Chương 53: Chapter 53: Is There a Possibility?
Chapter 53: Is There a Possibility?
"Um, alright, please make it quick."
Early the next morning, just as Lu Yu had walked into his and Kafka's office, he overheard Kafka talking on the phone with someone.
"The price isn't a problem, the key is to make it faster. We're also troubled by this situation, and we're currently investigating the specific reasons."
"Yes, yes, alright. In the afternoon, is that fine? No problem!"
What's going on here?
Lu Yu rarely saw Kafka so busy early in the morning. When Kafka hung up the phone, Lu Yu waved to her with a smile.
"Director Kafka, good morning."
"Ah, Lu Yu, good morning."
Kafka placed her phone on the desk and smiled at Lu Yu.
Huh? Is Lu Yu different today? After a few seconds of confusion, Kafka realized that the air of mastery around Lu Yu seemed to have disappeared?
Kafka carefully observed Lu Yu for several seconds after noticing the change and confirmed that the aura around him had indeed vanished.
Is Lu Yu's anger finally gone?
"Director Kafka? Is there something on me?"
Looking at Kafka, who had been staring at him, Lu Yu was curious. Did he forget to wash his face in the morning?
"No, nothing. I just think you look handsome today."
Upon hearing Kafka's praise, Lu Yu chuckled. "Yeah, I think so too."
"By the way, Director Kafka, I rarely see you so busy this early in the morning. Did something happen at the academy?"
When Lu Yu brought up the matter, Kafka's expression turned serious. "Well, to be honest with you, there was a break-in at the academy last night."
What? A break-in? How could there be a break-in at Saint Freya Academy? Seriously, who would dare to do something like this here?
Lu Yu: "Ah, really? Our Saint Freya Academy is affiliated with Tianming. How could there be thieves daring enough to cause trouble here?"
Kafka let out a sigh. "It's true. It seems that a thief did break into the academy last night, and something important was stolen."
Lu Yu was curious. "Something important? What was it?"
Kafka replied, "A lightning rod."
"Pfft!!!"
Hearing the words "lightning rod," Lu Yu almost burst into laughter. Seriously, Kafka was buying a lightning rod?
Emmmmmm...
Lu Yu remembered that last night when he was using the Divine Sword Sovereign Thunder Technique, he needed a divine weapon. In his field of vision, he had spotted a very convenient-looking lightning rod.
No, Lu Yu wasn't intentionally damaging public property! He had a reason for choosing the lightning rod!
What's the Divine Sword Sovereign Thunder Technique? It's a supreme secret of Qingyun Sect, but if you dissect this move carefully, it's essentially a lightning-attracting technique.
The act of attracting lightning might not be a problem for cultivators in fantasy novels, but for Lu Yu, a mere commoner, why would he dare to attract lightning?
For the sake of his own safety, using a lightning rod to perform the Divine Sword Sovereign Thunder Technique was the most reasonable choice. With the lightning rod in hand, even if he did manage to attract heavenly thunder, Lu Yu would remain unharmed. What? You're saying the lightning rod is actually an instrument for attracting lightning? No, no, no, even if the King of Heaven himself appeared, that lightning rod in the world of Collapse would still ward off lightning!
Thinking of the system's prompt, stating that this technique must be used with a divine weapon, otherwise, one would be struck by the lightning they attracted, Lu Yu thought, "Well, I'm not damaging public property, I'm protecting myself. This makes perfect sense."
"Huh? Lu Yu, are you okay?"
Seeing Lu Yu's strange expression, Kafka asked with concern. Rarely did she see Lu Yu, this immortal, in such a good mood without his overbearing aura. She didn't want to anger him again.
Seeing Kafka's caring expression, Lu Yu could only awkwardly smile. "No, it's nothing."
Kafka continued, "Speaking of which, it's really strange."
"What's wrong?"
Lu Yu didn't quite understand. Strange? Why is it strange?
"Actually, early this morning, I wanted to use the surveillance footage to investigate who might have stolen the lightning rod after I found out it was missing."
Lu Yu: "What? There's surveillance footage, too?!!!!"
Hearing Kafka's words, Lu Yu suddenly felt a chill down his spine. He felt like his heart was in his throat.
No way, I, Lu Yu, messed up. Am I about to be exposed?
A simple janitor stealing a lightning rod, if this gets discovered, I'm probably going to lose my position.
If there's surveillance footage, Kafka could easily review it and see Lu Yu wandering around the academy in the middle of the night. He wouldn't be able to hide it. It's over, it's over. Barbie-Q.
"Yeah, I was thinking of using the surveillance footage to identify the culprit. However, the department in charge of monitoring informed me this morning that something unusual happened last night. Several lightning strikes suddenly hit in the middle of the night, damaging the main monitoring circuit. As a result, the entire surveillance system of Saint Freya Academy is down, and they're still working on repairs."
Kafka's expression turned troubled as she explained.
Saint Freya Academy was akin to a college institution. Although it was affiliated with Schicksal, it didn't involve many confidential matters. The surveillance system used ordinary cameras, and the design of the monitoring circuit was standard. Yet, it ended up like this. For some reason, last night's lightning strikes happened to damage the main circuit.
"Really...?"
Upon hearing that he hadn't been exposed, Lu Yu finally felt relieved. Thank goodness, thank goodness. Bless me, I didn't expect those thunderbolts to ruin the main circuit. Otherwise, I might have been kicked out of Saint Freya Academy.
Lu Yu decided that he would buy some offerings and pay respects to the Thunder God and Electric Mother tonight. This really was too fortunate.
Thank you, thank you, Heavens. If it weren't for your divine intervention damaging the main circuit, I might have been expelled from Saint Freya Academy.
"Yes, indeed. It's quite strange. The entire incident seemed planned."
"What... what if... Director Kafka, is there a possibility that, and I'm just saying, is there a possibility that the thief is right beside you?"
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