If she chose to go with Morgana and join the demons,
her words might influence Morgana, but they wouldn't affect her decisions the way Rose had in the original story.
It wasn't that Ashe was weaker than Rose. The two of them simply meant entirely different things to Morgana.
To the angels, the Galaxy Power represented a new direction for the future.
But Space-Time Rose was the culmination of Morgana's life's work.
No matter how strong Ashe became after joining the demons, she would still just be a warrior Morgana favored.
There was no way Morgana would leave Earth for Ashe like she had for Rose in the original story.
So joining the demons was never an option for Ashe.
Since she hadn't made contact with the angels, the only faction left on Earth was Super Seminary.
Besides, the main characters of Xiong Bing Lian belonged to Super Seminary. If Ashe wanted to grow stronger, she had no choice but to join them.
That was the only way she could earn a large number of Nurturing Points.
Of course, Ashe could also choose to go it alone.
As a transmigrator with a cheat, she was confident she could grow stronger through her own efforts, even without outside help.
She could get stronger little by little, until she eventually surpassed everyone.
It would just take longer.
And it would bring plenty of trouble. Her identity and access to information would be major problems.
After all, although Ashe had watched Super Seminary and knew the story,
the scenes the anime had shown her weren't comprehensive.
Because of the anime's limited runtime, much of what it showed and revealed was only partial.
Besides, Ashe had been in this world for ten years. She had long since forgotten when many key events were supposed to happen.
Take Angel Yan's arrival on Earth, for example. If the system hadn't activated a Side Quest, Ashe would've had to camp out in Tianhe City every day.
And that was nothing compared to how unclear the original story had been about where many events took place. It only gave rough locations.
Ashe still couldn't fly. She couldn't go searching every inch of some vague area.
She had no time to waste on that.
Joining Super Seminary would help her solve the problem.
Although, not long after the story began, various alien forces destroyed Earth's communications,
Super Seminary still retained some intelligence-gathering capabilities, even then.
That was enough.
And Ashe had transmigrated into this world now. It might be an exaggeration to say she could prevent every tragedy, but at least she could change how some things played out.
Like cutting down that bastard Sumari.
As a transmigrator, Ashe really couldn't understand some of her fellow transmigrators.
They clearly had the power to deal with him, yet they let that bastard run loose for so long.
But that didn't matter now. She had transmigrated here.
She definitely wouldn't let the bastard leave Earth alive and go back to his old master. Though Ashe might let Sumari see Huaye again—after she'd chopped him into eight pieces.
That was why, during her negotiations with Ajie, Ashe had said she'd take part in training missions selectively,
and that she wanted to manage her free time herself.
She already had a pretty good idea where that bastard Sumari was hiding.
Once she finished upgrading and was strong enough, Sumari would be a dead man.
Then there was Angel Leng, who was sharp-tongued but soft-hearted, whose only flaw was never having had a good teacher.
Ashe remembered watching Leng fall.
Countless viewers had shed tears, and many online had even written poems for Sister Leng!
Proud and fiery, Sister Leng, with her sword in hand, she had guarded her heart for seven thousand years, wielding her Blazing Flames against the demons.
The rivers of stars and the heavens were all behind her now; she entered North Star and bade farewell, then fought the Taotie at the summit of the battlefield.
Suddenly, a storm descended from the skies. She drew her sword and faced her former mentor; the justice in her heart had never wavered.
She fought at North Star, where the storm raged and shattered her heart; she gazed into the distance as her comrades fell.
Lingxi arrived too late with reinforcements. The sun set, and Leng was left alone, gazing at the sunset in silence.
Yan, far away in Heavenly City, did you know? I miss Sister Leng so much.
I really miss Sister Leng.
Ashe came back to herself, having settled on her two goals for the future.
She withdrew her hand and sat back in her seat.
Calling to Qilin in the distance to come over, she asked,
"Where are we going now?"
"Don't worry, everything's been arranged."
"We're heading to the airport now. There's a private plane waiting for us."
"We'll take it back to Juxia City."
"So I'll be joining that Super Seminary too?"
"That's right."
Five hours later, after getting off the private plane,
Ashe was sitting in a car, telling Qilin that she'd be joining the same organization as her.
After all these years together, Ashe wasn't about to let Qilin end up like she had in the original story,
only to be discovered as a Super Soldier after surviving a huge hole blown through her chest.
Aside from being a little worried about whether she really had the "superpower" Ashe had mentioned,
Qilin didn't ask much after learning the basic details. Nor did she blame Ashe for deciding her future without asking permission.
They'd been together for ten years. Most of the time, they didn't need to say anything to know what the other was thinking.
Sometimes, Qilin felt like Ashe was another version of herself.
She knew Qilin's hidden feelings. She knew how Qilin pretended to be strong, and how she insisted on shouldering everything alone.
She knew Qilin needed someone to lean on, too.
Sometimes, Qilin even felt as if Ashe had dropped from the sky just to find her.
How else could they be so in sync?
If Ashe hadn't been a woman, Qilin would've long since...
But because of that, Qilin had never had a boyfriend, and didn't plan to get one in the future, either.
She felt it was nice just to keep each other company like this.
So when Ashe told her she'd made the decision for her,
Qilin hadn't felt annoyed. If anything, she was a little happy. It meant the two of them would still be together.
It was just like when she'd found out Ashe had "Gender Identity Disorder."
Truthfully, Qilin had been a little excited inside.
She just hadn't told Ashe. There was no need to.
"By the way, we're nearly in the city, aren't we?"
"Feels like we've been on the road forever since we left the airport."
Still leaning against Qilin's shoulder, Ashe looked at the passing scenery and asked.
Qilin glanced at her phone.
She nodded. "Yeah, we're almost there. We'll reach the city in half an hour at most."
"It takes a little over an hour to get from the airport to the city."
"We've already gone more than halfway."
"I used to patrol this road from Feiliu District Airport with my coworkers all the time."
"Don't worry, I'm pretty good at estimating how long it'll take."
Qilin playfully stroked Ashe's smooth chin twice.
Seeing Ashe make no effort to resist, sprawled against her like a lazy fish,
Qilin smiled knowingly.
Ajie, who was driving in front, spoke up as well. "Don't worry. Once we're off the airport road,"
"we'll go a little farther, and a private plane will come pick us up. Then we'll head to a nearby base."
"We can do the checkup tomorrow. There's no rush!"
"Oh!"
Ashe replied softly, thoroughly bored.
She was just about to close her eyes for a bit
when the system's voice suddenly rang in her ears.
"Strong Enemy Mission: A Taste of Battle. Defeat the Taotie Mech sent to scout Earth."
The next moment, a tremendous boom erupted up ahead.
Ashe sat bolt upright. Through the vast cloud of smoke in front of her,
a huge blue-and-white figure strode out.
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