Another World Trip: Journey with My Cat and an Otaku Loli Goddess Chapter 57 - Terrible Actors' Farewell

However, who was Long Di to look a gift horse in the mouth? He just rolled with it.

“Woe is you indeed! For I will NOT have this technique anymore!”

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The elders stared at the duo and their ‘performance’.

The Peach Blossom Sage’s Spiritual Intent over-acting and Long DI’s… underacting somehow achieved a bizarre equilibrium.

An equilibrium which somehow made their performance believable. Remember, one of them was doing too much, and the other was barely doing anything at all as far as efforts were concerned.

The only remaining constant between the two was that they were both terrible actors. Going by this logic, there was no reason for their performance to be anywhere near the realm of believability, but here we are.

For lack of a better metaphor, the two’s actions took on the remarkable properties of kool-aid. If we take Long Di’s lacklustre acting as the water in this combination, then the Peach remnant will’s overacting was the powdery goodness that is kool-aid that added flavour to his otherwise tasteless performance.

They were horrible, yes, but they were horrible together and this made it work for some reason, reasons that went beyond the ken of mortal men. Maybe this is what is called teamwork makes the dream work.

“And now, my failed young protege who is NO LONGER qualified to wield the power that I entrusted to you and can take back ANYTIME I WANT, it is time for me to make a move and relinquish myself of this woe!”

Making exaggerated hand gestures that seemed to signal the end of this play, the Spiritual Intent drifted over to Long Di and placed his index finger on Long Di’s brow as if to take back what he granted him.

Long Di closed his eyes to await the incoming nothing that he expected, but not before saying something else to seal the deal for all the spectators.

“it is so unlucky that I will NEVER again possess, NEVER to even GIVE to other people that move with the finger that I got from the Peach Blossom Sage’s Spiritual Intent… Did I mention that I got it from the Spiritual Intent!? Because I did!

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