The greater energy expenditure required would let him know it was something that gave him a headache.
Thus, what he had preemptively tried to prevent had become the scenario now unfolding before his eyes.
He acted immediately, before the other party could show signs of change or objection.
Snapping his fingers, he faced the other party with a rejecting attitude and said,
"Isn't there something wrong here? Why?"
When he said this, everyone could clearly see that what appeared on the surface was bewildering.
It seemed as though the situation could be comfortably accepted, as if what was unfolding before his eyes didn't need any more attention or special handling than what people were already giving it.
As the Alchemist faced this hesitation in his heart regarding the matter,
he wondered what his appropriate response should be to address the issue—what choice might feel more suitable?
