Teacher Brian's words lingered in the room for a moment.
Michael simply gave a faint nod.
"I know."
That was precisely why he had only revealed enough to redirect people's attention. Any more, and he would simply be replacing one problem with another.
He wasn't naïve. The Origin Will's announcement had already guaranteed that countless eyes would be fixed on him for quite some time.
There was no changing that. What he could change was the direction of those eyes.
A certain amount of mystery wasn't necessarily a bad thing. In fact, it could be useful.
If all people knew was that he had obtained something called a Universal Cornerstone, they would naturally become curious about what exactly it could do, and many would inevitably form their own guesses. But those guesses would also be restrained by the limits of their own imagination.
