Betrayal!

Jiang Chen said he didn't understand. He was just about to ask when he realized Omniscient's shadow was nowhere beside him.

His soul power had already been completely drained, leaving him in a weakened state.

He felt a little unsteady on his feet.

Seeing the Fatty nearby, he called out, "Fatty!"

"Brother Chen, you called?"

Hearing Jiang Chen call him, Fatty hurried over to his side.

"Give me a hand!"

Jiang Chen draped one arm over Fatty's shoulder and leaned his weight against him.

Only then did he feel a little better.

"Are you okay?"

Seeing that Jiang Chen looked pale, Fatty was worried and asked him.

"I'm fine! I just used up too much strength, so I'm a little weak!"

"Just help me back to class in a bit."

Jiang Chen's class still had lessons after their break, and Jiang Chen had to go back.

"You're in this state and you still want to go to class?"

"Why not just ask for leave and go home?"

Fatty suggested.

"No!"

Jiang Chen shook his head. "I'm not feeling well right now. If I go home looking like this and Xiao Lan sees me, she'll definitely ask a lot of questions and worry about me."

"I don't want her to worry."

"Why not come to my place?"

Fatty thought it over. "No one's home right now, so it'd be fine if you came over."

"Forget it. I'm not that fragile. I'm just a little weak. I'll be fine after resting for a bit."

General Pagoda had been keeping an eye on Jiang Chen. Seeing his condition, he guessed it was because his ability had been completely drained, so he said, "I have some anti-fatigue potion. Want to try it?"

"It'll ease your physical exhaustion, but your ability will still need time to recover."

"Thanks, General, but I don't like taking medicine!"

After that, Jiang Chen said to Fatty, "Let's go!"

General Pagoda didn't press him when he refused. Seeing Jiang Chen about to leave, he called out, "Wait a moment. There's something I need to talk to you about!"

"Oh?"

Jiang Chen stopped and looked at General Pagoda curiously.

His expression seemed to ask, What do you want to talk about?

"When you feel you've mostly recovered, come to the principal's office. I'll be waiting there. I have a few questions about Nie Xiaoqian."

"Okay!"

After speaking with General Pagoda, Jiang Chen returned to the classroom with Fatty supporting him.

Along the way, Fatty kept telling him, "Brother Chen, take it slow. I've got you. Don't walk too fast!"

"I'm not crippled. I'm just a little weak."

Jiang Chen smiled and tapped Fatty on the head.

"I looked pretty cool fighting, right?"

"Cool? I was worried sick!"

Fatty said frankly.

"It's all my fault. I shouldn't have dragged you to watch that combat lesson!"

As he spoke, Fatty scratched his head, his eyes a little dazed. "Brother Chen, why did I even want to watch a combat lesson? I'm not interested in that stuff at all!"

Jiang Chen didn't say anything. He didn't tell Fatty that Nie Xiaoqian had controlled him.

If he told him, Fatty would only overthink it.

So he replied, "It's all over now. Don't dwell on it."

By now, news that Jiang Chen had defeated an S-Class Demonic Beast had spread through the entire school once again, causing a stir.

"So that's Jiang Chen—the guy who went three years without awakening an ability, then awakened one and took down an S-Class Demonic Beast in one go!"

"He really came out of nowhere."

"Yeah, he's incredible!"

"If only I could do that someday!"

"Wake up. That's not happening in this life. Maybe the next one."

A girl said, "I wonder if Jiang Chen has a girlfriend. I'm going to pursue him!"

"If I can't become an S-Class powerhouse, I can at least become the mother of one!"

Hearing her, everyone laughed. "With your looks? Maybe in your next life."

"What's wrong with how I look?" the girl protested. "I have a good figure, don't I?"

"Or are you saying I'm not pretty?"

"You are pretty, but you're still nowhere near the Campus Belle."

"I'm not talking to you anymore!"

The girl's face darkened, and she turned and walked away.

"Who do you think could be good enough for someone like Jiang Chen?" someone asked.

"Probably only the Campus Belle at our school!"

Someone asked, puzzled, "Why do you say that?"

"Don't you know? Jiang Chen once confessed to Song Yiyi!"

"That really happened?" A boy wearing glasses pushed them up and asked.

"Of course it did. Lots of people saw it on the sports field."

Just then, Song Yiyi happened to pass by and overheard them. For some reason, she slowed her pace.

When they said that only she was good enough for Jiang Chen, she found herself strangely hopeful.

At the thought of Jiang Chen, her heart began to beat a little faster.

She couldn't help wondering whether he had truly liked her when he confessed to her.

Meanwhile, Jiang Chen had returned to the classroom and sat at the back with Fatty.

His soul power was badly depleted, and he needed sleep to replenish it.

So he laid his head on the desk and rested.

He didn't even notice when the teacher came in to start class.

This time, the teacher didn't look down on Jiang Chen and deliberately give him a hard time as usual.

Instead, he lowered his voice and began the lesson, afraid that he'd disturb Jiang Chen's rest.

After all, Jiang Chen was the only S-Class ability user in the entire school, and he was so young. His future was limitless, so the teacher naturally couldn't afford to offend him.

As for how he'd looked down on Jiang Chen in the past, he wondered whether Jiang Chen would hold it against him.

Thinking about it, the beast studies teacher lowered his voice even more.

Fatty didn't sleep. Although he wasn't interested in becoming a powerhouse, he was very interested in beast studies.

So he enjoyed listening to the lessons.

He felt like the teacher was acting differently today. He was speaking so softly that it was practically a whisper.

He was moving more carefully, too.

With the teacher speaking so quietly, Fatty couldn't hear him at all.

There was nothing else he could do, so he strained to listen.

He thought he'd bring a recording device tomorrow. Listening to class like this was too frustrating.

Jiang Chen, meanwhile, was sleeping soundly.

In his dream, he seemed to have returned to the planet where he'd once lived: Earth.

He looked at the familiar streets, the restaurants where he'd loved to eat, and the places where he'd loved to hang out.

He was thrilled.

He'd been transported back!

He could live the life of a rich second-generation heir again.

He wouldn't have to live on edge in a world of demons anymore.

It was wonderful.

Before Jiang Chen could let out a loud laugh,

a voice shattered the illusion.

"Does this world feel familiar?"

It was the voice of his Zanpakuto, Omniscient.

Jiang Chen abruptly turned around and saw Omniscient dressed in a white Shinigami uniform.

He instinctively asked, "Why are you here?"

"This is your inner world. Where else would I be?" Omniscient said with a smile.

Jiang Chen didn't answer. Why did Omniscient's smile seem so full of mischief?

Why had he brought him here for no reason?

Something was up.

"Aren't you going to ask why you're here?"

"I'll wait for you to tell me," Jiang Chen replied.

"I brought you here. Aren't you surprised? Isn't it a nice surprise to see the world you lived in before?"

"Is that so?"

Jiang Chen added, "Why does your appearance feel more like a scare than a surprise?"

"You didn't summon me here just to let me see the world from my previous life, did you?"

"That's right! I summoned you here because I want to take your place!"