"I deliberately picked an empty classroom. I was only planning to target Kurasawa Ayana, that fake woman. I didn't expect you to bring along Takasaki Aika, that sharp-tongued bitch, and deliver her right to me too."
"Haha! This time you can't interfere with my plan anymore!"
"I'm going to make you stand over there, unable to move, and watch with your own eyes how I discipline Takasaki Aika and Kurasawa Ayana!"
Just imagining what was about to happen, Takasaki Souichi was already so excited he could hardly contain himself.
But he quickly realized something was wrong, "Why are you shaking your head? Is there something wrong with my plan?"
"N-No! How can you still move?"
"Didn't I use my superpower to stop you? You shouldn't be able to move at all!"
When Takasaki Souichi had used his superpower to lock Takasaki Aika in place, he had used it on Hikari at the same time.
Logically, since Takasaki Aika had been frozen, Hikari should have been as well.
But Hikari was clearly still able to move.
Seeing Hikari even walking toward him, Takasaki Souichi's eyes widened.
"Talk! What the hell is going on with you?"
"Do you have some kind of superpower too?"
"Why aren't you affected by my ability?"
When Takasaki Souichi had previously targeted Takasaki Aika and Matsuura Anju, Hikari had ruined his plans again and again.
Especially when he had tried to stage a hero-saving-the-beauty act with Matsuura Anju, Hikari's actions had shocked him.
At the time, Takasaki Souichi had explained it away as coincidence or luck.
But Hikari's current behavior left him unable to deceive himself any longer.
Takasaki Souichi had to admit that Hikari, like himself, did not seem to be an ordinary high school student.
"Why can you still move?", Seeing Hikari silently walking toward him without saying a word, cold sweat poured down Takasaki Souichi's forehead.
Faced with Takasaki Souichi's string of questions, Hikari finally replied. Smiling, he answered simply, "As you can see, your superpower doesn't seem to work on me."
"I..."
Takasaki Souichi still wanted to say something, but Hikari was already standing in front of him. He raised his hand and drove a punch straight into the bridge of his nose.
BANG!
Takasaki Souichi's body flew back, smashing through several desks.
Enduring the intense pain, Takasaki Souichi struggled to his feet. The moment he looked up, he saw Hikari still walking toward him.
He hurriedly raised his hand and shouted, "Stop! Stop right there!"
He pushed his telekinesis with all his strength, trying to force it onto Hikari and stop him in his tracks.
But it had no effect whatsoever. Hikari only kept getting closer.
Finally, Takasaki Souichi accepted the fact that his superpower truly had no effect on Hikari himself.
But he had no intention of giving up. He began using his telekinesis to manipulate everything around him.
He sent chairs, desks, brooms, mops, and all kinds of miscellaneous objects flying through the classroom, hurling them all at Hikari.
But what shocked Takasaki Souichi was that every object he had sent flying at full speed was casually blocked by Hikari with a raised hand.
Hikari's arms were like cast bronze and forged iron. The supposedly sturdy wooden desks shattered like paper the moment they struck his arms.
And even while facing this relentless barrage, Hikari still had enough room to shield Takasaki Aika and Kurasawa Ayana behind him from the flying debris.
Takasaki Aika and Kurasawa Ayana, who were still standing there as if frozen, stared at Hikari's back with shock in their eyes.
He was practically Superman.
That was the common thought of all three of them.
And no matter how Takasaki Souichi struggled, Hikari kept getting closer.
Finally, Hikari arrived in front of him.
At this point, Takasaki Souichi completely panicked. His bangs once again covered his eyes completely as he lowered his head and pleaded humbly, "Hikari-kun, I was wrong. I know I was wrong. I shouldn't have attacked you."
"I failed to recognize greatness before, but now I've completely recognized your strength, Hikari-kun. I fully acknowledge it."
"We don't have to be enemies. We can work together instead. From now on, how about we rule the school together? Whatever girl you want, I'll help you get her. Whoever you want to deal with, I'll support you. Let's become the rulers of this school together, okay?"
Faced with Takasaki Souichi's humble offer of cooperation, Hikari smiled.
"Good suggestion."
"Then...", Takasaki Souichi looked relieved and was about to continue, but before he could finish, Hikari smashed another punch into his face, breaking both the bridge of his nose and the words he was about to speak.
"Good suggestion, but I'm not interested," Looking at Takasaki Souichi's blood-covered, caved-in face, Hikari smiled.
"How can I rule the school with vermin like you?"
Hikari couldn't be bothered listening to Takasaki Souichi's nonsense anymore. Grabbing him by the collar with one hand, he lifted him up and drove punch after punch into Takasaki Souichi's face.
Seeing this, Takasaki Aika and Kurasawa Ayana were both stunned.
After all, Takasaki Souichi had a superpower.
Yet he was being completely beaten one-sidedly by Hikari.
Thinking about it carefully, Takasaki Souichi not only possessed the legendary superpower that only existed in anime and manga, but his powers were actually quite strong.
When Takasaki Aika and Kurasawa Ayana had just been immobilized, they had both understood that feeling of despair and helplessness.
Yet Takasaki Souichi couldn't control Hikari at all.
Instead, Hikari beat him with ease.
He really was practically Superman.
Watching Hikari throw punch after punch at that hateful Takasaki Souichi, whether it was Takasaki Aika, his stepsister, or Kurasawa Ayana, the popular school idol, both of them couldn't help but have a sparkle appear in their beautiful eyes.
Meanwhile, Hikari was still seriously beating up Takasaki Souichi, the NTR bastard who thought awakening superpowers meant he could do whatever he wanted.
[Ding! The host has successfully destroyed Takasaki Souichi's scheme, saved the school idol Kurasawa Ayana, and successfully promoted the spirit of pure love.]
[Reward: Pure Love Points +100!]
[Ding! The host has violently beaten the NTR bastard Takasaki Souichi, using violence against violence, and successfully promoted the spirit of pure love!]
[Reward: Pure Love Points +50!]
As the system notifications sounded, Takasaki Souichi was beaten unconscious.
Seeing Takasaki Souichi's mangled face twitch a few times before going completely still, Hikari casually tossed his half-dead body onto the floor.
Then he turned around and walked toward Takasaki Aika and Kurasawa Ayana.
At this moment, both Takasaki Aika and Kurasawa Ayana were still standing where they were, staring blankly at him.
Hikari frowned slightly and asked, "What's wrong? You still can't move?"
Hearing Hikari's words, Takasaki Aika and Kurasawa Ayana finally came to their senses.
The two girls quickly shook their heads, "No, no! I can move now!"
"Me too. My arms and legs are just a little numb."
The telekinetic force on them had already been completely released while Takasaki Souichi was being beaten by Hikari.
The reason Takasaki Aika and Kurasawa Ayana had continued staring blankly at him was simply because of their shock and some feelings they couldn't put into words, so they were too embarrassed to say anything.
Hikari looked over the expressions on the two girls' faces.
Takasaki Aika looked completely fine.
But Kurasawa Ayana's face was still slightly red, and there were several bright red scratch marks on her fair arm.
Hikari immediately asked, "Ayana-san, are you still feeling uncomfortable?"
Kurasawa Ayana nodded, "Mm. I feel... like my body is still a little itchy..."
Even though Takasaki Souichi had already been beaten unconscious, Kurasawa Ayana still felt that she was being affected.
Especially after seeing Hikari beating Takasaki Souichi, her body felt even more numb and itchy. An inexplicable impulse made her feel embarrassed, and she was too ashamed to put it into words.
Hikari, however, understood.
Based on his previous experience, the influence of the telekinetic power Takasaki Souichi had placed on her would linger for a while.
So it was perfectly normal for her to still feel some mild discomfort.
As long as she stayed close to him, the Pure Love Aura he naturally carried would have a purifying effect.
Although this purification sometimes worked not by removing the effect but by distorting or changing its target, it was effective in the end.
Naturally, these things weren't suitable to explain to Kurasawa Ayana.
So Hikari said to her in a very scientific manner, "I'll take you to the infirmary to have a look, Ayana-san."
"Okay!", Kurasawa Ayana agreed without a second thought.
What Hikari had just done, beating up Takasaki Souichi and saving her from despair, had been deeply engraved in Kurasawa Ayana's mind. At this moment, she trusted Hikari completely, so of course she wouldn't refuse his suggestion.
Watching the two of them walk out of the multimedia classroom together, Takasaki Aika hesitated for a moment before following behind them.
———
A few minutes later, Hikari brought Takasaki Aika and Kurasawa Ayana to the infirmary.
But perhaps because school had been over for quite a while, the infirmary was completely empty, with no school nurse in sight.
"I'll just find some medicine myself...", Seeing the situation, Kurasawa Ayana, who had previously worked as an assistant in the school infirmary, said helplessly.
She skillfully took some anti-inflammatory painkillers from the medicine cabinet and swallowed them with the warm water that Hikari poured for her.
She also applied some ointment to the marks on her arm.
But even after taking medicine internally and applying medicine externally, the effect wasn't obvious.
Kurasawa Ayana found that her body still felt strangely itchy and hot.
After all, Takasaki Souichi's superpower was, in a sense, something supernatural.
It was only normal that ordinary medicine couldn't treat it.
Feeling her body becoming itchier and hotter, Kurasawa Ayana began to panic.
She reached out and started scratching herself again.
But after scratching a few times, she suddenly walked over to Hikari.
"Hikari-kun... My back feels really itchy too, but I can't reach it myself. Could you scratch it for me?", Kurasawa Ayana asked, her pretty face flushed as she looked at Hikari with those watery eyes.
"Sure," Hikari agreed.
Seeing Kurasawa Ayana turn her back toward him, Hikari raised his hand and gently scratched her smooth back.
"Hss..."
The itchiest spot on her back was suddenly scratched, and the comfortable feeling made Kurasawa Ayana let out a soft moan.
But after feeling comfortable for only a short while, she quietly spoke again.
"It doesn't feel like enough through the clothes. It feels like scratching through a boot. It's still so uncomfortable..."