"Your inner drama is too much," Tian Bufan said speechlessly. "Once we summon 'the Principal' back, you'll understand."

"Oh, right!" Lin Yi suddenly said. "My memory is still somewhat incomplete. According to the plan that 'I' and Liangzi made back then, after the Principal returns, what exactly are we supposed to use as a reference for what he brings back?"

"What will he bring back, and what reference will he provide us?"

Upon hearing this, Tian Bufan squinted his eyes involuntarily. "You're talking about 'the Principal'... He will find the answer he's been seeking."

"That answer may deliver a devastating blow to the beliefs he's held since ancient times... If the 'he' that returns is still 'him,' then we can get something... Those things only exist in the depths of the dark ocean, unique specimens from there."

"Those 'specimens' can help us understand some of the situations there, and then..."

Lin Yi suddenly exclaimed, "Wait a minute! Understand the situation there? Are we going to set sail too?"

Tian Bufan remained silent, only smiling meaningfully. "You guess?"

"Oh my god, you've practically hit me in the face with the answer, haven't you!" Lin Yi said. "Also, that 'sow high' I mentioned, and the release of 'Law,' and the sow high you talked about with the corpse in the well are probably the same thing... Is our side quest to gather a ship full of legendary characters and set sail?"

Oh my Luffy, oh my Seven Warlords of the Underworld...

"Not exactly..." Tian Bufan shook his head slightly, yet remained tight-lipped. "First, we summon 'the Principal' back... Then according to plan, we leave this place."

"When 'the Principal' comes back, no matter what we want to do, we can let him be the chauffeur, driving us recklessly throughout the campus."

Lin Yi's heart skipped a beat, is this the weight of the leader of the forbidden zone, the ancient emperor?!

Tian Bufan squinted his eyes, though his expression was somewhat serious, "My only worry is if 'the Principal' gets swayed..."

"Will he... really be swayed?" Lin Yi gulped.

"Logically speaking, he's the brightest and most magnificent light of humanity... But similarly, if even he falls into darkness because he saw the 'truth' in the dark ocean, then... everything becomes extremely difficult to manage."

Difficult to manage? Then... cough cough... Lin Yi's mind instinctively sparked a few familiar signals, but he knew they couldn't afford to flip the table.

If they flipped the table, it would be akin to aiding the Grey Mist Invasion in turning humans against each other.

He had already been reckless with the trivial matters, but he couldn't afford to betray humanity.

Betraying humanity, no way.

"Then... let's focus on the business at hand first," Lin Yi hesitated for a moment and decided to get to the point, "How can we summon the Principal back?"

After all, only by summoning the Principal can "Lin Yi's notebook" be upgraded to the "Principal's notebook" through his hands.

"Don't rush," Tian Bufan said, "Let's take care of some private jobs first."

"Huh?" Lin Yi was taken aback. "We also take private jobs? Is the economic environment that bad, that even official organizations advocate taking private jobs?"

Tian Bufan said, "Official jobs split fifty-fifty, private jobs require an extra ten percent for subsidies... It's all tacitly understood, but haven't you realized, we're not really part of any official organization?"

"Damn, are we really a ragtag team? Are our official credentials fake?" Lin Yi felt a jolt, but considering the negotiations 'the Principal' did once, there really seemed to be no trace of official involvement.

Tian Bufan said, "We don't belong to any faction in this world."

Lin Yi was shocked upon hearing this, blurting out, "Then are we really part of that 'Time Council'?"

"'Time Council'?" Tian Bufan said with a mixed expression of crying and laughing. "Haven't you heard, when you're out there, identity is self-assigned?"

"'Time Council' is something Fortune Life Wei Liang the Celestial made up to give himself a backing. It's exactly because of this that no one has ever actually seen it."

"And precisely because no one has seen it, it's impossible to break Fortune Life Wei Liang the Celestial's lies. A fabricated entity becomes even more elusive when passed around the mouths of top-level figures worldwide, becoming increasingly mysterious and mystical..."

"Fortune Life Wei Liang the Celestial is very shrewd, not only not exposing it but also fanning the flames, resulting in a widespread legend through the shadows of global history about a supreme tribunal—the 'Time Council.'"

"Uh... So, at the end of the day, the 'Time Council' is just Liangzi?" Lin Yi wiped his sweat, realizing that Liangzi had been concocting these crafty tricks for a long time...

Thinking it through, what the hell are crafty tricks, the degree of bluffing can surpass the level of the 'Time Council'!

My goodness...

"So what exactly are we?" Lin Yi puzzled.

Tian Bufan thought for a moment and said, "Consider us his... accomplices, oh no, partners."

"Partners of the 'Time Council' but not part of the 'Time Council'?" Lin Yi was slightly surprised.

"Batman's partners aren't Batman, right?"

"Then are we Robin?"

"No, this time, we're Batman," Tian Bufan said.

Lin Yi was a bit pleased, "So this time Liangzi is Robin?"

"No," Tian Bufan still shook his head. "We are Batman, and Fortune Life Wei Liang the Celestial is Superman."

"..." Lin Yi was taken aback, thinking Tian Bufan was using 'Batman' as an example, but unexpectedly Tian Bufan referred to 'Justice League,' "Then our fighting power is just a roadside alley?"

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