Did you notice it?
Saori Saiyonji’s voice was low as he spoke slowly.
“They found me through my family’s mailbox.”
He carefully took an envelope sealed in a transparent plastic bag from his pocket and placed it gently on the table.
“This group calls themselves Truth Media. They show an unusual interest in superpowers and wanted to interview me.”
Inside the envelope, two crumpled Ten Thousand Yen Bills were faintly visible.
“This is the money they stuffed inside. Twenty thousand yen. After contact…I didn’t dare touch a single yen.”
Saori Saiyonji let out a breath, as if a heavy burden had been lifted.
Were these two small bills really some kind of hot potato?
“The meeting place was a photo studio that had clearly been closed for a long time.”
“I felt something was off at the time, but they explained it was due to relocation, so…I didn’t leave.”
“The questions at the beginning weren’t anything special, just the kind you often see on TV shows.”
He hadn’t finished when Yamanoi Yayoi interjected curiously.
“What kind of common questions?”
The moment she spoke, Yamanoi Yayoi realized she had interrupted, quickly covered her mouth, and blushed.
“I know! I know!”
Kaori Onishi immediately raised her hand high in excitement like a student eager to answer in class.
“That thing, Supaabi Q!”
“It’s like, ‘What can you do?’ or ‘How strong is your ability?’ Those standard routines on programs. Everyone calls it ‘Supaabi Q’!”
Kaori Onishi glanced at Yamanoi Yayoi and Yuki Asahi’s confused faces, tilting her head in surprise.
“Eh? You don’t know? It’s super popular lately! So many short videos are copying that routine!”
Jiang Jian Yue watched calmly, unfazed by these strange trends that popped up in daily life every now and then.
Yuki Asahi gave a slight nod, signaling Saori Saiyonji to continue.
“After those formulaic questions—”
Saori Saiyonji lowered his voice even more, subconsciously glancing at the tightly shut clubroom door.
“They gave me a package.”
His gaze lingered hesitantly between Kaori Onishi and Jiang Jian Yue, wanting to speak but hesitating.
Saori Saiyonji wasn’t very familiar with the two and wasn’t sure if they were also “insiders,” making it hard to open up.
“It’s okay. They’re in too. You can say it.”
Yuki Asahi guessed his concern.
Saori Saiyonji seemed to make a huge decision, gritting his teeth.
“Inside the package were materials about our superpowers—the so-called Mind Bug System.”
“The monsters from the Ikebukuro Incident are called Tunjiti. They’re mutated from us superpower users!”
Saori Saiyonji forced out the words, as if revealing an enormous secret.
Jiang Jian Yue just wanted to say, Did you really call everyone out for something this trivial?
“Superpower users with unstable Heart Worms will die and turn into monsters…Is this even a superpower? It’s clearly a curse!”
Even now, Saori Saiyonji could still recall the shock in his heart when flipping through the materials.
The trembling sensation seemed to linger in his chest, unable to fade.
A brief silence filled the room, everyone lost in their own thoughts.
Kaori Onishi stayed silent for a long while, then murmured in a daze.
“How could it be like this…”
The heavy information seemed to drain all the vitality from the mischievous little sun.
Jiang Jian Yue reached out and gently patted her shoulder, silently offering weak comfort.
“There’s more!”
Saori Saiyonji’s voice carried anger and frustration.
“The adults at Tokushu Jishou Taiou Honbu actually completely covered up something so terrifying!”
At those words, Yuki Asahi felt a strange tightness in his chest, a trace of guilt rising.
He actually knew why Tokushu Jishou Taiou Honbu had sealed the information.
To some extent, he too became a silent member of the Helper Zone.
But what could a high school student like him do?
Criticize Tokushu Jishou Taiou Honbu’s actions and then expose everything?
The consequences were beyond what Yuki Asahi could bear.
After calming down a bit, Saori Saiyonji muttered awkwardly.
“Sorry, I lost my composure.”
“There was also a Contact Information at the end of the materials. At the time, I was furious about Tokushu Jishou Taiou Honbu’s actions…so I contacted them again.”
Saori Saiyonji took a deep breath.
“They asked me to take a Psychological Healing Course. Besides me, there were two other superpower users. I felt…it was weird. They didn’t seem like proper people, more like…”
He hesitated for a long time, searching for words.
Jiang Jian Yue suddenly spoke.
“Cult?”
Psychological healing sounded like a cult recruitment tactic.
Saints, as a superpower organization, actually used such a plain and simple method to recruit new members?
“Yes.”
Saori Saiyonji pressed his lips together.
“My family had encountered something like this before, so I was a bit wary.”
“I realized ‘someone improper was trying to recruit superpower users’, so after returning, I burned and destroyed the materials, then contacted Yamanoi from the same group and asked her to find…you.”
“I don’t trust Tokushu Jishou Taiou Honbu, but I believe in you.”
Saori Saiyonji looked up, pale blue eyes fixed on Yuki Asahi.
A brief encounter at the Roppongi building had left a golden flash in his memory that night.
Afterward, Yuki Asahi’s 1v10 and the sight of Saori Saiyonji, protected by SAT-EX Members, were still vivid in his mind—for such a desperate senpai fighting for the new superpower users, he should…be a good person.
After listening to the story, Yuki Asahi spoke hesitantly.
“I’m just a high school student. There’s nothing I can do.”
“I’m extremely grateful for your lifesaving help that night. I won’t expect anything more from Yuki-kun.”
Saori Saiyonji bowed slightly.
“So this time, I just wanted to let you know so you won’t be caught off guard.”
Yuki Asahi gave a faint bitter smile—he actually already knew most of what Saori Saiyonji said.
“Thank you for the warning. I really can’t do anything, sorry.”
“Let’s do it.”
Suddenly, Jiang Jian Yue, who had been quietly listening, spoke up.
“Eh? Senpai?”
Yuki Asahi’s face changed.
He hadn’t expected Jiang-senpai to take on the matter herself.
“It’s dangerous. Let the adults at Tokushu Jishou Taiou Honbu handle it. We—”
That’s exactly why we need danger!
Jiang Jian Yue had long since tossed aside Otousan’s words, her heart filled only with greed for new abilities.
By now, many of those with awakened powers must have been recruited by Saints.
The Curtain Cluster and Saints were enemies; they wouldn’t tolerate a group of bug-worshipping lunatics either.
Wasn’t this the perfect chance to kill and loot with a clear conscience?
Kaori Onishi also raised her fist high, her previous gloom completely swept away as she shouted excitedly.
“The Supernatural Club is finally getting club activities! Nice!”
Club activities?
At a time like this!?
“Hey, Yuki-kun, didn’t we start the Supernatural Club to become the campus hero?”
Kaori Onishi’s gaze burned, her voice becoming solemn.
“Now, we’ll save Tokyo once again!”
Have all the adults died? There’s no way Tokyo needs a bunch of students like us to save it!
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