Chapter 1651
Chapter 1651 - 1647: The Fool
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Humans may yearn for equality at birth, but in reality, birth and innate talents are often quite different.
"I am different..."
From the moment of her birth, Shiraishi Mairei knew she was probably different from others.
After all, while her surroundings were filled with infants who could only cry and eat, she could already understand the orphanage staff’s complaints about wages and overtime hours.
The most outrageous part was probably that after just listening in for one day, she noticed the obvious division of labor, bullying, and corruption among these seven or eight people... Inferior milk powder and second-hand diapers had already seriously affected little Xiao Wuling’s delicate digestive system, so a spectacle unfolded with an infant confronting journalists with milk powder and diapers in hand.
Why didn’t she go to the Director? Because she wasn’t sure if the orphanage’s leadership was involved in this supply chain... At this time, just about a week after her birth, she had already learned to walk with the aid of tools.
Then.....there was no follow-up, as such trivial matters were not worth mentioning for a local orphanage, and her understanding of human nature and society was still insufficient. The journalist she found took the report and photos and extorted a good sum from the Director.
But as a result, she received special attention, a survivor of an Extraordinary event who had just been born and had already become an Extraordinary.
"...I can smell your surprise, and... affection. Tsk, what a pervert."
The girl whose eyes and mouth were covered could still let her voice echo in Lu Ping’an’s ears.
But the next moment, Lu Ping’an couldn’t quite bring himself to laugh.
"You like Binding Clothes? Pervert... Fetishist? I haven’t bathed in a week, and you’re still getting so close, or maybe you have an even more disgusting smell fetish... ugh, to think you’re actually getting excited from this, save me..."
This girl’s brainwaves were overly active, starting off relatively elegant, but then her swearing got quite filthy.
"Even happier now... What kind of species are you? A masochist, huh? Do you like being insulted by a young girl, you trashy, smelly, worthless adult..."
However, this caused the expressions of those around Lu Ping’an to become somewhat peculiar.
The ability to ’read’ emotions wasn’t her Talent Ability, but an added ability that comes with attaining a certain standard of a Pure Scholar; ’reading’ others, even reading the world.
In the absence of Lu Ping’an’s concealment, she was actually telling the truth... Lu Ping’an was indeed quite happy, as it seemed he had stumbled upon a treasure, though it required some education...
"....Guess, what do I plan to do with you now? Ugh, it seems like your ’AV’ series is quite popular lately, and frankly, you’re not bad-looking."
In an instant, the girl fell silent.
Her reading ability was stronger than it appeared, and when Lu Ping’an, that monster, entered the psychiatric hospital, she noticed.
Once she realized she was his target, she quickly figured out Lu Ping’an’s target... Her arrogant and defiant attitude, in a way, was just for more bargaining chips.
But now, what she was reading was...
"Really, it’s all true." Banners with such slogans were everywhere, which she supposedly ’saw’, yet they seemed like false information forcefully implanted in her mind.
Meanwhile, there was content even more over the line.
"This scene and setting would probably sell well in an AV... Why not just shoot it here, no need even to change clothes."
"New Tokyo is said to major in the erotic business, with channels and staff all in place. If we assemble a director team now, filming could start today and sales could commence in three days..."
"Or, maybe I should act in it... The little girl really is quite cute."
In an instant, the Witch without sight and speech also panicked.
She read that this man was not only daring to think it, but he was also truly daring to do it.
"I will agree to anything you want!! Just please don’t!"
It seems we can still communicate? That’s good news.
"Hehe, I’m just kidding... I’m telling you, don’t rely too much on the ’reading’ ability. Scholars at a higher level than you can easily feed you false information and knowledge."
"Impossible! What I am reading is the world itself, and my Scholar skills are above Rule-level... Uh."
The girl fell silent, contemplating a more preposterous possibility.
In that moment, her "eyes" revealed the answer to her.
The world cracked in pieces, the "fissures" she once saw multiplied frenziedly, and it was only after everything shattered that she realized that the man was not outside the door... He was sitting over her, touching her head, from her eyes to her mouth, yet she had no perception of it!
"How can you be sure that what you see isn’t a world I’ve given you... I am Lu Ping’an, an eighth-tier, although just a seventh-tier Pure Scholar, but it’s not difficult for me to craft a world that traps you."
An eighth-tier standard, is Domain, a world of one’s own.
Even if the "Extraordinary" before him is very special, she still appears too naive in front of Lu Ping’an.
Lu Ping’an even deduced that her problem might be growing too fast... Sometimes when the "reading" level is too high, one might accidentally see something, and it can be very dangerous if one’s own level is too low.
Probably in the eyes of those frightened and uneasy on the outside, she is a dangerous element, a big headache potentially capable of mind-reading, a ticking time bomb ready to explode.
Directly destroy her? That would be too wasteful, such a young sixth-tier Scholar might break through one day... However, such a bomb wouldn’t be a pity to throw away.
It’s just that...
"...So heartless, you’re quite pitiful too."
No relatives, no friends, not even a trusted confidant... The overly enhanced "reading" ability makes her suspect everyone approaching her has their own agenda, which, ironically, is often true.
Lu Ping’an even faintly sensed that perhaps this state of "loss of control" is actually the safest for her.
"What is her Talent Ability?"
Lu Ping’an didn’t communicate with the little guy beneath him; he couldn’t be bothered to talk to this troublemaker who came up with a dozen escape plans in a flash, and instead, he asked the staff outside directly.
In the face of absolute power, this kind of cleverness is meaningless...
"’Intelligence-reducing Skill’... Uh, that’s a bit outrageous."
Lu Ping’an had many theories and speculations, but he was still surprised when he got the answer.
He thought it would be powerful Talent Abilities like "Emotional Resonance," "Accelerated Thinking," or "Logical Deduction," but he did not expect this.
"...Indeed, it was all an act."
Now, Lu truly understood.
Intelligence-reducing probably meant diminishing the opponent’s cognitive ability... It probably isn’t a direct attack, or else it would be brain death rather than stupidity.
So, it is very likely an ability that impedes thinking, or rather slows down thought processes.
This kind of "slow-down" ability might be the root of her rapid progress because she doesn’t have to worry about speeding ahead and killing herself... So, why is she now in such an uncontrollable state?
Her Talent Ability seems to be more useful than my own "Physical Bindings"... unless she feels that staying here is much safer than the outside world.
"This is interesting. If nothing goes wrong, this should also be fake, at least incomplete... So, let me see, what exactly are you."
— End of Chapter 1651 —