Preparing for a Rainy Day

Delin's brother didn't seem to have much say in the family!

Still, it was understandable. So many movies and TV shows had taught them that retired superheroes never had very harmonious families.

Fu Qian watched the scene before him with interest, in no hurry to speak.

He didn't think Rebecca had any particular respect for him. Rebelling against an elder was the point, along with the young person's vigorous need to make her presence felt.

She was definitely going through her rebellious phase.

"But if we go by what you're saying, Rebecca, how is that any different from celebrities and public figures? Plenty of people know them, too."

Seeing the conversation between father and daughter grind to a halt, Mrs. Delin wore a wry smile. Hayami Suzune gathered herself and tried to make use of her logical abilities.

"The concept of 'knowing' is too complicated. It can come from all sorts of reasons, and it's difficult to define."

The rebellious girl met the challenge without the slightest fear.

"But the concept of depth can bring all of this together. It adds an entirely new dimension—clear and impartial, with no one person's opinion at its center."

"In my opinion, that's far more interesting than supernatural powers like breathing fire or burrowing underground."

Where had she learned to talk like that?

Rebecca's face was slightly flushed from her impassioned speech. Hayami Suzune felt her head beginning to throb, and suddenly understood how the Delins felt.

Yet even as she sympathized, a voice inside her couldn't help but roar:

The kid's got too much free time. Give her something to do! Sign her up for some after-school classes—take that guy's advice, for all I care! Anything to stop her sitting at home watching TV and letting her imagination run wild all day!

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