there is nothing to hide. If you look down on me for this, that's your freedom." Sagihara Shion answered seriously.

"I won't look down on you because of this." Takasaki Mayu smiled and eased the atmosphere. "Now that you've explained it this way, I can see how serious you are. Although I don't know what you've been through before, I feel like you've suffered a lot of setbacks, so you're so afraid of losing."

"I am also a little famous in this school, but unlike you, I am notorious. If you pay attention, you will know my past." Sagihara Shion smiled bitterly again, "In short, for me, the past few years have been like living in a chaotic nightmare. I can only find a little comfort by hiding here every day. I know that the novels I write are not good, but I still write like crazy, because I can get rid of the nightmare when I am immersed in the manuscript paper... Until I met him here, I was finally freed."

Is this what she meant by "bond"...

Takasaki Mayu became increasingly flustered.

She asked herself, even if she encountered such a situation, she probably would not let go easily.

Stubborn but not arrogant, gentle and humble but never give in on matters of principle, this is the true character of Sagihara Shion, she has already seen it.

"I didn't expect he had such a skill. I thought he only knew how to bully a kid like me..." To hide her panic, she laughed dryly and made a joke, "He must have done a lot to help my senior sister and be so grateful to her."

"Since he didn't tell you, then I naturally can't tell you either. But I can tell you that he's not only smart, but also has extraordinary action and courage. He never backs down even when facing people I find scary. This is an ability that I admire and even look up to." Sagihara Shion replied, "We've faced a lot of things together. Whenever he's by my side, I feel I have the courage to move forward. I was also pulled back from the brink of collapse by him. So, no matter what kind of relationship you have in the future, please don't play such malicious jokes on him anymore. It's absolutely unfair to him."

Gu... Zhenyou swallowed his saliva secretly.

Defeated.

She had very little contact with Jun Mogami, so she couldn't find any words to refute such disgusting flattery.

Senior Sagihara's calm preaching, for some reason, gave off an aura of "Although I'm giving you the opportunity to challenge me, you'll never win, because I'm fighting a desperate battle and you don't understand what fighting is at all", which made her feel annoyed and unconvinced.

Yes, Sagihara Shion unintentionally treats Shinyu with the attitude of an elder looking at a child. It is not just like a senior schoolmate looking at a junior schoolmate, but more like an adult who has experienced many vicissitudes of life looking at the ignorant child in her eyes.

After experiencing so many things, Sagihara Shion's mentality is completely different from that of ordinary people of her age. In comparison, she is much more precocious, so it is natural for her to use this tone to speak to Mayu.

She didn't expect that this subconscious tone would arouse the pride in Zhenyou's heart.

Even if you have a so-called "bond", even if you have experienced some tragedy before, that is not a reason for me to be polite and leave on my own accord, right? I don't owe you anything!

When it comes to pride and stubbornness, Zhenyou is definitely not inferior to others.

"Senior has her own reasons, which I can understand, but how I interact with others is my own business, and I don't need others to interfere." Zhenyou finally put aside her superficial smile and said to the senior sister seriously, "If he hates me because of this, wouldn't it be better for you? It will easily prevent me from having the opportunity to cause trouble to you again... and you don't need to do anything yourself."

Mayu herself knew that she was making excuses, but she didn't care at the moment. She wanted to deliberately contradict her senior. She wanted to take back the initiative and make Sagihara Shion, who looked down on her, correct her attitude.

After saying this, she raised her head deliberately and looked at Senior Sagihara with a challenging look.

“…Hmm” In response to Mayu’s challenge, Sagihara Shion didn’t know what to say.

"Well, maybe I did exaggerate." After a moment, Sagihara Shion shook her head, putting aside the unhappiness just now. "Then do what you think."

After everything she'd been through, it was hard for her to be angry at other people, so this little challenge was nothing.

The two people fell into a brief silence, and the atmosphere suddenly became weird again.

"Senior Sagihara, today is the first time I've met you. I didn't know anything about you before, so I don't know how I should treat you." After a moment's silence, Mayu suddenly spoke again, "But let me make it clear. Although on the surface I don't have any principles and can greet everyone with a smile, I only respect those who I think are worthy of respect——"

She paused, observing Senior Sagihara's reaction, and then continued, "It can also be said another way, that is, as long as I think a person is worthy of respect, then no matter what the relationship between that person and me is, I will respect him. So Senior, maybe we will interact more often in the future, but I will not hate you for no reason because of what happened between you and Jun-chan, nor will I try to please you for no reason because I pity you. If you are worthy of my respect, then I will respect you, regardless of anything else. If I hate you, there will be no other reason. Since you are so honest with me, I will be honest with you too."

As if she was infected by Sagihara Shion's previous statement, her attitude now became very serious.

Although it was only the first time she met Sagihara-senpai, she took the initiative to strip off her usual disguise, not only to regain her equal position with a sharp attitude, but also to honestly say what was in her mind.

At this moment, she is the real Takasaki Mayu, and the thoughts she expresses are her true thoughts.

In a sense, this is also a kind of respect - respect for potential "opponents".

Although her gaze was aggressive, there was a gleam in Sagihara Shion's eyes and she finally smiled.

"Oh... I see. I understand. No matter what disputes we have on other issues, we are in sync on this point." She nodded heavily. "I completely agree with you because I think so too. If you are worthy of respect, then even if you and I have a conflict, I will definitely respect you. This is also my principle. Takasaki Mayu, no wonder you dare to conflict with the people in the TV station. You are such a proud person deep down in your heart. I really underestimated you just now. I'm sorry!"

Considering the relationship between students, calling someone by their first name seemed impolite, but Sagihara Shion stood up and bowed slightly to Mayu to apologize, which showed that calling her by her first name had another meaning.

It was from this moment that she truly began to take Zhenyou seriously.

This school girl has been an idol since she was young, so she must have seen a lot of social practices. We really can’t take it for granted that she is a child who throws tantrums.

"Senior, you really make it hard for me to find a reason to hate you. This is so troubling. I should have considered you an enemy..." Takasaki Mayu sighed, "If I had known you earlier, maybe we would have been friends a long time ago, and maybe this wouldn't have happened."

"Things change all the time, no one can change the past, but we can change the future. Maybe we can really be friends in the future?" Sagihara Shion couldn't help laughing.

Then, she made another joke, "Chun Jun is really guilty of a great sin to let such an outstanding schoolmate worry about him."

"I'll try, if the senior is worthy of being a friend." Mayu replied with a smile, and then followed up with the joke, "Jun-chan is really guilty of letting such an outstanding senior worry about him."

Jun Mogami, who had already boarded the train and was on his way home, could never have imagined that two people in the library would scold him at the same time. He probably had never experienced such an unexpected disaster before.

So girls are indeed such strange creatures - if he knew, he would probably just sigh and say this.

Sagihara Shion had never imagined that the night of meeting Junjun would take such a surprising turn. A junior schoolmate suddenly appeared and walked up to her with a challenging attitude, but she couldn't really hate this junior schoolmate.

Depression, happiness, worry, expectation, all kinds of opposite and contradictory emotions were entangled in her heart, making her feel mixed emotions.

She didn't know what the future would be like, but there was one thing she was sure of, and that was that her feelings towards Chunjun were absolutely pure.

If I were really defeated, there would be no regrets, because that would mean that Chunjun would have a happier person to accompany him.

Of course, the premise is that someone can really do it - at least now she doesn't believe that anyone can do it.

That kind of bond cannot be easily broken, and even desecrated.

There are a lot of things I want to say, but it’s already very late, and it’s almost time for the library to close.

Jiuwu Ling Yi Ba Ling Jiu Another

"Takasaki-san, although it is indeed interesting to chat with you, I am sorry that I am afraid that this is the end of today." She looked at Zhenyou with a little apology, "Before the final farewell, I have an unwelcome request. If it is convenient for you, could you take a moment to listen to me?"

"Please go ahead, senior." Takasaki Mayu was a little surprised, but still nodded.

"Please don't think of yourself as an idol. I think you are even cuter than when I first met you." Sagihara Shion bowed solemnly to Takasaki Mayu. "I don't know what your company thinks, but at least in front of me, can you always let the straightforward Mayu face me? The person being challenged should have the right to choose his opponent, right?"

Zhenyou was stunned at first, then bit her lip.

"Sure, no problem!" she replied with a smile.

80,Friends

The next day, Jun Mogami came to school with a nervous mood.

Last night, he left the library early at the suggestion of his senior, leaving Zhenyou and her alone there.

Although he knew that these two people were introverted and would not quarrel easily, there was always a chance of something happening. If they really started quarreling, it would be difficult to deal with.

Although theoretically he had no right to intervene even if two people were arguing, he didn't want to see this happen.

With such worries, the first thing he did when he arrived at school was to go find Zhenyou to inquire about the situation.