The teasing came to an end.
The reason they had arranged to meet at Pan Hua Restaurant today had to do with Tide Sis.
Or rather, with the strange creature Tide Sis had summoned earlier.
"Rover, Baizhi's research results show that the little creature you summoned is composed of frequencies similar to those of an Echo converted through a Data Bank," Yangyang said.
"An Echo?"
Tide Sis shook her head. She couldn't remember ever absorbing an Echo like that.
Especially one hidden inside her Resonance Mark.
She wasn't a Gourd.
"Studying your frequency spectra revealed an extremely close connection between you and it. It cannot exist independently of you."
"Something like an exclusive Echo?"
"Exactly. And not only that, it has an ability that practically amounts to devouring power. The energy it consumes enters your body and becomes yours to use.
"You are two separate individuals, but you function almost as one. You thrive together and suffer together!"
Yangyang explained Baizhi's findings point by point.
But the more she explained, the more confusing it became.
"Baizhi said her examination revealed a power inside you that shares its origin with Crownless. In other words, the energy consumed by the little creature that popped out of your Resonance Mark has now become your power!"
The same origin as Crownless...
Several suspicious gazes turned toward Ling An at once.
Ling An froze.
Why are you all looking at me?
He was the one who had been eaten, okay? It wasn't as though he had voluntarily injected Tide Sis with Crownless's frequencies, power, or any other stuff that couldn't be aired.
He was innocent.
"I have an idea. Research results alone aren't exactly straightforward. Why don't we call it out and ask it directly? It might even know something about your identity, Rover!"
So