Chapter 77: He Is a Human Satellite

"I've always wanted to ask—what exactly is your identity? You must be a superhuman, and quite a high-level one at that. You seem to know a lot about things, often before I do. Are you part of some special superhuman department?"

Liam typed out the message quickly, looking down at his phone.

Sophia, standing outside the student dormitory, felt her heart skip a beat upon reading his message.

Oh no, did I make it too obvious?

She had just received information about a large-scale disturbance near the academy. With her years of experience as a superhuman, she sensed that something was off.

It wasn't just that the entire superhuman world had become turbulent recently; it seemed like a specific force was targeting Eastern Academy.

Worried that Liam might act on his own, like when he previously pursued human traffickers, she checked the dorms. Seeing he wasn't there, she sent a message using the Yogurt Stick persona.

Who would have thought that her concern would make her seem suspicious?

Staring blankly at her phone, Sophia didn't know how to respond for a long time.

Then, another message from Liam arrived:

"What's wrong? Is it inconvenient for you to say? Are you in some kind of trouble?"

Startled back to her senses, Sophia quickly replied:

"My identity isn't exactly ordinary. Yes, I'm a superhuman.

I'm not trying to keep things from you; it's just that my situation is a bit complicated.

Can we talk about this another time? I'll explain everything then."

Seeing the explanation from Yogurt Stick, Liam shrugged slightly, not thinking much of it.

To him, this was all pretty normal—there were bound to be some hidden departments in this world.

His impression of Yogurt Stick had been that of a lively, slightly quirky, and cheerful girl.

He hadn't expected her to be involved with a secretive department. People's appearances and inner selves really could differ greatly...

He put these thoughts aside for now, as it seemed there were more pressing issues at hand.

"Are you really in the PR department? Quit and join us in the Patrol Division!"

A woman's voice suddenly interrupted his thoughts. Nina had come up to him, speaking earnestly.

Liam, of course, didn't agree. He reiterated that he needed his credits and then flew back toward the academy.

Nina watched him take off, dumbfounded, her lips slightly parted—still red from earlier when she'd coughed up blood.

"Fifth realm..." she murmured.

"Xiaomei, are you okay?!"

Just then, other Patrol Division members arrived on the scene, helping Nina to her feet and taking in the icy sculptures scattered about.

"Did someone come to help you? Was it one of the high-level seniors? Or the Ice War Goddess?!"

With her teammates' support, Nina stood up slowly, her eyes still dazed as if she were dreaming.

"No, it wasn't...

The person who helped me was... from the PR department..."

"What?!" Her teammates were dumbfounded.

Several dozen minutes later, as darkness began to fall, a group of about ten people had gathered on the Eastern Academy field.

This group included the heads of the six special departments, Vice Principal Tang Jinyi, Sophia, and a few instructors.

Ordinarily, the PR department wouldn't be present at such meetings, but this time, Liam had become an exception.

Having just joined the PR department, he had quickly become its figurehead...

Everyone looked grave, understanding that with the situation spread so widely, it couldn't be simple.

"Choosing to act at night, this is really troublesome!"

"If we don't handle this well, the social impact could be disastrous. The freshmen have just started; there's so much to do, and now this."

"Let's quickly send our people out to the various locations. The Patrol Division has already sustained casualties."

"We have to be careful not to harm the civilians... they're just regular people."

Each department head spoke up. Here, their words held significant weight.

In the world of superhumans, the teacher-student dynamic differed from the norm.

Take Sophia, for instance; officially, she hadn't graduated yet, but her power surpassed that of most instructors at Eastern Academy.

These department heads were similar. They had more say over their respective areas than the academy's instructors.

In this place, it was true that "students do not have to be inferior to their teachers, nor must teachers always surpass their students."

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's move! There's nothing more to discuss here, and we don't even know all the locations where things are happening. The longer we delay, the more likely something bad will happen!"

The head of the Special Action Division, clearly agitated, said brusquely.

Then, he looked at Liam, who had been standing quietly to the side with his eyes closed.

"A PR department guy? I've never seen you before. Isn't the PR department just for cleaning up after us? Do you have anything to say?"

"Don't disturb him," Sophia interjected, causing the head of Special Actions to pause.

A brief silence fell over the group, everyone watching Liam, who was still standing with his eyes closed, frowning deeply.

Just as some of the other department heads were about to speak up, Liam's eyes suddenly snapped open, and he spoke:

"A map!"

Turning to Tang Jinyi, he said, "A bird's-eye map of the entire school—and I need a pen!"

Tang Jinyi, not sure what he was up to, quickly produced a map and handed it to him.

Laying the map flat on the ground, Liam began marking circles on it without a word. Soon, the entire map was filled with what looked like a dense network of dots.

"These are the places I've sensed where there are bewitched individuals. Send people to these locations, and hurry."

As he marked the map, Liam explained, his words drawing everyone's attention. They all gathered around to look, shocked to see he had marked over a hundred red circles.

It felt like they had been given direction when they had previously been running around aimlessly. They hadn't expected there to be so many!

It was as if he were a human satellite!

"Hey, are you sure about this? Are you some kind of psychic?"

Liam didn't answer but instead stood up and asked, "I have a question. The Eastern Academy should have high-level psychics, right?"

"Yes!" Seeing his serious expression, Tang Jinyi responded curtly.

"Then here's an interesting question:

If I'm not mistaken, none of those high-level psychics are here tonight, correct?"

As Liam spoke, his deep gaze met Tang Jinyi's, as if hinting at something.