Black Box Exposed: Kallen Uncovers Schicksal's Human Experiments, Unaware She Has Fallen into Otto's New Game!

"We all thought he was Kallen's shadow, the strategist behind her."

"Only now do I understand. We were all wrong."

"He wasn't the shadow."

Chang Gongwei's gaze swept over every stunned, speechless Deity present as he enunciated each word:

"Kallen was his shadow."

"A flawless yet helpless... shadow he projected onto the bright world through the most extreme love and madness."

Silence.

Deathly silence.

Whether in the Douluo God Realm or among the countless people on the continent, everyone was shaken by the icy madness contained within that conclusion. For a moment, no one could speak.

A shadow...

They had always believed Otto was the shadow hiding behind Kallen's brilliance, advising her, cleaning up after her, a humble yet loyal contributor working behind the scenes.

But not until Lady Green Lily's shocking act, not until Chang Gongwei's thunderous summary, did they suddenly realize that they had been looking at everything backward from the very beginning!

Otto was not the shadow.

He was the only one holding the light source, projecting the perfect silhouette known as "Kallen"...

Kallen's justice, Kallen's kindness, every one of Kallen's successes—they were all merely an extravagant shadow play Otto had meticulously designed and perfectly staged upon the world's curtain in pursuit of some unspeakable purpose!

"I... I can't accept this..." Within Shrek Academy, Ning Rongrong shook her head blankly as tears once again blurred her vision. "If everything was Otto's scheme, then Miss Kallen's beliefs... her justice... were they all fake?"

"No, Kallen's beliefs were real." Tang San's voice rang out in the God Realm, low yet carrying unquestionable force. Taking up Chang Gongwei's thread, he dissected the horrifying truth even more thoroughly. "Precisely because Kallen's beliefs were real, because her justice was pure, she could become the most perfect 'shadow' in Otto's hands, the most