B. 人々(ひとびと)は以前(いぜん)よりもさらに内供(ないぐ)の鼻(はな)を嘲笑(ちょうしょう)するようになった。

However, contrary to Naigu's expectations, people's reactions remained unchanged from before. Upon seeing his shortened nose, they began to mock him even more than they had previously. Whereas before they laughed at his nose for being too long, now they found his normal nose to be ridiculous. Naigu was perplexed by this paradoxical situation and gradually grew to resent people. And strangely enough, he began to wish from the bottom of his heart that his old long nose would return.