In the central office of the city bureau in Longhua District, Tianhe City, Huaxia, a stern-faced man called out in a low voice toward the half-open door:
"Xiao Zhang! Have you printed the files yet?"
"Coming, Director Wang."
The young officer called Xiao Zhang answered.
Then the door was pushed open, and a handsome young man hurried in, holding a file.
After handing the file to Director Wang with both hands, Xiao Zhang continued.
"Everything's here, Director Wang."
"Mm."
With a soft reply, Director Wang picked up the glasses beside him and prepared to examine the documents that had just been printed. At the same time, he waved lightly, signaling Xiao Zhang to find a seat.
The file wasn't thick, just a few thin pages.
But Director Wang was clearly reading it very carefully.
After all, there weren't many girls in real life who could take down more than twenty brawlers with fighting experience on their own.
He picked up a photograph tucked among the documents.
Out of habit, Director Wang immediately took note of the woman's features.
A head of long, shoulder-length wisteria-purple hair; phoenix eyes that drew the gaze; delicate features paired with fair skin; and an air of nobility and authority that seemed to show unconsciously between her brows.
Even Director Wang, whose heart had long since stopped being stirred by such things, was momentarily dazzled by the woman's beauty at first glance.
This young lady was certainly lovely.
Putting aside the fondness an older person might feel for a charming young woman, Director Wang set down the photograph and began looking through the other documents.
The young officer, who hadn't followed Director Wang's order to sit and was still standing motionless in front of his desk,
watched Director Wang glance at the photograph and put it down, and couldn't help recalling his own thoughts when he'd first seen the woman in person.
Ignoring Xiao Zhang, who was still standing before him, Director Wang read aloud.
"Ashe! Twenty-one years old, orphan, exact identity unknown, university-level education. She went missing in Yixia ten years ago and was found and adopted by Ai Anguo and his wife. But after a hospital examination, she was suspected of having Gender Identity Disorder?"
"Yes, Director Wang. According to our inquiries, her friends all say she often refers to herself in a masculine way."
"Using things like 'I'm the boss,' 'your daddy,' and the like."
"Oh."
Hearing Xiao Zhang's explanation, Director Wang nodded. Then, realizing something was off, he glared at Xiao Zhang before continuing.
"What about the couple who adopted her? Didn't they take her to get treatment for this condition?"
Xiao Zhang nervously rubbed his nose and gave an awkward smile before answering.
"Ai Anguo and his wife did take her to see doctors, but after multiple examinations and diagnoses, the hospital found nothing wrong with her mental or psychological health."
"That's why she was only suspected of having a gender identity disorder."
"Then, a few years ago, Ai Anguo and his wife both died of illness, so no one paid any further attention to the issue."
"This time, she came to Tianhe City. She said it was to travel and clear her mind. She didn't expect something like this to happen."
"Didn't expect it?"
Taking off his glasses, Director Wang rubbed the bridge of his nose, his voice tinged with frustration and helplessness.
He pulled another set of photographs from his pocket and tossed them onto the desk.
"Take a look. This is what the young lady who 'didn't expect it' did."
Xiao Zhang picked up the photographs from the desk. After looking at them for a few moments, he asked in disbelief,
"She did all this?"
"That's right."
Director Wang nodded heavily, his expression grave.
"She has speed and strength clearly beyond normal human limits, and she can even control lightning. If I hadn't watched the security footage from the scene, I'd have thought this was a trailer for a science-fiction movie."
Xiao Zhang put down the photographs, his expression turning serious. He hesitated briefly,
then immediately asked, "Should we transfer her to another holding facility?"
"Transfer her?" Director Wang shook his head and tapped the photographs on the desk.
"Forget it. If she wants to leave, we can't stop her. So what would be the point of transferring her?"
"Fair enough."
Without saying more, Xiao Zhang looked at the photograph on the desk: the woman bathed in lightning amid the wreckage, the ground around her scorched and broken.
Xiao Zhang hadn't gone to the scene this time, nor had he watched the security footage to find out what happened.
But at last, he understood why his colleagues—who were always crying about wanting to find a partner and escape being single—had remained unmoved upon seeing a once-in-a-millennium beauty.
"All right, you can go now."
Director Wang glanced at Xiao Zhang, who was staring blankly at the photograph on the desk, and waved him away.
"I've already reported the matter. The comrades who handle this sort of thing will be here soon."
"We don't need to get involved anymore."
"Go make sure she's comfortable."
"After all, no matter how you look at it, she's the victim. Legally speaking, she was only acting in self-defense."
"Yes, sir!"
Following Director Wang's instructions, Xiao Zhang hurried downstairs, ready to ask Ashe if she needed anything.
But the thought he'd had of asking for Ashe's contact information once all this was over quietly vanished.
Xiao Zhang knew that, with her ability to control lightning, Ashe was someone from a completely different world than him.
After Xiao Zhang left, Director Wang sighed, then opened his phone and watched a video.
It was a video his son, who worked at Angel International, had sent him not long ago.
A beautiful angel in silver armor, descending from the sky, appeared in the video.
Looking up at the still-blue sky, Director Wang murmured to himself,
"This world is about to change..."
In a room downstairs, a woman so beautiful she seemed to belong to another dimension
sat quietly on the bed in a standard meditation pose.
Her long hair, reaching down to her waist, had already been braided into a plait that hung behind her. She wore a simple black shirt and light-blue skinny jeans that accentuated her long, shapely legs.
Though the outfit was very simple, on Ashe it had an indescribable beauty and nobility.
Ashe was doing one of the things she did every day since coming to this world.
"Meditation complete. Thunder God Cultivation Points +2."
Only after the system's familiar voice rang in her mind
did Ashe open her eyes. She stretched, then instinctively began to prepare for her daily martial arts training.
But after glancing at the cramped space,
Ashe slowly lowered the hand she had gathered lightning around, ready to summon her weapon.
"I'll train later."
Murmuring to herself, Ashe checked the date on her phone.
"According to the original story, today is also the day Yan goes to Angel International."
"Without realizing it, I've been in this world for ten years..."
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