Rebirth: Supreme Soul Master

Kong sees William’s words here as a way to change the tide of this discussion.

But to his utter surprise, William did not do so. In fact, William had another motive for changing the subject.

He's bringing this up now to achieve another goal.

"What if the person who stole these is an agent of the Dark Soul Masters in the academy? Or the real traitor?"

Kong looked at William with a puzzled expression and asked:

"What made these traitors target my things, Berry's? What's so special about your training manuals?"

Kong already knew that Berry had missed the training manual William had provided her. In his eyes, no matter how special these things were, those traitors had no real motivation to risk exposing themselves for them.

“If I told you that I received these from my master…” William paused for a long time, letting the silence add more weight to what he was about to say.

After all, he shifted the topic to this issue not to divert Kong's suspicions about him, but to completely eliminate them.

"...What if I told you that these manuals were obtained from the outside world by my master?"

"Nonsense!" Kong answered swiftly and decisively: "No one can reach this level! Reaching this level is our dream!"

William knew he had piqued the old man's interest, even though the old man showed anger and refused to accept what he had just said.

"I don't know if you realize this, but the reason Dark Soul Masters are so powerful and unique is mainly due to their ability to contact the outside world." William knew he had to reveal some secrets if he wanted to clear his name.

Living in the academy, and yet someone as terrible as Kong doubts him? That's the kind of life William doesn't want at all! "And like them, my master has his own ways of connecting with the outside world."

"Stop talking nonsense!"

"Therefore, the methods I learned from my master seem strange and unheard of to you. So everything I do seems unfamiliar and suspicious."

"Nonsense! What if you're one of the Dark Soul Masters? What if the master you claim to be is one of them?"

"Then tell me, why were two powerful and terrifying cultivation manuals, two rare cultivation manuals that my master described as the gateway to this world, stolen from Berry?"

"..." This time, William revealed his true colors, successfully silencing the old man before him. (Panda - :)????)m

William had previously suspected that Kong was questioning his loyalty and viewing him as part of the Dark Soul Master world. But after the old man shouted and revealed his true thoughts, William was now 100% certain of the possibility.

Therefore, William decided to cover up all the disasters he had encountered so far and distort the facts to achieve his goal.

"Then explain to me why dark soul masters would place such importance on framing or even killing someone like me?"

"Because you've crossed levels, going from a porter to a Bronze Soul Master!" Kong roared in anger, answering William as openly and honestly as before: "Otherwise, this was all an act to make us believe you!"

"A single act could end my life? Impossible! If it weren't for the principal's intervention and protection, I would have been branded a traitor, killed, and imprisoned for life! Why would a dark soul master frame one of their own? Did they want him to be exposed first?"

"I don't know, tell me!" The "empty" implication was that William was part of their circle. Therefore, William should know the answer, not him.

“Moreover,” William didn’t answer him directly, “I’m just a Bronze Soul Master! Even if I create miracles beyond my level, I’m too weak to affect the entire world.” “World affairs! Yet they marked me, wanting to kill me. Even what I left for you, Berry, was stolen! Why? Why?”

Although William spoke calmly, his tone was heavy and powerful. Faced with such will and confidence, such logic and forceful words, even Kong didn't know how to answer the child.

Kong remained silent, and William reapplied his protective spell: "It is because of my master. It is because of her power. It is because she knows."

"Then who is she? Why doesn't she appear here and meet us?" Kong finally couldn't suppress his doubts about William's true identity.

“She doesn’t want to see any of you.” When William made up this answer on the spot to escape this thorny question, he didn’t expect his words to stir up a storm in the heart of the old man sitting there. Right in front of him.

"If you say so..."

As the old patriarch spoke, he seemed to want to learn more about the identity of this mysterious master, but then paused. William mistakenly thought this was something he had realized, a clue or something. Perhaps he was convinced by his own words, and finally dispelled all his doubts.

At least he knew that the situation in the region would get worse.

“This…” As the old man slowly stood up, William knew that things were not as he had guessed.

"what happened?"

"Something big is about to happen..." Kong stared at William for a long time, "Could it be... related to you?!"