Hidden Dead Ends

Li Chengyi couldn't shake the strange feeling from the last time he’d been home. The surge of malice that had appeared out of nowhere, only to vanish just as abruptly, had left him unsettled.

Even though the malice had ultimately dissipated, allowing him to absorb it and resolve any immediate danger, its sudden appearance and disappearance left him feeling uneasy.

He’d tested his ability to absorb malice; it only worked within a range of about 30 meters. This meant that at his house, within that radius, someone had suddenly harbored a deep, terrifying malice toward him, only for it to vanish inexplicably.

Such intense fluctuations in emotion didn’t seem normal—no ordinary person could harbor such volatile feelings so abruptly. This left Li Chengyi wondering if this mysterious person might have a mental instability.

He’d wanted to ask about this earlier, but the busyness of recent events had pushed it from his mind until now.

“Your sister?” Zhang Sinda replied. “We did notice she’s been involved with some rather complicated people recently. After she failed her Intellective Engineer exam and lost the registration fee, she got into a fight at school and beat someone up. Then, she started associating with people of... let’s say, questionable backgrounds.”

“People with questionable backgrounds?” Li Chengyi’s attention piqued. “Can we find out who they are?”@@novelbin@@

“It’s difficult. We’ve focused most of our resources on you. Your sister’s at a high-ranking military academy, where information is tightly controlled, and we can’t access much due to the military’s strict security. It’s expensive and challenging to get intel from a network-isolated academy,” Zhang Sinda explained.

“Of course, if you’re truly worried, we could assign someone to investigate, though we can’t guarantee results,” he added earnestly, glancing at Li Chengyi.

“If possible, I’d appreciate it,” Li Chengyi nodded firmly.