Chapter 3: Kushida Kikyo, I know everythimg you are thinking
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Although he did not see the other party's appearance, Saiki already know her identity long before the voice even reached his ears.
Kushida Kikyo.
Saiki vaguely remembered this name. He has some impression of Kushida even before he introduced himself in the classroom.
She has a face comparable to a doll, brown hair and light as a feather voice. She is the type who easily get along with the people around her.
Then again, Saiki had already used his telepathy on Kushida before and know what kind of person she is.
[To gain a popular image, I must become friends with everyone! With that popularity, I will then create a network where I can gain information whenever I want!]
[I haven't tried talking to Saiki Kusuo before but he seems to be a very cold type]
[Let's see if we can take this opportunity to get closer to him]
Saiki could clearly hear what Kushida is currently thinking about. The other party's thoughts were completely different from what she is presenting to the people. Saiki doubted that many people could discover her true face.
It was not a coincidence that the other party has met him in the cafeteria. Kushida deliberately followed him in here after all.
'Oh, damn. I'm being targeted by a troublesome woman'
'Kushida and I are the most incompatible paring. She is keen on interacting with people and is the kind who is easily noticed by others. I don't like that attention'
'Still, if I don't communicate with her now, it will surely cause more trouble in the future. I'll just find a way to deal with this'
Saiki made his judgment. He nodded slightly towards Kushida and activated his ability at the same time.
The ability is to show favorability rate of a person. It is a derivate of telepathy and its function is to detect and digitize the favorability of others towards oneself or other people. Compared with ordinary telepathy, this ability is more controllable.
'If the favorability is too high it will undoubtedly attract more attention however if it is too low then I may be regarded as a target of bullying. It is best to keep the favorability in the middle'
Saiki thought before slowly speaking at the same time.
"What a coincidence, Kushida-san"
Despite being able to directly transfer the words into the mind of the other party, Saiki did not do that. That will only gain some unnecessary attention from being weird. Nevertheless, he is usually taciturn so he will not speak unless it is really necessary.
[Favorability: 42]
'Medium to low favorability? This score is within the acceptable range'
Saiki turned his head slightly and looked away from Kushida.
He has the perception ability. The longer he stared at a person, the higher the depth of perspective. In just a few minutes, Kushida has already turned into a human anatomy in his eyes.
"I didn't expect Saiki-san to like sweets so much! I like them too!"
Kushida said with a smile and sat next to Saiki. In the others view, she looked like she has a very close relationship with him.
[Saiki seems to be a very difficult person to get along with. Let's use dessert as a topic to get closer to him]
'I have to admit that this is really amazing. Even though her favorability level is below 50, she can still pretend to have a good relationship with me'
There was no change in expression on Saiki's face. He just changed the display range of the favorability monitor to observe how Kushida see the other people.
Without any exception, Kushida's favorability towards the people are only fluctuating around forty.
"Please take care of me from now on! Let's change contact information!"
To Saiki, it makes no sense to use the terminal as a means of communication since he has telepathy however if he directly refused her offer right here then it would be inconvenient in the long run and she may even dropped her favorability level of him.
"Kushida-san!"
At this moment, another person came over.
It was a girl with long peach-colored hair hung down to her waist.
The slightly baby-fat face is inlaid with very delicate facial features, especially the pair of gem like eyes. The slender legs are wrapped in black calf socks while the white thighs are exposed under the skirt.
"Ichinose-san!"
Kushida also smiled and say hello to Ichinose Honami. In the beginning of the opening ceremony, Kushida took the initiative to contact Ichinose and became friends with her.
"This is Saiki-san, my classmate"
"Hello Saiki-kun! Nice to meet you"
Ichinose greeted Saiki very warmly.
"Can I sit here?"
Although Ichinose asked this, she already pulled out a chair and took a seat by herself.
'If I refuse directly in this situation, I'm afraid that it will make things awkward. Still… this is my extremely precious dessert time, I will have to find a way to get out here later'
Saiki thought so in his heart.
"Ichinose-san, how is your progress with your classmates?"
"Mine was pretty good…"
Kushida deliberately looked sad at this very moment.
"It's just… there is another person who doesn't seem to be willing to communicate with me"
"Who?"
"It's Horikita-san. Have you heard of her, Ichinose-san?"
Kushida then started complaining about this matter to Ichinose. Despite sounding like a casual complaint, Saiki clearly know that every words of Kushida are her true thoughts.
[Horikita Suzune went to the same middle school as I did. She might know what I have done in the past. I absolutely can't let people who know my true appearance stay in the school, if there is a way then I will let her drop out!]
'Ah, it seems the people in this school are stranger than I thought'
On the side, Saiki pretended not to hear anything and just swept the dessert as quickly as possible. He thought that if he can finish it fast then he can justify his leave.
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