Bai Miemi clenched her little fist and said excitedly, "At the very least, we should tell them the truth when they grow up, instead of keeping them in the dark. It’s not fair! Can’t you sense their talents?"
Yao Qianhan shook her head and said softly, "Of course I can sense it. Yi Nan has told me more than once that if Xiao Yidong walks the path of a Medium, his potential might even surpass his own."
"And then?"
Bai Miemi snorted, crossed her arms, and said angrily, "No one is willing to talk to them, no one tells them everything. Do you think the kids will be happy? If someday they find out the truth, do you think they’ll thank us for deciding for them? If they didn’t have the talent, it would be one thing, but..."
"Miemi!"
Yao Qianhan loudly interrupted her, unusually stern in front of her friend, "You say let them choose for themselves, but have you thought, which sensible child wouldn’t be moved after learning about those things? I can responsibly tell you, there wouldn’t really be any choice. They won’t even think about it; they’ll definitely choose to become the ’supermen’ and ’heroes’ they see in movies and novels without hesitation! Just like..."
Yao Qianhan stopped and didn’t continue.
But Bai Miemi picked up her words, and asked lightly, "Just like you?"
"Yes, just like me."
Yao Qianhan made a funny face and shrugged, "I had the option too, but did I choose at that time? Not at all; I just quarreled with my old man and told him I had to become an Outsider."
Bai Miemi laughed, "But you did well."
"Yeah, I did quite well."
Yao Qianhan laughed too.
"Have you ever regretted it?"
Bai Miemi raised an eyebrow.
"Never, I still think it’s the best decision of my life."
Yao Qianhan answered without hesitation.
"Hmm, well then..."
Bai Miemi floated slowly behind Yao Qianhan and rested her chin on the latter’s shoulder, "Then what right do you have to keep things from those kids?"
"We have no right."
Yao Qianhan replied calmly, then looked at her stunned friend and smiled bitterly, "Not to mention me, even those who are parents now have no right. Honestly, we’re just choosing for the kids a path we think is right for them."
Bai Miemi bit her lip, her already pale face grew even paler.
"We’ve all become the kind of stubborn, overbearing parents we found so outdated when we were young, even more selfish, considering we were never the honest ones, then or now, but we expect the kids to be good."
Yao Qianhan raised her hand and gently rubbed Bai Miemi’s cold hair, saying softly, "But Miemi... can you count the times I’ve faced life’s dangers since stepping into our world?"
The girl snorted and didn’t respond.
"It’s different, Miemi."
Yao Qianhan sighed deeply and said softly, "Those kids inherited too many ’causes and effects,’ and you should know what that means. If they enter this world, even now, in what can almost be called peaceful times, the dangers they face are far greater than what we faced back then."
Bai Miemi spoke stiffly, "That’s not a good reason."
"But you still let it convince you, right?"
Yao Qianhan smiled warmly, "Although it might not be ’correct’ in your eyes, honestly, I actually envy your ability to empathize with young people, but you must remember, Miemi, you’re their ’aunt,’ you’re an elder."
"Ahhh! So annoying, so annoying!"
Bai Miemi finally couldn’t take it anymore and changed the subject in frustration, "I get it, I get it. Is that fine? Seriously, after all that talking, we’re still gathering those kids together!"
Yao Qianhan spread her hands, "Nothing can be done about it; who would have thought that piece would go out of control without warning, we can’t just have the kids not touch The Realm of Innocence?"
"In the end, they still got caught up in it."
Bai Miemi pawed her hair irritably and gritted her teeth, "Not one escaped, even Xiao Le got involved, and she was the perfect Medium! Didn’t she still go down the path?"
Yao Qianhan shook her head, seriously said, "We can’t say that; Boss Du and the others calculated it, no matter what, the stage is already set in The Realm of Innocence."
"Ha... at least there’s no life-threatening danger, right..."
Bai Miemi chuckled dryly and shrugged, "Anyway, since that shard has gone out of control, our group is doomed to have little room to play. Without coordination from within and outside, we can’t even pinpoint the ’carrier.’"
Yao Qianhan poured herself a cup of tea and nodded, "Anyway, there’s nothing we can do now other than maybe gathering these kids who inherited lots of causes and effects, so that we can react quickly in case of an unexpected situation."
"Just a bunch of useless talk."
Bai Miemi impatiently tugged at the corner of her mouth, grabbed Yao Qianhan’s cup, and gulped down its contents, "Let’s not talk about that anymore. Where were we earlier? Talking about that brat Motan?"
"Yes, he’s a good friend of Yi Dong, and it’s no surprise he integrated into that small circle after everyone intentionally brought the kids together. But..."
Yao Qianhan pondered for a few seconds before continuing softly, "That kid seems to hold many secrets. Think about it, without using ’our side’s powers’ I couldn’t even track his life trajectory from leaving the orphanage to attending middle school with Xiao Yidong. Does that make sense?"
Bai Miemi responded in a matter-of-fact tone, "A heterodox prodigy, huh? This kind of setup is not uncommon. Many people in our field did a lot of shady things secretly back then, what’s so special about this?"
"I hope I’m just overthinking."
Yao Qianhan rubbed her temples and poured herself another cup of tea, "But he managed to recover memories I tampered with..."
"Didn’t you say that sort of thing happens several times a year?"
"That’s true, but... Miemi, do you think Motan might be an untrained, natural Outsider?"
"You mean his potential allowed him to break your memory alteration?"
"Isn’t that a bit unrealistic?"
"Extremely unrealistic."
"True, if he really had potential in that area, Yi Nan wouldn’t have missed it."
"But keep a slight watch on him, don’t probe deeply, but better safe than sorry."
"I know."
"Oh! By the way, I heard that Motan kid is involved with Little Yuchen..."
"Yes, Xiao Zhen called me a while ago specifically about this matter."
"What did she say?!"
"Pretty incoherent, I didn’t quite understand, probably worried her daughter was being stolen away."
"Oh? What are you going to do about it?"
"It’s their young people business; I don’t want to meddle in it."
"Tsk tsk..."
...
At the same time
City B, De Xing District, Motan’s apartment
"What is all this chaos..."
After being sent home by Gu Xiaole, Motan hadn’t even changed clothes before involuntarily switching personalities, then found himself overwhelmed by a sudden rush of information in his mind, he barely managed to stand up with the shoe rack, gasping harshly, with his head painfully aching.
It wasn’t that the memories just poured out were too much, but a certain kind of shock rooted in his worldview.
A bunch of supermen!
Including Yi Dong’s parents, there turned out to be so many ’supermen’ around him! Even the biggest shareholder of his school was a superman with abilities sharp enough to be a lie detector!
This... was it really reasonable?!
Chapter 1256: End
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