Chapter 488: Chapter 488: She is most likely reborn

Scarlett Jennings stayed at the academy for five days.

During this period, she received information about Alicia Sharp sent by Donovan Jennings.

It was almost the same as what she had learned before.

Her biological mother died when she was twelve, and her stepmother and half-sister moved in. Alicia Sharp’s status in the family plummeted, turning her from a young princess into a pitiful soul.

At fifteen, her stepmother was pregnant with her father’s child, reportedly a boy. The stepmother accidentally fell down the stairs, falsely accusing Alicia Sharp of pushing her intentionally.

Enraged, her father sent her directly to her grandmother’s house in the county, declaring she was no longer his daughter.

From the information given by Donovan Jennings, Alicia Sharp lived at her grandmother’s house for a full year, during which no one from the Sharp family visited her.

Perhaps they felt Alicia Sharp couldn’t bring any benefits to them; her uncle’s family’s attitude towards her worsened, eventually leading to her cousin pushing her into water, almost drowning her.

When Alicia Sharp woke up, her uncle’s family casually apologized and tried to brush off the incident.

She refused to tolerate it, immediately calling the police to accuse her cousin of attempted murder, utterly ignoring her family’s curses.

Seeing the police were genuinely coming to take the person away for investigation, her uncle’s family was terrified, not only forcing her cousin to apologize in front of all the relatives but also paying compensation.

“You’ve probably heard the rest.”

Afterward, Alicia Sharp completely changed, not only returning to Sea City but also dealing with her stepmother and stepsister along with her biological father.

On the other end of the video, Donovan Jennings spoke, looking at Scarlett Jennings with a serious expression,

“Why did you suddenly ask me to investigate her—do you think there’s something wrong with her?”

If it were earlier, Donovan Jennings wouldn’t have thought much about it.

But now, after encountering so many mystical events with his sister, Donovan Jennings couldn’t help but think more.

“Possession? Rebirth? Or time travel?”

Alicia Sharp only changed dramatically after reaching a critical state; Donovan Jennings specially learned about it online.

Since his sister was studying this, he had to have some common topics with her.

Scarlett Jennings, hearing Donovan Jennings’s serious guesses, didn’t hide and shared her own speculation,

“I’m not sure yet, but it’s likely rebirth.”

Later, she carefully conducted a divination for Alicia Sharp; there were no apparent issues with Alicia Sharp’s face or soul.

Although the system said seven days after possession one could fully occupy the other’s body, she didn’t think any soul body could match someone else’s body one hundred percent.

The only thing in the world that can perfectly match oneself is oneself.

Recalling the identical soul body of the paralyzed old lady, Scarlett Jennings leans more towards the current Alicia Sharp being the actual Alicia Sharp from another world.

It’s just unclear how she came into this Alicia Sharp’s body in this world.

When Scarlett Jennings thought of this, she gazed deeply at the small turtle in the glass tank beside her.

Small Turtle:…

The little turtle wasn’t thinking much, just eating and staring blankly.

Donovan Jennings asked her what she planned to do next, Scarlett Jennings replied,

“I wasn’t planning to do anything. Even if we drive away the current Alicia Sharp, we can’t guarantee the original Alicia Sharp would return, so let’s leave it for now.”

Moreover, the original Alicia Sharp might no longer be around.

As she spoke, she chatted casually with him, expressing her concern for her brother, making Donovan Jennings quite happy, before hanging up the phone.

Setting down her phone, Scarlett Jennings casually stroked the copper ring on her finger.

This was a piece Scarlett Jennings had removed from the Peach Wood Sword, fashioned into a ring, allowing her to sense the system’s responses anytime.

She looked at the turtle inside the tank, asking,

“Did you also bring Alicia Sharp’s soul body over from another world? What are you aiming to do by bringing so many souls from the other world to occupy other people’s bodies?”

Seeing the system still unresponsive, Scarlett Jennings straightforwardly placed a mirror directly facing the glass tank.

“If you don’t wish to talk, then stay a turtle forever. You’ll slowly get used to your new appearance.”

Possibly provoked by her words or perhaps the image of the turtle in the mirror, the seemingly lifeless system couldn’t resist speaking out, yet what it said was,

[I can answer all your doubts, provided you become my new host.]

Scarlett Jennings didn’t even bother negotiating, saying directly,

“You can be a turtle, Ninja Turtle suits you well.”

System:…

Why bring up the nickname when speaking?!

Scarlett Jennings was communicating with the system when suddenly, there was a knock on her dorm room door. The next second, Stella Gibson’s head peeked in from outside, her doll-like face very charming,

“Scarlett, are you chatting with your little turtle again? Though this turtle doesn’t have any spiritual energy, it likely won’t awaken spiritual wisdom.”

“It’s okay,” Scarlett Jennings said, “I just keep it as decoration.”

The system seemed to feel another sting, wanting to reclaim some verbal authority, but Scarlett Jennings ignored it, asking Stella Gibson on her own,

“What’s up?”

“There is something. The dean wants to see you, asking you to go over,” Stella Gibson said mysteriously, “I reckon he wants to discuss the academy contest with you.”

Scarlett Jennings was slightly surprised; she had naturally heard about the academy contest.

Compared to the official triennial Mystical Sect contest, the academy contest mainly targets students from several Taoism academies.

And traditionally, only the students who excel in the academy contest qualify to participate in the triennial Mystical Sect contest.

However, Scarlett Jennings remembered that new students are usually ineligible for this academy contest.

After all, according to past contest timelines, this year’s new students would have been enrolled for less than half a year.

“The reason being this year’s new students include you.”

Not to mention Scarlett Jennings’s performance on the program, defeating Senior Brother Xander alone qualified her for the academy contest.

Since at Sea City Academy, few can measure up to Senior Brother Xander.

At least, in Stella Gibson’s view, that’s the case.

As anticipated by Stella Gibson, upon arriving at the dean’s office, his first topic was indeed about the academy contest.

“Because of ‘Inspiration’ airing, your performance was noted by the deans of several academies; it’s unquestionable you’ll attend.

There’s still two months until the contest, giving you ample time to prepare; this time, it’s not the same as before.”

Scarlett Jennings was about to ask what’s different when the dean said,

“This year’s academy contest will also involve participation from the Mystic Regulation Office’s new generation.”

Scarlett Jennings was really surprised.

This was the second time she’d heard about the Mystic Regulation Office recently.

Moreover, the Mystic Regulation Office’s new generation must be at least a century old, right?

Isn’t this just bullying?

…

Capital Metropolitan.

In a Chinese-style high-rise courtyard located in the city center, a young, handsome man had images of Scarlett Jennings playing on his phone, a hint of profoundness in his eyes.

For a while, his lips murmured as if whispering.

“So… your daughter is called Scarlett Jennings.”

Scarlett.

Looks nothing like you at all.

The man seemed to snicker coldly; shortly after, someone entered the room, respectfully saying,

“Mr. Wen, the rat demon escorted from Sea City has arrived. Do you want to meet them?”

“Not interested,” the man referred to as Mr. Wen replied coldly, “I despise rats.”