Tokyo Psychic

Kurusu Akatsuki switched pages and replied to the beautiful girls who approached him one by one in the list. He was still busy typing on his phone until Jing Qinren finished eating all the sandwiches.

"It's really popular."

Jing Qin Rencai put the porcelain cup into the kitchen sink. Seeing Kurusu Xiao's expression, she suddenly became a little unhappy, and then nudged him hard on the back with her elbow, "It's time to go to school!"

Kurusu Akatsuki had no choice but to put her phone back in her pocket and carry her schoolbag for her. "Although I have to attend pre-competition training all day today, I will still come back to give you extra lessons at noon."

Jing Qinrencai bared her teeth at him and said, "That's quite impressive, you busy man."

"Then I hope Jing Qin can learn more from 'The Great Amamiya Ren'." Kurusu Akatsuki flicked her forehead, causing the girl to scream and cover her slightly red forehead while backing away towards the store door.

He half bowed to Sakura Sojiro, "Thank you for taking care of me today, Mr. Sakura."

After the two left LeBron, a half-grown Siamese cat came into the store and circled around Sakura Sojiro, calling out to him like a spoiled child.

"Okay, okay, you're 'Nina' too, I'll prepare breakfast for you."

Sakura Sojiro patted the back of his head helplessly and walked into the kitchen.

*

When Laiqi Xiao and Jingqin Renna arrived at the school gate of Xiujin, they saw two men with very different body shapes suddenly rushed out from the shadows and held him on the left and right.

They are first-grade and third-grade math teachers respectively. They were sent by the head teacher Ito Sanshui yesterday and lay in ambush here this morning just to capture the elusive Kurusu Akatsuki as soon as possible.

So, in full view of everyone, the biggest, most vicious and evil transfer student in history was escorted to the library on the third floor of the teaching building without any explanation.

The girl, once considered the "Black Dragon's Forbidden Deliciousness," stood there bewildered. The unfitness factor etched into her body made her subconsciously believe that this was a punishment for her being a "bad student"...

Unexpectedly, their target was the "excellent student" next to her.

Could it be... they're trying to extract the secret to improving performance from the Phantom Thief?!

After yesterday's tutoring, Jing Qin Rencai is now completely convinced of Kurusu Akatsuki's academic ability. Whenever she communicates with him, she seems to feel that her own realm has also been subtly improved... It seems reasonable that such a mysterious method of communicating with the gods would attract the attention of these long-retired forbidden area supremes.

Thinking of this, Jing Qinrencai was suddenly terrified. They were definitely going to imprison the thief in the dark and narrow study room and torture him to reveal all his secret skills!

The so-called "pre-match training" must be a cover to deceive young geniuses like Kurusu Akatsuki into heading to the restricted area. Once they reach the vicinity of the restricted area, they will be caught in one fell swoop!

But when Jing Serina looked back on her semi-transparent campus life, she was filled with sorrow. Not only could she not think of a plan to rescue the thief, but she herself was also facing an extremely terrible danger.

With the departure of Kurusu Akatsuki, whom she relied on for support, all the evil spirits who once coveted him gathered from all directions during the break, asking her about the whereabouts of the prodigy who was captured in the restricted area.

It was obvious that they were all captivated by the charm and academic ability of the "Showy Dragon" and became his fanatical followers.

Jing Qinrencai must deal with every problem carefully at this moment. If there is any deviation, she will probably be liquidated by the various fanatics entrenched outside the restricted area.

......

Kurusu Akatsuki was escorted here by Ito's left and right bodyguards.

The moment he stepped into the library, he saw that all the bookshelves originally displayed there had been moved to the wall. Four long tables were placed in parallel, with books piled on the tables like mountains of heavy and towering titles. The newly set up blackboard was covered with complex and profound formulas for solving problems. A man who was extremely intelligent in his early middle age stood by the window with his back to the crowd.

The sunlight from the window fell on the man's shoulders and head, like a statue, emitting the compassionate and sacred aura of Buddha.

When he turned around, the dignified appearance of the Buddha statue collapsed in an instant, and all the compassion for the world turned into a terrifying murderous intent that rushed towards him. Even the thief couldn't help but step back. His crazy alertness made him cautiously stay away from the man in front of him who looked like a Vajra with angry eyes and a pestle in his hand to subdue demons.

Then Ito Sanshui was seen holding the non-existent vajra in his hand and swinging it downwards with all his might!

"Otsuka, Ito! Stop him and close the door!"

"Yes!" The two generals of the Suoshun Clan perfectly carried out Ito Sanshui's orders, showing a tacit understanding that even the Phantom Thieves would be amazed at, and then nervously controlled him in the library.

At this time, Ito Sanshui approached with the gait of a dragon and a tiger, staring at Kurusu Akatsuki with a burning gaze, "You came at the right time."

Kurusu Akatsuki looked back at the two protectors behind him. Now he had no way to retreat, so he had to walk towards Ito Sanshui.

"Haha, you actually came closer to me? Instead of running away, you came closer to me..." Ito Sanshui let out a strange, shrill laugh.

Kurusu Akatsuki's expression was stern. "If I don't come closer, how can I make you repent?"

"In that case, let's get closer..."

Ito Sanshui became a little impatient and took the initiative to quicken his pace.

Until the distance between the two of them was narrowed to the point where it was just big enough for an adult to stretch out his arms and punch.

Kurusu Akatsuki turned his head to look behind Ito Sanshui, "Teacher Ito, where is your 'world'?"

Ito Sanshui also turned his head to look behind Kurusu Akatsuki, "I don't see your 'Star Platinum' either."

After saying that, the older Chunibyo couldn't help but laugh out loud, "I always feel like this kind of conversation has a subtle sense of déjà vu, as if I've heard it many times somewhere else."

"Is it 'JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'?"

"It's not JOJO, I watched that anime on TV with my kids. I vaguely remember it was a live broadcast on TV..." Ito Sanshui thought for a moment, but he really couldn't remember when he watched the so-called "live broadcast". He just felt a sense of familiarity when he saw Kurusu Akatsuki walking towards him.

It seems like I have watched the live broadcast many times, but no matter each time, the opening is always a similar dialogue.

He soon stopped dwelling on the issue.

"Amemiya," Ito Sanshui quickly made the decision to make those top students who represented Shujin in the Math League suffer so much that they couldn't sleep all night.

He stretched out his arms, reaching out to the mountains of books and exam questions that filled the long tables in the library, his face filled with enthusiasm. "The math league's advanced division's question range, reference books, and past exam questions are all here. Amamiya-san, just think of this as a scholarship, and please conquer them together with your future comrades!"

"High school students formed teams and worked hard to hone their skills in order to challenge for the crown that would sit at the top of Japan in a few days. Everyone's wisdom collided with each other in discussion and research, and the spark called 'growth' burst out... How youthful? How passionate?! Amamiya-san, I believe that you chose to participate in the league just for this moment!" Ito Sanshui clenched his fists and shouted at the top of his lungs.

No, I want to make money legally, reasonably and in compliance with regulations...

Kurusu Akatsuki tilted his head back slightly, still not saying what was on his mind. "So the preparation period... is to discuss problem-solving strategies together?"

Ito Sanshui nodded. "Those who are moving faster help those who are moving slower. Those who come up with solutions first will come up to the stage to share, and then absorb the solutions proposed by others, so that we can achieve mutual progress and growth."

"I see. It does sound like a team."

Ito Sanshui smiled approvingly, "Then, Amamiya-san, take advantage of this opportunity and step onto a higher level!"

......

An hour later, the top students in the library watched Kurusu Akatsuki, who was lecturing on the difficult questions from last year's qualifying exam, using various high school and university knowledge points to approach them, and coming up with more than a dozen different solutions. Their faces were all grim, their hearts etched in despair.

Kurusu Akatsuki took out the test paper, drew vectors on the blackboard, and tried to list differential geometry equations. Chalk dust fell down, like the rapidly collapsing confidence and pride of a group of top students below the podium.

By the time he finished talking about the three big questions, the content on the blackboard had been written and erased, erased and written again, and the white marks of chalk covered the background of the blackboard like thick fog.

Kurusu Akatsuki placed the broken piece of chalk back into the blackboard slot and looked at the people below. "That's the solution I could think of when I saw the question... Does anyone have anything else to add?"

As he spoke, he took a look at the question in his hand, then looked up at the densely packed formulas on the blackboard. "Oh, there is indeed an oversight here. I didn't calculate the second variable of the curve..."

Then he didn't even write a draft, but directly wrote down the results of the calculation.

At this time, he turned back to look at the library, which had already fallen silent, and asked, "Can you help me check if there are any mistakes?"

The top students looked at each other, and then fell silent without saying a word. Even their eyes were not focused on the blackboard, and their pupils were dilated, as if they had just experienced a magnificent scene like the Big Bang.

Ito Sanshui, who was standing at the back of the library, took off his glasses, wiped them with his sleeve, and put them back on. He was so confused that he couldn't speak.

This script seemed to be far different from what he expected...

“Those who walk faster help those who walk slower”… That’s true, but how the hell did you suddenly get on a rocket?

Your classmates are still in the Stone Age, drilling wood to make fire!

What about the team? What about youth? What about the passion and hard work?

Where is the epic story of the hero gathering his companions to defeat the dragon that I want?

He looked at Kurusu Xiao on the podium, and suddenly had an epiphany.

I see......

The evil dragon was released by me.

The mathematics teacher suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of guilt and shame.

A warm summer breeze blew in from the open window, and countless pieces of chalk dust floated and danced. Suddenly, a girl in the library covered her face and burst into tears.

She was the second-best student in the grade who was 200 points behind Kurusu Akatsuki in the opening test. Coincidentally, although she was 200 points behind, she actually got full marks in math.

I thought I lost to Kurusu Akatsuki only because he was "excellent in all aspects".

She boasted a deep understanding of high school math, and seeing the other person's lazy demeanor, already addicted to skipping classes, she thought of Aesop's fable "The Tortoise and the Hare." She felt she could definitely catch up with her hard work and surpass this transfer student who didn't know how to cherish his talent in the future.

Facts have proved that some people get full marks in math because their total score on the paper is only 100.

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(I slept until 3 p.m. and had a splitting headache... I still felt groggy after waking up. Staying up late really does hurt. I'm going back to sleep now. I'll have to write a draft later.)

(I don't know when I'll wake up tomorrow, so I'll try to write 4-5 chapters. If you have any monthly tickets, please give them to me. No need to wait for the event on the 25th. I published my book too late, so I won't have a chance to be on the best of the year list this year. I might as well try to steal a spot on the list early.)

075. The trend of borrowing is like a flood and a beast (four in one)

Friday, May 2022, 5

【There are two days left until the band's first performance.】

【There are four days left until the monthly test begins.】

At dusk, the vast setting sun fell from the vast horizon, and the blood-red rays of light broke through the clouds, burning on the campus wall across the green lawn.

Kurusu Akatsuki picked up her guitar case and stopped in the skywalk of the club building, looking back at the listless band members behind her...except for Yamada Ryo, who was circling around Toyokawa Shoko.

"Why is everyone so listless today? They all seemed so absent-minded during band practice."

Ijichi Hongka grimaced, "Being told all of a sudden about those supernatural things would definitely upset you enough to keep you awake all night... and even after waking up, you'd be haunted by all sorts of random thoughts all day long... Actually, it's strange that Amamiya-san is so calm!"

Momoka Kawahara sighed as she walked down the corridor. "He's in the late stages of Chuunibyou, so if someone suddenly told him that 'superpowers exist', he wouldn't have any special reaction."

Jing Qinren frequently looked back and stole glances at Toyokawa Shoko and Yamada Ryo behind her, with some envy and unwillingness in her eyes.

She also wants a Persona.

Just yesterday, after the band training, Shoko Toyokawa suddenly invited everyone to the rooftop of the club building, and then revealed her identity as the "Mind Thief".

Because Kurusu Akatsuki had discussed this with Isen Jinna in advance, this little girl who was not good at lying and couldn't hide her thoughts kept her mouth shut the whole time and watched silently as Toyokawa Shoko brought everyone into the impression space - with Kurusu Akatsuki's secret help.

Then, Shoko Toyokawa, who claimed to be the "Phantom Thief of the Mind", distributed a book called "Phantom Thief Manual" to everyone one by one, then grabbed a shadow from the tunnel and began to gesture to describe the various dangers lurking under reality.

As a result, these female high school students spent a whole day and night in a daze. Among them, the adult Kawahara Momoka had the most intense reaction.

The older we get, the harder it is to accept the concept of "superpowers" that subvert our own values. Once we accept it, we will have more unrealistic expectations.

For example, while she was working today, she had imagined more than once asking the Mind Thief to help change the heart of the fast food restaurant manager who was always thinking about how to exploit his employees...

At this time, at the back of the team, Yamada Ryo could be seen passionately pestering Toyokawa Shoko, even leaning close to her ear and whispering, "...Can you make the Prime Minister change his mind?"

Shoko Toyokawa was so frightened that she looked around, and finally looked for help at Kurusu Akatsuki who was disguised as an ordinary person a little further away.

Kurusu Akatsuki was very sensitive to the gaze behind him, and continued walking forward quickly. Then he took out his mobile phone from his pocket, found Toyokawa Shoko's private chat channel in Line, and typed in the message.

Soon, the cell phone in Toyokawa Shoko's right pocket trembled twice. She took it out cautiously and glanced at the pop-up message window on the screen.

[Big Cosmos is really scary (Kurisu Akatsuki): You've already become a mature Persona user. Hurry up and show off your authority as a psychic.]

Shoko Toyokawa can't display her majesty as a person with super powers... unless she wears a black lace mask.

But she successfully made use of the flexibility and agility of her fingers that she had fully trained through hard work in learning the piano. In just that short second when she saw the screen, she burst out with terrifying hand speed and tapped on the numeric keyboard.

[I'm going to work hard today (Toyokawa Shoko): That kind of thing is impossible!]

[Big Cosmos is really scary: You are a mind thief, how can you say such a scary thing as "I can't do it"?]

[Working hard today: Can't you just tell them your true identity? (Sad emoji)]

"Big Cosmos is truly terrifying: The fewer people who know about this, the better. Otherwise, the world might be in danger of destruction... It's not the time to tell them yet. Anyway, I'm leaving this up to you, Xiaoxiang."

When Shoko Toyokawa saw the somewhat intimate address at the end of the sentence, her heartbeat suddenly quickened.

"Ms. Kaito... please..." Yamada Ryo was still begging humbly, but this time her goal of changing her mind was a series of demotions, from the Prime Minister of Japan to a big banker.

Toyokawa Shoko shifted her gaze away from the phone screen with some difficulty, but the distress in her heart mostly dissipated, and she suddenly felt motivated to take on the identity of "Mind Thief" for Kurusu Akatsuki.

By the time the band left Shujin's club building and took the subway to Shimokitazawa, the sky was already ablaze with a magnificent sight.

*

"It's hard to imagine that Ryo would show such an expression." Kawahara Ki Momoka was a little surprised by Yamada Ryo's performance. Although he didn't have many expressions as usual, his shining eyes, the ever-increasing speed of speech and the various actions that almost forgot the sense of distance all showed the bassist's inner excitement.

Ijichi Hongxia really didn't save face for her friend this time. She said angrily, "She's always this enthusiastic when she asks me to borrow money."

Are there any other experts? Kurusu Akatsuki, carrying his guitar case, glanced sideways at Yamada Ryo.

Yamada Ryo folded his arms across his chest with a self-assured expression, even revealing a somewhat smug expression, "I can't resist the urge to buy musical instruments, so every time I find my living expenses, they're quickly used up."