MentalMagician

IDENTIFICATION: “Leader Unit”

STATUS: Integrity failure detected.

CLASSIFICATION: Behavioral anomaly [ INFIDELITY PROTOCOL BREACH ].

ASSESSMENT: Subject is designated “leader.” Subject has been recorded engaging in unauthorized multi-affiliation romantic interaction.

CONCLUSION:

Trust parameter is [ COMPROMISED ]. System update to user file. [ Senku Ishigami ] affiliated with the alias [ CHEATING SCUMBAG ].

Hey! Hey. WHO programmed you to run that diagnostic, you tin-skinned traitor?!

There is zero scientific justification for you broadcasting my personal data like it’s a public research paper! And “CHEATING SCUMBAG”? That’s not even a validated classification system, you malfunctioning calculator.

Kohaku's reliable. That's just objective fact. But there's one other person I'd trust with my life.

Who, though? Kukuku! Use your brain.

Most annoying person in the Kingdom of Science?

Easy.

It’s Gen.

Not because he’s loud. That would be manageable.

It’s because every conversation with him feels like you’ve walked into a meeting where the agenda is “let’s see how long it takes before you realize you’ve already lost.”

He doesn’t answer questions.

He redirects them.

Politely. Constantly. Like a professional obstructionist with a smile.

Everyone else is straightforward in their own way:

Kohaku will just hit you if she disagrees.

Senku will explain why you’re wrong in detail you didn’t request.

Was this because of that one time I convinced you we had no more cigarettes?~

So we’re calling sabotage a “dance of conversation” now.

I see.

Convincing me I had no cigarettes was not clever persuasion.

It was calculated misinformation, dressed up as concern.

I’m impressed you’re proud of that.

And bringing Xeno into this as moral reinforcement is… ambitious.

Incorrect, but ambitious.

I don’t care what Xeno “wants.”

Xeno wants a lot of things that belong firmly in the category of unnecessary stressors.

If you need to frame this as “for my benefit” to justify it to yourself, I won’t stop you.

But I would strongly advise you not to do it again.

Or else...

Most annoying person in the Kingdom of Science?

Easy.

It’s Gen.

Not because he’s loud. That would be manageable.

It’s because every conversation with him feels like you’ve walked into a meeting where the agenda is “let’s see how long it takes before you realize you’ve already lost.”

He doesn’t answer questions.

He redirects them.

Politely. Constantly. Like a professional obstructionist with a smile.

Everyone else is straightforward in their own way:

Kohaku will just hit you if she disagrees.

Senku will explain why you’re wrong in detail you didn’t request.

Was this because of that one time I convinced you we had no more cigarettes?~