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Chapter 49: Ayanokoji Kiyotaka’s Test
🕑 Added 2025-04-15 09:29:01 +0000 UTCBefore they knew it, Saiki Kusuo and the others had been at the school for over two months.
Today was July 1st, Monday. Saiki woke up in his bedroom, opened the door, and returned to his dorm room.
Without any movement, the toothbrush, towel, and other toiletries in the bathroom flew to Saiki’s side as if they had a mind of their own, helping him with his morning routine.
In front of Saiki, his student phone floated in mid-air.
"Yare yare, the points for this month haven’t been deposited."
Saiki muttered to himself as he looked at his unchanged point balance.
"Looks like something’s happened again. What kind of trouble have they caused while I was away?"
It had been the weekend, and Saiki hadn’t stayed at the school. Instead, he used his powers to return home and rest for two days.
After all, staying at home meant he didn’t have to spend points on food and could avoid being noticed by strange people at school.
If anyone noticed he hadn’t left his room for two days, he could always use the excuse that he had been binge-watching TV shows or playing games.
Before the weekend, Saiki had also stocked up on snacks in his room, so he could explain why he hadn’t gone to the cafeteria.
After preparing a bit, Saiki left his room and headed to the classroom.
"Good morning, Saiki."
At that moment, a slightly lazy voice came from behind him. Saiki turned to see Ayanokoji Kiyotaka.
[I haven’t seen Saiki these past two days. What has he been up to?]
During this time, Ayanokoji had been secretly observing Saiki. He felt that Saiki might have something unusual about him, especially since the people around him had shown some changes.
However, Ayanokoji couldn’t determine if these changes were related to Saiki. For now, he believed it was unlikely that Saiki was from the White Room.
Ayanokoji wasn’t arrogant or overconfident, but he was certain that if Saiki were from the White Room, he wouldn’t be a match for him.
So far, Ayanokoji hadn’t gathered any valuable information about Saiki. If Saiki were an assassin from the White Room, he wouldn’t have been able to hide so well.
And if Saiki were from the White Room, he wouldn’t have remained inactive for so long.
"Morning."
Saiki responded simply.
"I haven’t seen you these past few days. What were you up to last weekend?"
"I stayed in my room the whole time, catching up on some anime."
"Anime?"
Ayanokoji repeated the word.
[The White Room doesn’t have any education related to that... It’s considered a worldly distraction.]
'As a high schooler, you’ve never even watched a single anime? That’s kind of sad.'
Saiki thought to himself. He had deliberately mentioned anime because he had already used his telepathy to confirm that Ayanokoji knew nothing about it. This would further convince Ayanokoji that Saiki had no connection to the White Room.
'But I didn’t expect Ayanokoji to be so knowledgeable about most things yet completely clueless about anime.'
"Really? I tried to invite you to the library yesterday. I knocked on your door and called out, but you didn’t answer. I thought you weren’t there."
Ayanokoji spoke slowly, his gaze fixed on Saiki’s face.
'Even though he thinks I’m not a threat, he’s still testing me.'
Saiki also looked at Ayanokoji. He could clearly hear Ayanokoji’s thoughts.
[He didn’t leave his room for two days? It’s possible, but not very likely. Saiki doesn’t seem like the type to stay cooped up. Let’s see how he reacts.]
Ayanokoji had never actually come looking for him. Saiki knew this very well. Ayanokoji was trying to gauge whether Saiki was telling the truth based on his reaction.
'You’re underestimating a psychic.'
Saiki’s expression didn’t change. He replied casually,
"Really? I didn’t hear you. What time did you knock? If you needed me, you should’ve just called."
"It wasn’t anything important, so I didn’t want to bother you further."
Ayanokoji replied.
[No unusual reaction. Seems like he’s telling the truth. If that’s the case, then Saiki can probably be ruled out as a threat.]
'That’s right. You should’ve done that sooner.'
Saiki responded in his mind.
"By the way, Saiki, did you receive your points?"
"No."
"Me neither. Something must have happened at the school. Chabashira-sensei will probably explain."
"Yeah."
The two didn’t exchange any more words, maintaining silence as they walked to the classroom together.
"Saiki, did you get your points? They should’ve been deposited by this morning."
"Yeah, Ayanokoji and Saiki, did you get your points?"
"Did our class points get deducted? That can’t be!"
The class was abuzz with discussions about the points.
At that moment, the sound of crisp footsteps came from the classroom door. It was Chabashira Sae.
Dressed in a black teacher’s suit, with a tight black pencil skirt and semi-transparent black stockings, Chabashira was undoubtedly an eye-catching presence.
"Teacher, why haven’t we received our points this month?"
A student asked.
"I was just about to explain. Due to a special incident with the school’s system, this month’s points will be delayed."
Chabashira smiled meaningfully.
"A special incident?"
The class was puzzled.
"We’ve received a report from members of Class D’s basketball team—Sudo, they’ve accused you of assaulting them."
Chabashira’s gaze fell on Sudo Ken.
