"Are you trying to recall your country's records on my ability?" Okamoto Masao chuckled. "Don't waste your effort. No one but my adoptive father knows what my ability is."
Chu Ge said, "People already know you two are screwing. What could be more socially mortifying than that?"
Miyamura Jiro: "..."
Okamoto Masao: "..."
Chu Ge smiled faintly. "There's no need to act mysterious, either. To me, the fact that no one knows your ability actually proves it isn't all that strong. After all, if the successor to a major organization were truly powerful, he ought to confidently use it to intimidate the world. What's the point of hiding it, afraid people might find out?"
Okamoto Masao paused, then narrowed his eyes.
Chu Ge said mildly, "Let me guess. Your ability is probably the kind that becomes easy to counter once someone knows about it in advance. So whenever you use it, you don't allow outsiders to watch and spread the word. And you fight your opponents to the death. Once they're dead, naturally, they can't reveal your secret. Highly dangerous, sure. Powerful? Not necessarily."
Qiu Wuji smiled faintly too.
It felt wonderful watching this young man grow, step by step, as though she were raising him. Well, I am his master, after all... Perhaps before long, I won't need to teach him anything anymore.
Qiu Wuji pursed her lips again, feeling a little wistful. My husband's all grown up...
Neither of the young couple took this "highly dangerous individual" too seriously. On the contrary, both were rather interested and wanted to know exactly what his ability was. Just moments ago, Chu Ge had wanted to play a little longer with those people raising their arms and spreading their legs. Wasn't this more fun than that?
But after staring blankly for