Sunny Days

One day.

It can be very short, or it can be very long.

This day... for the three people guarding the high-rise building opposite Gu Shen's apartment, rotating to perform surveillance work, it was a boring and long twenty-four hours.

The moon sets and the sun rises, the sun rises and the moon sets.

"The teacher disappeared with Gu Shen the night before yesterday, without any news." Zhong Wei sat on the windowsill, "It's really curious, what will the final special training be?"

"To be precise, it was last night, after 12 o'clock."

Senior Apprentice Sister Luo took a sip of coffee and corrected him lightly.

She was holding a thick old book, sitting on a rocking chair on the balcony, maintaining this posture for several hours. A Mental-type Transcendent of her level had already integrated breathing techniques into daily habits, and only needed a small amount of rest to maintain a high spirit.

In terms of mental fullness alone, Zhong Wei and Nan Jin were far behind.

"Speaking of which, we've been guarding for a whole day."

Nan Jin rubbed her eyes and said, "Han Dang hasn't appeared yet... Has he sensed the danger?"

"Han Dang is indeed a very perceptive guy."

Luo Er said softly, "I've dealt with him a few times in the past few years. This person is full of tricks and extremely cunning. This time, he chose to come to Da Teng City to lurk and investigate, and he will never expose himself easily."

"But since he came for Gu Shen's assessment... at the last moment, he will definitely take action." She flipped through the old book, calm and composed, "Just wait patiently."

"I always feel like I'm being watched."

The crowd surged.

Han Dang changed his usual dressing style, wearing sunglasses, a mask, and a baseball cap, extremely low-key.

He had been hiding in the crowd, walking back and forth along the street of Gu Shen's apartment several times. Every time he was about to enter the apartment door, his heart would always thump, and an ominous premonition would arise.

"Something's wrong..."

"Something's very wrong..." His intuition was very accurate.

During the execution of tasks, he escaped from dangerous situations many times, all thanks to this innate intuition reminding him.

"I have already submitted the real file about Gu Shen's Fire Disaster Case to the Assessment Team..." He stuck close to a small alley, completely hiding in the darkness, "In theory, I shouldn't feel so uneasy. Today is the assessment day, and the fact that he has no Transcendent power will definitely be exposed... I only need to take the ruler as evidence."

Han Dang sorted out his thoughts.

"This kid is under my hypnosis, it's impossible for him to notice."

"But where does this sense of unease... come from?" Han Dang really couldn't figure it out, shook his head, "Time is limited, I must hurry up and act."

He took a deep breath.

Walked out of the alley.

Entered the building.

As Han Dang entered the apartment building, Senior Apprentice Sister Luo closed her book.

"Prepare to move."

She stood up, put on her coat, and quickly walked out of the apartment.

"The guy who just entered the apartment... is Han Dang?"

Nan Jin was a little surprised. She had been keeping watch, but Senior Sister's eyes had never left the pages of her book. How did she do it? A special application of Transcendent abilities?

"I left a 'small object' at the entrance... I can sense everyone who approaches it immediately. As for Han Dang... I'm too familiar with the aura on him, I won't be mistaken." Senior Sister Luo said, "Contact with Han Dang may involve combat, so be careful and just follow behind me."

The three quickly went downstairs and arrived at the building across the street.

"Wait a moment."

Senior Sister Luo stopped, running two fingers across a transparent sensor door.

With a "whoosh."

The next moment, a strand of fine hair appeared between her fingers.

After the hair was removed, it immediately wrapped itself around Senior Sister Luo's little finger.

This strand of hair had been lying flat and stuck to the sensor door. Unless one carefully examined it inch by inch, it would not be noticed at all.

"This is that kind of 'small object'."

She explained, "Don't misunderstand, this isn't my hair... but a very special Transcendent Sealed Item. In a sense, it's like another eye of mine."

"Only one?" Nan Jin asked curiously.

"Of course..." Senior Sister Luo said, "Impossible."

"I've placed more than three hundred eyes on the streets outside." She said softly, "Since yesterday, there's been a guy following the crowd and walking back and forth on the street. I've suspected him for a long time. And this 'eye' left at the entrance of the apartment is special. Within a certain range, it can not only see, but also sense Mental Power fluctuations."

Nan Jin suddenly understood.

She felt the abnormal flow of air. As Senior Sister spoke, fine strands of hair, almost invisible to the naked eye, continuously gathered towards Senior Sister Luo. The pedestrians didn't notice that these spider-silk-like black hairs eventually merged into her own long hair.

In any case, putting the most important "eye" at the door was definitely the right choice.

"He just entered the elevator."

Senior Sister Luo said calmly, "We just need to follow him and we can catch him red-handed."

"Knock, knock, knock—"

A knock on the door.

There was a response quickly:

"Come in."

The door was pushed open.

He didn't push it open.

He tried again.

"Creak—"

A slightly grating sound followed.

The door opened.

Unexpectedly, what came into view was a clean and tidy classroom. The windows were half-open, and the curtains were blown about. The desks and chairs had been cleared away, leaving only a few arranged side by side into a long table.

Gu Shen rubbed his cheeks, not expecting this to be the location of the final assessment.

It looked like a stage... about to host some kind of social gathering?

Every day of special training, Gu Shen had imagined what his upcoming final assessment would be like.

The image in his mind was probably like the scene when the Tribunal Head had interrogated him alone last time... dim lights, a cramped interrogation room, and big shots with scarred faces like Yan Shicheng sitting around.

It was less like an assessment.

More like a solemn trial.

After the conversation on the rooftop, Mr. Shu spent the last day of special training with him—

This day had no fifteen-kilometer weighted run, no training of being knocked down a hundred times and getting back up.

This day had no training content at all.

He just took him around, to various places in Da Teng City.

The old fellow didn't know where he got a very cool luxury car and drove him around the city, running more than a dozen red lights, eating at seven or eight high-end restaurants whose names Gu Shen couldn't even pronounce from the menu. He originally didn't want to go anywhere, but the old fellow's reason was impossible to refuse. He had come to Da Teng City once with great difficulty and wanted to experience the authentic local customs, and by the way, show Gu Shen what his favorite day was like.

Gu Shen was also curious what the old fellow's day would be like.

In fact, it was all about eating, drinking, and having fun, like an eighteen-year-old with unlimited energy.

On the contrary, he was isolated from the world, like an empty-nest old man about to die.

At the end of this day, Gu Shen lay sprawled on the large bed in the separate presidential suite, with the window open, and cold wind constantly brushed his face.

In a half-dreaming state, he suddenly remembered something.

He had been here for almost two years.

Today was the first time he had spent a "free" day in the city where he had lived for two years as a tourist.

Freedom is not sitting in the best car, eating the best food, and living in the best house.

Freedom is not having to worry, not having to consider, not having to think about anything.

In the two weeks of special training, every moment of every day, Gu Shen was uneasy. He would wake up in the middle of the night, and his thoughts would occasionally drift uncontrollably.

The word "assessment" was densely packed in his mind...

For him, this was a trial.

But after the conversation on the rooftop, Gu Shen suddenly understood the true meaning of Mr. Shu's words.

["Do you hope to be 'S' rank?"]

["Yes... of course!"]

In reality, what kind of person one ultimately becomes has nothing to do with the expectations of others.

It depends on oneself.

If you want to become an "S" rank, and are willing to put in all the effort for it... then the final assessment result is not that important.

And so Gu Shen slept the most soundly he had in over ten days.

After waking up, he came to Da Teng Public School with Mr. Shu. This was the best public school in Da Teng City, filled with young students of about his age.

The final assessment location was here, not an interrogation room or an underground research institute.

But a school in the sunlight.

It was a Sunny Day, and everything was beautiful.