Hua Yi glanced sideways, silently watching Ranpo as she spoke those words.
Her tone was spirited, like a newborn calf, brimming with vitality and resolve.
But Ranpo was no calf.
The girl had clearly been through a great deal.
Having endured suffering and tasted every hardship and setback, she still maintained such momentum.
Positive, uplifting—a very wholesome ninja miss!
A Ninja Hero Against Meme Contamination
Ranpo was a little unaccustomed to Hua Yi's gaze.
It was as if he saw straight through her. There was goodwill in it, a friendliness utterly unlike the people she had once encountered in the City of Ninjas.
Cultivating the Chaotic Ninja Path had not been smooth sailing. Ranpo had suffered greatly, and now that she had suddenly tasted sweetness—literally, in the sweet drink she was having—in other ways...
It was like staying by Hua Yi's side made the burden in her head no longer so heavy, leaving her much more relaxed.
"I have never forgotten my training in the Galactic Ninjutsu Scroll. The trial nodes in the Chaotic Demon Breaking Legend once showed me all manner of training missions."
After a pause, Ranpo lowered the brim of her hat.
"One segment was called [If I Had Never Been a Ninja Hero]. It opened a fantasy storyline. If, as a child, I had not needed to swallow secret medicine containing excessive ninja power, what sort of person would I have wanted to become?"
"I'm curious too." Hua Yi always gave Ranpo the right response at just the right time, keeping the conversation going.
Through his words, gestures, and expression, he showed that he was listening seriously.
He did not treat the girl's experiences as some ordinary little story.
"A hot-blooded manga artist, a gold-chain singer, a martial arts gym coach. I should have had three