Iron Snow Clouds

Chapter 7153 (Seven Thousand One Hundred and Fifty-Three) Accepting the Challenge

"Do I need to answer your question again now?" the gray-handed man asked.

“I think if you answer, I can continue with what you’re about to say,” the brown-handed man chuckled.

"So honest?" Grayhand asked.

“Yes, that’s quite normal, isn’t it? I’ve already told you why I wanted to hear your answer to this question,” the brown-handed man said with a smile.

The gray-handed man said, "It's normal, it's perfectly normal. In an environment like this, nothing is surprising."

"Why do you make it sound like my behavior is particularly abnormal?" the brown-handed man asked.

The gray-handed man said, "Hey, what I said is normal."

“What do you mean ‘it’s perfectly normal’? You said ‘normal’ and then added this. Are you trying to deny it?” the brown-handed man said with a smile.

Grayhand said, "When I said 'It's perfectly normal,' I was clearly emphasizing the 'normal' I mentioned earlier. I also stressed the word 'normal,' so you should be able to tell, right?"

“Actually, I could tell. But you said the rest,” the brown-handed man said.

"What's wrong with what comes next?" Grayhand asked.

“It’s not that there’s definitely a problem, but the way you put it gives the impression that my behavior is particularly abnormal,” the brown-handed man said.

"Since you've put it that way, I'd like to hear your detailed analysis," the gray-handed man said with a smile.

The brown-handed man said, "After you said 'Normal, how normal,' you also said 'In such an environment, it's not surprising that anything happens.' Under what circumstances is that last part usually said? It's said when something particularly unusual happens."

The gray-handed man smiled.

"Do you agree with what I said?" the brown-handed man asked. The gray-handed man said, "I just think what you said makes sense. But that's not what I meant. Although what I said could easily be misunderstood, I was trying to be 'normal' in the first place. Now, what I said later is not just a redundant issue, it's a problem that affects the meaning I wanted to express."

"Haha! Why are you suddenly so serious?" the brown-handed man asked.

The gray-handed man laughed, "Suddenly? Isn't it all because of what you said?"

The brown-handed man said, "Are you speaking so seriously because I'm serious?"

Grayhand said, "Yes, it's because you were so serious that I explained it just as seriously. You were serious first, and even asked me if I agreed with your explanation. So I had to answer seriously. I guess my seriousness matches yours, right?"

The brown-handed man laughed, "Haha, I know. I did it on purpose."

“I don’t care if you’re deliberately being serious or what, I’m just going to ‘respond to seriousness with seriousness’,” Grayhand laughed.

The brown-handed man laughed and said, "You give me the feeling of being on the defensive."

"So this counts as 'accepting the challenge'?" Grayhand asked.

“Yes, I’m speaking seriously, and you’re speaking seriously too. Doesn’t that give the impression of being on the defensive?” the brown-handed man said.

“‘Feelings’ are so vague and ethereal, I don’t know how to describe them,” the gray-handed man laughed.

Brown-Handed Man said, "Let me be frank, your serious tone has already given me the feeling of being on the defensive."

The gray-handed man said, "I understand."

The brown-handed man asked, "How exactly do you explain these words?"

The gray-handed man asked, "An explanation? What kind of explanation do you want to hear?"