"Let me take a look at your camera, maybe I can fix it." Saiki spoke to Sakura.
"Ah?"
Sakura was a little confused, froze for a moment, but still chose to hand the camera to Saiki.
Saiki held the camera in his hand, pretended to fiddle with it a bit, and at the same time, secretly activated his superpower, object restoration.
It could revert an object to its state from the previous day, thus achieving a repair effect in a certain sense.
This ability could also be used on people, but if the target was a living being or injured, then the symptoms would reappear the next day.
[This brat, what is he doing? That's Shizuku's camera! You bastard, you have no right to touch it!]
At this moment, the store clerk was screaming in his heart, constantly cursing at Saiki.
And all his words were heard clearly by Saiki.
But Saiki didn't show any reaction for the time being, acted as if he didn't know anything, and then handed the camera to Sakura:
"It's fixed, here you go."
"Huh?"
Sakura was a bit surprised. She took the camera, and nervously pressed the power button. The previously broken camera actually really powered on successfully.
[It's actually... actually really fixed... I can... I can avoid this person now... I have to express my thanks to that person... but... how... how should I start... Also... what was his name again... was it Saiki...?]
'Yare yare, finally remembered my name?'
"Saiki, I didn't expect you to be quite skilled with electronics! But why didn't you help Sakura fix it earlier!" Beside them, Kushida Kikyo asked with some confusion.
"Not really skilled, I just suddenly remembered, maybe the battery was loose or something, since I've encountered this situation before." Saiki casually made up an excuse and said.
[Just the battery was loose? But I tried everything yesterday and still couldn't turn it on... Saiki-san... did he do something?] Sakura still had some doubts in her heart.
"But with this, it can save quite a bit of points too!"
Kushida Kikyo smiled at Sakura, then turned to the store clerk from earlier, "Since it's already fixed, we won't bother you anymore!"
"Better check it just in case! Who knows if there might be other problems or something!"
The clerk, realizing he had missed the chance to obtain Sakura's personal contact information, quickly said.
At the same time, he cursed Saiki in his heart, [This damn brat, actually dared to ruin my good thing! You're such a damned guy!]
"No need to check." Saiki said slowly, then raised his head, casting his gaze at the clerk, and that gaze became unusually sharp.
'Yare yare, all those curses you just said in your heart, I heard every single word, clearly.'
'Even though it doesn't directly concern me, if someone like you is left in this school, it might cause very serious consequences.'
'So, as the price for provoking a psychic, prepare yourself.'
'First, I'll expose all the comments you left online, then show your inner thoughts as well, let everyone around clearly know what kind of person you are.'
Saiki slightly curled his lips into a smile, looked at the man with a meaningful gaze, 'Not only that, but from now on, every single day, you'll step on dog poop on the road, your toilet paper will tear, you'll choke while eating, and have nightmares at night...'
[Feels like... Saiki just now... something seemed to change.]
'This intuition... is almost frighteningly sharp, huh? Is this what they call the sixth sense?'
Hearing Sakura's inner thoughts, Saiki immediately turned his gaze away from the clerk, to avoid Sakura sensing too much.
"Since everything's done, let's head back now!"
Kushida Kikyo said, then led Saiki and Sakura away from the electronics mall and returned to the plaza.
"Since the camera is already fixed, I'll head off now! If there's anything else, contact me later! And don't forget we have class in the afternoon!"
Kushida Kikyo waved at the two of them, seemed to have something to do, so she parted from them, and Saiki also prepared to leave.
"Um... please wait a moment... Saiki-san..." Just as Saiki was about to leave, Sakura suddenly spoke and called out to him.
Saiki turned his head, gaze landing on Sakura. Their eyes met for a brief moment, and Sakura could only nervously shift her gaze to the ground.
[I should... I should express thanks to Saiki-san... His name is Saiki, right... I have to say thank you...]
Sakura thought in her heart, but she couldn't say a single word for a long time.
'This is a bit too forced... better forget it.'
Before Saiki could finish his thought, Sakura gathered up the tiny amount, yet all, of courage in her body, and said in a voice so soft that only she could hear, "Th-thank you very much, Saiki... Saiki-san!"
If it were an ordinary person, they probably wouldn't have heard Sakura's previous words, but as a psychic, Saiki naturally could hear them.
"You're welcome."
"Um... um... about Sudo-san's matter... I did see it before... I'm really sorry... I didn't have the courage to speak up earlier... I saw the entire process... It was the people from Class D who provoked Sudo-san first..."
"It's okay, if you don't want to testify in court, it's fine."
Saiki spoke slowly. If Sakura didn't want to testify, he wouldn't force her, as he already had his own plan.
"About that matter... I... I'm not ready yet."
"Just don't push yourself too hard." Saiki just gave a brief reply.
At such a time, maybe it would've been good to say some encouraging words, but Saiki wasn't the type to say those things on this kind of occasion, and he didn't want to have too many interactions with those around him either.
After chatting for a short while, Saiki also left the plaza, while Sakura stood from afar, watching his back.
[Feels like... Saiki-san is really special... but I just don't know what exactly is special about him...]
Sakura thought in her heart, but because the distance was too far, Saiki didn't hear it.
———
At the same time, inside a private room of the school KTV.
"Surely Class D has already fallen into a chaotic state by now."
Ryuen leaned beside a beautiful girl with a handsome face, wearing a confident smirk.
Sending classmates to frame Sudo Ken, that was exactly his plan.
Earlier, letting Yamazaki test the waters a bit didn't work, but it didn't matter. It wouldn't affect the official plan much.
"In this school, getting involved in fights isn't a small matter. Even if he doesn't get expelled, Sudo Ken will at least be suspended for over a month, maybe even affect his class's points. Maybe there will even be internal conflict within their class."
Ryuen's smile became even more obvious, as if victory was already in his hands.
———
After school in the afternoon, Saiki left the classroom and headed to the school's delivery center.
Although this school had almost every kind of item, it was only "almost," not every single thing could be provided.
So the school also offered online shopping services. Students could buy things not available on campus through a school-specific shopping website, even items not listed could be specially ordered through customer service.
Of course, all of this cost points.
At the start of the term, Saiki hadn't used the school's shopping site, he usually didn't have anything he particularly wanted.
But not long ago, while bored and browsing the site, he found that experimental equipment could also be bought, which gave Saiki an idea, to buy germanium products.
While telepathy allowed Saiki to know others' thoughts, it caused more trouble than benefit.
Telepathy couldn't be turned off, so Saiki lived in a constantly noisy environment every day, and it robbed him of many joys in life.
No surprises in life, movies spoiled by others... for Saiki, it was an absolute disaster.
But there was a way to block others' thoughts, germanium.
He discovered this by accident. Although the principle was unknown, as long as he possessed germanium, he could block out others' thoughts and enjoy a bit of life as a normal person.
Previously, Saiki had bought a ring made of germanium from the site. This afternoon, it finally arrived.
Saiki eagerly went to the pickup point, received the ring, and immediately put it on, almost instantly, the whole world fell silent. All the voices disappeared.
'Amazing, amazing!' Saiki's mouth couldn't help but curl into a smile.
'As expected, I really can't hear other voices. What kind of treasure have I gotten here?'
'But why does this feel kind of strange? Maybe I'm just used to hearing people's thoughts by now? Should I take it off?'
'No no no, what am I afraid of? Without telepathy, there's a place I absolutely must go, the movie theater. That's right, with this thing, I don't need to worry about spoilers anymore!'
With a smile still on his face, 'Back then I was still a kid. There was a movie I wanted to see no matter what, but two seconds after entering the theater, I got spoiled by someone who already watched it. Even if I chose the first premiere showing, either staff or other audience thoughts would spoil it... Now that I've lost telepathy, I can finally go to the theater!'
As Saiki thought this, he quickly walked toward the theater. His usually calm heart finally felt a bit of anticipation.
'Finally, I can enjoy some quiet time.'
'As expected, I must not depend too much on my powers.'
'Next, I'll just...'
"Saiki-kun!"
"?"
The sudden voice startled Saiki, almost making his soul fly out.
"Saiki-kun... what's wrong? You looked really surprised when you saw me?"
Following the voice, Saiki looked over, and right in front of his eyes was Ichinose Honami.
'Yare yare, because I didn't have telepathy, I couldn't know in advance that Ichinose was here? Seriously... seems like I rely too much on my powers.'
Normally, Saiki would use telepathy to know if any acquaintances were nearby.
But now that he had blocked that ability, he could only be surprised when someone suddenly called his name.
Saiki quickly calmed down and looked at Ichinose Honami.
'If I had telepathy, I would've avoided this route... The most troublesome thing is meeting someone I know during my free time.'
'Why does Ichinose look a little nervous? Is it something special? I can't read minds now... should've taken off the ring first.'
'No no no, what am I thinking? I already said I shouldn't rely too much on my psychic powers.'
Saiki adjusted his emotions and opened his mouth:
"Nothing, I just happened to be passing by here."
"Is that so... then just right... Saiki-kun, can I ask you for a favor?"
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