Early the next morning, Saiki Kusuo used his teleportation ability to return to school.
When he was at home, his parents, Kuniharu and Kurumi Saiki, bombarded him with questions about school as soon as he returned.
Saiki Kusuo used his telepathy to transmit some information about the school into their minds, leaving them utterly stunned. Within seconds, Kuniharu even had the impulse to forge his age and enroll himself.
After tidying up his room, Saiki Kusuo took out his terminal and checked his current points.
48,550.
"Yare yare, it's only been a day, and I've already spent more than half of my points."
"I bought some desserts at the cafeteria earlier, and last night I bought the jelly maker and some necessary materials... These were essential expenses and definitely not a waste."
"Since I can go home every day, points aren't that important to me. But I still need to maintain some daily spending to avoid raising suspicions... Wait, I remember the store offers free supplies, and the cafeteria has free meals. That could help save some points. But the free food at the cafeteria doesn't seem very appetizing."
Saiki Kusuo muttered to himself internally. With his abilities, he could easily take whatever he wanted, but he always restrained himself with the values of an ordinary person.
After preparing for the day, Saiki Kusuo left his room and headed to class.
Aside from private rooms and restrooms, almost every part of the school had surveillance cameras. Therefore, Saiki Kusuo couldn't use his abilities too freely and had to walk to class like an ordinary person.
Although there was still some time before the first class, Saiki Kusuo thought that leaving early would reduce the chances of running into other classmates.
As he entered the dormitory elevator, his brow furrowed slightly as he heard a familiar voice.
At the same time, the elevator stopped at a certain floor.
"Saiki-kun! You're up early!"
Standing at the elevator door was Kushida Kikyo, dressed in her uniform.
Saiki Kusuo had already heard Kushida's thoughts while in the elevator, but in this situation, he couldn't use his abilities to ignore her and go downstairs.
At Advanced Nurturing High School, students from the same grade lived in the same dormitory building. Each floor had only a few rooms, but the elevator made travel relatively convenient.
'Yare yare, I left a bit early to reduce the chances of running into others, but I still ended up meeting someone.'
Saiki Kusuo gave Kushida a slight nod.
"You worked hard yesterday, Saiki-kun! I'll treat you to a meal today!"
Kushida leaned forward slightly, closing the distance between them.
'That's more like it.'
Saiki Kusuo showed no reaction on the surface but internally responded.
"How did you sleep last night? I was so excited on the first day that I couldn't sleep at all! I was tossing and turning all night! I never imagined I'd be attending a school like this! Maybe it's because I'm not used to the bed, haha!"
'Sorry, but I slept just fine last night. After all, I went home to sleep, so it was no different from usual.'
"Even though yesterday was the first day of school, today is technically the first official day of classes! According to the schedule on the terminal, we even have P.E. today!"
'P.E.?!'
At that moment, Saiki Kusuo's brow furrowed slightly.
Although the terminal stored the entire semester's class schedule, Saiki Kusuo hadn't looked at it—for him, any class was irrelevant since he had already mastered all high school-level knowledge.
With his psychic abilities, Saiki Kusuo also possessed extremely high intelligence. For him, scoring full marks on the entrance exam would have been a breeze even without using his powers.
Saiki Kusuo knew that scoring too high would easily attract attention, which wasn't good for him. But scoring too low would also raise suspicions. Therefore, during exams, Saiki Kusuo used his telepathy or X-ray vision to control his scores, keeping them in the middle range to appear as ordinary as possible.
However, P.E. was the most troublesome class for Saiki Kusuo.
While he could control his scores on written exams using his abilities, physical education was a different story.
His physical strength far exceeded that of an ordinary person. Even with his limiters on, he could easily throw a baseball out of the atmosphere.
'P.E. on the first day of school... What a hassle.'
Saiki Kusuo knew that he was about to face his first major challenge at this school.
...
Soon, Saiki Kusuo and Kushida Kikyo arrived at the classroom. The first class was math, followed by P.E.
During class, Saiki Kusuo glanced around the room. Although it was only the first official day of classes, many students were already distracted.
[This class is so boring.]
[I can't wait for it to end. I'll buy a game console after school! I saw one in the store yesterday for only 30,000 points!]
[I'm so tired... I didn't sleep at all last night... The teacher doesn't seem to care much, so I'll just rest for a bit.]
At first, only a few students were distracted, but soon the number grew.
Saiki Kusuo could clearly hear their thoughts.
It was only the first class, and the students were already showing signs of laziness. It was likely that more and more students would join this trend in the future.
'They think the teacher isn't paying attention, but the classroom is full of cameras. Their every move is being monitored.'
Saiki Kusuo narrowed his eyes slightly and used his abilities to locate the surveillance cameras.
360 degrees—there were no blind spots in the classroom.