The Boss (6)

They say physiognomy is a science.

I don't know who first came up with that saying, but physiognomy was, in fact, one of the fields with a remarkably long history in both the East and the West.

It was a field that had nearly been forgotten in modern times due to the development of ethical awareness, changing biological perceptions, and advances in genetics.

Even in statistics, valid analysis of what a sample means is generally considered more important than the number of samples.

If you averaged out all human beings statistically, you could say it was similar to a situation where everyone ended up with one testicle each.

In this insane city where people could modify their bodies with cybernetic prosthetics, that number might be slightly lower or higher, but anyway.

The favorable or uneasy feeling one got when first encountering someone could also be considered a type of physiognomy.

Now that I was standing in front of a famous actress whose hobby was making B-movies, my sharp sixth sense, honed by countless voice-phishing calls and scammers selling in-game items, began screaming at the top of its lungs that she was suspicious.

Yulia Volkova approached me looking distinctly displeased.

“Excuse me, are you all right?”...