Li Aozi truly had not expected the Inspectorate to show up with a whopping 40 people. It wasn’t just the number of people, as Li Aozi was still quite confident in his movent skills.
The key was that each of the students who ca had a pet and a Magic Coffin with them, effectively sealing off the area.
Even with his wide-reaching influence, he couldn’t fend off dog noses sniffing and magic machinery scanning!
In that case, Li Aozi thought it over for a mont. Instead of clashing with them and forcing his way out, he decided it might be better to simply cooperate with the inspection and see if he could slip through.
If push ca to shove, he would just reveal that he had a Divine Sword and pin everything on Zaniya.
As for where Zaniya got it from? Li Aozi had already concocted a story.
This sword had been passed down for eight generations, and in his impoverished desperation, he decided to sell it. Accidentally cutting his finger and bonding with it through blood, he awakened a mysterious Sword Spirit sister and was guided onto the pathway of magic...
Before Li Aozi could decide whether his story would later include ’calling off an engagent’ or a ’plum dropping from the heavens’ romantic twist, soone from the Inspection Departnt approached him, instructed him to place his belongings on the ground, hug his head, squat down, and then started to check and confirm his identity.
"Confird—there’s no mistake, he’s indeed a freshman, and chat records testify that he’s here to look for lo Alleman, a third-year student."
The Inspectorate picked up Li Aozi and collected his biotric information, but they did not find any of his fingerprints or biological fragnts that had fallen on the scene.
After their cautious judgnt, they confird Li Aozi’s alibi. He was just an unlucky guy who had co over to find soone.
However, one of the students recognized him and ca over to interrogate:
"Are you called Leoz? Are you the freshman who, within a week of entering the school, learned nothing and lost more than a hundred points?"
"Yes," Li Aozi said confidently.
Usually, losing so many points would be a laughingstock, but at this mont it had surprisingly beco a strong piece of evidence to dismiss his suspicion.
"Then it’s fine; you can go," said the student, waving his hand.
Li Aozi nodded, ready to leave, when a female voice imdiately rang out:
"Wait! Isn’t the inspection over yet?"
Li Aozi turned his head, looking innocently at the newcor—a typical Tower Tribe woman with milky skin, a short jawbone, and not a bad-looking face, the kind that evoked pity, even in an armored suit with her annoyed-looking, cute face visible beneath a transparent face shield.
However, ever since seeing Glina Swirl and other beauties of that caliber, beauty had ceased to impress him.
Especially after his morning routine of facing the mirror, Li Aozi had grown completely immune to appearances.
Now, everyone he looked at seed just the sa as Lucite.
"This guy was at the cri scene, he’s a person of interest!"
Sylia ran over, fueled with zeal, and challenged:
"He could be the mastermind behind the Elent chaos; why aren’t you continuing with the inspection?"
"Body search, identity confirmation, and checking for an alibi—haven’t all these been confird?"
"What else? His biological frequency band, you haven’t checked that!"
A nearby upperclassman shrugged and explained to her:
"He’s Leoz, you know? In his first week of school, he lost a hundred points with virtually no progress on his pathway, still completely a Gamma Rank mortal."
"Lost a hundred points?!" Sylia was stunned.
"121 points," Li Aozi interjected.
"—And you seem proud of that? Even if you randomly filled in ’C’ for all the answers, it shouldn’t result in a loss of 121 points!"
Sylia hesitated, shaking her head, shaken by the news. But she was still not reassured and said to the upperclassman:
"Even if he isn’t the cause, he might be in possession of so highly dangerous item..."
"He doesn’t have the money for that, don’t worry. This guy is from Blue Chrysanthemum Village, a place so poor that even watching the news counts as entertainnt," the upperclassman said, waving his hand.
"Anyone could be the instigator of this Elent chaos, but it’s definitely not him."
"To be honest, that’s true."
"You say the ’Golden Princess’ Dialan did it, I believe that. But Leoz, co on."
"Hey, newbie, have you attended your Magic Practice class yet? (Li Aozi shows his own schedule)— Look, he doesn’t know a single practical class."
Almost everyone who knew Li Aozi stood up and testified for him. They all used various examples and ssages to corroborate that Leoz couldn’t possibly be the true culprit behind the scenes.
With his evidence complete, a few minutes later, the body of senior sister lo they had been searching for was also found, and the Information Rune on her confird Li Aozi’s claims.
"Look at this— ’Senior sister lo, I heard you are quite knowledgeable about mory-type Magic Potions. Could you help make a potion for digging into deep mories? I need such a thing to help improve my learning.’"
A senior student picked up the battered Information Rune and scrolled through the projection screen:
"’I know you, Leoz. Don’t worry, co over this afternoon, and we can have a good talk about this matter.’
He spread his hands:
"I told you, Sylia, you’re fine in every other way; it’s just that you’re too suspicious. But I guess it’s normal for a newbie."
Li Aozi had been quietly staying to one side, playing the part of a quiet beauty.
Indeed, his judgnt was right; this 146.88 in [Intelligence] truly hadn’t been added for nothing!
Together with his 204.1 points in [Charm], [Aura of Goodwill], holding concrete physical and testimonial evidence, being amiable in his daily conduct, having a good reputation, and cooperating with the investigation, he was indeed in the clear.
"I am not; I didn’t—"
Sylia was montarily at a loss for words when suddenly, she had a eureka mont and pointed at Li Aozi, saying:
"No, that’s not right! There’s one thing you haven’t checked!"
"What?" Several mbers of the Inspectorate beca puzzled.
Sylia said excitedly:
"The Implant Gear! You haven’t checked if his body is—"
"Enough!"
Sylia’s delicate body trembled, and then, a tall and burly figure clad in a full protective Armored Suit stepped forward, glaring at Sylia through the visor before turning apologetically to Li Aozi, saying:
"I apologize. Student Sylia is just a newbie, sorry for the trouble, she’s a freshman."
Li Aozi looked calm. Hearing this, he shook his head:
"It’s nothing, having suspicions is normal— see, there are so many seniors who believe in ."
"Right, Leoz, I’ve heard of your na too. Don’t worry, I’m aware of your situation. You won’t have any problems, go on back."
This senior was quite righteous, casually handing Li Aozi a protective mask:
"The elental radiation is severe around here, be careful."
Li Aozi was montarily touched, this big guy looked simple, but had a high EQ and was thoughtful enough to care for new students.
Actually, this was also nding a bug for himself—disasters caused by elental chaos were everywhere, and third-year seniors were all dressed head to toe; his light clothing seed a bit out of place.
Though as one with elental affinity, he didn’t need protection, he still put it on and acted as if he had ’breathed a sigh of relief,’ further alleviating any suspicions about himself.
At this point, Li Aozi decided to carry the act through to the end:
"Um, if possible, I would like to ask the seniors to search senior sister lo’s room for the agreed-upon Magic Potion. It’s truly important to ..."
"Don’t worry about it, that place is too dangerous, and it’s mostly been blown to bits." The big-headed senior shook his head: "But I can introduce you to soone; she might be able to help."
He grabbed his Information Rune and forwarded Li Aozi a contact card for soone nad ’Wendy Destis.’
"She’s over at the College of Diplomatic Relations, you discuss and contact her—just say I referred you."
Li Aozi was surprised, not expecting to encounter such a genuinely good Samaritan these days:
"Uh, thank you, but I don’t even know your na?"
"? Oh, silly —just call Modote."
The big guy said nonchalantly:
"The full na is: Mordoctor Husserl."
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