People with Superpowers Don’t Want to Be Popular 854

Title: People Always Want to Hear What They Want to Hear

“Um.”

Ren didn’t quite understand what she wanted to convey, so he responded as if he did.

Seeing his reaction, Nino looked a little disappointed but said nothing. She continued looking around, as if choosing the next store to enter.

“Kamikawa-san, what do you think about accessories?”

After entering a new women’s clothing store, Nino started a new topic.

“I don’t like wearing accessories.” Ren simply stated his preference.

“I can see that.”

Nino turned and observed his entire body, finally settling on his black-framed glasses.

“You rarely wear any adornments.”

“Yeah.”

Ren acknowledged.

“Have you ever received a gift in this regard? About accessories and such.” Nino asked casually.

“I don’t know how to define it, but it should be considered something.”

Ren had received headphones from Miku.

Although he didn’t know if headphones were considered accessories, Miku still hung them around his neck. It could be said that headphones had become an accessory.

“Not bad.” Nino teased deliberately, “I thought if you hadn’t received such a gift, I’d buy one for you.”

“Is that so?”

Ren might have understood her intention.

“Would you like it? If you do, it’s not impossible to go to the accessories section together after buying the clothes.” Nino asked with a smile.

“I can do that.” Ren said indifferently.

“Such ambiguous statements are essentially a subtle expression of what you want.” Nino said helplessly.

“...”

She was right.

As Nino said, Ren actually still wanted to receive the gift.

But he couldn’t do something like asking for a gift outright, so he said that.

“Then let’s shop in the accessories area later.” Nino had made a decision.

“Sure.”

Ren agreed.

After a moment, he added, “Thank you.”

“...You’re welcome.”

Nino was stunned for a moment, then returned to her usual self and replied with a smile.

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On the other side.

“Fujiwara-san, according to the information I learned, Kamikawa doesn’t like wearing accessories.”

Fumino seriously conveyed the information she had learned to Chika, who looked very excited.

“I know this.”

Chika still understood this basic information.

Pointing to the dazzling array of accessories around them, Fumino couldn’t help but complain, “Then why did we come to the accessories area to choose a gift for Kamikawa?”

“Because Kamikawa-kun once said to me, ‘As long as it’s a gift from you, I’ll like it. No matter what the gift is.’ So I decided to try and give him jewelry even if he doesn’t like wearing it.” Chika explained.

“Are you sure those are Kamikawa’s exact words? I don’t think that’s something he would say.” Fumino sensed something was off.

Judging by Ren’s character, there was nothing wrong with the second half of the sentence, but the first half sounded odd.

Words with a strong confession-like tone weren’t his usual style.

“It’s because I forgot his exact words, so I could only process it a bit artistically based on my understanding.” Chika said indifferently, “But the difference shouldn’t be too big.”

“Then, tell me the original words you still remember. I don’t trust artistically processed words.”

As a liberal arts genius, Fumino was very aware of the vast difference between original words and artistic processing.

“It should be like ‘as long as you give me a gift, I’ll be happy, no matter what the gift is,’” Chika tried to recall.

“This sentence and the one you just said have very different meanings!”

Fumino’s mouth twitched slightly.

“No way, people always want to hear what they want to hear, even if the original meaning deviates, it doesn’t matter.” Chika showed a very smug expression.

“You seem to be saying something outrageous.”

Fumino remembered that the Fujiwara family was a political family.

“In short, there’s no problem with me choosing jewelry to give to Kamikawa-kun.” Chika clenched her fist, “He said that to me. If he dares not to like the jewelry I choose, I’ll tease him badly.”

“That’s true, but I think it would be better if you thought more carefully about giving him that jewelry.” Fumino suggested.

“No problem, I’ve prepared another gift. As long as he accepts the jewelry I give him and doesn’t express any dissatisfaction, the other gift will be given to him as well.”

Chika put her hands on her hips and proudly shared her complete plan.

“Isn’t the word ‘gift’ used incorrectly?” Fumino reminded, “In this context, it sounds awkward.”

“Then what should be used?” Chika asked, “Reward?”

“That’s even more wrong! Use...”

Before Fumino finished speaking, Chika suddenly grabbed her hand and pulled her to the side of the shelf to hide.

“What?” She asked hesitantly.

“They’ve come to this store. Lower your voice so they don’t find you.”

Letting go of her hand, Chika pointed to Ren and Nino who had just entered, and spoke to Fumino in a low voice.

“Even so, we don’t need to hide, right? We’re not here to follow them, we coincidentally ran into them.”

After carefully sticking her head out to look, Fumino couldn’t help but lower her voice after confirming that it was indeed them.

“Fumino-san, do you know my other identity?”

Chika communicated with her in a low voice while watching them communicate in low voices.

“What is it?”

Fumino asked unconsciously.

“It’s a love detective!” Chika turned to her and said excitedly, “And this situation is the perfect time for the love detective to show off!”

“I finally found such an opportunity. If I miss it, I don’t know when the next chance will come.”

“Please don’t misunderstand, we came to this store just to buy accessories.”

Fumino answered the question wrongly, leaving Chika a bit confused.

“What are you talking about?”

“Nothing, I almost misunderstood you just now.”

At this moment, a very calm figure of Nino came from behind Chika.

“Huh?”

Chika was stunned.