"I see."
Xi Ye froze. That exclamation had not come from him, nor from anyone nearby, but from some unfamiliar voice.
What was going on?
Lanaia's heart jolted, and she immediately tensed her muscles warily. Though she had been rescued, years of professional habits still prevented her from lowering her guard. She had been sensing her surroundings the entire time, yet she had not detected anyone else nearby.
Where had this sudden voice come from?
What made her even more wary was that the voice belonged to Wo Gu!
Where was he?
Lanaia kept her expression unchanged as she searched for the source in secret. She soon discovered that the voice was coming from right beside the Headmaster, as if it had traveled from another dimension.
"I've always felt that little fellow called Borton was rather strange." Wo Gu chuckled softly. "He rose through his career as a lord, encountering one fortuitous opportunity after another. This time, he happened to run into us as well. The universe is enormous—no matter how you put it, that's far too coincidental. So he was parasitized by that thing."
Headmaster: "I had my suspicions before, but I didn't dare confirm them. Now that I look at it, it does make sense."
Wo Gu: "Then, Senior, since you've contacted us, you must have some sort of plan, right?"
Contacted us?
Lanaia froze. Were there other people beside Wo Gu?
Just as she was wondering, another familiar voice rang out: "Fixed-Point Dimensional Link. To achieve this in such an environment, Senior truly lives up to your reputation as a renowned space master. Since you can accomplish this, does that mean you can do even more?"
Vayne?
Lanaia was utterly stunned. Vayne was with Wo Gu? That shouldn't be possible.
"I didn't expect to encounter an old