counters an ability to cry with smarts

But it was not the sound of the #1 thoughtlessly charging at Nephthys on the stage.
It was actually the opposite.
“Target: Qliphah Puzzle 545 - Boos—”
“I already knew you were gonna do that!!”
Accelerator used his foot to tear up one of the seats and kicked it up like a soccer ball. He
destroyed something on the ceiling three stories up: a sprinkler.
An artificial rain poured down to soak everything below: the first-floor seating, the stage,
the #1 monster, and the brown-skinned bandage woman.
Yes.
That included Magic God Nephthys’s cheeks.
Now no one could see her tears even if she cried. Just like red writing was invisible in red
lighting.
“I see. I don’t really like getting wet, you know?”
“Your tears cause psychological change. It’s the same as a stage play, really. You let other
people see you crying in order to shake their emotions and inspire them to cry as well.
That’s the identity of your boost that sends people out of control. Now that I understand
it, it’s just pathetic. A sick kid is separated from his puppy during a war and the puppy
desperately runs back to his master only to arrive too late and find the kid’s dead. Sure,
some morons might cry, but so what? Tears are worthless trash when they’re a calculated
ploy to get what you want. Your tears are like asking someone what they had for dinner
three days go. Who remembers that shit!?”

- New Testament Volume 22 Chapter 4 Part 11