Luigi shook his head. "Why has Sypolov become so downcast? I don't know either. Want me to ask him?"
Before Angel could say anything, Luigi had already leaned over to Sypolov, patted him on the shoulder, and asked with a smile amid Sypolov's puzzled expression, "Why have you gotten so weird?"
Sypolov raised a finger and pointed at himself, asking somewhat blankly, "M-Me? Weird?"
Luigi nodded. "Yeah. You kept staring at the main display stage earlier. No matter what race went up, no matter what they displayed, you watched them with those clear and stupid eyes of yours..."
Before Luigi could finish, Sypolov timidly raised a hand. "I'm wearing an eye mask."
With an eye mask on, how could Luigi see any so-called "clear and stupid eyes"? Besides, the Yingji Race had no eyes. Even if he took off the eye mask, Luigi would not be able to see any look in his eyes.
Luigi said noncommittally, "I know. It's just a figure of speech. I really can't see your eyes, but that mouth hanging open because you were spacing out, those two front teeth showing slightly, and those subtly flared nostrils... all those details told me, from the side, of your clarity and stupidity."
Sypolov wanted to argue further, but Luigi waved him off. "Don't nitpick those details. They aren't important. What matters is, why did your expression suddenly change after Unfallen King City appeared?"
Sypolov opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but after quite a while, he could not force out a single word.
Luigi continued pressing on. "And don't deny it. I've been watching you the whole time. I'm sure you suddenly became gloomy after Black Goat took the stage. So, is it because of Black Goat?"
Sypolov looked at Luigi and said nothing for a