Just get him out of the way

"Mercury, you will ignore any strangeness regarding your teammates, or the school in general - and especially regarding me. Additionally, if I ever ask you for help with something, you will agree. But otherwise, you will just leave me be and not interfere with my work." He commanded, as he removed his hand from Mercury's head.

Mercury shook it off

"Tch. Well I do feel different I guess" he sneered "anyway. I'm outta here. Dealing with you all is giving me a headache"

And with that he walked off.

Duke then looked to Neo who was practically bouncing in her seat.

"So before I start... Why do you WANT to be hypnotized?" He asked.