75: Chapter 75 Captain Jiang, he is definitely not an ordinary person.

Gu Lang remained silent for a long time.

He looked down at the word "abandon" on the first page of Su Yun's foreign language textbook, circled three times in red ink, and then looked at Su Yun's expression, which was so serious it bordered on devout.

For a moment, he couldn't tell if Su Yun was warning him or if he truly just didn't know how to memorize it.

Chu Youwei turned around and said gloomily, "He spent all morning yesterday memorizing it, and he's still on the first page today."

Gu Lang: "..."

Su Yun said expressionlessly, "The foundation must be consolidated repeatedly."

Li Hao poked his head over, "Brother Yun, why don't you stop consolidating? I feel like you're about to consolidate 'abandon' to death."

Su Yun looked at him, "Have you finished your triple homework assignment?"

Li Hao instantly shrank back, "I didn't say anything just now."

The Homeroom Teacher stood on the podium, took a deep breath, and tried hard to pull the classroom order back from the absurd shadows of the Saintess, the Investigation Bureau, window-climbing bodyguards, and homework exemptions for dead people.

"Alright, everyone open your foreign language textbooks. Today, we will have a dictation of the first unit's vocabulary."

"Ah!!" The whole class wailed.

Su Yun's fingers paused. Gu Lang keenly captured this moment.

This man faced the Strange Talk Sequence without a ripple of emotion. He remained calm in the face of the Investigation Bureau's closed-door interrogation. He even found it annoying when two A-Class Arbitrators climbed through the window to provide close-protection. But when he heard about the vocabulary dictation, his breathing faltered.

Gu Lang suddenly felt he had discovered some kind of weakness. He lowered his voice, "Are you afraid of foreign languages?"

Su Yun looked at him indifferently, "I'm afraid it will affect my path to becoming a god."

Gu Lang: "..."

Chu Youwei couldn't help but laugh out loud and handed over a small note. Su Yun opened it. The key vocabulary words for the first unit were written neatly on it.

Su Yun raised his eyes, "This is cheating."

Chu Youwei rested her chin in her hand, "This is humanitarian aid from a beauty to a hidden big shot."

Su Yun was silent for two seconds, then pushed the note back. "I, Su Yun, have always acted with integrity and openness throughout my life."

Chu Youwei raised an eyebrow, "You really don't want it?"

Su Yun silently pulled the note back. "But one cannot hold a grudge against grades."

Gu Lang watched this scene, and for the first time, confusion appeared in his pitch-black eyes.

The Homeroom Teacher began distributing the dictation papers. Su Yun gripped his pen, his expression grave, as if he were about to face a King-level Strange Tale.

Gu Lang whispered, "Do you need me to help you?"

Su Yun glanced sideways, "You know how?"

Gu Lang said calmly, "I have received special training in twelve languages from the High Command."

Su Yun's eyes brightened slightly. The next second, the Homeroom Teacher spoke coldly, "New student, whispering during class, add one more page to your dictation."

Gu Lang: "..." Su Yun gently patted his shoulder. "Welcome to high school."

...

It only took ten minutes for Gu Lang to finish and walk out of the classroom. The moment the door closed, the calmness on his face sank away.

The corridor was very quiet. The sound of morning self-study reading leaked out from the cracks in the doors of each classroom. Gu Lang walked all the way to the restroom at the end of the floor. After confirming that the stalls were empty, he took out a black communicator.

The communicator had no screen. There was only a dark gold pattern on it. He pressed it. Three seconds later. Captain Jiang's voice came through. "Speak."

Gu Lang got straight to the point, "Captain Jiang, investigate Su Yun."

There was a pause on the other end of the communicator. "He has already been investigated."

Gu Lang's eyes narrowed, "And the results?"

Captain Jiang: "An ordinary person."

The restroom went quiet. The faucet dripped a drop of water. Gu Lang looked at himself in the mirror. His pitch-black pupils had no whites. He said word by word, "Say that again."

Captain Jiang: "Su Yun, male, eighteen years old, a third-year student at Linhai No. 2 High School. Clean family background. No official Awakening record. No Strange Tale pollution index. No spiritual energy anomaly filings. Conclusion: an ordinary person."

Gu Lang: "..." He slowly took a breath. "Captain Jiang." "Hm." "He has already died."

There was no sound on the other end of the communicator. Gu Lang continued, "I saw it using Corpse Peering. He died at the hands of the D-Class Strange Tale, the Slit-Mouthed Woman. Heartbeat stopped, Soul left the body. This is a confirmed record of death."

Captain Jiang: "And then?" Gu Lang was stunned, "And then?"

Captain Jiang's tone was flat, "Isn't he in class right now?"

Gu Lang almost crushed the communicator. "That is the problem!"

Captain Jiang: "You are too nervous."

Gu Lang's voice turned cold, "My Sequence Core is trembling next to him. The Corpse-eating Dog dares not poke its head out. My identification chip cracked. When Investigation Bureau personnel tried to test him, the Saintess token directly suppressed their authority. Two A-Class Arbitrators are crouching outside the window protecting him."

Captain Jiang: "Hm." Gu Lang: "Hm?"

Captain Jiang: "All of that is in the file."

Gu Lang's eyelid twitched. "All of it?"

Captain Jiang: "Except for your identification chip cracking. You have to report that loss yourself."

Gu Lang: "..." He finally understood. It wasn't that he had discovered an anomaly. It was that the higher-ups already knew about the anomaly, yet they insisted on telling him he was an "ordinary person."

Gu Lang lowered his voice, "Captain Jiang, he is absolutely not an ordinary person."

Captain Jiang: "He is." Gu Lang: "He is not." Captain Jiang: "He is."

Gu Lang: "I can feel it." Captain Jiang: "Your feelings do not possess administrative validity."

Gu Lang gripped the communicator, his finger bones clicking. "Captain Jiang, I didn't come here to listen to you read file conclusions."

Captain Jiang's tone remained steady, "The file conclusion is the conclusion."

Gu Lang gritted his teeth, "You call someone who can make a Corpse-eating Dog play dead 'ordinary'?"

Captain Jiang: "Ordinary people can also be relatively special."

Gu Lang stopped moving. "How special?" Captain Jiang: "Your authority is insufficient."

The restroom was quiet again. Gu Lang looked in the mirror. In the mirror, he was pale, his eyes pitch-black. Like someone who had just sat up from a coffin. But at this moment, he felt like an intern being played by his boss.

"Captain Jiang." "Speak." "If my authority is insufficient, why the hell are you telling me anything?"

There was a second of silence on the other end. Captain Jiang: "Watch your language." Gu Lang: "I am watching it very carefully right now."

Captain Jiang: "The files related to Su Yun have been classified under the cross-confidentiality of the High Command, the Investigation Bureau, and the Saintess. All you can know is that he is an ordinary student."

Gu Lang sneered, "An ordinary student holding a Saintess token?"

Captain Jiang: "Family connections."

Gu Lang: "An ordinary student being closely protected by two A-Class Arbitrators?"

Captain Jiang: "Security requirements."

Gu Lang: "An ordinary student who has died and can still attend class?"

Captain Jiang: "A medical miracle."

Gu Lang's vision went dark. He finally understood why Executive Jiang Xu could be an Executive. This man wasn't just stubborn. This man could talk a coffin lid into being a bed board.

Gu Lang paused for two seconds and changed the question. "Then why did you insist on me joining this class?"

Captain Jiang: "To draw out the reservoir monster."

Gu Lang: "But I can't release my aura in the classroom."

Captain Jiang: "That is your problem."

Gu Lang: "..." He took a deep breath. "Captain Jiang, I released it. But just as I released a little bit, it was suppressed by Su Yun."

Captain Jiang paused on the other side. "How did he suppress it?" Gu Lang: "With an eraser."

There was a brief silence in the communicator. Gu Lang added, "Later, he tapped the desk with a pen, shattering my illusion projection on Chu Youwei."

Captain Jiang: "You used an illusion on an ordinary student?"

Gu Lang: "It was just a mild probe."

Captain Jiang's voice turned colder, "Gu Lang, your mission is to induce high-level Strange Tales, not to harm students."

Gu Lang lowered his voice, "I know. That's why I withdrew it."

Captain Jiang: "If there is another time, I will personally drag you back to the High Command."

Gu Lang did not refute. Captain Jiang continued, "You have two missions at Linhai No. 2 High School. First, release the Strange Talk Sequence aura to attract the target. Second, protect student Su Yun."

Gu Lang thought he had misheard. "Protect who?" "Su Yun." "Me?" "Yes." "Protect him?" "Yes."

Gu Lang looked at the restroom door, his expression finally breaking. "Captain Jiang, do you want to listen to what you are saying?"

Captain Jiang: "I am very clear-headed."

Gu Lang: "He needs me to protect him?" Captain Jiang: "This is a decision by the High Command."

Gu Lang: "He is sitting right next to me, my Sequence Core is almost scared to death. And you want me to protect him?"

Captain Jiang: "Your authority is insufficient; you don't need to understand."

Gu Lang: "..." Very good. Here it comes again. Gu Lang really wanted to apply for a transfer to Dahuang Prefecture right now. At least Old Fengdu wouldn't tell him his authority was insufficient.

He said coldly, "If he is truly an ordinary person, why does the High Command want me to protect him?"

Captain Jiang: "Because he has value for stabilizing the situation."

Gu Lang: "What value?" Captain Jiang: "Your authority is insufficient."

Gu Lang closed his eyes. Three seconds later. He opened them. "Then what if I can't protect him?"

Captain Jiang: "Do your best."

Gu Lang: "What if I get eaten by him?"

Captain Jiang: "He doesn't eat people."

Gu Lang: "How do you know?" Captain Jiang: "The files indicate so."

Gu Lang: "The files also indicate he is an ordinary person." Captain Jiang: "That is correct."

Gu Lang: "..." This conversation is impossible.

Captain Jiang's tone softened slightly, "Gu Lang, don't judge everything using your sequence instincts. High-level existences are not necessarily enemies. Student Su Yun has not shown any tendency to actively harm society at the moment."

Gu Lang sneered, "He just hasn't shown it?" Captain Jiang: "That's why you are there."

Gu Lang understood. He was bait. He was also an observation post. He was also a bodyguard. When necessary, he might even be the scapegoat. The High Command's calculations were so slick that even a Corpse-eating Dog would wag its tail upon hearing them.

Captain Jiang finally said, "Maintain contact. Do not provoke him. Do not attempt to forcefully investigate. And do not create panic in the school."

Gu Lang: "Then how do I lure the monsters?" Captain Jiang: "Your aura."

Gu Lang: "I said, I can't release it." Captain Jiang: "That is your problem."

The communication cut off. Gu Lang stood in the restroom, staring at the communicator for a full five seconds. Then he cursed in a low voice, "Insufficient authority your ass."

The water tank next door flushed. Gu Lang's body stiffened. The door to the innermost stall of the restroom slowly pushed open. Li Hao walked out, pulling up his pants. The two locked eyes. Li Hao blinked. Gu Lang: "..." Li Hao: "..."

The atmosphere in the restroom instantly froze. Li Hao spoke with difficulty, "Student Gu, if I said I was just memorizing vocabulary the whole time, would you believe me?"

Gu Lang didn't speak. Li Hao immediately raised his hands, "I didn't hear anything! What ordinary person, what protecting Su Yun, what insufficient authority—I didn't hear a single word!"

Gu Lang looked at him. Li Hao's face turned pale. "Really! I have a very tight lip!"

Gu Lang took a step forward. Li Hao stepped back, his back pressing against the wall. "What are you doing? Let me tell you, my Brother Yun is very powerful!"

Gu Lang stopped. This sentence was very effective. More effective than a spiritual energy lock. He looked at Li Hao, his voice dry, "Why do you think Su Yun is powerful?"

Li Hao was stunned for a moment. Then he said with conviction, "Because he can get the teacher to exempt us from homework."

Gu Lang: "..." Li Hao continued, "He can also make the Investigation Bureau apologize, have Saintess bodyguards climb through windows, have the school beauty pass him cheat sheets, and have the Homeroom Teacher protect him. Most importantly, he gets full marks in math."

Gu Lang was silent. In this class, full marks in math seemed to have more deterrent power than a Saintess token. ...