Tokyo Psychic

Kurusu Akira pushed open the door of LeBron, and the spring morning sunshine rushed towards him. This was the first time since he traveled through time and space that he began to look forward to a brand new "future" from the bottom of his heart.

Tremble, show off!

The king, who possesses boundless academic power and is destined to set foot on Akamon, is born! ...

"What are you standing there mumbling to? Hurry up and lock the shop door and get in the car! You're going to be late!"

Sakura Sojiro drove the car to the door of the store and honked the horn impatiently.

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(I updated less today, and saved some drafts. Because tomorrow I have a full class from morning to night, in order to keep updating, the saved drafts will come in handy.)

(There will be more updates on weekends.)

013. At Seventeen That Year, I Stand Like a Minion (Two in One)

"Due to some unexpected events, the time of today's opening ceremony has been changed, which may take up a little extra time for everyone's classes."

The teacher, Sadyo Kawakami, successfully aroused sighs and groans in the class with her speech at the podium.

After so many years of schooling, these high school students can now accurately translate the correct meaning of various notices from the school.

For example, "maybe" means "definitely", and "a little while" means "not only is it a long time, but it's also very important. No one of you can escape."

Thinking that the first class was physical education, the high school students were filled with grief and anger that was like a river.

Kawakami Sadae glanced at the classroom filled with grief, and waited until they calmed down a little before speaking again.

"Next, there is one last thing to explain."

"Starting today, our class will welcome two new students."

"Amemiya, Jingqin, please come in."

Kurusu Akatsuki walked into the classroom carrying his schoolbag. It was the opening ceremony, but he was not wearing a school uniform.

I sent my school uniform to the laundry yesterday, and then received news in the evening that the owner of the laundry was involved in the legendary "out-of-control incident" and is now lying on the operating table.

He could only come to school in casual clothes.

Kurusu Akatsuki walked up to the podium wearing large plain glasses and deliberately hunched his back, looking like a nerd who was not good at socializing.

"Amamiya Ren, from Kyoto, please be my advisor in the future." He introduced himself briefly, then turned around and wrote his name on the blackboard.

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This was a deliberate act by Kurusu Akatsuki. Now that he didn't have the personality mask summoner in his hand, he really didn't want to be the center of attention on the first day of school.

Jing Qinrencai walked to the podium stiffly and introduced herself in a role model manner.

"My name is Isen Jinna, I'm from Kumamoto. I like rock music, and my favorite band is... 'Diamond Dust'! I don't have any particular specialties, but I'd appreciate your guidance!"

After saying that, she nervously bowed deeply to the students below the podium.

Jing Qinrencai was not good at this. Her heart was beating very fast and she tried hard not to pay attention to the discussions around her.

"He's a bit of an introvert." The boys immediately noticed this pretty and cute transfer student and stopped arguing about their physical education class being taken away.

But soon, their discussion was drowned out by the girls' excited screams, and all attention shifted to "Amamiya Ren" who walked down the podium.

"Hey, you're from Kyoto! But you don't have a Kansai accent at all!"

"Wait a minute, Inoue, look at his profile!!"

"Stop making noise, I saw it!!"

"Is this a teenage idol in disguise?!"

“So handsome…”

Even with his glasses so thick they reflected light, Kurusu Akatsuki's unique aura still attracted more attention from the boys and girls in the classroom. After half a minute of careful scrutiny from different angles, his face, hidden beneath the lenses and messy hair, was finally clearly visible.

Class 2-C next door heard everyone cheering or lamenting about a super handsome guy transferring into their class, and then a few curious girls ran out of the classroom and gathered at the back door of Class 2-D to watch.

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Saved. Jing Qinrencai realized that the attention in the classroom had suddenly decreased, and she couldn't help but feel relieved, but then she felt a little lost.

Even in a new school, everything is still the same as before.

All the students’ attention was taken away by this super cash charge!

She stared at Kurusu Akatsuki's back as he walked towards his seat, but she felt inexplicably panicked in her heart, as if the secret that should only be known to her was suddenly revealed to the public.

But this emotion only lasted for a short while, and his body uncontrollably walked down the podium and quickly caught up with Kurusu Akatsuki.

"Wait a minute, they're actually sitting at the same table?!"

"I think I saw them coming to school together yesterday."

"Could they be a couple..."

"Eh??!"

The booing suddenly became louder, and even when the teacher of the first class walked into the classroom, the situation did not improve at all.

Jing Qinrencai, who had just been feeling disappointed because she was "not getting any attention", instantly became the focus of the classroom.

As the discussion intensified, the gazes of the people around gradually became filled with envy, jealousy, and inquiry.

Kurusu Aki, who had sat down in his seat without changing his expression, found that the seat next to him had been empty for a long time. He looked up and found that his deskmate had been standing by the table motionless without any warning. The bright red color quickly spread along his cheeks to his entire face, and even his ears hidden in his hair were red.

A pair of lake blue eyes were already covered with mist, and he looked as if he was about to cry.

"Why don't you sit down?" Kurusu Akatsuki took out a pen from the drawer and poked the table, making a thump-thump-thump sound.

Jing Qinrencai seemed to have just woken up from a dream, and apologized to him in panic.

The voice was too soft and mixed in with the noisy classroom, so even if Kurusu Akatsuki concentrated, he couldn't hear it clearly.

Fortunately, the girl finally sat down, then hugged her head in frustration and panic, burying her face in the gap between her arms and the table. Then she curled up her legs and stepped on the crossbar of the chair, like a groundhog trying to hide from its predators, or like a Siamese cat that had nowhere to hide and had resigned itself to its fate.

A tall and strong man stood on the podium, calmly watching the lively scene happening in the classroom.

Only after the two transfer students were seated did he pick up the whistle hanging on his chest, put it to his lips and blew hard.

The sharp and piercing whistle instantly filled the entire classroom.

In an instant, the boys and girls who were originally discussing the relationship between the transfer students fell silent.

"It's the first day of school, and seeing everyone so energetic, it looks like they all enjoyed their spring break."

The man, wearing a short-sleeved shirt that revealed his muscular arms, put down his whistle and said with a grin, "Let me introduce myself. I'm Kamoshida Taku, the volleyball club's instructor. Of course, I'll also be your class's physical education teacher from now on."

"Teacher Kawakami, leave the rest of the class to me..."

Kamoshida explained a few words to Kawakami Sadashiro beside him, then raised his voice, "Everyone, gather outside the classroom and line up. I'll take you to the gymnasium for the opening ceremony. Remember to keep your voices down and don't disturb other classes!"

So Kurusu Akatsuki was surprised to find that those boys and girls who were full of adolescent restlessness had actually quieted down, and he could clearly feel an emotion called "respect" from the atmosphere of the crowd.

This is very rare. It is rare to see a physical education teacher who can gain such heartfelt respect from high school students.

He pushed the thing that was curled up beside him, which looked like a groundhog or a Siamese cat, and said, "It's time to go to the opening ceremony. Don't get in my way."

The downside to window seats is that you have to pass by students outside to get in and out.

If this was on the west coast of the United States, and he still had the Persona Summoner with him, he would probably just jump out of the window.

Unfortunately, in an ordinary high school campus, if Kurusu Akatsuki did this without turning on his personality mask, he would probably give the principal, whom he had never met, a memorable warning.

Hey, Lao Deng, I'm going to jump off the building. Are you afraid?

Are you afraid of contacting various media outlets for live broadcast before jumping off the building?

Not afraid of these? Fine, then go to your office and jump out of the window.

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Kurusu Akatsuki shook off these wild thoughts.

He found that after awakening that special personality mask last night, his attention became a little unfocused, and his thoughts often became scattered and jumped to some inexplicable things.

This phenomenon may not only be caused by severe energy consumption, but the more important reason is that he has not yet fully "adapted" to the existence of this personality mask.

This nameless personality mask has the ability to [save] and [read] the user's memories.

The ability to [save] is activated all the time, and the actual effect is quite exaggerated. In reality, it is undoubtedly a bug-level existence.

It can permanently fix the user's current mastery of any skill, allowing the user to avoid forgetting due to the passage of time and the degradation of level due to lack of practice.

As for the ability to [read], Kurusu Akatsuki had already used it last night.

That is, immediately search for all the memories that the user needs, and completely reproduce all the information such as thoughts, sensory feelings, etc. at that time.

However, activating this ability requires a lot of energy and cannot be abused... This may be because the personality mask appears and the ability is activated in the real world.

This method of operating memory seemed particularly familiar to him.

He had seen a similar ability in the comics yesterday—

The final villain in "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean", Father Pucci's stand "White Snake".

If this nameless personality mask can manipulate other people's memories, then Kurusu Akatsuki really has to wonder if he stole Pucci's substitute when he traveled through time.

But in reality, Pucci probably doesn't have a substitute for him to steal.

The priest, whose inner guilt was taken away, wanted to repent sincerely, but he found that no matter what he did, he could not make up for the families that were hurt because of him, so he simply committed suicide in prison.

Kurusu Akatsuki followed the team outside the classroom towards the gymnasium. Feeling the hot gazes of the girls beside him, he couldn't help sighing.

When will The Velvet Room send me my employment contract?

He can't wait to make the name "Mind Thief" remembered by all the villains in the world.

When we arrived at the gymnasium, many classes were already gathered there.

The black heads of the crowd were densely packed, like a long dark river surrounding the top stage of the stadium.

Girls wearing student union epaulettes were busy in the gymnasium moving tables and chairs provided for school leaders. Teachers were using loudspeakers to maintain order between classes. Everything was very tight.

When passing by the third-grade class, Kurusu Akatsuki saw the senior student who came to school in a luxury car.

The senior student noticed his gaze and immediately responded with a gentle and kind smile.

Then they passed each other.

By the time all the classes had arrived, the atmosphere in the gymnasium had settled into a solemn calm.

At this time, a middle-aged man with a slightly bald head and a well-proportioned body was seen walking slowly onto the stage surrounded by two good-looking student union members. He tested the sound into the microphone that had been placed on the podium.

Then he began to speak formally, "Hello, students and teachers, I am the newly appointed principal of Shujin Gakuen Private High School, Shinma Xiaolian."

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While he was speaking, the two girls from the student union stood beside him, as humble and reserved as personal maids.

Kurusu Akatsuki looked at the newly appointed principal with a frown on his face. The intuition formed by years of experience in judging evil people gave him an extremely uncomfortable feeling.

Almost instinctively, he reached into his trouser pocket to take out the Persona summoner.

But he found nothing.

So he stared in amazement at Xin Ma Xiaolian talking behind the podium, watching his shadow stretch and extend in the light until it merged with the curtain at the back of the stage.

In the end, these objects outlined by shadows together formed an extremely huge screen, as if it could block out all the light and cover up all the filth and dirt.

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PS:

(I was so busy with the course that I went back to the dormitory to work on the lab report after class, which resulted in the posting of this chapter on October 10.18th being a bit late.)

(This will not affect today's update.)

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014. A sense of mission that has nowhere to go (two in one)

The opening ceremony is over.

The crowd dispersed, and the already quiet atmosphere gradually fell into a deserted state.

The morning sunlight shone through the window and fell on Kurusu Akihabara, who was walking in the middle of the crowd. It was like a carving knife that hollowed him out inside and out, revealing a heart that seemed to be burning with flames.