The Golden Watch Of Hypnosis - Chapter 25
The cool air from the air conditioner caressed Tenshi’s face as he tried his best to not fall asleep.
Unlike before, Nero sat at his right side while someone else drove the car.
Tenshi leaned his head on the glass window of the car while Nero indulged himself in a bottle of wine.
Nero opened the cork of the wine bottle and drank a mouthful of wine with a gulp.
“Why do you always drink so much? ”
Tenshi curiously asked. As far as he knew, he was always nosy in other people’s matters since childhood, he always wanted to know about other people’s stories and lives.
Nero, hearing Tenshi’s question smirked. His smirk was slightly carefree and nonchalant.
Even then, Tenshi could feel a bit of despair hidden between the smile.
“Some people drown themselves in beauties while other people drown themselves in alcohol to escape the bitterness and agony of the real world. ”
“I’m one of the latter. ”
Tenshi nodded with a understanding grin on his face.
“Soyou became an alcoholic after your wife ran away? ”
“Ah, yes!…”
Nero answered, almost yelling.
“Well, will you ever stop then? ”
“Perhaps, perhaps not. ”
“No one really cares about my alcohol addiction… ”
“If only the wife I have at home cared about me. if she says, I will drop my indulgence in alcohol at once. ”
Tenshi smirked.
In the end, Nero was nothing but a man with a gaping hole in his heart, always yearning for affection but never found even an ounce of it. That was perhaps, one of the reasons he is always so quiet except when he’s drinking.
“She doesn’t care? ”
“Nope, the only thing she cares about is that big fat paycheck she gets at the end of each month. ”
Tenshi looked at the desolate roads outside the car’s window.
“I don’t understand, why did you marry her? A loveless marriage is always a disaster waiting to happen.
“I mean, you won’t even be able to divorce her without having your wallet torn in half right? ”
Tenshi said with doubt in his voice, after all, Nero was a lawyer right? He should be able to understand that alimony and divorce settlements can make a billionaire a millionaire overnight.
“Even I don’t know, I was drunk and she took advantage of the situation to make me sign a marriage contract with her. ”
“Now I can’t even divorce her because of the alimony I have to pay after that, hell!”
Nero said with a groan as he downed more wine.
“Ah, naive. ”
“Say, how much alimony would you have to pay to her after the divorce? I mean, theoretically? ”
Nero rapidly blinked as he tried to remember.
“My wife has no income, so, after the divorce, she is entitled to 30% of my properties and after that, a theoretical 35% of my income every month. ”
Nero looked at the interior of the car with evident dread in his eyes.
“She’ll get properties worth a total of 15 million dollars and 250,000 dollars from my income every month. ”
Nero tched while Tenshi chuckled.
“I’ll applaud her, she actually managed to trap such a big fish!”
Nero groaned in agreement.
Tenshi quitened down and once again grinned.
“Oh well, at least your wife doesn’t cheat on you.”
Hearing Tenshi’s remark, Nero chuckled loudly.
Tenshi interestingly looked at Nero, not understanding why he would suddenly laugh.
“I don’t know. ”
Nero’s laugh abruptly stopped.
“Oh ”
Meaning that he isn’t even certain of the fact that she doesn’t cheat on him.
“Sir, remember this for all your life, there are two types of prostitutes. One type abhors even the thought of having sex while the other one indulges as far as she can in sex. ”
“My wife is one of the former ones. ”
“Furthermore, her vagina is ruined. So, it’s unlikely that she’s cheating on me. ”
Nero expressionlessly smiled and downed yet another mouthful of wine as if it was water.
“I can’t say the same thing for emotional cheating thought. ”
Hearing his story, Tenshi nodded.
“Right, right. Another shoulder to cry on is another dick to ride onbasic psychology. ”
After a while, Nero’s expression suddenly brightened as he looked at Tenshi.
Nero licked his dry lips.
“Sir, how did you woo my niece so easily? As far as I remember, she isn’t fond of men. She doesn’t even let her father touch her hand. ”
Nero asked slightly concerned, he knew his niece very well, she wasn’t a gold digger so she possibly couldn’t act just like that because his boss was a rich person.
“I’ve known her since a very long time ago. ”
Tenshi lied with a smile on his face.
“Oh, then why did she have a disgusted and angry expression on her face when you approached her?”
A curious expression appeared on Nero’s eyes.
“She was angry because I didn’t come to the party more earlier”
Tenshi believed that he had a certain amount of talent in bullshitting.
Nero nodded, believing Tenshi’s lies.
Tenshi smiled and returned to look at the window.
He could guess by Nero’s tone that he didn’t know about his niece being abused, otherwise, he wouldn’t be so light toned after saying that she doesn’t even let her father touch her hand.
He didn’t tell Nero because he was afraid that he’ll murder them in anger.
He wouldn’t let Hiroshi and his son die peacefully.
“Oi, Nero? ”
“Yes Sir? ”
“Give me a million in cash by tomorrow noon. ”
Tenshi said with his gaze was still on the scenery outside the car. Tenshi was sure that these guys had the power to gather this much money atleast.
Hearing his request, Nero looked at Tenshi with a confused glint in his eyes.
Wasn’t this guy the big boss of a criminal empire?
Nonetheless, Nero didn’t question Tenshi as he knew that everything the guy in front of him did had a meaning to it. He could guess this much, after all, he had mingled with the high class society and knew when he spotted a cunning and manipulative person.
“Errr ”
When it came to matters such as money, even the bests of friends become enemies, much less acquaintances.
“Heh, It’s the price for me personally coming here to help Amano, I usually charge ten or so million but, you guys are my lackeys right? I can’t charge you too much. ”
Tenshi answered with a brilliant smile on his face.
Seeing his so-called ‘brilliant’ smile, Nero felt the need to barf!
After all, what would you do if a person with two mounds of fat at each side of their cheeks smiled at you?
Even then, Nero didn’t say anything and nodded, believing his reason for requesting money.
After all, a million wasn’t that much money to his syndicate.
Seeing him nod, Tenshi victoriously grinned and closed his eyes, thinking of getting a slight nap.
Seeing him grin once again, Nero gagged on wine.
“Sir! Wake up sir! ”
Tenshi grimaced as he felt a hand nudging his tuxedo.
Tenshi rubbed his eyes and immediately stood up, seeing that it was the same interior of the Cadillac he calmed down.
Nero was still at his side, but with additional bags of meat and vegetables on him.
Tenshi wiped the strands of drool from his lips and took the bags of grocery.
He nodded after looking inside the bag.
Tenshi stood up and got outside the car.
The hot air from the outside hit him as soon as he left the air conditioned inside of the car.
Tenshi looked at the sky. The sky was slowly brightening with each second that passed.
The green foliage and bushes surrounding his house was drifting in the air due to the fast winds.
He looked behind him, the car was once again starting as it was going to depart.
He looked at the house’s gate, he didn’t press the doorbell as he was afraid that Sakura would wake up. .
Tenshi nodded and climbed up the gate, his more stronger and dexterous than before legs easily helping him make strong and quiet jumps.
“Hih! ”
Tenshi grunted as his feet landed on the rock filled path leading towards his house’s door.
His hands slightly trembled from the weight of the atleast 5 kilograms of meat and more than 4 kilograms of vegetable in his hands.
Tenshi only noticed now that the bag was filled with too much food
Nonetheless, Tenshi smiled.
Is this the feeling people get after they turn rich suddenly after being poor for decades? He felt nice that, for the first time since his mother was dead, he had more grocery in his hands than he could eat.
Ah, my sweet mum.
Tenshi grimaced as he unlocked the door with a key from his pants, then, he entered the house.
He smelt the air from inside the house and smiled.
Ah, the scent of your own home is always comforting.
He untied his shoes and ran through the porch and the corridor, not caring about the sounds he made.
Suddenly, he heard the sound of a smartphone ringing in the house.
Tenshi quitened down and crouched, leaving the bags of food on the ground.
He perked up his ears as he listened more attentively.
As far as he knew, his phone was in his pocket while, if she had one, Sakura’s one was at his sister’s room judging by the fact that she didn’t enter his room with a phone in he hand.
Also, the ring tone was similar to his step mother’s phone’s ringtone
. Furthermore, it was suspiciously coming from the living room.
He rolled his eyes and stood up, not caring about the matter anymore.
He didn’t care even if she talked with her boyfriend, it wasn’t his job to protect his father’s wife from other males.
“Hello, Kanae-chan? ”
“Your brother he he”
A high pitched and pitiful sounding voice came from the living room.
Hearing that manipulative bitch’s mouth spelling his sisters name, a dangerous glint flashed in his eyes as he dropped the bags held in his arms quietly and ran towards the living room.
Judging by her seemingly fake pitiful sounding voice, he judged that she wanted to frame him in something.
As he ran quickly, he entered the living room. Albeit very quietly.
He saw his glasses wearing step mother dressed in pajamas talking to his sister on the phone with a devious smile on her face.
“You won’t believe Kanae-chan, your brother he actually raised his voice against me For for ”
Although Tenshi managed to enter the living room, he wasn’t sure about how he was going to stop her without an efficient tool to threaten her.
His mind raced against time as he searched the living room for anything that could help him in stopping her.
He smiled as he saw a shiny object located on a table just beside a sofa.
The shiny object was a knife, sharp and new without any marks.
He chuckled in his mind as he lifted the knife off the table and touched it with his thumb.
Feeling the sharpness of the knife, he edged closer to the bitch on the phone.
“For a pros-!”
“Another word and this knife will kiss your neck ”
He emotionlessly put his hand on her shoulder and put the knife on her neck with the skill of a professional murderer.
His knife was accurately placed on top of her larynx. So, if she made another sound, he would just slash her neck and she won’t be able to emit another word ever again.
His hand was rigid and motionless, just like a professional murderer, his hands didn’t quiver as they stably pressed against her neck.
No, he didn’t kill people for kicks before this, his skilled manner in handling the knife was because of his experience in cooking and cutting meat.
Furthermore, he also did part time jobs in butcher shops since a year or so ago.
He wondered, do human and animal meat have the same texture and consistency?
If this woman moves again, he’ll be able to know about it soon.
“A-a-ano-nothing.”
The woman cut the phone panickedly and shivered.
“I believe you should know about my past records of violence from my father and sister, correct? ”
Tenshi coolly questioned, his knife slowly pressing against his step mother’s larynx.
“Y-yes ”
“Good, Don’t call my sister after this then, I’ll temporarily place my trust on you. ”
“Always remember, I can just bury you in a landfill and show your ‘adventurous ‘ pictures to the police saying that you’ve fled with your lover. ”
“I have tens of ways to make you disappear woman, don’t underestimate me. ”
“The next time you do such a thing such as snitching on my sister will be the last day you’ll breathe on earth. ”
Tenshi laughed without a care in the world as he removed the knife from his step mother’s neck and threw it away to God knows where.
Frankly, he didn’t give a damn about this whore of a woman.
Tenshi tched, was he growing more mysogynistic day by day or was he born this way?
Regardless, he was sure that his views of women were now skewed after Haruno’s betrayal.
Hell, was that even a betrayal?
Until a few days ago, he still believed that he was dating Haruno.
Which was due to the fact that, years ago, he was officially dating Haruno
After the death of his mother, he went cuckoo
Even then, she didn’t tell him that she broke up with him, she just distanced herself.
[No, that shouldn’t be the only reason she distanced herself from you, I belive that it might’ve be due to outside interference.]
[I mean, would you necessarily distance yourself from someone who’s mother died recently regardless of whether she or he is just a common friend or a life partner? Back then, she should’ve been showering you with attention and whatnot, but she distanced herself from you? I belive there’s something else behind this.]
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[It must be related to that Endou trash.]
Tenshis gaze went serious as he thought about that douchebag.
Why do nice girls always fall for douchebags?
[It has something to do with psychology.]
[Bad boys tend to have lots of positive traits that come along for the ride of the badness such as good looks, confidence, creativity, humor, charisma, high energy, and good social skillsall things women find attractive]
[In terms of psychology, “the ‘asshole’ consists of the following traits: High Extraversion, Low Neuroticism (perhaps), Low Conscientiousness, Low Agreeableness, High Openness to Experience, and a bit of a dip into the dark triad traits (those with an extreme dark triad profile aren’t considered sexually attractive).” The dark triad refers to three personality deficiencies: narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy.]
[Let me rephrase it a bit, “What a fricken jerk”.
Piece of shit, douche, asshat, tool You know him by many names.
The jerk who somehow manages to get and mistreat the girl you want.
Most guys know what it’s like to be friend zoned by their own version of the ‘girl next door’.
That one girl that is just SO smart and SO incredible.. You fell for her because she is the trifecta of effortlessly sexy, beautiful, and cool.
BUT there’s a catch. She has a boyfriend.
And he… is a Jerk.
Most of you know how this scenario usually plays out. The back and forth between you and the boyfriend sucks out your soul, and even though you’ve offered her the world, and even though she finally told you she cared for you too, she ultimately runs BACK to her jerk.
But why? Why?!
You have probably sat on a barstool at some point, possibly a psychologist’s one, all pissed off and clenching your pint, asking yourself that very question.
There are a few little known reasons why women go for jerks.
Poor self esteem.
Many women, regardless of beauty or success, feel insecure in themselves.
In fact it’s often times the most beautiful women that are the most insecure.
They may hear how valuable they are all the time, but they latch on to the one person that treats them like they aren’t shit.
They feel like this person is the only person that sees the “real them”.
The jerks affection is a hard earned prize
If a guy is a jerk, overly picky, critical, or confrontational, and yet he approves of YOU and treats you as worthy (at first), you feel superior to other women and it’s intoxicating.
The feeling of being chosen before multiple other women gives an insecure woman a temporary sense of faux confidence in herself.
Insecure women often seek temporary boosts to their ego’s because they lack the tools to provide themselves with a sense of internal acceptance.
Often times a woman will put up with a womanizing man, because as much as it hurts her ego when he cheats, she gets addicted to the boost of validation she gets when he drops the other girl and puts her back on top as his queen.
This act of smashing her ego and then rebuilding it works- because this woman’s ego is dependent on her value according to the harshest of others, rather than self esteem.
His attitude seems primal and masculine.
His confidence in being a jerk, and not caring about others, comes across as strength and power in a sick way- which is sexually thrilling for many women.
When a man has a sense of entitlement, and an air of superiority about him, others take notice.
They may notice and think, “what a jerk”, but many women find this sexually stimulating because it makes them feel like they are with an intimidating, masculine counterpart to their femininity.
Alpha vs Omega
A jerk (good looking or not) is more sexually attractive than a guy who lays his head on your lap and looks up at you like a conquered pup
If man is too overly devoted, especially too soon, the thrill of the chase is gone, and she feels like she OWNS this man.
She knows she has him, it was easy to get him, and the fact that he wants her so unconditionally makes her think nobody else wants him, thus lowering his value as a mate.
She hugs this man, wears his sweatshirtshe cooks dinners with him and plays board games, leaves him thoughtful cards and invites him to tag along places that the jerk doesn’t want to go with her.
She calls him crying when her car breaks down She calls him when she needs someone to talk toAnd she really means it when she says he is the greatest guy in the world.
But he doesn’t stimulate her like the Jerk does, and he never understands why.
The jerk, however, is NOT waiting by the phone for her call.
The jerk doesn’t have to care.
The jerk knows that she will stomp her feet for her way, but he slams the door in her face, because he knows that the act of doing just so, will result in her coming crawling back time and time again.
The reason for this is simple: reverse psychology.
It really is that simple when you are dealing with insecurity.
Hot guys are jerks
A large percentage of good looking men just happen to be jerks, because they know they can have the best quality women, and replace them at will.
And naturally, women find these men attractive because they are fine physical specimens and are exciting to be involved with because they are so darn good to look at.
So they overlook their jerkdom because the chemistry is wild.
Being attractive is like being rich, you can have whoever you want, for as long as you want, because the people that want you are filling voids that have nothing to do with who you are, but instead, how you make them appear to others, which builds their confidence.]
[So, now do you understand?]
Tenshi depressingly looked at the door of his room, contemplating over the hard and cold facts that The Watch told him.
Psychology eh? A good subject.
He told himself to read more books on psychology later.
But before that, he had much more bigger matters to deal with.
He entered his room and sighed looking at the scenery.
Same as before, Sakura was sleeping on the bed in the same position as before, a restrictive fetal position.
He had to deal with this lady’s Inferiority Complex and timidity first.
He felt a bit of pity seeing her lying down on the bed with so less concern of her own comfort.
He was sure that, her reserved and restricted way of life had something to do with her family.
He had to fix her, even though he was sure that she was much less timid than before, her Inferiority Complex and her fears of her family still hadn’t dissappeared.
He was also knowledgeable about why she wanted to be an actress.
Think about it hypothetically, Go to the little girls’ aisle at the department store, if you’re not there already. On the shelves you’ll see the dominant little girl fantasy isn’t Cinderella or even Dora the Explorer. It’s Hannah Montana. Playsets come complete with a camera, makeup and a mirror for Hannah to admire herself in.
The girls play with that when they’re eight, and by 16 they’re on MySpace, pouting at the camera in their underwear and watching the friend requests pour in. In a recent survey of high school kids, 51 percent said their ultimate goal was to become famous.
This is brand new to humanity; for thousands of years, material goods and security dominated. Now, fame is at the top.
So What’s the Problem?
Experts say where you find kids who desperately want to be famous, you find a history of neglect at home. Parents were either absent completely or, at best, emotionally distant dicks. It turns out the whole surge in aspirations for fame came right along with the explosion of single parents and “broken” homes. Only half of today’s children live with their original two parents.
You can see how this sad mechanism works in the attention-starved mind. The kid is programmed by biology to love a parent, but the parent doesn’t return the love. Fame lets them turn the tables on that arrangement. When you’re famous, millions love you, but you don’t even know their names. It’s purely one-sided. They wait for hours in the cold for your autograph, you barely glance at them on the way to your limo. You get to take their love and wipe your ass with it, the same as your parents did to you.
Their conversations with their fans, albeit in their minds, are something like this,
‘I love you!’-Fan #1
‘Your death means nothing to me’ attention deprived child.
But it turns out that kind of massive, paper-thin adoration is a poor substitute. Famous people are four times as likely to commit suicide as the rest of us.
Wait, it gets worse.
Studies show nothing is more stressful for a human than when their goals are tied to the approval of others. Particularly when those “others” are an enormous crowd of fickle strangers holding you up to a laughably unrealistic ideal built by publicists, thick makeup and heavily Photoshopped magazine covers.
You could seek comfort from your circle of friends, only now your friends have been replaced Invasion of the Body Snatcher’s-style with hangers-on, vultures, unscrupulous characters and plain dumbasses who only want a piece of the spotlight. . . even if it means selling you out later.
For example, have you ever lit up a bong at a party? Were you worried that one of your friends would snap a photo of you, sell it to a tabloid for thousands of dollars and ruin your career?
Well become famous, and then try it.
Tenshi smiled and put on a pair of pajamas the same color as before to avoid being suspected by Sakura.
Tomorrow, he was going to change Sakura. He was going to enroll her in the drama club.
He racked his brain.
He wanted to check on the system’s store but
Ah fuck it, he was tired.
He jumped on the bed and bam, he was asleep within minutes.
I apologize for disappearing.
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Furthermore, on a more serious note, this book has crossed over 55k words and not even a day has passed in the mc’s life. Can you guys give me a tip on how I can improve how time flows in the story?
Annnnd, should I go for 14 1000+ word chapters every week or 2000+ word chapters every week?