In the Grandmaster's Hall of the Blue Tyrant Advanced Soul Master Academy, a heavy atmosphere permeated the New Shrek Academy as everyone worried about the disappearance of Tang Sui and Tang San.
The food in the VIP room had long since been cleared away. Zhao Wuji stood by the door with his arms crossed, like a guardian.
After a long while, movement was heard outside the door.
Zhao Wuji, who had been meditating with his eyes closed, opened them. Dai Mubai and the others, who were restless, suddenly looked up and stared at the three figures appearing at the door—Grandmaster, Liu Erlong, and Flander.
Grandmaster's face was slightly pale, his expression dazed, and his pupils unfocused.
Zhao Wuji had no choice but to cast a questioning gaze at Flander.
After accompanying Grandmaster to the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy to request the whereabouts of Dugu Bo from the three elders, Flander had searched the forest for a while, only finding residual traces of a battle, but nothing else. He silently shook his head at Zhao Wuji, indicating no discovery.
Zhao Wuji was stunned, and his face immediately turned grim.
"Grandmaster, where are Sui Sui and Xiao San? What happened to them?" As the leader of the team, Dai Mubai stepped forward to break the silence.
Liu Erlong sighed and looked at her distraught lover. Just as she was about to speak, she heard a somewhat suppressed voice from Grandmaster:
"It was the Poison Douluo, Dugu Bo. The Titled Douluo we met at the Imperial Advanced Soul Master Academy, the one in green. He took Xiao San away, and Sui Sui chased after him. Now... neither of them can be found..."
Grandmaster's words made the already heavy hearts of everyone sink further.
Especially Xiao Wu, who covered her mouth in disbelief, her face filled with worry.
How could this happen... Sui Sui... Xiao San...
"Why would that Titled Douluo go after Sui Sui and Third Brother?" Ning Rongrong could no longer sit still and stood up from the sofa, asking in confusion.
Grandmaster let out a breath, "Dugu Bo is interested in Xiao San, probably because of Xiao San's talent in poison. As for Sui Sui... she rushed out suddenly, likely because she sensed her twin brother was in danger. I don't know if Dugu Bo has any malicious intent in capturing Xiao San, but now, I can only hope that both brother and sister are safe..."
As he spoke, Grandmaster's silhouette seemed to age considerably, causing Liu Erlong's eyes to redden.
Xiao Gang...
"Teacher! I'm back!"
A lively voice broke the heavy atmosphere in the room.
Upon hearing this voice, everyone's gazes snapped to the doorway. Tang Sui's familiar figure appeared. Everyone immediately swarmed forward, especially Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu, who pulled Tang Sui this way and that, checking if she was injured, bombarding her with questions:
"Sui Sui, what exactly happened?!"
"Why did you suddenly rush out? You scared me to death!"
"Sui Sui, where is Xiao San? Did you go out looking for him just now? Weren't you together?"
Tang Sui listened to everyone's chirping, feeling dizzy, unsure of whom to answer first.
Fortunately, Flander, with the authority of the academy head, let out a low roar mixed with his soul power, calming down Dai Mubai and the others who had surrounded her. "Alright, alright, you all step back. Let Grandmaster and I ask."
Dai Mubai and the others retreated with worried faces. Grandmaster walked straight to Tang Sui, placed his hands on her shoulders, and looked at her with bloodshot eyes, asking, "Sui Sui, what happened?"
"Brother is currently with Senior Dugu, but Senior Dugu isn't harming him. He just wants to discuss poison-related experiences with him. Also, if brother can break a certain poison, he will owe brother a favor," Tang Sui said calmly.
Ma Hongjun listened and subconsciously mumbled, "But didn't you suddenly change and rush out just now?"
"Mm... that's because the other me sensed that brother was in danger, so 'she' appeared and rushed out," she said, then bowed to them. "I'm sorry for always scaring you."
"..."
Silence fell in the room after Tang Sui finished speaking.
Zhao Wuji's bear-like eyes blinked in disbelief, looking like pebbles.
The others also stared at Tang Sui in a daze. Apart from the bewildered Qin Ming and Liu Erlong, even Grandmaster looked at the slightly embarrassed Tang Sui and asked again in a hoarse voice, "Sui Sui, what did you just say? That... 'she'... you know?"
Tang Sui stood up straight and nodded, "Yes. I know now, Teacher."
"When Brother was in danger, 'her' voice actively appeared in my conscious mind and told me. My mind went blank at the time, but my subconscious still trusted 'her,' so I let 'her' take over and chase after Brother and Senior Dugu."
"I now know that there is another self within me. But fortunately, 'she' and I have the same intentions. 'She' said that she won't attack you all in the future. I've also discussed it with her. In the future, if we encounter emergencies, how to handle them, even if she appears again, unless both of us completely lose our minds and can't distinguish friend from foe, we will absolutely not attack you."
Tang Sui repeated the explanation she had given Tang Hao to everyone.
Everyone listened with dazed expressions, and Qin Ming and the other teachers finally understood Tang Sui's meaning.
"You... have split personality?" Having taught in resource-rich royal academies for many years, his knowledge had greatly expanded from its initial shallowness. He had even heard of split personality.
However, the cases of split personality he had encountered were almost all those where only one of the two personalities survived, or both disappeared, leaving behind a dull and foolish empty shell to wander the world like a living dead person...
Thinking of this, Qin Ming suddenly became worried about the psychological state of this outwardly cheerful and well-behaved young girl.
He didn't quite believe that their two personalities could coexist so simply and amicably. There must be details they were unaware of. He should find time to talk to the Dean about it.
— Aside —
Sui Sui's psychologist is ready~
I saw the long reviews from two lovely readers. I'm really happy that you understood Sui Sui's interpretation, haha~