Chapter 326 : Chapter 326

Chapter 326: The Script, an Unavoidable Hoax

"You..."

Tan Han looked at me in disbelief, not expecting me to answer so decisively.

"See you need to think before you ask a question. Don't expect a shred of pity from an outsider. Can you really pretend you never asked this question? I don't think so."

Seeing Tan Han's shocked expression, my own expression suddenly relaxed.

I didn't think a clear refusal like this could send Tan Han away, but there were some things I really couldn't say.

However, teaching her a lesson was fine.

The predicament she was facing now was something that even I found unsolvable.

Just imagine, who could expose a world woven from lies?

And the people she usually came into contact with were just genuinely expressing themselves without knowing anything.

So the script was the most masterful director, not even calling "cut" while guiding the protagonists' development.

"So you know, right... I'm sorry, Little Han. Something unpleasant might happen between us next. I will get my answer in my own way!"

Faced with my mocking words of education, Tan Han's face went from the daze of my refusal to a gloomy expression, and then to a firm resolve.

In that instant, she had made too many internal changes.

And when she said the word "unpleasant," she had already made the decision she would regret the least, because this was the only breakthrough she could find.

She needed to know the truth, and only then could she break the current situation.

"What a decisive choice."

I was also very surprised by Tan Han's sudden move, but after expressing my initial shock, I quickly reacted.

Even Tan Han needed to use a spellbook to get answers in this "violent" way.

This was the foundation of her strength, and the source of her confidence.

"I'm sorry, I have no choice!"

At this moment, Tan Han had already made up her mind.

The guilt and helplessness she felt after making her move were quickly covered by her determination.

She only said words of comfort, but even Tan Han didn't know if this "no choice" was for the other person to hear or for herself to hear.

Faced with Tan Han's attack, the already surging spell attack was unable to advance an inch in the next moment.

The fiery fire spell seemed to freeze, and a bone-chilling cold swept over Tan Han's entire body.

Her originally resolute expression gradually turned to fear in the face of absolute power.

Yes... fear of the unknown.

"You see, you're not as strong as you imagined. In the face of failure, your heart begins to become... afraid?"

I looked at Tan Han, who was just a few inches away from me, and said.

"This is... what power..."

"That's not important."

"You clearly have such power, why? Why don't you do something? Do you know what we're facing? Those classmates from the Witch Academy, they're facing the Nightmares, facing that Nightmare Demon. If you had acted earlier, they wouldn't have faced that kind of danger. Do you know how many people will die this time!"

"Are you finished?"

"No!"

"Then continue. See if you can persuade me."

I looked at Tan Han's hysterical "no" and remained unmoved.

But after shouting these two words, she was like a deflated ball, unable to say another word.

"It seems you have nothing more to say. As for me... I just want to say one thing. Don't stand on a moral high ground and accuse me. Do you really care about those students? Does their life or death really affect you? I don't think so. There are so many people outside Ninglan New City who haven't found this sanctuary, and I didn't see you go out to find them. Now Ninglan New City is not safe either, and the underground city has become your last retreat. I didn't see you bring them all down either. What... the time doesn't allow, the timing doesn't allow, these are all excuses to convince yourself to feel at ease. This is what you said to me on the way here. How about it? It's different when I state it in a different way, isn't it? Your accusations have no power over me."

"I'm just curious... where did the old Tan Han go? What I can't understand the most is your incompetence. Once upon a time, your combat power was about the same as mine, and it seems to be the same now. The gap in Magic Power Source is not large, and the gap in spellbooks... now it seems to be not large either. But why? What is the gap? You have the power to destroy the entire Ninglan New City, but you don't do it..."

"Aren't you the same! Didn't you also do nothing?"

"Yes, but so what? Can't you hear why I'm saying these things? I'm teaching you how to chat concisely and clearly again. Admittedly, I know my chatting talent is very poor. I believe you are very clear about this. I'm teaching you how to communicate with me, to communicate efficiently. Let go of the unwillingness in your heart, let go of the nonsense of speaking for others, and just tell me what you want to ask," I said in a flat tone.

"Before, I promised Ninglan Qiuyue to chat with you. You said you were talking about things related to yourself, but look at what you're talking to me about? It seems Ninglan Qiuyue didn't tell you the whole thing I said... If you have an answer in your heart before you ask the question, then don't ask it."

"Why don't I act, why don't I do anything? I have the power, and you, likewise. The Sleeping Curse incident has developed to this point, and you have also done nothing. Do you care about those who were innocently dragged into this? No, you only care about the answer you want, the answer you're asking me for on this occasion."

After saying such a long speech, I sat back down on my bed and looked at Tan Han quietly.

At this moment, after losing the power I used to control her, Tan Han knelt powerlessly on the floor.

"There are many things I can't tell you, objectively I can't tell you," seeing her silent, I spoke again.

"Since you have chosen to resist the so-called fate, the first thing you must learn is to grow. No one will just tell you everything, unless... you have that kind of value," I said.

This reminded me of myself.

In the Witch Academy, Teacher Ji Niang would tell me many things, Lina would tell me many things, and even... the Academy Head would tell me many things, as if they didn't know what taboos were, or they didn't care.

Maybe this was the benefit of showing one's own value.

"Value... no... no one is a fool. You, Teacher Lina, and even the Academy Head, none of them are fools. They wouldn't even do anything that isn't profitable. I must have such a value to be manipulated by you all like this. The so-called value you talk about has no meaning, and even... I don't want it."

"Because you don't have the ability to grasp this value, that's why you are a puppet that can be manipulated by others," I shook my head and said.

Actually, to some extent, Tan Han and I were very similar.

We both carried a value that we couldn't bear on our own.

I was an Innate Spirit Visionary, a Floating World-level Spirit Visionary, and Tan Han was a Seed of Destiny.

Wasn't I also at the mercy of Teacher Ji Niang in the beginning?

A single phone call was enough to willingly trick me into the Witch Academy.

If it were an ordinary boy, who could stand becoming a girl?

Then, I joined her group because Teacher Ji Niang promised me course exemption.

Originally, I should have become a tool for Teacher Ji Niang in her research on the Grand Spellbook, but what happened later changed me.

When I started to pick up the Spirit Vision talent that I had previously avoided like a snake, the value I showed began to increase bit by bit.

Then I was swept into the competition and exchange competition under the torrent of the script, but it showed more of my value.

The upper limit of my value was the total amount of value I carried.

I was gradually taking this value into my own hands.

And this value reached the peak of my current life stage when I helped the Academy Head complete that Grand Spellbook.

I had already broken free from Teacher Ji Niang's absolute manipulation, because I had grasped the corresponding value.

To put it bluntly, I could even change teachers at any time.

After all, there were so many teachers who wanted to poach me.

But I wouldn't do that, because I knew very well what Teacher Ji Niang was to me.

She was a benefactor.

She changed my perception, broadened my horizons, gave me opportunities, and raised my stage.

Even if the initial intention was not absolutely kind, so what?

It was just that after surpassing Teacher Ji Niang, the one in front of me was the Academy Head.

I naturally couldn't see through the Academy Head, but I could feel the kindness she exuded.

No matter what was hidden behind this kindness, when the Academy Head gave me the Grand Spellbook in the form of a "trial," I understood that many things didn't need to be thought of too complicatedly.

I seemed to have become a chess piece in the Academy Head's hands, which was not a bad thing.

Because being a chess piece in someone else's hands didn't just mean that one's fate was controlled, but also meant having a backer.

What was a backer?

It was a talisman that would cost a price to protect me as long as I could still guarantee my value.

Everyone hated those with connections, because they obtained achievements they didn't deserve with their low abilities.

But everyone wanted to be the one with connections.

Wasn't Tan Han the same?

She became a Child of Destiny and enjoyed the benefits brought by the script.

As long as her status as a Child of Destiny was not lost, then everything she did in the script had someone to back her up.

But this was the difference between me and Tan Han.

Tan Han did not have this layer of value as a Child of Destiny in her own hands.

I still remembered hearing from Ji Niang that Tan Han was very bold and had asked the academy for the Myriad Spellbook.

In the end, she settled for something else, which was the Magic Power Source and the massive number of high-quality spellbooks she had from the beginning, far exceeding all the other first-year students, which gave her her initial accumulation.

This was a reasonable use of her own value.

And then?

Then she went astray, lured deeper and deeper by the bait of power.

The value that Tan Han initially grasped was exchanged for her initial accumulation.

This was her use of her own value.

But wasn't this also a trap set by others?

To let her follow the script.

The difficulties I faced and the predicament Tan Han faced were no longer on the same level.

It was precisely because Tan Han was holding up the pressure and attention for me in this big environment that I had room to struggle.

So... in principle, I should thank Tan Han.

But as someone on the Academy Head's side, I should protect the Academy Head's interests, at least analyze what is beneficial to the Academy Head from the information she has revealed to me.

But it definitely wasn't the act of telling Tan Han the truth.

This was the key to my haggling with Tan Han.

But there was one more point... did Teacher Lina's actions back then represent the Academy Head?

After all, it was Teacher Lina who signed the contract with me.

It was Teacher Lina who revealed the unwritten rule that these things couldn't be said.

From my continuous contact, the attitude of ordinary Transcendent Witches and those at the level of the Academy Head towards the script was also different.

Tan Han had already spoken to me to this extent.

As long as I gave some hints, I could bypass that contract and reveal the truth.

This was the charm of communication.

The contract was dead, but people were alive.

Even if it was said when the contract was signed that the contract would ensure that I couldn't reveal anything, and hints were not allowed, but practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.

The communication between me and Big Sis Bai proved that some hints had already surpassed the scope of the contract.

But the Academy Head had not made a single move so far.

This was what made me hesitate.

Such a big accident had happened to Tan Han, didn't she care at all?

Or was it that when there were multiple Seeds of Destiny, Tan Han had already become a dispensable existence?

The struggle between the Seeds of Destiny was a life-and-death one, and only one would be left in the end.

This was what Teacher Ji Niang told me.

So... was self-exposure and withdrawal also one of the screening mechanisms defaulted by the script?

These pieces of information and thoughts collided in my mind, but I couldn't come up with a good answer.

It could be said that at this moment, Tan Han and I were equally confused, facing choices and not knowing how to choose.

But on the surface, it was I who held the initiative, the right to speak.

"I don't have the ability to control my value... what value could I have, a perfect score on the college entrance exam? The turning point of all this was entering the Witch Academy. I can't figure it out. What is my value? Little Han... can you tell me?"

"..."

I didn't answer immediately, but was thinking, thinking about how to say it to both give a hint and be unrelated to me.

But it was obviously impossible to think of such an answer in a short time.

I looked at the pleading Tan Han.

This was the first time I had seen her show such an expression.

It was the final struggle of someone who had submitted to absolute power in the face of what they desired, but was unwilling to give up.

Pitiful and sad.

"I can't explain it, but I'm very curious... when did you start to have such an idea?"

I forcibly changed the topic and asked.

After all, as a Child of Destiny, her value had no meaning to me.

I couldn't empathize and understand the value of something I didn't understand.

"When... I lost for the first time... that is, during our first battle."

"You won that battle."

"That's right, Little Han, don't you think it's absurd? I won. How absurd are these words?"

"So what?"

"I won't lose. The belief in winning is rooted in my heart. This is the conclusion I have drawn after so many battles."

"But you didn't win when we fought in the dream."

"That's right, because no one saw it, and no one knew," Tan Han retorted again.

"Do you remember the words I said at the end of that time? Let me win once. It was precisely because I said those words that I understood one thing more clearly. That was not what I was pursuing."

"So you conceded at the end of the exchange competition."

"Yes... that was the biggest decision I had ever made to resist fate. But... after that, you disappeared. You, who were number one, seemed to have evaporated from the world."

"..."

Hearing Tan Han say this, I subconsciously wanted to say it was a coincidence, but... were there still coincidences in matters related to the script?

Maybe my actions were also the interference of the script, it just happened to coincide with my own thoughts, and the script gave me a push.

"Little Han... do you know what your biggest flaw is..."

"Flaw?"

I looked at Tan Han, who was slowly raising her head, a little surprised that Tan Han was starting to counterattack at this moment.

"Do you remember the Fool's Village secret realm?"

"Yes."

"Those little ones are called... Fool's Dream. There is also a group of little ones here called Fool's Dream. In the Fool's Village secret realm, they were troubled by the Nightmares. Here, everyone is troubled by the Nightmares... now... the Fool's Village secret realm is gone... I have no evidence, but I know that so many coincidences are not a coincidence..."

"..."

"Not talking anymore? It seems I don't need evidence anymore," Tan Han said.

"Threats are useful, but not much. So, in the little value that this threat has, what do you want to exchange for from me?"

After calming down, I thought for a moment, then said.

After all, looking at it this way, I didn't seem to have much to refute.

"Is this the correct way to communicate with you, Little Han?"

"It's one of the correct ways."

"I want to know how big... this hoax is..."

"You want to escape?"

"If possible."

"Then it's not possible. It's about this big."

"Thank you..."

"You're welcome."