Liu Wang might never understand why a fair deal that was completely based on mutual consent to him would arouse the collective scolding of his new and old colleagues, and they were even on the verge of fighting.
However, he knew one thing, that is, if he stayed here any longer, something bad would happen to him.
So, in order to pick up girls, he, who had thoroughly studied the Thirty-Six Stratagems, decided to adopt the strategy of "Of the Thirty-Six Stratagems, fleeing is the best".
"Although I don't know why everyone's emotions suddenly became so intense, I understand that you all definitely need some time to calm down. Coincidentally, I just remembered that I still need to sort out the goods in the store, so... I'll be leaving now! I won't disturb you all while you're calming down!" After saying that, Liu Wang rushed out of the door and ran away as if fleeing for his life.
"What's going on?" At the door, a thin young man who was only 1.6 meters tall, wearing black-rimmed glasses, holding a laptop in his hand, and dressed in simple gray short clothes and shorts looked at Liu Wang, who was walking further and further away until he disappeared around the corner.
He adjusted his black-rimmed glasses on his nose, looked at the corner where Liu Wang disappeared, and then looked at the people inside the detective agency. It seemed that he understood something and walked into the agency, saying, "Did Liu Wang seem to incur public wrath?"
"He's just a scumbag who deceives feelings but not money, feels good about himself, and even deliberately states his fallacies in an attempt to gain others' recognition. He's not worth getting angry about." Lei Ting explained with a smile.
"I see. I didn't expect he really dared to openly state his fallacies. Just based on his confidence and lack of self-awareness, I'm afraid no one present can match him in these aspects." The young man with glasses commented.
"That's right." Lei Ting agreed quite approvingly, and then asked, "By the way, who are you?"
"Didn't they tell you about me?" The young man with glasses was taken aback, but after thinking about it, he was relieved: "Well, it's not the first time anyway. Then let me introduce myself."
Putting down the computer and straightening out some wrinkles on his shirt, the young man with glasses cleared his throat and said, "Kong Chen, male, twenty-seven years old, 1.66 meters tall, weighing 52 kilograms, currently living in Shanghai, with ancestral roots in Beijing. My occupation is a computer and intelligence consultant for the Shanghai Branch of the Special Incident Response Department. I've been employed for over five years and have been in contact with computers for over eighteen years. I don't have superpowers and am a truly ordinary person. Nice to meet you, Mr. Lei Ting."
After such a smooth self-introduction, Lei Ting couldn't help but want to applaud him. At the same time, he also noticed a somewhat unexpected part of his self-introduction.
"You're actually an ordinary person. I originally thought that everyone working in the investigation team should be a superpower user." Lei Ting asked curiously.
"Of course, there are ordinary people. After all, superpower users don't know everything. When there are vacancies in some positions and there are no superpower users with the corresponding skills, ordinary people with the corresponding skills are still needed." Kong Chen explained seriously:
"However, I'm the only ordinary person in the 'Shanghai Branch', that is, the 'Superpower Investigation Team'. Among all the branches in China, except for the External Investigation Department directly under the Beijing headquarters, we have the smallest number of ordinary people. From this point, you can see that the overall level of our 'Superpower Investigation Team' is among the best in China."
"I see. So your job is to collect all kinds of information and try to find the possible outbreak locations of supernatural events in the first place?" Lei Ting made a wild guess.
"That's exactly it." Kong Chen nodded and added, "At the same time, I also monitor all special events within the jurisdiction of our department that may cause the awakening of superpowers."
"Special events that cause the awakening of superpowers?" Lei Ting perked up immediately: "Have you... oh no, have we already figured out the truth about the awakening of superpowers?"
"Sort of, but only partially." Kong Chen replied.
"Partially?" Lei Ting was confused: "Why only partially?"
"Because the awakening of superpowers can mainly be divided into three categories." Kong Chen lifted his glasses and began to explain. At this moment, Lei Ting seemed to see his high school physics teacher: "These three categories are 'Awakening Caused by Accidental Death', 'Awakening Caused by Congenital or Acquired Diseases and Injuries', and 'Awakening Caused by Inborn Genes'. Mr. Lei Ting, you belong to the first category."
"I'm in the first category? 'Awakening Caused by Accidental Death'? Hmm... now that I think about it, it seems to be true... Could it be that this 'Awakening Caused by Accidental Death' refers to those superpower users who were supposed to die due to an accidental event but, by a stroke of luck, awakened their corresponding superpowers and thus survived?" Lei Ting gave his answer after a little thought.
"Exactly, Mr. Lei Ting. You're indeed a smart person." Kong Chen praised.
"Actually, it's not that hard to understand. After all, you can guess it pretty accurately just from the literal meaning." This was the first time in Lei Ting's life that someone had praised him for being smart, and he started to feel a bit embarrassed.
"Don't be modest, Mr. Lei Ting. You're really quite smart." Kong Chen praised Lei Ting again, and then continued his explanation:
"'Awakening Caused by Congenital or Acquired Diseases and Injuries' is similar to 'Awakening Caused by Accidental Death', both of which are cases where the corresponding superpowers are awakened by a stroke of luck. The difference is that for superpower users in the 'Awakening Caused by Congenital or Acquired Diseases and Injuries' category, their superpowers are not awakened due to an accidental event but through diseases and injuries, such as some diseases or injuries that cause the loss of the patient's physical functions. And unlike 'Awakening Caused by Accidental Death', where as long as the superpower is awakened, the person can survive, for superpower users who awaken their superpowers through 'Awakening Caused by Congenital or Acquired Diseases and Injuries', the diseases and injuries they suffer from will not heal on their own and will still continue to torment the host. Among them, in the investigation team, our branch director, Mr. Lin Yuexiang, Mr. Xu Zhi, and Miss Jiang Yun all belong to this category."
"For superpower users who awaken their superpowers, the diseases and injuries they suffer from will not heal on their own and will still continue to torment the host?" Lei Ting looked at Xu Zhi and Jiang Yun, who were sitting on the same sofa, in disbelief.
Xu Zhi let out a simple laugh and spoke first: "I'm a patient with 'congenital amnesia', the kind of person who can never remember things. I'll forget what I'm asked to do in the next second. I awakened my superpower when I was thirteen years old. My life before I awakened my superpower... was really tough. You know? At that time, I couldn't remember anything, couldn't learn anything, and could only say the simplest words. Sometimes, I even forgot where my home was and who my parents were, haha. My family took me to see countless doctors and went to countless hospitals, but they just couldn't cure me. However, after I awakened my superpower at the age of thirteen, everything got better. I will always remember that day, March 20th, the day after my birthday...
"By the way, I haven't introduced my superpower yet. My first ability is 'Memory Storage', which can store and manage my memories like files. Do you know how I found out that I had awakened my superpower? It was because when I woke up the morning after my birthday, I actually remembered the wish I made in front of the birthday candle the night before! The wish was, 'I hope I can remember things'... "
Speaking of this, Xu Zhi couldn't hold back anymore and shed two lines of tears, accompanied by sobs. He quickly raised his hand to cover his face, but he still couldn't stop the tears.
It wasn't until over a minute later that he gradually controlled his emotions and spoke again: "Sorry, I suddenly couldn't control my emotions. Although this isn't the first time I've told my story, no matter how many times I tell it, I always end up crying. I don't know why, haha. It's quite embarrassing, isn't it? Let's not talk about this for now. I'll continue...
"After I found out that I could remember what happened last night, I told my parents immediately. At first, my parents thought it was an accident, just like when I could remember how to say some words before. But they still held out hope and asked me to memorize the twenty-six English letters and checked on me in the afternoon. Usually, for something like English that I hardly ever came into contact with, I would definitely forget it right away. But that time, I clearly remembered how to pronounce and write the twenty-six English letters until the afternoon...
"I will never forget the excited and happy expressions on my parents' faces at that time. They all thought it was a miracle, and so did the doctor when we went to the hospital for an examination later. Even I thought so... After I learned about the existence of superpowers later, I was even more convinced of this.
"After all, superpowers themselves are a kind of miracle..."
"My story is over." Xu Zhi stood up and bowed to everyone, just like an actor taking a curtain call on the stage. After presenting a wonderful drama to the audience, he paid his respects to the audience who came to watch.
"It seems it's my turn." Jiang Yun stood up and began her story: "My story isn't as touching as Big Brother Xu's. It's more about accidents and surprises. My first ability is 'Sound Transmission', which is the kind of ability in cultivation novels that allows you to directly speak in someone else's mind. Xiaoting, if you're observant enough, you'll find that I'm currently transmitting my voice to you in this way."
"Ah?" Lei Ting was taken aback. After thinking carefully for a moment, he was to find that Jiang Yun's voice had indeed bypassed his ears and directly appeared in his mind.
"Then, the new effect added after the first qualitative change of my ability is 'Sound Wave Reception', which means I can freely choose whether to receive the sound waves around me. Even those that are too small for normal human ears to hear." Jiang Yun canceled the sound transmission and said normally.
"Then there's my second ability, 'Sound Wave Control'. As the name suggests, I can control sound waves. The new effect added after the second qualitative change of my ability is 'Sound Wave Materialization'. This doesn't mean that the sound waves can be used to hit people like a brick. It just means that the energy contained in the sound waves becomes greater, allowing the sound waves to directly hit the enemy like an air cannon.
"Xiaoting, you should have already noticed that both of my abilities and the two qualitative changes of my abilities are related to sound waves. That's because of my illness, which is acquired. To be exact, it was caused by a car accident. When I was ten years old, my cochlea and vocal tract were damaged, and it was a very serious case, making me a complete mute and deaf person.
"Therefore, Xiaoting, have you ever thought that since for superpower users in the 'Awakening Caused by Congenital or Acquired Diseases and Injuries' category, even if they awaken their superpowers, the diseases and injuries won't heal, then why can I, as a mute, speak normally? Also, I don't know if you've noticed, but since we met at the beginning, I haven't opened my mouth at all."