Ethereal Ascendance: A Journey of Transformation(Vol 5)

Vol 5/ Chapter 184: Going Home

"What? How... This can't be!"

I was really shocked this time. My mouth dropped open, unable to say anything for a while.

The key thing is, how did he know? None of us would have told him about the cross over, right?

"Actually, it wasn't hard to figure out. The space portal appeared exactly where my high school classmates supposedly had their reunion accident. And 'Reed' was our top student - hard to forget that name! I talked to her privately. She didn't deny she was my classmate who traveled to another world. But she wouldn't tell me details about the others, except that most had died. She used 'privacy' as an excuse..."

So he first got suspicious because of Reed. Wayne Peng didn't hide anything. He told me step by step how he investigated, ending with a bit of pride as he revealed the truth.

"So those angels who appeared with her - could they be my old classmates too? It was just a guess in my head, until I saw your reaction just now. That confirmed it."

Looks like he tricked me into revealing the truth! It was too late to deny it now. I could only ask helplessly:

"Since you found out, didn't you report it to your boss?"

"I told you, I only suspected until now! Besides, even if you are my old classmates, I don't think you mean any harm to Earth or H-country. I just want to do my duty to protect the nation!"

His logic made sense. But now I'd have to deal with Wayne Peng asking about everyone's identity. It was awkward facing an old classmate like this.

But since we'd probably never meet again, I decided to give in.

"No way! You're really Flynn?"

Wayne Peng clearly couldn't believe it. He looked me up and down again. Then he quickly turned to Cyra behind me, like he suddenly understood something. "Then is she..."

"Cyrus!"

I confirmed what he was thinking without hesitation.

"Nooo!"

His wail made everyone else look at us.

"Damn, why did I have to have a crush on her back then! And she looks so cute now too..."

Wayne Peng seemed really shocked. It took him a while to calm down, but he was still muttering to himself.

"Of course, besides me and Cyrus, there's also Reilly, Henderson, Jaxon..."

Just joking - if I'm going down, everyone's coming with me! I mercilessly added fuel to the fire, listing all our classmates who came here. But when I got to the end, I felt sad.

Wayne Peng was mostly asking out of curiosity, not bad intentions. When he heard about the classmates who died, he finally sighed too. He patted my shoulder and said:

"I should go back now. But you have to keep living in this world. Work hard and do great things, for the sake of those who died too!"

"What do you mean 'do great things'?"

I couldn't help laughing. But thinking back, wasn't what I did on Earth already pretty great, or even crazy?

"My lips are sealed! Don't worry, I'll keep your secret forever."

He was still promising as he entered the portal.

"What secret?"

Adrian came over and asked, confused. He was curious after seeing me talk to Wayne Peng for so long.