At this moment...
On the second floor of the Duel Academy Fusion Department, Serena was wearing goggles and holding a melt spear, slowly stitching up the item in front of her.
A moment later, she brought over a bucket of unknown liquid, gently pouring it into the mold. Accompanied by a "sizzling" sound, steam rose in the room.
Unlike Tenjo Hikari, Serena preferred these relatively stable mechanical tools to experiment with "Alchemy."
The Fusion Department workshop was initially built by Fengguang Company under Tenjo Hikari's direction, considering it might be left for new Fusion Department students after his graduation, so the equipment inside mostly catered to chemistry, making it easier for everyone to understand. However, most Fusion Department students felt dizzy watching alchemy, and ultimately, it was Serena who used it.
In short, after busying herself for quite some time, she opened the ventilator in the room, starting to exchange the air.
Then, she took off her protective gear, cautiously leaning close to the experiment to observe.
Accompanying her actions, a few small spirits appeared beside her, curiously looking at the scene.
Gurgle—gurgle—
"Wow! Serena, it seems you succeeded!" Panda shouted excitedly!
Serena smiled, standing tall and proud, gently bending her right arm, raising her fist in a gesture full of confidence.
After livening up the atmosphere, she curiously picked up a mirror, holding it in front of herself.
Within the mirror was a young woman immersed in some sort of liquid, appearing about the same age as her.
But what was astonishing was she had the same appearance as Serena! She even had a bracelet on her arm!
Since discovering this, she had been very concerned.
Because she remembered what Tenjo Hikari said, that this is a tool to see into one's soul. Hence, Senior Judai could see another self in the mirror because he had the soul of "The Supreme King."
And her?
Back then, she wondered if she might have some evil character in her heart?
Honestly, she initially felt a little anticipation since watching the duel footage of Judai and the Dark World Dragon Lord, seeing Judai's display of "The Supreme King's" power was so domineering, impressive, and handsome.
She didn't have much additional interest, but if she could be like Senior Judai, her duels would undoubtedly become much stronger, right?
But later, the more she thought about it, the more off it seemed.
That fleeting figure she saw was hardly another personality hiding in her heart; it was clearly someone in a cultivation pod.
This reminded her of quite a few unpleasant memories.
Was it that?
Psychological trauma? PTSD or something?
Even though she studied alongside countless students at the academy and communicated with many friendly seniors, none were ordinary students. Coupled with her not being a very good student, she couldn't help but overthink everything.
No matter what, she was still a young girl prone to overthinking.
But now everything was concluded.
She finally succeeded in replicating it.
Of course—it's not just a replication.
If it was solely replication, she would have had opportunities to check out Tenjo Hikari's tool by pestering him.
But the key was that such a mirror didn't allow for further inner conversations. She wasn't someone like Senior Judai who possessed great powers, no matter how hard she tried.
She attempted to call out to it, saying things like "Hey!" "Yo!" "Serena?" but regrettably, it was unsuccessful.
Scratching her head, somewhat puzzled, she suddenly got an idea, her eyes brightening, tapping on the mirror like knocking a door.
Initially, the person in the mirror didn't respond. After several efforts, the person, like a slumbering Sleeping Beauty awakened by knocks, frowned with eyes closed, releasing a soft groan before suddenly waking with a cough.
"Oh!" Serena waved her fist lightly.
Sure enough, this worked—
"Who are you, where is this?" the Serena in the mirror called out in alarm.
"Where is this? This is my workshop."
"Why did you abduct—eh? You look like me..."
The Serena in the mirror stared, puzzled.
Abduct?
Serena suddenly frowned.
She thought it over, feeling it was better to make good relations with her second persona, saying: "What's your name? How should I call you?"
"Ruri..."
Sounds quite elegant, do I have such elegance within me?
Serena pondered, feeling confused.
"I seem to..." Ruri lowered her head, frowning, "I remember, there was an explosion at Heartland, then someone very similar to Yuto appeared, a dangerous individual, and used the Duel Disk to..."
What what?
Serena's eyes widened suddenly.
No—
This is very wrong!
She suddenly recalled, the Amazoness Sisters once mentioned outside the Amazoness Camp that her father found his second daughter!
Could it be!
She hurriedly flipped through her phone, asking in the chat group to the Tyler Sisters. Gloria showed little interest, reluctant to respond, while Grace contemplated for a moment, telling the professor the other daughter's name.
After all, it wasn't a big deal to them, as Serena was the professor's daughter, this kind of news wasn't significant to them. Whether Tenjo and the others wanted to know, they could simply say it.