Soon, voices of doubt began to surface online. No one believed a high school dropout could be the top scorer, let alone achieve a perfect score on every subject.


    Limited by their own intelligence and perception,izens, who had just been praising her, began to turn. They couldn''t achieve something like that, so they refused to believe anyone else could especially someone like Juniper, a piece of "trash" who should have been groveling in the dust with them, now suddenly soaring above them all.


    Naturally, they were bitter. So, when an opportunity to tear her down presented itself, they seized it with glee.


    [Mark my words, if Juniper got a perfect score, I''ll livestream myself eating my own shoe.]


    [Aurora High School must be behind this, right? They created this ''goddess'' Juniper to boost their reputation. Maybe she had someone take the test for her?]


    [The user above is onto something! A perfect score on everything? Would you sooner believe that, or that I''m the Pope?]


    [The real question is, how did Aurora High School get the answer key?]


    [I demand a full investigation into Aurora High School and Juniper! Expose the masterminds!]


    [Cheating to get first ce? She''s got more nerve than a lion!]


    [We request a full investigation to bring justice to the millions of other students! @Borealia''s Department of Education]


    [@Jimmie Did you have a hand in Juniper''s perfect score?]


    [To the person above, until there''s proof, don''t you dare try to drag our idol through the mud, thank you.]


    [Let''s hope your precious idol isn''t involved. Because cheating on university entrance exams is a crime he can''t just walk away from, lol.]


    ...


    Back in the coffee shop, Ynda waited until Juniper and the reporters had left before putting on a hat and mask to hide her tear-streaked face. The joy she had felt earlier was now reced by an equal measure of agony.


    She just couldn''t understand it. How could Juniper be the top scorer with a perfect score? Growing up, Juniper''s grades were never as good as her She hadn''t even finished


    high school. Cheating or using


    proxy were the only exnations


    she could think of.


    Just as she suspected, when Ynda got in her car and checked her phone, a news alert popped up.


    #Juniper Cheated On Entrance Exams?#


    Cheated? The word made Ynda''s heart leap. She eagerly tapped on the headline.


    Arge number ofizens had turned on Juniper, demanding an exnation from her and Aurora High School. Calls for an official investigation were flooding every tform.


    Every trending topic rted to "Juniper" was now marked with a bright red "EXPLODING" tag.


    Ynda''s thumb flew across the screen, a smile finally breaking through her tears as she saw the vast majority ofments were now attacking Juniper. Right now, Juniper must be feeling like she was being roasted over an open fire.


    "She had iting," Ynda thought. "How could that little stray possibly get a perfect score?"


    Now, this was a disaster. Cheating


    on the university entrance exams


    was far more serious than her


    ''mistaken identity'' incident. Ynda frantically boosted the posts using Juniper, the knot


    oDanger


    in her chest finally loosening Everit


    she wasn''t the top scorer, her


    shielded scores meant she was in


    the top fifty at least.


    Juniper, on the other hand... not only would she be stripped of her title and her spot


    in Era University''s Genius Program, but her scores would be nullified for


    cheating. If things got serious, she could even face jail time!


    The more Ynda thought about it, the more her heart soared with delight.