Although he did feel disgusted, Hinata Hajime finally understood something.

The essence of their world is made up of hope and despair, which is actually similar to the superpowers in those worlds. The so-called fragments of hope are bred from the human body, and the person who can breed the fragments of hope must be neither hopeful nor despairing.

An ordinary person who has experienced ups and downs, tried various lives, and finally succeeded in becoming himself.

Only ordinary people like Hinata Hajime can give birth to fragments.

The same is true for the reason why the world consciousness chose Hinata Sou to go to other worlds to collect fragments of hope. There are fragments that are still budding in Hinata Sou's body, so he can see other fragments of despair. This is an overwhelming advantage. Even if there is no Kamijou Izuru, the world consciousness will choose Hinata Sou.

For the Despair Fragment opposite him, the other fragments are both aids and threats, so it chooses to throw the other four fragments to other worlds. Even if Hinata Hajime collects the fragments back, the world consciousness will scatter the fragments around the world to increase the world's hope value.

To put it bluntly: world consciousness is just a tool.

Its purpose is to keep hope and despair in the world in balance, so that the world can continue.

Therefore, after the so-called hope of Hope's Peak Academy became stronger, the world consciousness turned one of the fragments into a state of despair and spread despair. After the despair got out of control, it found Hinata Hajime and hoped that Hinata Hajime would help keep hope in the world.

Hinata Hajime finally felt that the goosebumps on his body had disappeared. He sat back in the chair. Because he was a little tired, he rested his elbows on the armrests of the chair and his fists on his temples. He closed his eyes and his long black hair fell to his waist.

It looks a bit sharp.

"So, is there anything that can be done, Hiashi-sama?"

"What's the solution?" Hinata Sou asked, "Whether there is a solution or not shouldn't be decided by me, it should be decided by Naegi Makoto."

"well?"

"Of course it's Makoto Naegi who has the final say." Hinata Hajime opened his eyes and stared at Oda Naruki with his emerald eyes. "Makoto Naegi is the principal of Hope's Peak Academy. We are the only ones who know this. As long as Makoto Naegi is willing to accept Oda Naruki, who is not a talent, even if he is exposed, this matter will be treated as if nothing happened."

"Even if he doesn't make this decision, he will find other ways."

Despair Fragment tilted his head, "But I'm asking about Hinata-senpai!"

"None of my business." Hinata Hajime said irresponsibly, "He is Naegi Makoto's student, not mine."

On the other side, Naegi Makoto sat in his office. He thought about what Hinata Hajime said. After a moment, he spoke, "Kirikiri."

"I know what you want to say, but this is not a good idea. Hope's Peak Academy is special because it represents talent. You want to subvert this setting, not to elevate Hope's Peak Academy, but to bring Hope's Peak Academy down to the same standard as other ordinary schools."

"But I still think there should be other ways to deal with this matter." Makoto Naegi frowned, "Hope's Peak Academy is a paradise for talented people and recruits super high school level students, but it was also the problems within Hope's Peak Academy that eventually led to the war of the whole world."

"Hope's Peak Academy does not recruit hope, but talent. Talent does not represent hope."

Kirikiri Hibiki said: "But there is no absolute hope. Even Komaeda will become a desperate remnant. How many people will stand on the side of hope as stubbornly as you do?"

Makoto Naegi did not continue speaking. After a moment, he nodded, "I understand."

"But I still want to give it a try, and then try it after I find the most suitable method."

"How naive." Kirikiri Hibiki sighed, "But there is no other way. I can only help you realize your naive idea."

On the other hand, Hinata Hajime looked very calm. "You said that Oda Mingjie is a despicable person, a waste who doesn't work hard and only complains about everything, and can't change or improve. But have you ever thought about this?"

"ha?"

"A person like this is easily seduced." Hinata Hajime's voice was very soft, even like a leaf blown down by the wind. "A person who is easily seduced will be seduced by the fragments of despair. In order to gain talent, he will enter Hope's Peak Academy and let you control his body. He will also be seduced by us and abandon you."

"He has no ability to stick to himself and will just go with the flow. Do you believe it? As long as Makoto Naegi says 'I will forgive the past and help Xiaotian Ming to solve the secret', he will smile again instead of crying deep in his heart, don't you think so?"

Despair Fragment clicked his tongue, "So, Naegi Makoto will really keep it a secret for him?"

"What do you think? After all, Naegi Makoto is really such a person. He is so soft-hearted that he will do it if you just ask him, not to mention just hiding it."

Hinata Sou laughed, "Want to make a bet?"

"I bet he will be attracted to Makoto Naegi, because he is so upright, and his opposite, you, does not need to be trusted at all."

"Really?"

"As a human being, I understand human nature better than you." Hinata Hajime leaned back in his chair, his voice calm and even with a hint of smile, "Is Oda Naruto's despair due to his lack of talent? No, he just couldn't accept the difference in environment caused by not having talent, so he had to come to Hope's Peak Academy after he had talent."

“Get more friends and become more popular.”

"Talent is just an accessory to him, so as long as Makoto Naegi shows up and offers to help him keep it secret, he will choose our side."

Despair Fragment looked at Hinata Hajime, and at this moment, panic gradually appeared in his eyes.

"Is it true?" Oda Mingjue stood up after regaining control of his body. He did not dare to approach Xiang Chuang, but just hesitated, "Will Principal Naegi really help me keep this a secret? Can I still continue to study and live with everyone as a super high school class?"

"I'm sorry, I, I just don't want to be separated from my classmates!"

"Principal, Principal! I'm sorry, I was wrong, please forgive me."

"I can work hard and I will learn. Please don't chase me away!"

Hinata Hajime held his chin with one hand. He looked at the excited Oda Mingjue and said casually, "Right?"

In fact, Oda Naruto's technique is the same as Hinata Hajime's, and Hinata Hajime knows himself very well.

Talent is not a certainty. There is only one reason why Hinata Hajime insists on talent: he is not special, but an ordinary person.

Not special, unable to be the center, self-righteous, extremely arrogant and inferior.

His obsession with his talent is his obsession with himself. He hates himself for not being special, for not being the center, and for being powerless.

If Hope's Peak Academy had not divided undergraduates and preparatory courses so radically and ignored preparatory courses so much, perhaps things would not have happened to this extent.

On the opposite side, Oda Mingjie, who had been constantly begging Naegi Makoto, stopped talking. The fragments of despair regained control of Oda Mingjie's body. He sat back in the chair, his black eyes staring at Hinata Hajime, his eyes full of Hinata Hajime's reflection.

He said, "You are becoming more and more like Kamizuru Izuru, Hinata-sama."

"Izuru and I are originally the same person, isn't it natural?" Hinata Hajime responded calmly, "We think in the same way, it's just that I can empathize with you, but Izuru can't. But for you, there is no need to have any feelings at all."

"Haha, that's great." Despair Fragment covered his face with his hands, his eyes full of fascination, "The bond between you two really makes me intoxicated."

"So great, so deep, just a perfect match."

"So, if one of us loses, it will be the ultimate despair!"

Hinata Hajime looked at him, "Are you so sure that I will despair?"

"The ultimate hope is despair, and hope will be born in the ultimate despair. This is the cycle, and this is the truth of the world." Despair Fragment closed his eyes, "Hinata-senior, you are going to let Oda Mingjutsu gain hope, and then purify me, right?"

Hinata Hajime didn't answer. He sensed something was wrong.

"You know, I have changed desperate hosts more than once. Every time I change a desperate host, a new despair will erupt, triggering a new story."

"You're talking about Junko Enoshima."

"Dunko-chan is great, she and I are so compatible, but she's not the first Desperate Host."

Despair Fragment rubbed his face in ecstasy, "Hinatsune-senpai, are you sure you want to purify me? If so, the effects of Despair Fragment will be cleared as well."

"What do you want to say?"

"Doesn't Senior Hinata possess all the talents? Guess for yourself." The Fragment of Despair laughed evilly, "Back then, the establishment of Hope's Peak Academy caused the hope side to be too high, so the world consciousness transformed one of the fragments into despair to deal with the hope in Hope's Peak Academy."

Despair Fragment shouted, "That was earlier than when Dunzi-chan entered school!"

...She fell into despair even earlier than Junko Enoshima.

Hinata Hajime thought of a possibility.

"...Hope, training plan?" he murmured.

The Hope Cultivation Program had always been a plan, not implemented, until Hinata Hajime's school year, when they quickly prepared and searched for experimental subjects, which was indeed a full year earlier than Enoshima Junko's admission.

"Yes, it's the Hope Cultivation Project!" Despair Fragment began to laugh, "Why do you really think that a mere super high school-level doctor can complete the Hope Cultivation Project? Why do you think they really have the ability to turn an ordinary person into an omnipotent person just by brain surgery!"

"What you gain you lose. How can a mere feeling and memory be exchanged for all your talents, even luck!"

"So, it's the Fragment of Despair." The Fragment of Despair's voice became particularly gentle, and he smiled and said, "It's me."

Hinata Hajime clenched his fists.

"The first despair host was all the researchers in the Hope Cultivation Program. Their despair was that they could not make the experiment successful and could not obtain an almighty genius. So the despair fragment helped them achieve this goal. In other words, Hinata Hajime..."

"No matter your talent or Kamisada-ryu, they are all fragments of despair, which are accidents that were created under my influence."

"As long as you give Oda Mingqi hope and purify me, then it doesn't matter whether it's your talent or your Kamizuru-dera."

"They will all be like the little mermaid in the story."

“…turned into foam.”