Looking at Ren who was standing not far from her, Kaguya had a strong feeling.
If she couldn't resolve the sudden hostility towards her later, it was very likely that something bad would happen next.
This isn't a wild guess.
Because she could see Ren's hatred in his eyes.
"You just said that work requires loyalty to you?"
Slowly taking a few steps towards her, Ren's tone became colder.
As long as she was sure that her goal was to control him, he would erase all her memories of him without hesitation.
In this case, he does not need to respect the most basic human rights.
The thing he hated the most was when other people tried to control him, no matter who they were.
"Doesn't work require loyalty to an employer?" Kaguya asked.
Even in a situation like this, she still maintains the pride of being part of the Shinomiya family and does not lose her grace due to fear.
"Mhm?"
This was the first time Ren heard this statement.
If work requires loyalty to others, then he will never work.
He refuses to be loyal to anyone else.
Why could humans make him, an Omnipotent Esper, loyal to them?
With a weapon that couldn't even penetrate his defenses?
Or should she rely on money that has no effect on him?
"Of course, if you work, you will be rewarded," Kaguya raised her head and looked at him again, "I will pay you enough and you will be loyal to me. Isn't this a very reasonable deal?"
This time, they only looked at each other for a moment before Kaguya had no choice but to look away.
She still couldn't stand his scary gaze.
"That makes sense."
Ren didn't refute Kaguya's statement, but thought about it carefully.
Since most things in this world could be traded, it was only natural that something like loyalty could be traded.
Unfortunately his loyalty cannot be traded.
As long as they could pay enough rewards in return for his loyalty, the people who imprisoned Ren would be willing to pay everything to make this deal.
Will it be Kaguya's turn?
"For what purpose do you want me to be loyal to you?" Ren asked again.
Kaguya's answer to this question will determine whether he will use his superpowers on her or not.
"Before I affirm your loyalty to me, please forgive me for not being able to explain it to you." Kaguya chose to keep it a secret.
Her purpose in recruiting him was originally to protect herself, but after meeting Ren in person, her thoughts gradually changed.
The reason is simple, Ren is more than just a genius.
After all, even a genius would never have such terrifying eyes.
The oppressive feeling that his gaze gave her could not be described in words.
A life experience that can be said to be empty, a learning ability that can be perfectly reproduced just by looking at it, and looks like a god.
No one would have thought that Ren was just a genius.
He definitely has a background.
It was the realization of this that changed Kaguya's mind.
After the change, her thoughts became so unrealistic that he did not dare to express them.
"…"
Ren looked at Kaguya with an increasingly unfriendly gaze.
Initially, when he asked those people, they were also very reserved.
However, they can work in other ways, such as cooperation.
Before he could speak, Kaguya said again.
During the conversation earlier, she already knew the reason for the change in Ren's eyes.
That is, words to make him loyal to herself.
If anyone else asked her to be loyal to him, she would get angry.
Therefore, Kaguya gave up the idea of recruiting.
Not to mention, she wasn't completely sure she could recruit Ren now.
She had no choice but to take a step back and let her establish a cooperative relationship with him.
"Cooperate?"
Hearing this word, the coldness in Ren's eyes disappeared.
As long as Kaguya didn't try to control him, the rest didn't matter to him.
Seeing his eyes soften greatly, Kaguya was sure that her guess was correct.
"The rewards for working together are the same as working for me now. You can ask for whatever you want. " Kaguya set the conditions, "And you just need to help me solve some problems. You don't need to be loyal to me, as long as we keep matters of cooperation and content confidential."
"How? Should we work together?"
Ren just looked at Kaguya quietly without thinking about speaking.
He knew what cooperation meant, but he felt no need to cooperate with Kaguya.
The reward she paid was useless to him and worse than the snacks Itsuki gave him.
At least the snacks were edible, but what use was money and power?
Would having those two things make him an ordinary person?
"No."
Therefore, Ren firmly refused.
"Hah?"
Kaguya didn't expect that Ren would refuse so simply and neatly, and she didn't even have time to think.
The conditions she gave were already very tempting, and he just needed to do herself a favor and keep this matter a secret.
Just as she was about to speak, she heard Ren continue: "I can help you for free."
Even though Kaguya and he weren't in the same class, he and she were still considered classmates.
This can be judged from the fact that she calls himself Kamikawa-kun.
According to the definition of helping a classmate, as long as Kaguya's affairs don't affect him, then Ren can help her.
As for the reward Kaguya mentioned?
He doesn't help classmates just for the sake of reward.
"???"
Kaguya looked at Ren with a confused expression, she didn't understand what he just said.
He refused to cooperate with her, but said he could help her for nothing.
Isn't this too strange?
She couldn't believe such a person existed in this world.
According to her, Ren's words of not giving anything in return were just polite words.
After helping herself, he definitely still wants it.
In this regard, Kaguya is very sure.
After saying that, Ren left here.
It's been exactly three minutes since now, and there are still two minutes left to go to class. He had to use this time to get to class, otherwise he would be late.
Kaguya just looked at his leaving figure without any intention of staying.
The conversation between her and Ren was over, talking about it any longer would only make the atmosphere awkward, completely unnecessary.
After Ren entered the teaching building, Hayasaka came out of nowhere.
"Kaguya-sama, did your plan to recruit Kamikawa Ren succeed?"
She was delayed for a while because of Chika, so when she rushed over, she happened to see Ren leaving here, and she didn't know whether Kaguya's recruitment plan was going smoothly.
"That's half the plan."
After careful consideration, Kaguya gave such an answer.
At least Ren promised to help her, this is considered half the success, right?
"I see."
Even though she doesn't really understand what half success is, Hayasaka still pretends to understand.
In a matter like this, it wasn't appropriate for her to ask too much, she just needed to know the result.
"By the way, Hayasaka, what you said before was wrong," Kaguya suddenly said.
"Kaguya-sama, please correct me."
Hayasaka panicked and said quickly.
"You said before that Kamikawa-kun's eyes are very similar to mine, but I don't think so," Kaguya said while thinking about it, "His arrogant eyes, which never look anyone in the eye, and are completely different, are annoying."
"Yes," Hayasaka said happily.
It turns out she just said the wrong thing in this place, so it's okay, she thought she said the wrong thing on something very important.
"Kaguya-sama."
Seeing Kaguya who didn't know what she was thinking after finishing speaking, Hayasaka couldn't help but scream.
"What is wrong?"
Kaguya came back to her senses, turned her head and looked back, her tone was very unhappy.
She was thinking about an important matter earlier, but was interrupted by Hayasaka.
This made her feel bad.
"Kaguya-sama, class is about to start now, are you sure you still want to stay here?" Hayasaka reminded, "If you don't leave, you'll be late."
"…"
"Oh, I see"