When Shizuka Hiratsuka saw the scene in the classroom, she was also stunned: the originally neat and bright classroom was now in complete disarray, desks and chairs were overturned, books were scattered all over the floor, and the air was filled with a choking dust.
And.
The perpetrator, Gu Cheng, stood calmly in the center of the classroom, as if it had nothing to do with him.
Before Shizuka Hiratsuka could ask anything, a petite girl with shoulder-length hair squeezed out from the crowd and walked quickly to Shizuka Hiratsuka's side, whispering a few words in her ear.
The girl's name was Kato Megumi, a classmate of Gu Cheng, who always sat quietly in the corner, with a very low sense of presence, and few people noticed her.
However, she had witnessed everything that had just happened.
“Teacher Hiratsuka, this is how it happened…” Kato Megumi concisely told Shizuka Hiratsuka about what had happened, how the boys had mocked Gu Cheng and Tsukiyoi Rikka, and finally how Gu Cheng couldn't stand it anymore and used his superpowers.
After listening to Kato Megumi's description, Shizuka Hiratsuka frowned, her eyes looking at Gu Cheng with a complex expression.
She had originally thought that this was just a simple case of students fighting amongst themselves, but she didn't expect that it would involve superpowers!?
“Gu Cheng is a superpower user?!”
“Really?!”
“Did I hear wrong?!”
The students around them heard Kato Megumi's words and were instantly in an uproar.
No one had expected that a seemingly ordinary private high school like Totsuki High would have a superpower user!
Although it is common knowledge that superpowers exist in this world.
The hero who sits in the Hero Association and ranks 2nd in the S-class - Tatsumaki, the Tornado of Terror is a superpower user.
But she is, after all, a unique existence, one in a million.
Now, Gu Cheng, standing in front of them, was a genuine superpower user!
Moreover, this superpower user was their schoolmate.
This was simply unbelievable!
For a while, everyone stared at Gu Cheng with wide eyes, full of shock, curiosity, disbelief, and a hint of... fear.
Even Shizuka Hiratsuka was stunned.
Although she was always known as the "problem child" savior in the school, with a wealth of experience in dealing with student issues.
But when facing a superpower user, she was also helpless.
Not to mention that she, as a normal person, couldn't do anything to a superpower user.
Even because of her mishandling it, she might even alarm the Hero Association.
If things escalated, it would do no good to the school or the students.
Thinking of this, Shizuka Hiratsuka took a deep breath and tried to calm herself down.
“Gu Cheng, can you have a word with the teacher first?” Shizuka Hiratsuka tried to speak in a calm tone, but her slightly trembling voice.
Still exposed her inner unrest.
Gu Cheng nodded and followed Shizuka Hiratsuka out of the classroom.
Behind them, the surrounding students were still immersed in shock and disbelief, unable to recover for a long time.
“Too... too unbelievable…”
“Gu Cheng-san is actually a superpower user…”
“Then... were those overturned desks and chairs, and those injured classmates, all done by Gu Cheng-san?”
“Oh my god, that's scary…”
“Say, will Gu Cheng-san become like the villains in the comics, and destroy the world?”
“Shh! Keep it down! Don't talk nonsense…”
Various discussions rose and fell in the crowd, like boiling water, unable to be suppressed.
…
At the same time.
On the other side, Tsukiyoi Rikka, who was squeezed to the back of the crowd because of her short stature, saw Gu Cheng and the teacher walking away, and quietly followed behind them.
“Master, wait for me!”
Tsukiyoi Rikka chased after Gu Cheng, jogging all the way, grabbed his clothes, and said out of breath.
“Huff… huff… good thing I caught up…”
Gu Cheng stopped, looked down at Tsukiyoi Rikka, a hint of helplessness flashed in his eyes.
“Why did you follow?”
Tsukiyoi Rikka said confidently: “Of course I'm going to follow you!”
“What if that woman bullies you?”
Hearing Tsukiyoi Rikka's name for Shizuka Hiratsuka, Gu Cheng couldn't help but sigh.
It seems that this girl's misunderstanding of the teacher is not ordinary...
And, Shizuka Hiratsuka, hearing Tsukiyoi Rikka's words, immediately had a few black lines appear on her forehead.
“I mean, Tsukiyoi-san, you…”
“Call me Evil Eye!” Tsukiyoi Rikka put her hands on her hips and corrected with a serious expression.
“Okay, okay, Evil Eye-san,” Shizuka Hiratsuka's mouth twitched, trying to suppress the urge to roll her eyes.
“So, can you listen to the teacher for a few words now?”
Tsukiyoi Rikka looked at Gu Cheng, seeing that he didn't object, reluctantly nodded.
“Okay, for Master's sake, I'll reluctantly listen to you for a few words.”
Shizuka Hiratsuka: “…”
I really thank you for that!
Shizuka Hiratsuka rubbed her temples forcefully, feeling that at no point in her career did she want to quit her job more than now.
Then, the three of them went to the office.
Shizuka Hiratsuka gestured for Gu Cheng and Tsukiyoi Rikka to sit on the sofa, then skillfully brewed three cups of tea, handing them to both of them.
“Thank you, teacher.” Gu Cheng politely took the teacup and took a sip.
Tsukiyoi Rikka reluctantly took the teacup, muttering softly: “Hmph, if it weren't for Gu Cheng-san's sake, I wouldn't drink the tea you brewed.”
Shizuka Hiratsuka shook her head helplessly, deciding not to argue with this chuunibyou girl.
“Gu Cheng, can you tell the teacher when you awakened your superpower?” Shizuka Hiratsuka asked directly, with a hint of worry in her voice.
“Today.” Gu Cheng put down the teacup and said flatly.
“Today?!” Shizuka Hiratsuka and Tsukiyoi Rikka exclaimed in unison.
Gu Cheng nodded, “On the rooftop.”
“How come it was so sudden?” Shizuka Hiratsuka frowned, pressing further, “Do you know why you awakened your superpower? Did anything special happen?”
Gu Cheng shook his head, “I didn't feel anything unusual, it just suddenly felt like I had the power to control objects.”
“I see…” Shizuka Hiratsuka fell into contemplation.
Awakening a superpower suddenly, although rare, is not unprecedented.
However, like Gu Cheng, awakening a superpower without any warning or experiencing any special event is really unheard of.
“Then… why did you attack those classmates?” Shizuka Hiratsuka hesitated for a moment, but still asked the most crucial question.
“They had big mouths.” Gu Cheng said flatly, his voice devoid of any emotional fluctuations, as if he was simply stating a simple fact.
“This… is really a simple and speechless reason…”
Hearing these words, Shizuka Hiratsuka's mouth twitched slightly.