[Can this person... read minds?!]
Tsukishiro Tokinari looked at Saiki Kusuke with terror in his eyes. The other had accurately voiced all of his thoughts.
"I'm not reading your mind. After all, that kind of psychic ability isn't something I possess."
Saiki Kusuke continued.
It was as if he was directly conversing with Tsukishiro Tokinari's inner thoughts.
"Don't be too surprised. By simply analyzing the environment and observing your expressions, I can guess what you're thinking. Isn't that what your White Room specializes in?"
"This..."
Tsukishiro Tokinari was momentarily speechless.
[Does he know about the White Room? Who exactly is he...? Even Ayanokoji Kiyotaka, who was trained in the White Room, couldn't possibly achieve this level of insight, right?]
Tsukishiro Tokinari's heart rate quickened. He felt that the man named Saiki Kusuke standing before him was extremely dangerous.
"Don't worry. I'm here for my own purposes. As long as what you're doing doesn't interfere with me, I won't bother you."
Saiki Kusuke said.
At that moment, the crisp sound of high heels echoed from outside the door, and Chabashira Sae walked in.
"Acting Chairman Tsukishiro?"
Upon entering the office and seeing Tsukishiro present, Chabashira Sae was somewhat surprised.
She also noticed the look of astonishment on Tsukishiro Tokinari's face, with beads of sweat forming on his forehead.
Although the weather was gradually warming up, it wasn't hot enough to cause sweating.
Moreover, someone as shrewd and calculating as Tsukishiro Tokinari—this was the first time Chabashira Sae had seen him display such obvious panic.
"Hello, Chabashira-sensei. We've met once before."
Saiki Kusuke wore a polite smile as he addressed Chabashira Sae.
"I'm the new physics teacher for the second-year students. My name is Saiki Kusuke."
"Saiki... Kusuke?"
Hearing this name, Chabashira Sae was taken aback. After a moment of thought, she froze.
"Wait, I'd like to ask... because there's a student in our class named Saiki..."
"I'm Kusuo's older brother!"
Saiki Kusuke said with a smile.
"Oh, I see."
Chabashira Sae nodded as if everything suddenly made sense.
[Saiki Kusuke is the new teacher arranged by the school... It's not easy to become a teacher at this school, and for someone so young to be able to enter... His background must be extraordinary.]
[To make Tsukishiro show such an expression earlier... He's definitely not an ordinary person.]
[Is that why Saiki was able to enter this school?]
Saiki Kusuke could see through Chabashira Sae's thoughts at a glance, but he didn't voice them.
"Your Class A has my physics class next, right? I'll head to the classroom now~"
"Oh, right! Saiki-sensei!"
At that moment, Tsukishiro Tokinari put on an eager smile and said to Saiki Kusuke,
"We've prepared a separate office for you, but some of the office supplies haven't been arranged yet."
"It's fine. I brought my own."
"Oh?"
Tsukishiro was full of doubts but nodded and continued, preparing to tell Saiki Kusuke the location of the office.
"Then let me tell you..."
"I know where it is."
After saying this, Saiki Kusuke left the office, leaving only Tsukishiro Tokinari and Chabashira Sae staring at each other in confusion.
...
Meanwhile, in the first-year Class A classroom, a girl with twin tails, peach-colored hair, and a delicate face was looking at the information on her phone with great interest.
Unknown: Bounty Mission: Expel Ayanokoji Kiyotaka from Class 2-A. Reward: 20 million personal points.
"Ayanokoji-senpai, I'll finally get to meet you~"
The girl's face showed a devilish smile.
"But I'm probably not the only one who received this message, right?"
However, at that moment, her phone received another message.
Unknown: Absolutely do not make contact with Saiki. Absolutely forbidden! Any attempt to interact with Saiki will be considered a betrayal of the White Room. Please delete this message after reading.
"How annoying. Doesn't Tsukishiro know that the more you forbid something, the more people want to do it?"
The girl said with a smirk.
On her phone, her own stats were displayed.
First-Year Class A: Amasawa Ichika
Academic Ability: A (87)
Physical Ability: A- (83)
Adaptability: D+ (38)
Social Contribution: C+ (57)
Overall Ability: B (68)
"Saiki-senpai, what kind of person are you, really?"
...
Ten minutes later, in Class A's classroom, Saiki Kusuke walked in.
"Hello, everyone. I'm your new physics teacher for this semester, Saiki Kusuke. Nice to meet you!"
Saiki Kusuke introduced himself with a smile.
[He's so young. He looks about the same age as us.]
[To become a teacher at such a young age, he must be extraordinary.]
[Wait, this teacher's last name is Saiki?]
"Sensei, are you related to our class's Kusuo?"
At that moment, Ike Kanji raised his hand and asked loudly.
"That's right! I'm his older brother!"
Saiki Kusuke smiled meaningfully as he looked at Saiki.
The latter responded with a cold expression.
'Hey, hey, what are you doing here?!'
Saiki used his telepathy to directly question Saiki Kusuke in his mind.
[Don't be so impatient, Kusuo. You should know that this school is government-sponsored, and I'm currently working under the government. This school happens to be a perfect testing ground for my new inventions and systems.]
Saiki Kusuke also replied telepathically.
'I'm warning you, don't do anything strange at this school.'
[Got it, got it.]
The conversation between the two brothers remained in the realm of consciousness, unknown to anyone else.
Meanwhile, Ayanokoji Kiyotaka was trying to extract useful information from Saiki Kusuke's words.
[So he's Saiki's older brother? I've finally gained some useful information about Saiki's background.]
[He doesn't look much older than us, yet he's able to stand in our classroom as a teacher... His abilities must be exceptional.]
[Why did Saiki Kusuke choose to come to the school at this time?]
Ayanokoji Kiyotaka's mind raced.
[Entering the school must have required approval from Tsukishiro and higher-ups... Does this mean Saiki's backers have partnered with the White Room? If I were to oppose Saiki, my situation would become very dangerous.]
[No, that possibility is very low. Judging from Tsukishiro's earlier behavior, they're probably not in a cooperative relationship...]
[It's more likely that Saiki Kusuke bypassed that man's authority to come to this school—meaning that man's power is limited, at least below Saiki Kusuke's backers.]
Saiki Kusuke glanced at Ayanokoji Kiyotaka and thought to himself.
[So this is Ayanokoji Kiyotaka? The White Room's finest creation? But to me, he's just another piece of trash. Although his face shows no expression, it's not hard to guess he's thinking about my identity and background~]
'Yare yare, this guy...'
Saiki thought to himself.
"Well then, let's begin the first class."
Saiki Kusuke snapped his fingers as he spoke. The large screen in the classroom instantly transformed, with the glass splitting into countless small pieces, moving, and then reassembling like a Transformer—
Then, a holographic projection appeared before everyone.
Another virtual Saiki Kusuke materialized.
"So cool!"
Ike Kanji and Sudo Ken were stunned by what they saw. It was like something out of a sci-fi movie.
'Hey, hey, this is just a regular high school. Isn't this overkill?'
Saiki immediately warned Saiki Kusuke through telepathy not to go overboard, but the latter ignored him.
"Well then, I'll leave this class to him!"
Saiki Kusuke waved to everyone and then left the classroom.
"Huh? The teacher just left? Are we supposed to just watch... this hologram?"
Just as Ike Kanji looked confused, the projected Saiki Kusuke suddenly spoke:
"Although it's a hologram, this is still part of the lesson!"
The projected image changed again, showing a laboratory-like scene—and the virtual Saiki Kusuke began teaching.
'Yare yare... Has this guy really turned over a new leaf and decided to teach properly?'
Saiki narrowed his eyes slightly.
'But... is this really a lesson for high school students?'
The difficulty of the lesson far exceeded the knowledge level of high school students. Even Horikita Suzune looked completely lost.
[Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing?]
Horikita Suzune couldn't understand a word of what Saiki Kusuke was saying.
Not only that, but even Ayanokoji Kiyotaka's eyes showed a hint of confusion.
The knowledge being taught was far beyond the scope of the White Room's education—it was on the level of professional scientists.
Even Ayanokoji Kiyotaka couldn't build an atomic bomb from scratch.
But Saiki Kusuke could.
'No, I feel like this guy is up to something.'
Saiki knew his brother wasn't someone who would act so innocently.
...
"Ah, the intelligence of ordinary high school students really is like that of single-celled organisms, isn't it?"
Saiki Kusuke returned to his office, opened his computer, and carefully observed the rows of data displayed on the screen.
The tablets used in the classroom were all designed by him, and Saiki Kusuke had naturally added some hidden features—these tablets could monitor each student's physical condition.
Body temperature, gaze duration, facial expressions...
"But I can still gather some useful data from them. I'll have to lower the difficulty for these single-celled organisms. But before that..."
Saiki Kusuke smiled slightly, walked over to a special box, and lightly touched it.
The box immediately transformed, turning into countless spider-like robots that began moving around the room, remodeling it.
In just a few minutes, the entire room had been transformed into a high-tech laboratory.
"Let's begin!"
Saiki Kusuke said to himself with a smile.
...
Several minutes later, the class finally ended, and the blackboard returned to its normal state, looking like an ordinary screen.
Almost every student in the class looked completely bewildered.
What just happened?
Even Horikita Suzune, who had taken meticulous notes, couldn't understand her own notes after class.
"Saiki-kun, what exactly does your brother do?"
Horikita Suzune looked at Saiki with a puzzled expression.
[Saiki-kun's abilities are quite strong within the class... but his brother's knowledge is on a completely different level.]
[Although I'm not very familiar with the subject, I feel like this isn't knowledge that high school students, college students, or even graduate students could grasp. To Saiki's brother, this advanced knowledge is as simple as 1+1=2...]
[What exactly does their family do?]
"I don't know. He spends his days doing meaningless things, like tinkering with inventions."
Saiki couldn't help but recall the things Saiki Kusuke used to do.
He would constantly challenge Saiki to competitions, only to lose every time and eventually give up, going to Cambridge University. He had only returned to Japan last year.
The reason Saiki had entered this school was also because of Saiki Kusuke.
Come to think of it... Could everything have been arranged by Saiki Kusuke?
A terrifying thought crossed Saiki's mind.
"Why didn't you mention you had a brother?"
"It wouldn't have made a difference. I didn't know he'd come to the school as a teacher."
Saiki shook his head.
Horikita Suzune pursed her lips, as if she wanted to say something but decided against it. After a few seconds of thought, she changed the topic:
"This isn't a big deal. For the upcoming exam, we need to contact the first-year students as soon as possible."
"You're right."
With that, the group left the classroom and headed to the first-year area.