Chapter 20 Understanding Applause
Chapter 20 Understanding Applause
[Ding! Sasuke's emotional value +9999!]
[Ding! Sasuke's emotional value +9999!]
At level 9999, the highest level of emotional feedback, Sasuke gave Akali three times before stopping.
After three emotional value feedbacks of 9999, the broadcasts of 99, 99, 99 continued incessantly.
Her pained expression even startled Hinata, who was standing next to Akali.
"Akali, has he gone mad?"
Hinata carefully leaned close to Akali's ear and whispered something.
"It can't be that bad, it can't be that bad..."
Akali shook her head, her warm breath causing Hinata's sensitive ear to twitch like a kitten's, making Hinata want to reach out and grab it, and rub it gently.
However, Akali's attention was entirely on Sasuke at that moment, and she didn't notice what was happening with Hinata at all.
Because now, Sasuke has been PUA'd... oh no, I should say he's been pretty much done with in the karaoke room.
"Alright, Sasuke, stop with your affected manner!"
Akali said calmly, "That's good enough. It's no fun if we keep doing this!"
"In short, you came to see me today because you want to improve your strength, right?"
"What do you mean?" Sasuke forcibly suppressed the surging emotions in his heart.
“What I mean is, I can help you!” Akali finally revealed her purpose.
This is something Akali has been planning ever since Sasuke found her and expressed his thoughts.
The way I just suppressed Sasuke was also for the ultimate goal of subduing him.
Don't blame Akali for being despicable. She just wants to find someone like Naruto to harvest her emotional points/money. What bad intentions could she possibly have?
Seeing this, Hinata stood aside, looking at Akali's confident profile, and seemed to be deep in thought.
After all, she was a person who had gone through a period of clarity, and she was also very intelligent. At this moment, from the perspective of an observer, she could roughly glimpse a fragment of Akali's operation.
But Sasuke is different.
Looking at Akali, Sasuke felt only surprise and bewilderment after the sudden surge of emotions: "Really?"
“Of course it’s true!” Akali smiled slyly. “However…”
"But what?" Sasuke asked impatiently.
Akali just proved to him that he is not pure as an Avenger and cannot give everything for revenge.
Therefore, Sasuke now seems quite eager to prove himself.
"But you have to follow my instructions and do some things for me! In exchange, I'll help you become stronger!" Akali said confidently.
She now has the strength and the confidence to say that she can help Sasuke become stronger.
Looking at Akali, Sasuke wanted to agree immediately.
But at the crucial moment, his last instinct warned Sasuke, causing him to change his mind and ask, "Specifically, what is it?"
"Don't worry, it's all for your own good. What I'm asking you to do is part of making you stronger, but it also benefits me in the process!"
Akali didn't give a detailed explanation, just like a boss skillfully brushing off an employee's question about salary.
The question is, if Akali is the boss, then who are the employees?
Isn't that simple? Whoever gets fooled is the one who's fooled!
"Is that so? Well, I guess so..."
Sasuke clicked his tongue, feeling that something was off, but he didn't press Akali for details.
It makes sense. Even if a college student in their twenties has studied many interview strategies before the interview, they might still be too embarrassed to talk about salary and benefits.
Moreover, Sasuke is only twelve years old, which would have been considered elementary school age in Akali's previous life.
However, Sasuke still had things to be concerned about.
"How will you make me stronger?" Sasuke asked again.
As he asked the question, various ideas flashed through Sasuke's mind: combat training, ninjutsu instruction, teaching new training methods...
But Akali seemed to be addicted to playing tai chi, and instead of answering directly, she asked another question.
"Sasuke, do you know why I'm stronger than you?"
Sasuke, who had lost the initiative from the very beginning, was indeed distracted.
"Why?" Recalling what had just happened, Sasuke answered without hesitation: "Because my desire to become stronger wasn't pure enough! I call myself an avenger, but I have no intention of seeking revenge at all!"
"Damn it, Okasan, Odosan, Uncle Fire, so many people are dead, and only I am alive, but I can't give everything to avenge them. I deserve to die!"
As if reciting the Bible, Sasuke murmured painfully.
Looking at Sasuke, who was almost obsessed with his purity as an avenger, Akali's lips twitched. She finally understood why the Uchiha were called a mentally unstable clan.
But Akali was definitely dishonest in this matter; Sasuke's Avengers purity was absolutely sufficient.
But while he is an Avenger, he is also a normal person. If a normal person suddenly says he wants to lick the sole of a shoe, he would hesitate for a moment, right?
Even those perverts who flaunt their feet in my mouth, don't they at least have to see if the owner of the little feet is pretty?
Therefore, it's normal for Sasuke to hesitate.
But now only Akali can fill that gap.
"Stop, stop, stop! I don't want to talk about this anymore!"
Akali's eyes revealed a look of utter frustration.
"Let's get back to the question I was just asking, Sasuke!"
Akali jabbed at him: "Doesn't the top student in the grade have any composure at all?!"
"Alright!" Sasuke calmed down again: "So what do you want to say?"
"What I mean is, even if your heart isn't pure in your own eyes, you're driven by revenge, which makes you stronger than me!"
"We are indeed about the same in terms of effort and talent, but have you forgotten what I said at the beginning?"
Akali said, "What I said from the beginning was that it was a genius mind from start to finish, not talent!"
"Why are you not as good as me? Because your mind is not as sharp as mine, and you live in an environment full of flattery, which has blinded you."
"How can you improve if you can't even see the gap?"
"And becoming stronger requires a method! With your current mindset and experience, you can't find such a method yet!"
"You can't find it, but I can. Doesn't that create a significant gap?"
"So you need to change your mindset and adjust your approach!"
Akali offers a completely new answer!
Her words weren't exactly wrong.
After all, Erzhuzi is notoriously brainless.
As for the thinking and methods that follow, those are absolutely killer!
People don't admit their mistakes.
Why haven't you succeeded? Your mindset is wrong, your methods are wrong, so how can you succeed? Right?
In short, it's definitely not my problem; even if I do have a problem, it's a minor one.
With such a precise exploitation of her weakness, Sasuke was completely fooled by Akali.
"I see!"
Sasuke nodded. "I completely understand now!"
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