"-What do you mean?"
Poseidon's senses were keen. She immediately noticed the subtle change in Little Jade's expression and turned her head, looking shocked. Instinctively lowering her voice, she asked, "You've made up your mind to 'rebel'?"
As she spoke, she sneaked a glance into the depths of the hall.
Only after confirming that "Mother Jiang" wasn't there did she relax. Even so, she glanced at the dome twice more and warned the Furry Dragon, "...Don't go talking nonsense, okay? This one is Mother Jiang too!"
She patted Little Jade on the shoulder.
Big Mao flicked an eyelid, ignoring the two little lunatics.
"-It's hardly rebellion."
Little Jade didn't entirely deny Poseidon's guess. "She and I were two sides of the same person to begin with," she said vaguely. "Why use a word like 'rebellion'... would your hand rebel against you?"
Poseidon thought for a few seconds.
"My hands probably wouldn't, but my tail definitely would." She assessed her own body parts without mercy, then paused and added, "Given the right opportunity, my ears definitely would too!"
Little Jade's expression froze.
She glanced at the two fluffy little ears on Little Fox's head. As if agreeing with their owner's assessment, they gave a few cheerful twitches. After a few seconds of silence, Little Jade said with great reluctance, "The True Self doesn't have those furry ears of yours, or a tail."
"She does when she turns into a cat-" Poseidon's logic was airtight.
"Is that the point?" Little Jade interrupted irritably. "The point is, I'm not planning to seize power and usurp her position right now... or rather, I don't need to right now!"
"You don't need to?"
"Because the 'Jiang Yu' running things right now is also an Avatar."
With a complicated expression, Little Jade glanced at the piece