From the Star Abyss
Chapter 414

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Li Aoz was genuinely surprised that the Enforcement Team had a full 40 people. It wasn't just the sheer number of people that was surprising; Li Aoz was quite confident in his agility.

The key point is that each of the students who came here had a pet and a magic coffin, which effectively sealed off the area.

Even with his extraordinary abilities, he couldn't stop the dog's nose and the magic machine's scanning! So, after thinking for a moment, Li Aoz that instead of fighting with people and forcibly breaking through, he might as well cooperate with the inspection and see if he could get away with it.

At worst, he can reveal that he has the divine sword and shift all the blame to Jannia.

As for where Jannia came from? Li Aoz has already made up the story.

This sword was passed down through eight generations of his family. When he was destitute, he decided to sell it. Inadvertently, he cut his finger and dripped his blood to make it recognize him as its master, which awakened a mysterious sword spirit sister who guided him onto the path of magic...

Before Li Aoz could even figure out whether he was going to fabricate a love story of "arranging a break-up" or "a childhood sweetheart appearing out of nowhere," the Enforcement Department had already walked up to him, made him put his things on the ground, put his hands behind his head, squat down, and then began to check and verify his identity information.

"Confirmed—he is indeed a freshman, and there are chat logs to prove it; he is looking for melodramatic third-year student Melo Alleman."

The Enforcement Department team arrested Li Aoz again and collected his biometrics. No fingerprints or biological fragments of Li Aoz were found at the scene.

After careful consideration, they confirmed Li Aoz's alibi. He was just an Unlucky Guy who came looking for someone.

One student recognized him and came over to question him, "Are you called Lioz? Aren't you the first-year student who hasn't learned anything in a week and has lost over a hundred Lioz?"

"Yes," Li Aoz said confidently.

The points deductions were originally just a joke, but unexpectedly, they have now become strong evidence to clear the suspect.

"That's all, you can go now."

The boy waved his hand.

Li Aoz nodded and was about to leave when a female voice immediately rang out. "Wait! Isn't the examination finished yet?"

Li Aoz turned her head and looked innocently at the newcomer—a typical Ta tribe woman with milky white skin, a short jaw, and a pretty face, the kind that evokes pity. Even though she was wearing a protective suit, her cute, puffed-up face could be seen under the transparent mask.

However, after seeing Grina Vortex and beauties of her caliber, beauty is nothing special anymore.

Especially with the daily morning mirror-looking practice, Li Aoz has become completely immune to appearance issues.

Now he looks at everyone the same way he looks at Lucite.

"This guy was at the crime scene; he's a suspicious person!"

Sylvia rushed over excitedly and questioned, "He might be the mastermind behind the Elemental Riot, why didn't you continue the investigation?"

"Body search, identity verification, confirmation of no alibi—hasn't that all been done?"

"Anything else? You didn't check his biological frequency band!"

The senior next to her shrugged and explained, "He's Lioz, didn't you know? One week into the semester, he lost a hundred Credits, and his cultivation has made almost no progress. He's still just a mortal at the Gamma-rank."

"Deduct 100 points?!" Sylvia was stunned.

"121 points," Li Aoz added.

"—Why are you still so proud? Losing 121 points is a bit much, even if you filled in C for all the answers!"

Sylvia was taken aback, shook her head, and was shocked by the news. But she was still uneasy and said to the senior student:

"Even if that's not the case, he might be possessing some highly dangerous equipment..."

"He doesn't have that money. Don't worry, this kid was born in Blue Chrysanthemum Village, a poor, remote place where even watching the news is considered entertainment."

The senior waved his hand. "Anyone could be the mastermind behind this Elemental Riot, but this kid is the only exception."

"To be honest, that's true."

"I believe you if you say it was done by ' Golden Princess ' Dia Lan. But Lioz is out of the question."

"Hey, newbie, have you attended your magic practice classes yet? (Li Aoz shows his timetable) — Look, he doesn't know any of the practice classes."

Almost everyone who knew Li Aoz came forward to testify on his behalf. They offered various examples and pieces of information to support their claim that Lioz could not be the mastermind behind it all.

With all his evidence in place, a few minutes later, the body of Senior Sister Melo, whom he had been searching for, was also found, and her Information Rune confirmed Li Aoz's statement.

"Look— 'Senior Melo, I've heard you're quite knowledgeable about memory-related potions. Could you help me create a potion to unlock deep memories? I need something like that to help improve my studies.'"

A senior student picked up the tattered Information Rune and slid it across the projection screen. "'I know you, Lioz. Don't worry, you can come to me this afternoon and we'll talk about this properly.'"

He shrugged:

"I told you so, Sylvia, you're a great person in every way, except you're too suspicious. But that's normal for a newbie."

Li Aoz remained obediently to the side, acting as a quiet beauty.

As expected, his judgment was correct; those 146.88 points in Intelligence were definitely worth it!

With his 204.1 points of [Charm], [Aura of Goodwill], complete physical and witness evidence, his kind and amiable nature, and his cooperative attitude in the investigation, it was indeed the case.

"No, I didn't—"

Sylvia was speechless for a moment, then suddenly, a thought flashed through her mind, and she pointed at Li Aoz and said, "Wait! You missed one test!"

"What?" Several members of the Enforcement Team were puzzled.

Sylvia said excitedly:

"Cybernetic armor! Didn't you check if he's a cybernetic armor user—"

"Enough!"

Sylvia's delicate body trembled. Then, a tall, burly figure, clad in full protective armor, walked over step by step. He glared at Sylvia through his mask, then looked at Li Aoz and said apologetically:

"I'm sorry, Sylvia is just a new student and I'm sorry to have troubled you. She's a freshman."

Li Aoz's gaze remained calm. Upon hearing this, he shook his head.

"It's nothing, it's normal to be suspicious—look, so many senior students still believe me."

"Yes, Lioz, I've heard of you before. Don't worry, I know your situation. You'll be fine, go back now."

This senior was quite generous, and handed Li Aoz a protective mask, saying, "The radiation here is severe, so be careful."

Li Aoz felt a little heartwarming. This big guy looked simple and honest, but he had high emotional intelligence and was quite thoughtful, knowing how to care for new students.

Actually, this can be considered as fixing a bug for myself—there were disasters caused by Elemental Riot everywhere, and the third-year students were all dressed up, so my thin clothes looked a bit out of place.

Although as an elemental affinity user he didn't need protection, he still put it on and then cooperated by making a 'relieved' look, which further reduced his suspicions.

Once there, Li Aoz decided to play along. "Um, if it's possible, I'd like to ask you seniors to go to Senior Melo's room and look for the potion we agreed on. It's really important to me..."

"Don't go there, it's too dangerous, and it's basically all destroyed." The burly senior shook his head. "However, I can introduce you to someone who might have a solution."

As he spoke, the big guy grabbed his Information Rune and sent Li Aoz to a user card named ' Wendy Destis '.

"She's at the Diplomatic Relations Academy. You should talk to her and get in touch with her. Just say that I introduced her."

Li Aoz a little surprised, not expecting to find such a kind-hearted person in this day and age. "Uh, thank you, but I still don't know your name?"

"Me? Oh, really—you can just call me Mordot."

The burly man casually stated, "His full name is: Mordoctor Husserl."

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