During the rainy season in June, the air is slightly hot and humid.

Because of the rain in the afternoon, when you step on the ground, you will make a slightly dull "popping" sound.

"Click, click."

Reya Hazuki walks on the shore of the Uji River.

At night, the Uji River, which is supposed to be green, loses its light and naturally turns a blurry black in the dark.

It flows quietly, and only occasionally makes waves that a small piece of light is reflected in the street lights on the shore.

Reya Hazuki looked absentmindedly at the surface of the Uji River, his thoughts probably as chaotic as the fluctuating surface of the river.

Is there really such a thing as superpowers, spells, and so on in this world?

Thinking distractedly.

The memories of being in the alley are still vividly replaying in my mind.

A simple sentence, but as if it has a mysterious magic, it can manipulate people's hearts.

Remember the URL

In an instant, more than a dozen members of the Extreme Dao Organization lost their ability to resist and stood on a wooden ground, like marionettes, waiting for the order to be given.

"I said it, it's just a little bit, and you can catch it with a word."

"As for what it does...... Of course, they can be ordered. Let them call you Boss from now on if they want to—oh, of course I'm kidding, I'm not going to do that. ”

"Okay, it's time to call it a day, how do you say it......"

"Forget about what happened to me and Hazuki Reya tonight, and after that, don't harass Hazuki Reya anymore, and then, goodbye."

When the command is given, the air that seemed to be stagnant recirculates, the time that seemed to stand still flows again, and the figure in the perspective that looks like a sculpture finally returns to action

Then, the members of the Extreme Dao Organization, who had been glaring at them and threatening to look good, regained consciousness, ignored the two of them and walked out of the alley in a daze.

The scene is unbelievable like a dream, and the hot air envelops the mind, making this "dream" even more like an illusion seen because of the heat of the mind.

However, it is not a dream, it is not an illusion, but it is a real reality.

The evening wind blows from the river, blowing a little cool breath to cool the mind.

Reya Hazuki stretched out her hand, took off the cap that matched the convenience store uniform on her head, and tidied up her slightly messy bangs to comb it neatly.

Then grab the cap in your hand and put your hand down.

She turned her face.

Beside her, the figure walking with her-

"Came to your senses?"

Tetsufumi Hirakawa smiled and said to her.

“…… Well. Ye Yue Limi whispered a reply, then turned around and looked at the road ahead. Wet ground stretches ahead.

After a few moments, she couldn't help but speak.

"Hey."

"What's wrong?"

“……”

“……”

After a short hesitant silence, Ye Yue Limi stared at the street lamp on the side of the road in the distance.

"What the hell are you ...... Who is it? ”

"Who am I?"

"Hmm."

A little laughter.

Then, a flat voice sounded.

"As you can see, an ordinary teacher, even because he is too young, is questioned whether he is a teacher or not."

“……”

Ye Yueli muttered for a moment.

"Let's not talk about young or not...... Ordinary teachers? ”

"yes, what's wrong?"

"Can an ordinary teacher hypnotize a dozen people with one sentence?"

"Ah...... This one. ”

Tetsufumi Hirakawa thought for a moment, "Actually, don't care too much about that ability. Ignoring it, I'm really an ordinary teacher. ”

“…… How can this not be cared about? ”

"Can't you?"

"You can't say anything, can you?"

"Most of the time I don't care about this ability myself."

"Hey, think about it-"

Reya Hazuki's tone became inexplicably strong.

"As long as you say a word, you can hypnotize others, and then brainwash and manipulate, and others can't resist. How can this terrible ability not care? ”

"This-"

was interrupted.

"For example, as long as you want, if you meet any cute schoolgirl, just like me, you can lure you to the hotel and act recklessly with a word."

The girl spoke faster and faster.

"I can even hypnotize me to forget about it afterwards, and I don't know who did it until I realize that I am pregnant one day. How can you not care if this terrible ability is mastered by a pervert? Maybe I'm bad by now, and you've just forgotten about it. ”

It wasn't until she finished her sentence that she turned her face.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa stared at her silently.

“……”

Ye Yueli closed her mouth, shrunk her neck, and quickly lowered her head.

"I'm sorry I thought too much."

“……”

Tetsufumi Hirakawa couldn't laugh or cry a little: "What are you?" Is the mouth faster than the brain? ”

- Anyway, this is the first time this girl has apologized, and after seeing his ability, I'm still a little scared, right?

She raised her head and pouted, "Anyway, you know what it's like for an ordinary person like me to stay by your side, right?" Though...... It's true that you helped me just now, but it's normal to have this kind of worry, right? ”

Well, it does. One sentence can hypnotize others and brainwash them, this ability is indeed too terrifying.

“…… Okay. Tetsufumi Hirakawa replied helplessly, "But to be honest, under normal circumstances, I would rather forget that I have such an ability. ”

"Really?" Reya Hazuki didn't seem to believe it.

"Of course." Tetsufumi Hirakawa said, "So, you don't understand the pressure that comes with this ability. ”

"What pressure can there be. Everyone can be controlled by you and do whatever they want. ”

"On the contrary, it's stressful to feel like you can do anything."

"Huh? Why? "Ye Yue Reya really can't understand.

Of course, the vast majority of people should not understand.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa thought for a moment.

"Have you ever played a game?"

"Games?"

"Yes, the game." Tetsufumi Hirakawa nodded, "Have you ever tried the feeling of opening a cheat all the way and then exiting the game boringly." ”

"Nope." Reya Hazuki shook her head.

"Okay, let's put it another way."

Tetsufumi Hirakawa paused, searching for an explanation.

"Hmm...... Pandora's box? ”

"I know."

"Okay, then use this explanation." Tetsufumi Hirakawa suddenly stopped.

"What?" Reya Hazuki stopped.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa didn't rush to explain, but bypassed the girl and walked towards the Uji River, facing the river.

The quiet flow of the river comes with the faint sound of water flowing, and a fresh breeze blows in your face.

He listened intently to the voice, felt the wind on his face, and squinted his eyes.

After a moment, he spoke to the dark and calm river.

"Hazuki-san, let's put it this way, at present, there is no upper limit to my ability."

“…… What do you mean? ”

"Meaning, it seems that if I want to, there seems to be no problem with hypnosis in all of Japan."

“……”

The sound of running water and the sound of the wind is very pleasant.

It's just that Ye Yue Limi looked at the back of the teacher facing the river and opened her mouth.

Plain words, relaxed and freehand, but in such a gesture, something that seems to be very amazing is said.

“…… Hypnosis all over Japan? ”

"yes." Turning his back to her, the ordinary teacher fluttered and confirmed, "It's possible even if it's a little bigger—I haven't tried it, but it feels like it." ”

“……”

"Is it amazing?"

“…… Of course. ”

"Like you said, this ability seems to be omnipotent and will terrify those who know. Actually, it's not just you, but even myself sometimes dreaded this ability. ”

Tetsufumi Hirakawa said, opening his hand and feeling the wind blowing.

"It gave me a feeling that it was too unreal, airy. I seem to be able to hypnotize everyone, as if I can make everyone listen to me, as if I can do anything. It makes me a little ...... On a cloud. ”

“……”

Ye Yue Limi was silent for a while, recalling, and then asked rhetorically.

"Like when you were in the alley?"

"Hah-"

Immediately there was a laugh, I don't know if it was self-deprecation or what.

"Do you feel it?"

“…… There is a point, for example, you inexplicably imitated Cao Cao's paragraph. ”

"Well, yes, I did get carried away at first."

Tetsufumi Hirakawa lowered his hands, turned around, and smiled.

"When the mentality does not match the ability, the feeling of omnipotence can paralyze a person's nerves and make people intoxicated."

"When I first used my ability, I thought it was amazing."

"When I used the ability for the second time, I thought it would be so convenient that I could use it to guide students."

"When I used the ability for the third time, I began to wonder if it was too powerful."

"When I used the ability for the fourth time—that is, just now, when I was in the alley, you know what I was thinking?"

Tetsufumi Hirakawa and Reya Hazuki met their eyes under their bangs.

"What?" The girl asked.

"I'm thinking, I'm so good, why are these people against me."

“……”

Looking at the silent girl, Tetsufumi Hirakawa smiled silently.

"Obviously, I got carried away. I was already very restrained when I asked myself, but this illusory sense of omnipotence still intoxicated me. Once Pandora's box is opened, it drags people into the abyss of desire. ”

“…… That's why you say, do you often want to forget that you have this ability? ”

"Yes."

Tetsufumi Hirakawa turned and walked forward.

"I've read a book with this sentence in it......"

Thinking back to the contents of the book, the girl's footsteps followed from behind.

"The heaviest burden oppresses us, makes us succumb to it, and crushes us to the ground. The heavier the burden, the closer our life is to the earth, the more real it becomes. On the contrary, when the burden is completely lost, man becomes lighter than air, floats up, is far removed from the earth and life on earth, and is a semi-real being, whose movement becomes free and meaningless. ”

"It's ......"

"The Unbearable Lightness of Life" by Milan Kundera. I think that's perfectly correct, isn't it? ”

Tetsufumi Hirakawa looked at Reya Hazuki who walked up beside him.

"The word omnipotence is so illusory that it's like a game of cheats. So, in order to maintain my normal life, I have always adhered to the principle of not using it unless necessary. ”

Ye Yue Limi listened to the words of the people around her and walked quietly.

She probably understood.

"So...... You're telling me this now—"

"Confide, of course."

"Huh?" Ye Yueli was stunned for a moment, as if she didn't hear clearly.

"Confide, don't you understand? As I said at the beginning, it's a lot of pressure to have this ability and hold back your thoughts in your heart. ”

Ye Yuelimi stopped in a daze: "Why did you choose to confide in me?" Others can't do it? ”

Tetsufumi Hirakawa had no choice but to stop: "Because-"

"Look at me as a cute schoolgirl who wants to communicate with me to something-"

"Stop."

"Oh."

"Here we go again." Tetsufumi Hirakawa smiled bitterly.

Reya Hazuki picked up the cap in his hand and put it on, his eyes buried under the brim.

"Why me?"

"Why? Because tonight happens to be known to you. ”

"Your Friends......

Before she finished speaking, Tetsufumi Hirakawa waved his hand: "How to say this kind of thing to people who are usually close to you, how to open your mouth is a problem, maybe like you said, I still wonder when I was brainwashed." ”

“……”

Reya Hazuki raised her face.

"So you mean, I'm the first to know?"

"yes." Tetsufumi Hirakawa affirmed the girl's statement. "This kind of thing can only be said to people who have just met, and it happens to be known tonight."

“…… Aren't you worried that I'll tell someone? Ye Yue Limi paused for a moment, and then said with a strange expression, "This teacher, you don't want this kind of thing to be known by others, right?" ”

"Snort-" Hearing the girl's deliberate imitation, Hirakawa Tetsufumi burst out laughing, and after laughing, "If you tell this kind of thing, will anyone believe it?" ”

"But you also reminded me that I should hypnotize you to tell you not to say it."

Ye Yue's face changed suddenly, and she clasped her hands in front of her chest.

"No, who knows if you're going to hypnosis something, like-"

"Okay, don't."

Tetsufumi Hirakawa stopped her.

The girl was so open-mouthed that she didn't care that she was a student and that he was a teacher—albeit a teacher at another school.

With a slight headache, he lifted his head.

"Anyway, I won't use my abilities, I won't use them if I can, if it weren't for a dozen people, I wouldn't use it tonight - okay, skip this and get back to business."

"Straight to the point? What's the point? "It seems that Hazuki Reya has completely forgotten.

"I said that when I first went to the convenience store to look for you."

Reya Hazuki recalled for a moment and replied, "The hotel is too boring, so you want to find me." ”

“……”

Tut.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa had to correct her: "The hotel is too boring, so go out, by the way, see if you are there, and ask you about the wind club." ”

Ye Yue Limi turned his face: "Okay, I know, you ask." ”

“……”

What's going on with this tone, it's completely different from when it first started.

Because she said that she wouldn't use her abilities indiscriminately, didn't she worry about being hypnotized and arrogant again?

I really don't know what to say.

In desperation, just like that, after a long time, the business about the wind club that was unexpectedly interrupted by the yellow-haired boy was finally pulled back on track at this moment.