Provocation

After washing the dishes, the day officially began. Xiao He and Ye Wanqing went out for a stroll, first going to a driving school to register. Many driving schools would send people to set up registration booths at universities, but since the policy changed a few years ago, driving schools have now all moved outside the Third Ring Road. So, registering here is just for now; you still have to go somewhere else to learn to drive.

After registering, Xiao He and Ye Wanqing went to buy IELTS study materials and speaking practice.

However, there are no strict requirements for IELTS courses. Cui Man only asked them to master the skills on their own, without actually requiring them to take the exam. In other words, Xiao He only needed to be able to communicate normally with foreigners.

Being with Ye Wanqing was always fun, no matter what they did. However, that afternoon, Xiao He had to go with Ye Wanqing to meet the legendary "Truth Listener". According to Cui Man, this Superpower had Special Response Department before them and was the first Mutant to cooperate with the Special Response Department, but he was not a combat type.

Therefore, after lunch, the two of them went to the Special Response Department in the afternoon and met "Truth Listener".

This is a girl who is about 1.64 meters tall. She is not the type with a large bust and large hips, but her figure is very well-proportioned and graceful. Her rounded curves are particularly pleasing to the eye. However, her appearance is relatively average. Her eyes are a bit small and her nose is not particularly high. But she dresses very fashionably, wearing a gray hoodie with denim shorts and black stockings. She is covered with various small accessories. At this moment, her hairstyle cannot be seen because she is wearing a hoodie.

Ye Wanqing's style of dress is always very simple, and she looks like an honest and introverted girl, but this "Truth Listener" style is a typical crazy girl. However, despite dressing quite boldly, she didn't get any tattoos.

"Oh, hello you two." Truth Listener greeted them. "I've heard so much about you. My name is Xue Ting, and I'm twenty-three years old."

"Hello..." Xiao He greeted her, and Ye Wanqing immediately asked, "How does your ability work?"

"If you say something, and it's the truth, I'll listen to it normally. But if you're lying, I'll hear the noise," Xue Ting said with a smile. "Want me to help you test whether your boyfriend is loyal?"

"Yes!" Ye Wanqing nodded immediately, while Xiao He frowned and glared at her in displeasure. Xue Ting then turned to Xiao He and asked, "Do you really love your girlfriend?"

"Of course!" Xiao He said irritably. Xue Ting nodded to Ye Wanqing: "It's true."

"Hehe..." Ye Wanqing immediately cupped her face and laughed happily.

"You Little Pufferfish..." Xiao He pinched Ye Wanqing's face, somewhat displeased.

"So, do you only love me?" Ye Wanqing asked, humming.

"And my parents...and Sister Man and Old Xie," Xiao He added. Xue Ting smiled and nodded, "That's true."

"We've been together for so long, are we really a couple, and you still need an outsider to confirm it?" Xiao He said, glaring at Ye Wanqing with some dissatisfaction.

Ye Wanqing immediately realized she was in the wrong and mumbled, "Well, I just wanted to confirm."

"That's how it is," Xue Ting comforted her. "On the other hand, it's because she cares about you so much that she's afraid of losing you."

"That's true..." Xiao He thought for a moment, then patted Ye Wanqing's head. "Do you believe me now?"

"Hmm..." Ye Wanqing nodded. Xiao He glanced at her sideways. "But you still have to make it up to me when we get back, okay? I won't be happy without sweet and sour pork and braised fish. And you have to give me a kiss."

"Alright, alright," Ye Wanqing said, unable to suppress a laugh. "Tomorrow, let's go to the market tomorrow morning."

Xue Ting watched them with a smile, "It's rare to see that there's no 'noise' in your chat." As she spoke, Xue Ting lowered her hood, and Xiao He then noticed that she was wearing headphones around her neck and her hair was tied in a braid on the side of her head.

"My ability... I can't switch it on and off at will," Xue Ting said, shaking her headphones. "That's why I don't like going to crowded places. There are lies everywhere. Whenever I'm outside, all I hear are sharp, static-like sounds. But when I'm with you guys, I don't hear those sounds, and it's the same when I'm with Sister Man, Candle Dragon, and Gluttonous Beast. That's why I Special Response Department."

"Ah..." Xiao He suddenly realized. Ye Wanqing poked Xiao He's cheek. "Actually, it's the easiest thing to spot when he lies. You just need to make him swear an oath. If he's lying, he definitely won't dare to swear an oath. It's that simple, right?"

"I... I didn't!" Xiao He said irritably, and Xue Ting immediately laughed, "Oh, you lied?"

"..." Xiao He decided it was best not to speak.

At that moment, Cui Man also came in from outside.

"Oh, everyone's met already, right?" Cui Man said with a smile. "You're all good kids, there's no need to be so reserved."

"Sister Man," Xue Ting greeted Cui Man, "Am I going out on a mission with Yinglong today?"

"Yes, interrogate those Raven guys, and let Yinglong practice his Superpower while you're at it." Cui Man nodded and handed a sheet of paper to Xue Ting. "These are the questions you need to ask."

Xue Ting took it and looked at it, then nodded and said, "It shouldn't be too difficult."

"Should I come along too?" Ye Wanqing asked, pointing to herself.

"You'd better not go to jail. Although Darling will definitely protect you inside, I'm afraid something might happen," Cui Man replied. "You can wait for them to come out with me on the Helicopter outside. Anyway, I can't be without my boyfriend."

"No, no, it's not that. I don't need him," Ye Wanqing said awkwardly, counting on her fingers. Xue Ting smiled and leaned closer, whispering, "You're lying..."

Ye Wanqing's face turned bright red. Xiao He simply patted her head, kissed her on the top of her head, and smiled, "It's okay, I can't live without you either. This is fine."

"That's true," Xue Ting added softly. Ye Wanqing covered her face and pushed Xiao He away, saying, "Stay away from me!"

"Goodness, you said you couldn't live without me!" Xiao He teased.

The four of them boarded the Helicopter. Xiao He yawned, wondering if he should provoke someone this time.

He went there to practice his Superpower, and if no one attacked him, it would have been a waste of time. However, he's not the type of person who's good at provoking others, so figuring out how to provoke someone into attacking him is a real problem.

As the island in the lake came into view, Xiao He became increasingly worried.

"Hey bro, protect me, okay?" Xue Ting suddenly flicked his mask and said.

"Don't worry, I'm invincible in there." Xiao He nodded, then muttered to himself, "I'm just afraid they won't make a move..."

"Then let me see Yinglong's strength!" Xue Ting said with a smile.

"Once we're in prison, Wanqing, change Tingting's name to 'Lin Tiannan' and see what ability Xiao He will trigger, understand?" Cui Man instructed Ye Wanqing from the side, and Ye Wanqing nodded.

The Helicopter landed slowly, and Xiao He and Xue Ting got off the Helicopter together, feeling a little uneasy.

"Darling, I'm leaving the rest to you two," Cui Man said, waving to them.

"I'll try my best," Xiao He sighed, replying with concern.

Upon arriving at the prison gate, Xiao He scanned and registered his information before entering.

"That's really interesting," Xue Ting said with interest. "Everyone else worries about being attacked when they go to prison, but you're worried about not being attacked. Are you a masochist?"

"How could this be... My mission is to practice my Superpower. If they don't attack me, who am I supposed to practice with?" Xiao He sighed.

"Then attack them," Xue Ting replied. Xiao He hesitated and asked, "Wouldn't that be too cruel? Locking them up in prison and then going over to beat them up every now and then... that would damage Yinglong's positive image. But on the other hand, every time Yinglong goes to the prison, he gets attacked by the prisoners, but he just gently takes them down and never kills them. Doesn't that sound much better?"

"That makes sense..." Xue Ting muttered, putting on her mask and following him into the prison.

At this moment, Ye Wanqing also changed Xue Ting's name, Xiao He could sense that he had gained a new power.

However, the abilities triggered by teammates are actually temporary, especially for someone like Xue Ting who has a very easygoing and down-to-earth personality. After spending some time with her, Xiao He will put her on the whitelist, thus making her unusable as Trigger.

Of all the teammates, only that brat Chen Ting was an exception. After all, that brat's abilities were very dangerous, and if you weren't careful, you might fall victim to his attacks.

Upon entering the prison, various other supernatural Superpower were also triggered. Xiao He glanced around the prison and saw that everyone was gathered in the square because Cui Man had notified them in advance through the prison's equipment that Yinglong was coming.

Xiao He glanced at the people present. Danny was the leader, along with seven other Raven members and Jin Shaokang. Yue Feng, Qin Weize, and Li Xue were already cooperating with the Special Response Department, so they had no hostility towards him.

The group glared menacingly at Xiao He. Xiao He nervously swallowed: Should we provoke them? But I'm really bad at provoking others, what should I do?

Danny Wu stared intently at Xiao He, then gently shook his head at the people around him, signaling them not to make any rash moves.

During Xiao He's absence, Danny Wu evaded all surveillance cameras in prison and, with the help of others, devised a flawless raid, believing he could restrain Yinglong's abilities.

But he must remain calm, wait for the opportunity, and then issue the order at the most opportune moment.

"Um..." Xiao He asked cautiously, "It seems there's no welcoming ceremony today?"

The people present were instantly enraged: What kind of welcoming ceremony is this? Do you know how much time we spend devising strategies, considering how to counter your various Superpower, and secretly practicing behind the scenes, away from the cameras?! Do you know how hard we work?! And this is just a welcoming ceremony for you? This is incredibly disrespectful!

The same thought was in the minds of all the prisoners present: This time, they had to kill him...

Seeing that everyone present remained unmoved and had no intention of acknowledging him, Xiao He sighed deeply.

"No, I guess I'm not very good at provoking others," Xiao He thought helplessly.

Meanwhile, Xue Ting, resting her chin on her hand, thought to herself, "As expected of Yinglong, he's too good at provoking. One sentence has stirred up the anger of everyone present. These people look like they want to devour him alive. I need to stay away from him."

"Hey, Brother Yue Feng, why are you being so well-behaved this time? Didn't you always welcome me so warmly every time I came?" Xiao He asked tentatively. The veins on Yue Feng's forehead throbbed, as if he wanted to get up and fight Xiao He, but he held back after thinking about it.

"Tsk." Yue Feng spat and continued eating sunflower seeds on the side.

Seeing that the welcoming ceremony was hopeless, Xiao He sighed in frustration and prepared to get down to business first.

"Alright, you there," Xiao He pointed to Danny Wu, who was playing chess with Jin Shaokang, and instructed, "We have some questions for you. Let's go inside and talk. I'm warning you beforehand, see this beautiful woman next to me? She's 'Truth Listener,' a member of our Special Response Department. She can detect if you're lying, so I advise you to cooperate honestly."

"Yes—" Danny drawled, standing up to follow them inside.

"Shall we go?" Xiao He turned and waved to Xue Ting.

However, the moment Xiao He revealed his back, Danny suddenly threw away the chess piece in his hand.

Those around received the signal, and the next moment, the shadow cast by a wisp of grass in front of Xiao He suddenly flickered, and a strangely shaped grenade appeared in front of him.

With a loud "bang!", the grenade turned out to be a flashbang. Xiao He felt his head explode with a "buzz!" and his vision blurred violently.

Danny raised his hand and commanded, "Now! Move out!"

At Danny's command, everyone began to move.

The Middle Eastern man who could control rocks, Saeed, who was captured last time, was the second to make his move. Taking advantage of the opportunity when Xiao He's hearing and vision were impaired by the flashbang, he raised his hand and pressed it to the ground. The rocks fused into a giant snake with a diameter of more than 30 centimeters, which pounced on Xiao He, wrapped around his body, and bound him tightly.

The third to act was the white woman who controlled gravity, Anna Besorova. She raised her hand towards Xiao He, and the powerful gravitational field forced Xiao He to bend over, making the giant rock snakes wrapped around him even heavier.

Danny conjured a sniper rifle and, together with Jin Shaokang, unleashed a barrage of long-range attacks on Xiao He.

"Well done! We've got him under control!" Danny roared excitedly. "Keep it up! Suppress him with firepower!"

The first group of Raven members captured also launched a fierce attack on Xiao He using their respective Superpower.

The situation on the scene looked extremely dire. Xiao He was completely immobilized by the group's Superpower and could only passively take the beating. The Special Response Department members were on tenterhooks watching this, but it wasn't over yet. Danny, while firing his gun, issued the final order, "The final blow is yours!"

"Watch me! This time I'll definitely avenge myself!" Liu Yufei roared furiously, his body began to swell and writhe, transforming into a ferocious giant snake formed from red veins. Then, its body tensed and compressed, transforming into thousands of sharp blades that stabbed towards Xiao He. This powerful blow sent Xiao He sprawling to the ground, leaving a dent in the floor as he slid across it.

But these people didn't stop, unleashing their strongest attacks all at once.

"Hey, should we go help?" Qin Weize, who was watching the scene unfold, asked with some concern.

Li Xue hesitated for a moment. "Why? Wouldn't it be better if he died? Then we could escape. Either way, it would be advantageous for us."

"Tsk, don't be silly," Yue Feng said impatiently, cracking sunflower seeds. "Their attacks couldn't even scratch Yinglong's hair."

Meanwhile, on the Special Response Department's side, Xue Ting nervously took a step back, looking at the suppressed Yinglong and muttering to herself, "Hey, this isn't what we agreed on."

"Old Xiao!" Ye Wanqing called out anxiously, "Sister Man, we need to go in and help him!"

"Don't worry," Cui Man said, raising her hand to reassure him. "Didn't you notice that Xiao He didn't utter a sound? That means these attacks didn't hurt him at all. He probably wanted to give them a little taste of victory, to let them see a glimmer of hope that they could defeat him, so that they would continue to 'welcome' him next time."

Just as Cui Man had said, Xiao He was silently enduring everyone's attacks, but he wasn't injured at all. He didn't even need Qin Weize's "Kinetic Energy Absorption"; the physique and defense triggered by Yue Feng alone were enough for him to easily withstand the attacks. So he planned to give these people a little treat, to let them see hope.

Otherwise, if he always finishes the fight in just a few moves, leaving these people in despair, they won't welcome him anymore, and it won't be interesting.

Damn it, what happened to the final blow? They're still fighting like this, when will it ever end? Xiao He was getting annoyed.

"That's enough, isn't it!?" Xiao He roared, and the attack on the scene came to an abrupt halt.

Xiao He curiously looked around and found that the people present were stunned and stood frozen in place. Judging from their expressions, they seemed to have suffered a severe shock, but Xiao He had only shouted; he shouldn't have had that kind of power...

Thinking of this, Xiao He suddenly turned to Truth Listener behind him: it was she who triggered his ability, Psychic Intimidation.

"This is the first time we've had a method other than physical attacks," Xiao He said with interest, observing the crowd present.

Those with stronger willpower recovered from the shock faster, such as Danny Wu and Liu Yufei, while others were noticeably slower. The person who was stunned for the longest time was stunned for a full five seconds.

But everyone eventually recovered one after another. Xiao He dusted himself off and sighed, "Isn't that enough? Have you all had enough?"

"That damn monster..." Danny said through gritted teeth.

"His clothes aren't even torn, is that really plausible?" Anna said incredulously.

Yue Feng, who was eating sunflower seeds some distance away, sighed, "That's why... wasting time is worse than eating sunflower seeds."

"Sure enough, going against Yinglong is... such a stupid thing to do." Li Xue shook her head and said, "It's a good thing we didn't go, otherwise we would have gotten beaten up for nothing."

"Wow, so cool! No wonder he's my idol..." Qin Weize clenched his fist excitedly.

Xiao He let out a long sigh, stretched his neck, and muttered to himself, "Alright, let's start practicing my Superpower."