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

　When Dark appeared at the library entrance, Pandora immediately spotted him, said something to Ms. Bella, picked up her backpack, and went around the counter.

　"Why are you at the library? Didn't we agree to meet at our usual spot?"

　Pandora asked with a smile.

　Dak smiled and said, "It's more convenient to come here. Which lab?"

　Pandora pulled a bunch of keys from her pocket, turned them around, and said, "The usual place."

　The same old place, naturally, was the laboratory they used when researching the "Fusion" magic card.

　Dak felt a warmth in his heart when he recalled that time when his knowledge grew rapidly.

　Last time, he stood on the side of the pure beneficiary; this time, he's reversed his stance, hoping to offer some help to his senior.

　Of course, participating in an experiment with a top fourth-grade student would also be extremely beneficial to him.

　The two walked and talked, and soon arrived at the laboratory where they used to work.

　"So, what exactly was the experiment?"

　It wasn't until they entered the laboratory that Dark asked the question again.

　Pandora, who had been keeping everyone in suspense, simply blinked and said, "Guess."

　"What's there to guess..."

　Dark rolled his eyes: "The only people who would hire me as an assistant are probably doing experiments related to fusion, right?"

　“You’re really smart.” Pando stretched out his snow-white index finger and gently tapped his forehead, then smiled and said, “I want to explore what the differences are between magical spirits that can be fused and those that cannot.”

　Dark thought for a moment and said, "So, it's about exploring the secret that some magical spirits can be used as fusion materials?"

　Pandora nodded: "You could say that."

　Dark asked curiously, "Senior, don't you have any magical spirits that can be fused with?"

　Pandora looked into his eyes and asked, "Of course I am, so what?"

　Dark quickly shook his head: "Nothing, what do I need to do?"

　Pandora thought for a moment and said, "All I need to do is perform a fusion summon at the time I specify."

　Dark: "That's it?"

　Pandora smiled and said, "That's it."

　Dark pondered, "That's simple, but doesn't Senior Sister also have a magical spirit that can be fused with?"

　Pandora shook her head and offered a reason: "No, the magical spirits I have that I can use as fusion materials are too big. After fusion, they will be even bigger, making research very inconvenient."

　"Okay, that's one reason." Dark didn't press further. "So, when do we start?"

　Pandora gestured: "Coming soon, but you have to help me set things up first."

　Dark: "Okay, senior."

　……

　Pandora had clearly made preparations in advance. She took out a whole row of pre-prepared potions and a large number of props from her backpack, and soon filled the entire table.

　"In the name of Pandora Drogon, Summon the Magician!"

　After taking out the item, she immediately activated the Magic Spirit Card in her hand with a summoning gesture.

　With the appearance of the summoning circle, a magical spirit the size of a basketball emerged from it.

　Dark looked at the magical sprite with curiosity. It was clearly a mechanical species, and its appearance resembled a small mechanical dragon with four claws and a round belly. It was somewhat similar in appearance to Pandora's familiar, the Young Winged Dragon, but an ancient clock was inlaid on its belly, which was coated with a metallic coating.

　"This is the 'Clock Dragon'."

　Pandora reached out and caught the clock dragon, which didn't look light, gently stroking its back.

　"The Clock Dragon's body is made up of countless gears. It is very sensitive to time and can help me perform my tasks carefully."

　She then took out another magic card and summoned a second magic spirit.

　This magical sprite has a rather peculiar design.

　Its body resembles a small lizard, but it has a disc on its head that is larger than its body, and strange incantations like tadpoles are engraved on the disc.

　After Pandora finished summoning, she said, "The 'Mystic Lizard' is a very unique and rare magical spirit that can transform fluctuations of energy into specific patterns. If you have the chance, I recommend you also train one of this type of magical spirit."

　“Clock Dragon, Mystic Lizard…” Dark tapped his head. “I’ve heard of Clock Dragons, but are Mystic Lizards so rare that they’re not even mentioned in most books?”

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　Pandora laughed, "Pretty much. I created the Mystic Lizard by sheer chance, and it's really very useful."

　After she finished speaking, she carried the cryptid to the center of the laboratory, placed it on the ground, and then reached out and pressed down on the disc above its head.

　The next instant, the Secret Lizard's body seemed to suddenly deflate, turning into a piece of paper with a "biu".

　The disc instantly expanded, pressing tightly against the ground, transforming into a strange magic circle.

　Just as Dark was curiously examining them, Pandora took out another piece of paper from her backpack and handed it to him. Then she pointed to the props on the table and said, "Arrange these things according to the diagram on this paper."

　Dark picked up the paper and glanced at it, discovering that it contained a complex array centered on a disc of a Mystic Lizard.

　The edges of this array are pieced together from a large number of metal discs, metal beads, and metal tubes, giving the whole image an extremely mysterious feel.

　"You'll learn about the Barosnangar array later."

　Pandora said it casually and then began to set up.

　Dak then took some metal discs, metal beads, and metal tubes from the table and arranged them around the cryptic lizard's disc to form an array.

　The setup process alone took a full half hour.

　After the two completed the final precise adjustments based on the array diagram, they stood up and breathed a sigh of relief.

　Pandora blushed slightly and stood up, saying, "You've been a great help. Without you, it would have taken an hour just to set up this array."

　“It’s nothing,” Dark asked curiously. “Is it some kind of magnetic field device?”

　Pandora paused for a moment, then exclaimed in surprise, "You know about the Barosnangar array?"

　Dark shook his head and said, "No, it just feels like it."

　Pandora gave a thumbs up and said, "Anyway, just prepare yourself a little, and then you just need to perform a fusion summon on the Mystic Lizard's disc."

　Darke laughed and said, "No problem."

　By this point, he had a general idea of ​​Pandora's experimental method.

　The entire experiment must revolve around the Mystic Lizard, a rare magical spirit that can transform fluctuations of energy into images and text.

　As for the so-called Barosnanger array, it could be an amplification device, a stabilization device, or a screening device.

　In short, as long as a fusion summon is performed on the Mystic Lizard's disc, the Mystic Lizard can convert the aura fluctuations generated by the fusion summon into graphics and text. Then, by comparing these graphics and text with those generated by a normal summon, the differences between the two can be determined.

　A simple comparison method.

　Of course, since the magical spirits used for comparison are not the same one, even when summoned using the same method, numerous differences can be found.

　Therefore, the experimenter needs to have an extremely deep knowledge base, as well as a large number of reference groups and subsequent experiments to find and lock onto that unique difference that belongs to "fusion".

　The subsequent experimental process was largely as Dark had anticipated.

　After Pandora gave the instructions, Dark summoned Gatomon, BlackGatomon, and then used the "Fusion" card from the Mystic Lizard's disc.

　Bastimon reappeared under these circumstances!

　However, because Dark had given instructions to Tailmon and Devimon beforehand, it did not run around after it appeared, but sat obediently in the disc and waited.

　As Dark began to summon, the Barosnangar array around the disc released a visible magnetic field.

　The magnetic field displayed extremely complex patterns and texts, which were constantly changing.

　The clock dragon, placed on the experimental table, narrowed its eyes, picked up a pen, and accurately drew all the changes on the paper.

　"Okay."

　Once the clock dragon finished recording, Pandora spoke.

　Dark then recalled Bastimon.

　Immediately afterwards, Pandora began summoning magical spirits on the Mystic Lizard's disc.

　However, she not only used the usual summoning spells, but also various other summoning spells such as sacrificial summoning spells, ritual summoning spells, and reverse-current summoning spells.

　This yielded a large amount of control data!

　Immediately afterwards, Pandora laid out all the blueprints on the ground and began to observe them with unusual concentration.

　Dark took one look and was convinced that with his current level of expertise, it was impossible for him to observe any so-called "differences".

　But after observing for nearly an hour and a half, Pandora seemed to have finally made a discovery.

　She suddenly stood up, strode to the lab table, and began mixing the prepared medicines.

　Each time she concocted a potion, she would sprinkle it on the cryptic lizard's disc, then record the resulting patterns and texts, and analyze them again.

　During this process, Dark silently took on the task of cleaning up the potion.

　At first, he cleaned it up by himself.

　But as Pandora's potion-making speed increased, he simply summoned the "Trash Slime" and let it shine in his most prized domain.

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　At that time, Pandora was completely absorbed in her experiments and was oblivious to the passage of time.

　Dusk was approaching, and the evening glow was coming.

　Dak suddenly realized that it was already late.

　He suddenly realized something, then summoned Ditto and ordered it to clean up the myrrh just like the trash slime, while he quietly left the laboratory.

　There's an astronomy class tonight.

　Otherwise, he might have stayed with them in the lab the whole time.

　……

　In astronomy class, Professor Medea was not affected by the Blood Princess incident. She continued to teach various astronomical knowledge as always, supplemented by astrological content.

　Dark also brought Eevee along to the class.

　To improve Eevee's learning efficiency, he sometimes uses "Insolence 3" to evolve Eevee into Espeon.

　After evolving into Espeon, its "divination talent" instantly increases, and its understanding of astrological knowledge becomes easier and simpler.

　Even if it reverts to Eevee, this knowledge and understanding will not disappear.

　Through this method, Eevee's long and arduous learning journey has finally become smoother, and now she can be considered to have a basic foundation.

　The astronomy class, which lasted for an hour and a half from 7:30 to 9:00, finally came to an end.

　Dak grabbed his textbook and rushed to the lab.

　But when he pushed open the door, he found that Pandora was still repeating the process of "comparative analysis → potion preparation → recording pictures and text → comparative analysis". She was like the most precise machine, and her thinking did not become bored or negligent because of this repetitive work.

　"Thanks for your hard work."

　Dark touched the Ditto that had been responsible for moving the garbage slimes and took over the job again.

　He cleaned the potions from the disc with trash slime while observing Pandora.

　Opportunities to observe her quietly like this are actually quite rare.

　Look at the radiance shining on her face.

　Dark's thoughts gradually drifted away from the experiment, and he slowly recalled how he met Pandora and how she changed little by little during that time.

　At first, her smiles often concealed perfunctoriness and falsehood, but later they became more and more genuine.

　Her changes are actually quite obvious.

　Her mood was noticeably different, especially around the Christmas holidays.

　Dark certainly wouldn't be so arrogant as to think that he was the one who caused the change.

　He recalled the past bit by bit, and unknowingly gained a more comprehensive understanding of the clues involved.

　Then, inspired by his recent experiences, he suddenly had an idea that he didn't know why but always felt was particularly reliable.