On an ordinary afternoon in late August, Senator Nia, who was working in the secret room of the spire, received a new report to be signed.

This is an amnesty.

Pardons in Hope City are issued in a variety of situations, including but not limited to tainted witnesses, valuable super-powered criminals, and personal connections between some councillors.

If more than half of the members of parliament sign in agreement, the amnesty will take effect immediately, although generally no one will deliberately oppose it.

Nia's eyes swept across the electronic screen, and her gaze instantly focused on a familiar name.

Be cautious at times.

How is that possible?

Nia was extremely shocked that this name, which had disappeared from the shortlist, appeared again.

What kind of skills does the girl have to have to appear on the amnesty order when she has to steal things and sell them to buy medicine for her seriously ill mother?

Nia's brows furrowed slightly, and she put down the capacitive pen that she was about to use to sign.

She clicked on the detailed information of the three pardoned persons, copied Shi Jin's information and sent it to her computer.

After a brief reading, Nia was inexplicably surprised.

"Superpower...Superpower..."

She repeated it over and over again, her mind constantly recalling her previous observations of Shi Jin.

Until she was arrested, the seventeen-year-old girl did not show any signs of having superpowers.

Her style of doing things was cautious and restrained, completely lacking the arbitrariness that is typical of unregistered superpowers.

Is it true, as the information says, that she awakened her super powers the night before her trial?

this……

Theoretically, this is indeed possible, but the actual probability should be infinitely close to zero.

Willpower does affect superpowers, but that only applies to those who have awakened. If every ordinary person could awaken when facing a life-and-death crisis...

Nia wouldn't mind creating a huge wave in Hope City.

As long as this can increase the number of people with super powers, history will remember her achievements.

But countless studies have proven that this is absolutely impossible.

Nia carefully read the introduction of Shi Jin's awakening ability:

【Shi Jin (Superpower Number:)

Ability: Bullet Time

Growth potential: High (significant improvement after physical training, no obvious side effects, strong versatility)

Rarity: High (Registered user with similar ability 03882, deceased)

Overall rating: A (secondary evaluation)

Ability description: The ability holder can subjectively speed up his or her own reaction and thinking speed, complete relatively complex changes in a very short time, and consume a lot of physical strength. 】

Nia's eyes seemed to be attracted by the description of this ability. After just one glance, she couldn't look away.

Such ability, such a blank young man...

An adjective came to her mind:

Natural Born Killer.

It would be a waste if such a capable person is not used to do the dirty work!

And if this child's mind is indeed trustworthy, then it wouldn't be a bad idea to let her become the next generation of Nia...

But……

Another problem arose for Nia.

That is obviously unreasonable.

Ever since Shi Jin was arrested, this young man seemed to have obvious signs of being manipulated...

Awakening, training, amnesty, cleansing... every step is so smooth.

Although no one knows who has the power to awaken the abilities of ordinary people, or to allow a powerful super-powered person to perfectly conceal his or her own specialness, Shi Jin's life is like a series of pre-written scripts, and she is just a puppet in it.

And now, this puppet has become bait to lure himself.

Before taking this suspicious girl into her own hands, Nia must make sure that Shi Jin has no signs of manipulation by other councilors.

From the assassination in the underground black market to Shi Jin's sudden awakening.

If there is a certain connection between these two things, then Nia will be in much more danger than before.

If I choose her as my successor, then in the event of my death, the new Nia will become a real puppet.

But if the two are unrelated, then Shi Jin will be the sharpest knife that Nia uses to stab other parliamentarians.

Now that the food is served, should we eat it?

Nia thought for a moment and came up with a good idea - let others eat first.

Although I am very anxious, I am not in a hurry.

A pardoned super-powered person like Shi Jin must take part in an assessment of his direct super-powered subordinates when he is first released.

The most recent assessment will be on the last day of August, which is two days later.

If she passed, he could observe her secretly and confirm whether there were any suspicious points in her subsequent actions.

If he fails, you can secretly arrange his position to eliminate suspicion.

If the final result is no problem, he can use the authority of the councilor to remove him from the team and completely make him his subordinate.

Nia confirmed her plan and added this matter to her memo.

Then she signed her name on the amnesty order with a flourish of her pen.

---

Luke's office on the ground floor of the spire.

Luke, who was accustomed to the orderly life in the spire, heard hurried footsteps, which was rare.

A panicked subordinate ran in and pushed the door open:

"Captain, something big has happened."

"speak."

"Mind Flayer, the Mind Flayer has appeared in the inner city!"

“Bang!”

Luke suddenly put down the case file in his hand, which was the result of the profile of the Mind Flayer.

"Last night?"

"Yes, the case from last night was not discovered until noon."

"Gather and set off."

---

Inner city, No. 102, Fourth Commercial Street.

There was not a single customer in the newly renovated psychological clinic.

Lin Qingliu's new home has been renovated and the layout is not significantly different from before.

The whole building is composed of a living area on the second floor and a clinic on the first floor.

The only problem is that there is no basement here, but this is exactly what Lin Qingliu expected.

At this moment, in the clinic on the first floor, Lin Qingliu was wrapping a bandage around the arm of the young man in front of him.

"How did you get such a severe tear? Don't you already know how to [Upward Dimension Displacement]?"

El seemed to be hesitant to speak, and finally said with difficulty:

"Carmen."

“…”

"Okay, let's put this question aside for now and tell me what you did this time."

"Nothing, just cleaning out a borer for the army."

Speaking of his own actions, El seemed to be in high spirits. He spoke out his plan without paying attention to the occasional grimace caused by pain.