The Douluo Era 2.
On the playground of Shrek Academy.
Huo Yuhao stood on the playground and sighed helplessly.
"Yin-Yang Complementary Dual Soul Cores? And they ended up becoming hers?"
"I condensed those for her. They were my hard work, my Soul Power."
"The child was born, and she wouldn't even listen to a single explanation before turning and leaving."
"Am I really that unworthy of trust in her eyes?"
Electrolux's voice sounded from the Sea of Spirit:
"Child, you're questioning more than that woman. You're questioning the shadow behind her."
"Teacher, you mean Tang San?"
"The Sea God from ten thousand years ago, now the Asura God."
Electrolux said:
"You have a Million-Year Soul Ring, my inheritance, and potential beyond your era."
"What do all those things mean to a god?"
Huo Yuhao narrowed his eyes. "A pawn."
"No."
Sky Dream Ice Silkworm cut in:
"A dog."
"A dog that bites people and can still serve as his daughter's power bank."
"I've lived for a million years. I've seen too many tricks."
"This Tang San split his daughter's consciousness in two, into Wang Dong'er and Wang Qiu'er. That's clearly a game of chess."
Huo Yuhao's hands trembled. "So it was a trap from the very beginning?"
"Didn't you find it strange when you met Wang Dong'er?" Electrolux said.
"The daughter of a god just happened to appear by your side, and just happened to be able to achieve Martial Soul Fusion with you?"
"But Wang Dong'er..."
"She is Wang Dong'er, and she is also part of Tang Wutong."
Electrolux cut him off:
"Her feelings were real, and so was the exploitation."
"The Soul Core you gave her came from the heart; it was also true that she accepted it without hesitation. Both things could be true at once."
Huo Yuhao closed his eyes.
Wang Dong'er's smile, her irritation, the way she stood in front of him.
It had all been real.
But so had Tang Wutong, turning away coldly on the Light Screen, her eyes utterly devoid of warmth.
"What should I do, then?"
He asked quietly:
"If I go to the Tang Family in the future, will I end up a poor wretch who gets used and then cast aside?"
After a long silence.
"You know enough now."
Electrolux said, "A piece on the board that knows where the board ends is no longer a piece."
Huo Yuhao's eyes cleared. "You mean..."
"The road ahead is beneath your feet. Are you still going to give her a Soul Core?"
"Are you willing to be her father's dog?"
Huo Yuhao didn't answer.
He thought of Wang Dong'er's face, the face that would one day cry for him, smile for him, and fight for him with her life.
"But what about Wang Dong'er?"
He spoke softly:
"She isn't Tang Wutong yet. She doesn't know about that future. But if Tang Wutong's memories come back one day, will she still be herself?"
The wind swept across the playground, and for the first time, Huo Yuhao felt a bewilderment deeper than death.
The Douluo Era 2.
Shrek Academy.
Wang Dong'er was trembling all over with rage.
"That good-for-nothing!"
She punched the tree trunk:
"What Tang Wutong? That absolutely isn't me! Even if I died, I'd never do something like that!"
Xiao Xiao sighed. "Dong'er, calm down."
"Calm down? That woman on the Light Screen had my face, sucked Huo Yuhao dry, and abandoned him! What right does she have?"
"She really doesn't seem like you."
Xiao Xiao said:
"You'd give your life for Yuhao. How could you treat him like that?"
"Exactly! That wasn't me!"
Wang Dong'er's eyes were red-rimmed:
"What daughter of the Divine Realm? What daughter of Tang San? What does any of that have to do with me? I'm Wang Dong'er, a work-study student at Shrek, and Huo Yuhao's partner!"
"But, Dong'er," Xiao Xiao hesitated, "the Light Screen said you were a part of Tang Wutong. What if your memories come back..."
"Then they can stay gone forever!"
Wang Dong'er interrupted her:
"A person's memories are what matter. Every day I've lived, I've been Wang Dong'er. Every experience Huo Yuhao and I shared was Wang Dong'er's experience."
"Even if those memories come back, could they really outnumber my own?"
Xiao Xiao nodded. "If you're determined enough, then those foreign memories will just be someone else's story."
"So I absolutely can't fall into Tang San's hands."
Wang Dong'er's voice turned cold:
"He wants to turn his daughter into a tool, split me off, then put me back together. What am I to him, a puzzle piece?"
"Then what will you do?"
"What do you mean, what will I do? I just have to keep being Wang Dong'er." Wang Dong'er sneered. "I don't acknowledge him!"
"Can he force a father on me? Whoever wants to be his daughter can do it. I, Wang Dong'er, couldn't care less!"
Xiao Xiao smiled. "That's the Dong'er I know."
Wang Dong'er looked up in the direction where the Light Screen had vanished and said softly:
"That fool Huo Yuhao better not avoid me because of what he saw on the Light Screen. I'm not her, and I never will be."
The Douluo Era.
Notting Academy.
Tang San frowned at the darkened Light Screen.
"Why do I feel like this thing is targeting me?"
He turned to Xiao Wu. "The future me was called a schemer."
Xiao Wu rested a hand on his shoulder. "Xiao San, you're overthinking it. The Light Screen only showed one side of the story."
"But if Tang Wutong really is our daughter—"
"So what?" Xiao Wu cut him off.
"That girl on the Light Screen had problems of her own, too."
"A good girl wouldn't treat Huo Yuhao like that. He poured his heart out for her, and she wouldn't even listen to an explanation before walking away."
"Can you blame her father for everything?"
Tang San fell silent. "You're right. She has her own problems."
"Exactly." Xiao Wu's voice softened.
"When we have a daughter, we'll teach her properly."
"We'll teach her trust, gratitude, and responsibility. She can't turn out like the girl on the Light Screen."
Tang San looked at Xiao Wu, his eyes tender. "You're right."
"I, Tang San, have lived an upright and honorable life. I absolutely can't let myself be called a despicable man who schemed against his juniors ten thousand years from now, or let something like that actually happen."
"Then we should start thinking now about how to teach her."
Xiao Wu smiled.
"If that day really comes, we won't let her turn out that way."
Tang San smiled too, though a shadow lingered in his eyes.
Had the version of himself on the Light Screen really just been distorted?
Or had he truly changed into someone else over the long years in the Divine Realm?
He tightened his grip on Xiao Wu's hand and pushed the question down inside him.
No matter what, he absolutely couldn't let his image suffer. If it came to it, he could always take action against that daughter!
With Tang Wutong's Sharp Critique over, many people's discussions were forced to pause.
Many began to guess who would be the next target of the Sharp Critique.
This was especially true in the Douluo Era 2. Now that Shrek Academy knew Wang Dong'er was the daughter of a god king, they had no idea how to handle the situation.
The people of the Clear Sky Sect in the Douluo Era 2 couldn't see the Light Screen, because the connection slots for the Light Screens of the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape in the Douluo Era 2 had been taken by their counterparts from the Douluo Era.
At this moment, apart from Shrek Academy, no one could protect Wang Dong'er.
Huo Yuhao was still hesitating, unsure how to face Wang Dong'er. At the same time, the Sea God Pavilion had already begun looking for a way to handle the matter.
After a night of meetings, Mu En finally decided to take a gentle approach: cooperate with Wang Dong'er rather than exploit her.
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