Suspect

The sun shone brightly on the morning.

Gu Shen sat up, stretched languidly, and rubbed his eyes.

"Meow~~"

A certain Orange Cat was unusually well-behaved, lying obediently on the balcony, whimpering softly as if begging for help.

Gu Shen rubbed his eyes again, making sure he wasn't seeing things.

To be precise, the Orange Cat was lying in the arms of the trench coat woman on the balcony... At this moment, it was licking its fur every now and then, obviously unable to sit still, but due to the pressure exuded by a certain higher life form, it dared not leave without permission.

Gu Shen was so frightened that he grabbed the quilt: "Big sister, how did you get in?"

Nan Jin lay comfortably on the rocking sled chair. On the transparent surface of the round coffee table were exquisite toast, fried eggs, and coffee. At this moment, she was holding a stack of newspapers, basking in the warm and gentle sunlight and breeze.

The trench coat woman calmly asked back, her tone as natural as could be: "I paid for the rent of this house, why can't I come in?"

"..."

Gu Shen was speechless for a moment.

"Where did you go last night?" Nan Jin asked suddenly, taking a sip of coffee.

Gu Shen scratched his head, "I went out to buy something, and then... fell asleep. I've been too tired these past few days."

Putting his hand on his heart and asking himself, he was telling the absolute truth.

He had indeed been too tired these past few days.

After the operation ended last night, Gu Shen returned to the apartment in the early hours of the morning. Perhaps it was because he had used the Ruler of Truth again, he was exhausted physically and mentally.

This answer was seamless. Chu Ling had already erased his entry and exit records from the apartment.

"Hmm..." As expected, Nan Jin was just asking casually. She suddenly asked, "A piece of good news, a piece of bad news, which one do you want to hear first?"

Gu Shen breathed a sigh of relief: "Then... let's have the good news first?"

"There's been a breakthrough in the Fire Disaster Case investigation." Nan Jin closed the newspaper and looked back at the boy, "Someone tried to destroy the evidence last night, and we caught them."

"Oh, oh, oh..." Gu Shen looked like he hadn't woken up yet, and asked in confusion, "Who do you mean by 'we'?"

"Because of you, the teacher specially transferred two powerful fighters from other cities in Qinghe District."

Gu Shen felt his scalp tingle faintly as he listened.

Just how terrifying were the guys that even Nan Jin called powerful fighters... One of them was the one who chased after him last night.

There was another one, whom he probably didn't even meet until he left.

Seeing Gu Shen's reaction, Nan Jin felt very satisfied. She said lightly, "You can also call them... Senior Brother and Senior Sister."

Gu Shen was a little dazed.

"The Tribunal's review date has been set, in fifteen days." Nan Jin said as if it were a trivial matter, "These two Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters are here to give you special training."

"Hey, hey, hey..."

"Special training is... what the hell?!"

This was completely beyond Gu Shen's expectations. He forced a smile and said, "Big brother, oh big brother! Have you forgotten? You told me before that the assessment wasn't important, didn't you? That Mr. Shu valued something else in me?"

"This really isn't Teacher's intention—"

Nan Jin said helplessly, "I don't know why, but Teacher has high hopes for you and is extremely confident. He seems to think that without doing anything, you'll amaze the entire Tribunal."

Gu Shen thought silently.

In a sense, that's really the case...

If he did nothing, he might become the rookie with the worst assessment results in history, bar none.

At that time, everyone would be more than just amazed.

"Teacher originally only wanted the two Senior Brothers and Senior Sister to help investigate the Fire Disaster Case, but he didn't expect them to want to see you, this gifted rookie, after reading the files." Nan Jin shrugged. "They were all monsters who got A-Rank scores in their assessments back then. It's perfectly reasonable for them to want to see how abnormal you, the rookie who alarmed the 'Amnesty Decree', are, right?"

"Perfectly reasonable..."

Gu Shen's voice suddenly weakened.

He could roughly guess why Nan Jin's attitude towards the "assessment" had changed overnight.

It wasn't hard to see that Mr. Shu's lineage had a very high status in the Tribunal.

Otherwise, it wouldn't have been possible for the bigwigs in the council to issue an Amnesty Decree.

But precisely because of the use of the "Amnesty Decree," everyone in this lineage was forced to endure tremendous pressure... If he guessed correctly, Mr. Shu hadn't appeared since bailing him out because the internal disputes within the Tribunal regarding the "Amnesty Decree" needed him to resolve personally.

He didn't know what had happened—

The controversy over that Amnesty Decree ultimately came down to the "assessment" of his Transcendent ability... If his assessment results were excellent enough, then the precedent of using the Amnesty Decree to protect talent could be opened smoothly.

In other words.

If he got an S-Rank, everyone would shut up.

"The bad news is that the Tribunal held a high-level meeting last night regarding the Amnesty Decree." Nan Jin said seriously, "Representatives from major districts of East Continent condemned Teacher, and some even initiated impeachment proceedings."

"Impeachment?" Gu Shen was surprised. "Is it that serious?"

"Actually, impeachment isn't a big deal, because Teacher's style of doing things means there are impeachments every year." Nan Jin rubbed her forehead and said, "But this time, the situation may be more severe because it involves high-level members of the council. Some old guys in the Tribunal are exerting all their strength to take advantage of the 'Amnesty Decree' to make things difficult... The outcome of this meeting may not be good for you."

Gu Shen's heart skipped a beat.

He had an ominous premonition... The outcome of this meeting was no longer just a matter of pressure.

Perhaps it was even worse than he had originally anticipated!

"The heads of the major districts of the Tribunal unanimously believe that the Amnesty Decree was inappropriate for you." Nan Jin said with a wry smile, "Unless you can prove that your potential is strong enough in the upcoming assessment... otherwise, the Amnesty Decree will be revoked."

As expected.

Chu Ling's previous prediction was completely correct.

The protection of that Amnesty Decree was only temporary... His survival was due to the will of the bigwigs, and at the slightest disturbance, he could turn from a "lucky one" into an "unlucky egg" at any time.

Gu Shen stroked his chin, muttering, "If the Amnesty Decree is gone, I might face the Prison Institute's accusations again..."

After being messed with by the Amnesty Decree like this.

That Tribunal Head, I'm afraid, won't bring himself under the Prison Institute's command.

According to the East Continent laws, he would most likely face 24 hours of strict supervision and monitoring, even imprisonment.

"Unless..." Gu Shen thought of a solution.

"Unless the Fire Disaster Case is thoroughly investigated."

Nan Jin spoke for him, saying, "The Prison Institute's charge of losing control needs to be based on the premise of 'intentional homicide.' A thorough investigation of the Fire Disaster Case is enough to prove that you acted in self-defense."

"Phew, that's right..."

Gu Shen sorted out his thoughts, letting out a long breath, puzzled, "Didn't they catch the culprit last night? The Fire Disaster Case should be solved soon..."

"This case is more complicated than we thought."

Nan Jin shook her head.

She stood up, and the Orange Cat in her arms took the opportunity to slip away.

"Gu Shen, I'm afraid you don't have much time to rest... Let's go and see the situation in person."