"I'll help you..." Lowering her head, a cute expression suddenly appeared on the little girl's blankly adorable face. "But if it's just me, I might lose."
"Don't tell me you only made that face to get me to agree."
The next moment, the little girl's expression returned to its usual adorable blankness, and she even nodded. "That's right. Making that expression makes you more inclined to agree, and you... will agree."
"...Why would you say that?" Jiu Ming forced a laugh. "Maybe because of what you just said, I'll decide not to agree."
The little girl tilted her head. "You seem like the kind of person who likes to stick his foot into anything that happens."
That hit the nail right on the head...
But Jiu Ming really didn't want to meddle in this. It had completely gone beyond anything humanly possible. What outcome could there be if an 'ant' like him went over there?
"There are many books about human psychology in the library. Though you aren't human, your behavior is no different from a human's, so they apply to you as well."
"Fine, fine, you win." Jiu Ming shook his head and rubbed his chin. "Say, you and that what's-its-name—something that exists like you, right? You haven't even fought yet, so how do you know you can't beat it?" "I am not a combat type, while it holds a greater advantage than I do in battle."
"Damn!? You're that useless?"
"Useless?" The little girl tilted her head. As if to prove something, an immense pressure suddenly descended from the sky and bore down upon Jiu Ming. "Not being a combat type does not mean I lack the strength I should possess."
"..." Under that crushing pressure, the air around Jiu Ming seemed to have congealed into solid matter.