“Evil King True Eye?”
Gu Cheng raised an eyebrow, feigning surprise. “What is that?”
Takanashi Rikka didn’t answer. Instead, she looked at him with an astonished expression, as if he had just uttered something absurd. Then, she said seriously:
“The Evil King True Eye can see truths that ordinary people cannot. It can see through all falsehoods. It is the strongest power!”
“Oh? Really?” Gu Cheng suppressed a smile, playing along. “Then, what has your Evil King True Eye seen?”
“I saw!” Takanashi Rikka puffed out her chest with pride. “You have a powerful force within you. You are a superpowered being!”
“Superpowered being…” Gu Cheng pretended to contemplate, stroking his chin. “But would a superpowered being really appear in Totsuka Academy?”
“Of course!” Takanashi Rikka said excitedly. “I am one!”
She raised her right hand, striking a strange pose, and muttered something under her breath. “Evil King True Eye, activate! Explode, reality! Shatter, spirit! Disappear, world!”
However, nothing happened, except for her striking a rather cringeworthy pose.
“Uh…” Takanashi Rikka lowered her hand awkwardly and mumbled, “Maybe my power hasn’t fully awakened yet…”
Gu Cheng looked at the middle school girl immersed in her own world, finding it both amusing and somewhat helpless. He decided to follow her train of thought for now.
“Alright, even if what you said is true, I’m a superpowered being,” Gu Cheng shrugged his shoulders, pretending to be helpless. “But, what does that have to do with you?”
“Of course it matters!” Takanashi Rikka’s eyes suddenly lit up, as if she had discovered some incredible treasure. She said excitedly, “Since you’re a superpowered being too, you must know how to use your powers, right?”
“So…”
She took a deep breath, clasped her hands together, struck a pleading pose, and said earnestly, “Please take me as your apprentice! Teach me how to use my superpowers!”
“Huh?”
Gu Cheng was completely taken aback.
He didn’t expect Takanashi Rikka to make such a request.
“Take you as an apprentice? Teach you how to use superpowers?” Gu Cheng repeated, as if to confirm that he hadn’t misheard.
“Yes!” Takanashi Rikka nodded vigorously, her eyes full of expectation.
“But…”
Gu Cheng scratched his head, feeling a bit hesitant. “I really don’t know how to teach you how to use superpowers. I’m only just…”
“It doesn’t matter. As long as you’re willing to teach me, I’ll definitely study hard!”
Takanashi Rikka interrupted him, her tone firm. “I will become your most outstanding disciple!”
“This…” Gu Cheng looked at the girl who called herself the “Evil King True Eye.” He didn’t know whether to agree or refuse. To agree, he was also just learning and didn’t know how to teach. To refuse, seeing her hopeful look, he felt a little reluctant.
Just then, as if to prove her determination, Takanashi Rikka suddenly unzipped her backpack and pulled out a beautifully packaged lunchbox, holding it up to Gu Cheng with both hands.
“This is the lunch I made this morning. Please accept it!” she said earnestly, her eyes filled with expectation.
Gu Cheng looked down. The lunchbox contained all sorts of exquisite and cute dishes. There were pink octopus sausages, heart-shaped fried eggs, and “Victory” characters made with seaweed. It looked delicious, both visually appealing and fragrant.
“This…” Gu Cheng hesitated. To be honest, he was actually quite moved by the lunch.
After all, Takanashi Rikka’s sister, Takanashi Tohka, was a head chef at a high-end restaurant. Her cooking skills were excellent.
“Please agree, Master!” Takanashi Rikka sensed Gu Cheng’s hesitation and pressed on, even changing her address directly.
“Uh…” Gu Cheng looked at Takanashi Rikka, her face full of expectation. He finally gave in. “Alright, I agree.”
“That’s great!” Takanashi Rikka immediately cheered, joyfully exclaiming, “Master, please accept my bow!”
She actually started to kneel down to bow to Gu Cheng.
“Woah woah woah, don’t do that! Don’t do that!” Gu Cheng quickly reached out to stop her. If he actually let Takanashi Rikka kneel, he would probably be labeled as a “bully” tomorrow.
“A day as a teacher, a lifetime as a father. The apprentice ceremony cannot be omitted.” Takanashi Rikka said solemnly, with a sense of ritual in her voice.
“Stop, stop, stop. We haven’t even officially started yet. You don’t have to do all this fuss.”
Gu Cheng said with a wry smile.
“That won’t do!” Takanashi Rikka agreed without hesitation, as if afraid that Gu Cheng would change his mind. “Although it doesn’t matter much to Master!”
“But it’s very important to the apprentice!”
Hearing this, Gu Cheng was even more amused.
But.
But he couldn’t do anything about her.
Gu Cheng could only shake his head.
He accepted Takanashi Rikka as his apprentice for now.
“Alright, since you’re my apprentice now, come and give Master a leg massage.”
Gu Cheng said, finding a comfortable position, lying half-reclined in the corner of the rooftop.
“Yes sir!”
Upon seeing this, Takanashi Rikka ran over excitedly, knelt behind Gu Cheng, and began to massage his legs.
It must be said that this girl’s strength was really not small. The massage felt quite comfortable for Gu Cheng.
“Hmm… good, good, the pressure is just right.” Gu Cheng closed his eyes and said with a look of enjoyment.
“Hee hee, Master, is it comfortable?” Takanashi Rikka asked expectantly, her head raised as she diligently massaged.
“Hmm, comfortable.” Gu Cheng responded comfortably, his thoughts drifting elsewhere.
Now that he had acquired telekinesis and somehow picked up a middle school girl with a delusional disorder as an apprentice, what should he do next?
He couldn’t really teach her how to use superpowers, could he?
…
As Gu Cheng was pondering.
Suddenly, a message appeared in his mind:
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