Chapter 735: Initial Flower Sword Practice Record (9)

"Hahahaha! Finally I've caught your weak point!"

"Tail&Lakshmi: "Huh???""

"Si Ke Te whipped out the phone hidden in his sleeve, smugly waving it in front of Lakshmi: 'I've recorded everything you just said! Our department strictly forbids office romances; as long as I release this recording, you'll never have a chance to compete for the commissioner position again, hahahaha!!!'"

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My little sister can't possibly be that cute.

"Excellent, excellent."

Kyousuke instinctively clapped, after appreciating Si Ke Te's brilliant speech he deeply realized he had completely underestimated this company commissioner's "condition."

The funny thing is, he had previously thought Si Ke Te was merely an ordinary person who would stop at nothing to get things done.

After all that maneuvering, he indeed got closer to the commissioner's position, but he was already a bit distant from humanity.

……He just wanted to advance too much!

"Hey, big bro, what are you sighing about?" Touno turned her head, her pretty face full of undisguised disgust and speechlessness, "This is basically scum behavior! That girl's feelings were completely trampled! This guy really doesn't understand romance… faced with someone's confession, he's thinking about recording in his head?! Does he have a brain problem?"

I really don't know what Lakshmi sees in him… looks? ability? character? Si Ke Te has been an extreme egoist from the start, he can't even hide it.

Lakshmi probably feels heartbroken after having her feelings so betrayed.

Thinking about this, Touno feels extreme disgust toward Si Ke Te.

"Such a guy, better off alone for life! Let him spend his life with his position and credit points!"

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"Heaven-defying."

"Grandpa Tail already realized he couldn't understand the man before him."

"But what he didn't expect was that Lakshmi beside him also burst into a series of loud laughs: 'This… hahaha, Si Ke Te, I like exactly this kind of you.'"

"Uh… you're also heaven-defying."

"Lakshmi nodded: 'I understand, I'll make way for you. But when one day I defeat you like this, please accept my feelings.'"

"Si Ke Te took a deep breath, looking into the distance through his sunglasses: 'No way, because I am a 【Lone Wolf】.'"

"Tail could no longer muster the energy to retort: 'You kid really are impervious to reason.'"

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Kaguya-sama wants me to confess.

"I was wrong… completely wrong."

The highlight in Secretary Fujiwara's pupils faded.

She quietly squatted in the corner of the student council room, as if a faint, wispy black mist hovered above her head, the whole person seeming to have fallen into extreme despondency.

Not only did Si Ke Te inflict a massive blow on her spirit, Lakshmi's heaven-defying words likewise had the same effect.

She couldn't understand… but was greatly shocked.

"Senpai Fujiwara, I told you earlier not to trust Si Ke Te." Yuu Ishigami said lightly, "Rather than believe him, you'd better believe I'll become student council vice-chairman next year."

The secretary rested his head against the wall, muttering: "I didn't believe him, but I never imagined someone in this world would actually do something like 'selling out the girl who secretly loves him,' I'm really stupid… truly."

Kaguya Shinomiya smiled faintly: "Si Ke Te, in order to climb up, has already betrayed his relatives, friends, and the girl who secretly loves him, tsk tusk… from a certain perspective, this guy really is a genuine 'Lone Wolf'."

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"Tail continued drifting forward, soon encountering a wolf."

"Is that a wolf? No, that's Si Ke Te himself."

"A crystal-style crown floated behind Si Ke Te; Tail instantly recognized this as Si Ke Te's most twisted desire."

"We've finally reached the depths of the soul, you're beyond saving, old man will take away your twisted desire."

"Who are you? This is my private territory, how did you get in?" Si Ke Te oddly sized him up.

"I come and go as I please, do I need your permission?" Tail pointed at Si Ke Te, "Let me give you a piece of my mind… you say you, for the sake of advancement, you don't do a single humane thing!"

"All this is for success. My Si Ke Te family's pride is a qualified 【Lone Wolf】, to reach the pinnacle of life I'll do anything."

"Tail countered: 'But are you really happy? You sacrificed family, friendship, love, just for those illusory credit points… ask yourself honestly, are you really happy?'"

"Si Ke Te seemed stammered, his lips trembling: 'Am I happy… I… I really am happy… I…'"

"'I'm truly so happy! My happiness you can't even imagine!'"

"'Sacrificing feelings'? Naive! What use are 'feelings'? Can 'feelings' turn into ham on my plate? Into red wine in my glass? Into the starship I pilot, the mansion I live in?"

"'How many credit points can 'feelings' be exchanged for? You answer me! But credit points can buy feelings—if I have enough credit points, I can make anyone I want my friend, and they'll become my friend!'"

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Hunter × Hunter.

"Interesting."

The Ant King finally spoke, his voice echoing in the vast palace.

The three guards attending him immediately held their breath and focused.

"This human… among all humans we've seen so far, he might be the purest."

"Yes, yes." Hou A Fu nodded, slightly bowing: "It's not a pursuit of power, but pure ambition for advancement. This guy is stranger than any human we've seen… we've never seen someone so decisively betray his own kin…"

The Ant King rubbed his chin, a faint smile forming at the corner of his mouth: "Most humans are full of contradictions, words and deeds at odds, bound by complex emotions and morals, making foolish choices. But this Si Ke Te, as an extreme specimen, is excellent—if we completely discard human emotional bonds and take profit maximization as the sole criterion, what would humanity become."

More importantly, this Si Ke Te's way of speaking he really likes.

Very interesting.

Each of his remarks completely exceeded his expectations, utterly unpredictable in his subsequent behavior logic. This had never occurred when observing people like Yan Qing before. He even began to anticipate what further unexpected remarks Si Ke Te would make next.