"Come in." A voice whispered, loud enough for her to hear.

It was quite weird, wasn't it? Any people would just ask who was knocking on their door, but it seemed like this guy was different. Does he always let strangers come inside his apartment?

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Seems unusual enough.

Then again, nothing is more unusual about how she managed to talk to Adrien, despite it being her fault that he got into that current situation.

She slowly reached for the door knob and opened the door. Once she did, she saw a man, looking out at the window. Marinette couldn't feel but anxious, why did she come again here in the first place? There was something off about the doctor, but she was in no place to judge right now.

"You actually came." He muttered under his breath, receiving a quiet nod in reply from the bluenette. She had so many questions in her mind, like 'What did he mean the other day?', 'How does he get to talk to other miraculous holders?'.

We all know that there hasn't been any miraculous holders in years, even decades or scores. How come he was able to talk to them? Did she even make the right decision coming here?

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No. The guy sounds like a fake. The problem is, she can't escape now, unless she transforms.

"Why did you want to meet up?." She hesitantly asked, making the man smile to himself. "Xiaoli, masks off." He whispered, ignoring the girl's statement. Marinette couldn't help but be more confused about what was happening.

Then, she saw a kwami beside the man who was slowly decreasing his height and his back faced.

His black silky hair became grey, his clothes became more large than him, as if he was shrinking.

The scorpion kwami frowned as he looked at the bluenette who was taking a few steps backward. The little creature sent a worried expression towards the teenager and mouthed, "Please leave".

Marinette just stood there, still curious about what happened to the man. She looked at him, head to toe, and it was obvious that he became older. "Who are you, and why do you have a kwami?!" She whispered- yelled at the man who just curved his lips into a smile.

"I'm sure you know Master Fu had lost his memories," He said, tracing his fingers at the corners of his table. "What does Master Fu have to do with you?" She asked. Of course, she noticed the change in his voice, it became deeper, but she didn't mind it.

"What do you think?" He asked right away.

Marinette paused for a moment, trying to observe his actions while thinking what reason could it possibly be. Though the problem is, no theories or assumptions came to her head. As much as she wanted to ask a lot of questions, her body froze, as well as her mouth as if she didn't allow herself to talk.

"No response? Fine." He said. He fixed his posture and finally looked at the girl. Marinette saw the man had a patch on his right eye, one of his arms were full of bruises, while his appearance became older than he used to look in the hospital. "Who... are y---"

"I'm Su Ying, once a guardian of the Miracle box." He said, making Marinette reach for the door knob, secretly. What could your reaction be, if you witness a guardian who was still alive, aside from Master Fu?

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Perhaps you feel like dreaming, right?

"No, Master Fu said he's the only guard---"

"Yes, he's the only guardian alive, but that's what he thought." He stated, making Marinette raise an eyebrow. There was no way that this man is a guardian, Master Fu already told her (before she lost her memories) that he was the only guardian left.

"He destroyed the temple, didn't he? I wasn't around at that time, thankfully." He said, earning a frown from the kwami. When Su Ying saw this, he immediately sent a glare to the little creature who gulped.

Back to the heroine, there was something off about his statement. It seems so... fake. It was reasonable that he left, but the way he said it, it makes it so untrue.

"No, that doesn't sound right." She whispered to herself. She looked up once again and noticed that the man was walking towards her. "I just wanted to talk to you, about the Miracle box and help you." He continued.

"No, you know I'm not the guardian anymore! His identity has been already revealed, why do you even want me here?" She wasn't saying that she wanted her future husband to be the one talking to this suspicious old man, but almost all of the civilians here in Paris knows that he's Misterbug because of her!

Si Yung froze at his spot. He knew he messed up. He forgot about his patient who is the guardian. Well, how was he supposed to get out of this situation?

"Well I.." He tried continuing, but no words came out from his mouth. Jeez, he was so good at lying earlier, why did he need to mess up right now, when he's face to face with her.

"No, I know you were not a guardian or never was. I know you're lying, Su Ying!" She said, slowly opening the door, only to be stopped when she felt something hit her forehead.

It really was a wrong decision to come here.

She fell on her knees, her hand covering her forehead. Was the man really this violent?

She slowly looked up and saw the man was in his civilian (doctor) form and slowly whispered, "Xiao Ling, show your pincers!" Then, the man transformed into a villain form, making Marinette even more confused. How come he was able to transform twice? That doesn't even make sense!

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Transform!