The School is Under Hypnosis, and I'm the Only One Who Knows (I Was Able To Send The Hypnotist Flying Back Home, but Now I’ve Got The Whole School Under My Hands As My Harem, What Should I Do!?)

Chapter 2: Confronting the Cheater Hypnotist

I’m searching for a way to counter the cheater hypnotist, but it’s not easy to find one. However, it seems like I don’t have much time left. The neighboring class has already been replaced with beautiful female students, and only my class remains.

But I’ve managed to find the hypnotist. How did I do it? It was simple. Among all the beautiful girls, there was one person who hadn’t been replaced and was still in that class.

His name is Tanaka Ichiro, the cheater hypnotist. He’s an average-looking guy who doesn’t talk much with others. I even heard that he frequently leaves the school yet no one stops him. It was too suspicious. But if the hypnotist did it intentionally to deceive me, then I accept my loss.

But me being free of his hypnosis should still be a hidden fact, so I doubt he’d go out of his way to make such a diversion.

For now, I’ll put it in my mind that Tanaka is the cheater hypnotist. I don’t have time to look for anyone else.

So, I’ve been researching hypnosis to counter the hypnotist, but… Is it really hypnosis? Of course, but hypnosis isn’t that powerful. You can’t make people do things they really hate, and many people are immune to it. It’s definitely not the same as regular hypnosis. I need to know more about the hypnotist’s abilities to counter them. Without that knowledge, I’m powerless.

I want to observe Tanaka hypnotizing someone. If he can hypnotize people just by thinking about it, there’s nothing I would be able to do at that point. But if he uses verbal suggestions, I might get a big hint on how to counter it by eavesdropping or spying on him.

It seems like Tanaka is hypnotizing students in the student council room. Every day, students are called to the student council room in attendance number order. So, I thought of planting a hidden camera or a listening device in the student council room, but… they’re too expensive!

I only have 3,000 yen in my wallet, so I can’t afford either of those. I decided to hide my smartphone with the recording function turned on. Hopefully, I can get some useful information.

I quietly entered the student council room, which is located in a secluded area of the school building. It’s easy to enter because no one goes there unless they have business with the student council. Maybe that’s why Tanaka is using it.

I hid my smartphone in the student council room, making sure to put it in airplane mode to prevent incoming calls. In airplane mode, the phone doesn’t receive any signals, so there won’t be any incoming calls. That’s a relief.

I spent some time without my smartphone, feeling inconvenienced, and after confirming that Tanaka had left the school, I retrieved it after school.

I went home and decided to listen to the recorded data. I hoped it would be useful…

I pressed the play button with mixed feelings.

Crash!

Huh?

I was startled, just like when a teacher suddenly calls on you while you’re dozing off in class.

My consciousness seemed to have skipped a few seconds into the future.

I regained consciousness when I dropped my smartphone and was startled by the sound. I picked up the phone, and the corner of the screen was slightly cracked. The worst-case scenario. The recorded data had stopped at a specific part a few seconds before I dropped the phone.

With a hazy mind, I tried to figure out why I had lost consciousness for a few seconds. Could it be that the recorded data also put me into a hypnotic state?

Feeling the danger, I immediately deleted the recorded data.

A few days later, it was finally my turn. There are no more male students in Sakura Minami Academy except for me and Tanaka. Even the teachers have been replaced with young and beautiful female teachers.

Yesterday, I thought the hypnotist would put me under hypnosis, but he only hypnotized five students, leaving me as the last one.

Tanaka took me to the student council room. I pretend to be under hypnosis and enter the room with him.

I prepared a counter to the hypnosis just in case. Considering I was put into hypnosis when I was just listening to the recorded data, I can conclude that he can hypnotize someone using sound or a specific command. In other words, as long as I’m able to block any incoming sounds, there should be no problem.

That’s why I had prepared noise-canceling wireless earphones and wore them all day. I recently got a haircut, so the earphones are hidden by my hair. By playing music, I can block out all other sounds coming to me. This way, I won’t fall under his hypnosis. If the hypnotist tries to hypnotize me, I’ll immediately play some music. That should do the trick.

The problem is that even if I prevent the hypnosis, it doesn’t mean much. What do I do after preventing the hypnosis? If I come to school again the next day, the hypnotist will realize that I’m not under his hypnosis. Preventing the hypnosis won’t change the fact that I’ll have to leave the school to get under him.

As I thought, I need to find a way to defeat Tanaka. Is there any way I can do so? As I was thinking, Tanaka started talking with a lewd smile.

“Hahaha, finally, finally! My harem is finally complete. It took a while after I obtained this ultimate hypnosis power, but starting tomorrow, I’ll have the best school life. I can’t wait.”

I pretended to be under hypnosis and operated my smartphone in my pocket to prevent his voice from reaching my ears.