Jiang Yuan’s face couldn’t have looked any worse.

Frowning, he began to study her carefully. Her badge did have some basic personal information, but sadly, it only listed her name and showed her photo. There was no age. Her name was Yi Nanye.

Still, Jiang Yuan did have one good habit: he never complained for no reason. Even if he was being threatened by a girl who was clearly younger than him, there was probably nothing he could do to change what had already been decided.

If she’d become his supervisor, then she must have had some special ability—or there had to be a reason only she could do the job.

For example…

She already had an Esper ability!

According to information from the future, Espers awakened their abilities at different times. Some could gain their abilities early through training. Others had to meet certain conditions before they could awaken. A very small number could be awakened directly with drugs or specially designed equipment.

Yi Nanye was clearly one of them. She was probably one of the first few people in the world to have mastered an Esper ability. That explained why his supervisor wasn’t a mature man, but a young woman like her.

There was no one else to use. There were only a handful of Espers in the whole world, of course they’d be sent on special missions. As the saying went, only an Esper could deal with another Esper.

“Why are you staring at my chest? Is this sexual harassment?”

Yi Nanye noticed Jiang Yuan staring straight at her and immediately looked displeased. Mostly because it was rude—and because his gaze was fixed on her chest.

“I was looking at the badge on your chest. So, Yi Nanye, what happens next…”

“I didn’t introduce myself because I don’t want to get to know you. Don’t just call me by my name!”

Yi Nanye made no effort to hide her hostility or keep her distance. Jiang Yuan sighed. Now that he understood what had led to this, he still found it incredibly annoying to end up with a supervisor like her. Since supervision was also meant to correct him, wouldn’t it make more sense to assign a reliable adult?

Someone to stay by his side, educate him, warn him, and offer all kinds of advice.

“Fine. We’ve met now, so take me back.”

“Keep up!”

Yi Nanye put on a sour face, then returned to where she’d been sitting and picked up her phone. When she passed Jiang Yuan, she even went out of her way to walk around him. Every one of those actions made it clear how much she wanted to keep her distance.

Jiang Yuan wasn’t about to chase after someone who clearly couldn’t stand him, but he still couldn’t help muttering a complaint.

“If you didn’t want to come, you could’ve just stayed away. I’d rather have waited in detention a little longer.”

At Jiang Yuan’s words, Yi Nanye stopped in her tracks. She turned around and gave him a smile that was hard to read.

“Did you get something wrong? Nobody forced me to come. I volunteered to be your supervisor.”

“Huh?”

Jiang Yuan was taken aback. He quickly realized one possibility, and his face darkened even further.

“So you can help the government execute me?”

“Can you think of any other possibility? Do you still think I hate you because I was forced to supervise you? I made it perfectly clear earlier: you’d better be careful I don’t kill you.”

Yi Nanye made no attempt to hide her malice. After all, in the original timeline, she had indeed died at the hands of Codename Jiang. Her body had been dumped among the ruins and trampled carelessly by monsters. So right now, she had only one thing on her mind: wipe out every suspect connected to Codename Jiang.

It would make sure she never died at Codename Jiang’s hands—and it would be revenge, too. Better to kill the wrong person than let anyone slip through!

“The people who agreed to let you supervise me must be out of their minds. If they want me dead, they can just say so. Why go through all this trouble?”

Jiang Yuan thought Yi Nanye was obviously going to make his life difficult at every turn. What was the point of sending a supervisor like her to torture him to death little by little? They might as well shoot him right away!

“Can’t be helped. Plenty of people up top do want you dead. Too bad some people think it’s better to keep you alive. I really don’t understand what’s going through their heads.”

“That just means more people have foresight!”

Jiang Yuan realized there were factions among the people at the top. The voices calling for him to live had simply drowned out the ones that wanted him dead. That was unquestionably a good thing. The people who wanted him alive definitely wouldn’t let Yi Nanye do whatever she wanted.

In other words…

As long as Yi Nanye couldn’t find solid grounds to have him executed, he was still safe for now. But he had to prepare for a long fight: twenty-four hours a day, he’d have to outmaneuver this wicked woman and make sure she never caught him slipping!

“Foresight? More like foolishness!”

“What do you know about politics at your age?”

“And what do you know?”

“At least more than you do!”

“Heh. You’ve got a sharp tongue, I’ll give you that. I’m done wasting my breath on you. Don’t talk to me again!”

Yi Nanye had no interest in pointless arguments. After warning Jiang Yuan not to make small talk with her again, she continued leading the way. Jiang Yuan watched her back, lost in thought. He had no idea how she’d target him from here on out.

But one thing was certain: this young girl was not someone he could judge by her age. She was a poisonous woman with a heart of venom. After all, he was only a suspect in the Codename Jiang case. Until they proved he was Codename Jiang, he was just an innocent guy with the worst luck.

And if someone could unleash such unreserved malice on a poor, innocent person like him, what kind of good person could she be? She was probably one of those mean girls at school who formed cliques to bully people.

The rest of the journey passed in silence. Jiang Yuan was taken aboard a helicopter once more. Yi Nanye sat across from him and showed no interest in talking. She just played with her phone, occasionally looking up at him.

On the way to the city,

Yi Nanye mischievously turned up the volume on her phone. Other people’s voices began playing out loud.

“Execute Jiang Yuan immediately!”

“We strongly protest the decision to release Jiang Yuan!”

“This is a blatant disregard for the lives and property of people around the world!”

“Good morning, viewers. Here’s your morning news. Since yesterday, the release order for suspect Jiang Yuan has sparked fierce controversy around the world. More than 150 national governments are now calling for Jiang Yuan’s execution, while protests continue among the public in countries across the globe…”

“The five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council have issued a joint statement, calling on everyone to respect the spirit of humanitarianism…”

The voices blaring from her phone told Jiang Yuan a nearly despairing truth: hardly anyone in the whole world wanted him to live.

Hostility from the entire world could easily break a person. Rumors and vicious curses had already claimed lives many times before. Even plenty of celebrities couldn’t take it.

Let alone a kid like Jiang Yuan, who hadn’t even come of age!