Aha and the girl once again had a gift box appear between them. However, this time the girl didn't hesitate; she immediately took the gift box and opened it.
Inside the gift box was a light blue, circular body of water floating in the air, not an explosion of colorful ribbons like last time.
"Could this be the Hydro Authority? Aha, did you strip the Authority from Neuvillette?"
"No, I didn't. I gathered the fragmented Authority scattered on Furina and then restored it into a complete Authority. How about it? It took me, your boss, a long time to get this. Pretty generous, right?"
The girl didn't wait for Aha to finish speaking before grabbing the Hydro Authority from the gift box and absorbing it instantly. "Generous, extremely generous!"
With the Hydro Authority, I'll be unstoppable in Slay the Gods. Everyone says Genshin's combat power is low, but that's only compared to Honkai. If it were in Slay the Gods, hmph... I'd at least be a half-step ascender or an ascender.
As the girl absorbed the Hydro Authority, a progress bar appeared before her: [Current Hydro Authority Fusion Progress: 1% / 100%]
[Current Realm: Zhan Realm]
The girl: d(ŐдŐ๑)
What's going on? Isn't it supposed to be invincible? Why is it a Zhan Realm, which a Mystery can casually swat away? Also, what's with this fusion progress?
Aha, seeing the girl's dazed expression, burst into another fit of laughter:
"Ahahaha, how about it? Isn't this progress bar interesting? The Hydro Archon, possessing the Hydro Authority, is actually weaker than an ordinary Mystery."
Well, all questions were answered now. After all, it's not surprising for this guy to cause any kind of trouble.
The girl looked up, her face stern, at the red mask flying wildly in the air. Her expression clearly said that if he didn't explain himself, she would... she would... well, she couldn't do anything.
Unexpectedly, Aha actually explained: "Think about it, if you were invincible from the start, how would you get close to the protagonist? How would you meet other people? You can't just save people for no reason, can you?
Moreover, you can experience the strength of a lower realm and get familiar with your powers. In your words, it's like an emperor on an incognito visit. So why not?"
The girl was actually swayed and replied, dazed, "It seems... it makes some sense... No!"
Before the girl could finish her sentence, Aha sent her away and said, "I believe you'll like the identity I and the Riddler have prepared for you."
...In the back row, by the window, of Class 2-2, Second Middle School of Cangnan City, a white-haired girl slowly opened her eyes.
"That hateful Aha, I almost fell for his trick. But he and the Mystery actually arranged an identity for me. I hope it's not some messy one."
As she spoke, the girl looked around and successfully found a certain mysterious man with a black cloth over his eyes among the crowd. She hadn't expected Lin Qiye to be sitting near her. She had been looking far away for so long.
"Lin Qiye's eyes are still covered. It seems it's his first day of school, and the plot has just begun. If nothing unexpected happens, he should open his eyes tonight.
Never mind, let's first see what identity they've arranged for me."
According to the memories Aha transmitted, the girl was not a native of Cangnan City. Although she wouldn't be erased if she were a local, since this history was fake, it would just be difficult to explain.
Her hometown was Shangjing City, her parents were deceased, and she had no relatives. It was clear that they were too lazy to fabricate, so they simply cleared out all unnecessary people from the household register.
Her parents were merchants in life, dealing in ores and herbs, and occasionally acquiring forbidden items. Well, now she could explain taking out any strange weapons in the future.
Since all relatives within a nine-clan radius centered on her were gone, all property was inherited by her. Currently, she only had over ten billion in assets, and her parents' former company would deposit tens of millions into her card every month. In other words, she had no worries about money.
Oh, praise ~ Aha ~
The class bell rang quickly, and the girl patted Lin Qiye, who was sitting in front of her:
"Hello, classmate, you must be the new transfer student today, right?"
Lin Qiye felt someone pat him and realized that the classmate behind him might finally be awake. Adhering to his aunt's idea this morning to get along with his classmates, he prepared to turn around and say hello:
"Hello, my name is Lin Qiye, may I ask..."
Lin Qiye froze the moment he saw the girl. No other reason, Furina was simply too beautiful and adorable.
Her white-to-light-blue hair, combined with one dark and one light blue heterochromatic eye, brought too much shock to Lin Qiye, the "blind man" who hadn't yet opened his eyes.
After a moment of thought, the girl decided to use the body's name: "My name is Furina. It's a pleasure to meet you, Lin Qiye. I hope our next meeting isn't in this place."
Furina had no fondness for the classroom at all, as she was also a high school student before transmigrating. As is well known, high school students are creatures with extremely strong resentment, and every corner of a school contains countless curses from high school students.
Lin Qiye was curious about the meaning of Furina's latter half of the sentence, but out of politeness, he didn't ask.
"Hmm, it's a pleasure to meet you, Furina."
Seeing Lin Qiye's naive expression, Furina felt like teasing him: "Lin Qiye, I don't mean to be rude, just genuinely asking. I heard you used to be mentally ill, is that true?"
"Yes, I used to fantasize about seeing angels, but I'm better now."
Hearing this, Furina's eyes lit up: "Really? If you're better now, then you should eat whatever you can eat."
Lin Qiye frowned, a bad premonition rising in his heart. Oh no, am I going to be finished?
Furina then continued from her previous sentence: "Otherwise, there won't be a reason to let you binge eat later."
He realized that his classmate behind him had a truly wild imagination. What does it mean that someone with a mental illness can binge eat? Please, someone is in charge, okay?
"...Your ideas are truly... unusual."
"Uh-huh, unusual? As expected of me."
Lin Qiye pressed his hand to his forehead. Hey, I wasn't praising you, why are you affirming yourself?
Looking at Furina, who was happily holding her head up, swaying her hair, and whose eyes were full of self-affirmation and self-admiration, Lin Qiye ultimately didn't explain the meaning of his words.
Time at school was like a snail crawling on the ground. You thought half a day had passed, but it had actually only been a few minutes.
Furina, who had endured until school dismissal, felt like her entire body was about to fall apart. The moment the dismissal bell rang, the extinguished flame in her eyes instantly reignited and burned brighter and faster.
"I made it through. I never want to go to high school again in this life."
Just then, the class monitor, Jiang Qian, walked over and asked "Furina, do you want to come with us to walk Lin Qiye home?"
Note-Binge eating refers to a pattern of disordered eating characterized by consuming an unusually large amount of food in a short period, typically less than two hours, while experiencing a sense of lack of control over eating.