The System is Abstract, Luckily, So Am I
Chapter 504

Ellipsis Is a Profound Art

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Is this right?

Isn't it?

Isn't it right?

It is, right?

No, no, no, no, no.

Oh, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.

Look! The left brain unleashed Rozan Rising Rooster Strike on the right brain! Absolutely spectacular! The wrinkles on the right brain have been beaten smooth! Can it keep fighting?! It can! It can! It got back up! It didn't let down the audience who loved it! Not only did the right brain get back up—it launched a combo! It actually pulled off a combo! Left and right straight punches followed by a left hook and a spinning whip kick! Oh, Grandma's groundhog, the left brain has been splattered so badly it can't even go into a hotpot! But the left brain hasn't given up either! It's still fighting! It's still firing off its last nerve—

—Brother Sun felt like a boxing match much like that was currently taking place inside his head.

Arnold had a pointy thing that could think in his place, but Brother Sun did not. Therefore, he couldn't reach a conclusion and was somewhat dazed.

Hiss—

The short phrase "borrow you one year of your lifespan" really could be interpreted either way.

Because you had no idea whether what it omitted was "lend it to you" or "borrow yours."

The two meanings were therefore completely different.

Chinese was amazing, wasn't it?

Brother Sun couldn't help recalling his high school days.

Back then, he had done a Chinese abbreviation question. It was "The homeroom teacher's eyes shed tears of happiness," and it seemed to have been an actual college entrance exam question from some year.

His thought process at the time had gone like this.

The subject was the homeroom teacher's eyes, which could be abbreviated as "eyes."

The noun was tears of happiness. They were

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