"Hey! What on earth is going on with that video online?"
Yan Xi reprimanded the assistant in front of her in a fit of rage. Seeing their leader's fury, the assistant fell silent like a cicada in winter, head bowed low with a look of panic on their face. After venting for a while, Yan Xi took a deep breath and calmed down significantly.
"Alright, now give me a proper explanation. What exactly happened during this single afternoon?"
Her tone was much softer this time, but it was still laced with a fair amount of anger. Seeing the improvement in her leader's attitude, the assistant hurried to speak the truth.
"Director, the identities of the two people who suddenly appeared in Muyun City are unknown. The key issue is that the woman in red might be a Second-Level Ability User, while the other is at least a Level Three or even higher. Even though it was in a sparsely populated district, the commotion and impact they caused simply can't be suppressed in the short term..."
After listening to the report, Yan Xi leaned back in her office chair with a gloomy expression, helplessly reaching out to soothe her furrowed brow. The assistant didn't even dare to breathe loudly, standing aside and waiting quietly.
Meanwhile, Yan Xi had roughly sorted out the current situation in her mind. Two 'big shots' had suddenly popped up in her ordinary Muyun City, and the crucial point was that they had engaged in a massive brawl in the streets without regard for the consequences.
Currently, the number of Ability Users in the country is less than one ten-thousandth of the total population, so the higher-ups have issued a strict prohibition. Ability Users must try their best to avoid private duels in public places to prevent exposing the existence of supernatural powers; otherwise, it could easily lead to social unrest.
It's not about completely preventing exposure—after all, the frequency of supernatural occurrences seems to be rising, so the secret will come out sooner or later. But definitely not now! It was bad enough that these two fought for no apparent reason, but they just had to make such a huge scene. What's even more detestable is that they left the entire mess for our Muyun City Ability Bureau to handle!
'One Sparkle appearing was annoying enough, and now two more have jumped out. And every single one of these ancestors is ridiculously strong. Is there some treasure buried in Muyun City? Or what exactly is attracting you all here? Could it be that you've played too many high-end matches and now you're grouping up to smurf in this beginner village?'
Yan Xi's expression shifted between anger and worry, her full chest heaving continuously.
"Sigh..."
Yan Xi took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the churning emotions in her chest back into her heart, letting them escape only as a long sigh. Glancing at the trembling assistant, she frowned silently and signaled for them to leave. After all, she really couldn't blame them for this. Firstly, the whole thing happened too suddenly, and those two hadn't registered or reported anything. Secondly, the commotion they made was so big that many people must have seen it.
She could only try to find a solution later. The assistant felt as if they had been granted a grand pardon. The moment they got the signal, they dashed out like an arrow from a bow. The door slammed shut behind them with a heavy 'thud,' completely isolating the oppression of the office from the outside world.
Yan Xi's fingers tapped the desk unconsciously. Amidst the long silence, an extremely serious expression suddenly came over her face. She gently closed her eyes, reviewing everything that had happened in her mind once more.
"The appearance of the Black Tiger Society this year, now Sparkle, and those other two mysterious Ability Users. Is all of this a coincidence? Or is it..."
Thinking of this, Yan Xi's beautiful eyebrows, shaped like distant mountains, knitted slightly. Beneath the desk, her slender legs trembled uncontrollably, revealing the panic and unease deep within her heart.
Setting aside the complex circumstances, while this matter was significant, such sudden incidents on the internet weren't the first of their kind. But to say it was a small matter would also be wrong. Her assistant clearly thought of things too simply, as they didn't understand Ability Users. But Yan Xi had seen a lot of the world.
Take that red-haired woman as an example; just that one move in the video where she instantly melted the billboard, combined with her relaxed demeanor... Yan Xi could conclude that she was at least a First-Level Esper. And the total number of First-Level Espers in the Dragon Country was less than 100.
As for the other person, Yan Xi couldn't see much special about her, only knowing she had an Enhancement-type ability and possessed a hidden weapon. But based on her strength alone, she had already displayed a power that could not be ignored.
The only good news now was that the Ability Users in the video might not belong to any evil organization. At least from the scene where they cooperated to save people, they didn't seem to have any malicious intent. True, given their strength, they must have held back a lot; otherwise, the damage caused would definitely have been more than this.
"In short, for the current Muyun City, it's truly a turbulent time. I just don't know if it's a blessing or a curse."
Yan Xi turned around gently, her gaze deep as lake water and filled with complexity as she slowly looked out the window. The light and shadows outside flickered across her face, making it hard to read her inscrutable expression... Thick clouds pressed down over the city like blocks of lead, dyeing the originally bright sky a dull gray, as if the whole world were trapped in a giant gray cage, unable to breathe.
On the road, little Mo Xin and little Yunli walked side by side.
little Yunli took a crunching bite of the candied hawthorn, and the sweet and sour flavor instantly exploded in her mouth like a tiny firework display. Her eyes squinted into crescents, and her face showed a look of supreme satisfaction and happiness. She even swayed her head as she ate. With her lively and cheerful appearance, she was completely unaware of the massive impact she had caused for the people at the Ability Bureau.
Beside her, little Mo Xin carried the bag of candied hawthorn with a helpless expression. On the way, the little loli claimed she was eating them for fun so the walk wouldn't be too boring.
'Isn't it just that you're a little glutton and want to eat them yourself?'
little Mo Xin rolled her eyes at this, but she couldn't resist the other girl's longing gaze. Seeing little Yunli finish the skewer in her hand, she immediately reached out her small hand to the former to ask for another.
"No! Eating too many isn't good! And didn't you just finish a meal? Aren't you afraid of indigestion after eating so much!"
This time, little Mo Xin immediately refused with a serious and stern tone. Now she was suddenly starting to understand how her older sister felt when she used to refuse to buy her snacks.
'Sigh, Sis, you've worked so hard.'
However, while little Mo Xin was busy being moved by her own realization, little Yunli didn't care about any of that. She immediately stomped her feet in anger, her cute little face filled with reluctance.
If it weren't for the fact that the other person had paid for them, little Yunli would have already given her a kick. In the end, unable to withstand the pressure, little Mo Xin could only give her one more skewer, but demanded that the rest be saved for later.
Although little Yunli was reluctant, who could blame her since they were little Mo Xin's to begin with? Watching little Yunli's huffy look of compromise, little Mo Xin almost couldn't stop herself from reaching out to pet her. But she was afraid little Yunli wouldn't be willing, so she could only try her best to endure the urge to 'cuddle the cat.'
Tasting that sweet flavor once again, little Yunli felt wonderful inside—she couldn't be more satisfied! Come to think of it, she hadn't been this fond of snacks and the like before, but in this life... well, it wasn't a bad thing anyway.
Thinking this, little Yunli asked casually, "By the way, hasn't that rental house arrived yet?"
"Oh, almost there, almost there. You can already see the outline of the residential area."
Hearing this, little Yunli looked over with a smile. 'Hmm, a very ordinary and messy environment. Probably for the cheap rent, but little Mo Xin doesn't look poor?'
This made little Yunli unable to help but glance at little Mo Xin curiously. If someone living in a place like this was willing to treat her to meals for no reason, they were either a perverted lolicon, or a very kind-hearted person.
'Whatever, little Mo Xin doesn't look like a bad person anyway. But...'
In the end, little Yunli stopped worrying too much about little Mo Xin's identity, but instead became more curious about the residential area ahead. The happy expression on her face slowly faded, and her golden eyes unconsciously narrowed slightly, as if perceiving some unknown aura around her, or perhaps being wary of potential danger.
'Is it an illusion? Why do I always feel like there's something wrong with this residential area?'