In response to Seena’s question, Loren fell silent for a moment, then gently shook his head, indicating that he wasn’t sure himself.

“To be honest, I’ve only been a ninth-tier Psychic for about two months...”

“And I’m also waiting for the right opportunity to advance.”

“As you know, the Psychic Ability system is a bit different from your professional systems...”

After saying that, Loren followed Seena’s lead and leaned back in his chair, patting his belly with great satisfaction.

The luxurious private room on the third floor of the restaurant fell into silence...

After a brief stillness!

Within the spacious room, Seena’s incredulous voice rang out!

“What?! Mr. Loren, you were only an eighth-rank Superhuman just two months ago?!”

The others in the room also stared in shock at the calm Loren.

“Mr. Loren, are you joking?!” Tannas’s face was full of astonishment as well!

Two months was, for most high-rank Superhumans, nothing more than a very short period of time...

“Are all Rule-Based Psychics this outrageous?!”

Hankley’s eyes showed an indescribable envy.

And the only Legendary powerhouse present, Cook P. Jones, was much calmer compared to the rest.

After all, he had already known Loren’s situation before they even met...

Even though, when he first learned about Loren’s advancement speed, he too had been deeply crushed.

Seeing everyone’s amusing reactions.

I really pulled off a big one this time! Not bad at all... Loren praised himself internally.

“I thought you were deliberately holding back from breaking through to Legendary, just building up your power...”

Seena, sitting across from him, let out a very deflated sigh.

Both coming from humble beginnings, was this the difference between her and a big shot...

“Not at all.” Loren shook his head calmly again.

“But my intuition tells me I’m not far from the Legendary tier...”

Another silence fell over the luxurious room.

A somewhat broken Seena clutched her chest, thinking back to the hardships of her own journey, and asked with a strange expression:

“It only took you two months! And you’re already touching the threshold of Legendary—are you really human like us?!”

“Exactly!” Hankley, who usually didn’t talk much, chimed in.

“I can accept your combat strength, but is your advancement speed supposed to be this insane?!”

Clearly, Seena wasn’t the only one feeling crushed here.

Seeing his teammates’ reactions, Loren’s mood grew even lighter.

He nodded with a smile, his expression utterly sincere.

Trying to fleece me, huh?!

To be honest, I didn’t really want to wreck your morale either...

Hahahahahaha... Loren laughed wildly in his mind!

Seeing Loren’s “sincere” expression, the few who had come to know him well over this period all twitched at the corners of their mouths!

Bastard! He’s enjoying himself again!!

Just as the five people in the room were still immersed in their silent complaints about Loren—

“Knock, knock, knock.”

A rhythmic, polite knocking came from the door of the luxurious room.

The cheerful atmosphere among them was broken.

“Come in!” Seena, slumped in her chair, responded weakly.

The heavy door of the private room was pushed open from the outside.

A strong man wearing a chef’s hat, with his upper body bare, strode in.

The muscular man in the chef’s hat swept his gaze over the five people sprawled in the room’s chairs, then let out a hearty laugh and asked:

“Five guests who’ve traveled far! I’m the head chef here—Sadia!”

“Are you all satisfied with the meal today? Hahahaha!”

After greeting them with laughter, his gaze deliberately lingered for a moment on both Loren and Tannas.

The reason he lingered on Tannas was because the man was also bare-chested, and his body was covered in knife-carved muscles, just like his own!

Head Chef Sadia gave Tannas an appreciative look.

The meaning in his eyes was clear: You’ve trained your muscles well!

Unfortunately, Tannas clearly misunderstood something...

After shivering slightly, he silently pulled a brand-new white priestly robe from his spatial storage device and quickly put it on!

As for why Sadia’s gaze lingered on Loren for a moment, it was because he recognized him...

As the city with the deepest and closest ties between the Beastkin Star Domain and the Federation’s home territory, the City of Canbera was always flooded with all kinds of news.

At any time, there were a large number of Federation home-territory Superhumans who had offended the Security Bureau and were on the run here!

There were also serious Superhumans who had come specifically to the Beastkin Star Domain to pursue auxiliary professional systems...

Additionally, some smuggler groups liked to resell the Beastkin Star Domain’s “specialties” to the Federation’s home territory!

The Federation’s home territory had the Prohibition Act, but the Beastkin Star Domain didn’t! And brewing costs here were very low...

It was precisely because of these factors that the City of Canbera was always the first to get news from the Federation’s home territory.

And Loren, with his massive bounty, his slum background, and his unique style of conduct, had become quite a hot topic across the Federation...

Especially after some unknown person ruthlessly exposed the scandal of the Security Bureau’s New-school Faction secretly cooperating with the Liberal Party!

The conspiracy of the “Security Bureau’s New-school Faction allowing cultists to slaughter ordinary citizens in order to manipulate public opinion” had already been leaked by that unknown person to all major media outlets in the Federation...

Right now, Loren’s fame in the Federation’s home territory had reached an unprecedented height!!

In the eyes of the vast majority of the Federation’s populace, he had become a “tragic hero”...

To avenge ordinary citizens, the slum-born man, in a fit of rage, had directly taken out several Legendary powerhouses from both the Security Bureau and the cult organization, then fled into obscurity!

Loren’s escape was also interpreted by many Federation citizens as “he has finally given up on the Federation”...

Moreover, Loren’s unique life experiences had already been used by interested parties and various ambitious people as a powerful argument to attack the “Security Bureau,” the “Liberal Party,” and the “Energy Department”!

“This promising powerhouse from the slums has been pushed to the opposite side by the Federation’s system!”

“The Federation must change! The real power departments of the Federation must be restricted!”

“The Liberal Party must be dissolved!! Its members must be tried under Federation law!”

...

On the current Federation Network, various voices supporting Loren had formed a bizarre wave...

Some Federation citizens had even boldly shouted slogans like “Grant amnesty to this Federation hero!”

It was hard to say just how much effort the “Nature Sect,” the “Interstellar Hunter Association,” and the Security Bureau’s Old-school Faction had put into this...