13: Chapter 13 You call spying on girls' dormitories something to be called talented?

The Bureau of Anomalous Affairs, temporary interrogation room on the first underground level.

The walls here were the cold, raw color of metal, with no windows; the only light source came from the blinding, shadowless lamp on the ceiling.

Qin Yan was tightly handcuffed to a specially made metal chair. The arrogant air he had displayed at Panjiayuan was long gone, leaving behind only dishevelment and resentment.

"The Underground Jinsha Casino"—these words struck his heart like a heavy hammer.

His greatest secret had been laid bare by the other party in a single breath.

That place was a malignant tumor deep within Yanjing's gray zone, involving intricate and complex forces behind the scenes. He had thought his actions were flawless, but he never expected that the man before him, named Gu Changan, would know everything like the back of his hand.

No, he couldn't just admit defeat like this!

He was the Child of Destiny; he was the man who possessed the Golden Eyes!

As long as he was given a sliver of an opportunity, he could turn the tables!

Qin Yan took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the lingering, sharp pain in his brain, and once again quietly circulated the mysterious Qi within his body.

As long as he could see through the files Gu Changan was hiding on his person, or the information on his phone—as long as he could find even a shred of leverage, he could turn the tables!

He stared fixedly at the man opposite him, who was unhurriedly organizing documents. Deep within his pupils, that flash of golden light condensed once more.

Open! Open for me!

However, the next second, the expression on Qin Yan's face froze completely.

In the vision of his Golden Eyes, Gu Changan's body seemed to be shrouded in a thick, impenetrable gray mist. Any prying gaze would be absorbed and twisted by this layer of mist, completely unable to reach his actual body.

What made him feel even more desperate was that the files Gu Changan had brought were all stored in a portable black metal box.

His gaze collided with that box as if it had hit an infinitely thick lead wall. Forget about seeing through the paper inside; he couldn't even parse the metal molecular structure on the box's surface.

It was an absolute, insurmountable barrier.

"Have you seen enough?"

Gu Changan's voice suddenly rang out, interrupting Qin Yan's futile efforts.

He looked up, watching Qin Yan's bloodshot eyes—strained from excessive exertion—with a half-smile, and reached out a finger to tap lightly on the black metal box.

"Clang, clang."

The dull sound echoed in the silent interrogation room.

"Don't waste your energy." Gu Changan's tone was as flat as if he were stating a fact. "A special radiation-proof sealed case for special services, lined with three layers of composite lead plates, specifically designed to prevent X-rays, gamma rays, and certain unclean prying gazes."

Qin Yan's heart instantly sank to the bottom of the valley.

This guy... he knew about his ability from the very beginning and had made full preparations!

This wasn't a coincidence; this was a dimensionality-reduction strike specifically targeted at him!

Gu Changan opened the box, pulled out a document, and casually tossed it onto the tabletop in front of Qin Yan.

"Qin Yan, your problems aren't just as simple as trafficking cultural relics and tax evasion."

Gu Changan's gaze turned cold. "It seems you've also used this pair of eyes for quite a few illegal avenues."

As soon as he finished speaking, he immediately took out a thick stack of photos from the box and slapped them onto the document with a "smack."

The photos scattered all over the floor.

The first one was a view from outside a window at a Yanjing University female dormitory, clearly capturing a few female students changing clothes.

The second one was from a national CET-4 English exam test site; in the photo, Qin Yan was tilting his head, his gaze seemingly piercing through the answer sheet of the student in front of him.

The third was a surveillance screenshot from an underground casino, with Qin Yan's gaze locked firmly onto the dice cup in the dealer's hand, a smile of certain victory hanging on the corner of his mouth.

One after another, they were all ironclad proof of Qin Yan using his clairvoyant ability to do whatever he pleased.

In the bottom right corner of these photos, there were date and time stamps from surveillance cameras.

"You... how do you have these!" Qin Yan's blood seemed to be drained in an instant, his face turning as pale as paper.

"The net of justice is vast and leaks nothing." Gu Changan's voice carried not a hint of emotion. "Every place you have appeared recently has been completely recorded by the public security surveillance network. Combined with our internal big data analysis System, every one of your abnormal gazes and unreasonable actions has been flagged."

"You thought you were acting flawlessly, but under the gaze of countless cameras, all your little tricks had nowhere to hide."

Qin Yan slumped in his chair, his mind a complete blank.

It was over.

It was all over.

In his view, these matters were nothing more than a few "little perks" after obtaining his fortuitous encounter, the natural "uninhibited romance" on the path of a protagonist's growth.

But in the face of this cold, time-stamped evidence, what he called "romance" was "indecent assault"; what he called "wit" was "cheating"; what he called "god-like skills" was "fraud and swindling."

His Protagonist Halo, in the face of these despicable and filthy criminal records, was torn to shreds, appearing so pale and ridiculous.

"I... I have superpowers! I am a special talent! You can't arrest me!"

The instinct for survival made Qin Yan let out a final wail; he tried to use his status as an "esper" to trade for a golden ticket to immunity.

"I am the talent the country needs! I can help you see through everything! I can..."

"Talent?"

Gu Changan sneered, interrupting him.

That laugh was filled with undisguised disdain and mockery.

"A piece of trash who only knows how to use his ability to peek into female dormitories, cheat in exam halls, and make money in casinos, dares to call himself a 'talent'?"

Gu Changan stood up, walked over to Qin Yan, and looked down at him, the chill in his eyes enough to freeze a person.

"Real espers are currently on the northwestern border, using their abilities to resist threats from abroad; they are in deep-sea submersibles in the East Sea, exploring the Treasure Trove that belongs to the country; they are in national key laboratories, safeguarding our aerospace industry."

"They use their bestowed power to protect this country, while you, Qin Yan," Gu Changan leaned down, saying word by word, "are just social scum who, upon obtaining power, acts recklessly and satisfies your own filthy, selfish desires."

"You and them are worlds apart."

Gu Changan straightened up and adjusted his uniform cuffs, which didn't have a single wrinkle.

"Our Bureau of Anomalous Affairs needs warriors, needs guardians, not degenerates like you who lack even the most basic moral bottom line."

He turned around, not looking at Qin Yan again, and walked straight toward the door.

"You... what do you want to do?" Qin Yan's voice was filled with desperate trembling.

Gu Changan's footsteps paused; he didn't turn back, just calmly dropped one sentence.

"Considering the uniqueness of your ability and its potential social harm, it has been decided by superiors to place you under special control."

"Your clairvoyance ability will be temporarily held in custody by the state."