The entire Genius Society was a madhouse. It was actually a good thing Dr. Ratio couldn't get in; Sunday was genuinely afraid that this normal man would become abnormal after joining them.
Just look at the extraordinary characters in that society: some created memetic viruses, some modified living subjects, and others engineered life. All the most dangerous professions were gathered in the Genius Society.
"Then, Teacher, did that man called Dr. Ratio join the Genius Society?"
Hearing Sunday say that Dr. Ratio had wanted to join the Genius Society, Zhu Zhuqing asked curiously. Since her teacher had brought him up, had he succeeded? Was that why Sunday wanted to tell her about him-to encourage her?
Sunday shook his head at her question.
"No, he never joined the Genius Society. Or rather, the Genius Society rejected him.
"Just as I said earlier, in the eyes of a true genius, you might be nothing more than a monkey capable of thought.
"He was unrivaled in the realm of ordinary mortals, shining like the brightest star in the night sky.
"But before true geniuses, he remained an unfathomable distance away, and no one took him seriously."
Zhu Zhuqing was visibly surprised to hear Sunday say this.
"Is... is that so?"
Sunday gave a quiet hum of assent.
"He once dreamed of receiving an invitation from the Genius Society himself. He sent them requests several times, but in the end, they all sank into the sea like stones.
"The reason was that those people thought he wasn't clever enough. Eventually, he too believed that he wasn't clever enough, that he wasn't working hard enough, so he did everything he could to improve.
"Only after traveling from place to place did he discover that these so-called geniuses were merely a bunch of madmen conducting insane