Ethereal Ascendance: A Journey of Transformation

"It's you? Makes sense...you're originally from here, so of course you have permission to come. Do you come just to laugh at me?"

Number 11 Feliciana, who had tasted the bitter fruit of her actions, now looked totally deflated. When she saw the number on my chest, her face showed a very sour expression.

"When you were dealing with another version of yourself, didn't you feel any pity? How could you be so cruel!"

Even though she has the same face as me and is also at the eight-winged level like me, she ended up in this situation. I can only say she brought it on herself!

"Nonsense! Why should I let anyone else touch my Adrian, even if it's a version of me from a parallel world!"

Maybe I hit a sore spot. Number 11 Feliciana's voice suddenly became much harsher. It made my whole body almost shake. I suddenly understood her true personality a bit better.

"If it was your Adrian, could you just stand by and do nothing? Of course I had to get revenge, not just on Number 7, but also on that Number 14!"

Even though she was in such a bad situation, Number 11 Feliciana still argued back without backing down. She didn't show any regret at all.

It's really hard to imagine that in other worlds, I could be such an unreasonable and domineering person! Though I have to admit, I also couldn't stand Adrian being intimate or having a relationship with someone else. But I definitely wouldn't casually kill people like her, and act like it's perfectly normal.

"You mentioned Number 14. Do you mean someone from World 14 also pretended to be you?"

Number 7 Reed's focus was different from mine. She seemed to have caught an important point.

But of course I understood, she was talking about Number 14 Feliciana!

This Number 11 Feliciana really got the short end of the stick. It wasn't just Number 7, there was also Number 14 Feliciana who had pretended to be her before. It's just that she couldn't beat such a strong opponent.

"Of course! If it wasn't for that Number 14, I wouldn't always be laughed at by others!"

Her hatred for Number 14 seemed to have reached a terrifying level, carved deep into her bones, her fierce expression looking really scary.

"Just earlier today, I accidentally ran into Number 15. She mocked me in a nasty way, saying I can never keep my man under control, that I'm not only weak but also stupid! And it was because of her hint that I realized Adrian had been tricked again by someone pretending to be me. That's right, I'm talking about that damn Number 7!"

That Number 15 Feliciana seems pretty suspicious!

Hearing this, I quickly gave a look to Number 7 Reed. Getting such an important clue really perked me up.

According to what Number 11 Adrian said before, Number 11 Feliciana arrived a while after the impersonator left. It was because their words didn't match up that he realized he'd been tricked. The time in between was totally enough for the impersonator to mislead Number 11 Feliciana!

Could the real impersonator be Number 15 Feliciana? The next thing to do was to find the person involved and question her.

But just then, Adrian and Cyra came, the news they brought was no doubt explosive. "General Lee said they've caught the criminal!" .

"Who is it?"

I was stunned for a moment. Just now I was suspecting Number 15 Feliciana, but she was caught so quickly? How did General Lee's side figure out it was her?

"Not sure! Just heard someone helped catch them. If we hurry to the general's office we'll understand!"

Cyra urged. This answer made me even more curious.

"How's the questioning on your side going?"

On the way back, I suddenly thought of this question.

"No progress! Basically no difference from what Number 7 Reed said. The people from World 7 only got involved after their Feliciana died, so they don't know much about how it started!"

Adrian shook his head as he answered.

"But one thing, Number 7 Feliciana offended a lot of people from other worlds by flirting around. Cyra from their world often complained that troubles followed because of it. So we can't rule out the possibility of someone taking revenge!"

Cyra thought for a bit and added the information she got.

So now all the clues were pointing to Number 7 Feliciana probably not being the impersonator. I couldn't help thinking to myself, finally coming to a conclusion.

But what we totally didn't expect was, when we arrived at the general's office, we suddenly saw Number 12 Feliciana and Number 14 Feliciana there.

"It's this one! She's the real culprit you're looking for!"

Number 14 Feliciana is known for being elusive, rarely seen around. But this time she showed up for one reason - to identify the suspect.

As for Number 12 Feliciana, she was no doubt brought here by Number 14. But right now she looked very unwilling. Her hands could move, but she kept swinging them around like they'd been tied up for a long time. But there were no marks from ropes on her wrists.

"It's not Number 15?"

I couldn't help blurting out. This twist was too unexpected! I was almost certain the whole frame-up was done by Number 15 Feliciana. I couldn't help doubting if Number 14 Feliciana made a mistake.

"That Number 15 Feliciana that Number 11 met was actually also her pretending. This girl planned very carefully!"

Number 14 Feliciana kicked Number 12. This kick looked gentle, but Number 12 Feliciana instantly lost her balance and fell to her knees.

"She's talking nonsense! I'm innocent, this person is bullying me and framing me! Don't forget it was this Number 14 who first pretended to be Number 11, she's the real impersonator!"

But Number 12 Feliciana didn't admit to the accusation.

But mostly she just smeared her opponent. For example, based on the impersonation incident that happened in the cafeteria before, she labeled Number 14 Feliciana as being sly and cunning, so her words can't be trusted.

" Oh right, I heard that you, Number 14, once pretended to be Number 11. So what's really going on here?"

Cyra was confused. After all, she wasn't there and didn't know the whole story, just like General Lee. So hearing this, she immediately turned her gaze to Number 14 Feliciana.

"Me pretending to be Number 11 that time has nothing to do with this. What we're talking about now is who framed Number 7 Feliciana!"

Facing the accusation, you could see Number 14 Feliciana's face showed a bit of anger. She restated her position. "This girl is the one who pretended to be Number 11 behind the scenes, deliberately leading everyone to suspect Number 7!"

"Everyone! Most of you saw with your own eyes how rudely this Number 14 behaved when Colonel Wayne Peng questioned her! Right now we're stuck in H-country's territory on Earth, so of course we should respectfully treat every kind H-country soldier who's sheltering us!"

Seeing that me, Adrian and the others still looked unmoved, Number 12 immediately started appealing to emotions. She suddenly stood up, pointing at Number 14 and passionately accused her.

"And her! Relying her strength, she never follow the rules, . Every time they count people, she and Number 14 Nicola are never there. Who knows, maybe they've secretly snuck out of the base, planning to cause trouble in this world!"

At this moment, Number 12 Feliciana's expression could be described as righteous. It was like her identity had returned to being an Earthling. At the same time, Number 14 Feliciana's crimes kept escalating. "What's more, we can reasonably suspect that now it's not just vampires. Maybe the people from World 14 are also planning to overthrow H-country or even Earth! I strongly demand that we arrest all the people from World 14 right now and treat them all as spies! We can't let the whole Earth be in danger!"

"Wait a minute, what you're saying seems totally unrelated to what we're discussing now! True, there are many mysterious things about World 14. But what does that have to do with her saying you framed Number 7 Feliciana? Moreover, you should know that what you just accused Number 14 Feliciana of is very serious. You need to show real evidence!"

Couldn't take it anymore, Adrian finally stood up and criticized her for not only going off topic, but also making baseless accusations.