Chapter 324: Professor Luo De'an: Shamefully Stirred

Supervision Bureau reception hall, 4:17 PM.

Ying Duo pushed open the heavy glass door and entered the Supervision Bureau's reception hall.

In front of the reception desk stood three or four people: a merchant filing a report, a resident retrieving seized items, and a young mother cradling a child, her face full of anxiety as she spoke to the staff behind the window.

Ying Duo walked straight to an empty window and said, "I want to turn myself in."

The receptionist's fingers paused over the keyboard; she was a woman in her thirties, uniform neat, her professional smile freezing for a moment before she calmly resumed it.

She looked up and re‑examined the young man before her.

His attire was tidy, his expression calm, his gaze a little vacant, but overall he did not look like a dangerous individual.

"Little friend, what have you done?" she softened, as if coaxing an unruly child.

Ying Duo blinked innocently.

"Does stealing something from the Chen Family count? Though I didn't get the secret treasure." Ying Duo hesitated, showing a slight regret at mentioning it.

"I also spread Mutation throughout Tianmian City, blew up an Air Train… Let me think, what other pot I could take on."

Receptionist: "......."

The other colleagues behind her also stopped typing, perking up their ears to the commotion.

The receptionist took a deep breath, deciding to maintain professional composure.

"The Supervision Bureau is busy today; if you cause more trouble here, I'll have to detain you for obstructing official duties, okay?"

She emphasized the word "detain" heavily, intending to scare the clueless Little Ghost.

Ying Duo's eyes lit up at the words. He immediately extended both hands, palms together, and placed them before the receptionist.

"Go ahead and lock me up."

Receptionist: "......."

She finally realized the young man before her wasn't there to cause trouble; he was serious, genuinely seeking a one‑day detention tour.

"Wait," the receptionist massaged her forehead, "the things you just said… Do you know how serious they are? Do you understand what it means to say you blew up an Air Train?"

Ying Duo nodded, "I know."

Ying Duo even added a sentence, his tone full of sincere advice.

"By the way, did you this morning bring back a Mutation student from Mitra Academy? Could you put me in the room next to his? Sharing a room is fine; consider it a way to save you some space."

The receptionist's temples throbbed; she suddenly understood something.

"Are you a Mitra student?"

Ying Duo nodded.

"That Mutation student, is he your friend?"

The receptionist's expression softened, a look of "so that's what's going on" dawning on her.

"I understand you're concerned about your friend, but that student's situation is different. He's been exposed to a high‑risk Mutation Source and is now a dangerous‑control target. If you want to see him, you'll have to wait until his condition stabilizes and follow the regular visitation procedure—"

"I spread Mutation in the city," Ying Duo interrupted her, his tone still calm, "blowing up an Air Train— aren't those enough to be considered high‑risk?"

The receptionist fell silent.

She turned back, her gaze at Ying Duo finally tinged with caution, though mostly still disbelief.

She lowered her voice, "Do you know what you're saying? Last night's attack was by Co‑Absorption, the Joint Eclipse Heaven—a group of extremely dangerous terrorists, not a crime a little child can shoulder."

Ying Duo offered no defense, merely raising his hand to point at his own head.

"My hair is also a Mutation Source," he said lightly, "that should let us be locked together, right?"

The receptionist was startled for a moment, then her eyes fell on Ying Duo's short Ying Guang Lu hair.

She suddenly recalled that Mitra Academy indeed had a student rumored to use a Mutation Source as hair dye, ending up with a head of Ying Guang Lu and a cognitive disorder.

After a brief hesitation, she turned and retrieved a portable Detection Device from under the counter, aiming it at Ying Duo's head.

The device instantly emitted a shrill alarm, its screen turning crimson, confirming that Ying Duo's hair was indeed a Mutation Source.

The receptionist's complexion turned ugly in an instant, and she snapped up, "Don't move! I'll get a doctor!"

She was about to press the alarm when a weary, familiar voice sounded from behind:

"What's happening?"

Professor Luo De'an walked up from the stairwell, his face a little gaunt. He had come to the Supervision Bureau to ask someone to pull strings about Luo Jinyou's situation, but upon entering the hall he saw the Ying Guang Lu head at the reception desk.

Luo De'an: "........"

His steps halted.

The receptionist seemed to see a savior, "Professor Luo De'an!"

She rushed forward, the honorary professor of Mitra Academy and also the… guardian of the detained student?

She wasn't sure of the exact relationship, but knew the professor had been asking around for the student's condition, hoping he could persuade the student before her.

"Professor Luo De'an! You're just in time; this is a student from your academy, right? He says he wants to turn himself in, and also mentioned those...."

Luo De'an stepped forward, his gaze landing on Ying Duo, his brows slightly furrowed.

"He is a student of our academy," Luo De'an interrupted her, rubbing his temples, "let me get a grasp of the situation first."

Professor Luo De'an and Ying Duo stared at each other for a few seconds.

"Ying Duo? Why are you here?"

Before Ying Duo could speak, the receptionist preemptively explained the key point to him.

"Professor, this student claims he wants to turn himself in and says he has a Mutation Source on his head; I tested it… and it's indeed present."

Luo De'an fell silent.

Of course he knew Ying Duo's head harbored a Mutation Source; originally, to prevent the Supervision Bureau from causing trouble, he had prepared official documents proving the source was controllable and harmless.

But at this moment, Ying Duo clearly had no intention of producing that proof.

"Professor Luo De'an." Ying Duo leaned in, his voice pressed low so only the two of them could hear.

"Let me go in and check on Luo Jinyou's condition; I have many medicines that suppress mutations in my backpack, maybe I can help."

Luo De'an's pupils constricted slightly.

Reason told him he should persuade this Ying Duo to go back and keep him away from danger.

But........

Luo Jinyou's condition is too terrible.

Previously his mutation value had already reached 78 and was still slowly rising.

The Supervision Bureau's holy water could only temporarily suppress it, but unable to find anyone who could perform mutation removal surgery, he went around pulling strings, begging people, and got only replies like "wait a bit longer" and "we've done our best."