Hearing Hu Mengqing’s words and seeing the group of loiterers at first glance, Yan Qi, who had immediately recognized that almost all of them were superhumans, quickly replied.
“Exactly, that guy is a superhuman. Otherwise, he couldn’t have affected the classmates in the private room like this without doing anything.”
“What should we do now? Zhao Jing was taken away by them; he’s definitely in danger.”
“Let’s call the Abnormal Events Bureau. After all, they’re the specialized department for managing incidents involving supernatural powers.”
Yan Qi, looking at Hu Mengqing whom she was supporting, proactively reminded her.
Prompted by Yan Qi, Hu Mengqing, who had been flustered from her first encounter with a real superhuman and had completely forgotten about the Abnormal Events Bureau, finally realized.
“Oh right, how could I forget the AEB? I’ll call them right now.”
Hearing that Hu Mengqing was about to call the AEB, Yan Qi saw that the loiterers hadn’t completely left their private room yet. Knowing a call now would cause trouble, she quickly lowered her voice, leaning close to Hu Mengqing’s ear to warn her.
“Wait, Class President, don’t call yet. Those loiterers haven’t left the room.”
“Oh, sorry. I was affected too severely by that superhuman’s aura just now.”
Remembering the situation in the private room, the somewhat dazed Hu Mengqing realized what a big mistake she had almost made. Pressing her forehead to clear her head a little, she apologized somewhat sheepishly to Yan Qi beside her.
“It’s okay, Class President. It wasn’t your fault.”
Not long after comforting Hu Mengqing, Feng Wu soon left the private room with his lackeys and Zhao Jing.
After they left, the students who had been affected by the aura of the Two-Star superhuman emanating from Feng Wu finally relaxed, each face showing expressions of relief, as if having narrowly escaped disaster.
“Whew, thank goodness they’re finally gone. When that leader guy turned and looked at me, I felt like I was about to die.”
“I felt the same way. Is that guy what they call a superhuman?”
“Probably. But why did Zhao Jing provoke a superhuman?”
“Regardless of how he managed it, Zhao Jing’s been taken by them now. What do we do next?”
“What do we do? Of course, call the police! This isn’t something we students without any supernatural power can handle.”
“Will calling the police help?”
“Of course it will. You haven’t forgotten about the Abnormal Events Bureau established just at the beginning of this month, have you? I’m sure with their capabilities, they can rescue Zhao Jing.”
“Right, with the AEB here, Zhao Jing will definitely be saved.”
“Then why are we still talking? Hurry up and call the police!”
Just as the classmates in the private room were chattering back and forth about this and that after the loiterers took Zhao Jing away, Hu Mengqing, who had already called the AEB on Yan Qi’s reminder, quickly stepped forward and addressed her classmates.
“Everyone, quiet down please. I’ve already called the Abnormal Events Bureau. I believe they’ll bring Zhao Jing back soon, so there’s no need for anyone else to call and create extra work for them.”
Hearing Hu Mengqing’s words, the students who were about to call the police immediately stopped what they were doing.
“Wow, Class President, you finished handling it so quickly!”
“As expected of our Class President, your mind works faster than us ordinary people. You thought to call the AEB right away.”
“With the AEB’s help, I’m sure Zhao Jing will be back safe and sound soon.”
“Speaking of which, why would these superhuman loiterers take Zhao Jing in broad daylight, right in front of so many of us? Aren’t they afraid the AEB will come after them?”
“Maybe they just recently became superhumans and think they’re the protagonists of the world, so they didn’t instinctively take the AEB seriously.”
“Or maybe they have some powerful backer allowing them to act so arrogantly.”
“A powerful backer? Could it be someone even the AEB can’t touch?”
“How would I know? I don’t work for the government.”
“By the way, how quickly can the AEB get here? If they’re too late, given Zhao Jing’s big mouth, even if nothing major happens, he’ll probably be black and blue all over.”
Just as the students in the private room were buzzing with discussion about the previous topics, this last comment made everyone fall silent in unison. They looked at each other, none quite knowing how to answer that question.
Hearing this classmate’s remark, Hu Mengqing also realized that the AEB might not move as quickly as she had hoped. A sense of unease crept into her heart, and she instinctively sought something to rely on for reassurance.
But when she looked towards the spot where Yan Qi had been standing earlier, she found that Yan Qi had already vanished without a trace, gone who-knows-where.
“That’s strange. Where did Xiao Qi go?”
Just as Hu Mengqing was flustered by Yan Qi’s disappearance, Yan Qi, who had left the private room, had already seized the opportunity while Hu Mengqing was distracted and moved to a spot out of the surveillance cameras’ view.
“No one will discover my secret here.”
Making sure she wouldn’t be seen, Yan Qi quickly materialized the transformation card for the Daoyan Empress, converting it into her avatar, which appeared beside her.
Looking at the Daoyan Empress standing before her, a full two heads taller than herself, Yan Qi knew the AEB wouldn’t arrive for a while. To prevent her chivalrous, meddlesome classmate from getting into trouble, and also to test the results of her recent training, she decided to take action herself.
“With the Daoyan Empress here, I’m not afraid of people asking how I obtained supernatural powers.”
Having said that, Yan Qi stopped deliberately avoiding the hot pot restaurant’s surveillance cameras. Swaggering openly, she headed with her avatar, the Daoyan Empress, towards the current location of the loiterers who had taken Zhao Jing.
“Hey, no need to go any further, right? There’s basically nobody around here anyway.”