"The Trapping Character Technique is just the lowest of the forbidden techniques, virtually harmless, yet it was classified as a forbidden technique—"

Florence Locke paused before revealing a secret: "I mentioned to you earlier, the founding emperor of Qirenia and the first Great National Master established the dynasty together, but in the end, the Great National Master’s intentions became corrupt, he considered all things as deceitful dogs, and had a conflict of ideology with the emperor."

Thea Shaw pressed on, "What did he do?"

"The Great National Master pursued immortality and experimented using human lives." Florence Locke sighed: "The one thing we cannot stop is the passage of time. The Great National Master thought of himself as superior, believing he shouldn’t have the same lifespan as humans, he should live longer. He founded a forbidden technique and recruited a large number of students, in truth, using them for experiments."

"In the end, he was discovered by the emperor, who could not tolerate such a person harming the people, and had him executed at Star Palace Tower."

"Even though the technique he later founded was classified as a forbidden technique, the emperor still allowed us to learn it. I learned this from ancient texts, at the time I believed the emperor wanted us to understand the harm brought by this forbidden technique, now..."

Florence Locke’s fingers slowly brushed over the symbol: "Perhaps the emperor foresaw something else, the first Great National Master recruited so many students during his lifetime, it’s hard to say none inherited his will. If we don’t learn, when we see this symbol, we’ll know nothing."

Not even know it’s a forbidden technique.

Thea Shaw pondered, "Then, besides us, could there be a third person who crossed over? Could more people cross over?"

The key is, why did they cross over?

Florence Locke, on the contrary, felt rather at ease at this moment: "Why worry about this? What we need to do is identify who’s using the forbidden technique, then if needed, report it to the state."

Let them deal with it against the state.

Do practitioners of superstitions dare to cause trouble in an atheist country?

Thea Shaw: "..."

Thea Shaw thought for a moment, "That’s true."

Even if it’s known they’ve crossed over, the state wouldn’t possibly dissect and study them.

At least pandas need protection, how rare they are.

Even if there’s truly a crossing, they wouldn’t dare reveal their identities, things learned in Qirenia aren’t very secretive, encountering colleagues could expose the symbol instantly and reveal one’s identity.

Essentially, even having crossed over, they’re still ordinary people.

Upon crossing over, Thea Shaw still genuinely learned things, taking advantage of time.

Moreover, Thea Shaw had an intuition that there weren’t that many who crossed over, at least for now, they’ve only encountered what might be the sole case of Star Palace Technique.

Still, over twenty years ago, any natural disasters or human calamities could unpredictably end lives...

However, since they know this information, investigation is still necessary. Having thought it over, Thea Shaw wasn’t so conflicted anymore; using tactics to confront challenges as they arise.

After consulting with the mentor and obtaining clues, Thea Shaw prepared to reply to Nancy Shea, she certainly wouldn’t tell Nancy Shea the truth, only casually saying the symbol needed time.

Nancy Shea didn’t quite understand these matters, but she trusted Thea Shaw.

Since Thea Shaw predicted Leo Quinn’s whereabouts, Nancy Shea believed her. 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

Thea Shaw originally planned to continue investigating the symbol, but unexpectedly received surprising news.

Mr. Sutton was going on a business trip.

The destination happened to be Fenmore.