After all, Hikari's physique spoke for itself. Even if the three gyarus attacked together, they still might not be able to beat him.
Nogami Izumi, however, had already made up her mind to teach Hikari a lesson.
But seeing that morale was low, she could only say, "Forget it. Let's try the hypnosis again. It'd be best if this works."
Then, Nogami Izumi and the other two gyarus took turns once again trying the methods and incantations taught in the hypnosis book.
However, after struggling with it for quite a while, they still made no progress at all.
At that moment, a snicker suddenly came from nearby.
"Pfft!"
Hearing the laugh, Nogami Izumi and the other two gyarus immediately turned to look.
When they saw the bespectacled boy Tazaki standing at the doorway,
Nogami Izumi instantly flew into a rage.
She shouted, "Tazaki, get over here!"
Tazaki quickly stopped laughing and hurried over to Nogami Izumi.
"B-Boss... what's wrong?", Tazaki asked, his legs trembling.
"Were you laughing at us just now?", Nogami Izumi asked coldly.
"N-No!", Tazaki hurriedly shook his head.
"Then what were you laughing at?", Nogami Izumi asked in a cold voice.
What Tazaki had been laughing at was precisely how the three gyarus kept failing to perform hypnosis.
In Tazaki's eyes, something as vague and unrealistic as hypnosis could never succeed, so he couldn't help letting out a snicker.
He hadn't expected it to be loud enough for Nogami Izumi to hear.
Now, facing Nogami Izumi's fierce, icy stare, Tazaki was trembling all over with fear and didn't dare admit it.
"I-I wasn't... laughing..."
"Heh, do you think we're deaf?", Nogami Izumi sneered.
"Sit down!", Nogami Izumi pointed at the seat opposite the three of them and shouted.
"W-What for?", Tazaki shivered.
"Sit there and use hypnosis on the three of us," Nogami Izumi ordered.
"Huh?", Tazaki looked completely confused.
"Weren't you laughing because the three of us couldn't learn hypnosis? Then you try it. If you fail too and can't hypnotize us, just you wait!", Nogami Izumi cracked her knuckles with both hands clasped together, giving off an overwhelming sense of pressure.
Being stared at like that by this fierce gyaru queen, Tazaki wanted to cry but had no tears. He was so scared he nearly wet himself.
He knew he was probably about to get beaten up again.
But he didn't dare disobey Nogami Izumi's order.
Otherwise he'd be taught a lesson right now.
So although he looked completely unwilling, he obediently sat across from Nogami Izumi and the other two gyarus.
Then he flipped through the book on the table titled Hypnosis.
As for learning this so-called "hypnosis," Tazaki had always dismissed it with contempt and never believed a word of it.
While reading the hypnosis instructions now, all he could think about was how to beg for mercy later when Nogami Izumi and the others beat him up, and what position would make the beating hurt less.
"Done reading yet?", After a few minutes, Nogami Izumi impatiently urged him.
"Y-Yes, I'm done!", Tazaki nodded quickly.
"If you're done, hurry up and hypnotize us!", Hinata Sae urged as well.
"O-Okay, okay!", Tazaki hurriedly agreed.
Then, following the book, Tazaki began muttering the incantation.
As Tazaki followed the steps in the hypnosis guide, lighting the lighter and reciting the spell, Nogami Izumi and the other two gyarus suddenly became silent.
The irritable expression on Nogami Izumi's face gradually relaxed.
Her eyes also slowly became vacant.
But Tazaki didn't notice any of this.
Since he didn't believe in hypnosis and was afraid of being scolded, he simply followed the script, reciting the lines from the hypnosis book as though he were an actor performing.
Only after he finished reciting in fear and cautiously put down the Hypnosis book, did Tazaki notice that Nogami Izumi, Hinata Sae, and Sanada Minako were all staring blankly ahead.
Their eyes were empty, as if they had lost focus. Their pupils were unfocused, and their expressions were dazed.
Seeing this, Tazaki's first reaction was disbelief.
"T-This... you're messing with me, right?"
"How could hypnosis really exist?"
"And how could it work this easily?"
Tazaki shouted in disbelief, "Boss Nogami?"
"Hinata Sae?"
"Minako?"
Tazaki tried calling them several times.
But Nogami Izumi and the other two gyarus continued staring blankly into the air without any response.
"Could it be... I really hypnotized them?"
Tazaki stood there in a daze for another moment.
Then a smile gradually spread across his face, and excitement slowly filled the eyes behind his glasses.
"Haha... Hahaha!"
Inside the empty classroom, Tazaki couldn't help bursting into loud laughter.
He immediately picked up the Hypnosis book again and carefully read through it once more.
According to the hypnosis guide, the hypnotized target would obey the hypnotist's every command and be completely unable to resist.
Didn't that mean he could do whatever he wanted to Nogami Izumi and the other two gyarus?
Tazaki looked up at Nogami Izumi, Hinata Sae, and Sanada Minako, who were still sitting there blankly.
Although the three gyarus had nasty personalities, they were all good-looking, each one pretty and with a nice figure.
He especially liked the pure and proper type like Sanada Minako.
Could he really do whatever he wanted with these three pretty gyarus?!
Thinking of that, Tazaki couldn't stop swallowing.
"But just taking advantage of them directly doesn't feel satisfying enough."
Remembering how the three gyarus had always treated him like a dog, and how they had constantly threatened him with photos of him sneaking into the girls' locker room to steal underwear, Tazaki became angry.
After thinking for a moment, Tazaki suddenly noticed a certain technique written in the hypnosis book.
Cognitive Modification!
Tazaki's eyes lit up.
He immediately lit the lighter and recited the incantation toward the three vacant-eyed gyarus in front of him.
"From now on, your understanding of bullying is giving me benefits. Your acts of violating me will make me suffer greatly, while all of you will become extremely excited..."
After making a rough modification to their cognition and changing it into the setting he wanted, Tazaki's mouth went dry with excitement.
Just as he put down the hypnosis book and was about to collect a little interest by getting hands-on, a series of footsteps suddenly came from the hallway outside the classroom.
The sudden footsteps seemed to step right on his heart, instantly interrupting Tazaki's excited thoughts and making him tense up.
"H-How could... why would someone come here?"
"Nogami Izumi and the others use this classroom as their hangout. It's already out of the way, and the other students avoid it. No one should be coming here."
"They're probably just passing by... they have to be just passing by..."
Cold sweat appeared on Tazaki's forehead as he hoped the person wasn't coming here.
But things didn't go his way.
As the footsteps drew closer, a figure appeared at the classroom doorway.
Without any hesitation, he walked straight into the classroom.
Seeing the handsome boy who had suddenly appeared, Tazaki's eyes widened in shock.
"I-It's you? Hikari?"
"We meet again, Tazaki," Hikari smiled slightly and politely greeted him.
At the same time, he glanced at Nogami Izumi and the other two gyarus, who were sitting blankly on their chairs, staring vacantly into the air.
"Y-Why are you here?", Tazaki forced himself to stay calm as he hid the hypnosis book behind his back and stood up, trying to block the abnormal-looking Nogami Izumi and the other two gyarus with his body.
Hikari didn't answer. Instead, he asked, "Tazaki, what are you doing here with Nogami Izumi, Minako, and the others?"
"I... we aren't doing anything. We aren't doing anything at all...", Already nervous, Tazaki stumbled over his words when faced with Hikari's sudden question.
"Not doing anything?", Hikari smiled.
"W-We were studying! Right! Nogami Izumi and the others told me to bring my homework so they could copy it. We were studying," Tazaki's eyes darted as he came up with an excuse.
Hikari couldn't help laughing, "Studying? Doing homework? Then where are your homework notebooks? I don't see a single one."
"Oh, right, Tazaki. Is what you're hiding behind your back a homework notebook? It looks like a book to me. Can you let me have a look?", Hikari said with a smile.
"No!", Tazaki rejected the request immediately.
Hikari directly exposed him, "Come on, Tazaki. The book you're holding isn't a homework notebook. It's a book about hypnosis, isn't it?"
"And as for Nogami Izumi, Sanada Minako, and Hinata Sae, you hypnotized them with that book, didn't you?"
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