The Last Gentleman-Chapter 255: Brain

Huh…

Once the Principal had left the Star Formation Room, Yi Chen also heaved a sigh of relief.

Without rushing to pry into the relic, he strolled to the observation deck, resting his hands on the railing to take a short break.

A smile crept onto his lips, “Who would have thought that Principal Daislin would actually be unexpectedly amiable, taking care of my physical body all this time over the past two months.

Could this be compensation for my streak of bad luck in life? During my lifetime, I hardly ever encountered any good people.

After coming here, all the seniors I’ve met along the way, whether human or non-human, have been pretty good to me.

I had originally planned to have the Principal guide me to complete my final Sensing enhancement, but I didn’t expect that through the profession of ‘student’, I would accidentally learn Star Magic.

Although I have only just opened the door to Star Magic and can’t even use basic magic yet, I can clearly feel that the distance between myself and the stars has significantly shortened.

Perhaps in the future, I can harness gravity like the Principal and disperse stars.

However, I don’t particularly like divination or foretelling the future, so I’ll try to integrate such magic into my body and use it to treat diseases in my subsequent learning.”

Ever since he stepped out of the orphanage, Yi Chen had never believed in any predestined future or notions of fate.

He stretched his arms wide, stretching his body as much as possible.

“Ouch~ I really want to rest for a while. I have hardly stopped since coming back from the Old World, but sadly there’s no time to rest. Everyone is urging me on. Jin and Reagan have both made their breakthroughs, so I guess I’ll just have to keep pushing myself.”

His calves gently exerted force, making a small leap to hover in the Star Formation Room.

The spherical Madman’s Box was held in his hand, brought close to his eye, and by peering through the small hole at the top… whoosh! A ring-shaped blade hidden in the crevice shot instantly into his eyeball.

As the fluid between his eyes began to seep out and got absorbed by the box, something seemed to emerge inside the sphere.

“There’s something!”

Unlike the last time he spied where he couldn’t see anything, this time as Yi Chen concentrated his attention, with stars emanating between his eyes, his Sensing ability at its limit gradually penetrated the contents of the sphere.

As time passed,

Yi Chen’s consciousness actually peeled away once more in the process of spying, following his gaze into the interior of the sphere,

This feeling was very similar to the planets created by Principal Daislin.

However, the feeling of consciousness being inside the sphere was completely different from being on the surface of a planet—enclosed and oppressive.

Standing inside, one could directly see that the sphere was made of small metal plates, each metal plate featuring slight furrows and curved lines, yet they did not fit together.

The form of these patterns immediately made Yi Chen think of “brain folds”.

“Is this… a puzzle? Do I need to reassemble the sphere to complete a certain brain structure combination and thereby achieve the final decryption of the Magic Cube? Let’s try.”

Yi Chen didn’t start moving the pieces straight away but observed each one closely, memorizing and integrating different patterns in his brain.

Only after he had organized these patterns in his mind did he begin effectively piecing the puzzle together,

As the plates inside moved, the basic structure of the outer sphere changed as well,

Stranges auras wafted out from the sphere, and actual brain fluids began to spill from inside—not only affecting the special environment of the Star Formation Room.

…

[Daislin Baldivia]

The current Principal isn’t as mysterious as others think,

Besides meditating, sleeping, or hunkering down in the Star Formation Room when tasked by the organization, she would usually only pretend to be there on regular days.

Her true self would dress as an ordinary gentleman and wouldn’t even wear a mask.

Because very few people in Zion knew what she looked like, removing a mask actually made her less likely to be recognized.

Wearing round glasses,

fastening knee-high leather boots,

dressing in tight leather outfits accompanied by a dark cloak and slinging a small leather bag,

she would leave the campus for the middle and lower levels of the street district, starting with shopping and then seeking out eateries that were outwardly forbidden by the organization.

If someone dared to ask the Principal directly how to maintain their condition, and if the Principal honestly provided an answer,

it would definitely be that she goes to the middle district for a massage, scrub bath, and foot bath every day—a standard three-service package, plus forbidden gourmet food from the lower district.

Moreover, she would usually book a private room because her appetite would definitely drop jaws if witnessed by others.

Burp~

After burping carelessly in the completely sealed room, adorned with the dazzling Star Night Barrier, he slowly retracted his slightly plump long legs that were propped on the table and slipped his boots back on.

He used Star Magic to tidy up the messy plates on the table.

“Two months trapped in here really killed me~ Luckily, the outcome wasn’t bad.

I didn’t expect the student chosen by Qian Bosen to be so excellent. Had I known, I would’ve made my move when William enrolled. There was a pile of Prophet missions at the time, and I missed the opportunity by accident.

There’s no helping it, after all, I’m the only one in the organization proficient in Star Magic. On this matter, the kid can only rely on me.”

Since childhood, Daislin had been a prodigy. Even though she came from a noble family with many well-known gentlemen, nobody could compare to her in terms of talent.

Her journey had been almost without setbacks, and she rarely encountered individuals with superior talent than hers.

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Due to her prestigious identity and superior abilities, few could engage with Daislin on equal terms. The entire Zion was filled with old figures who couldn’t pique her interest.

The arrival of Reagan made Daislin feel as if she had met a kindred spirit. The talent within Reagan was not inferior to hers, but as she got to know him better, she discovered that his personal issues were quite serious and incurable.

Just when the Principal had fallen back into solitude, Yi Chen, who also practiced Sensing, turned out to be the second “Star Magic” initiator.

Although she wanted to express the emotions of a ‘kindred spirit,’ as a principal, she had to maintain some restraint.

“I was planning to take a bath, but never mind! Let’s leave it at that for today. I’ll go back and check on that boy.

The Madman’s things aren’t so easy to handle. Better go back and watch over that kid, lest he disrupts my Star Formation Room.”

As Daislin took the train back to school, hiding her body amongst the stars and quietly heading to the Fetal Heart Church, she found that the staff who should have been in the church, working in the lower levels, and even the professors, were all gathered outside.

“What’s going on?”

Because of her status, Principal Daislin didn’t approach easily to ask, but she already sensed something strange, an outdated brain aroma wafting from the top of the church.

With a wave of her hand,

she tried to create a “Space Channel” connecting to the Star Formation Room.

The channel that should have been easily established suddenly shook and crumbled, with brain fluid even leaking from her end.

“That kid, William!”

Without a second thought, Daislin transformed into her usual appearance and walked toward the crowd wearing the Crying Mask.

“Principal!”

“Hello, Principal!”

People stepped aside one after another, making way for her.

“I just finished a meeting with the organization’s upper echelon. What’s going on here? Why is everyone outside? Is something happening in the church?”

“Principal, it’s an issue with your office. Some sort of brain-related fluid keeps seeping from your office, and without your permission, we didn’t dare to check.”

“When did it start?”

“It began five minutes ago.”

“Hmm, I’ll go take a look.”

An enquiry from a young Associate Professor with a gentlemanly gesture: “Principal, do you need our assistance?”

What met him, however, was an extremely stern stare, “No! Wait outside, and no one is allowed upstairs.”

Step!

The moment the Principal stepped onto the stairs of the Fetal Heart Church, she stepped in a puddle of mucus;if not for the mask filtering the odor, Daislin might’ve thrown up everything she had eaten in the lower district.

Looking up,

the corridors were filled with such brain matter mucus.

Hum!

She stepped up to the top-level Star Formation Room, and just as she was about to burst out swearing, the sight before her made Daislin swallow back her words.

Yi Chen was floating in the air, engaged in His examination,

but the Relic in his hand was no longer spherical, instead, a biological brain oozing black metallic luster. The brain fluid that filled the church was leaking from this brain Magic Cube.

“Madness Brain! These patterns symbolize the Madman’s ascendant route in his pursuit of Knowledge!”

Simultaneously,

Yi Chen also came to his senses, stowing the perfectly transformed Relic brain into the Golden Box while also retracting the brain fluid that had spread throughout the Star Formation Room and the Fetal Heart Church.

All the brain fluid compressed within the box, forming a type of containing solute to display this unique ‘Madness Brain’.