Chapter 76: The Dead in Academy City

Monitor blind spots.

This was an item that did not exist when the Academy City was first designed. The privacy of students was not taken into consideration when the Academy City was first designed, and surveillance cameras were installed almost everywhere.

And they are all the latest models of cameras with various functions.

but--

The situation changed when students began to enter Academy City. Although no one destroyed the surveillance cameras, the images captured by the surveillance cameras were still occasionally distorted and confused.

This kind of thing would happen, and Betsy Hogg, the director of the Academy City network, expressed it this way: "A person with abilities is definitely a person with abilities."

"Hundreds of thousands of students naturally have hundreds of thousands of different abilities. They can't disrupt the network, after all, I am inside the network, but it's no problem to cause some impact on reality. After all, no matter how advanced the surveillance camera is, it still relies on 'optics'."

"If you want to make some impact, let alone S-level ability users, even D-level ability users can do it."

"To put it simply, they are artificial blind spots for surveillance, and the locations of these artificial blind spots are always moving. After all, they are created by super powers, so we just need to activate the powers repeatedly."

So can't we catch these people with special abilities and take action against them for their behavior of disrupting surveillance?
"We will catch those we can."

"I will also continue to share the locations of blind spots with the police station, and whenever such places appear, I will ask them to conduct on-site patrols. However, those who were able to be caught by us were all very 'ordinary' students."

"Because I have awakened my ability, I am curious and use it secretly, which creates blind spots in surveillance or damages surveillance in the process."

"It is difficult to detect and deal with the 'surveillance blind spots' created by those who truly understand what surveillance is and have the self-awareness to hide their own actions."

"It's hard for me to find these blind spots. The information displayed by the camera is normal, but something has actually happened under the camera but it won't be recorded. So what can I do?"

"My field is limited to the Internet. I can't handle things in the real world."

"If we want to observe these areas, we can only rely on the successful construction of the Sanctuary. Having said that, I think even if the Sanctuary is successfully built, we may not be able to observe them."

"Although we were the ones who led the Academy City in the beginning, after these superpowered people entered, this Academy City has formed one wonderful domain after another. Some superpowered people have begun to [build nests] here. I would not be surprised if a building with a surface area of ​​1,000 square meters actually has an internal area of ​​10,000 or 100,000 square meters."

"It's very difficult to make the surveillance work properly in this situation."

This Academy City has already begun to build its own dark side without its owner realizing it.

"The missing person is Anil Musahar, of Bharat descent, with the ability of physical enhancement, grade C, ten years old, fourth grade student, and usually has a friendly relationship with his classmates, nothing special."

Li Jiantao, the police chief of Academy City, recounted the situation he had investigated to Yunian: "If there is anything special, it should be his lifestyle. He only eats one meal a day, and it is only a vegetarian diet. He does not cover himself with a blanket when he sleeps at night, and his bed is dismantled to only the wooden board."

"Um"

Yu Nian thought for a moment and nodded: "He should be practicing something. That C-level ability should be fake. In fact, his ability should be related to the practice he is doing."

Looking at Anil's photo, Yunian said, this is a ten-year-old boy of Bharat origin with a height of 1.7 meters and a strong body. If it weren't for some superpower, it would be impossible for him to have such a body shape given his habit of eating only one vegetarian meal a day.

It is even possible to die directly from starvation or malnutrition.

It must be a superpower. It must not be the physical enhancement mentioned in the record.

"There really are some messy people with special abilities sneaking into my Academy City." Yu Nian supported her chin and smiled slightly. She didn't know why she gave people a different feeling now than before.

Because of the appearance of the super S-level ability user, she has been depressed these two days and has spoken less.

But now she feels like she has changed back.

"However, no matter what the reason is, since you have entered Academy City through formal channels and become a part of this place, you are mine. Director Li, do you have any clues?"

Li Jiantao shook his head. "The last time he was seen was at 3pm on August 5th, in the student dormitory. He left the dormitory that day and never came back. The surveillance footage is consistent with this."

This is what superpower crime is like.

Although we know that it is a superpower crime, if a criminal consciously hides himself, it will be extremely difficult to successfully find the criminal.

Of course, it's not completely impossible.

"I understand. You don't have to worry about it anymore. Leave it to us." Yunian nodded: "Someone will take care of it."

Those who are able to handle the search for clues, in this situation the abilities of Qian Yuerong or Yue Jianxian can come in handy.

Their ability highlights one word: "all-round".

However, if Yue Jianxian wants to find the criminal, he first needs to find a novel with relevant abilities, then read it once and extract the relevant cultivation methods, and then he needs to spend time practicing.

I don’t know how many months it will take to complete this process.

It's okay to prepare beforehand, but it's useless to rely on Moon Sword Immortal when the time comes.

Qian Yuerong is different. Although her ability cannot last forever like Yue Jianxian, she can just draw and bring the people in the painting to life in various complex situations, and then use the abilities of the people in the painting to find the criminals.
If the scientific side can't find it, then the psychic side will. Such a vicious incident in Academy City must not be allowed to happen. Moreover, a psychic who hides his true ability is likely to have memories of the old world. Just disappearing like this is unusual no matter how you look at it, and it smells like conspiracy.

"It was suicide."

The person who walked out of Qian Yuerong's painting quickly found the last moment when Anil was not on the surveillance camera. With the ability of the person in the painting, Anil's last moment was "replayed".

Anil walked to an empty corner and stabbed his own neck with the dagger in his hand without saying a word. His life naturally came to an end with this action.

After that, the surrounding space seemed to come alive and "swallowed" Anil, leaving no trace of him.

Anil died just like that.

"What do you think?" Yu Nian asked as he looked at the scene in front of him.

"I don't know." Qian Yuerong shook her head slightly: "I have roughly understood the situation. The method of killing is probably related to the ability of the spiritual side. I can only identify it directly, right? Use the ability of prophecy."

　PS: It will be on the shelves tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)