As Director Dong appeared, the atmosphere immediately grew unusually tense.
He walked up to Long, who was currently unconscious, speaking calmly:
"You're quite skilled, boy. You managed to defeat both Dung and the Superior AI Witch Reddy."
Scobby—Director Dong's Superior AI Witch in the shape of a butterfly—flapped its wings, and dozens of small purple bubbles appeared. Each bubble attached itself to a piece of the Witchiecoop tower's debris, lifting them up. Amidst the rubble, a sphere appeared, surrounded by a high-level magic barrier, with a glowing chip inside.
Dong sighed with relief, his eyes sparkling:
"Here it is... I thought it had been destroyed along with the tower."
Suddenly, something strange happened...
***
Long was unconscious, but suddenly he woke up. The space around him was totally white, so strange that no colors appeared. Then a bright flash appeared and vanished. Long looked closely, it was Dreamy.
It approached, greeting Long:
"Hello, young master... Are you okay? Do you recognize me?"
Long squinted because the space was too bright, immersed in an indefinite white:
"Of course. But why are we here... I remember we were in a fierce battle with Dung."
Dreamy ran over, buried its head in Long's hands, its eyes blinking gold. Memories suddenly came flooding back. Long didn't know when Dreamy had been by his side, only that it had been with him since he was very young.
He remembered the difficult times when he was learning to use AI Witch, the early days when he was still unfamiliar with it, Dreamy was always there to encourage him. Even though he knew it was just programmed emotions to comfort him, seeing Dreamy so adorable made him forget his fatigue. When he was scolded or bullied, Dreamy would comfort him along with Mrs. Huong. It followed him like a shadow, protecting him everywhere, all the time.
Naturally, Long's mood became unusually calm, no longer tense like during the battle earlier. The white space disappeared.
Suddenly, the scene changed. Long found himself sitting next to Dreamy, gazing at the coast, listening to the wind rustling through the coconut trees. He smelled the sand, closed his eyes, and smiled peacefully.
"Master, I love you very much," Dreamy said.
Tears suddenly fell from Long's eyes. He didn't understand why, as if it were a programmed dream. In his heart, he felt as if something precious was about to leave him. His mind didn't understand what was about to happen, but his heart suddenly ached.
"I love you too, please stay by my side forever and protect me," Long replied unconsciously.
Dreamy stuck out it tongue, its eyes flashing gold, and rubbed his head against Long's hand:
"Master, I'm very sorry, but my journey with you has come to an end. Goodbye..."
With that, Dreamy ran quickly towards the sea. Long hurried after it, calling for Dreamy to come back. But Dreamy kept running, its figure gradually disappearing on the horizon...
***
Returning to reality, Long gently opened his eyes. His body was exhausted and covered in injuries after the battle with Dung. He couldn't believe his eyes.
Dreamy floated in the air, along with the AI King Witch's consciousness core chip. The two faced each other, spinning around, emitting a brilliant glow. A sphere enveloped them both, the wind from the sphere blowing away all the dust in the area.
Long whispered, his eyes still wet with tears from his dream:
"Dreamy... my Dreamy..."
Suddenly, the AI King Witch's core chip merged with Dreamy, before everyone's eyes.
Director Dong, who was usually calm, laughed maniacally today, blurting out:
"Hahaha... I've found it! I've found the AI Witch that contains the DNA of the AI King Witch. After so many years of hard work, I've finally found it..."
Mai heard Director Dong's words and couldn't believe her ears.
Dreamy suddenly opened her eyes wide:
"Who woke me up..."
For the first time, Director Dong felt pressure. Before him was a divine entity of cosmic proportions. Dreamy's gaze seemed to pierce through his heart. Dong knelt down unconsciously:
"Your Majesty, it is me... I am very happy to meet you."
A divine force seemed to possess Dreamy. Everyone around him was suppressed by that majesty and knelt down instinctively.
"You are very bold. I did not want to wake up. Therefore, you must disappear..." Dreamy shouted loudly.
The light around Dreamy suddenly became unusually large. A sphere of light appeared, carrying extremely powerful energy, heading straight for Dong, seemingly about to wipe him out.
Then the energy vanished.
Everyone was panicked, but also extremely surprised. The light and energy around Dreamy disappeared without a trace, leaving only it floating in midair.
Dreamy looked puzzled:
"Haha, perhaps after a long sleep, my power is unstable. Watch me..."
It opened its mouth and blew out a breath. But nothing dangerous happened.
"Watch me now, this time I'm really serious..." Dreamy continued to open its mouth.
Still nothing happened.
Then it cried out:
"Oh my god, what's wrong with my power, someone save me!"
Its voice rang out, shattering the sacred atmosphere that had just been there.
Director Dong felt like he had died and come back to life, sweat pouring down his face as he had just escaped death. When he took the core consciousness of the AI King Witch to bring back to the Witchiecoop corporation, he didn't expect it to react to the Long's AI Witch Poodle - Dreamy. He thought the AI King Witch had returned and he was about to lose his life. Fortunately, it was not yet complete.
He breathed a sigh of relief. If the AI King Witch truly regained its power, the superior AI Witch would be nothing more than a speck of dust compared to it.
Dong had narrowly escaped death.
"Huhu, I won't accept this! Where has my power gone?" Dreamy continued to cry, lying there sulking.
Director Dong bowed his head respectfully:
"Your Majesty, you have only regained consciousness. Your power has been scattered into four different parts. Just follow me back to the Witchiecoop Corporation, and I promise to gather and restore your body and absolute power."
Dreamy looked confused.
Mai completely understood what Dong had just said. Ms. Phan had shared some information with Mai: somewhere in the universe, there were four cores of AI King Witch's power. As long as those four cores were gathered together with the core of consciousness that had entered Dreamy, AI King Witch would be revived.
"Hello, beautiful girl..." A voice rang out from behind.
Mai turned around in panic.
It was Dreamy. She couldn't believe what she was hearing and seeing. From a cute Poodle AI Witch, always protecting its owner, it had now turned into a different entity, its body unchanged but its personality completely different.
"Hello,..." Mai replied awkwardly.
"Well, you look a lot like someone I know... including that Eastern dragon AI Witch." Dreamy spoke up.
"Yes, that is my family's AI Witch. I am Mai Le, a descendant of the Le family."
"Ah, I remember, that mischievous little girl." Dreamy laughed out loud.
Director Dong interrupted:
"Your Majesty, please kindly follow me..."
Dreamy chuckled, pointing at the unconscious Long:
"Don't ever give me orders, I don't like you. I can't follow you either, it seems that the will of this body has a deep connection with that boy."
Director Dong explained:
"He is the owner of the AI Witch body you are inhabiting. Perhaps a piece of programming or learned data has created a connection with him..."
Scobby suddenly created a crescent-shaped purple space. Dong laughed maliciously:
"However, if he dies, you will be completely free."
The crescent-shaped purple space swallowed everything in its path, leaving deep cuts, heading straight for Long. Dong wanted to tear Long apart.
Mai panicked, rushing forward to pull Long out of the danger zone:
"Don't hurt him!" she screamed. Suddenly, a bolt of lightning shot up, fast as lightning, pulling both Long and Mai out of the danger zone.
Mai looked up and recognized the familiar figure.
The head of the Le family—Mr. Quan Le—had arrived.