Chapter 274: Not This Sentence

"I don't quite understand the principle of your ability..." Ling said while sitting in the back seat, "According to common sense, if you want to change a certain energy vector, the premise is that you can observe it, but you didn't seem to notice the bullet coming... If it is controlled by concepts, there should be energy changes around us all the time, but there is nothing abnormal about the sunlight shining on you... I understand, is it a strange feeling? Set up a strange feeling, create a vector axis, and only reflect the energy direction of the strange feeling. Reverse calculation makes the law of energy generation more obvious. Of course, the perfect picture may not appear, but it can be combined to form an inference that is infinitely close to the truth."

Zero looked at the streets on both sides that were rapidly receding. "Very impressive. The most impressive thing is that your computing ability is almost as good as potato chips."

“…Is that so?” Zhuo rode his bike absentmindedly.

Although I don't know what Zero is thinking, the arm around her waist is definitely hers.

He turned his bicycle and continued riding on the road. Suddenly, he felt a warm sensation on his back, accompanied by a soft touch.

These alone were enough to freeze Zhuo, but then a pair of slender arms came around Zhuo's belly. Zhuo was completely stunned.

……

Zhuo has always been, no, it should be said that after Ling came back, he has always been very strange. Should I say that she has become a little more personal, or do I always feel that there is some purpose... Because the previous Ling always gave him, not only him, but also everyone who saw her around, a feeling of "nothing matters" and "you guys are free to do whatever you want, I'm just passing by, don't bother me." Although she is still the same now, but from time to time some inexplicable words and behaviors make Zhuo think that Ling has become a little more popular.

For example, in the past, Ling would never take the initiative to bring up a long speech like this... It's not that she won't talk. If Zhuo asked, she would explain it in detail. For example, a certain question, a certain math problem, etc. But this time was the first time that Ling took the initiative to say so much.

No matter what Ling is doing, her behavior makes Zhuo both nostalgic and troubled.

Originally in his heart, his feelings were just a candle that could be blown out at any time. He clumsily concealed his inner feelings, while at the same time he wholeheartedly yearned for life and contact with her.

The shackles and constraints are extremely powerful.

Because I have made up my mind to let go like a man after a year.

It was painful, but it was so innocent.

So on the last rainy night, Zhuo rushed to confront Lu Mingze immediately... because he was fearless. The gamblers at the gambling table were most afraid of lunatics who had nothing, because they were already red-eyed and might jump up and die with you at any time.

This is also the reason why Lu Mingze gave in. He didn't want to be the one who took the brunt of the damage.

Anyway, there is only one year left, so exchanging some conditions for Utsunomiya Shuo would be more advantageous and profitable... This is the devil's theory. As long as it is valuable enough, they can throw out anything in exchange.

Of course, Zhuo didn’t feel that he was at a disadvantage.

He didn't feel any regrets about using some conditions in exchange for Zero to accompany him through his high school career.

So it's a win-win situation.

But now, desire and concession have gradually become balanced, and they are pulling at Zhuo's spirit, making them unwilling to give in and incompatible with each other.

Originally Zhuo just wanted a process, but now, he began to want a result.

Human desires are endless and constantly expanding...and the speed at which desires expand will change according to the size of personal abilities.

And Zero's various behaviors are more like a catalyst designed specifically for him.

……

He knew what was happening. It was Ling who was pressed against his back. To be more precise, it was a hug. If he was hit from the front, it would be beyond Zhuo's tolerance. It would cause his brain and body to shut down, and the balance between desire and restraint would be completely unbalanced.

It’s strange, this shouldn’t be the first time we’ve hugged each other, but only now does there appear to be such a big reaction.

"……is that so."

Feeling his heart beating faster than ever, Zhuo tried hard to squeeze out a sound - Ling stuck to Zhuo's back and gently twisted his body.

"Yes," Zero said, "According to this calculation, your ability should be much stronger than mine now."

"Ms. Romanov..." Zhuo's face was frozen. One could imagine how offensive Ling's action was to him. However, the latter seemed unaware and was still talking about his abilities. Zhuo had to remind her.

"Controlling the direction of gravity and momentum and turning it into an offensive skill is probably just an additional value of the ability. Theoretically, if the "vectors" of atoms and neutrons can be controlled, then controlled nuclear fusion can also be achieved."

Zero's voice continued to come, in a light tone.

"I said……"

Why can you still say this so calmly?
Ling's tone was too calm and serious. If it weren't for the real warmth in his stomach, Zhuo would have thought that he was imagining too much and had hysteria. The touch on his body was real, and the touch on his back was also real, but Ling didn't show any reaction. He was really discussing his abilities with him seriously.

"But there are flaws... not in terms of ability, but in terms of technique. If the attack changes direction the moment it touches the skin, the human nerves won't be able to react in time. Have you ever thought about this?"

"Uh, I haven't thought about it... You overestimate me. If my math ability was so good, my scores wouldn't fluctuate around the passing line every time I take the exam. I got it all by myself."

It seemed that Ling wanted to discuss these things with him, so Zhuo temporarily suppressed the itchy feeling in his heart and cooperated with her in answering.

Furthermore, it sounds like these questions are about Zero analyzing the shortcomings in his abilities and trying to find ways to help him make up for them.

In short, it's well-intentioned.

Zhuo took a deep breath, "Remember when I asked you to use Mirror Pupil on me?"

The last time Herzog kidnapped Kanda Tomokazu, Zhuo officially activated the Great Sage under the pressure of Zero's words.

"The artificial intelligence you mentioned?" Zero had naturally heard him talk about it.

"Quasi-intelligence... I don't really understand what it is, but it's probably more advanced."

"I see. This quasi-intelligence can help you calculate the required variables, which can indeed make up for many shortcomings of insufficient personal abilities."

"What do you mean by lack of personal ability..." Zhuo muttered softly.

"Apart from these, there are still problems. For example, spiritual and command words, such as judgment... Have you thought of a solution?"

"..."

"Then I haven't thought about it."

Zhuo heard Ling sigh behind him, but he really hadn't thought about these issues, so he couldn't refute anything.

The autumn wind blows gently, and the fallen leaves drift slowly.

The two of them didn't speak for a while.

Zhuo's attention was always diverted because his belly was in too direct contact with his back. Plus, he wasn't a smart man, so he couldn't think of a good idea for a while.

Zhuo certainly wouldn't seek answers from the Great Sage. He was the one chatting with Ling, not the Great Sage, and he didn't approve of cheating to show off.

And he couldn't hear Zero's voice anymore, so he guessed that the other party might be really thinking seriously about a solution.

as predicted.

After a moment's silence, Zero spoke.

"I'm overthinking it. With your ability, you really don't need to think about this problem. Any word spirit has its own domain range, and it can only take effect within the range. The better the bloodline, the larger the domain range. Your ability does not have this limitation. If you don't consider sneak attacks or betrayal, you can completely snipe from a long distance with the help of quasi-intelligence... No one can stop you."

"oh oh……"

There was another silence, and Zhuo heard a sigh from behind again.

"Why haven't you questioned me even after I've talked so much?" Zero's voice was somewhat helpless. "If the strange feeling is used as the criterion for whether to reflect, then I have ten thousand ways to kill you now. After all, I am close to you now. My Word Spirit is a mirror pupil, which can copy the Word Spirits I have seen. How can you judge whether the Word Spirit I saw last time was a judgment or a spiritual Word Spirit that you cannot defend against?"

"This... I didn't think you would do that." Zhuo muttered. It seemed that she wanted to test her defense ability. Was she sticking to Zhuo's body in advance in order to bypass the "or" and "not" abnormal feeling conditions of reflection?

Perhaps, this is Zero caring in his own way.

Zhuo was very happy that Ling was willing to consider him wholeheartedly and lean on him.

He overlapped his palms on the hands that were clasped in front of his belly to show that he trusted her.

Then Zero's body visibly stiffened.

Feeling that he might have been too complacent, Zhuo hastily let go of his hand.

"No, I..." Ling explained. Perhaps because of the noise of the moving bicycle, her voice was a little unclear; her hands moved around, looking for Zhuo's hand.

Zhuo was relieved by the fact that he was not hated.

He looked at the street ahead, controlling the direction with one hand. Then he put his empty hand back again, only halfway this time, and Zero immediately shook it.

Zhuo was so shocked that his body swayed and he almost lost control of the car. Then he felt something new pressing against his back - it should be Ling's profile.

"Don't you have anything you want to do? With this ability, even if you don't have dragon blood, you will feel out of place among ordinary people."

"……do what?"

“For example, do something that you thought was fruitless before, or indulge your desires.”

"How can it be……"

"This is normal. All living things have desires, the desire to survive, the desire to reproduce, the desire for emotions... It's just that humans have set laws to restrict this behavior. But if humans have the ability to override the law, or lose the rational ability to restrain desires, it is natural to give priority to satisfying their own desires." Zero narrated calmly, "You should know about the dance on the day I left Black Swan Port. The nurse and the researcher were entangled, and the boy and the girl kissed awkwardly... My bloodline was not awakened at that time, and I didn't look good, but there were still people who wanted to rape me... This is the desire for reproduction, because there is no price."

"..."

Zhuo certainly knew about that. He even remembered that the boy who wanted to rape Ling was called Anthony.

Zero was there that time, so he was able to stop it. But when he thought that if Zero was not there, Zero would have been forcibly touched by that boy, Zhuo suddenly felt a chill in his heart.

This is also the reason why Zhuo will not deny Zero (the boss).

The help he provided to Ling was real. The reason why Zhuo disliked him was because he liked Ling, just for personal reasons.

But there is no way to deny Zero's help to Zero.

He likes Zero, and since he likes her, he should like everything about her, instead of being a unilateral 'beneficiary', burying his head in enjoying Zero's 'present' while thinking about erasing other traces of her life.

When you use "like" as a get-out-of-jail-free and cause displeasure to the other person, its nature has become unreasonable and demanding.

Zhuo didn't know what Ling wanted to express.

Maybe she wanted to tell him how important Zero was to her.

In fact, you're worrying too much. Zhuo really likes her to death, that's right.

But he would not really go against Zero's will and force her to stay.

So Zhuo was just simply answering the question.

“…I did think about ‘I don’t eat beef’, but I felt I would definitely regret it, so I gave up.”

"is that so."

"Of course. Using brute force to force someone to do something is out of line... You wanted to die at that time, too."

"Yes. But if I hadn't been so scared, I might have used some physical means."

Zero narrated this experience very calmly from beginning to end, which shows that she has really come out of those memories and there is no need to worry at all.

So Zhuo didn't say anything hypocritical to comfort her from the beginning. Ling wasn't a fragile person either.

but!

Physical means are physical means, why do I feel the hand on my stomach gently pressing down! What are you doing!
However, this did enlighten Zhuo on what the so-called physical means were.

"I don't think there's anything wrong with that, but it just makes people feel a chill down their spine."

"I won't do that to you. But with your current abilities, I probably can't do it either."

"There's no way I would do something like that to provoke you!!!"

If I really did something like that, I would disappoint my parents and be kicked out of the house! Moreover, this was not in line with Zhuo's principles.

Being driven by desire and using brute force to coerce others is truly against human morality.

“… Come to think of it, you are indeed like that.”

Zhuo tried to deny that this was impossible, but unexpectedly, Ling's tone revealed a subtle sense of speechlessness.

"Why do you sound speechless to me——"

"I'm complimenting you."

"Your eyes don't."

"You think too much."

Even though she couldn't see his eyes because she was riding a bike, her voice was far from praise, and even sounded a little dissatisfied. This inconsistency between her words and actions made Zhuo puzzled.

——Zhuo rode his bicycle and finally arrived at the gate of the central university.

As expected, Zhuo was forced to become the focus of the surrounding students.

Zero jumped out of the car first, but didn't leave. Instead, he turned around and faced him, but didn't say anything.

I don't know why, but Zero's gaze is so piercing.

Zhuo's eyes began to wander, but Ling immediately stopped his aggressive gaze, as if to say "I really can't do anything about you".

"Although I know this is all my own fault..."

Ling muttered to himself, regaining his usual calmness, and took two steps forward in front of the stunned students around him, stood on tiptoe, and carefully and carefully tidied up Zhuo's hair that was messed up by the wind. Then he stood back.

"Is there anything you want to ask?"

Zero showed a gentle look he had never seen before, as if he was waiting for something.

This look made Zhuo's heart skip a beat, and he couldn't help but look away. Zhuo's heartbeat became much faster, but Ling didn't notice it.

"What do you mean by 'it's all your own fault'?" Zhuo asked.

"That's not it." Ling stretched out a finger and flicked Utsunomiya Shuo's head, "You've done a great job. Give me a compliment."

(End of this chapter)