Chapter 38 The One Standing In Front of You Now Is...

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In order to prevent Asuma from making any more shocking remarks, Sōseki hurriedly continued the previous topic, "However, only the eyes won’t be covered by the mask!"

Asuma nodded thoughtfully, and then stared straight at Sōseki, "Sōseki, guess what I’m thinking about now."

Sōseki looked back calmly, seeing Asuma feeling dazed at this moment, "You didn't think about anything. Now, you should be telling yourself not to think about anything."

Asuma's eyes widened upon hearing this, "That's amazing, isn’t this just mind reading?"

Sōseki gently shook his head and said, "It’s not that miraculous. It’s just because I’m very familiar with your character. If it’s a stranger, even i with the help of their eyes, expressions, and body movements, I can only analyze some details at most."

"That's already very amazing." Asuma rubbed his hands together and said in a friendly manner, "Sōseki, can you teach me this?"

"Of course. After all, I was going to bring it up in the Psychology Club."

"Huh? I thought your Psychology Club is just to listen."

"Since it is the Psychology Club, we must first understand everyone's true thoughts."

Sōseki smiled slightly. He didn't mind letting psychology take root in this world.

On one hand, the characteristics of psychology itself are destined. There are many people who are interested, but only very few people are really willing to go deeper. On the other hand, what he is going to talk about is mainly micro-expression analysis. This is not only useless for people who can control their own micro-expression well, but they can also deliberately let the others interpret the "real thoughts" they want to convey.

……

After listening to Sōseki's brief explanation, Asuma felt that he could already master it.

‘Isn't it enough to have eyes to analyze things like psychology?’

"Who can I find to practice with?" Asuma muttered to himself, and then his eyes lit up, and he swaggered towards a certain direction.

"Why are you here again, little brat?" Seeing Asuma standing in front of the stall with his head and chest held high, the stall owner who sold the liquor was annoyed.

Asuma folded his arms and decided to use the "snap people" method Sōseki taught him, "You are selling fake wine!"

The stall owner was startled first, and immediately said angrily, "Are you little brat looking for a fight?"

‘Hmm? He didn't look elsewhere, which means he has no guilty conscience. Too bad I failed this first time.’ Although Asuma was depressed, he doesn't care about the other party's attitude.

Seeing that the other party was about to get angry, Sōseki stepped forward and said, "Although the wine is not fake, it should be blended many times, right?"

Hearing this, the stall owner said confidently, "You little bastards don't understand, the wine was meant to be blended."

"But, the taste of the wine is so weak, are you sure it is not, Raikage says it's very good after drinking it...?"

The stall owner's expression stiffened, and Asuma, who was next to him, moved beside Sōseki and shouted, "Looking to the side, he really has a guilty conscience."

Hearing him shout like this, the stall owner said angrily, "What do you know? Raikage-sama is... wrong, why should I explain it to little brats like you?"

Seeing that the other party was on the verge of going berserk, Sōseki calmly pointed to his side, "The one standing in front of you now is the son of Hokage, the top genius in Konoha’s Academy, and also the Vice-President of the Psychology Club!"

The stall owner's raised fist stopped in mid-air, and his face became very strange, "I'm sorry for bothering you!"

Asuma accepted the title Sōseki gave him with peace of mind, and asked, "Sōseki, are there any more?"

"What else do you want me to say?" Sōseki looked at him strangely, and then shook his head.

"I think the mind hunter is very good. This hunter is about to start hunting down those who have fallen into the darkness!" Asuma felt good about himself and observed back and forth in the market, looking for the next target.

At this moment, Sōseki suddenly stopped in front of a shop.

"Sōseki, what are you stopping there for?" Asuma tilted his head, and his eyes suddenly lit up, "Sōseki, wait, don't say anything, let me analyze it."

"Well, Sōseki, when you just stopped, your eyes were paying attention to the sign in front of this store, and your eyebrows furrowed very covertly, indicating that you think there is something wrong with the sign of this store."

Saying that, Asuma also looked over.

"It turned out to be this store. I noticed it when I passed by before. The owner wrote the price on the signboard outside in advance, and the price was set very high. It should be to prevent those of us who can't afford it from entering and disturbing him."

After saying that, Asuma looked at Sōseki, "So, is there any problem?"

Sōseki pondered for a moment and said, "At first, I thought about that too, but when I passed by the second time, I found something that wasn't quite right."

"Is there something wrong?"

"This shop sells the special products of the Land of Lightning. If a Konoha merchant bought it from the Land of Lightning, he should wait for these Land of Lightning’s merchants to leave before started selling it. Therefore, this shop is likely to be rented or bought by Land of Lightning’s merchants."

Asuma seemed to be enlightened, and a flash of inspiration appeared in his mind, "The surrounding Kumogakure’s merchants all set up their stalls directly. Only this one rented or bought the shop. If he doesn’t plan to return to Kumogakure, the best thing to do now is to buy goods and stock it up. But instead of doing this, he set the price very outrageously, as if driving customers away, indicating that this business is probably just His 'mask'."

Sōseki nodded, "Although it is not certain, it is indeed quite possible."

"Hmph, no matter whether he has a problem or not, let this hunter go in and test..."

"Wait, the previous method may not work anymore. If the other party really has a problem, his psychological quality is definitely not comparable to the previous one."

"What shall we do then?"

"Hehe, of course, make them show their own flaws! So, this time, Asuma, you need to show your true colors..."

After discussing for a while, accompanied by an extremely arrogant voice, the two actors officially debuted.

"Boss, boss!"

"Here, here..." The boss ran out cheerfully, and was stunned when he saw the two little kids standing at the door, but he quickly regained his composure and asked, "Kids, what are you doing here?"

‘Well, the 'strength' of this boss is really strong!’ Asuma, who has already identified the other party as a bad guy, secretly evaluated the other party's acting skills.

"Of course we are here to buy things. Are you saying that we would come to see you for a bath?"

"Cough cough!"

The boss looked puzzled, but said in a gentle tone, "Kids, the things I have here are very expensive. You should go to other places to play."

Asuma did not speak, and just raised his head and pointed his nostril at the owner.

At this moment, Sōseki stepped forward, " The one standing in front of you now is the son of Hokage, the looter, the future heir of Sarutobi Clan, and a strong candidate for Konoha’s Academy’s second year’s class leader!"


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