After a thousand years of cultivation, he returns at the pinnacle!

Chapter 17: Documents from the Bureau of Extraterritorial Affairs

Inside the president's office of Jiangzhou College.

Zhang Jianguo sat behind his large desk, the ashtray in front of him overflowing with cigarette butts. The sun shone brightly outside, but his face was so gloomy it seemed ready to drip water.

Three documents were spread out on the desk.

The first file contained the Awakened One files of Liu Ruyan and Lin Feng. S-rank talent! Two S-rank talents! In the thirty-year history of Jiangzhou Academy, the number of years it has had two S-rank students simultaneously is extremely limited. This should have been his most glorious year as principal, a year he could proudly hold his head high at the Education Bureau's year-end summary meeting.

But now?

Liu Ruyan is dead, and Lin Feng is ruined.

Two S-class individuals, one turned to ashes, the other became a cripple.

Zhang Jianguo closed his eyes, his heart heavy with the series of bad news that had been coming one after another these past few days.

He knew Liu Ruyan was dead.

The official report said it was an accidental fire, but Zhang Jianguo has been working in Jiangzhou for over 20 years, what kind of situation hasn't he seen?

The fire at the Liu family's house was strange, eerie, and chilling.

How could such a large family as the Liu family, with an S-level Awakened being in charge, be wiped out by a natural fire?

If such words were to spread, only children who haven't yet developed their intelligence would believe them.

What chilled him to the bone even more was that Jiang Chen was present on the night Liu Ruyan and Lin Feng were crippled, and it was said that Jiang Chen had been invited to the Liu family as a guest on the very night the Liu family was wiped out.

He looked down at the second document on the table, which was Jiang Chen's academic record.

The boy in the photo has handsome features and a gentle gaze; he looks like an ordinary top student.

But the records in his file were anything but ordinary—he was first in his grade for three consecutive years, ranking first in all subjects, including swordsmanship, martial arts, combat, and tactical theory. Apart from having no connections, his achievements undoubtedly made him a prodigy, and he was hailed as the hope of humanity within the school.

To this day, Zhang Jianguo still remembers the scene on the day of awakening in his senior year of high school.

That day, he personally stood outside the testing room, waiting for Jiang Chen's results. The entire school was waiting, and everyone firmly believed that this child would awaken a talent that would astound the world.

Then the results came out.

Those who lack ability.

Zhang Jianguo thought he had misheard.

He rushed straight to the testing station and personally stared at the testing device three times. The screen clearly displayed the words: Awakening State - None.

At that moment, Jiang Chen, who was standing next to him, was stunned, like a walking corpse, and the confident look in his eyes was gone.

He felt as if his heart had been squeezed tightly.

It's not for the school's loss, it's for that child.

He had witnessed too many students break down after Awakening Day, but Jiang Chen remained remarkably calm that day, a calmness that was heartbreaking. He simply stood up silently, walked out of the testing room silently, and disappeared into the crowd, passing through the shocked, regretful, and gloating gazes.

Zhang Jianguo thought at the time that the child needed time, space, and time to gradually accept the result.

So he approved Jiang Chen's leave and let him rest at home for a few days. Of course, he did not make a decision on Jiang Chen's follow-up arrangements at the time, because this world's first case had just happened at Jiangzhou College, and he and other school leaders probably had to discuss it.

The file at the very bottom was sent last night.

The above content is very simple.

The Liu family incident is classified as an internal feud and will not be pursued further. Jiang Chen, a student at Jiangzhou Academy, will be handled according to normal procedures. He must not be discriminated against, given special treatment, or targeted in any way. Finally, no interference with any of Jiang Chen's actions is permitted! This order, confirmed by the Awakened Ones Affairs Administration, has the highest legal force.

Zhang Jianguo never expected that this message came from the Awakened Ones Affairs Bureau. A powerless person had directly alarmed the Awakened Ones Affairs Bureau.

Do they really need to issue a special document to make arrangements?

Everyone knows that Jiang Chen comes from an ordinary family; he has absolutely no connections whatsoever.

Or is it true, as my intuition tells me, that Jiang Chen and the massacre of the Liu family are inextricably linked?

Jiang Chen's special status even allowed the Bureau of Affairs to turn a blind eye to what he did.

Zhang Jianguo held the document in his hand, his fingertips turning slightly white.

"Prohibit interference in any of Jiang Chen's actions? Follow normal procedures?"

He pondered those words and gave a bitter laugh.

What is a normal procedure?

An incompetent person goes to Class 5, hangs out with the students from the Life Studies Department, finds an ordinary job after graduation, and lives a mundane life—that's the normal procedure.

But why would someone capable of wiping out the Liu family just coast along in Class Five?

Zhang Jianguo put down the documents, stood up, and walked to the window.

The sunlight outside the window was blinding, so he squinted and looked at the playground.

All the senior students had gathered on the playground. Six classes, more than 300 people, were arranged in six square formations according to class order. The students from Class 1 to Class 3 wore dark blue combat uniforms with the academy's emblem embroidered on their chests, each holding their heads high and their eyes filled with the arrogance of combat-type awakened beings.

Students from Class 4 to Class 6, dressed in ordinary school uniforms, stood on the other side, like two worlds deliberately separated.

Zhang Jianguo's eyes searched through the crowd.

He saw the formation of the Fifth Platoon. Seventeen men stood sparsely in two rows, looking listless, a stark contrast to the spirited combat platoons next to them.

Then he saw Jiang Chen.

The boy stood at the back of Class 5's line, with only Wang Kai beside him. He was wearing the same ordinary school uniform as everyone else, without any special markings or special treatment, just as the orders from above required—to be handled according to normal procedures.

But when Zhang Jianguo looked at him, he found it particularly irritating.

It wasn't because Jiang Chen did anything unusual.

On the contrary, it's perfectly normal.

He was so normal that he didn't seem like someone who had just experienced a failed awakening, betrayal by his girlfriend, and ridicule from the entire school.

He was so normal that he didn't seem like someone who might have just wiped out an Awakened Family.

He stood there, his face calm, his gaze sweeping lightly over the students around him, over those who deliberately kept their distance from him, over the pointing fingers and whispering voices.

Then he looked away and gazed at the distant teaching building, as if admiring the scenery, or perhaps not seeing anything at all.

Zhang Jianguo suddenly remembered what Jiang Chen looked like when he first enrolled three years ago.

Back then, the boy walked through the campus, greeted by students and praised by teachers wherever he went. His eyes shone brightly, radiating youthful vigor and boundless hope for the future. He was the pride of Jiangzhou College, the embodiment of human hope in everyone's eyes.

What now?

He now stood at the edge of the crowd, surrounded by a vacuum that had automatically formed around him. Some pointed and whispered about him, some laughed with relief, and some muttered things like "first in the world," "trash," and "serves him right."

He can hear everything, right?

Even from this distance, Zhang Jianguo could see that many students' eyes were fixed on Jiang Chen, and how could he, being present at the scene, not know?

However, Jiang Chen did not react at all.

He just stood there, his face expressionless, as if those words weren't directed at him, as if those gazes weren't directed at him, as if he were merely an observer watching a play that had nothing to do with him.

Jiang Chen seemed to sense something, and slightly turned his head to look in the direction of the teaching building.

Several hundred meters away, separated by the bustling crowd on the playground and the glaring sunlight, Zhang Jianguo couldn't see his expression.

But he saw those eyes clearly.

His eyes were like a bottomless ancient well, without any ripples or emotions, as if everything in the world was nothing but fleeting clouds in his eyes.

Zhang Jianguo's heart clenched suddenly.

Jiang Chen, on the surface, appears to be the world's first person without abilities, but at this stage, he seems to have become an existence that even the Awakener Administration Bureau finds difficult to touch.

Is it forbidden to interfere with any of Jiang Chen's actions? That's interesting...

With that in mind, Zhang Jianguo decided to join the group today to see how the senior high school students were performing.