Four Split Personalities

The oversized tent-modified cloth outfit had been replaced with a robe that, despite looking somewhat odd, was clearly the teaching uniform of Isaac Comprehensive Academy, with a gilded badge on the chest reading, "Level 1 Lecturer: Anthony Dabbs."

The metal warhammer that had usually dangled from his waist was now tucked away, replaced by a hefty teaching plan that carried quite a visual impact and might possess some attack power if wielded correctly.

Moreover, the tactical wristband personally sewn by Ji Xiaoge no longer held necessities for adventure such as Healing Potion, fragmentation grenades, spare maps, or multifunctional military knives, but rather featured feather pens of various colors and three staff meal cards.

As for the evil power that was always flowing through Dabbs’s dominant hand, ready at any moment to transform into a wild strength supporting teammates and suppressing enemies, it was now nowhere to be felt.

"Honestly, this uniform isn’t as comfortable as the tent Night Song tailored for me before."

Dabbs shook his body awkwardly, grumbling as he pinched his sideburns, "And Tony keeps tearing my clothes every few weeks. If I didn’t have some savings, just the clothing expenses alone would make the finance department hate me."

Motan chuckled and teased, "However, from a teaching perspective, that wild tent outfit wasn’t quite appropriate."

"Haha, that’s true."

Dabbs grinned and forcefully patted Motan’s shoulder, "I heard, Mor, that you’ve been making quite a splash lately. Although my schedule is packed, I’ve read quite a bit on the forums and heard numerous times from students that you defeated the top twenty ranked Snow Bathing Sword in the Comprehensive Knight Competition?"

Motan immediately shook his head and denied, waving his hand, "No, no, no. In the individual events, I was taken out, while the Diesel Delegation I’m part of won the team event. But the credit belongs to everyone. I and Wang Badan just managed to hold up Snow Bathing Sword for a few minutes before getting knocked down."

"Tsk tsk, those must have been crucial minutes, huh?"

Knowing Motan’s character well, Dabbs quickly deduced the truth and remarked, "It’s been such a short time since we split up, yet you all have become so impressive."

"Don’t include us in that!"

Ji Xiaoge laughed as she fed food to the unfussy child Anthony, saying, "It’s only Mor who’s become more impressive. I’ve been running business errands, Old Jia only knows to go out drinking, and Ya Ya... Ya Ya just eats and sleeps, sleeps and eats, super cute!"

Afterward, they briefly shared the events after they parted with Dabbs, most of which were trivial, though he listened with great interest.

To wrap up, Ji Xiaoge, Jadka, and Ya Ya spiced up the details of Motan’s grand performance at the Comprehensive Knight Competition, defeating opponents and turning the tide. They also mentioned the handsome narrative of Hopkins Leon, the head of Holy Spear Knight Academy, who rose to legend status after the match, leaving Dabbs captivated and regretful for missing the event.

"Ugh, if I had known, I would have taken leave to watch the competition and snagged a spot in your VIP special viewing seats."

Dabbs lamented, patting his thigh, shaking his head in regret, "I knew it—anything involving you folks ends up developing in unexpected ways. Tsk tsk, comparatively, my days have been as bland as plain water lately."

Ya Ya wagged its tail and tilted its head, repeating, "Plain water?"

"Tell us, tell us."

Jadka stroked his beard with interest and asked, "And you, Dabbs? How have you been these days?"

"Me? Just teaching students."

Dabbs shrugged, while skillfully wiping Anthony’s mouth with a handkerchief as the latter ate heartily, saying, "After returning here, I registered as a faculty member, and although Tony caused some trouble in the process, things went smoothly since Principal Qian cleared the way. Then, I made up for missing lessons—a total of six crash courses—basically working twenty-four hours a day continuously, only just managing to catch up today; it’s exhausting."

He slumped weakly, his neck turned sideways (unable to lie down due to feeding Anthony), indeed looking quite worn out, indicating that his previous ’twenty-four hours non-stop’ remark was no exaggeration.

Given the rather absurd quality of peripherals in The Realm of Innocence, it’s not entirely impossible to lecture for twenty-four hours a day. Although in a society with relatively stable legal systems, schools dare not push students to such extremes, teachers—well, that’s more flexible.

Objectively speaking, Dabbs’s overtime workplace, the new ’Summer Special Research’ department in The Realm of Innocence, offers quite favorable conditions. Not only can teachers self-develop learning plans, but the hourly compensation is considerable. Additionally, they provide reimbursement for the game cabin—a significant perk that’s highly competitive elsewhere.

Even within ’Shuhai Seventh Middle School,’ a prestigious school with top exam pass rates, slots for the ’Summer Special Research’ program are highly sought after.

Teachers can tailor guidance for students freely, without fixed teaching tasks or targets. Besides weekly tests, even grading assignments isn’t necessary. Completion of six basic hours each day allows for free activities, alongside transportation subsidies (Internet fee reimbursement) and an extra budget not included in standard salary (game coin). This work environment is unbeatable.

Only teachers like Dabbs with somewhat contrarian ideas would resist such additional teaching plans, even finding excuses to dodge work in the project’s early months.

And the cost of dodging work meant being ordered by his teaching team’s leader to make up for missed lessons since his second day in Academy City, only barely completing them by yesterday.

"The teaching team’s leader..."

Ji Xiaoge cautiously asked, observing Dabbs’s deeply unhappy countenance, "So, Dabbs, you wouldn’t happen to be in some... uh... Summer Special Research’s second teaching group?"

Dabbs, in mid-rant, froze in surprise, asking, "Night Song, how did you know?"

"Because your face looked like you swallowed a fly when you mentioned that leader."

Ji Xiaoge sighed, then glanced at Motan.

"Due to some not-so-pleasant accidents, we just happened to meet that leader in person."

Motan pulled out a key from his bag, handed it to Dabbs, his expression somewhat peculiar, as he said, "So... Teacher Tian Xingdao, that’s the Teacher Tian you mentioned before?"

Boom—

A tiny spark of evil power suddenly exploded on Dabbs’s forehead. He angrily accepted the key Motan handed, cursed, then abruptly raised his head and demanded, "How do you know that bastard?!"

"Um, actually, Mor and Night Song stirred up some commotion in the main building, and the one who helped us out was a teacher named Heavenly Dao."

Jadka shrugged and then briefly narrated the events of a few Chapters prior to Dabbs.

Ya Ya, unabashedly, added, "That Woof Chatty Woof was great! He even gave me delicious snacks!"

Dabbs erupted in rage, grumbling, "That bastard Tian Xingdao! He never gave me delicious snacks all this time!"

Motan, Ji Xiaoge, and Jadka were stunned—

"Is that the main concern?!"

Chapter 1196: End

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