Wano Country, New Tokyo.

Now under the rule of the Celestial World Government, this place is also known as "Academy City".

The tram speeds through the tunnel.

There was a whistling wind roar in my ears.

In the slightly crowded carriage of the Hanzomon Line train, the bodies of the passengers holding on to the handrails were gently swaying. A high school-age boy was staring at his mobile phone like other "head-downers" around him, and occasionally

He raised his head and looked around, and his eyes inadvertently swept across the car window in front of him.

In the dark tunnel, the bright interior lights of the car made the reflection of the car window glass particularly obvious, reflecting the appearance of a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy. The figure under the black hoodie looked a bit thin and thin, and his face was pale as if he had been malnourished for a long time. However,

The facial features under the slightly long oblique bangs on the forehead are really eye-catching. No matter where he is placed, he can be called a handsome Tokyo guy.

Higashinohara glanced at the reflection on the car window, and his eyes drifted to the side, passing by a "couple" reflected on the car window glass.

The man was probably in his forties, and judging by his attire, he was probably at the level of a section leader or above in the company. Although he was bald on the forehead, he had the air of an elite in the workplace.

The girl next to her is much younger, in her twenties, with a simple appearance like a fledgling who has just entered the workplace. She is indeed very clinging to the middle-aged man in the crowded carriage.

This age gap...

Either a sugar daddy or an extramarital affair.

Love?

Sorry, New Tokyo doesn't believe in "tears".

...

The mobile phone camera is slightly raised,

Aim at the car window.

Focus...

Higashinohara taps the shooting virtual button on the screen.

The next second, without the usual flashes and clicking sounds, the picture was frozen on his screen.

It has to be said that the high-definition image of the custom-made mobile phone equipped in the detective agency is very clear even when taking pictures of the image reflected on the tram glass, and there is no flash or sound that cannot be turned off.

Higashinohara took several photos in a row, then calmly lowered his head and continued to be his tram "head-downer".

However, he sighed softly in his heart and looked helpless.

There's no way, it's not that Higashino has this hobby of secretly taking photos. In fact, everything is for life.

Living in Tokyo is not easy.

Even New Tokyo is the same.

Higashinohara's mind was somewhat helplessly reminded of the phone call he received half an hour ago when he was on duty as a part-time disciplinary committee member in this area after high school.

On the phone, the unscrupulous uncle who provided accommodation for him to study in New Tokyo shattered Higashinohara's "reservation" with just half a month's rent reduction, forcing him to accept this so-called "big deal."

And the detective agency that the unscrupulous uncle is currently running, which Higashinohara thinks may go bankrupt at any time, is currently receiving the biggest order, which is probably the investigation of extramarital affairs.

That's right, the middle-aged man who was secretly photographed on Higashinohara's cell phone just now is the hero of this extramarital affair investigation - his wife suspected that he was having an affair and entrusted the Aragaki Detective Agency to collect evidence that would be beneficial to the court divorce.

Coincidentally, the book is...

A week ago, this man also commissioned the Aragaki Detective Agency to investigate his wife. After getting the evidence, he looked at the different men cheating on his wife in the photos... as well as various interesting props that he had never seen before.

..

Crying is heartbreaking.

Unexpectedly, a week later, the protagonist became himself.

Higashinohara clicks to shoot again.

...

The speeding tram stopped at one stop after another, the doors opened and closed, people got on and others got off, and then roared into the seemingly endless dark tunnel.

Suddenly, the LCD screen that was playing an advertisement on the wall of the tram turned, and an image of a girl with messy hair appeared. Her clothes looked a little shabby and dirty, but the most eye-catching thing was her short silver-white hair and the sides of her head.

The pair of milky-white cat ears on the side look a bit like the short cat ears in the previous life.

If Higashinohara had just come to this world half a year ago, he might have doubted whether the two ears in front of him were fake ears, in order to cater to some LSP's strange cat-eared girl's xp system.

Now, he no longer has such doubts.

After spending half a year learning about the history of this world, Higashinohara guessed that this must be the cat-eared girl in front of him... Oh no, Catwoman, the Catwoman of the "Celestial Tribe". Judging from the pupils and appearance, she might be of bloodline.

Pure Catwoman - Most of her ancestors are the mixed-race offspring born from the intermarriage between "celestial beings" and humans when the Celestial World Government abolished apartheid policy more than 500 years ago to maintain its rule.

"Wow! Eighty million yen worth of jewelry stolen?"

"Catwoman is a Lynx, right?"

"Oh, I told you before, those heavenly beings don't have many good things."

"Hush! Keep your voice down! Be careful not to be overheard by the eyes and ears of the Judgment Department of the Heavenly Government."

"..."

Listening to the whispers of the passengers around the train, Higashinohara narrowed his eyes slightly and glanced at the bulletin issued by the New Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department.

theft?

Wanted?

The narrator on the TV said that a private club jewelry and jade shop in Setagaya District, the 13th ward of New Tokyo, commonly known as the "rich area", was robbed.

He consciously led the Catwoman thief into the jewelry store on the fourth floor of his villa.

When he woke up, he discovered that he had lost jewelry worth at least 80 million yen.

The Metropolitan Police Department’s wanted notice also specifically reminds: Catwoman’s thief is likely to be a person with psychic abilities. Enthusiastic citizens who hope to cooperate in the arrest must be careful.

Ability person?

Higashinohara was not surprised when he heard this.

New Tokyo in this world is also known as "Academy City" in the country of Wano. It has four famous esper academies in the country, as well as a scientific research institute on the fruits of abilities. The city's ratio of escapists is second to none in the country.

It's embarrassing to say that the high school student named Higashinohara in this world is one of the "power users". He is a miserable second-level and first-level low-level ability user. His ability is called "Shadow Instant" speed ability.

, and currently he can only create one phantom out of thin air when using it with all his strength. It is said that when the ability is raised to the extreme, four super-speed real shadows can appear in formation during battle.

It's for the Instant Prison Shadow Killing Formation!

Well, although this sounds middle-class and domineering.

In fact, in the talent ability sequence of this world, [Shadow Instant] is a gray ordinary ability ranked 98th in the talent sequence number, which is still far behind the green excellent abilities ranked 72-36 in the world.

Even in actual battles, through acquired efforts to improve the strength level, you may be able to make up for some gaps in the ability sequence, but the gap with those blue high-risk abilities in the top 36-20 of the talent sequence numbers is difficult to make up.

And compared to the world's top purple epic ability owners and big pirates who are on one side of the continent or dominate the four seas, and whose talent serial numbers are among the top 20-10, Yunni is even more so.

The huge gap between them cannot be bridged by hard work and improvement.

As for the orange world-destroying abilities in the top ten talent sequences, they have never appeared in the historical text for more than a thousand years.

Higashinohara is currently in Stage 2 and Stage 1. There are nine levels and five stages of ability users. Those who reach the fourth level can be called superpowers, and those above the sixth level are one of the few absolute ability users in the world.

However, the serial number of an ability determines the initial value and upper limit of growth of the ability, that is, the highest level of ability that can be reached. For ability users with gray serial numbers like Higashinohara to improve their level, it is like climbing a steep mountain, one step at a time.

I don’t know how many ability users with lower talent serial numbers can only stay in the lower third level throughout their lives.

According to rumors, ability users with lower serial numbers want to counterattack. Unless the abilities they possess are growth-promoting abilities, they can achieve the extremely rare second awakening advancement by tapping the limits of their own abilities and break the shackles of the ability sequence.

Shackles - that is, promotion from a lower level ability of the same type to a higher level ability of the same type.

It is a pity that... examples of ability serial number advancement can be said to be very few in the thousands of years under the rule of the heavenly government. For most ordinary superpowers, it can basically be regarded as a "miracle".

Impossible event.

When Higashinohara came to this world half a year ago, he was in Stage 2 and Stage 1. After more than half a year, he was still in Stage 1 and Stage 2. If he fails to meet the academic test standards next year, he will not be able to repeat the grade for the third time and will most likely be expelled from the school.

Just thinking about it makes me dizzy.

It's completely inconsistent with the law of time travellers...

Alas, let’s settle half a month’s rent first...

...

After the train arrived at Jimbocho Station and got off, the middle-aged man sent the innocent-looking female subordinate home as expected. When they got downstairs, the two of them warmly invited her. They accepted her invitation half-heartedly, and then they went upstairs together in a tacit understanding.

Next to the vending machine downstairs, Higashinohara, who was looking up at this scene, was leaning there, holding a can of hot coffee in his hand and taking a sip, thinking in his mind when would be the appropriate time to go up and collect evidence according to the progress of a middle-aged man.

..

Unexpectedly, it didn't take long.

Under the dim yellow light in the corridor, there was a wave of shadows moving.

Huh? Coming out so soon?

Higashinohara had a strange expression on his face, and the next second he couldn't help but open his mouth slightly.
To be continued...