Chapter 1 A Day

A 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 carry out 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.

"Teacher took Gu Shen and disappeared the day before yesterday night, without any news." Zhong Wei sat on the windowsill, "It's really curious, what will be the content of the final special training?"

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

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

She held a thick old book, sitting in the rocking chair on the balcony. She had maintained this posture for several hours. A mental系 (xì) extraordinary like her had already integrated breathing techniques into her 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 lurk in Da Teng City for investigation and will never easily expose himself."

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

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

Crowds surged.

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

He had already hidden 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 a bad premonition would arise.

"Something's wrong..."

"Very wrong..." His intuition was very accurate.

During the execution of his mission, he had escaped from danger many times, all thanks to this innate intuition reminding him.

"The real files about Gu Shen's fire case... I've already submitted them to the review team..." He went into a small alley close to the body, completely hiding into the darkness, "Logically speaking, I shouldn't feel so uneasy. Today is the review day, the fact that he has no extraordinary ability will definitely be exposed... I just need to take the ruler as evidence."

Han Dang straightened out his thoughts.

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

"But where does this feeling of unease... come from?" Han Dang couldn't figure it out and 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.

The moment Han Dang entered the apartment building, Luo Er closed the 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 watching all the time, but her senior sister's eyes had never left the pages of the book. How did she do it? A special application of extraordinary abilities?

"I have 大x

"Only one?" Nan Jin was a little curious.

"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 has been a guy walking back and forth on the streets with the crowd, 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 feel the fluctuations of spiritual power."

Nan Jin suddenly understood.

She felt the abnormal flow of air. While her senior sister was speaking, fine, almost invisible strands of hair were constantly gathering towards Senior Sister Luo. The passers-by did not notice that these silk-like black hairs eventually merged into her own long hair.

In any case, putting the most important "eye" at the door would never be wrong.

"He just entered the elevator."

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

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"Knock knock knock—"

Knocking on the door.

There was a response soon:

"Please come in."

Pushed the door.

Didn't push it open.

Tried again.

"Squeak—"

Some harsh sounds 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 constantly. The tables and chairs were all moved away, leaving a few lined up into a long table.

Gu Shen rubbed his cheeks. He didn't expect this to be the place for the final assessment.

This looks like a stage... about to hold some kind of social event?

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

The scene he imagined in his mind was probably the scene where the Chief Judge interrogated him alone last time... dim lights, a narrow interrogation room, and big figures like Yan Shicheng with scarred faces sitting around.

Rather than an assessment.

It was more like a serious trial.

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

There was no fifteen-kilometer long-distance running with weights, no being beaten down a hundred times and standing up again.

There was no training content that day.

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

The old guy 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 where Gu Shen couldn't even name the dishes when he looked at the menu. He originally didn't want to go anywhere, but the old guy's reason made it impossible to refuse. He had finally come to Da Teng City once and wanted to experience the authentic local customs, and by the way, show Gu Shen what his favorite day looked like.

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

In fact, it was all about eating, drinking, and having fun, like an energetic eighteen-year-old young man.

On the contrary, he was isolated from the world, like an empty-nest old man on the verge of death.

At the end of this day, Gu Shen lay on the big bed in the separate presidential suite in a large shape, with the windows open, and cold winds constantly blowing across his face.

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

He had been here for almost two years.

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

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

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

The word "assessment" was densely covered in his heart...

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 want to be an 'S' grade?"]

["Yes... of course!"]

In fact, what kind of person you ultimately become has nothing to do with the expectations of others.

It depends on yourself.

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

So Gu Shen slept the most soundly he had slept in more than ten days.

After waking up, he and Mr. Shu came to Da Teng Public School, which was the best public school in Da Teng City, full of young students about the same age as him.

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

But a school under the sun.

It was a sunny day, and everything was beautiful.