The strongest high school student in Japan

A feeling of ecstasy surged into Sagihara Shion's heart.

"You...you contacted him?"

"Yes, I called him last night." Mogami Jun answered in a low voice, "I told him that Takako did something terrible at school, and I was trying to stop it, but I might need his help, and Takako might do something bad to me. Then he said that if it came to a critical moment, I could contact him again, and he would arrive within half an hour, and he could make Takako stop no matter what she did..."

At this point, Mogami Jun lowered his head somewhat embarrassedly. "Originally, if I realized that the situation was not good, I was going to call him directly and ask him to clean up the mess. But since you are here, it will be safer. If the situation is really bad at the last minute, please help me call him. As long as he comes, everything can be stopped."

I see, I see... That is to say, how could Jun-kun be the kind of person who would put himself in danger without caring about anything? Sagihara Shion finally understood.

"Mr. Tonegawa...can he stop Takako?"

"Of course he can. He is the second in command of the Teiai Group, and the confidant of President Hyoudou's confidant. Even Hyoudou Takako has to give him face. He has also promised it himself." Mogami Jun nodded. "Anyway, Senior, didn't I give you a cell phone before? Take that phone with you. If the situation gets really bad, you can help me make a call."

Sagihara Shion suddenly thought of a question that seemed unrelated but that she cared about very much.

"Then... when you gave me the phone, had you already planned this step?" she asked quietly.

Hey, senior, how come you also learned to ask trap questions? Mogami Jun suddenly shuddered.

Even if it was true, he couldn't admit it. What's more, he actually didn't think about it that much at the time.

“What do you think of me, senior? The Kong Ming who has planned everything? Someone who has thought of ten steps before taking one step?” Mogami Jun couldn’t help laughing. “I’m not that great. I’m just a young man who goes with the flow. I improvise and figure out a solution when I get to where I am. So… this is just a coincidence. Don’t worry, when I gave you the phone, I just wanted to give you a gift. I didn’t have any other ideas… Hahahaha…”

He laughed dryly as he spoke, watching the senior's reaction.

Sagihara Shion first lowered her head as if relieved, and then as if a huge stone had been lifted from her heart, her whole aura relaxed.

She already understood Mogami Jun's overall plan - he would confront Takako, give up his advantageous position, and then offer "the fulfillment of a wish" as a reward. At the same time, he naturally knew that Takako would ask to raise the stakes - she would ask for her blood to pay the stakes as before.

So he made preparations for both situations. He carried on with the duel normally within a safe range where he could sustain himself. However, if the momentum turned bad, he would immediately use his trump card, summon Yukio Tonegawa, and then delay time and wait for Tonegawa to end the duel.

It is indeed much safer.

"Well, no matter what, I feel more at ease with this trump card. Chunjun, do you know how worried I was just now? I really thought you were going to risk your life!"

As she was talking, she suddenly became angry again, and kept patting his shoulders, as if she wanted to vent the tension and pain that had just accumulated in this way.

"You are the bad guy! Idiot! Why didn't you say it earlier! Why didn't you say it earlier!" As she spoke, she sobbed slightly.

The sudden release of heavy pressure will cause a person to temporarily lose control. Even someone as respectful and polite as Sagihara Shion lost control at this moment.

Uh... Senior, it's not fair for you to say that. We were just in front of Takako, how could I say that? How can we play if she hears? Mogami Jun complained in his heart.

But he didn't refute.

Senior Sagihara hit him very hard, causing his shoulder to ache slightly, but he was really moved by her tearful look.

Yes, she is someone who really cares about my life or death.

So, he said nothing, just sat there quietly and let Sagihara Shion vent.

And Sagihara Shion was only out of control for a short while, and she quickly controlled herself. She knew that there was not much time left for the two of them, and she didn't have much time to vent her emotions.

"I'm sorry, Jun-kun..." She apologized to Mogami Jun, "Come, let me tell you in detail about the confrontation between the two of us."

"Okay, senior." Mogami Jun nodded, and the two of them returned to their usual calm, as if nothing had happened.

Because the huge stone in her heart had been lifted, Sagihara Shion's tone and expression became relaxed.

She picked up a pen and paper and began to write and draw on the paper.

"We were playing a card game at the time, and the specific rules were made by Xiaozi herself."

"Cards? Do you mean ordinary playing cards?" asked Jun Mogami.

"Yes, the props are the most common playing cards on the market." Sagihara Shion nodded.

"This is a headache..." Mogami Jun frowned, "It's too easy to cheat with cards, and there are many magic tricks that use cards as props. If Takako provided the cards, then she would have too much room to maneuver..."

"It is precisely because of such concerns that a referee is appointed to provide cards and deal cards." Sagihara Shion replied in a low voice, "So I insisted on participating and asked Takashi to allow me to be the referee this time..."

"So this is what senior sister insisted on just now!" Mogami Jun suddenly realized.

"So it would have been great if you had discussed it with me earlier? You always just want to come alone," Sagihara Shion scolded him again.

"Okay, focus and listen to me."

115, Rules and Past Events

"Okay, focus and listen to me."

After hearing what Senior Sagihara said, Jun Mogami immediately stopped smiling, held his breath, and focused on listening to Senior's next explanation.

Although he had no intention of risking his life from the beginning, he still wanted to win in the end, so he had to find out the true nature of the so-called "duel" that Xiaozi was talking about.

Sagihara Shion pursed her lips, recalled quietly for a moment, and then spoke leisurely.

"She used two decks of cards to duel. Two jokers were removed from each deck, so there were 104 cards in total. The rule she set was that two people randomly drew ten cards each, and then started to play the cards in order. The numbers on the cards were the points. A represented 1, and JQK represented 1, 2 and 3."

"What does playing a card mean? How should we respond?" Mogami Jun asked.

"After the first card is played, if the opponent can catch up with a card of the same rank, then he can catch up and play the same card. This card becomes a 'captive', which means the points won. If there are cards of the same suit and rank, then the points can be tripled. For example, if I play a 3 of hearts and the opponent catches a 3 of clubs, then the opponent will earn three points. If the opponent catches a 3 of hearts, then I'm in trouble... I lost 9 points in this round."

"I see... What if there are no cards that can earn points?" Mogami asked. "For example, if you play a 3 and I don't have a 3, what should I do then?"

"At that time, you must throw away the card with the highest points in your hand, and it will be counted as the points won by the other party." Sagihara Shion replied. "Whoever earns points will go first in the next round. If you earn points continuously, you can get double the reward."

"That is to say, if you don't draw cards all the time, you will lose a lot of points, right?" asked Jun Mogami.

He thought about it for a while, "The way to play this game is to guess the opponent's approximate hand. If you can play cards that the opponent doesn't have in his hand for two consecutive rounds, you can win more than 20 points."

In extreme cases, suppose you have two cards each of 12345, and the opponent has two cards each of 6.7.8.9.10, 1, 10, 10, and 1. If you play 10 in the first round, the opponent must throw away 20, winning 30 points. If you play again, the opponent still has to throw away , winning points this time, and you can win points in just two rounds.

"It's like this." Sagihara Shion lowered her head slightly, as if she was recalling what happened at that time. "Also, after the ten cards were played, the difference in points between the two people in this round was calculated. The person with the higher score won and won the bet of this round. At that time, Takako paid money, and I paid blood..."

"I probably understand."

Since she had witnessed it before, the senior student explained it in great detail, and Jun Mogami quickly figured out how to play.

But he was also a little confused. If there was no cheating in this kind of competition, the points on the cards drawn by each person would be uncertain. It seemed that it was entirely based on luck and improvisation.

Moreover, the rules are simple, and the order of playing cards is not difficult.

But "relying on luck" is definitely not the style of a filial son.

"Then how was senior forced into a desperate situation, and how did you win?" Although he didn't like letting the senior recall those past events, Mogami Jun couldn't help but ask.

"This is the key to the game..." Sagihara Shion smiled bitterly and replied, "After each round, the 20 cards will be covered and put aside, and the two players will continue to draw ten cards from the remaining cards to continue the next round. So, at the beginning, it may still depend on luck, but later it will be a test of memory..."

"So that's it!" Jun Mogami suddenly realized.

As the cards are consumed, there will be fewer and fewer cards left, so the cards in the opponent's hand will become more and more accurate. 104 cards can be used to play five games. Each time a card is played, the cards are consumed. By the fifth game, except for 4 extra cards, the opponent's 10 cards can basically be estimated - but the prerequisite is that the memory must be good enough.

Why was Sagihara-senpai forced into a desperate situation at that time?

The answer is obvious. On the one hand, her memory was not enough. The load of 100 cards had overclocked her brain, and she couldn't calculate the order of playing cards. On the other hand, more importantly, she had her blood drawn when she lost. The more she lost, the greater the impact of the blood draw. She had no energy to remember when she was dizzy.

This is not just a test of luck, but also a test of memory and execution, especially when losing blood, whether you can keep a calm mind to fight.

And I… just happen to be confident in this aspect. Mogami Jun thought to himself that when it came to comparing these things, he really wasn’t afraid of the filial son.

Thanks to his father's years of teaching him to "stay calm", he has always acted calmly and maintained a very stable mentality since he was a child. Even when facing the extreme environment of having his blood drawn, he has the confidence that he can fight through the battle.

"Then how did you win?" Mogami Jun asked one last question.

"This is the last rule." Sagihara Shion answered in a low voice, "In each game, you have to bet a minimum of 100cc of blood, and the corresponding Takako has to bet 10 yen, and the maximum you can bet is 1000cc. The bet I set with her is 200 million... I was lucky at the time and I could win every time at the beginning, but Takako's memory is terrible. Every time I got to the end, I couldn't beat her, and I lost a few games very badly... By the tenth game, I had already had 700cc of blood drawn. I knew that if I continued like this, I would not be able to hold on for too long, and I might even die if my blood was drawn one or two more times. So when the cards were shuffled again, I made up my mind and decided to take one last gamble. I took advantage of the fact that it was not yet the late stage and bet 1000cc of blood at a time... She was really surprised at the time and asked me if I wanted to die. I said it would be fine if I died..."

Sagihara Shion's tone was quite calm, but to Mogami Jun, it sounded a little creepy.

"Senior...you are so brave."

"I thought if I kept draining blood like this I would definitely die, plus I didn't have the confidence to fight her in the later stages... so I had no choice but to do this." Sagihara Shion smiled bitterly, "And I was in such a bad mood at the time, I thought it would be nice to die like this. At that moment I was really ready to die, but I didn't expect... God took pity on me once in the end, my actions disrupted Takako's deployment, and my hand was pretty good, so I barely won and won Hyoudou Takako's bet."

"Luck is luck, but it was not easy for you to make such a judgment at that time and have the courage to confront it." Mogami Jun praised Sakihara-senpai sincerely.

Indeed, he now secretly admires Senior Sagihara's courage.

It doesn’t matter if there is a gap. What is most frightening is that people know there is a gap but dare not admit it or dare not try their best.

At that time, Sagihara Shion knew that there was a gap in strength between the two sides, so she plucked up the courage to choose the method that would have the highest chance of winning for her - relying on luck and betting on her life.

There are a total of 104 cards in two decks, and 20 cards are consumed in one game, which means that the cards are reset every 5 games and reshuffled and drawn.

Judging from Sagihara-senpai's description, she felt that she couldn't play any longer during the 16th or 17th inning, so she decided to force herself to gamble her life with Hyodou Takako before too many cards were dealt, and she eventually survived.

What would happen if luck was not on her side and she lost that game?

Obviously, she would lose 1000cc of blood, a total of 1700cc - she was a delicate junior high school student at the time, if she lost blood and had it drawn, she would have died anyway...

In such a situation, she dared to muster up the courage to fight hard instead of falling into despair. This junior high school student had such a strong soul hidden under her delicate appearance... She never lacked courage.

That’s right, this is probably why I admire Senior Sagihara.

However, Senior Sagihara's playing style was not what he wanted, and the risk was too great.

He naturally doesn't like risking his life, and he doesn't want to rely on illusory probabilities to maintain his life, because this is tantamount to handing his life over to God.

Even at the last moment, he still wanted to be in control of his own life.

What's more, he has already contacted Mr. Tonegawa, who can stop Takashi's atrocities at the last minute at any time, so his life will not be in danger at the very least. The rest depends on how he performs to win - of course, the primary goal is to win and let Takashi fulfill his wish, otherwise this duel will be meaningless.

Therefore, he does not need to fight with such a life-threatening style, but should find ways to improve his winning rate and defeat the filial son in the filial son's way.

This is not easy, but he has confidence.

"Jun-kun, I don't know if my description is clear enough, but I have explained everything I can to you..." When Jun Mogami was thinking, Sagihara Shion spoke again faintly, "Next, I will be by your side to support you. I hope everything goes well for you, win over Takako, and realize your wish. However, if the situation is not good, I will not allow you to insist. I will take the initiative to find Mr. Tonegawa. Promise me, don't be impulsive."

Mogami Jun stared at the senior's face, at her fair skin.

At this moment, under the effect of the light, it emitted a faint white light, which attracted his attention and made him unable to hear what the senior sister said.

"Jun-kun?" Seeing that Jun Mogami had no reaction to what she said, Sagihara Shion couldn't help but feel a little anxious. "What's wrong with you?"

Never mind, what's there to be afraid of.

"Senior, I admire you very much." Jun Mogami said in a low voice.

"Eh...?" Sagihara Shion was a little confused by this sudden remark, "Why are you suddenly saying this at this time..."

Sagihara Shion's face turned slightly red, obviously she was a little shy.

The fair skin has a hint of redness, which makes it look even more attractive.

He couldn't help but lean forward slightly, and move closer to Sagihara Shion's face little by little.

"Ah...!" Sagihara Shion finally felt the danger. She wanted to lean back to avoid Mogami Jun, but for some reason her whole body felt hot at the moment and she couldn't exert any strength.

My body couldn't move, I couldn't get away.

Finally, she narrowed her eyes slightly in resignation.

"Ding ding ding!" At this moment, a loud bell rang in the reading room.

"It's closing time!" The administrator shouted from below, "Students inside, leave immediately!"

Mogami Jun froze.

At this time, Sagihara Shion had also woken up, and her body seemed to have regained strength. She didn't know where the strength came from, but she gently pushed the boy in front of her away, "Chun Jun, wake up, you're going to fight soon!"

"fxxx".

Jun Mogami couldn't help but curse out the most famous four-character word.

Of course, he wasn't scolding the senior.

"You deserve it." Sagihara Shion complained to him in a low voice, "You're still thinking about this kind of thing at this time!"

116, Showdown (I)

It was already night, and the campus, which was quite noisy during the day, had now fallen into silence.

Except for the places that were barely illuminated by sporadic street lights, other places had already sunk into the night. The remotely located medical room was now plunged into darkness. Only in the gaps between the curtains was there a dim light, reminding people that it was not empty.

Inside the infirmary's hall, Takako Hyoudou sat quietly behind the doctor's desk, just like a school doctor waiting for patients to see her, except that the black suit she wore did not match the doctor's white clothes.

On both sides of the desk stood several tall men in black suits, adding a deeper and more solemn atmosphere to the night.

The men in black did not move, standing there like stone statues, and the surroundings were frighteningly quiet. Hyoudou Takako tapped the tabletop with her fingers rhythmically, like the ticking of a clock, floating back and forth in the silent space.

The sky was terribly gloomy, with dark clouds blocking out the only starlight. The clouds tangled and tore at each other, creating bursts of dull thunder in the sky, as if it was about to rain.

Just as the tiny raindrops began to hit the ground, the tapping sound of Hyoudou Takako's fingers gradually subsided, and at this moment, the door opposite her finally opened.

Boys and girls in school uniforms appeared in front of them.