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Yu Lu's attention was half drawn away by the name Su Ni she mentioned. He took out his terminal, wrote down the name, and sent it to his colleague: "Are you sure you saw the mark of Prometheus on him?"
Shu Ningmiao had absolutely no concept of sibling affection, but she had a very strong desire to shift the blame to Su Ni. She nodded very seriously and even curled her fingers, connecting the tips to make a circular gesture for him: "It's a cross handle like this, right? I've seen it at school."
Yu Lu nodded. His colleague had already sent over the investigation results. Shu Ningmiao's younger brother was also a student at String Light Academy. The two were rumored to have a bad relationship, which explained why Shu Ningmiao had told him.
After looking at the files and photos sent by his colleague, he vaguely remembered that he seemed to have seen this person during the practice of superpowers. She was a teammate of the girl who possessed "purification".
He barely used his powers around Erici and had little presence.
There are many ordinary people who support Prometheus, but very few people with superpowers. Su Ni is still studying in Cornunos, which is a very important clue and is very likely related to the last attack.
"I don't know what he's thinking either." Shu Ningmiao sighed, her usually slightly upturned eyes lowering unusually. "Will his joining this organization have any impact on me in the future? Won't it implicate me?"
“We’ll investigate whether he did anything illegal. It’s none of your business,” Yu Lu reassured her. “As for your special ability, it doesn’t match the existing information on omniscient beings at all.”
He put down the terminal and gently patted the blanket on her body: "If you're still worried, I can apply for a pass for the National Research Center for you to get tested."
She hadn't touched the pass Weston had given her, but he offered to give it to her. Shu Ningmiao paused for a moment, then nodded decisively. There was no reason not to accept something offered to her.
After obtaining useful information, Yu Lu stopped questioning her with that uncomfortable probing look. Shu Ningmiao found that he was quite businesslike, which was unlike the people of Phineas. At least he was more efficient than 80 or 90 percent of the Phineas public officials she had met.
A short while later, another person wearing the same uniform as Yulu got into the driver's seat, wanting to take Yulu back to Cornunos.
The man sat in the car, tying his tie in front of the rearview mirror for ages. After being stopped by Yu Lu by taking out a cigarette, he reluctantly reached for the steering wheel.
This was the normal efficiency she had ever seen in the Pinhians.
On the way, Yu Lu suggested to her, "Prometheus seems to have his eye on you. You can apply for a protector from the Public Security Bureau, and we will send someone to protect your safety."
They could also use this opportunity to observe Prometheus's movements.
Yu Lu secretly hoped that she would apply for a guardian, otherwise monitoring her whereabouts would be an invasion of privacy.
Shu Ningmiao didn't want to be followed.
"I also have superpowers, and the other people in the Sheriff's Department aren't even Awakened. Can they really guarantee my safety?"
Her words revealed her usual arrogance, her tone was very casual, and her beautiful face showed undisguised doubt as she looked at Yu Lu: "Or are you going to protect me?"
Before Yu Lu could speak, the driver in front burst out laughing: "How could that be? Our director is busy."
Shu Ningmiao gave a soft "Oh," and said, "You really are incredibly busy."
Yu Lu rubbed his temples and handed her his business card: "You can contact me when you leave Cornunos, and I will try my best to coordinate a time to come over."
Of course, Shu Ningmiao wouldn't contact him.
She got out of the police car and quickly disappeared into the darkness. The driver in front then lit a cigarette and put it in his mouth: "If you really want to play house with this kid, what will you do if she keeps bothering you? Just have Lao Liang squat at the school gate and keep an eye on her."
“She’s right.” Yu Lu crossed his legs, with documents spread out on them, his face calm and composed: “Since the beginning of this year, the number of ability users in Prometheus has increased significantly, and ordinary police officers without equipment support will have a hard time dealing with them.”
Prometheus's frequent activities seem to have started with the change of leadership, a young leader known by the other members as the "Son of Manra," who was shrouded in mystery.
From the information they gathered, the new leader's name was "Achini".
By forcibly reading the memories of different people, they roughly reconstructed Achini's image, but neither his name nor his appearance could be found in Pigne's gene pool.
With no record of birth, no record of growth, and no record of entry, Achini appeared out of nowhere, like a ghost, suddenly appearing above Pines, bringing with him the blazing flames of Prometheus, and burning this city that flowed with Pandora into a blood-red blaze.
His fingertips lightly tapped on the document, listing all the accidents, big and small, which he haphazardly connected with red and blue ink—all masterpieces of Prometheus.
Large-scale events such as the overpass explosion and the invasion of Kornunos have gradually faded from public memory under their cover-up; smaller-scale events, like the attack on Shu Ningmiao tonight, will leave no trace.
"Tsk," the man in the driver's seat made an annoyed sound, exhaling a smoke ring. "All the military does is make sarcastic remarks and try to talk us out of line. It's useless. Let them handle it themselves. We need to resolve the hidden dangers without involving those big shots. There's no such thing as a free lunch."
Yu Lu's long, slender fingers fiddled with the documents in the folder, seemingly oblivious to everything, his expression calm and gentle.
The man knew he was an upright and selfless man; otherwise, the council wouldn't have entrusted him with such a mess and left him to handle it all alone.
But not everyone can endure the immense work pressure, public criticism, and the "uselessness" of the police department like he does with a robot. This year, an unusually large number of people have applied to resign.
I haven't had a day off for 124 consecutive days.
To be honest, if it weren't for the high salary, and the fact that he has two children, he would also want to quit his job.
Yu Lu looked up at him and instructed, "Go back to the Public Security Bureau first. Check Su Ni's account statements and all his interpersonal relationships. Also, retrieve the information about the Omniscient from the archives and put it on my desk. Thank you for your hard work."
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Shu Ningmiao was in a great mood. Knowing that the "omniscient" ability was unrelated to the game she was playing made her feel much more relaxed, and the threat to her was greatly reduced.
If the power of "omniscience" is really as sought-after as Prometheus's people say, at least she doesn't have to worry about being suspected by the Pinheid authorities because of this game. Even if Prometheus goes around saying that she is omniscient, no one will believe her.
The Public Security Bureau suspects Su Ni and will definitely focus their investigation on her activities, at which point she will be less conspicuous.
At the last Shi family banquet, under her persistent questioning, Miss Yang finally admitted that she did have contact with Su Ni. Only when Miss Yang refused to utter another word did she see Miss Yang off.
Miss Yang and Su Ni both knew each other's identities as members of Prometheus, so the humiliation in front of everyone was a complete conspiracy.
Shu Ningmiao remained still, wanting to see what he planned to do with Eric.
She took out her terminal and opened the game.
Fortunately, the military terminal is waterproof, otherwise she would have had to replace it.
The game redirected to the character information page. She opened the romance guide page, which she hadn't paid attention to in a long time. She glanced at it briefly and saw that You An's favorability rating was still the same, remaining in the range where they could barely be considered friends—and Su Ni was the same.
Judging from the level of favorability, Su Ni doesn't seem to dislike Erice; in fact, her favorability towards Erice is even slightly higher than that towards You An.
This number has absolutely no connection to his actions.
But upon closer reflection, the favorability rating in the game is ultimately just a number. It's impossible to fully express a person's emotions through addition and subtraction. Human emotions are complex, unpredictable, and ever-changing, just like her intrusion into Lin Chuiyun's mind, which is uncontrollable. If there were any other way, she would never use the "neural connection" ability again.
Perhaps Su Ni really considered Erici a friend, but that didn't stop him from taking advantage of her.
As for the one next to her, even without deliberately looking, Shu Ningmiao could glimpse the bright red -70 favorability rating below Wei Shengqianheng. This unprecedented favorability rating had never changed.
Could it be a bug in the game?
Shu Ningmiao distrusts the authority of the game, but she also distrusts Wei Shengqianheng.
Now that the suggestion has been placed in the mind of that 'neural connection' ability user, the next step is naturally to find someone.
The first person she planned to test was Wei Sheng Qian Heng.
But before that, she had something more important to do.
...That is to choose a gift for Shu Changyan.
This was indeed more difficult for her than getting a perfect score; the test paper had standard answers, but Shu Changyan did not.
From childhood to adulthood, she never needed to rack her brains to guess other people's preferences. The housekeeper would prepare appropriately priced gifts in advance based on the information, which was the purpose of her hiring others.
Among her family members, Shu's father didn't remember her birthday, so Shu Ningmiao never prepared gifts for his birthday banquet. The only similarity she inherited from her father was his complete indifference to the life and death of others.
She didn't quite remember what her brother said. In the middle of the year, Shu Changyan went to the closed military region and then left Pinne to do missions. He was often out of contact and probably didn't even remember her birthday.
When they were little, it seemed like they always spent this day together.
She also gave him some little trinkets, like a rough music box he made in craft class, cookies he failed to make in baking class, and a certificate of perfect grades to show off...
But she's an adult now! Of course, she can't give away those childish little junks anymore.
It was only at this point that she realized she seemed to know absolutely nothing about Shu Changyan's preferences.
Shu Ningmiao lay in her dormitory, hugging her pillow, and turned over in a conflicted manner.
Shu Changyan is like plain water, with no particular preferences. He has lived in the Shu family for so many years, but his room still looks like no one has ever lived there, with not a single thing he has added himself.
He also lacked the obvious interest in any particular area that Shi Yu had, and his reaction to art was indifferent and uninteresting.
She had no shortage of expensive gifts to give, but the executor at the top of the Pinnacle was equally not lacking in expensive presents.
After thinking for a while, Shu Ningmiao decided to let him choose for himself and took out her terminal to call Shu Changyan.
The call connected almost instantly.
After the school was invaded by Prometheus, Shu Changyan started messaging her more and more frequently, seemingly becoming more idle.
Perhaps because of the truce with Intori, Shu Changyan doesn't seem to have any plans to leave Pines capital recently. Shu Ningmiao only called to ask him about this matter when she had some free time in the next few days.
Shu Changyan's low voice came through the receiver, carrying a slightly distorted coldness: "Why are you calling me so late? Did you see the news?"
He paused for a moment, then said, "Those people have been dealt with. They'll be fine. You don't need to worry."
"What news?" Shu Ningmiao was stunned for a moment. She had been busy dealing with Prometheus and the police investigation all night and hadn't seen the news at all.
She sensed something was off and, afraid that Shu Changyan would pick up on something from her words, changed the subject: "Do you have time on your day off? Could you go shopping with me?"
“I want to buy a gift,” she added, trying to make her abrupt request seem more reasonable: “I’m worried about my safety if I go alone.”
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