I am a teacher at a girls' school in Tokyo

“Of course,” Hirakawa said. “So you don’t understand the pressure that comes with this ability.”

"What's the pressure? You can control everyone and do whatever you want."

"On the contrary, it's the feeling of being in control that's stressful."

"Huh? Why do you say that?" Ye Yue Li Ya really couldn't understand.

Of course, most people probably can’t understand it.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa thought about it.

“Have you ever played games?”

"game?"

"Yes, games." Hirakawa Tetsufumi nodded. "Have you ever experienced the feeling of using cheats to play the game smoothly all the way, but then quitting the game in boredom?"

"No." Ye Yue Liya shook her head.

"Okay, let's put it another way."

Tetsufumi Hirakawa paused and tried to find his words.

"Um... Pandora's box?"

"I know this."

"Okay, let's use this explanation." Hirakawa Tetsufumi suddenly stopped.

"What?" Ye Yue Liya stopped.

Hirakawa Tetsufumi did not rush to explain, but walked around the girl, walked towards the Uji River, and faced the river.

The quietly flowing river could be heard with a faint sound of flowing water, and a gentle breeze blew towards me.

He listened to the sound with his ear tilted, felt the wind on his face, and squinted his eyes.

After a moment, he spoke to the dark and calm river surface.

"Hye Yue, let me put it this way. At the moment, there is no limit to my ability."

"……What's the meaning?"

"It seems that if I want to, I can hypnotize the whole of Japan without any problem."

"..."

The sound of running water and wind is very pleasant.

However, Ye Yue Li Ya looked at the teacher's back facing the river and opened her mouth.

The words were plain and calm, and relaxed, but in that tone, something seemingly shocking was said.

"...Hypnotize all of Japan?"

"Yes." With his back to her, the ordinary teacher confirmed lightly, "It's even possible that the range is a little larger - although I haven't tried it, but I have this feeling."

"..."

"Is it awesome?"

"……certainly."

"Like you said, this ability seems to be omnipotent and will terrify those who know about it. In fact, it's not just you. Even I am afraid of this ability sometimes."

Tetsufumi Hirakawa spoke, opened his arms and felt the wind blowing.

"It gave me a feeling that was too unreal, so light and fluttery. I seemed to be able to hypnotize everyone, to make everyone listen to me, as if I could do anything. It made me a little... carried away."

"..."

Ye Yue Liya was silent for a while, recalling, and then asked back.

"Like just now in the alley?"

"what--"

There was a laugh immediately, I couldn't tell if it was self-deprecating or something else.

"Did you feel it?"

"...One thing, like the part where you inexplicably imitated Cao Cao."

"Yes, that's right. I did get carried away from that time."

Tetsufumi Hirakawa put down his hands, turned around and smiled.

“When mentality does not match ability, the feeling of being omnipotent can paralyze a person’s nerves and make them intoxicated.”

"When I first used my powers, I thought to myself, this is amazing."

"When I used the ability for the second time, I thought how convenient it was, I could use it to guide students."

"When I used my ability for the third time, I began to wonder if it was too powerful."

"When I used my ability for the fourth time - just now, when I was in the alley, do you know what I was thinking?"

Tetsufumi Hirakawa and Reiya Hazuki looked into each other's eyes under their bangs.

"What?" the girl asked.

"I was thinking, I'm so powerful, why do these people want to go against me?"

"..."

Looking at the silent girl, Tetsufumi Hirakawa laughed out loud.

"Obviously, I got carried away. I thought I had been very restrained, but this illusory feeling of omnipotence still intoxicated me. Once Pandora's box is opened, it will drag people into the abyss of depravity."

"…So that's why you said that you would rather forget that you have this ability most of the time?"

"Yes."

Tetsufumi Hirakawa turned and walked forward.

"I read a book and there was this sentence in it..."

As I was thinking about the contents of the book, I heard the footsteps of a girl following me from behind.

“The heaviest burden oppresses us, we sink beneath it, it pins us to the ground. The heavier the burden, the closer our life is to the earth, the more real and substantial it is. On the contrary, when the burden is completely absent, man becomes lighter than air, he floats away from the earth and its life, he becomes a half-real being, his movements are free and meaningless.”

"This is……"

"The Unbearable Lightness of Being, written by Milan Kundera. I think it's absolutely correct, isn't it?"

Hirakawa Tetsufumi looked at Hazuki Reiya who was walking towards him.

"The word omnipotent is too unreal and makes people feel light and light, just like a game with cheats. So, in order to maintain my normal life, I have always adhered to the principle of not using it unless necessary."

Ye Yue Li Ya listened to the words of the people around her and walked quietly.

She probably understood a little.

"So...you are telling me this now-"

"Of course I'm talking."

"Ah?" Ye Yue Liya was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't hear clearly.

"Confide, don't you understand? I said it at the beginning, it's very stressful to have this ability and keep your thoughts to yourself."

Ye Yue Liya stopped in a daze: "Why did you choose to confide in me? Can't others do it?"

Hirakawa Tetsufumi had no choice but to stop: "Because——"

"Look, I'm a cute female student, and you want to communicate with me to achieve something-"

"stop."

"Oh."

"Here we go again." Tetsufumi Hirakawa smiled bitterly.

Ye Yue Li Ya picked up the baseball cap in her hand, put it on, and buried her eyes under the brim.

"why me?"

"Why? Because you just happened to know it tonight."

"Your friends..."

Before she could finish, Hirakawa Tetsufumi waved his hand and said, "How can you talk about this with people you are close to? It's a problem. Maybe, as you said, you will wonder when you were brainwashed."

"..."

Hazuki Reiya raised his face.

"So you're saying that I was the first to know?"

"Yes." Hirakawa Tetsufumi confirmed the girl's statement. "This kind of thing can only be said to someone you just met, and you just happened to know it tonight."

"...Aren't you worried that I will tell others?" Ye Yue Liya paused for a moment, then said with a strange expression, "Teacher, you don't want others to know about this, right?"

"Tsk—" Hearing the girl's serious imitation, Hirakawa Tetsufumi laughed out loud, and then said, "If you tell others about this, will anyone believe it?"

"But you also reminded me, should I hypnotize you so that you don't tell anyone?"

Ye Yue Li Ya's expression suddenly changed and he crossed his arms over his chest.

"No, who knows what you can do with hypnosis, such as--"

"Okay, stop making examples."

Tetsufumi Hirakawa stopped her.

The girl was really outspoken, not caring at all that she was a student and he was a teacher - albeit a teacher from another school.

He held his head with a slight headache.

"I've already mentioned that I won't use my abilities recklessly. If I can avoid using them, I won't. If I hadn't been dealing with more than a dozen people, I wouldn't have used them tonight. Okay, let's skip this and get back to the point."

"Main topic? What main topic?" It seemed that Ye Yue Li Ya had completely forgotten.

"That's what I said when I first went to the convenience store to look for you."

Reiya Hazuki recalled and replied, "The hotel was too boring, so he wanted to find me."

"..."

Tsk.

Hirakawa Tetsufumi had to correct her: "The hotel is too boring, so I went out and saw if you were there. If you were, I wanted to ask you about the wind band."

Ye Yue Li Ya turned away and said, "Okay, I know. Ask ahead."

"..."

What's wrong with this tone? It's completely different from the beginning.

Because she said she wouldn't use her abilities recklessly, she isn't worried about being hypnotized and is becoming arrogant again?

I really don’t know what to say.

Helplessly, just like that, after a long time, the serious business of the wind orchestra, which was accidentally interrupted by the yellow-haired boy, was finally brought back on track at this moment.

Chapter 150: Trip to Kyoto (Fifteen) (Two in One)

A quick calculation revealed that this problem, which had been plaguing the orchestra for a long time, had lasted about two weeks, starting from the time when a certain willful young lady had started playing a puzzle game with him.

For two weeks, Tetsufumi Hirakawa has been trying to solve the problem.

There were even days when I stayed in the wind band until seven in the evening to accompany the students in practice.

Although this is what the instructor should do, it is him after all, and it is rare, so it is worth mentioning specifically.

In short, in order to answer this question, Tetsufumi Hirakawa believes that he has put in a lot of effort. He even traveled all the way from Tokyo to Kyoto to accompany Suzuki Ogasa to visit the Uyama Wind Orchestra.

And today, on the evening of June 6, Friday, Tetsufumi Hirakawa can finally announce that he has finally found an answer to the problems facing the Moritani Wind Orchestra.

The two weeks of hard work were not in vain, and the trip to Kyoto did not return empty-handed. I did not let down Mr. Ogasa's trust.

It is really cause for celebration.

"Hello, hello? Are you still alive?"

While still in deep thought, in his field of vision, Ye Yue Liya's fingers were waving back and forth in front of his eyes, and then waving back and forth again.