Chapter 341: Solicitor (1/2)

Chapter 341: Solicitor

Translator: Strivon

Bamboo Pole gazed straight at Luo Nan as an image through the Psychic Wave Network. He chuckled as he said, ”I won't say much else. You're taking my class, and you're taking Secretary He's class. Don't you have any impressions?”

”...Yes, probably.” Luo Nan wasn't hesitating in his heart as much as he was with his mouth. After all, He Yueyin and Bamboo Pole were both teaching him 'cultural courses,’ but their styles were completely different. It was unavoidable for him to sometimes compare in private.

Bamboo Pole encouraged him, ”Speak. Speak and see.”

There wasn't much else to say about Bamboo Pole's teaching style. As for He Yueyin's teaching style, Luo Nan had to think as he spoke, ”When Sister He Yueyin teaches, she easily provides all sorts of information. She covers vastly and thoroughly, and she also makes the overall concept exceptionally clear. Her lessons are quite enchanting.”

”And what else?”

”Her arguments are precise and appropriate. Her words are precise and the meanings are plentiful. They are usually sharp to the bone. She often points out the deep, hidden activities behind important events. She explains the relationship between the secular world and the inner world, the traditional political structures and the new power that are ability users, very smoothly and understandably.”

Bamboo Pole's eyebrows jumped. ”I feel that what you've said is not much different from my own impressions, of course, except the thing about her words being precise and the meanings plentiful. Don't blindly praise her. Doesn't she have any flaws? Or something that's different from me?”

He saw Luo Nan hesitate a bit, so he persisted in pressing him, ”Relax, I won't spill the beans. Even if I do, she's a very open-minded person. She won't mind.”

”I don't quite understand when it comes to her flaws.” Luo Nan was an honest kid in the end. He was unwilling to talk behind someone's back, regardless if it was about their shortcomings or their strengths. He pondered for quite a while before he said, ”If there is something different, it would be that her knowledge points are more focused. Her pace is also much faster than yours.”

Bamboo Pole burst into laughter. He smacked his chin fiercely. ”That's the right answer.”

”Huh?” Luo Nan didn't understand what was so funny.

Bamboo Pole gave him a further step in realization. ”Isn't the course schedule she arranged for you based on this same principle? From morning to night, you follow it closely, step by step.”

”Uh, it's all right. It's not particularly strict. It's nothing much now that you've mentioned it. Besides, how else can I grasp knowledge as quickly as possible?”

”Of course you feel that it's normal, because you and she are the same kind of person. You two are both bows stretched very taut. The arrow that shoots out is sharp and penetrating. It is unstoppable, but what happens in normal times?”

Luo Nan was a little stunned. This was the first time he heard someone compare him side by side with He Yueyin.

Bamboo Pole continued his assessment, ”There is no one in the entire branch who can keep up with Secretary He's fast tempo. She moves as if a ferocious beast is chasing her. Since entering the Society, she has managed the branch's affairs, drawn up various systems, and so on. Obviously, this is good, but this is a chill Society. We're not in a state of battle. Who can persevere like this day in and day out? Of one hundred people, ten will carry on as usual. Ten will persevere. Fifty will thrash as if they are drowning. And thirty will drag everyone else down. Collapse will first happen from within, before the enemy even attacks.”

Luo Nan was seriously suspecting that Bamboo Pole was using this as a chance to roast He Yueyin.

As a hacker, this fellow’s nature treated anything binding with skepticism. He was a standard anarchist. He never hid this during his lectures.

Luo Nan really admired this aspect of Bamboo Pole. Although Bamboo Pole liked to roast others, he was the person who coordinated the best with He Yueyin during the last few operations. Their tacit understanding was the highest.

”Well, I digress. Let's continue talking about the examples.” Bamboo Pole adopted a different posture on his ergonomic chair. His expression conveyed helplessness as he said, ”In a sense, people like Secretary He are extremely selfish. Don't be suspicious. I'm also talking about you. Consciously or not, you both believe that the world turns according to your tempo.”

The 'selfish' Luo Nan could only listen.

”I won't mention you for now. Secretary He is actually quite a magnanimous person. She has the aura of a savior. I always feel that her methods are good for everyone. She has a sense of mission. She gives off the feeling that all the living beings under the heavens are her business. Maybe she has a lot more secrets, a lot more dangers, than we know, based on her family background. She likely has unspeakable difficulties. But she's a bit vapid from the perspectives of us incorrigible fellows. It makes people not interested in pursuing her.”

When Bamboo Pole spoke to this point, his eyes tilted over. ”What about you?”

”....”

They were silent like this for quite a while before Luo Nan asked, baffled, ”Why aren't you saying anything?”

Bamboo Pole raised a hands. ”I'm the one who's asking. You're much more closed off than Secretary He, and Secretary He's goals are much more clear-cut than yours. Her skills are more superb, and her mind is clearer. She knows that she's lacking, so she still continues to revise and improve herself. You are different. You're sixteen this year, right? You're not of age. You haven't finished maturing. Your temperament is still unfixed, and your brain is filled with fantastical thoughts. It is very tiring to use the mind to guess what you're thinking when you don't talk.”

Luo Nan pressed his lips into a thin line. This wasn't the first time he heard a similar evaluation. But such a situation, with Bamboo Pole using this to set off an example, was rarely seen. Luo Nan could only feel a bit apologetic for He Yueyin.

He was just about to speak when Bamboo Pole raised a hand. ”You don't need to talk about restoring Formatting Theory's name, defending your mother's work of art, or similar talk.”

Then what could he talk about? Luo Nan was stifled in an instant.

Bamboo Pole stared straight at him. He sighed only after a long while, ”You don't have any other goals?”

Luo Nan copied Bamboo Pole's previous action of spreading his hands in helplessness. ”These goals still aren't enough? What else do I need?”

Bamboo Pole sighed again, ”Isn't it enough?”

”Huh?”