Unspeakable bubbles

"Good, good boy."

Locke didn't want to appear too eager, but he couldn't control his emotions: "Let the teacher prepare, and tomorrow, let's start tonight, how about it?"

Haidou nodded, and seeing Locke about to leave in a hurry, the boy suddenly called out to him.

"teacher"

"W-what's wrong?"

"Thank you for your care over the years."

Locke turned around, but couldn't read anything on the boy's face.

"Why are you suddenly bringing this up? If anyone should be thanking someone, it should be Mrs. Oda."

"Don't overthink it. Your teacher will find a way to cure Cai Xiang's problem."

Locke gave Haidou a worthless check, and without further delay, he turned and left.

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An hour later, Locke knocked on Ayaka's door.

'Perhaps, I've been waiting for this day all along.'

Sitting by Ayaka's bed, Kaito paid no attention to Locke, who was drawing strange shapes on the floor.

The boy's thoughts were somewhat scattered, even though something that was about to happen to him could change the course of his life. Yet, he felt a profound calm within himself.

Haidou thought of many things from his childhood. Back then, Ayaka was very disobedient and often made the girls in her class cry.

Once, the girls in the class ganged up on Cai Xiang, and I stood up for myself.

He also thought of Uncle Xiaotian, a man who rarely smiled, but who cared deeply for Caixiang.

"Is the wooden train Uncle Xiaotian made still in this room?"

"Sea Fight"

"Kaito!"

A slightly trembling hand patted the boy's shoulder, pulling him back from his thoughts.

"Are you done?"

Kaito sniffed; the room was filled with a pungent... bloody smell?

"What should I do?" he asked calmly, looking into Locke's bloodshot eyes.

"It's very simple, just write your name here."

Locke unfolded the parchment, which was covered with ominous writing.

"This is a, well, an agreement."

Locke carefully considered his words: "By writing your name down, you automatically relinquish ownership of your eyes."

Where to sign?

"The very bottom."

Locke's voice changed, and his heart pounded.

Locke stared intently at Haidou's hand until he was sure Haidou had signed the document before he finally let out a long sigh of relief.

"It's done!"

He rushed to Cai Xiang's side and gave her the antidote.

"Ayaka, how are you feeling!"

Have you noticed any changes in your eyes?

The girl closed her eyes and then opened them again. She hesitated for a moment, "Teacher, it seems, it seems no different from usual."

"impossible!"

Seeing that Ayaka was startled, Locke softened his tone and said, "Maybe it's been too short for you to notice."

“Ayaka, you have received a systematic education in mysticism, so it’s impossible that you can’t unleash the power of the Eye of Truth.”

"True eyes do not choose false masters."

At that moment, Haidou, who had lost his sight, suddenly spoke.

"Ok?"

Locke glanced at Haidou and gave a cold smile.

Come to think of it, this guy is useless now.

"Hehe, what strange things are you saying, child?"

Just as Locke was about to make a move, his hand was grabbed by Ayaka.

The girl didn't speak, but her eyes were full of pleading.

Although Ayaka Oda usually despised Kaito and looked down on him, at this moment, she was truly moved by him.

Locke hesitated for a moment, but ultimately suppressed the murderous intent in his heart.

Ochiai Kaito is already a dispensable person, and it's not worth ruining my relationship with Ayaka for him.

"Haidou, you're tired today. Let me take you back to your room to rest."

Locke stepped forward and pulled Haidou, but the boy didn't move.

"Caixiang, please answer me honestly."

Before Kaito could even ask that question, Ayaka already understood.

"No, I've been lying to you all along."

Despite being moved—no, it was precisely because she was moved that the girl said that.

Section 115, Chapter 114: The Joke of Fate

That night, some were happy, some were sad, and one pair of eyes remained detached from it all.

The moment Haidou signed the contract, it detached from the boy's body, but did not parasitize Ayaka's body as Locke had hoped.

It wasn't that his technique was wrong, Locke's operation was not problematic, but he overlooked the will of the 'Eye of True Knowledge' itself.

If there is no other choice, it is perfectly acceptable for it to parasitize Ayaka Oda.

However, there is another perfect candidate.

It was captivated by the girl the first time it met her; it's a pity it wasn't human, otherwise the Eye of Truth would have definitely uttered the cliché of a "fateful encounter."

Even the sea eagle, which it was used to living in, once hesitated to abandon it. Now, in this situation, is there any need to consider it?

Ignoring the contract's call, it took one last look at its 'former host' before excitedly rushing toward its target.

The wooden door couldn't block the blurred eyes; it quickly found the girl.

Hmm, are they already asleep?

It circled the bubble's head once, then decisively began to penetrate her soul.

First, some minor modifications need to be made to make the container more comfortable.

Next, it's time to get along well with the new host.

Now it thought of Haidou again. Actually, he was quite adaptable, but he had one bad point—that guy liked to deceive himself.

Even now, it still doesn't understand why Haidou, who clearly knows everything, would lie to itself.

'Humans are truly complex, but the new host seems rather simple.'

As it pondered, it kept diving deeper and deeper... Why hasn't it arrived yet?

Even though it doesn't have much experience and only has Haidou as a human to refer to, this is still very strange.

Is the path to the soul so far, and so cold and dark?

The Eye of Truth calmly descended for a while longer, but this relocation journey seemed to have no end.

Gradually, it felt a weariness it had never experienced before.

'Not yet, not yet.'

Without a second thought, it began to accelerate wildly.

Dive, dive, dive... an endless dive.

Thoughts are erased, and one's own existence gradually becomes blurred.

At some point, the Eye of Truth lost control over itself.

The descent turned into a fall, a fall into endless darkness, until it merged with some indescribable being.

At the other end of the room, Haidou lay lifelessly on the ground.

He was still alive, but his heart was almost dead.

If I were to say that I ended up like this, I can't blame anyone else; I can only blame myself.

The boy had countless opportunities to change everything, but he just kept his head in the sand and refused to see the world clearly.

'You reap what you sow'

He sighed, surprisingly without any resentment in his heart.

Everything was his own choice. Rather than trusting his own eyes, Haidou chose to immerse himself in a world of lies.

'It's only natural that he's fallen to this state, because Ochiai Kaito is just a coward who refuses to face reality.'

The boy knew he didn't have much time left. Although he didn't know why Locke hadn't dealt with him immediately, it was only a matter of time.

However, he cannot die just like that.

There were some things he wanted to tell Bubble.

Locke thought he had transferred those eyes to Ayaka, but Kaito knew that was impossible.