Who is plotting against someone?

No, generally speaking, maintenance personnel always arrive last, don't they?

He hasn't done anything yet and he's already here to apprehend someone. What's the meaning of this!

What's even more concerning is that he suspects the apparent orderliness here is so good that the 'security' personnel are usually idle, to the point where four of them could form a table to play mahjong.

Now that something's happened, they're all fired up, chasing and intercepting everywhere. Can I curse?

Oh, it's not Jiu Ming who wants to curse, but the youths with dyed hair of various colors who often loiter in the streets and alleys. Many of them were caught red-handed by the suddenly appearing security guards while they were in the middle of their 'business'.

They're just incredibly unlucky. This is more troublesome than encountering the disciplinary committee.

Their planned assault and robbery business for today isn't even finished yet!!!

In short, a bunch of weaklings facing a group of well-trained security guards is a complete annihilation. For the record, the disciplinary committee members are students, many of whom are ability users, while the security guards are adult teachers.

Jiu Ming wasn't caught, but these delinquent youths were easily taken down by the security guards, batch after batch... By the end, these security guards were starting to doubt their original objective. Were they here to catch that young man in the white coat, or was this a surprise raid specifically to clear out these delinquents?

Both?

No, no... it should be said that clearing out the delinquents was just a side task.

Who told that guy to keep darting into the alleys?

Jiu Ming wanted to say, who told all of you to chase him down at full speed!

"What is that 'coffin'?" Due to the unexpectedly troublesome security guards, Jiu Ming ran to many places and then saw a building with no doors or windows, as dense as a coffin...

Is something unknown and dangerous locked inside? Or is some pervert living there?

A high school girl, with crimson hair tied into two ponytails at the back of her head, her upper body exposed, her chest wrapped only with bandages, and a very revealing mini-skirt on her lower half. She's practically a mobile health hazard!

Giving off the vibe of a lewd senpai...?

Seeing the girl who suddenly appeared before him, Jiu Ming grinned. It seemed like this was the third ** he'd encountered in a short period of time?

"Finally found you, someone wants to see you... Bastard!! Listen to me, damn it!!"

Seeing Jiu Ming's action of turning and leaving without his gaze lingering on her for even a moment, the crimson-haired girl's eyes twitched fiercely. On one hand, she was angry that Jiu Ming didn't even finish listening to her, and on the other hand, it was probably about the gaze issue.

She was already used to the special attention her attire attracted, especially from the opposite sex.

Jiu Ming had only taken a couple of steps when several security guards, who seemed to have appeared out of nowhere, shouted, "Finally caught you!" As they made brief contact with Jiu Ming, he slipped out of their encirclement.

"...What happened?" Seeing this, Kekiao Danxi, who had been about to unleash a torrent of curses, abruptly held back. She only saw Jiu Ming calmly escape the security guards' encirclement. They were just standing there, as if frozen?

Then they all collapsed with a clatter, groaning about their legs, arms, and necks going numb...

Uh, this must be the result of some ability. She didn't see him make a move, so it should be like this. Fortunately, she didn't get too close to him carelessly just now.

"You can't run..." A malicious smile curved her lips.

A corkscrew materialized out of thin air in front of Jiu Ming's shoulder, stabbing directly into him.

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Looking at the corkscrew embedded in his shoulder, Jiu Ming flicked his hand and pulled it out. However, a small round hole had appeared on the clothes he was wearing. How did this thing appear?

It seemed to have materialized in front of him and then stabbed him... There was no way something thrown could hit him so easily. Only appearing out of nowhere, without any defense, could achieve such an effect.

He glanced back at the crimson-haired girl. Under her gaze, Jiu Ming, as if nothing had happened, pulled the corkscrew from his shoulder. The metal part was not stained with a single drop of blood!

What was going on? He should have been injured, right?

Was this an ability he had never seen before?

He secretly raised his guard. It was dangerous to attack an opponent whose abilities he didn't understand.

The plastic part of the corkscrew shattered in Jiu Ming's hand. Kekiao Danxi saw the remaining metal spiral being flicked away by him in a strange gesture.

Her pupils suddenly constricted. She only saw a streak of light flash by, her cheek felt a slight warmth, and then a gust of wind swept over, making her hair sway. A faint smell of burning accompanied the scent in her nostrils.

A lock of her hair was scorched.

Flicking this thing away wasn't difficult for Jiu Ming. He had fought opponents who used hidden weapons before and had figured out some techniques. As for the method of exerting force... he only needed techniques suitable for hidden weapons; he replaced the force exertion with mental explosive power.

The instantaneous surge of power meant he didn't need the force exertion methods of various hidden weapons.

What were called hidden weapons in his hands were like bullet heads, and his explosive power was the gunpowder.

Jiu Ming rarely used such violent methods. With ordinary small stones in his hands, before the stones could even fly out, they would be crushed into powder by his instantaneous explosive force.

Only hard objects like metal could barely withstand it, like that section of metal spiral. The moment it flew out of his hand, it had already been twisted and deformed by his power.

"Don't chase me anymore." Looking at the crimson-haired girl's astonished expression, Jiu Ming smiled faintly. He had already established enough deterrence. Whether she would still foolishly chase after him depended on her own decision.

Jiu Ming turned and left.

"Hey, hey, hey! I say, is this place really so 'full of hidden talents'?"

Not long after he left, Jiu Ming looked helplessly at several men in black suits wearing sunglasses. They didn't seem like much. Judging by their sturdy build and attire, they looked like bodyguards for some important person.

Their appearance in an alley was strange enough. Even stranger was that they were holding guns!

Just ordinary handguns.

"You think these things are useful?"

He couldn't be bothered to waste words with these people. Compared to the security guards, these people clearly came with malicious intent. The former were indeed trying to capture him, but at most, he would be invited for a chat, or at worst, spend some time in a holding cell. These people also seemed to be trying to capture him, but at most, he would be invited to drink a lot of unknown potions, or at worst, end up on an operating table...

Looking at it this way, there isn't much of a difference... Hehe!

After taking down that group and firing a few blank shots, Jiu Ming decisively left the area. He circled around for a long time and ended up back near the Academy District.

"It's you again! You definitely have some ill intentions!!" As soon as Jiu Ming appeared, that mature woman, along with a group of people, emerged from who knows where. That wasn't all; what bothered Jiu Ming the most was their actions, which seemed like they were about to pack up and leave...

It was just that Jiu Ming's coincidentally circling back had him running right into them.

"It's a misunderstanding! I just lost some money here..." Jiu Ming grinned, and then a crisp "snap" sound rang out near his ear again, causing him to tilt his head slightly and look around once more.

Enough already, this kind of 'prank' is fine once or twice, but now this unknown attacker wants to keep snapping!?

"Stop making excuses. Looking at your shifty behavior, you don't look like someone who lost money. It's clearly... If you lost money, you wouldn't have found it after this long, so stop wandering around here."

The mature woman, with a serious expression, suddenly changed her tune. To Jiu Ming's surprise, she left with the others without a care in the world. Moreover, her expression showed no hint of artificiality; her ability to change her demeanor so quickly was practically on par with an award-winning actor!

Is she playing with me!

Sensing something, Jiu Ming turned his head and saw the Star-eyed Blonde Girl again. She had a faint smile on her face, and her small hand, clad in a white glove, was waving at him, as if beckoning him over...

Perhaps she was the one who helped him out just now, using her ability?

Having been subjected to inexplicable mental attacks twice in a row, coupled with her current proactive greeting 'exposing' herself, if Jiu Ming couldn't figure it out now, he'd really need to see a neurologist. Since it was a mental ability, she could have also made those security guards leave?

To the Star-eyed Girl's slight confusion, Jiu Ming turned and left!

Are you kidding me? He wasn't some masochist, nor was he the type to freeze up and drool at the sight of a beautiful woman. The other party's repeated probing attacks were already quite 'unfriendly' actions, and now she was beckoning him over?

What does it matter if she's wearing a perfect smile?

The inexplicable arrogance in her eyes had already deeply exposed her thoughts. She saw him as a fun and interesting toy?

Go find someone else to play with. He didn't have time to go over... He was busy!

"Uh...? He just left like that?!" It was clear that Jiu Ming's decisive turn and departure had completely exceeded her expectations. Beautiful women, in various aspects, usually received preferential treatment, right?

In her opinion, she had already lowered her status by greeting him (waving, smiling). Jiu Ming should have at least come over to say a few words, right?

And yet, he just left without doing anything?

"Go, investigate his identity thoroughly." The Star-eyed Girl said to the person beside her. She really wanted to know how this unknown guy managed to be immune to her ability.

It wasn't like the third-ranked among Academy City's Seven. Due to the third-ranked's ability, his own 'electromagnetic barrier' could resist her 'Mental Out' ability.

And it was even more impossible for the third-ranked to actively deactivate that barrier in front of her. Jiu Ming, on the other hand, seemed to be relying on his own mental fortitude to resist?