A Diverse World

"Whether you're a man or a ghost, Show yourself quickly. Pissing off Advisor Zhang is not a joke!"

Zhang Jue's voice was low and his expression was sinister. If people who didn't know him saw him, they would definitely be startled. Shirley had been unconscious, he was not in a good mood, and it was a very unwise choice to annoy him at this time. But the people who dare to provoke him at this time are not ordinary people.

Just as finished talking, a girl's voice came from behind him.

"Not reliable, but not small-tempered. Advisor Zhang, you're mean."

Zhang Jue sat down to eat, and behind him was originally a wall. He turned around, only to see that a door had somehow appeared on that wall. A small girl was leaning against the door frame, looking at him with a smile.

"Advisor Zhang, I haven't seen you for a few months. Your temper has grown."

"Kareena?" Seeing that it was her, Zhang Jue was a little surprised.

"What, don't you recognize me?" Kareena hummed.

"How could I?" Zhang Jue laughed, "I can't forget you even if I forget anyone."

This little girl was the orphan of two famous Doctors. Dr. Scranton and Dr. Anna, a reality bender who had once saved his life. The pocket-sized version of the Scantron Reality Anchor in Zhang Jue's hand was a gift from her.

At that time, Zhang Jue had sent her to Site-17. First, so that she could follow in her parents' footsteps and continue to work on reality bending-related research. Second, it was also to protect her. After all, Dr. Scranton had developed the Scantron Reality Anchor, which greatly limited the strength of those Reality Bender, and there would be no shortage of people who hated her or coveted this technology.

Site 17's Head of Experiments, Clement, was also Zhang Jue's little fanboy. So Zhang Jue entrusted Kareena to him.

"Kareena, don't you run around. Oh, Advisor Zhang. When did you get here?" Just at that moment, Clement also appeared behind Kareena. Obviously, he had gone out to be busy during the morning and was unaware of Zhang Jue's return.

At this moment, his white coat was dyed colorfully, and his hair was all up, just like that King of Fighters characters. When he saw Zhang Jue, he felt a little embarrassed and humiliated. He wanted to find a crack in the ground.

The researchers were all a bit afraid of him. Only Kareena is an exception. This little girl often play some pranks to make him in a mess. But because Karena was entrusted to him by Zhang Jue, he was too embarrassed to report to his superiors nor could he dispose of her casually. So he could only suffer alone in silence.

Seeing his appearance, Kareena giggled and turned around to slip away. Which knew Zhang Jue but blackened his face.

"Don't you go anywhere!" He barked in a low voice.

"What for? I won't!"

Facing Zhang Jue, Kareena was a bit stern. Although she wasn't saying anything, seeing Zhang Jue's face, she stood obediently by the wall, and bowed her head like a child in trouble.

Zhang Jue grunted and greeted Clement as he sat beside him. "Old Man, you've worked hard. Tell me, how has she been doing these past few months?"

"Nothing bad, nothing bad." Clement waved his hands in a hurry, "Kareena she-", Clement glanced at Karena who was standing by the wall. She gave him a series of eyes full of pleading.

He sighed and said to Zhang Jue, "Karena is very smart, except for being a little naughty. But she is very good at her homework, and the experiments she is assigned to do are all done on time."

Not wanting to lie to Zhang Jue, Clement could only avoid the obvious.

However, Zhang Jue was not a fool and the small movements between the two of them could not escape his eyes. Seeing the look on Clement's face, he knew that something must have happened more than once.

"Kareena, come here!" He grimaced.

"What for?" Kareena grunted and obediently walked over to him.

Zhang Jue patted her on the back and made her stand up straight. "Apologize to Clement."

"What?" Kareena's eyes widened.

Zhang Jue looked at her, "I asked you to apologize to Supervisor Clement."

"I'm not going to."

Kareena just wanted to refuse, but seeing Zhang Jue's face as black as iron. Her voice trailed off, but the little girl's stubbornness made her refuse to bow her head.

"No apology, huh?" Zhang Jue let out a heave, "Okay, you're great, we can't even control you. I'm going to report this to headquarters, you can stop studying here from tomorrow. This place is too small to accommodate a big naughty like you!"

Zhang Jue's voice was so stern that he was a far from his usual lazy self, not to mention Kareena and Clement, and probably even Yang Xue had never seen him like this before.

The young girl was stunned by this scene. Ever since she had known Zhang Jue, she had treated him as her own family, as he was the only person who had ever met his father. She had never imagined that Zhang Jue would be so mean to her.

"I won't! Just don't apologize!" Kareena yelled at him twice, then ran out crying.

Several researchers looked this way at the sound of their voices, and when they saw them, they all looked away in silence.

"It's-" Clement straightened his hair. "Advisor Zhang, there is no need for you to do that. I am not lying to you, Kareena is fine in all aspects except a bit rebellious. She can definitely become an outstanding researcher in no time."

Looking in the direction of Kareena's escape, Zhang Jue shook his head and sighed.

...

At night, Zhang Jue stood on the roof of the building watching the stars as usual. The sound of high heels rang out from behind him as Yang Xue slowly walked up to him.

"Had a fight with Kareena this afternoon?"

"Why? She still has the nerve to come to you."

"You blame her. She didn't look for me to make it up to you, I went to her to find out the situation."

"Hey, I didn't knew you were so gossipy, Dr. Yang."

"Not gossip." Yang Xue shook her head and laughed lightly, "I went to see her homework and lab records, almost all full marks. She may have just let you praise her and did not expect you to discipline her. She will be fine if you do that."

"Heh, okay."

"What's wrong? it sounds like you're still not too satisfied? She's naughty now because her parents protected her too well, she didn't learn how to get along with others, but she's very talented. She's accurate in anticipating the results of various experiments, her potential is unlimited, and she may be able to surpass her mother and father." Yang Xue spoke solemnly, but Zhang Jue shook his head.

"Dr. Yang, you and Clement share the same view that Karena is exceptionally talented and can definitely become the Foundation's backbone in the future. Her rebellious point and a little bit of temper are all minor details in your opinion, but I don't see it that way. To be honest with you, I don't care if Kareena can be a great researcher, even if you tell me that she has average talent and can only feed pigs on the farm. What I fear most is that she will take a wrong turn." Speaking of which, Zhang Jue sighed.

"Kareena is a reality bender, this is a fact that cannot be changed. She stayed at Site-17, there are countless pairs of eyes watching this place. No matter what their purpose, every move Kareena made here will be noted. She is just a little bit temperamental now. Showing a little bit of temper, love to make a joke, make a little harmless prank. This is no problem if its an ordinary child that does it. But she is different."

"Her father saved my life, and she saved my life. I treat her as a friend and a relative, so I can't just watch her go to waste!"

Zhang Jue's words were deafening. Even Yang Xue did not know that Zhang Jue had thought so far ahead. Kareena's special status and powerful ability made it more likely that she would be tempted by all sorts of things. If her mind is not corrected in time, once she goes rogue, I'm afraid the first one who can't spare her is the Foundation.

I have to say, in this point, Zhang Jue didn't do anything wrong.

After seeing his cynical look, Yang Xue was a bit dazed when he suddenly became serious. But the next second, Zhang Jue let her know what is called the nature of hard to change behavior.

He suddenly said, "Hey, Dr. Yang, I just remembered. Your uncle and your father have entrusted you to me, I should also care about you. Choose the day rather than waiting for it, I think tonight is good. Later you should go to my room, we have a deep talk and do some things together."

Yang Xue with a hand on the forehead. Sure enough, what just happened was all an illusion. This is the real Zhang Jue.

...

Not surprisingly, Yang Xue rejected Zhang Jue's request for deeper communication. He gave her the comment "Get lost" and a kick as a reward. Zhang Jue laughed loudly and left the roof. Looking at his back, Yang Xue shook her head and laughed lightly.

After teasing Yang Xue a bit, Zhang Jue's mood had also become better. There was no denying it. At some point, the two had formed quite a tacit understanding. No matter what things they encountered, it was better to communicate than to keep it inside.

Except for the molestation thing, of course.

The time was twelve in the morning. Zhang Jue walked and turned all the way to the room that he couldn't conveniently come to during the day. Like a thief, he looked left and right to make sure no one noticed before knocking on the door.

Three seconds later, the door opened. The person inside the door, there was a dark-skinned, tall, had a strange symbol on his forehead. It was none other than Cain. Cain looked at Zhang Jue, then turned sideways and let him in. seemingly not at all surprised by his arrival.

In a way, Cain was also considered a descendant of God, and had a much stronger sense of certain things than ordinary people. No one came to inform him of Zhang Jue's arrival at Site-17, but he knew. He knew that Zhang Jue would definitely come to him.

"Good evening, brother Cain." Zhang Jue said.

Cain nodded, "Hello." Cain had always been of this cool nature, and Zhang Jue was not much surprised.

He said, "I came to see you mainly for two things. First, how's Kareena? Has she encountered any danger."

"Not yet." Cain had known he would ask this and said, "She has just arrived a few months ago. All of them were waiting and watching her. according to my knowledge, there are indeed people lurking around her. As for their purpose, whether they have any bad intentions, I don't know yet."

Hearing him say that, Zhang Jue nodded his head. The situation was not very different from what he had imagined. After all, Kareena was a Reality Bender, and she had great immediate combat power in her own right; ordinary people were no match for her.

If those outside organizations wanted to take her away, they wouldn't be able to break through the site's layers of defense, and they wouldn't necessarily be able to win if they did get in front of her.

The reason why Karina was not contained was because her parents were both prestigious doctors of the Foundation, but the biggest reason was because of Zhang Jue's connection.

Yes, Zhang Jue's reasons definitely accounted for most of it.

The Foundation is a very cold organization, and if it were anyone else, it doesn't matter what your parents' status is. As long as the person is an anomaly, they would be taken in. For example, refer to SCP-321 (Son of Man).

It can be said that if it were not for Zhang Jue, as a reality bender, Kareena would definitely have been contained. Not to mention studying and living outside in a dignified manner. This was the reason why Zhang Jue was so careful.

If Kareena made any mistakes, she would definitely be used by someone with an ulterior motive. Zhang Jue could care less and could even leave the Foundation at any time, but not for Kareena. Once he left the Foundation, those people with bad intentions would definitely try their best to snatch her away.

Other than that, the technology of Scantron Reality Anchor is priceless. If you want to ask why people from the outside world would know about the relationship between Karena and Dr. Scranton, then you should read the history of the birth of Chaos Insurgency again.

With Cain in the shadows, as long as Karena doesn't leave Site-17 without permission, there shouldn't be any major problems. As for those lurking in the shadows, not all of them are necessarily bad guys, and Zhang Jue is too lazy to care about them right now.

Kareena's problem is finished. Zhang Jue pointed his finger. "There may be one more thing I need to trouble you with."

Cain looked at Zhang Jue, waiting for his next words.

Zhang Jue was a bit torn, and only after a long time he say, "Brother Cain, I'm not going to lie. When we first met, I acquired some abilities from you. But I don't seem to know how to use them very well, when are you free, let's... talk about it."

When it comes to communication, Zhang Jue's tone is obviously a bit bad at it, and his expression is not too natural. Obviously thinking of something not beautiful.

But Cain didn't have so many odd thoughts as he did, and he just nodded, "You can arrange the time, I'm ready whenever you are."

Zhang Jue can obtain the ability from the "living" SCP items, except for the high-level entity like SCP-343 (God) and the concept body like SCP-3125 which he has no way to obtain. As for the others, he is more or less can gain them.

For example, the ability he acquired from Able to manifest weapons out of thin air is very practical. However, he had been in contact with Cain for several months and still could not fully digest his ability, and Zhang Jue knew that it was because he had not mastered the essence. That's why he had taken the risk to ask since Cain had always been more than willing to help others.

After a brief discussion, Zhang Jue withdrew from his room. Only to wait for a time when it would be convenient for them to talk it out together.

When the problem was finished, it was already the middle of the night. Zhang Jue pushed open Cain's door carefully so that he would not be seen.

However, as he just taken two steps out of Cain's room. Clement came from the opposite corridor. He looked at Zhang Jue and suddenly smiled on his originally serious face.

"Look, it doesn't like you would think it is." Zhang Jue hurriedly defended himself.

"It's okay, Advisor Zhang. I won't discriminate against you, although I'm a straight person. I respect all choices that don't harm other people, because it's with you that the world is diverse."

With that, Clement ran off with haste, leaving Zhang Jue alone.

"Diverse your sister!"