186 Can I borrow your hand to smack faces

The gray-robed elder sighed and said, "They are already considered lucky. Every odd-numbered year, the rookie delegation goes all the way to the battle exchange at [Zeus]'s home ground. There, they suffer the outpour of taunts and booing. At least for this year, the battle exchange is organized by [Gaia]."

Upon hearing this, Yama Minamiya said softly, "Isn't such luck...too depressing?"

The gray-robed elder fell silent for a moment before saying, "It is not impossible to transmute depression into strength. It's been decided then. All of you are to comfort your respective division's children. Let them be mentally prepared that they will likely suffer an abject defeat at tomorrow's battle exchange. However, failure is not terrifying, what is terrifying is remembering the humiliation and ignoring the other useful things."

The four Division Ministers fell silent and nodded.

"Then, the meeting has ended."

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