The villainous young master just wants to live a Buddhist-like life.

　Angus Jeffrey shuddered, revealing a forced, awkward smile.

　Professor Cazell, who had been looking at Angus Jeffrey, sighed and said, "Although, Jeffrey was not lying."

　Angus Jeffrey's "second consciousness" immediately nodded in agreement.

　However, Professor Cazell quickly said, "The secret passage is constantly changing, and it's not safe for you to hide your items there. Since you're already here, we'll help you move them."

　Angus Jeffrey paused for a moment, then nodded blankly.

　……

　Angus Jeffrey didn't have much material left in this secret room.

　Therefore, not long after, they packed up everything they could carry in the secret room and left.

　After walking more than a hundred meters away from the secret room, Dark suddenly remembered something, so he turned back and infused magic into the entrance of the secret passage.

　Sure enough, the door to the secret room did not appear.

　He suddenly understood, turned around and left, quickly catching up with the professors.

　The professors did not question him at this time; they left the secret passage and returned to the infirmary.

　"Put these things away first."

　The professors put the packed items into the ward and then put Angus Jeffrey back in bed.

　Angus Jeffrey, forced to crawl back into bed, looked utterly bewildered.

　But then, his upper and lower eyelids began a fierce battle.

　Just half a minute later, he closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep.

　The professors then exchanged glances, their expressions grave.

　"right now we……"

　"Let's talk about it outside."

　Professor Sylph interrupted Professor Cazell's speech, led them back to the outer room, and then set up a barrier.

　Professor Cazell then spoke again: "Jeffrey's account is vague, but I suspect it's related to his brain being eroded. Anyway, let's leave that aside for now. Dark, what did you find?"

　Dark said, "That secret room was gone when I returned."

　Professor Cazell nodded slowly and said, "Indeed, it is a secret room that Jeffrey can only find by searching for it himself. We will not go into the mysteries of the secret passage here for now."

　"Let's put all that aside for now, then what should we talk about?" Professor Lily blinked and said with an innocent look.

　Professor Cazell blushed and said, "Now we've not only confirmed the existence of the second consciousness, but we've also found Jeffrey's laboratory. With both verifications, I'm certain Jeffrey wasn't lying; he never cultivated a complete demon. That 'Cerebrolyst Demon' wasn't created by him."

　"In other words, it's confirmed that there's a third person involved," Professor Sylph concluded.

　Professor Cazell nodded and said, "Moreover, I suspect that Jeffrey was guided by this third person to conduct experiments in the secret passage."

　“Yes, that’s what I think too,” Professor Sylph nodded.

　Professor Mitya smiled slightly and said, "The method for cultivating 'Flash Bugs' isn't in the book 'Into the Abyss.'"

　Professor Sylph was taken aback and asked, "How did you know?"

　Professor Mitya narrowed her eyes into crescent moons and smiled, "I guessed."

　Professor Sylph took a deep breath, suppressing the urge to attack, and then looked at Dark: "Did you bring any books?"

　“Of course I brought it.” Dark nodded slightly and took out “Into the Abyss” from his bag.

　Without Professor Sylph saying anything more, he immediately started flipping through the book from where the bookmark was.

　Because he was only doing a cursory search, he was very quick.

　In less than fifteen minutes, he finished flipping through the remaining pages, then looked up and said solemnly, "No."

　Professor Mitis's lips curled into a smile as she said, "Then it's almost certain that the method for cultivating these 'Flash Bugs' was provided by that third party."

　Professor Sylph said, "He seems very proactive compared to Jeffrey."

　Professor Lily's eyes lit up. "So it seems the 'Cerebrolysmic Demon' parasitizing Fern Morse's brain was likely cultivated by that third party. And what about 'Into the Abyss'? Is that also his?"

　Professor Sylph said, "He was most likely the holder before Cameron Maysfield."

　Then she looked at Professor Mitis and said, "In short, finding him is the same as finding the answer."

　Although it is stated in a declarative tone, it is clearly a question.

　Professor Mitya laughed again: "Didn't I say that we might go astray or be blinded by the fog? But there's no need to worry. There's only one end to the road, the fog will eventually dissipate, and the true heroes will appear after the fog clears."

　……

Chapter 709

　Professor Sylph couldn't help but rub her temples.

　When she first heard this prophecy, she didn't feel annoyed; in fact, she felt somewhat relaxed because the prophecy pointed to a good outcome.

　But when she heard the prophecy again after some time had passed, she suddenly became agitated and empathized with those who wanted to tear the prophet's mouth apart.

　“Mitia, this matter has dragged on for too long. I want to resolve it before Christmas. Do you have any ideas?”

　"Before Christmas? Let me do the math."

　Professor Mitis frowned as if pondering, then suddenly looked up and said, "It's a bit difficult."

　"Is there no other way?" Professor Cazell suddenly interjected.

　Professor Mitya glanced at him and said, "What do you want to do on Christmas Day?"

　Professor Cazell frowned slightly and said, "I'll conduct a small experiment, but I might need to use the secret passage."

　Dark said, "Do we need to use the secret passage for the experiment? That would make things a bit tricky."

　Since Jeffrey's "Flash Bug" was provided by someone else, it means that person probably also had a "Flash Bug".

　The seal at the entrance to the secret passage was utterly ineffective in preventing the invasion of the "Flash Bugs".

　Therefore, Professor Cazell's small... experiment could potentially be interfered with.

　Dark was actually very curious, but he didn't say anything.

　Professor Mitya shrugged and spread her hands, saying, "Although I would like to help you, I am just an observer."

　Prophets can only observe the future, not change it.

　Professor Cazell understood this, so after asking, he said, "We'll just have to see when the time comes."

　……

　"Then, let's continue the discussion."

　Professor Sylph did not give up the investigation.

　Although the incident remains shrouded in mystery, they were at least not misled by appearances and successfully uncovered Angus Jeffrey's hidden secrets.

　Then, by conducting further experiments to prove that "Into the Abyss" has the ability to cause a person to split into a second consciousness, the event can be pushed to the next stage.

　Because of this, the "third party" they imagine is very likely to also have a second consciousness!

　“Perhaps this is why our investigation failed,” Professor Cazell shook his head and said, “If that third party also possesses a second consciousness, and that the primary consciousness and the second consciousness are completely separated, then on the surface there will be no flaws. Neither mind reading nor ‘Hanafuda’ can detect it.”

　Sister Kallian frowned and said, "But doesn't Angus Jeffrey's main consciousness also know about the existence of 'Into the Abyss'?"

　Professor Cazell shook his head and said, "Angus Jeffrey's primary and secondary consciousnesses are actually somewhat confused. His primary and secondary consciousnesses overlap to a certain extent and are not completely separated."

　Professor Sylph said, "But if that's the case, we can't possibly overlook him during our investigation."

　Professor Cazell nodded and said, "So during the investigation, his primary consciousness and secondary consciousness should have been completely separated, or at least he didn't have any memories related to 'Into the Abyss.' His brain became confused after that."

　Professor Sylph's heart skipped a beat, and she asked, "Is it because you can't withstand the power of that book?"

　Professor Cazell said, "It's not certain. After all, if a person has two consciousnesses, the existence of the second consciousness must occupy a part of their time, and that part of time is a blank for the main consciousness. In order to maintain a complete logical circuit, the human brain will automatically fill in that blank. This may also lead to memory confusion."

　Professor Sylph said, "If that's the case, could the same thing happen with a third party? If we conduct another investigation, will we find anything new?"

　Professor Cazell shook his head. "If a third party does exist, then he could only have possessed the book before Maysfield, which means he had his second consciousness for longer than Angus Jeffrey. But we still haven't been able to identify him. There's no need to waste any more time. Moreover, it seems that this third party knows significantly more about 'Into the Abyss' than Maysfield and Jeffrey. I even suspect that he hasn't forgotten the contents of the book after it was taken away."

　Upon hearing Professor Cazell mention this, Dark suddenly recalled his previous speculation and said, "Is it possible that there is more than one 'Into the Abyss'?"

　As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly noticed that all the professors turned to look at him.

　"Ahem, it's just a guess," Dark added, "and it's unlikely."

　After he said that, the professors all looked away.

　Professor Cazell thought for a moment and said, "The possibility is indeed slim. However, it's necessary to verify it. This shouldn't be difficult for you, right?"

　Dark nodded and said, "It's not difficult at all."

　He then took out "Trash Slime" and "Greed III" from his card pack and summoned "Trash Slime" first.

　"In the name of Dark Demon, I summon—'Trash Slime'!"

　As the light of summoning appeared, a pool of green slime materialized in Dark's palm.

　The green slime wriggled slightly and raised its "head".

　The professors, who were familiar with his magical sprite, waited patiently.

　Dark then summoned and activated "Greed III".

　The "trash slime" in his palm began to expand and grow at an extremely fast speed.

　He withdrew his hand, letting the "trash slime" fall.

　When it fell to the ground, the originally small slime had turned into a huge jelly-like slime.

　Then Dark stuffed "Into the Abyss" into the body of "Greedy Slime II".

　"Gululu——"

　"Greedy Slime II" blew some bubbles and then wrapped "Into the Abyss" with its soft inner walls, greedily sucking in its essence.

　In just a moment, it recorded the aura of "Into the Abyss" and then expelled it.

　Dark took back "Into the Abyss," patted its head, and whispered, "From now on, I'm counting on you."

　"Greedy Slime II" narrowed its eyes slightly and immediately activated "Greedy Nature" to search for "Into the Abyss".

　Time passes by.

　But half a minute later, "Greedy Slime II" shook its head in frustration.

　“There is no second one, at least not within its perception range,” Dark said slowly.

　“This is a good thing.” Professor Cazell’s brow relaxed.

　If there is one, there will be two, and then three.

　If there were more than one "Into the Abyss" book, that would be a real problem.

　The other professors nodded in agreement.

　Professor Sylph looked at "Greedy Slime II" and suddenly had an idea. She took out Angus Jeffrey's "Flash Bug" and handed it to Dark.

　Dark understood Professor Sylph's meaning in just half a second. His eyes lit up, and he caught the "Flash Bug" and placed it on top of the "Greedy Slime II".

　The top of "Greedy Slime II" dented, and the "Flash Bug" was sucked in.

　Needless to say, it immediately began to record the scent of the "Flash Bug" and cultivate "Greed".

　"Pfft!"

　"Greedy Slime II" spat out "Flash Bug". It then suddenly turned its head, its eyes straightening, and stared in one direction.

　"So fast?"

　Dark quickly picked up the "Flash Bug" and looked at Professor Sylph.

　Professor Sylph understood immediately and created a gentle breeze that enveloped Dark and "Greedy Slime II".

　Just as Professor Lily was about to say "Take me with you," the two people and their pet vanished in a flash.

　Only four people remained in the room.

　Lily immediately pouted.

　Sister Kallian looked in the direction "Greedy Slime II" had been staring, crossed her arms, and asked, "Midia, do you think they can find it?"