John maintained a calm exterior, but internally, his heart skipped a beat.
"You're wondering how to deceive me, aren't you?"
Principal Sophia said softly, causing John to involuntarily flash a smile.
"How could that be? I was just considering how to explain everything to you thoroughly, without leaving any details out," John replied, feeling the immense pressure of facing a semigod-tier powerhouse.
This was the true essence of a semigod's intimidating presence, far surpassing the pseudo-semigod he had encountered in the secret realm.
"I don't know why the blackouts occurred. At the time, I was only doing what I thought was necessary. If I have to offer an explanation, it might be due to the natives' interference," John confessed, knowing he couldn't completely lie to a semigod-tier being.
