Phoenix took a deep breath.
"Li Ge, tell me!"
"This is my own choice. Whatever the consequences, I can accept them!"
This time, Li Ge did not keep dragging things out.
"I'm going to split you into two people!"
The moment Li Ge spoke, everyone present was shocked.
"What do you mean?"
"Give Jean a split personality? Wouldn't that change nothing?"
"Uh, Jean, I'm not saying you have a split personality. That's not what I meant!"
Cyclops stumbled over his words.
As he watched Phoenix's expression, he unconsciously felt his demonic horns.
He looked so comical that even at a time like this, Phoenix could not help the corners of her mouth lifting.
"Ha... Scott, you really know how to joke!"
"I mean exactly what I said. I'm going to separate Jean's second personality and turn her into an independent individual."
"Jean, you're going to have a younger sister!"
Li Ge did not want to tease the two of them any longer and gave them the answer outright.
"Li Ge, do you mean you're going to design a body for Jean's second personality?"
"Want me to offer some pointers? I know all of Jean's measurements~"
Storm understood what Li Ge meant and teased him a little. She found his old-before-his-time manner amusing.
"Two people... a younger sister... another Jean..."
Wolverine's eyes lit up. Who knew what had occurred to him? He even glanced at Cyclops.
The Professor perked up too. Why hadn't he thought of that?
If she could not be controlled, separate her.
Jean did not want to get rid of her second personality, but they could not let her keep growing stronger inside Jean's mind either. Separating her was the best choice.
But separating her would also require a body. He wondered how Li Ge planned to do it.
"Li Ge, do you need my help? I think I can still be of some assistance in the mental realm."
The Professor did not directly ask Li Ge for the specifics of his solution. He simply offered to help.
After all, in his view, although Li Ge's ability was powerful, his mental abilities could not have grown all that strong in such a short time.
No matter how powerful an ability was, it required time to practice, especially mental abilities, which required delicate control.
"Of course, Professor! I'll need you to help Jean suppress her second personality for a while in a moment."
Li Ge did not refuse the Professor's kindness. His mental power really had not reached a sufficient level yet, and he did not want to spend time on using mental abilities either.
"And Ororo, I don't think I'll need your pointers. I just need to design a clone ability for Jean."
Having dealt with Storm's remark in passing, Li Ge did not want to waste any more time with the X-Men. He was ready to design the ability right away.
Come to think of it, they had brought him straight to the training ground when he arrived today. He had not even met the students at the school yet.
He did not feel like putting on an act now either. He raised his right hand, palm up, and guided the Redstone energy within his dimensional world with his thoughts.
Li Ge's various ideas came together, and with energy as their medium, a ball of light instantly appeared in his palm.
This time, he did not slow things down. In just a few seconds, the ball of light had fully formed.
Li Ge did not feel like designing a pattern either, and he dispensed with the card, simply handing the ball of light to Phoenix.
"Um... where's the card?"
Phoenix, whose face had been full of anticipation, looked at the ball of light in Li Ge's hand in some confusion.
She even stopped in the middle of reaching for the scalpel Cyclops was handing her.
"Didn't I mention that just now?"
"Sealing it in a card is just to make it easy to carry. It's not as though I can't give it directly to someone without a card."
"Just press the ball of light against the spot between your eyebrows."
Looking surprised, Li Ge raised an eyebrow.
"Then what I just...?"
Cyclops's eyelid twitched at that.
"Oh~ I just wanted to test whether there were any problems with the sealing card I designed. It was my first time using it, after all. I'm sure you understand."
"You're a grown man, and it was only a little cut. You don't mind, do you?"
Li Ge casually revealed that he had used Cyclops as an experimental subject.
Everyone else's eyelids twitched, and the corners of their mouths jerked.
At that moment, they fully understood Li Ge's twisted sense of humor.
"Uh... of course I don't mind!"
What could Cyclops say? Li Ge had solved the problem with his eyes and designed a powerful set of abilities for him.
Naturally, he could only pretend he had not heard Li Ge say he had used him as a guinea pig.
After hearing Li Ge's explanation, Phoenix eagerly took the ball of light from his hand.
She had thought the ball of light would have no real substance, but to her surprise, she could clearly feel its presence as she held it.
The ball of light did indeed weigh almost nothing. It was light, soft, and springy, like jelly made of clouds.
But she keenly noticed that its energy was draining away little by little.
She immediately understood why Li Ge wanted to seal the ball of light inside a card.
Without the seal on the card, the ball of light would not last long before disappearing. It really did need some kind of container for storage.
Phoenix hesitated no longer, filled with hope and anticipation for the younger sister Li Ge had spoken of.
Under the X-Men's gazes, she held the ball of light and pressed it directly between her eyebrows.
As for why Phoenix felt no resistance to suddenly gaining a younger sister...
One could only say that among ten mutants, you could not find even two with intact families.
Mutants were a group that generally lacked familial affection.
For Phoenix, this would both solve the problem of her powers going out of control and give her a real younger sister. She could not be happier!
While Phoenix received the information, the Professor began asking Li Ge about the specifics of his solution:
"Li Ge, can you tell us your method now?"
"You should also tell me where you need my help."
Li Ge did not refuse.
"Just as I said earlier, I designed a clone ability for Jean."
"She can freely decide whether to create an energy clone or one with a physical body."
"Jean can decide for herself what energy and abilities the clone has."
"In other words, she can control how strong or weak her clone is."
Li Ge first explained the clone ability, then continued:
"I also incorporated the Eastern theory of yin and yang into the clone ability."
"Jean and her clone will each govern one aspect of the Phoenix Force: creation and destruction."
"They'll balance the Phoenix Force within Jean, so she'll never lose control again."
"Instead, the two of them will keep growing stronger through the mutually generating and restraining effects of yin and yang."