Light Fortress-Chapter 46 - 44 Reporting
46: Chapter 44 Reporting
46 -44 Reporting
“54 minutes!”
The Magic Dice had eerily stalled for a moment just before the final, simplest two steps.
The Redwood Judge stared at the dice, his heart in his throat for Gu Shen as he counted the seconds, agonizingly slow.
He speculated that the dice’s current pause was because the young man had exhausted a great deal of spiritual power and needed to stop and rest a bit before making the final sprint.
He must have reached his limit.
What a pity, what a pity.
Otherwise, his result could have been even faster… Although faster was already meaningless.
In previous audits, the fastest record for solving the Green Dice was 3 hours and 1 minute.
Gu Shen’s record was a whole two hours faster, and probably no faster records would be set for many years to come.
As the Magic Dice in his palm completed its final, intricate fit.
The young man slowly opened his eyes.
Dream Interpretation, complete!
At that very moment, each member of the audit team’s gaze was fixed upon Gu Shen’s face; they wanted to see the residual emotions of that dream in the youngster’s eyes… Everyone who had gone through the Green Dice retained in their eyes emotions such as fear and trepidation.
But there was nothing in Gu Shen’s eyes.
Clear and distinct in black and white, like a pristine lake.
So serene it was somewhat disappointing.
“Congratulations, you have completed the dream interpretation of the first Extraordinary Sealed Object, ‘Green Dice,'” the Grand Judge said indifferently.
He scrutinized Gu Shen, “Your performance is neither good nor bad, but you will need to speed up for the second one.”
The rest of the audit team remained silent.
Out of guilt, the Redwood Judge did not look into Gu Shen’s eyes.
He heard a gentle placement sound; the young man had set the Green Dice down in front of himself and said softly, “Is that so?
I need to speed up again… I thought I was already quite fast.”
“You can still be a little faster.
This is about the ‘S-level’ audit,” the Grand Judge spoke evenly, “If you feel that your spiritual power cannot sustain it… you can choose to give up now.”
Earlier, they had not seen any emotions like fear or trepidation in the boy’s eyes.
But they all felt it… Gu Shen had exhausted a great deal of spiritual power completing the Dream Interpretation of the Green Dice.
This was the required expenditure for Dream Interpretation!
“I choose to continue.”
Gu Shen smiled, reaching out to take the inverted hourglass from the table.
“Very well…” Tang Qingquan said, “If you’re ready to go into the dream, turn over the ‘Time Sand.’
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Gu Shen nodded.
He did not rush to start.
After understanding Tang Qingquan’s true nature, Gu Shen chose to ignore the Grand Judge’s urging words.
With the experience of the Green Dice, Gu Shen decided to observe this Sealed Object carefully before turning over the Time Sand… The Green Dice was about slicing space within a dream, requiring one to find the right pattern.
This hourglass, quite evidently, corresponded to the rule of time.
The sand within the hourglass was snow white, piled up like a small hill, and with a slight shake, the sand scattered normally.
After about a minute of shaking it from side to side a few times and examining it closely… There was nothing abnormal in appearance.
After ensuring nothing was overlooked,
He chose to turn the hourglass over slowly.
“Buzz.”
As expected, the moment he inverted his hourglass, his spiritual power started to drain uncontrollably, as if sucked into quicksand, along with thousands of grains of sand…
Because his spiritual power was too weak.
So he was directly hypnotized into the dream by the Sealed Object.
…
…
“Tang Qingquan.”
After seeing Gu Shen enter the dream, the Redwood Judge spoke seriously, “The audit process today will be recorded, and Zhou Jiren will see it as well.
If Gu Shen suffers a mental breakdown as a result of forcibly undergoing a second dream interpretation…
we will all be responsible, and you will be the first to answer for it.”
…
Tang Qingquan simply remained silent on this.
“Why are you making things difficult for a child?” the Judge Chief pressed.
“If it wasn’t Elder Zhao’s idea, why bother him?”
The Grand Judge, seated at the central bench, slowly looked toward the Redwood Judge beside him.
“Do you want to know why?”
Finally, he was no longer silent.
Grand Judge Tang Qingquan took a document envelope from the briefcase he carried with him.
“Ladies and gentlemen.
Just yesterday…
I received an allegation report.”
This statement caused the Redwood Judge to be taken aback: “An allegation report?
Someone reported Gu Shen?”
“It was submitted by Han Dang from the Judgement Institute,” Tang Qingquan said indifferently.
Everyone was familiar with the name Han Dang, a well-known and respected youngster, the leader of the younger generation at the Judgement Institute.
“He investigated Gu Shen’s case in Da Teng City…
about the truth behind that fire incident…” he put forth the envelope, “I think everyone should take a look at this allegation report.”
The moment the Redwood Judge received the document, his expression changed dramatically.
“Based on the on-site investigation and the profile…
there is sufficient reason to suspect…
that Gu Shen does not possess an Extraordinary Ability but has illegally used an Extraordinary Sealed Object…”
He read the content of the allegation report and couldn’t help but laugh out loud, muttering in a low voice, “Bullshit?
Since when can a profile serve as evidence!”
The Grand Judge also smiled silently.
“Indeed, a profile cannot serve as evidence.
If this allegation report hadn’t come from Han Dang…
I wouldn’t bother looking at it at all,” he said coldly.
“The key is the ‘investigated truth’ inside this report.”
“You’ve all come to Da Teng City to inspect Gu Shen’s Spiritual Potential…
and the risk of losing control,” he continued.
Tang Qingquan looked around, his voice growing louder by the moment: “We are here to verify whether he possesses ‘S-level’ capabilities or not.
But if this report is true…
and Gu Shen is merely an ordinary person, then we have a very serious problem!”
If this report were verified…
then fabricating the scene of the fire incident, seeking amnesty through deception, defrauding the council— a string of accusations would follow in rapid succession.
These could already be considered criminal charges.
“Han Dang is currently on the way to gather evidence,” the Grand Judge said calmly, “I have not yet reported this to Councilman Zhao.
If Han Dang gathers evidence and proves everything in the report is true…
you all understand what will happen, don’t you?”
The Redwood Judge clutched the report, sweat beading on his forehead.
He suddenly understood the real intention behind Tang Qingquan’s advocacy for extending the audit process…
If the five-person panel rated Gu Shen as ‘S’, and then Han Dang’s allegation report was investigated and verified, trouble wouldn’t just befall Gu Shen.
Without a doubt.
The correctness of the audit would be questioned, and the five-person panel would face the strictest scrutiny!
“We had better pray this is all a farce, an attempt at a counter-attack by Zhu Wang targeting the special amnesty incident involving Zhou Jiren…
If this report can be withdrawn, then everything will get back on track.”
In this moment, the Grand Judge finally clarified his stance, saying, “I have faith in this kid; there’s no doubt he has ‘S’ rank potential.
The prerequisite is…
he actually possesses Extraordinary Ability.”
