Chapter 23: Chapter 23: The Study Group Can End Now Right?
"Just treat it as a coincidence."
[No need to rush, first slowly destroy Class C bit by bit, then it will be Class B, in the end, it will be that self-righteous 'young lady'.]
'Who is that person again? Last time, in your heart, you also seemed to have mentioned this person. Is it someone from Class A?'
Saiki responded in his heart. He felt that his invisibility time was about to end, so taking advantage of the gap when Kushida opened the door, he also left here together.
In the blink of an eye, Saiki had already returned to his own room.
'Troublesome things are increasing more and more now.'
Saiki sat on the bed, preparing to rest a little.
Ryuen seemed to be planning to take action after the midterm exam, so during this period, in a certain sense, their class probably would not have any incidents happening.
"Although it seems to have nothing to do with me, if Sudo really drops out just like that, surely quite a lot of trouble will be produced in the class, right? I really don't want to be disturbed by these troublesome things every day. When the time comes, I'll still have to think of some solution."
But without waiting for Saiki to rest long, a burst of knocking sounded.
Without needing to open the door, Saiki already knew who was knocking, Ayanokoji Kiyotaka.
"Saiki, Horikita asked us to tutor Sudo and those few others. Sudo just came back, want to go?" After entering the room, Ayanokoji asked directly.
[To tutor the others? Feels very troublesome. After all, I also can't teach them everything I know. What is the normal scope of study and comprehension of a normal high school student?]
"Just send a message with your phone and ask."
"Mm."
After Ayanokoji finished speaking, he took out his phone.
[Ayanokoji: Do you guys want to review today's key points in a bit?]
[Sudo Ken: I just came back from practicing ball, so tired, let's forget about it today! I feel I have almost reviewed enough!]
[Ike Kanji: Um... I am busy now... it's not very convenient... I will look by myself tonight.]
[Yamauchi Haruki: Ah, let's forget about it... I will just look at the book myself.]
"Not surprising at all. Although they all said they will properly study later, those few definitely won't do it."
Saiki already knew very clearly in his heart what kind of trash these people were.
As long as they don't improve their grades, then this study group will continue indefinitely.
But in Saiki's heart, he already had a method. Since it worked on Sudo Ken, then surely it can also work on the others.
"So in that case, just forget about it?"
"Mm."
"If tomorrow Horikita asks, it might be very troublesome."
"Talk about it then."
"Oh, then I'll take my leave first." Ayanokoji nodded. His gaze stayed on Saiki's body for a moment, then he turned and left the room.
[Still cannot see anything from Saiki's body.]
[Is it that he hides too deeply, or is it that Teacher overthought?]
[Let's talk about it later.]
———
[The Next Day, in the Classroom]
"What's going on... how come you are like this too?"
Sudo Ken looked at Ike Kanji with a face full of surprise and asked in confusion.
At this moment, Ike Kanji's face had two extremely thick dark eye circles, and his lips had no blood color, somewhat pale.
"Yesterday... I studied all night..." Ike Kanji spoke weakly.
"Huh? Say that again?" Yamauchi Haruki at the side showed a surprised, even frightened, expression on his face.
"You, you studied all night?"
"Mm..." Ike Kanji nodded, even his voice a little feeble.
"Yesterday I just suddenly wanted to study well, so I stayed up all night reviewing a lot of previous key points..."
While Ike Kanji spoke, he could not help recalling yesterday's experience, feeling a burst of chill.
"Sorry, but for the sake of my precious rest time, just let your slacking time serve as compensation."
And next to them, Saiki lowered his head with an expressionless face, looking at his book as if pretending he heard nothing.
Actually, Ike Kanji staying up all night studying was exactly Saiki's doing.
Even without using the telepathy ability, Saiki could know that Ike Kanji had feelings for Kushida. During the study group, almost half of the time in Ike Kanji's mind was fantasizing about how to invite Kushida out on a date.
Moreover, it could be said that precisely because of Ike Kanji before, Saiki was discovered by Kushida and was forced to use the memory deletion ability.
Added to Ike Kanji himself being extremely lazy, this made Saiki have no choice but to adopt some extreme measures, for example, telepathy and hypnosis.
Last night, as soon as Ike Kanji fell asleep, he would dream of Kushida suddenly turning extremely fierce and malicious, as if becoming another person altogether, and even because of his poor grades, she expressed her disgust and contempt toward him. This made Ike Kanji wake up from fright countless times in the dream.
After repeating several times, Ike Kanji basically could not sleep at all. The terrifying scene in the dream kept replaying in his mind, so he had no choice but to stay up all night studying.
Actually, Saiki simply transferred Kushida's inner hatred toward Horikita Suzune directly into Ike Kanji's mind, deliberately hiding the part involving names.
[So scary... the Kushida in the dream... was simply an extremely resentful person...]
'Very unfortunate, that is exactly her real appearance. If you truly saw that side of her with your own eyes, you would probably break down directly.'
[Feels like I can't even look straight at Kushida anymore... the scenes in the dream... were too real...]
'This also counts as letting you know her true face in advance. It's for your own good, to extinguish the fantasy in your heart.'
"Good morning! Ike-kun!"
And at this moment, Kushida also walked into the classroom, smiling as she greeted Ike Kanji and the others.
[Angel! Kushida-san is simply an angel! Sure enough, dreams and reality are the opposite!]
[Kushida-san... is really too cute!]
[Future child... what should the name be?]
'...Already starting to deliriously indulge in delusions?'
Saiki felt a little helpless. The instant Ike Kanji saw Kushida, he completely forgot yesterday night's dream.
"Saiki." While Saiki was speechless, Sudo Ken called him in a low voice.
"Mm?"
"This afternoon, when we go to the library, if Horikita asks, you just say that you and Ayanokoji already tutored us. I already talked with Ayanokoji."
"Okay." Saiki nodded. This way, it counted as one less trouble for him.
After hearing Ike Kanji's words, Yamauchi Haruki also couldn't sit still anymore, hurriedly taking out the textbook to start emergency reviewing.
[What's with Sudo and Ike?]
'Don't worry, you are next.'
[Weren't we all going to be trash together?!]
'Although in a certain sense your description of yourself isn't wrong, I don't think the other two would say that about themselves.'
[You guys actually abandoned me?! Now I'm the only one not studying seriously?!]
'Can this be called so righteous and dignified?'
Yamauchi Haruki felt a bit anxious. Because Sudo Ken and Ike Kanji were "secretly studying behind his back," he believed he would probably be left behind. With no choice, he could only choose to cram at the last minute, preparing to review well during today's free time.
'Yare yare, looks like this can reduce some trouble for me.'
[These people's actions are all a bit abnormal.]
Next to them, Ayanokoji silently watched the few of them, his gaze somewhat puzzled.
He was skilled at analyzing hearts and predicting personalities, but whether it was Sudo Ken or Ike Kanji, their behavior trajectory had already exceeded Ayanokoji's prediction range.
[First was Horikita, then Sudo and Ike. Their actions have all changed quite a bit. In theory, this isn't something that can be accomplished in the short term.]
[Could it be Saiki's doing?]
[But there isn't any evidence to prove this, and under my observation, Saiki truly didn't do anything... really strange.]
Although Ayanokoji's heart was full of doubt, he simply could not find the answer. This was something completely beyond the scope of White Room's study.
———
Horikita Suzune brought everyone to the library.
"You all, did you get tutored yesterday?" Horikita Suzune asked with a serious expression.
"Yes, yes, yes!" Sudo Ken immediately said.
"Really?"
Horikita Suzune's gaze contained not a shred of trust. She turned her head to look at Ayanokoji and Saiki. The two of them also nodded at the same time.
[Eight or nine chances out of ten they are lying together. After returning to the dorm, they definitely can't honestly study.]
'You really understand them too well.' Saiki said in his heart.
Same as yesterday, Horikita Suzune prepared some exercises for everyone.
This time, not only Sudo Ken, even Ike Kanji also got a passable score. Even Yamauchi Haruki, who crammed last minute, did achieve results and got a passable grade.
"Looks like the study group has already made pretty good progress."
"That's right, so it can end now, right?" Saiki's mouth slightly curved up. He thought this segment could finally be over.
"This all the more proves the importance of the study group. We can now study more advanced key points."
'???'
After Horikita Suzune finished speaking, she immediately took out several more textbooks, to explain more advanced key points to everyone present.
[Since they can grasp these key points, then I can let them study more difficult knowledge, so the class grades can improve further!]
After hearing Horikita Suzune's words, Saiki felt a bit of despair in his heart.
No matter what, he had not thought that the other party could actually say such words.
Originally, Saiki believed that his actions could terminate this meaningless study group. He absolutely had not thought Horikita Suzune still wanted this bunch to get even higher scores.
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