"Why are you being so dishonest? You're a grown boy, yet you're still saying one thing and meaning another. You clearly want to be friends with me, but you insist you don't."
"Just say whatever's on your mind. I invited you so sincerely, yet you still refused. What more do you want? Let me tell you, I don't just say things like this to anyone."
"And look at how outstanding I am. I'm willing to say something like this to you, and you're still not satisfied? You really don't know when you've got it good. Let me tell you, I bet I'm the only person who would ever say these things to you."
Uchiha Hikaru had already more or less seen through what the boy was thinking. He felt that as long as he provoked him a little with words, the boy would easily agree to go with him.
Besides, he could read minds, so he knew exactly what the little boy was thinking. The boy was still concerned about his master, and he also did not know whether Uchiha Hikaru was a good person worth trusting.
So Uchiha Hikaru thought that as long as he said a few more things to make himself seem trustworthy and firmly assured him that he was reliable, the boy would surely follow him without hesitation.
It was also obvious that the boy had no room to show his talents here. As long as he agreed to this—
—he could put his strengths to use. If the boy heard him say that, he would definitely be overjoyed.
"Don't feed me that crap. You act like you understand me so well, but you don't know what kind of person I am at all. I'm not buying your nonsense."
"And I've seen plenty of people like