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#479 - Chapter 477 Secondary Admission and Universal Identification Policy for College Students

"Wow! What do my eyes behold! Someone's having a picnic right under the girls' dormitory, and it's none other than our dear Captain!"

Han Yinuo, heading downstairs for dinner, spotted a few people setting up stalls in the small park. When she went over, hoping to grab a quick bite, she was astonished to find Qi Jing cooking.

Noticing there wasn't even a QR code for payment, she decided to come over and freeload.

"Hello, junior students! Captain, hook me up with some barbecue~"

"Hello, Senior Han. Have a seat, eat whatever you want, grill as much as you like."

Qi Jing, hearing her first words, turned his head in puzzlement. Seeing that the newcomer was a teammate he had subdued (recruited) with his Ice Soul Sword, he greeted her with a smile, asking:

"Senior, weren't you guys on a mission? Why are you back so soon?"

Their team also had a group chat. Although there weren't many activities within the team at the moment, and communication wasn't frequent, he was still vaguely aware of the senior's general whereabouts.

A few days ago, Senior Han Yinuo had dragged Senior Yin Ci to a small county to carry out a mission to apprehend an esper criminal.

And it wasn't just a simple apprehension; they also had to investigate the case.

Just like in a crime drama, they needed to find evidence and then slowly narrow down the scope.

If they were unlucky, it might take a long time to complete, or even fail.

"We only got back today. You wouldn't believe how ridiculous the culprit's ability was."

Han Yinuo grabbed a handful of skewers, placed them on the grill, and sat down next to Tan Zuoyin, beginning to explain:

"When we arrived, we found the victim's cause of death to be very strange. There were no external injuries, nor any illnesses. It was determined to be soul death."

"But that's normal, since it was classified as a case committed by an esper; otherwise, there would have been no need to call us in."

"After several days of investigation, through the surveillance footage and interviews at the time, we narrowed down the suspects to four people."

"None of them had attended an esper academy. Logically speaking, their abilities shouldn't have the power to kill."

"One is called 'Knocking Woodfish,' one is called 'Looking in the Mirror,' one is called 'Great Compassion Mantra,' and one is called 'Eating Grass Like Eating a Chocolate Bar.' Don't they all sound like abilities that can't kill people? But the murderer is among them."

"Take a guess, who is the murderer?"

After asking the question, Han Yinuo stood up, flipping her skewers, leaving the others in silent thought.

Tan Zuoyin snapped the bamboo skewer in her hand, guessing:

"Since these four abilities haven't been accepted into the esper academy, it means that their Level 1 abilities don't have the effect of harming people."

"So they must have gained the ability to kill during their subsequent upgrades."

"And the abilities gained from upgrades won't deviate from the original words representing the ability. Therefore, the longest one, 'Eating Grass Like Eating a Chocolate Bar,' can be excluded."

"Of the remaining people, 'Knocking Woodfish' targets the woodfish, so it shouldn't be him, exclude him."

"If I had to choose between 'Looking in the Mirror' and 'Great Compassion Mantra,' I'd choose 'Looking in the Mirror.' It's very likely to awaken the ability to 'make others fall into an illusion when they look in the mirror,' which has a higher probability than the Great Compassion Mantra."

"Mirrors are very common in horror novels. Killing people invisibly is normal," Wu Tianxin's guess matched Tan Zuoyin's.

Hearing this, the people present all nodded, feeling that Tan Zuoyin and Wu Tianxin made a lot of sense.

Han Yinuo, hearing their answers, revealed a meaningful smile, saying:

"First of all, there were no mirrors at the victim's death location."

"Ah? Then is it the 'Great Compassion Mantra'?" Yan Cheng brought over a bowl of freshly cooked soup, placing it on the table in front of Han Yinuo:

"Annoying people to death with the Great Compassion Mantra?"

Without a mirror, no matter how that ability evolved, it shouldn't have any effect.

It was only possible that the Great Compassion Mantra had some effect.

Han Yinuo shook her head with a smile:

"Secondly, the person with the ability 'Great Compassion Mantra' is mute. Hehe, you've all guessed wrong."

"What? Mute? Senior, can you give us all the information at once? The murderer can't be the one with the longest ability, right?"

Since the senior asked this question, and excluded the two most likely options, then the answer must be the most unlikely one!

Hearing Yan Cheng's guess, Han Yinuo shook her head again:

"The ability 'Eating Grass Like Eating a Chocolate Bar' really can't kill people. The murderer is 'Knocking Woodfish.'"

Okay, we guessed three out of four wrong. Senior, you've got us completely figured out.

Qi Jing asked:

"So, what ability did Knocking Woodfish evolve into?"

"His Level 1 ability is that he can cause a lot of damage to the woodfish when he knocks it. His Level 2 ability is that he can knock the woodfish remotely, and his Level 3 ability is that he can treat a person's brain and soul as a woodfish."

"To be honest, we didn't expect that his seemingly harmless ability would evolve into such a top-tier killing ability. If there hadn't been no mirrors there, and the mantra-chanting one was mute, we probably would have had to apply for an appraisal before we could catch the person."

"Just like last time, we couldn't catch the murderer no matter what, and we only caught that esper with extremely stringent killing conditions after applying for the appraisal authority."

Han Yinuo often did these tasks of arresting criminals and hated the criminals whose abilities changed after upgrading.

Luckily, this time they were lucky enough to catch the murderer before the start of the semester.

"Awesome."

Qi Jing and the others really didn't expect that an unremarkable "Knocking Woodfish" ability could suddenly turn into a top-level killing ability, it was simply outrageous.

"But soon it won't be so difficult. When the higher-ups issue the national appraisal policy, everyone's abilities and evolved abilities will be stored in the database, and catching people will be a sure thing."

Since the birth of the appraisal chip, everyone has wanted it to record the abilities of every esper.

But there are always some people who object, saying something about respecting individual privacy rights.

But from the fact that everyone who awakens an ability has to have their ability recorded, it's known that the pace of national appraisal cannot be stopped, and it will definitely not be implemented just because of these people's objections.

It is estimated that it will definitely be implemented together with the policy of re-enrolling college students into the esper academy.

"People who are two years older than us can also be junior students then~"

The policy of re-enrolling college students into the esper academy is to recruit people who have gained combat abilities through upgrades during their college years into the esper academy as freshmen. Qi Jing's high school gaming group had discussed this matter before.

"Senior, this policy turns the one chance to enter the esper academy into three, right? Wouldn't there be a lot more people in the academy?"

Yan Cheng, picking his teeth with a fish bone, raised the question.

Han Yinuo sprinkled seasoning on the skewers in her hand, then nodded:

"That's right, there will indeed be more than in previous years, but not much more. Cases like the 'Knocking Woodfish' ability are extremely rare, and he only reached Level 3 in his thirties, which is long beyond the scope of college students, too old."

"The espers in our esper academy focus on upgrading their abilities, and their average level is only 2.1 by the time they graduate. Ordinary universities don't use their abilities much, so it's difficult to have these three opportunities."

"Let's not talk about this. Which club do you want to represent in the club war this semester?"