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Teru's first encounter with Mob since his defeat occurred when he interrupted Mob's 'date' with Tome to tell him about a fellow Salt Mid esper making trouble nearby. But their meeting was cut short when a sudden wind threatened the structural integrity of his haystack wig, which Teru prevented by holding his wig, allowing Ritsu to escape. Teru introduced himself to Ritsu in an intimidating way by overwhelming him with his psychic aura. Teru happened to meet Ritsu shortly after the latter had used his psychic power to severely harm a bunch of thugs from the school. It is mentioned he got a fever for 3 days afterwards. Teru is heard screaming and pleading for mercy before the shock of defeat made him finally accept that he was 'just an ordinary person' and learned that it was wrong to use psychic powers to hurt innocent people. A fatal mistake as he ended up unleashing an unknown and powerful psychic force that controlled Mob's body and subsequently demolished his entire school, but not before stripping him naked with telekinesis and throwing him into the sky with the rest of the levitating debris. When Mob pointed out that Teru is afraid of not being special, he lost control and simply tried to choke Mob, and succeeded in knocking Mob unconscious. Teru, driven by his own uncontrollable ego, challenged Mob to use his powers, and at one point tried to injure Mob using telekinetically moved knives, but Mob deflected them all, resulting in the top of Teruki's head being shaved. When everyone else had been defeated by Teru, Mob stepped in and told him not to use psychic power to hurt people. This continued until Onigawara got Mob involved in a dispute between delinquent groups at Black Vinegar and Salt Middle schools. He was able to defeat Onigawara and other delinquents effortlessly with his psychic power. He was successful in academics and popular with his peers, especially girls. When first introduced, Teru was the shadow leader of Black Vinegar Middle School. The shock of a sound defeat seems to give him a fever, such as when he was defeated by Mob or by Shimazaki. While he is noted to be a good leader, he is shown to has trouble remaining humble, and often still has a confident tone in his voice which still lingers even after his defeat by Mob's hands. He has been known to hold people upside-down and dunk them in a bucket of water until they tell him what he wants to hear. He is motivated to stop others from succumbing to pride like he once did, but he is still concerned about his outward appearance and still seeks perfection in all his endeavors. He seems to adhere to Mob's policy of not using psychic power against people unless absolutely necessary. Since his defeat, Teru comes to realize that the world does not revolve around him, but he is still confident in his strong and diverse psychic powers. He considered himself the main protagonist of the world. For example, he threw nothing but strikes the first time he went bowling. He was very popular and often strategically used telekinesis to benefit himself.
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This is likely due to Claw only sending artificial espers to try and "recruit" him. Before meeting Mob, Teru didn't know any other espers, so he greatly overestimated his own importance and power.