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  Chapter 65. Do You Uand the Meaning of Life?

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  "Well, if we were to summarize the story of "Battle Tendency" simply, it would be... Hey, Kars! Are you even listening?!"

  Seeing Kars remain unmoved, Pucci said helplessly, "We're roommates, after all. you at least give me some response? You're making me really unfortable here."

  "Fine," Kars said ftly. "Have you finished?"

  "..."

  "..."

  Pucci stared at Kars in silence, while Kars tio silently look at the biology book in his hands, pletely ign Pucci's words and gaze.

  "Hey, Kars, isn't this just making me more embarrassed?!"

  "..."

  Kars clearly had no iion of responding.

  Seeing that Kars had given only a minimal rea when asked for a bit of feedback, Pucci sighed again for what felt like the umpteenth time and said, "Alright, I'm done. But don't you think you should sider this?"

  "Or is it that Dio mao hold back fring to you guys?"

  You have to know, the huge success of "Phantom Blood" not only allowed Pucd the team, who were previously short on funds, to start shooting "Battle Tendency" shortly after finishing "Phantom Blood", but also made actors like Jonathan, Dio, and others eared in "Phantom Blood" highly sought after by various industry crews.

  It's no wonder—such popur, talented actors who are retively affordable are rare in the industry.

  Before the fees for actors like Jonathan increase further, it's crucial to sign them and film several projects in advance.

  So even though Dio was criticized by the audie actually proved his high skill level. He portrayed the vilin so vividly that even the audience felt he wasn't just ag.

  Thus, having experiehe treatment of a big star, Dio often showed off his success at Araki Manor, even if it was meant to seem casual.

  With such a clear and successful example, Pucci thought recruiting others would be much easier. But uedly, Pucci returo Araki Manor—a pce filled with talented people—and was turned down once again...

  "Kars, we are roommates, right?"

  Pucot intending to give up, tinued, "In this world, we rely on our roommates. Now that you're in trouble, you wouldn't just ig, right? And we definitely iate the price..."

  "..."

  Kars still didn't say a word. It seemed like none of this mattered to him.

  He tio focus on his biology book, ign Pucci's attempts at versation.

  This was a tough situation. Given how long Pucci had lived with Kars, he kly what Kars's silence meant.

  It was almost like a polite way of showing him the door.

  Fortunately, if the hard approach didn't work, Pucci could try a softer one. He had already prepared for the generic persuasion teiques to fail, given his uanding of his roommates' personalities.

  After all, Pucci had little hope of ving Kars with money alone.

  Iire "JOJO" series, only a few people took on the role of the final boss purely for financial reasons.

  For Kars, the only things that might i him were the Red Stone of Aja, overing sunlight, and being a perfect anism—elements he actively pursued in "Battle Tendency".

  But here's the problem. Kars in "Battle Tendency" sought these things because he ilr Man. He feared sunlight and o overe it. For this goal, he he Red Stone of Aja to evolve into a perfect anism.

  Now, Kars in the real world, who wasn't a Pilr Man, wouldn't necessarily be ied ihings.

  Even if he were, Pucci couldn't offer the pensation for it.

  So, after recalling the plot of "Battle Tendency" and Kars's usual is and preferences, Pucci took a moment to adjust his attire, calm his breathing, and then seriously said to Kars, "Kars, have you figured out the meaning of life?"

  "...?"

  Although Kars remained silent, his expression ged. pared to his previous bnk stare, Kars now showed a hint of i.

  Seeing this, Pucci poio the biology book Kars was holding and tinued, "'Reading thousands of books is like travel thousands of miles'—this is a famous saying from aern try."

  "As a top student, you should uand what I'm trying to vey, right?"

  "Hahaha, this is really amusing, Pucci."

  The saying itself doesn't need an expnation, but...

  Kars mocked, "Or do you think the resources you provide are richer than what I obtain while pursuing a PhD in biology?"

  "I admit that being an actor earn a lot of money, but there are specialized equipment and biological samples that I still access, as well as knowledge you 't offer."

  "So, you still muster the ce to persuade me?"

  inally, there was no ce.

  But after hearing so much from you, my ce to be persuaded suddenly increased!

  Iiations, the most challenging people are those who have no desires or needs.

  Kars was clearly one of those people.

  But now, despite g to have no desires, your numerous words 't hide the fact that you are no longer without wants.

  "Indeed. Resources that generally be bought with money are beh your notiot just me, but our school's biology b has plenty of those."

  "And for rare biological samples that require special es to obtain, I wouldn't have any access... that should be the case."

  As the lights flickered, Pucci, leaning fortably in his chair with his back supported and legs crossed, smiled at Kars and said, "But what if I told you I happen to have a biological sample that could be sidered perfect?"

  "..."