Ren Yu glanced at Kiana and decided to tell her the truth. "What if I said I pulled that move off purely through physical ability and neural reflexes? Would you believe me?"
"I'd believe you were a ghost first!"
Just as expected, she didn't believe him.
Ren Yu had no choice but to make up a lie on the spot.
"It was a secret technique passed down by my master. It can't be taught to just anyone."
"Mhm, mhm, mhm!"
Kiana nodded repeatedly, looking like she completely understood.
"It must be some powerful sword art from Shenzhou, right?! I've heard of it, I've heard of it! Is your master one of those sword immortals who can control a sword from a thousand miles away and take someone's head?! The kind who drinks himself senseless every day and is hopelessly devoted to love!"
"..."
She looked even more excited now, and Ren Yu suddenly felt like he had said the wrong thing.
"Pfft..."
Theresa suddenly burst out laughing from the side.
"Kiana, you really are a complete idiot. How could something like that exist..."
"If it did, people would have already dug three feet into the ground to find it!"
As she spoke, she shot Kiana another glare, her expression turning serious.
"Read fewer fantasy novels, got it? You're the one dragging down the written test scores! Honestly, how did the Kaslana Family produce an idiot like you?"
"You're the idiot, Auntie!"
Kiana immediately refused to accept that and exposed her.
"I saw you looking for your Magical Girl Concert CD while you were holding your Magical Girl Concert CD last time."
"I forgot!"
"Forgetting makes you an idiot too!"
"You're the idiot!"
Listening to Theresa scold Kiana, Ren Yu didn't know what to say.
The two of them were the pot calling the kettle black. Neither was particularly bright.
Still, they weren't stupid enough to be hopeless.
Yeah, just a little below average, the kind who were always careless and scatterbrained. That was about right.
That evening, a little after eight.
After finishing up his business, Ren Yu went to the so-called faculty cafeteria for dinner before returning to his dorm.
Then, he opened his suitcase and began taking stock of his belongings.
—Clothes, intact.
—Electronic equipment used to contact Anti-Entropy, intact.
—Environmental monitoring equipment, intact.
Finally...
Ren Yu's gaze fell on the suitcase patterned in interwoven dark blue and orange-red, with a sun-like emblem on it.
—Seele's Calamity Box, charge 97%
What could be inside? He was really looking forward to it.
He smiled. Unlike the toy box, the Bouncy Bouncy warehouse located who knew where, and the Bouncy Bouncy equipment presented in blueprint form—
This was an exclusive weapon obtained by the top 1% before the Bouncy Bouncy Phantom Sea event, and it was also the first item to appear physically beside Ren Yu when he had transmigrated.
Glancing at the toy box, Ren Yu couldn't help thinking of the legend surrounding it.
—It was said that if you sold the box, a certain girl would have nowhere left to hide and would crawl out on her own.
The more he thought about it, the more Ren Yu laughed.
Give him a break!
It was just a joke from some old forum poster. How could that possibly happen?
After taking out the toy box and setting it aside, Ren Yu went into the bathroom for a proper soak. Following his principle of never carrying exhaustion into the next day, he went to bed and immediately fell asleep.
He was utterly exhausted and quickly drifted off into dreamland.
Late at night, while Ren Yu slept.
Bright moonlight streamed in through the window, and the suitcase by the bed suddenly trembled.
98%
Breakfast Delivery
After midnight.
On the other side of the Earth, in the Mediterranean.
Schicksal's floating island.
It was just noon there, with the sun hanging high in the sky.
Inside the Bishop's hall.
"Lord Bishop, the data sent back from St. Freya Academy, the Far East branch, five hours ago has been fully analyzed."
A woman dressed in a servant's uniform and wearing a silver-patterned headband bowed slightly as she reported to the blonde girl seated on a luxurious chair.
"Oh? And the results?"
The girl held a transparent wineglass, gently swirling the ruby-like liquid within.
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