Adam's loud cries finally attracted the attention of the majority of people around him, and all of the school administrators and adapters who were maintaining order gathered around him, asking him why there was suddenly a change of plans.

"What's going on?"

"Why can't we go to the lake?"

"It's dangerous over there!" Adam reiterated. "The psychic mutants are lurking underwater!"

Adam took a glance at the representative the southern congress as he spoke, and the representative was avoiding his gaze slightly, but that still wasn't enough to serve as definitive proof of guilt. 

Upon noticing Adam's intrusive gaze, he immediately put on a calm façade before asking, "How do you know there are psychic mutants underwater?"

Adam scrambled momentarily for a justification before making one up on the spot. 

"My special ability allowed me to detect them!"

"Really? Have any of you felt anything off? We're still quite a distance away...