Those buffs were stacked to the max!

Investigating the unknown Superpower Person would take time, so the two returned to camp.

They had just met Song Linwei and had yet to share the day's findings when he spoke first-

"A red-flagged folder, forwarded directly from the higher-ups. Stone City Grain Warehouse was robbed. They've confirmed with absolute certainty that an Aberrant with a storage space was responsible. Group A is already on the move."

Sheng An raised an eyebrow.

Hao Jingye, meanwhile, widened his eyes. "A zero-dollar shopping spree?!"

Now that was a real zero-dollar shopping spree, targeting a national warehouse for grain. The apocalypse hadn't even arrived, and this person had already made their move.

Impressive.

Hao Jingye's expression turned serious. "Sister Sheng, we'd better get moving too. We can't let Group A beat us to it."

Previously, each group had gathered its own information and searched for Aberrants.

But this was a red-flagged file forwarded by the higher-ups, with the culprit directly confirmed as an Aberrant. Both Groups A and B had received the same information.

In other words-

First come, first served.

Song Linwei nodded in agreement. "Anyone who could take away the grain inside a warehouse must be a Spatial Superpower user. Group A doesn't have any spatial abilities yet. As soon as the news came in, Qiu Yu dropped everything and rushed straight to the scene. Clearly, she's determined to get this one."

Including Jiang Yu, they had two people with storage spaces.

Group A, however, consisted mostly of combat types and had no spatial abilities, so naturally they were anxious.

Sheng An remained calm. "Daring to take things from a national warehouse without paying shows just how confident the culprit is. I doubt this person will be easy to catch. There's no rush."

Group A had moved first, but that didn't mean they would catch the culprit first.

Even going to the scene in person would only get them more information, not lead them straight to the culprit.

Sheng An murmured, "Stone City again."

The Superpower Person they had discovered was in Stone City, and now this zero-dollar shopper was there too?

Song Linwei looked puzzled. "Stone City? Right, Zhang Jialiang came from Stone City too. How did your investigation go today?"

"We'll talk on the way." Sheng An started walking. "Also, give me everything we have on this 'zero-dollar shopping spree.' I'll look into the specifics of this Aberrant first."

All the information was in the folder.

The various departments under them were already at work. Intelligence and Investigation were updating the information in the folder in real time.

Sheng An read each entry carefully.

Meanwhile, Hao Jingye told Song Linwei about their investigation that day.

Ever since the apocalypse had been confirmed, every city had been making preparations, not just building shelters, but also stockpiling grain.

The reason Li Wanyun hadn't been able to buy anything earlier was that the government was buying it all up.

And where was all that grain being stored?

With a global catastrophe looming, they obviously couldn't keep it all in one place.

Every region had stockpiled enormous amounts of grain. Warehouses were filled and constantly reinforced, and underground warehouses were even being built to relocate supplies.

Stone City was no exception.

However, they had already received definite information from Jiang Yu that Stone City would be struck by a meteorite.

Stone City didn't have much reserve grain. Capital City was the central stronghold the government was trying to make as safe as possible, and since Stone City was nearby, it served as a transit hub before the apocalypse.

All the grain was stored in aboveground warehouses, with shipments regularly coming and going.

One of those grain depots had been robbed that day.

The instant the warehouse was opened to release grain, the grain vanished into thin air.

Everyone present had been detained. According to the interrogation results in the folder, psychologists and investigative experts were conducting the questioning together, with reports updated in real time.

-Everyone appeared normal.

Song Linwei said, "Until we have more information, all the staff who were at the warehouse today are suspects. After all, surveillance shows that no one entered the warehouse except those staff members."

The surveillance footage clearly showed the instant the supplies disappeared:

Several staff members were moving grain when, suddenly, half the grain in the depot disappeared. The workers cried out in alarm...

Naturally, that wasn't the only camera. There was also surveillance around the warehouse.

According to the report, they had already checked the past three days of footage. No strangers had approached, and earlier footage was still being reviewed.

At the same time, the initial report from the scene came back: only the staff's footprints were found inside the warehouse.

In that case, wasn't the Space Esper most likely one of the staff?

Hao Jingye took a deep breath. "I'm afraid that's the real reason Group Leader Qiu Yu rushed over."

She wanted to get to the staff first and find the Aberrant.

Sheng An said nothing. Her brows knitted tightly as she watched the footage of the grain theft over and over, her gaze inscrutable.

Hao Jingye asked in confusion, "Sister Sheng, aren't we going to the scene?"

Qiu Yu was already there. If the Aberrant was among the staff, she would soon catch them. That would mean Group A had already locked onto the Aberrant, and they could no longer interfere.

Sheng An tilted her head and murmured, "My gut tells me the Aberrant who stole the grain isn't among the staff."

Her gut...

An intuition from Sheng An was something they couldn't afford to dismiss.

Hao Jingye said, "But there were no other footprints at the scene. How did this Space Esper get in? And where were they hiding? This is strange."

A thought struck Song Linwei. "Could the Aberrant have another ability?"

Sheng An exhaled, raised her head, and said slowly, "We also can't rule out-a group working together."

Hao Jingye was stunned.

Both men were startled.

More than one person?!

An awakened Superpower Person had teamed up with other Aberrants?

If that was the case, multiple abilities could indeed explain how they had evaded surveillance, taken the grain, and left no traces.

But the implications were terrifying.

Song Linwei asked in confusion, "If two people or a group did this, how did they find one another?"

Sheng An didn't answer. She lowered her head and continued browsing the latest information as she spoke. "Tell me, why did the Aberrant target the Stone City Warehouse?"

"Because the Aberrant lives in Stone City? They went for the closest target?" Hao Jingye guessed.

"That's possible." Sheng An paused, then continued, "But it's also possible that the Aberrant knows Stone City will be destroyed by a meteorite. They thought the grain would go to waste, so they took it in advance..."

Hao Jingye's pupils contracted. He exchanged a glance with Song Linwei, and they spoke in unison-

"A Reborn!"

That was it!

Everything suddenly fell into place.

There was a Reborn, and that Reborn might even have an ability, just like Yang Chuan and Li Wanyun—a Reborn Superpower Person.

They knew who else would awaken abilities and had screened those people ahead of time.

With the answer key in hand, they could compare and filter candidates, successfully making contact with Aberrants who had awakened early!

A Reborn, a storage space, abilities.

This little group's buffs were stacked to the max!

Sheng An smiled. "We have to find this Reborn. And Li Wanyun, too. I've suddenly discovered another use for her. Now I can hardly wait for her to get back from delivering supplies..."

Hao Jingye and Song Linwei instinctively rubbed the backs of their heads, feeling a slight chill.

For some reason, they felt rather sorry for Li Wanyun.

She was still out there delivering supplies for the country without even knowing it.

Before she had even returned, Sister Sheng had already come up with more plans for her. An enormous workload was probably waiting for her.

What a miserable Daughter of Destiny.

"Hao Jingye, get the interrogation captain on a video call. I want to speak to the staff." Sheng An clearly had a direction now.

Song Linwei looked utterly puzzled.

Hao Jingye was equally confused, but dutifully contacted the captain for Sheng An.

The video call connected.

The captain wasn't the only person on the other end. There was a familiar face too.

-Qiu Yu.

Sheng An raised an eyebrow, lifted a hand, and waved in greeting. "Group Leader Qiu."

Qiu Yu's expression darkened. "Team Leader Sheng, I'm already handling things here. As I recall, you have another target..."

Sheng An smiled. "If Group Leader Qiu has already found the culprit, we certainly won't interfere. But from the looks of it, Group Leader Qiu hasn't found anything yet?"

Qiu Yu's expression grew even darker.

Sheng An spoke with certainty. "Then it seems we can confirm that the culprit wasn't one of the staff at the scene."

Before, it had only been her intuition. Now Qiu Yu's reaction confirmed it.

Hearing that, Song Linwei understood.

Hao Jingye was still confused and asked quietly, "Why? How does Group Leader Qiu's reaction prove it wasn't a staff member?"

Song Linwei lowered his voice. "Have you forgotten Group Leader Qiu's ability?"

Hao Jingye was floored.

He understood!

Qiu Yu's ability was Puppet. She could directly control the staff and make them tell the truth. If the culprit had been among them, she would already have caught them.

But her dark expression was enough to show that the culprit wasn't there!

Hao Jingye looked at Sheng An with awe. As expected of Sister Sheng. That mind of hers...

Even Song Linwei looked impressed.

How had he ever thought he could hide anything from Sheng An?

Her perceptiveness was terrifying.

Although the two had lowered their voices, the people on the other end could still hear them.

Qiu Yu's expression turned colder, and her voice was icy. "These staff members really don't know anything. They have nothing to do with the missing grain. If you want to find the Aberrant who stole it, Team Leader Sheng, you should try other channels."

That was the truth.

Yet Sheng An smiled warmly. "There's no rush. I only want to ask them one question."

Confusion flickered in Qiu Yu's eyes.

But she didn't stop her.

She didn't know what else Sheng An wanted to ask. After all, she had controlled them directly with her ability and learned the whole truth from the staff.

-These people truly knew nothing. They were neither the thieves nor accomplices.

When the grain vanished, all they had felt was shock and terror.