"Now that the second experiment has reached a conclusion, are you still going to keep holding my hand, Sogo?" Although she had already begun hypnotizing herself into believing she was a fake academic prodigy—and had suffered a cross-dimensional blow from someone on the level of a god of learning—Mai Sakurajima still pursed her lips as she spoke. Even so, she herself was holding Sogo Doma's hand tightly, with no intention of letting go...
Sogo turned back again, looking puzzled. "Who said the second experiment has reached a conclusion? Mai, don't tell me you think this so-called experiment was just about holding hands?"
Mai Sakurajima: "..."
As a fake academic prodigy, what could she do? Could she say, "Wasn't it?"
Based on what she had learned about Sogo Doma since getting to know him, if she really voiced that confusion—"Wasn't it?"—all that awaited her would be another devastating blow from him on the intellectual front...
A fake academic prodigy discussing specialized knowledge with a god of learning? Mai Sakurajima considered herself far too clever to do something like that! Better to keep quiet!
Watching the former bunny girl put on an expression that said, "Whatever you say," Sogo sighed inwardly. He had just been thinking that if she wanted to argue, he could discuss quantum mechanics with her and deepen her impression of him as a bookworm with no social skills...
But with her being this cooperative, Sogo couldn't come up with a decent excuse for the moment...
"Next, we'll test the scope of meme definition. To put it simply, within the logic by which a meme forms, what exactly counts as existing in relation to you, Mai..."
"Hm?" Mai Sakurajima was confused. How was that any different from the previous experiment?
"Mm... Let me explain it a little more clearly.