“You’ve really stirred up big trouble this time.”
After sending Yun Shanhai off, the Suzaku Mentor came over carrying a document and said to me.
“I know.” I stared at the livestream backend, the prompt flashing on my phone screen.
[This account has been suspended]
“Here, take a look at this.”
The Suzaku Mentor placed the document in front of me.
“It’s a disciplinary notice from the Immortal Spirit Association regarding Egg University’s failure to fulfill its educational responsibilities, and… an order for Egg University to expel the student Yun Luo Xian for endangering social stability and shaking the Association’s security.”
Has it officially come to this?
On the other side, Lu Master was also bombarding me with messages through the chat app.
[Boss! Our entire shop has been shut down!]
[Boss, what exactly did you do? I feel like the whole world is against us.]
[Boss, are you crazy? We could’ve just run a good business, that would’ve been great, everyone happy. But you had to do something special…]
[Boss, what are you planning?! People watch your streams for fun, but some viewers aren’t even over twelve. What are you even saying in those streams? If we live long enough, can we choose a different way to die?!]
Lu Master seemed to be a bit overwhelmed.
I thought I was just opening a shop to make some money and treat my employees well.
But apparently, it wasn’t that simple…
This world is vast, and I overestimated my influence while underestimating my own…
I just wanted to do something… but never imagined one sentence would stir such a huge wave.
Song Jiang wrote a drunken, sloppy poem on a wall, and ended up as the leader of Liangshan.
I never wanted to join Liangshan; I just wanted everyone to be okay.
“This is not something a single big family can handle… Of course, behind this is definitely the Mu Family stirring up trouble, fanning the flames, otherwise this disaster wouldn’t have happened so quickly,” the Suzaku Mentor said.
“…”
Hmm, no matter what, it seems I really did something foolish.
“Write a self-criticism admitting your mistake, then retract your words. Act like nothing happened. Don’t livestream for a while, and stay out of the public eye. The heat will die down soon. Submit the recipe to the Association… the school will support you.”
“Self-criticism? I don’t know how to write one… Teacher, can you tell me what I did wrong?”
“You were born into the wrong world.”
The Suzaku Mentor said this as she lowered herself to one knee and hugged me.
I haven’t communicated much with the Suzaku Mentor; she’s quiet and businesslike, clean and efficient, without seeking personal feelings.
We haven’t known each other long, and she rarely expressed emotions.
But when she said this, I suddenly realized… she understands.
Maybe she’s even smarter than I am.
“I’m sorry, Teacher. I was wrong. I’ll write the self-criticism, hand over the recipe, and close the Immortal Dew Magic Potion Shop.”
“Good. Don’t worry. Spend this time studying well at school; it’ll pass.”
“I can’t get through this.”
“You have to get through it.”
“I just can’t.”
“Sigh… then what can you do?”
I said nothing.
In the age of information, someone can vanish with just the press of a delete button.
Undoubtedly, a little loli fox spirit will be completely forgotten in three days.
When babies cry, just give them a pacifier—there are pacifiers with idol brother flavor, some with two-dimensional cute girl flavor, some with neat short video flavor…
In the end, I’m utterly isolated and helpless.
“Teacher, I want my tail,” I said plaintively.
“I’ll call Divine Water Senior to come teach you.”
“Teacher, recently many materials in the Academy City shops have gone up in price. Do you have any idea why?”
“Uh… they should drop in price in a few days,” the Suzaku Mentor evaded the question. Seeing my miserable look, she resolutely said, “Don’t worry, the price drops tomorrow. It won’t affect your tail growth plan.”
“So those really were Tail Evolution Materials? You guys were just trying to raise the price on me temporarily?” I looked at the Suzaku Mentor suspiciously.
She pretended not to hear and quickly called Divine Water Senior:
“Hello? Divine Water, remember that junior who kinda admires you? Yeah… Yun Luo Xian. We agreed you’d teach her how to grow a long tail. She’s feeling down right now, so please comfort her properly… Not that kind of comfort! She’s still a kid!”
I suddenly found the Suzaku Mentor quite amusing.
“I’ve called Divine Water Senior, no need to wait until the end of the semester,” the Suzaku Mentor said. “You just cheer up and forget about all this.”
“Hmm…” I nodded absentmindedly, then suddenly asked, “Teacher, were you guys trying to control me by hiking the prices on the tail materials?”
The Suzaku Mentor didn’t expect me to ask so bluntly.
She could only nod: “Your existence is too important to the Academy, but you’re too powerful and unrestrained. That’s why the Academy…”
“Then why did you give up on continuing to raise prices? Why call Divine Water Senior? Doesn’t that mean you lose control over me?”
“Controlling you is to protect the city, to protect its people. But you’re already protecting them. You’ve sacrificed too much, been hurt too badly… We don’t want to rub salt in your wounds at this time. You’re tired; you deserve to rest fully.”
“…”
I pondered for a moment, muttered something, then made a swallowing motion.
Then I sighed softly, “Looks like this planet still has a reason to exist.”
“???????”
I withdrew the black hole back into my inner space, a faint smile tugging at my lips.
The Suzaku Mentor swallowed hard. “So, you just now were seriously thinking about destroying the world?”
“No, it’s just one of the simplest ways to solve a problem,” I tilted my head slightly and smiled warmly.
It was clearly a gentle smile, but the Suzaku Mentor felt a bone-chilling coldness from it.
“Ahhh~ Teacher, you don’t really think a little thing like this can stop the all-powerful Qilin, right?”
“You… what are you going to do?”
“First of all, this is Donghuang, not Zhongx, and the ruling organization here is called the Immortal Spirit Association, not Zhongxxxx, right?”
“Ah… huh? What are you talking about?”
“Nothing, just preventing the world from collapsing.”
“You… what foolishness are you about to commit?”
“Don’t worry, just a little seclusion.”
“Seclusion… then what?”
“Rebellion~”
“Pfft————”
The Suzaku Mentor nearly spat out her internal organs in shock.
“You… you little brat, are you crazy?!”
“No, I have no interest in becoming emperor or anything like that… But I can’t tolerate anyone ordering me around and blocking my little business. I, Yun Xianzun, have never let anyone obstruct me like this!”
“???”
“If someone blind dares to cause trouble, then I’ll have some fun with them. This shop? I’m definitely opening it!”
“???!”
“If the Mu Family stands in my way, I’ll wipe out the Mu Family. If the Immortal Spirit Association stands in my way, I’ll wipe out the Immortal Spirit Association!”
“If there must be a leader without a pack of dragons, then your emperor—will have nine tails!”