Latent Desires

Eida stood nearby. He did not cry out in pain. Instead, his hand writhed as he turned the claw back into a hand.

He could accept being punched back by Shamu, but what he found even more unacceptable was that Claw Marks could not appear on Shamu's body.

"Why can't Claw Marks appear on you!?"

Code looked shocked and uncertain.

When Shamu approached, he had released a considerable amount of Sage Art Chakra around his body.

Code's Claw Marks were also something similar to the fluctuations Shamu had sensed before.

Those fluctuations vanished the moment they struck the Sage Art Chakra, which was why the Claw Marks could not appear directly on Shamu's body.

But Shamu had no intention of answering Code. Instead, he looked at Eida, whose expression had turned ugly. "There probably isn't anyone in this world more hypocritical than you."

Eida asked coldly, "Why?"

A mocking smile curled across Shamu's lips. "Your charm ability is clearly the manifestation of your inner desires."

"Yet you insist on acting like you're terribly troubled by it. What is that if not hypocrisy?"

Eida frowned. "Although my ability does not work on you, this isn't what I wanted."

"For a young girl, what she wants most is an ordinary romance."

"But I cannot even fulfill such a simple wish."

Eida's voice was full of grievance, as though Shamu had wronged her terribly.

The disgust on Shamu's face deepened. "What an ugly display."

"Your 'Omnipotence' could clearly alter the entire world so that no one liked you, yet you refuse to use it."

"Your deepest desire is for everyone in the world to like you."

"Don't give me that nonsense about wanting to fall in love."

"You simply want to turn even those who don't like you into dogs that worship at