After cleaning up the remnants of his experiment and taking a shower, Dark emerged from the bathroom to find Trash Slime slowly wriggling along with Meowth's Magitech Card balanced on top of its head.
Trash Slime seemed to enjoy this job very much, carrying Meowth around the bedroom again and again—
Ditto, who regarded Trash Slime as its own child, watched it gently. The scene was surprisingly harmonious.
"Ditto."
Dark dried his hair with a towel and spoke.
"Busy busy?" Ditto immediately turned around, looking at him with a curious expression.
Dark pointed at the teaching materials on the desk and said casually, "How about I leave Meowth's teaching duties to you?"
Ditto tilted its head and thought for a moment. Then its body suddenly rose amid a series of wriggles, transforming into a Meowth with little bean-like eyes.
It then patted its chest, nodded, and said, "Meowth meowth meow!"
Dark nodded approvingly. "Then I'll leave it to you. And tutor the slime while you're at it. It's having a little trouble keeping up."
Ditto replied, "Busy—meowth!"
The next day was Sunday.
Afternoon.
As Dark continued writing the teaching materials, a paper crane carried by a gentle breeze flew into the dormitory.
He reached out to catch the paper crane. After opening it and reading the message, his heart stirred. He packed his things and left.
Several minutes later, he arrived at Professor Sylph's office.
Professor Sylph and Professor Kazel were already waiting inside.
Although their search for the "Invisible Man" had made no progress, neither of them looked anxious in the slightest.
When Dark entered, he unexpectedly found them playing Magic Chess.
Dark was actually quite interested in Magic Chess as well, but he feared that once he became addicted, he would be unable to restrain himself, so he