thefictionvixens Chapter 26 Confession
Chapter 26 Confession
Martin approached the bushes and asked, puzzled, "Teacher Zeng? What are you doing here?"
"Shh~"
Zeng Xiaoxian gestured for Martin to be quiet, then pulled him aside, and the two of them went into the bushes.
Looking at the erratic Zeng Xiaoxian, Martin said speechlessly, "Hey, wait, there's a pile of dog poop ahead! No, Mr. Zeng, are you alright?"
"Of course something's wrong! Look what this is."
Zeng Xiaoxian turned to the side and pointed behind him.
"Mario! Where have you been? I've been looking everywhere for you, but thankfully, I found Luigi."
Toad appeared before Martin with a delighted expression.
"Old Ao? What are you doing here!"
Martin was startled.
"So you two really do know each other!"
Zeng Xiaoxian gave a knowing look and said, "This little guy kept calling me Luigi the moment we met, and kept chasing after me asking where Mario was. It scared me so much I almost peed my pants... Luckily I was smart enough not to call the police!"
Zeng Xiaoxian crossed his arms in front of his chest.
"Tell me, what exactly happened? If I'm not mistaken, the mushroom spirit Ziqiao was talking about is this little guy, right?"
Martin chuckled awkwardly, "Hehehe...Teacher Zeng, this is actually a misunderstanding."
"Hmm~?"
Zeng Xiaoxian, you'd better tell the truth! (Stare!)
Those small eyes... they must be under a lot of pressure.
"Okay, I'll confess."
After a brief exchange of glances, Martin gave in, hesitated for a moment, and said helplessly, "But before we talk about that, Professor Zeng, could you please grant me a request?"
"What are your requirements?"
"Well, after I'm done talking, can you keep this a secret for me?" Martin asked.
Zeng Xiaoxian patted his chest and assured him, "Don't worry, I, Zeng Xiaoxian, have the tightest tongue. Your secret will stay buried in my heart!"
Martin confessed, "Actually..."
"Wait! Wait!" Zeng Xiaoxian suddenly interrupted Martin.
Martin looked at him, puzzled.
Zeng Xiaoxian smiled and asked, "Should I buy a bag of sunflower seeds, or maybe a slice of watermelon, so I can listen to you talk?"
Martin protested, "Teacher Zeng!"
Are you treating my secret like gossip?
"Okay, okay, you can continue." Zeng Xiaoxian raised his hands in a gesture of surrender.
Martin confessed, "Actually... I can transform."
".....Wow?!"
After a moment of silence, Zeng Xiaoxian finally came to his senses and lifted his almost dislocated jaw.
"The thing is, it goes like this, and so on."
Martin anticipated that Zeng Xiaoxian wouldn't believe him, so he briefly explained the whole story of his transformation to him.
"You mean, every morning when you wake up, you randomly transform into anyone, possibly someone from any background, or even an anime character???"
Zeng Xiaoxian felt like he had been tricked.
Martin said, "Uh... sometimes it turns into weird creatures."
"for example?"
Martin counted on his fingers and said, "I've transformed into all sorts of characters, like the Little Dragon Man, the Skeleton Soldier, Jerry, the Unicorn, and so on."
"Are you sure you're not kidding me?"
Seeing how serious Martin was about it, Zeng Xiaoxian hesitated.
Martin retorted, "Do I look like I'm joking?"
"But this...this is just too ridiculous! It's utterly absurd, like a mother opening the door for another absurd thing! It's ridiculous beyond belief!"
Zeng Xiaoxian's worldview did not allow him to believe such absurd things.
"The world is a big place, full of wonders, Teacher Zeng, you need to learn to accept it." Martin gently patted Zeng Xiaoxian's shoulder.
"So, you really turned into Mario today?"
"Yes."
"Not cosplay?"
"no."
"No, no, no, since you're not cosplaying, and you've really become Mario, then what am I? Ugh! I'm not a thing, no, I am a thing... Eh? Why am I getting so confused..."
"I understand what you mean," Martin explained. "A similar thing happened once before, when I became Jerry and Yuanbao became Tom, but this is the first time I've encountered a situation where someone transforms along with me."
"I still find it ridiculous. Are you sure you're not lying to me?" Zeng Xiaoxian still couldn't believe it.
Martin said with utmost seriousness, "I swear to God, I'm not lying to you."
Martin already had the urge to tell the truth; lying was just too hard, and his CPU was about to explode.
Zeng Xiaoxian was shocked: My goodness! I thought this Oreo thing was just Martin's relative's kid in costume, but... what a huge shocking revelation!
Even the fact that I was cheated on pales in comparison to this, tsk tsk tsk...
Seeing Zeng Xiaoxian's bewildered expression, Martin couldn't help but ask, "Teacher Zeng, haven't you noticed that your change is a little too real?"
"this..."
Zeng Xiaoxian touched his beard and said awkwardly, "I was wondering about that too. I thought makeup could be made to look so realistic."
Toad scratched his head and asked curiously, "What are you two talking about? I don't understand a word you said."
When Toad spoke up, Martin remembered the important matter and asked, "By the way, Older Martin, why did you run out of your room? And what's the deal with Bowser?"
"Oh, I'd completely forgotten! Coolpad, Coolpad's gone!"
"It's gone? What happened?!"
"Here's what happened: I stole Kuba from the castle and locked him in a glass bottle, intending to use him to scare Luigi, but something went wrong and it seems he escaped."
"What! They escaped?!"
Martin's heart skipped a beat.
Zeng Xiaoxian asked curiously, "Martin, the 'Coolba' he mentioned, could it be... that giant, fire-breathing turtle that jumps around in the last level of Super Mario?"
Martin remembered the powerful Coolpad as incredibly strong, and said with a very serious expression, "I'm sorry to tell you, but yes, the situation is not optimistic."
"Hey, it's nothing, just a little turtle. We'll catch him and bring him back." Zeng Xiaoxian didn't take it seriously at all.
Martin said bitterly, "Little turtle? If he escapes the glass bottle and gets hurt, then the item's effect will be canceled, and he'll revert to his original form!"
Zeng Xiaoxian said with a mysterious confidence, "So what if it looks the same? It's still a turtle. At worst, it can breathe fire. We should be able to handle it if we bring a few more fire extinguishers."
"Heh, bro, you're way too optimistic. This isn't a game where you can revive or start over after dying! This is reality. You only have one life; once you're dead, you're really dead! And do you know how big the Coolpad is? It's at least three stories tall!"
Martin rolled his eyes.
Zeng Xiaoxian's face contorted in shock as he cried out in disbelief, "What the hell?! Wait, wasn't he supposed to be locked in a glass bottle? It's three stories high, how big would that glass bottle be to fit him?"
Martin patiently explained, "The miniature Bowser inside the glass bottle is a result of eating shrinking mushrooms, but once Bowser escapes the bottle, he might revert to his original size!"
Zeng Xiaoxian: "..."
"I suddenly remembered I have something to do, so I'll head out now... Sigh~"
Zeng Xiaoxian tried to slip away, but Martin grabbed him.
"Teacher Zeng, Blue Star is now at a critical moment of life and death. Running away will not solve the problem!"
Besides, we're not even sure if Coolpad has already escaped the glass bottle and returned to its original form. If we can find him before he escapes, we can resolve this crisis!
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