Hidden Sanity at Villain School - Chapter 5



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(005)

The teaching assistants placed large sponges and metal toothpicks on the students’ desks.

The same sponge and metal toothpick appeared on Banhaedo’s desk, and he raised one finger and said.

“Just use your telekinesis to pick up the toothpick and stick it into the sponge. Students who are already Awakened when they enter school, try to move two at once or hit the sponge that is floating in the air.”

A murmur spread among the students.

“Professor, won’t you explain it to me?”

“How can you lift a toothpick with telekinesis?”

“We can’t use telekinesis yet.”

Banhaedo smiled faintly and shook his head.

“Telekinesis is the power of the mind. Imagine if you could use it. Some students might have breathed fire or lightning when they were hit with stimulants, others might have breathed poison, and even if that wasn’t the case, you’ve all probably felt that your body isn’t what it used to be.”

The students all nodded.

Haedo said as if he was hammering a nail into it.

“You are now awakened. You can do it.”

Whether that was helpful or not, Moo-hyun Jun glared at the toothpick.

A deep wrinkle developed between his eyebrows, and veins bulged on the back of his outstretched hand.

“Huh, huh?”

“wow!”

And then the metal toothpick began to flutter and rise into the sky.

“ha!”

As Moo-yeon Jun waved his hand in the air, the toothpick flew forward and hit the sponge.

Phew!

The sponge was harder than expected, so only the tip of the toothpick went in a little, but that was enough to motivate the students.

“Really? There’s nothing I can’t do.”

“Okay! Let’s do it.”

“Rise. Rise. Please rise.”

Strange shouts, spells, and gestures came from here and there.

“Okay!”

“Me too!”

Most students who have developed telekinesis since taking the stimulant have succeeded in doing so within one or two attempts.

“Huh. That’s about it.”

Ping! Ping! Ping!

Students who had been stimulant and had done pre-study beforehand made sponges float in the air and shot toothpicks like bullets.

Whizz!

Of course, there were students who would just tremble instead of lifting the toothpick, there were students who would extend their hand and instead of using telekinesis, fireballs or lightning would come out, and there were students who miscontrolled their strength and ended up lifting their friend in front of them along with the toothpick.

And the situation is like this.

‘… … It doesn’t work?’

I couldn’t even move the toothpick.

‘Rise. Rise.’

No matter how much I stretched out my hand and did whatever, the toothpick wouldn’t even come up, let alone flinch.

Sega thought, trying not to distort his face.

‘It’s a well-known fact that the magical affinity and growth potential of the Awakened are almost identical. If I were really an S-class, I would have succeeded right away. If this were a different class, I might have been told that I had no talent for it, but I can learn telekinesis. If I can’t do it here, I’ll be suspected.’

First, I tried to follow the gestures of my successful friend.

“I will help you.”

At that moment, a white suit appeared before my eyes.

“professor?”

Banhaedo said with a smile.

“Don’t be surprised if it doesn’t work. There is research that says that the stronger the Awakened in the physical enhancement series, the less they adapt to telekinesis. The magical power is optimized for strengthening the body. The magical power bound to the body simply cannot come out.”

“ah.”

“If there are any students besides Sega who can’t move their toothpicks, listen carefully. If the magic follows only the body, you have to deceive the magic. Try making hand movements as if you were holding a toothpick. When you throw it, think of it as throwing it with your hand rather than shooting it out of thin air. Let’s try again.”

Sega nodded.

‘Lift it up. Pick it up.’

He lifted his thumb, index finger, and middle finger and made a hand gesture as if he was picking up a toothpick in the air.

Then it really felt like there was a toothpick between my fingers.

‘uh?’

It also felt similar to moving the mouse cursor with a mouse.

‘It’s possible!’

The metal toothpick that had been shaking rose to the surface.

‘firing.’

Sega looked at the sponge in front of him.

He flicked his wrist and threw the toothpick at the sponge.

Phew!

The toothpick, blown by the wind, was stuck until its root was no longer visible.

Moo-hyun Jun glared, Kang Joo-hyuk frowned, and Ban-hae-do smiled brightly.

“Well done, Sega. Congratulations on becoming a psychokinesis.”

* * *

Sega continued practicing.

‘It’s fun.’

It was really fun to see something move just with my gestures and intention.

In an instant, holes were made in the sponge like a dishwashing sponge.

‘I think it needs to be changed.’

He said, raising his hand lightly.

“Teacher, if you happen to have an extra sponge, could I have one?”

An assistant passing by glared at Sega’s sponge.

“Okay. I’ll change it for you.”

After a moment, she nodded and brought me a new sponge.

“thank you.”

Sega lowered his head, and she frowned for a moment.

“if.”

“yes.”

“Did you originally know how to use telekinesis? Or did you become a telekinesis after taking the stimulant?”

Sega shook his head.

“No, sir. I took a stimulant today. I don’t remember anything while I was unconscious, but when I tried to get up, I hit my face on the glass window, so I must have awakened as a body magician.”

“Okay, I got it.”

The assistant left, and Sega glanced at the desk next to him.

‘I don’t think I’m doing particularly well.’

More than half of the students succeeded in making the toothpicks levitate, and the students who had awakened as telekinesis began to slowly catch up with the students who had learned through pre-study. The telekinesis students who had learned through pre-study were able to create complex shapes in the air by moving dozens of toothpicks like a school of fish.

At that time, Sega noticed something strange.

‘Why does everyone put it in so shallow?’

Even the model student who first picked up a toothpick and the students who had awakened as telekinesis magicians couldn’t get the toothpick stuck more than halfway into the sponge.

Bam.

“Oh, I fell again!”

There were students who couldn’t put it in even after lifting it up.

I reached out and felt the sponge.

‘What? Why is it so hard?’

I thought it would be soft and easy to hold since it looked similar to a flower arrangement sponge, but it was much tougher and harder than I expected.

It also felt like a lump of rubber or leather.

Only then did Sega realize why the assistant had asked him that question.

‘I thought it was slow, but it’s going pretty well!’

I laughed again.

At that moment, Banhaedo lightly knocked on the desk.

“Please pay attention.”

The students put down their toothpicks and looked at him.

“Okay, everyone. You all did a great job today. Unfortunately, we don’t have much time left.”

Here and there, regretful murmurs flowed out.

He continued speaking with a grin.

“So, finally, let’s play a simple game using telekinesis. The rules are simple. Put your sponge in front of you, and try to hit your opponent’s sponge more times by throwing toothpicks. It’s against the rules to move the sponge with your hands, but you can move it with telekinesis. Got it?”

The students nodded.

Banhaedo slightly raised his eyebrows.

“I would like to have a student come forward to demonstrate. First, Kang Joo-hyuk, please come forward. And… … .”

A boy raised his hand.

“Professor! I want to do it!”

Banhaedo smiled happily, but shook his head.

“This class is not a major class, so everyone should be able to learn it. But the student has awakened as a telekinesis. The other students can’t learn from him. So it won’t work.”

The boy put his hand down sullenly, and Banhaedo looked at Jeongse Ga.

“Student, please come out.”

Exclamations of “Oh!” could be heard from all over.

A blond boy and a black-haired boy, who were about the same eye level, looked at each other.

Kang Joo-hyuk glared at Sega with blazing eyes.

“78%. Let’s see how great it is.”

Jeong Se-ga said, slightly lifting his chin.

“77%. That’s a long story.”

“!”

Kang Joo-hyuk opened his eyes wide, the students’ mouths fell open, and Sega rolled around on the floor inwardly.

‘Was that too much of a provocation? No, I guess not. I’m sorry. I’m not usually like this.’

If he really was a hunter with the potential to grow into an S-class, he would have lived quietly and humbly.

However, Sega, who had not taken the awakening aptitude test, did not know how long he would be able to grow, and had to act as much as possible like a future S-class.

Kang Joo-hyuk gritted his teeth.

“Okay. Let’s do it. The situation is good.”

* * *

The two boys came forward in front of the whiteboard and sat down on chairs facing each other a few feet apart.

There was a sponge in front of the two, and a handful of toothpicks between them.

Kang Joo-hyuk thought as he looked at Jeong Se-ga, who was smiling leisurely.

‘You believe that aptitude test and provoke me?’

He was the son of a successful guild leader, was trained as a hunter by taking stimulants at a young age, and was treated as a future S-class hunter.

77%, 78%, it’s all about probability.

Even if there was a 90% chance of becoming an S-class hunter, it was possible to remain at B-class as if it were a lie, or to become an S-class with a 1% chance.

I was much closer to being an S-class person than those useless numbers like 78%.

I believed so.

‘I’ll smash it to pieces.’

Banhaedo took a step back between the two.

“I will stop the toothpicks from aiming at each other or bouncing towards each other. Okay, let’s begin.”

Kang Joo-hyuk used telekinesis right from the start.

Woof!

An invisible force spread out, and the toothpicks that had gathered in the center scattered in all directions.

Paat-!

Jeong Se-ga, who was trying to pick one up, looked around in confusion, and Kang Joo-hyuk snatched a toothpick out of the air and shot it.

Wedge!

With a “pop,” a toothpick was stuck into Jeong Se-ga’s sponge.

“yes!”

“wow!”

“It’s really fast!”

A gasp of excitement erupted among the students.

Kang Joo-hyuk picked up the toothpicks scattered all over and made Jeong Se-ga’s sponge look like a sea urchin.

Pok! Pok! Pok!

Jeong Se-ga gritted his teeth and waved his hand.

‘It’s too fast. I can’t see it and stop it. I have to hit at least one.’

A toothpick that felt like it was being held in my hand cut through the wind.

“No way!”

As Kang Joo-hyuk paused his attack for a moment and swung his left hand, his sponge slid long to the left.

Sega’s toothpick sliced ??through the air and flew into the classroom door, where it lodged.

Pok! Pok! Pok!

Kang Joo-hyuk shot the toothpick like a bullet.

The other end of the sponge almost got stuck in Sega’s leg.

“How is it!”

Sega gritted his teeth and thought.

‘It’s too fast. One at a time isn’t enough. If it’s a sense of catching anyway… …!’

I raised both hands at the same time.

Wedge!

Two toothpicks rose into the air and flew towards Kang Joo-hyuk’s sponge.

Kang Joo-hyuk swung his left hand again, and this time Sponge ran to the right.

Then Sega opened his eyes wide and lifted the third toothpick.

‘A mouse is a sense. A mouse is a sense. Think of it as holding it with your fingers.’

I already had the sensation of holding a toothpick in my left and right hands.

If I could reproduce that feeling as it was, it seemed like I could use telekinesis with the same technique.

Phew!

One of the toothpicks that Kang Joo-hyuk had scattered floated up and got stuck in Kang Joo-hyuk’s sponge.

“!”

He opened his eyes wide, and the two remaining toothpicks flew out and stuck themselves in the sponge.

‘Okay. It works. Next time, four… …!’

‘Three at once? My speed has slowed down?’

The two extended invisible hands toward the toothpicks scattered everywhere.

“”under!””

Woof!

At that moment, Banhaedo lifted the two sponges.

“Okay. Everyone, you understand. This is the game. You must have been nervous in front of the students, but thank you for demonstrating it. Now, please go in.”

“Yes, Professor.”

“……All right.”

Sega stood up immediately, and Juhyuk stood up, gritting his teeth.

‘Thank goodness. I was scared.’

‘Are you saying that I’m not someone you can deal with properly?’

All the students in class 1 played a game with the student sitting next to them.

“wow!”

“Boo…….”

There were fierce battles between students who had awakened as telekinesis magicians, and also unspectacular battles between students who couldn’t even hold a toothpick yet.

The bell rang and class was over.

“Okay. See you next time.”

Banhae stayed in the classroom until everyone left, then soon crossed his legs, leaned back against the whiteboard, and smiled happily.

“Professor. Now, to the next class… … .”

The assistants approached him, but he shook his head firmly.

“Just a moment. Just a little longer. I want to stay in this mood a little longer.”

It was a talent that only he could recognize at that place.

‘A mindset that considers striking and disengaging, the power to pierce through sponges as tough as military combat uniforms, and the control to handle three toothpicks at the same time on the first day of awakening.’

It wasn’t just that I swept it away, it was like I felt like I had a third hand.

‘It’s great. The situation is great.’

Typically, when a telekinesis spellcaster increases their hit points, they use their fingers.

When you have used all ten fingers and even all the toes, and it is not enough, then you imagine a third hand.

They try to treat telekinesis as an extension of the physical body.

If you do that, you will never be able to spread your power or fly.

‘You are different. You are free. You know how to turn your mind into power. You have the talent to become the best telekinesis.’

Banhaedo smiled happily.

This year was looking like it was going to be a lot of fun.

‘I will definitely make you my successor. I will make you use only telekinesis. The situation is good. Soon, you will also cut off your arm like me.’