Could it be that he had some secret that made him immune to the effects? If so, then maybe—
"No, I think even I couldn't avoid being affected. After all, I haven't stopped being human, and some rule-reversal abilities are just that absurd." Just as Nao was getting excited over her discovery, Ash shook his head and gave a helpless shrug, crushing the girl's hopes.
"If you're asking why, reversing 1 only makes it -1. If it's 0, then reversing it still leaves it at 0."
"That's so mean!"
Though the result was technically a good thing, Nao had not expected him to put it so bluntly. She nearly bit her tongue in agitation. The favorability she had finally built up thanks to his company and the ice cream was instantly about to plummet again.
You were having so much fun playing soccer with me earlier... So to you, I was just the difference between 0 and 1?!
"When it comes to making people angry, you're just as outstanding as you are at making people hate you!"
After a bout of melancholy, Nao, who had been especially pent-up today, finally said something that absolutely could not count as a compliment. Ash accepted it with complete calm.
"Say no more. For a genius like me, this level of achievement is only natural."
Being hated by others was the secret art of a qualified villain. The things your enemies wanted to curse you for were, in truth, also praise. Of course I knew how impressive I was.
"I wasn't complimenting you..."
Watching Nao bicker tirelessly with Ash, who wore a strangely "sharp" gaze and a "wicked grin," Candy tilted her head in confusion, her face covered in ice cream cream from licking it.
"Kuru?"
They were saying such mean things, but they