Light Barrier Novel Chapter 13

Light Barrier - Chapter 13: New Apartnt

“Due to the fire, the residence has been burned down. For now, you can make do with staying here.”

In front of an apartnt in Oto City.

Make do? Gu Shen stood at the door, his attention attracted by the fingerprint and iris dual recognition door lock. He was leaning over and squinting, trying to check the functions. He had never had to ‘make do’ like this in his life.

After fiddling around for a while, he still couldn’t figure out how to open the door lock.

Beep!

Nan Jin glanced at the young man, swiped a card, and strode into the apartnt.

The large apartnt was nearly two hundred square ters, with excellent lighting and clean windows, looking neat and tidy. With the door opening, layers of lights lit up. The smart ho was fully equipped, and the curtains swayed with the wind, revealing the sunset on the twenty-ninth floor.

The woman in the trench coat wearing sunglasses stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, bowed slightly, and made a symbolic welcoming gesture. “Here, distinguished Mr. Gu Shen, who finds yourself without a ho, co and take a look at the new ho the Adjudication Bureau has arranged for you.”

“Wow…” Gu Shen was stunned by the scene in front of him. During the car ride, although he had thought that the old man Zhou Jiren would definitely give him so sweetness next, he knew that money was a sugar-coated bomb, and he couldn’t fall too easily.

At this mont, he had a realization.

He was wrong.

Poverty had limited his imagination.

Seeing Gu Shen’s expression, Nan Jin smiled silently.

Those who knew her well knew that she was actually an iceberg woman who rarely smiled. To her, the most important thing in her life should be practicing the saber. Mr. Tree had protected her file very well, and almost no one in the Adjudication Bureau knew this woman’s background. They only knew she was a hard worker who would give her all every ti she carried out a mission.

Therefore, everyone speculated that this person who was working so hard probably had a very lonely background.

While taking care of Gu Shen, Nan Jin had looked at his file.

This young man was the truly lonely one. He had been fostered in an orphanage since he was a child and lived off the ager subsidies provided by the governnt. After he turned sixteen, he left the orphanage and earned money to support himself.

The thinner the file that recorded the past seventeen years of Gu Shen’s life was, the more distressing his life experience seed.

“How does it feel?”

“It feels…” Gu Shen tried hard to keep his gaze from wandering and said stubbornly, “This place… is alright, I

guess. It’s barely livable. Although it doesn’t quite match my status, it still suits my temperant.”

But three seconds later, unable to restrain his urge to see the entire apartnt, he caved in.

“Okay, I admit I’m a country bumpkin.” Gu Shen shalessly nodded. “But… what about the landlord?”

“I’ve taken care of it for you. Any problem money can solve isn’t a problem.”

When Nan Jin said this, her image in Gu Shen’s eyes imdiately beca as towering as a Buddha.

He imdiately had the urge to free ride on her.

“Oh, right.” Gu Shen suddenly rembered sothing. His Ruler of Truth and the orange cat… were still in the old building!

Just as he was about to speak, he heard a soft knock from the bedroom door.

“ow.” A lithe orange cat slowly tiptoed its way to Nan Jin’s feet. It rubbed its head against her pants leg, then flipped over to expose its belly and let out affectionate purrs. “Purr…”

The cold woman in the trench coat squatted down cooperatively and gently scratched the orange cat’s chin with her fingers. “Most of the things in that old apartnt were burned down. When we arrived, this cat was still alive. It’s lucky. Only so of its fur was burned off.”

When Gu Shen saw Chu Ling appear, his first reaction was nervousness, but he quickly relaxed.

Judging from the ungraceful posture, the one rolling back and forth for affection now should be the silly cat that he had brought back. For so reason, the consciousness of the young girl Chu Ling had already left this orange cat.

“After the fire, apart from this cat, was there anything else left in my apartnt?” Gu Shen asked tentatively.

“What else do you hope to have left?” Nan Jin raised her eyebrows. “Besides a broken table and a lousy bed, what else did your apartnt have?”

“… That’s true.” Gu Shen scratched his head. It looks like they haven’t discovered the Ruler of Truth. Did Chu Ling hide it?

“Rest well these days.” Nan Jin rubbed the orange cat twice before hugging the little guy and getting up. “The Adjudication Bureau is still determining your transcendental ability. There will be an assessnt in a few days. You can take it when you’ve recovered enough.”

“Assessnt? What kind of assessnt?”

“Everyone awakens different transcendental abilities, and the degree of danger varies as well. Although the degree of danger of transcendental power is related to the degree of developnt according to Mr. Turing’s theory, there are always so people who take a big step ahead of others as soon as they open their eyes.

“So people awaken transcendental abilities that can only bend spoons, while others… can easily burn down an entire building.” Nan Jin used a simple analogy and reminded him aningfully, “Last night, your first awakening resulted in the astonishing feat of killing two transcendents. The Adjudication Bureau will most likely give you an S-grade strength rating.”

“…” Gu Shen covered his forehead, feeling extrely apprehensive. “To be honest… I might not be as powerful as you think.”

“Don’t underestimate yourself.” Nan Jin shook her head, her gaze intense. “I’ve seen the photos of the roof. The destructive power is terrifying, far beyond that of most newbies. It’s been a long ti since Azure River District has seen a monster like you. What ability is it? Can you use it again?”

Gu Shen looked at his hands. Without the ruler, I seem to be just an ordinary person. How can I unleash such terrifying transcendental power?

After coming to this point through a twist of fate, Gu Shen suddenly felt that the troubles entangling him seed to be getting bigger and bigger.

On the day of the assessnt… the truth that he didn’t have transcendental power would likely be exposed.

“…” He was lost in thought.

Nan Jin had expected this and said softly “It seems you haven’t fully mastered this power. It doesn’t matter. Take your ti.

“But there’s sothing else I need to tell you. This ti, in order to secure your recruitnt, my teacher and the chief justice of the Penitentiary Bureau almost ca to blows. Because of the use of the pardon order, many people in the Adjudication Bureau are dissatisfied.”

“For those who are dazzling, there are always people who are envious, resentful, and hostile. There are always people who want to tarnish them, make them fall, and make them crumble.” Nan Jin put down the cat and looked straight at Gu Shen. “The more people try every ans possible to crush you, the more it indicates your endless potential and promising future. Instead of shrinking back, giving up, and resigning yourself to diocrity, why not rise up, fight, and forge your transcendental path?”

The orange cat owed and leaped away.

Nan Jin enunciated each word clearly. “If you want to wear a crown, you have to bear its weight.”

If you want to wear a crown, you have to bear its weight. Gu Shen looked up thoughtfully. “Did… Mr. Tree say these things?”

“Because of the pardon order, my teacher is busy dealing with those stubborn old people of the Adjudication Bureau. He’s in a terrible fix.

“I was improvising just now.” Nan Jin’s sunglasses slid down, revealing a tranquil gaze. “My teacher appreciates you a lot and said that you’re a very promising newcor. I have to give you so comfort. What do you think of the speech just now?”

“You said it so well,” Gu Shen praised earnestly but then changed his tune. “Don’t make any speeches next ti.”

“Tsk.” The woman in the trench coat didn’t think much of it. She adjusted her sunglasses and checked the concealed sabers under her coat while saying, “I have sothing important to do tonight, so I won’t accompany you. Rest well.”

Before leaving, she tossed another card over. “The password is your birthday. There’s so money in this account. Consider it compensation for selling yourself. There should be no problem with your daily expenses. My teacher asked

to tell you to relax. The assessnt results aren’t that important. After all, he already took a fancy to you before the fire.”