Chapter 84: Teacher Tony (Revised)

Upon hearing this, Assistant Lin Xun's body stiffened instantly, his eyes darted aside guiltily, and his voice dropped even lower.

"Yes, yes, we privately built the 'Mitra Academy Gardener Exchange Channel' using communicators; inside, several teachers are discussing whether you might accidentally harm the academy's exotic plants......"

Professor Luo De'an: "......"

His facial muscles twitched, and a sudden ominous premonition welled up in his heart.

"The 'Mitra Academy Gardener Exchange'?"

Su Jingchuan, however, was somewhat curious, repeating that rather formal-sounding name, his eyes showing inquiry.

Professor Luo De'an's complexion instantly became even more remarkable.

He knew of this channel but had not joined it, after all his main research was in geology, and while the group nominally was a communication channel for teachers to exchange information on cultivating exotic plants inside the academy, in reality......

Most of the time, what circulates in there are various groundless rumors and gossip within the academy.

"Which teachers have joined the channel?" he asked, clinging to a last shred of hope.

Lin Xun kept his mouth shut, lowering his head even further; even facing Professor Luo De'an's "majestic might," he had no intention of betraying his "comrade."

Seeing Lin Xun's demeanor, Professor Luo De'an felt an even worse premonition rise in his heart.

He seemed to already see himself in Mitra Academy, portrayed as the "rampaging old professor" and "the professor blasted through earth walls by students," an image widely circulated.

Professor Luo De'an felt his temples throbbing again.

His lifetime of reputation might be ruined in an instant today.

Teacher Su Jingchuan looked at Professor Luo De'an's expression of unspeakable bitterness, and at Lin Xun burying his head like an ostrich, and roughly understood seven or eight tenths of it.

He helplessly shook his head, deciding not to delve further into this issue that embarrassed his senior so much, and steered the conversation back on track.

Su Jingchuan gave a light cough, breaking the slightly awkward silence.

"... In that case, the urgent priority is to quickly conduct an in-depth examination of Student Ying Duo's head to determine whether his mutation can be safely dealt with."

He could understand Professor Luo De'an's unavoidable pursuit back then, but the fact that it became public knowledge indeed damaged the professor's reputation.

But now is not the time to dwell on that.

Professor Luo De'an also forcibly suppressed that "social death" embarrassment, restoring his usual composure.

"Teacher Su is right, Assistant Lin, first take Ying Duo for a comprehensive checkup, focusing on his head region."

"Also, be sure to keep his emotions stable, take proper safety precautions, and don't let Ying Duo dismantle our equipment as well." Their equipment is even more expensive than Teacher Li Ya's.

"Yes, Professor! I'm on my way!"

Lin Xun, feeling as if pardoned, promptly replied and hurriedly left the office to arrange Ying Duo's physical examination.

In the office, only Professor Luo De'an and Su Jingchuan remained.

The two elders exchanged a wordless glance, their eyes full of headache over that student whose head bears a mutation source and who is especially troublesome.

Unexpectedly, Ying Duo behaved quite obediently after being captured.

He quietly followed Lin Xun through a series of examinations, a stark contrast to the earlier him who rampaged everywhere, smashing everything.

During the examination, Lin Xun looked at Ying Duo's hair, which under the detection device steadily emitted mutation fluctuations in green, hesitated a moment, then spoke carefully.

"Student Ying Duo, to more accurately analyze the nature and source of the mutation energy in your hair, we may need to collect a few hair samples for testing."

"I promise, just a few strands—may I?"

Given the previous situation, Ying Duo values his hair greatly, likely unwilling to let anyone tamper with it casually, and Lin Xun also didn't want to be sabotaged by future colleagues......

Ying Duo fell silent for a moment, his golden eyes calmly gazing at Lin Xun.

Earlier, Bai Mu Yun seemed to have hinted that there were "insiders" within the academy.

Could this Lin Xun be the one who secretly manipulated dorm assignments, placing him together with Luo Jinyou?

If they belong to the same "Dome" faction, offering some cooperation and raising favorability would also benefit later missions.

Ying Duo nodded, indicating tacit approval.

Lin Xun exhaled in relief, carefully used the sampling tool to take a few strands from the inconspicuous lower layer of Ying Duo's hair, moving gently, indeed not damaging the Ying Guang Lu style.

The test results came out quickly.

Lin Xun placed a detailed report before Professor Luo De'an and Su Jingchuan.

The report's core conclusion surprised both of them:

【Sample analysis shows that the mutation energy carried by the target's hair did not originally stem from the hair itself mutating, but from an external attachment; under prolonged influence, the mutation penetrated and took root in the hair.】

【Through component comparison, it was confirmed that this energy is an unknown powder mixed into hair dye; the powder is stable, containing extremely high-purity mutation energy, but its exact composition and source......】

【No matching entry could be found in the existing database; it is an unknown substance.】

"Hair dye?"

Su Jingchuan looked at the report, his face showing surprise.

How to put it......

This result is unexpectedly normal?

Why, once involved with Ying Duo, does his first reaction always expect an utterly absurd result???

Professor Luo De'an stroked his chin, pondering.

"Hair dye mixed with an unknown mutation-energy powder...... this sounds more like a human-made product, and such pure, stable mutation energy could not possibly form naturally."

The two exchanged a glance, realizing the gravity of the issue.

This is not merely a matter of a student's special physique; it likely involves some unknown artificial technology capable of stably carrying and releasing mutation energy.

But why, of all things, hair dye?

Both were somewhat at a loss; this is really too conspicuous......

But precisely because it is so conspicuous, nobody would think to look in this direction.

No, rather, one would think no sane person would imagine someone walking around with a mutation source on their head.

The two knew they could not guess Ying Duo's thought process; in the end, Professor Luo De'an simply declared it outright.

Just ask him directly and find out where his hair was dyed.

The two returned to the Observation Key and faced the quietly seated Ying Duo.

Su Jingchuan tried to make his tone sound calm and gently persuasive.

"Ying Duo, our inspection found the problem lies in the hair dye you used. Do you remember where your hair was dyed?"

Ying Duo lifted his golden eyes and seriously faced the two solemn teachers.

A few seconds later, he used his usual flat tone and clearly said a name:

"Tuo Ni Lao Shi."