"Everyone knew that ever since the huge incident at Jiangcheng Botanical Garden, more and more superpower phenomena had appeared in our city, and the existence of superpowered individuals had become an indisputable reality." Jiang Wenbin faced the crowd with a microphone in hand. "But what you may not know is that our city's public safety environment has also been deteriorating rapidly. A friend of mine works at the police station. According to him, crime rates over the past five months have risen noticeably compared with last year, while the case-solving rate has dropped sharply. Why?"
The crowd immediately began whispering among themselves.
"Really?"
"Isn't this a variety show? Is it appropriate for him to say this?"
"Who cares? If this footage gets aired, this episode's traffic will definitely explode."
President Jiang did not wait for anyone below the stage to answer before giving the answer himself. "Because a large number of superpower-related crimes have emerged! Things like remote theft, hypnotic fraud... and even more heinous cases of rape and murder. I cannot reveal the details here, but I believe you have all heard something. The sudden explosion at the pedestrian street mall half a month ago, which caused three deaths and fifteen injuries, was actually the work of a superpowered individual!"
The venue instantly erupted.
After all, the official announcement at the time had still claimed that illegal modifications to a natural gas pipeline had caused a gas leak and explosion.
"So that was what happened?" Chen Xuan said in surprise.
"Yes... You were staying in Chang'an City then, so you did not pay much attention to what was happening here." Lin Qing replied quietly. "A lot of people online had been discussing it, because the flames caught on surveillance footage did not look like they had been caused by