“Human emotions are controlled by the brain.
Our brains are incredibly miraculous…”
“Dopamine secretion brings happiness, therefore we…”
“The amygdala is key to whether a person can feel sadness.
In the knowledge I’ve learned and my research…”
Lynch spoke non-stop, an endless stream of profound theories, leaving Kirei Kotomine, a theology expert but a science slacker, utterly dumbfounded.
Never having experienced the information overload of the internet age, he felt that Lynch’s words were professional and sophisticated, entirely new knowledge he had never encountered.
It could only be said that Kirei Kotomine’s circle was too insular, and in an era where mobile internet didn’t even cast a shadow, the information he could receive was very limited, making him utterly unable to withstand Lynch’s information bombardment.
However, Lynch’s content also contained a lot of useful information, it wasn’t purely deception.
In fact, all this content was knowledge Lynch had acquired by scrolling through various short videos and reading novels.
Although he had mostly forgotten it before transmigrating, and couldn’t remember the details of what he did retain, the skill of Perfect Acting perfectly compensated for this.
This skill could produce a ‘flash of inspiration’ effect when needed, allowing Lynch to recall content he had once seen with perfect clarity and convey it in an appropriate manner.
For example, now, as Lynch was portraying a psychology research expert, relevant memories resurfaced, enabling him to explain these concepts like a true psychology expert, in a way Kirei Kotomine could understand.
Yes, in Kirei Kotomine’s eyes, this young man of about twenty was undoubtedly a psychology expert.
Although he humbly claimed to be just a university student studying related knowledge, his professional knowledge was so solid that even an outsider like him could understand it, which was truly remarkable.
Moreover, this learned wise man did not possess the arrogance common to others with knowledge; instead, he explained things very calmly and patiently, which was truly unique, causing Kirei Kotomine to feel a hint of admiration for Lynch in his heart.
Yes, Kirei Kotomine did indeed develop such a feeling.
Father Mapo, who had not yet been led astray by Gilgamesh, still retained some normal human mentality.
As for finding Lynch, a person of wisdom, to be approachable and rare, it only showed that Kirei Kotomine’s upbringing was too inhuman.
After all, the Church, where Kirei Kotomine belonged, was an extraordinary force in the Fate World, and the only people he could interact with were the constantly mystical holy men who spoke in riddles or told him to figure things out for himself.
The other group was the Magus community, who generally lacked moral standards, became incredibly arrogant with a bit of wisdom, and disdained explaining things to unrelated individuals.
Furthermore, neither group would bat an eye at murder or arson, never valuing others’ lives.
Growing up in such an environment and being a part of it, Kirei Kotomine naturally felt, upon encountering a normal scholar willing to actively help strangers, a sense of wonder,’So, there are such wise people in the world.’
It can only be said that Kirei Kotomine’s later transformation into a pleasure fiend couldn’t be entirely blamed on his innate emotional deficiency.
After all, you can’t expect a normal person to be cultivated in an environment that is inherently twisted and filled with shining, quasi-human stars.
Under these circumstances, Lynch discovered that as he continued to deceive Kirei Kotomine with various short video knowledge, the man was actually generating fun points for him.
Checking the log, he found that Kirei Kotomine was experiencing emotions such as ‘admiration,’ ‘amazement,’ and ‘Feeling (deep emotion).’
This surprised Lynch.
He hadn’t expected that while Kirei Kotomine appeared expressionless, like a wooden puppet, his inner world was already like this.
Thinking about it carefully, wouldn’t it be a kind of fun to make an inherently evil person, who was supposed to fall into depravity under some trashy guidance, turn towards goodness or some abstract path?
With this thought, Lynch suddenly had a burst of inspiration.
He no longer just wanted to squeeze out some fun points and get Kirei Kotomine’s character card; he had many more brilliant ideas.
Looking at Kirei Kotomine’s fun points again, the upper limit of fun points that could be extracted from him was even higher than Tohsaka Tokiomi’s, reaching 718.
However, after some conversation, 344 had already been generated, and it was still continuously producing, much faster than Tohsaka Tokiomi.
Honestly, this truly exceeded Lynch’s expectations.
He thought that among the participants of the Fourth Holy Grail War, Kirei Kotomine would be the most difficult to extract fun points from, so he hadn’t planned to squeeze much out this time.
Yet, this guy turned out to be the one who produced the most and the fastest.
In a sense, this truly broke his preconceived notions.
So, seeing that the time had reached 9 minutes and 30 seconds, and he would soon obtain Kirei Kotomine’s character card, Lynch stopped his rambling ‘analysis’ and began to offer treatment suggestions.
“Father, according to my research, your symptoms can no longer be treated with conventional methods.
Therefore, I suggest using some folk remedies.”
Kirei Kotomine nodded thoughtfully upon hearing this, then suddenly stood up and sincerely asked Lynch to wait there while he went back to get something.
Lynch had no objection to this, gesturing for Kirei Kotomine to do as he pleased, because at the very moment Kirei Kotomine spoke, the 10-minute period finally ended.
The character card floating beside Kirei Kotomine disappeared, and Lynch’s system inventory gained a Kirei Kotomine character card.
With this in hand, the greatest gain from the Kotomine Church was secured.
However, it had now turned into finding new fun, so Lynch was not in a hurry and just waited for Kirei Kotomine to return.
Not long after, Kirei Kotomine returned, holding a check.
Upon approaching, Kirei Kotomine presented the check with both hands, seriously and earnestly handing it to Lynch: “Sir, thank you for your help.
This is my gratitude; please accept it.”
Seeing this, Lynch shook his head.
Since he had already established the persona of a warm-hearted scholar in front of Kirei Kotomine, he had to maintain it to the end.
After all, compared to fun, money was not important to the Masked Fool.
Moreover, checks needed to be cashed at a bank, which was too inconvenient for Lynch and would leave traces of himself.
He was not willing to do that; if he truly needed money, he had plenty of ways to get it.
Thus, Lynch, in the demeanor of a reclusive master uninterested in fame and fortune, refused Kirei Kotomine’s thank-you gift.
This left Kirei Kotomine, who was not good with words or expressing emotions, a bit flustered, unsure how to express his gratitude to Lynch, thereby continuously generating fun points for Lynch.
Then, amidst Kirei Kotomine’s awkwardness, Lynch proposed a treatment method for Kirei Kotomine’s emotional deficiency.
“Alright, Father, please sit down first!
Regarding your emotional deficiency, I do have a treatment method, and this method involves stimulating your taste buds.”
“The food here in Island Nation cannot meet this demand because the flavors are too bland.
Therefore, I suggest you try the cuisine of East Asia, preferably from the Sichuan-Chongqing region.”
“For example, spicy Mapo Tofu.
After you eat it, you should experience a unique flavor.”
“Of course, merely being here in Island Nation, you still won’t be able to taste the truly suitable flavors.
Therefore, if you have the means, I suggest you personally travel to the Sichuan-Chongqing region of East Asia.”
“CD in East Asia is a very good place.
The flavors there will surely allow Father to experience a brand new landscape.”
“Hmm, if you want to go a step further, once you get there, you can wear white long socks, grow some sideburns…”
Kirei Kotomine quietly listened to Lynch’s ‘treatment suggestions,’ remembering every word clearly.
After Lynch finished speaking, he thanked Lynch again and stated that he would try according to Lynch’s advice.
It was at this moment that Lynch’s smile became even more amicable.
Because just as Kirei Kotomine said he would try, Lynch achieved a new accomplishment.
[Ding ~ Achievement obtained: Famous Scene Creation Completed.
Reward: 500 fun points.]
At the same time, a very AI-generated image appeared.
The content was a scene from 1993, in the old city of CD, still full of old buildings, where Kirei Kotomine, with sideburns, wearing white socks, and having gained a noticeable amount of weight, was furiously devouring spicy beef at a hotpot restaurant.
The image’s caption was ‘Father Mapo gradually becoming CD Superman.’
The system even had an additional comment on this.
[This is absolutely an unprecedented and entirely new development, too joyous.]