"Uh, that was barely half right. Here, have a Chocolate Frog as a reward."
Su Ming smiled and handed Magik a box, standing quietly in place as he watched the girl eat the brown frog.
"This is what today's lesson is about. When you see a cycle, first analyze what story it tells. Then consider how to break it. Especially when there may be hidden circumstances behind it, the cause of the story is the most important piece of information."
Illyana immediately put on an attentive expression, but another subway train arrived at that moment and delivered another ear to her teacher's feet.
She could not help laughing. She suddenly thought that if this kept looping, it would not be long before teacher and student were buried beneath a mountain of ears.
"I understand, Teacher."
"No, you still don't understand. This young man is named Jack Mort. He was the most famous serial killer in 1955 New York, the Pusher—parentheses, New York in this world."
Su Ming raised two fingers and hooked them slightly, making a point of clarifying that before explaining the details of the matter, involving the Timeline, Parallel Universe concepts, the manifestation of Multiple Personality Disorder, and a whole series of complicated things.
Because this was not a murder case, but a suicide case.
In 1930, when Odetta was five years old, Jack threw a stone down from upstairs and struck her in the head, causing the woman to split off an antisocial personality, Greta.
In 1958, Greta pushed Odetta onto the tracks, causing the latter's legs to be severed by a train. But it also made her split off the evil-boy personality of Jack Mort, which was sucked into Middle World.
In 1977, Jack, who had honed formidable killing skills in the twisted wilderness of Middle