385: Chapter 385 A series of bizarre coincidences!

"Slam!"

A cold-faced, middle-aged man in a black suit slammed a thick stack of top-secret files heavily onto the table.

"An interesting little fellow."

The man in the black suit leaned his hands on the edge of the table, his gaze sweeping over the big shots present as he spoke in a low voice:

"In the two hours since the match ended, our Intelligence Department has retrieved all of Jiang You's records from childhood to the present, investigating him thoroughly without missing a single word."

"From Jiang City, to Magic City, and now to the Imperial Capital!"

The man in the black suit took a deep breath and pointed at the data in the Jiang City column, the corners of his eyes twitching wildly:

"Please look, everyone! Less than a year ago, this Jiang You was expelled from school because his vitality value was a pitiful 0.8, which couldn't even touch the threshold of a Tier 1 martial artist!"

"And now..."

The suit-wearing man's voice dropped, yet it carried a penetrating power that made everyone's scalp tingle:

"In less than a single year, he completed a transformation that can only be described as magnificent."

"According to the vitality fluctuations he released on the high platform this morning, after analysis by our Technical Department's instruments..."

The man in the suit took a deep breath and uttered, word by word, the conclusion that shattered everyone's common sense of martial arts:

"His strength has reached at least the mid-Tier 5!"

"In other words, his vitality value has reached an astonishing 500 or more!"

"*Snap.*"

A special fountain pen held by a military big shot was actually snapped in half unconsciously under the shock.

"From 0.8 to 500? In less than a year?!"

"I was already forty years old when I broke through to Tier 5!"

"Did this kid eat a nuclear reactor for breakfast? This leveling speed is just too absurd, isn't it?"

Another veteran Tier 5 Grandmaster suddenly straightened his back, a piercing light bursting from his cloudy eyes as he questioned loudly:

"In the hundreds of years since Great Xia was founded, what kind of genius has this old man not seen?"

"For a monster who awakened an SSS-grade Supernatural Ability, even with an unlimited supply of resources, breaking through from Tier 2 to Tier 4 within a year is already the limit of history!"

Such an absurd leveling speed—not to mention Great Xia not having it—even if one searched through the entire history of human martial arts, they wouldn't find a second case!

In the meeting room, everyone's expression was grave as they stared intently at the report in black and white.

If he had forcibly boosted his vitality by practicing some unorthodox evil technique that damaged his foundation and overdraws his potential, his vitality fluctuations would surely be chaotic and even emit a decaying odor.

Yet this morning, under the watchful eyes of thousands, the gale of vitality released from Jiang You's body was pure, vast, and overbearing, just like magma surging deep within the earth's veins!

That was the most solid and impeccable foundation of a perfect physical body!

"This kid... has a big secret on him." A reclusive elder sighed, his withered fingers lightly tapping the tabletop as he let out an aged murmur.

The temperature in the meeting room seemed to drop to freezing point in an instant. Everyone harbored their own thoughts, and their breathing unconsciously grew lighter.

Just then, the middle-aged man in the black suit turned slightly and once again picked up a sealed file tied with red thread from his side.

"Everyone, the leveling speed just now is only one of the doubts."

The man in the suit untied the thread and flicked his finger heavily on the mahogany tabletop, sliding a transparent projection card printed with dense data comparisons to the center of the table.

"And here is another heavyweight piece of intelligence compiled overnight by our Intelligence Department."

As the projection card slotted in, the space in mid-air of the meeting room distorted slightly, and a massive 3D holographic map of Great Xia slowly unfolded.

On the map, three blood-red pillars of light soared into the sky, and between those three pillars, a faint blue trajectory firmly connected them together.

"According to our in-depth investigation, the Wusheng Divine Sect cultist, the Faceless Man, who was making waves in Magic City a while ago and is now rampantly robbing in the Imperial Capital's arena..."

The suit-wearing man's voice was low and steady, yet every word carried immense weight:

"His first recorded activity in our surveillance was not in Magic City, but in the city where Jiang You lived—Jiang City!"

"*Boom!*"

These words were like an invisible blockbuster bomb, slamming hard into the hearts of every big shot.

Quite a few people gasped, straightening their backs in shock on the spot.

"Look, everyone! The Faceless Man's trajectory also started from Jiang City, followed by frequent crimes at Magic City Martial Arts University, and now he has followed all the way to the Imperial Capital, ruining the Hundred Schools League!"

The two trajectories overlapped perfectly on the screen, fitting seamlessly!

"Jiang City, Magic City, Imperial Capital."

"This trajectory of action is exactly the same as Jiang You's!"

The suit-wearing man's eyes were as sharp as a falcon's as he scanned the room. "Everyone, can there really be such a precise, or rather, seamless coincidence in this world?"

The meeting room fell into a complete, dead silence.

The big shots looked at each other, and many of their fingers began to tap the table anxiously.

With such identical trajectories, if one were to force an explanation using just the word "coincidence," none of the old foxes present would believe it.

"There is an even greater coincidence."

Leaning forward with both hands on the table, the man in the suit spat out the final, fatal clue with a cold and solemn expression:

"According to what Captain Ji Xiaoyun—the girl who was plundered and thrown out of the dungeon by the Faceless Man yesterday—personally stated."

"Before that masked cultist left, he personally left his name—"

"He said his name is 'Jiang'."

Jiang.

Jiang You.

These two names collided in the air, as if whipping up a bone-chilling gale.

"Could it be... Jiang You is the Faceless Man?" A Tier 5 general from the military could no longer hold back. Staring with wide, tiger-like eyes, he slapped his hand on the armrest.

"This is simply preposterous!"

Before the general could finish speaking, a veteran Grandmaster beside him snorted and refuted on the spot:

"If Jiang You really is the Faceless Man, then tell me, how do you explain his Supernatural Ability?"

"The fundamental laws of the martial arts world do not lie. What Jiang You awakened at Magic City Martial Arts University and registered with the General Administration is the genuine, undeniable Mythic SSS-grade Supernatural Ability, the [Eye of Tianshu]!"

The white hair on the back of the old Grandmaster's head trembled slightly with anger:

"Meanwhile, what the Faceless Man displayed in the dungeon is the spatial Supernatural Ability, [Boundless Ink Realm], which can ignore a Grandmaster's protection, forcibly alter the underlying laws of an S-grade secret realm, and even seal off a small pocket of space!"

"To simultaneously awaken and perfectly bear two different attributes of supernatural abilities—both of which are the highest-spec Mythic SSS-grade—within a single physical body is simply a pipe dream!"

"The only outcome would be the soul instantly shredded into nothingness by the violent energy, leaving not even ashes behind!"

To confirm this speculation, the man in the suit also nodded slowly:

"Indeed."

"After arriving at this bizarre suspicion last night, we were also afraid of not being thorough enough. We specially exercised the highest authority of the General Administration, not only sending people overnight to the underground treasury to consult a large number of ancient texts and ancient scrolls..."

"We even conducted a high-density cross-comparison of the Martial Arts General Administration's vast archive of Spiritual Techniques."

The man in the suit sighed, his expression looking somewhat dejected:

"However, whether in ancient texts or ancient legends, there is absolutely no record of a Dual Supernatural Ability User."

"Even spatial Spiritual Techniques similar to the Mythic-grade Supernatural Ability [Boundless Ink Realm] are completely blank."

Not only that, but the biggest alibi stood before everyone like a massive mountain.

The man in the black suit spread his hands with a bitter smile. "And everyone, let's not forget the most crucial point..."

"In yesterday's match, after Jiang You was eliminated and teleported out, the Faceless Man was still in the dungeon robbing the contestants from three other small academies, even leaving behind the arrogant remark, 'Even mosquito legs are meat, no matter how small.'"

The man in the suit rubbed his temples, looking somewhat exhausted with life:

"Unless he possesses means that only exist in xianxia novels, like an External Avatar or Soul Projection that can deceive a Tier 6 Grandmaster, otherwise..."

"The Faceless Man absolutely cannot be Jiang You."