"Teacher, you..."
"What? Did you want to explain something?" Nora glanced at Tang Na. "Tell me everything I said is false, that you really are just an ordinary student?"
"I..." Tang Na hesitated, then her shoulders slumped. She shook her head with a bitter smile. "No, that wasn't what I wanted to explain. Teacher, you really have figured out everything about me, and you're right about all of it. I only wanted to ask how the school plans to deal with me. Will I be expelled? And if so, expelled from Atlantis City, or even barred from staying in Shalin?"
"Why would the school expel you?" Nora asked strangely. "The school has no intention of dealing with you."
"But, Teacher, the things you just said to me..."
"What I said was only meant to let you know not to play petty tricks in Atlantis. Your cleverness might be impressive elsewhere, but here, it amounts to nothing—there are many people better than you, and geniuses ten times more talented than you emerge one after another. I hope you'll put your cleverness to proper use," Nora said.
After a pause, Nora continued, "Shalin is known for its efficiency, which is why its highest administrative body is called the Efficiency Department. Atlantis University is even more so. It places enormous value on the results and utility of research, while being relatively lenient in other areas. Therefore, as long as you truly have the ability to remain here, everything else can be tolerated as long as it does not go too far."
"But, Teacher, my identity is still..."
"Your identity..." Nora raised her eyebrows. "I can tell that you're deeply worried that Xia Ya will send people to capture you once your identity is exposed. That's why you disguised yourself under so many layers