CHAPTER 53: CHAPTER 53: AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS EXISTENCE

As soon as these words were spoken, You Le was startled and looked at Ji Ning with a grim face.

If she had known things would develop to this point, she shouldn’t have followed Wang Qiming in the first place. It wouldn’t have led Ji Ning down a road of no return.

The explosion killed more than a dozen people, and now the entire street was surrounded by police.

If an investigation were really launched, Ji Ning would definitely be implicated.

...

Ji Ning looked at You Le, whose face kept changing as if she were scaring herself with her imagination. Her lips curved slightly, revealing a faint smile, "I don’t want to run."

You Le’s expression became even more solemn. She looked at Ji Ning for a long time, as if making some kind of decision: "Sister Ning, I acknowledge you as a friend. I know you are a loyal and warm-hearted person. In the future, I’ll entrust my grandmother to your care..."

Seeing You Le’s determined look, like she was ready to take the blame for her, Ji Ning gave a helpless smile and grabbed the back of her collar, "I can’t take care of the elderly, you do it yourself."

"But..."

"I didn’t cause the explosion."

Ji Ning briefly explained the events that occurred at dawn.

It turned out that after entrusting the security to her, Ji Ning went back to the nightclub, not to ignite the explosion but to stop it.

The nightclub people, before leaving, deliberately set a countdown bomb and left a dozen peripheral workers to clean up and erase some traces here.

But halfway there, Ji Ning encountered the police cars heading that way.

To avoid unnecessary casualties, she used stratagems to delay the police arrival time, resulting in only a dozen casualties.

You Le admired Ji Ning even more, her eyes sparkling like stars, just like Ye Tong number two.

"So Sister Ning, you punctured the police car tires? That’s amazing! How did you do it?"

At the same time, Fu Yuanxuan was also discussing case details with the cooperative police.

"You’re saying your car tires suddenly blew out during driving?"

"Yes, and there were no nails or sharp objects on the tires or the surrounding ground." The police chief looked at Fu Yuanxuan with a serious expression.

"So we suspect this was done by a superpower user."

"Did you see any other metallic objects?"

"No. There was nothing around; the tires looked like they exploded out of thin air."

Fu Yuanxuan frowned more deeply, thinking about the superpower user he encountered at the nightclub and the figure he vaguely saw before he fainted. After some contemplation, he replied firmly: "There should be two superpower users on the scene. One of them saved me and also saved you."

The police chief asked, "How did you deduce that?"

"The superpower user I encountered at the nightclub can control metals, and his mode of attack was to control metal blades for a sneak attack. If he detonated the tires, he would definitely have left metallic objects on the scene. But there was nothing around your tires, so I deduced that there was a second superpower user on the scene, who is also a Control System user, but possibly controlling invisible energy like air or wind."

The police chief’s expression became even more solemn than before.

Superpower users are classified by power level and danger based on ability type, and a user capable of manipulating air or wind is an extremely dangerous presence, even at the initial awakening stage, and must be controlled.

"You go contact the Security Bureau and check the list of all superpower users who have recently arrived in Anhe City."

***

You Le, upon learning that Ji Ning caused the police car tire puncture using a row of nails, finally relaxed and accompanied Ji Ning to buy some camping supplies. They then went their separate ways home.

When Ji Ning entered the electronic lock code and pushed open the door, she saw three long faces.

"Oh, you’re all here." Ji Ning greeted calmly, changing her shoes at the shoe cabinet.

At this time, Ye Tong’s face was as black as a pot bottom, with her hands on her hips, gritting her teeth, asking, "Sister Ning, you haven’t been home since last night, what have you been up to?"

Ji Ning touched her nose, "Shopping with You Le." After speaking, she brought in the large bag at the door.

"Why didn’t you answer the phone while shopping?"

Ji Ning remembered that she had set the Smart Brain to silent when she and You Le explored the nightclub and later was so busy she hadn’t checked the communication records.

Ji Ning lacked confidence, "Battery died."

At this point, Lin Yuanyang pushed his glasses and said, "The Smart Brain is solar-powered, and it’s been sunny all day."

"Oh, I didn’t notice."

Ye Tong was extremely angry at Ji Ning’s attitude. She glared so hard her eyes started to sting.

Bai Xiaotang glanced at Ye Tong, worriedly said to Ji Ning, "Sister Ning, if you’re not coming home next time, please let us know in advance, or we’ll think something happened to you, and we nearly called the police. Plus, there was an explosion near our school, and we were really worried about you."

Ji Ning paused, her eyes lowered slightly, and after a moment of silence, she said to the three, "Sorry."

Bai Xiaotang immediately smiled, tugged at Ye Tong beside her, then said to Ji Ning, "Sister Ning, Sister Xiao Tong heard you hadn’t returned all night and rushed back from the crew. She was originally going to call the police, but the police said it hadn’t been 48 hours, so they couldn’t open a case. Then we heard at the police station about the nearby explosion, so Sister Xiao Tong wanted to find you there, but Xiao Yang said it was too chaotic there, so we returned home to check the surveillance instead..."

Ji Ning looked at Ye Tong, her eyes red and swollen, clearly having cried several times.

Ji Ning sighed, walked over slowly, grabbed a tissue from the coffee table, and shoved it into her arms, "Wipe up, you look terrible."

Ye Tong was taken aback, gave Ji Ning a glare, and drew a tissue to wipe her face.

Then she stood up and said to Bai Xiaotang, "Since she’s back, I’ll return to the crew. Didn’t tell the director, don’t know if I’ll get scolded..." At this, Ye Tong glared at Ji Ning again.

Ji Ning touched her nose, averted her glance, and after Ye Tong left, called Feng Zhong.

Bai Xiaotang, seeing Ji Ning was back, also relaxed and let Uncle Chen drive her to the pet center to see Xiao Huang.

For a moment, only Lin Yuanyang and Ji Ning were left in the house.

Unlike Bai Xiaotang and Ye Tong, Lin Yuanyang wasn’t so easily fooled. He raised his tablet, pointing to the figure captured in the surveillance, asking, "What were you doing at Back Alley Street last night?"

Ji Ning leaned against the sofa, lazily yawned, "Tracking Wang Qiming, and saved someone along the way."

"Wang Qiming? Isn’t he missing?" Lin Yuanyang seemed to realize something, his face turned unsightly as he asked, "Don’t tell me the place Wang Qiming went to was the nightclub that exploded at dawn?"

"Correct, but there’s no reward, unfortunately." Ji Ning really felt a bit sleepy now, leaned sideways on the sofa, closing her eyes, and before sleeping, told Lin Yuanyang, "Delete the surveillance footage with You Le."

Lin Yuanyang was annoyed.

He tiredly removed his glasses, rubbed his sore eyes.

"You really know how to boss people around."

Subsequently, Lin Yuanyang dutifully deleted all surveillance footage from Back Alley Street capturing You Le and Ji Ning’s figures.

Oddly, except for the initial footage Lin Yuanyang captured, none of the other surveillance videos had captured Ji Ning, as if she were invisible.

This also led Fu Yuanxuan to stay in Anhe City for a while.

"Captain, guess who I saw?" Mantis looked at the light screen of the Smart Brain with a gossiping face.

Sitting opposite, Fu Yuanxuan didn’t lift his head, just casually asked, "Who?"

"I saw your fiancée Bai Xiaotang."