Chapter 78: Lucky Relief (4)
At this stage of events, the best approach would actually be to contact an official organization—like the Federal Bureau of Special Affairs Investigation (SAI), which had once investigated the “Butterfly Fall Incident.”
However, this official agency cannot be found at all on the federal government’s institutional search platform; it belongs to a secretive branch. Its investigators operate in an equally mysterious manner. Ever since, Everly had tried to request their contact information, but the investigators said that they needed to act covertly and could not disclose any details. They would reach out to her proactively if they deemed it necessary.
In short, it seems they treated Everly as an ordinary civilian, fearing harassment, and therefore refused to provide any contact information.
This directly led to Everly now facing a major crisis without a reliable organization to help resolve it.
Meanwhile, the “Lucky Relief” was spreading through the entire campus at an extremely rapid pace.
Its effects were nothing short of immediate.
After completing the luck-borrowing ritual, as long as the plaster figure was carried on one’s person, the holder would fall into an addictive state of omniscience. In this state, a brain that had been sluggish and dull would suddenly become astonishingly sharp and perceptive. Problems that previously could not be solved would, upon seeing the question, immediately spark relevant solving ideas—or even yield the answer outright. Things that had seemed confusing and opaque before would suddenly become perfectly clear, and a little thought would reveal their deeper meaning.
Beyond knowledge and wisdom, the “Lucky Relief” also bestowed boundless artistic inspiration upon its holder. For painters, simply picking up a brush would cause their fingers to move spontaneously across the paper, sketching artworks that combined both artistry and depth. For musicians, playing an instrument would automatically trigger beautiful, never-before-heard melodies in their ears, inspiring them to compose stunning new pieces. Even beginners in photography, by simply raising their camera and snapping a shot, could capture landscapes where composition, color, and lighting approached perfection…
If those who borrowed Paimon’s power were considered “cheaters,” then Everly and Misha were now just ordinary people who had accidentally wandered into a world full of cheat codes. Even though both of them had decent grades in class, they were now overshadowed by the surge of strong students in every field, standing out only for their mediocrity—almost like “sidewalk extras.”