TYMIMA Chapter 14

Boras was an experienced and skilled inspection team member. His rise to a high-ranking position in the Blue Pivot organization wasn’t just due to the gift of talent, but also to solid achievements.

 

The sound of the sniper rifle assembly continued in his ears, but he unhurriedly crossed his hands and placed them on his knees.

 

His mind raced, the evidence contained in the voice prints weaving into a mental palace in his brain, gradually clarifying the perpetrator’s behavioral logic.

 

Erdiff had disappeared from campus, yet his body was found in a river off-campus.

 

The distance was so great that even Blue Pivot’s pheromone tracking dogs found it incomprehensible.

 

The Federation government had sent him and Kluova to investigate how Erdiff had been taken from campus.

 

He guessed the culprit probably had teleportation abilities.

 

If that were the case, the person would only need to appear on campus with a covered face, find Erdiff, take him away, kill him, dump the body, and immediately announce the successful killing on media networks, without worrying about the Federation government’s subsequent investigation.

 

But the two assassination attempts at Harbor Tan Airport confirmed that the culprit didn’t have such powerful abilities.

 

Since they feared that he and Kluova would restore that night’s scene and conversation, it meant the culprit must have left crucial evidence at the scene—for instance, their appearance.

 

Boras had carefully studied Star University’s security measures on the plane. From his professional perspective, they could be described as tight.

 

Since the culprit couldn’t freely teleport to kill, their ability must require them to be physically present.

 

Wanting to pass through Star University’s protective network without arousing suspicion was a highly difficult task.

 

Boras quickly reached the same conclusion as Zhan Pingchuan.

 

The fact that this killer completed the murder mission without fleeing indicated they must have some legitimate identity at the school. Once they fled, that identity would be exposed.

 

Perhaps the range could be narrowed down further—for example, to freshmen who had only recently been able to enter the campus in large numbers.

 

Being able to successfully take away an A-level Awakened, his ability level was likely A-level or above.

 

Over the years, there had been cases of defeating higher-level opponents, but the probability was too low—unless the higher-level person was a support type and the lower-level person was an attack type.

 

But Erdiff was clearly a high-attack type Awakened, so it didn’t fit the scenario of defeating a higher-level opponent.

 

Of course, this was just a probability. Perhaps it could also be a newly hired teacher, a newly recruited school worker, a visiting corporate representative, or even someone already on campus who was using the freshmen’s arrival to create a distraction.

 

Boras slowly curled his lips into a mocking smile.

 

Reaching this conclusion hadn’t wasted much of his time. Actually, he had just watched too many crime investigation shows as a child, developing a hobby of analyzing cases.

 

Unfortunately, his ability always rendered his supposedly excellent analytical skills useless. Some dogs in the Blue Pivot inspection team privately criticized him for relying solely on his ability—how stupid and narrow-minded of them!

 

Boras adjusted his earpiece and ordered the inspection team members to quickly surround the gymnasium roof, while simultaneously switching numbers to connect with the Star University principal.

 

“Right now, immediately, confirm the locations of all A-level and above Awakened ones on campus, with special focus on this year’s freshmen!”

 

In terms of position, the Star University principal’s official rank was far higher than Boras’s, but Boras was, after all, a claw of power.

 

The principal paused, deciding to ignore Boras’s commanding tone, and replied good-naturedly: “Screening will take some time. Have the voice prints been extracted already?”

 

Boras replied righteously: “Of course not yet.”

 

“……” The principal took a deep breath, summoning all his personal cultivation to ask, “May I know why?”

 

Boras gave a cold laugh, pretending to be profound, and disdained to explain to the principal: “You’ll know soon enough.”

 

With that, he didn’t wait for a response and cleanly hung up the call.

 

In his mind, he had already envisioned the scene about to unfold.

 

After he controlled the culprit and compared the restored face with the criminal, it would be just like the final scene of a detective drama. He would stand wisely in the center of the crowd, eloquently explaining his investigative process, while thunderous applause surrounded him, everyone in admiration.

 

Then the people at Blue Pivot would know that voice print capture was just one of his myriad strengths.

 

And so, the dormitory manager, suddenly assigned this task, grumbled as she paused her TV drama and set off, her yellow eyeballs bulging.

 

At this moment, Zhan Pingchuan, lazily leaning against the water tank on the roof of Building 6, watched as a team of heavily armed inspection team members rushed toward the gymnasium.

 

More than ten people formed an encirclement, moving extremely fast, almost giving no chance for escape.

 

Zhan Pingchuan raised his eyebrows, his expression knowing.

 

He knew the Black Lantern Society’s people were still on campus and would participate in this assassination.

 

He had long planned to use this opportunity to catch this person, first tying them up and giving them a good whipping, then forcing them to reveal Erdiff’s dying words once they were subdued.

 

Black Lantern Society, White Pharaoh.

 

Zhan Pingchuan ground his teeth in the dark. In his eighteen years of life, this was the first time someone had snatched prey from under his nose—too arrogant!

 

But while they had plenty of arrogance, they lacked intelligence. The other party clearly didn’t know about Boras’s ability.

 

Choosing the gymnasium as a position was probably because they thought it suitable for sniping. Unfortunately, no sound could escape Boras’s ears, not even a silenced sniper rifle.

 

The inspection team members had now found their positions. The lead captain made an action gesture, then threw out a climbing lock from his waist. The nanometer-level rope, thin as hair, was thrown high, biting firmly onto the gymnasium roof like sharp teeth. Then the rope suddenly contracted, lifting the person into the air!

 

Zhan Pingchuan smiled. Now, that person truly had no chance to escape.

 

Being severely tortured and imprisoned by the Federation government versus being whipped by him with a small leather whip—clearly the latter was more merciful and humane, full of the light of humanity.

 

Lucky them.

 

Zhan Pingchuan patted the dust off his palms, raised his long leg over the railing, then unhesitatingly vaulted over, his body falling straight down.

 

The fierce wind howled past his face, the ground and vegetation rapidly enlarging. Just as he was about to crash into pieces, a faint blue transparent barrier appeared out of nowhere on the ground, steadily supporting him.

 

At the moment of landing, Zhan Pingchuan stomped hard on the barrier, rebounding at extreme speed toward the gymnasium.

 

Almost in the blink of an eye, he appeared behind the inspection team members. He raised his right hand, fingers spread, and several threads thin as silk shot out from his fingertips. These silver threads, like needles or arrows, scattered in all directions as if they had eyes.

 

Several inspection team members had just realized the ominous presence behind them when, in the next second, they felt something forcefully constrict their carotid sinuses. They couldn’t even see Zhan Pingchuan’s shadow before instantly fainting.

 

Spatial system S-level Awakened first-tier ability [Linear Bending]!

 

Within the range touched by his pheromones, he could generate strong threads capable of cutting through anything.

 

Zhan Pingchuan didn’t retract the threads. He stepped on the inspection team members’ bodies and flipped onto the roof with extreme speed.

 

In his mind, he had already planned to use the threads to make a cage, locking up that mysterious lawbreaker. Whether they were Black Pharaoh or White Pharaoh, they would first be a docile, submissive little kitten in his cage.

 

However, when he actually stood on the roof, he found it completely empty.

 

The sun was setting in the west, dry winds blowing wildly. Zhan Pingchuan stood alone on the iron roof, his expression instantly serious.

 

Boras’s ability couldn’t be wrong, and so many inspection team members couldn’t have suddenly become brain-dead and come to play basketball.

 

Could they have some kind of teleportation ability?

 

His gaze swept around, and his sharp eyes quickly discovered an old-fashioned MP3 player lying on the ground. This thing had long been discontinued, probably only available in black markets that traded antiques.

 

This also meant that even if the inspection team found the MP3, they couldn’t trace it back to the buyer.

 

Zhan Pingchuan picked up the MP3, lit up the screen, and discovered it had been set to replay a recording on a timer.

 

He pressed play and held it to his ear, finding the sound strangely familiar, similar to the sound of assembling a gun.

 

Zhan Pingchuan raised his head, weighing the MP3 in his palm, the corner of his lips curling into a meaningful smile.

 

How cunning, how clever.

 

Whether the other party knew about Boras’s ability or not, they had perfectly utilized this point.

 

The MP3 was more like an early warning device.

 

The sound of assembling a sniper rifle would inevitably alert Boras, and the inspection team would certainly take action. As long as there was movement in the direction of the gymnasium, the White Pharaoh could confirm that Boras and Kluova had arrived on campus.

 

Once they confirmed the people had arrived, it would be much easier to find and kill them.

 

Even Zhan Pingchuan had to admire that thanks to this move, he also knew Boras and Kluova had arrived.

 

“Fine, next time I catch you, I’ll use two fewer lashes.”

 

Boras, sitting in the car, clearly heard all the inspection team members lose consciousness in an instant.

 

He was immediately shocked into a cold sweat and hurriedly shouted into his headset: “Squad 1501, please respond! Respond quickly!”

 

The inspection team members, completely unconscious and hanging in mid-air, naturally couldn’t respond to his words. Boras could hardly believe that the opponent had taken out all the inspection team members in an instant.

 

He angrily pounded the back of the seat, rage rising. Following the sound of footsteps on the roof, he suddenly activated his first-tier ability [Low-Frequency Standing Wave]!

 

Within a range of five hundred meters, he emitted noise below 50Hz. This sound wave was almost imperceptible but could cause irreversible damage to the mind and internal organs.

 

Although this ability had a large attack range, its harmfulness was low, making it almost impossible to cause instant death—which was why Boras hadn’t used it initially.

 

Zhan Pingchuan naturally didn’t care about this sonic damage. He didn’t even mind being drawn into the fire by the MP3.

 

He stood on the rooftop without concern, directly facing the direction from which the sound waves came, tossing the MP3 in his hand while his sharp gaze searched.

 

For others, identifying the direction of an attack’s release might be difficult, but for him, it was extremely easy.

 

So he felt no need to hide from the inspection team members, nor did he plan to play any games.

 

Lance was currently hiding in a bathroom on the seventh floor of Building 6, facing the playground, with the fully assembled VSSK resting on his shoulder.

 

He actually didn’t know Boras’s ability, but through deduction, he guessed that Boras must be extremely sensitive to sound, so he set a trap to test this theory.

 

Sure enough, when he saw a group of inspection team members rushing to the gymnasium, he realized that Boras had arrived.

 

But what happened next left him completely puzzled.

 

A person wearing a school uniform jumped onto the roof by stepping on the inspection team members’ backs. Those inspection team members were somehow suspended in mid-air, motionless.

 

This person was seen searching around as if strolling through a market, apparently finding his MP3. Probably thinking this antique was fresh and interesting, the person kept flipping it in his palm, showing no intention of leaving.

 

Was it an inspection team member disguised by Kluova, or some idiot who accidentally wandered in?

 

Lance caressed the sniper rifle’s trigger, narrowing his eyes.

 

Mad Clown asked puzzledly through the earpiece: “Could that person be the target?”

 

Lance lowered the gun barrel, smiling meaningfully: “We’ll see.”

 

Mad Clown was confused: “How?”

 

Lance didn’t answer.

 

His naked eye naturally couldn’t see through any disguise abilities, but he had an excellent method.

 

Lance took a deep breath, casually removed his glasses, then suddenly with an animated expression and surprised tone, exclaimed: “Oh my, a fiancée abandons her bankrupt boyfriend to marry into a wealthy family, but why is this tycoon kissing the boyfriend?”

 

Almost instantly, he gained another field of vision. Boras, activating low-frequency standing waves in the car, and Kluova, disguised as a male teacher chatting with students, were completely exposed before him.

 

As for the person on the gymnasium roof, he was indeed an idiot.

 

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