Sogo Doma's explanation made it clear what having a luck stat of zero meant. Except...
Hey, hey, did this guy just call fate a little... little bitch? What kind of person favored by fate repaid fate with a name like that?
Huh? He never said he was favored by fate. He just said fate was keeping him afloat. Was there really any difference between that and being favored by fate?
There definitely was!
All she could say was that Sogo Doma clearly knew the other party had its eye on him—hated him—yet he treated that hostility as favor?
Cough, cough...
Thinking that, Shizuka Hiratsuka felt sympathetic, but she still said, "If fate has been tormenting you like this, then you chose Toyogasaki by throwing darts..."
"I don't care..." In fact, when Sogo Doma said that, he sounded more like, "The Lord does not care." Yet what he actually said was, "Would you care if a child played a prank on you?"
Shizuka Hiratsuka froze again, then said excitedly, "You..."
It was no wonder she was excited. Sogo Doma's words clearly treated so-called fate as a child, but if he could stand above fate, why couldn't fate stand above humanity?
Put it this way: if fate took a turn, Newton would never have discovered gravity because of a falling apple. If fate took a turn, Einstein would never have proposed relativity...
All it had to do was alter their experiences slightly. For example, just as Newton was struck by an apple, a "Monkey King" could suddenly dart out beside him, snatch the apple away, and say, "Haha, who knew I'd find an apple just by taking a stroll? LUCK!"
"Kid, what are you staring at my apple for? It's mine!"
If that happened, then no matter how brilliant Newton was, the