At the moment when Saiki had just read Chabashira Sae's mental activity, he had already used telekinesis to transfer the student ID card into the library, letting the staff see it, pretending as if he had really lost the thing.
[Even the student ID card could be forgotten, Saiki looks somewhat careless, was it deliberately left in the library? Not very likely.]
Chabashira Sae's gaze locked onto Saiki's face, and in her heart, the evaluation of the other party lowered a little.
And this was exactly the thing Saiki was hoping for; he really didn't want to be targeted by this troublesome teacher.
"Saiki-kun, in your entrance examination, every subject's score was precisely the level exactly in the middle of the class. Every student more or less has different degrees of bias toward subjects, resulting in differing rankings, but your grades in every subject's ranking were all exactly in the middle. Could it be that you deliberately controlled the scores?" Chabashira Sae slightly narrowed her eyes.
In reality, it was exactly as she guessed; this result was deliberately controlled by Saiki. In every exam, he used telepathy and clairvoyance abilities to see how other people around him were doing, then controlled his own score.
Even without relying on psychic powers, Saiki could effortlessly achieve full marks, but he didn't want to attract too much attention.
'Yare yare, although I did deliberately control the scores, having them all be at the middle level still easily arouses suspicion?'
'Then next time I might have to deliberately let each subject's score fluctuate up and down a bit. However, because the exams are done one subject at a time, if I want to control the total score, the degree of hassle will increase by quite a lot.'
Saiki thought this, but still very calmly replied, "Teacher Chabashira, you overestimate me. Controlling scores, such a thing, ordinary people fundamentally cannot do, right? And to be able to precisely achieve middle ranking in every subject, wouldn't that require knowing everyone else's exam scores too?"
Chabashira Sae did not answer.
Regarding controlling scores, it wasn't that it was impossible, for example, that person called Ayanokoji, he achieved exactly 50 points in every subject.
However, if Saiki could precisely control his ranking, then he was perhaps even more frightening than Ayanokoji Kiyotaka.
[The surveillance during the entrance exam has no blind spots, so there is no possibility of cheating. Just as Saiki said, if one wants to get middle ranking in every subject, it would be necessary to know the scores everyone else can get. Controlling ranking is much more difficult than controlling scores. Even if cheating, it would be impossible.]
[Could it be that Saiki can predict every person's score?]
[How could that be? Wouldn't that mean having supernatural abilities?]
When he heard Chabashira Sae's mental activity, Saiki's heart gave a little jolt.
[This is completely a fantastical matter. Perhaps Saiki's ability really is merely ordinary.]
Only then did Saiki exhale a long breath. Although the possibility of exposure was almost zero, when he heard the words "supernatural abilities," he still subconsciously became a little tense.
[His true level, after next week's surprise exam, everything will be clear. Those defective products of Class D definitely wouldn't expect there would be a surprise exam so soon, right? This exam occupies a very high proportion in the next class points evaluation. Judging by how they are now, their grades probably will be extremely unideal. When their points get completely deducted, it will be interesting. I can't wait to see these defective products' despairing expressions.]
To think that as a homeroom teacher, she would say such things about her own students.
Saiki's brows also twitched slightly.
'Next week there will be a surprise exam? And it even seems to greatly affect class points. Although I don't want to intervene too much, if the points are all deducted, that won't be good.' Saiki had a thought in his heart.
"But how about your physical fitness scores? In the long-distance run, your results were average, but in other aspects, the data scores fluctuated greatly."
"Perhaps at that time my physical condition was unstable." Saiki could only casually find an excuse to say.
Chabashira Sae looked at Saiki, carefully observing the other party, wanting to see if there would be any flaws in his facial expression.
However, on Saiki's face, from start to finish, there was no change of expression.
"Forget it. For this period of campus life, just properly enjoy it. I hope you will have better performance in the school in the future."
Chabashira Sae shook her head, then turned around and left here.
[It doesn't feel like there is anything special. Could it be that he really just relied on connections to get into the school through the back door? Truly strange… Once the time comes, it will naturally become clear. This year's students are my best chance. I absolutely must use them to climb up to Class A!]
'As a teacher, the desire to rise to Class A is even stronger than the students, and it's as if the students are merely her tools.' Saiki thought this, then quickly returned to his dorm room.
He had just set down the few novels he brought back, when he saw that on his student terminal there were many unread messages.
And the sender of these messages was Shiina Hiyori.
[Shiina Hiyori: Saiki-kun, have you already returned to your dorm room?]
[Shiina Hiyori: The novels I recommended to you just now are all very good! If you finish reading them, I can recommend a few more!]
[Shiina Hiyori: I think the mystery design in them is particularly outstanding!]
Although she usually seemed to be someone not good at communicating with people, once it came to talking about novels, Shiina Hiyori seemed to turn into a completely different person.
'If I reply to her, once she opens up the conversation, it will be troublesome. Better not reply.'
Saiki originally thought this, but after hesitating a bit, still picked up his phone and symbolically replied with a few sentences.
'At least chatting on the phone, I don't have to worry about spoilers, and I can indeed get some novel recommendations from her.'
And after Saiki replied with a few messages, Shiina Hiyori very quickly sent even more words.
[Shiina Hiyori: Saiki-kun, you have even read that book!]
[Shiina Hiyori: No one around me reads this type of novel!]
[Shiina Hiyori: If you have time, let's go read books together! The library is fine! The school café is also fine!]
'Café, huh… there also seem to be some pretty good desserts there.'
———
A day of time passed, and the daily life on the second day didn't have any changes for Saiki.
Compared to the previous day, the number of people arriving late to class increased by a few more, with the idiot trio among them.
In class, some students were playing on their phones, some students were sleeping, and some were loudly chatting.
And Saiki could clearly hear their inner thoughts.
[This school is really amazing!]
[One hundred thousand yen every month, no need to pay tuition, and every kind of entertainment facility is here!]
[What should I eat after class?]
Saiki slightly estimated that in the class, already about half of the people weren't listening at all. They were obviously still immersed in the excitement of the new environment.
At this rate, the results of the surprise exam probably won't be optimistic.
However, in the class, there were still people studying seriously. For example, Horikita Suzune. She was very earnestly listening to Chabashira Sae's nearly-chanting-like lesson, basically focused with no distractions.
And on the podium, Chabashira Sae could clearly see the students' little actions, but she pretended not to see them.
[Very soon, you all won't be able to laugh anymore.]
———
After a morning of classes, everyone went to the cafeteria to eat during lunch break. Saiki selected a dish he was more interested in, then picked a more corner seat to sit down.
This time, he waited until his classmates had already taken their seats before choosing a seat himself, so that he wouldn't be disturbed by others while eating.
Next to him were all unfamiliar students, most of them were upperclassmen, and Saiki could clearly hear their words.
"These freshmen are about to have the surprise exam, right… If back then we had known a little earlier about this exam, we wouldn't have ended up in Class D…"
"The difficulty of the exam is no joke. Many of the questions are outside the curriculum. But after they finish the surprise exam, it's about time for us to have the monthly exam, right? This time, we definitely can't screw it up."
"It's fine. Anyway, when the time comes, we can go buy last year's papers from the upperclassmen… Everyone in the class will split the points to buy them."
In the noisy environment, their conversation was hard to hear clearly.
But Saiki heard every word perfectly.
'Buying papers from upperclassmen?'
Saiki looked out of the corner of his eye at the upperclassmen next to him. Most of them were discussing matters related to the upcoming exams.
In this school, exams were the most important factor affecting class points, and exam results were the measure of a student's abilities.
And the school only cared about the final exam results. Whatever means the students used, they wouldn't care.
Even if cheating in exams, as long as it wasn't discovered, then it was considered legitimate.
Seeking means to get high scores, in a certain sense, this was also one of the things this school used to test students' abilities.
Saiki listened to their words and thoughts, obtaining some quite important information.
In this school, the content and format of exams were uncertain. But generally speaking, in the first semester after enrollment, they were mostly basic written tests.
Each class's point rating was determined by the class's average score. The higher the average score, the more points the class earned.
Not only that, if a student failed their midterm or final exam, they would be directly expelled.
Removing all the failing students, this was in a way the reason Advanced Nurturing High School had a 100% graduation rate.
And perhaps due to the school's regulations, whether upperclassmen or students, they all seemed to deliberately hide the school's rules from the freshmen.
'As expected, it's based on average scores.'
For him, exams naturally posed no problem. Although he couldn't compare to Saiki Kusuke, high school-level questions were simply too easy for him.
However, the matter of average scores gave Saiki some headache.
Given Class D's current study attitude, when the time came, their exam results would definitely not be optimistic.
'I don't know exactly how exam results and class points are connected, but judging from Teacher Chabashira's reaction, this exam's weight should be very large.'
'If all class points get deducted, that will be troublesome. There are still many desserts and puddings I haven't eaten yet. If the points are all deducted, that would be a little problematic. I don't want to be dragged down by those guys.'
Although Saiki had the ability to get high scores, doing so was too conspicuous, and only one person getting a high score had limited impact on the average. What mattered most were those who might get low scores.
For example, that idiot trio.
To make them study seriously would be harder than ascending to heaven.
'Persuade them to study seriously? I absolutely won't do such a thing, and even if I said it, they wouldn't listen, right?'
'Directly use mind control? That won't do. That ability might affect the whole world. If I turned those three into diligent students, I can't even imagine what the world would become. Yare yare… Although I don't want to interfere too much, at least I must raise the average score a little.'
'I must come up with a suitable method, one that can have an impact but not be too over the top.'
Saiki fell into thought. Just then, he caught a familiar voice again. Turning his head to look, on the other side of the cafeteria, Kushida Kikyo was chatting and laughing with other class members, and the idiot trio were also next to her.
Seeing their interactions, Saiki had an idea in his heart.
He first opened the favorability display, took a look at Kushida Kikyo's favorability toward the people around her. They were basically around fifty, and toward the idiot trio, it was only a bit over forty.
However, from start to finish, Kushida Kikyo didn't show any disgust, always wearing a face full of goodwill, without the slightest flaw.
'Truly amazing.'
Saiki thought this, then changed the target of the display. The idiot trio's favorability toward Kushida Kikyo had already surpassed eighty.
'This attitude, seems like quite a big gap.'
But according to Saiki's observation, the other classmates' favorability toward Kushida Kikyo was generally quite high, basically over seventy.
Apart from the proud Horikita Suzune and Ayanokoji Kiyotaka, who didn't treat anyone differently, the others all had very good relations with Kushida Kikyo. She should have considerable influence in the class. Perhaps she could be slightly "used."
Saiki definitely didn't want to personally tell Kushida Kikyo about this matter. He didn't want to bring himself more trouble, so he used the telepathic transmission ability, which could transmit one person's thoughts into another's mind, just like hearing the person speak.
And Saiki transmitted the mental activity of those upperclassmen just now into Kushida Kikyo's mind. For her, it was just as if she had happened to hear the nearby conversation.
"Eh?"
Kushida Kikyo, after hearing the voice, turned her head with some doubt, searching in the crowd for a long time. In the end, her gaze landed on several upperclassmen, then she quickly walked forward, "Senpai, did you just mention something about the surprise exam…?"
Seeing Kushida Kikyo go forward to inquire about the relevant information, Saiki believed his goal had been achieved.
With Kushida Kikyo's personality and abilities, she should soon be able to obtain the relevant information from those upperclassmen.
Saiki then left the cafeteria, once again going to the library. After confirming with telepathy that Shiina Hiyori was not here, he quickly returned the books he had borrowed yesterday.
Then he took out another book recommended by Shiina Hiyori from the shelf.
Thanks to having chatted on the phone, he hadn't been spoiled and did develop some interest in these novels.
To prevent any possibility of being spoiled, Saiki left the library at the fastest speed, returned to his dorm, and prepared to read well during lunch break, enjoying this rare personal time.
'I have to admit, the novels recommended by Shiina really aren't bad.'
'Although they are indeed pretty obscure, reading them all at once creates good suspense. The bookstores near my home don't seem to sell these books.'
'Let's leave the remaining part to read all in one go when I come back.'
Saiki Kusuo glanced at the time; the lunch break time was basically almost over, so he closed the book and returned to the classroom again.
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