The End

“Su Dai Dai! Do you have any idea what you’ve done?”

“Why didn’t you report something as important as awakening an ability to the orphanage?”

In the hospital corridor, the smell of disinfectant was somewhat pungent. The director stood at the door of the hospital room, his face showing a rare sternness.

Su Dai Dai kept tugging at the corner of Yang Yuan’s clothes, her head buried low, not saying a word.

“Do you know how many crimes involving unregistered superpower users there are right now?”

“How strict is the state’s control over this? You’re gambling with your own future.”

“A’Yuan said that if you make a mistake, you have to admit it, so I… I’ll go and confess my guilt.”

Su Dai Dai finally spoke in a small voice. She raised her eyes, which were red and swollen from crying, and looked at Yang Yuan with a pleading gaze.

“When I’m in jail, A’Yuan, remember to visit me often…”

“When you were going crazy yesterday, how come you didn’t remember what I told you?”

Yang Yuan muttered under his breath, somewhat speechless. This little girl was as cute as she was crazy when she wasn’t normal.

In the end, the director was thinking of Su Dai Dai’s best interests. After a round of scolding, he changed his tone to one of earnest persuasion.

“Alright, it’s useless to say all this now.”

“Hurry up and go to the registration center and register your ability first. This is the most important issue.”

“As for what comes next, we’ll have to see if Lin Xin will pursue responsibility after she wakes up. Let’s make preparations in advance first.”

After thanking the director, Yang Yuan took Su Dai Dai to the [Ability User Registration and Control Center] in the city center.

As soon as they entered the hall, a staff member in uniform received them. After a brief inquiry, she guided Su Dai Dai to start registering her personal information.

“Ms. Su, please come to the testing area over here and use your ability. We need to conduct observation and data recording.”

Su Dai Dai slowly walked to the designated metal room and, following the instructions, used her ability, opening her right hand.

A pitch-black void appeared, silently devouring an apple placed next to it, and a few seconds later, released it completely unharmed.

While Su Dai Dai was using her ability, Yang Yuan, standing outside the observation room glass, felt that something was not quite right.

He felt that the scene he was seeing in his eyes was somehow different from before. A translucent screen had appeared next to Su Dai Dai’s hand.

Yang Yuan rubbed his eyes hard, and that feeling disappeared, the scene in his eyes returning to normal.

‘Did I not sleep all last night and am I seeing things?’

He pondered this in his mind but didn’t take it to heart.

The registration process was quick. Under the guidance of the staff, Su Dai Dai came to the final step.

“Next, it’s time to give your superpower an official name.”

“Does Ms. Su have a name she’s already thought of?”

Su Dai Dai closed her eyes and thought seriously, but for someone with a naming difficulty disorder like her, she had no idea how to come up with a good name, so she could only cast a pleading gaze at Yang Yuan.

“Don’t look at me, think of it yourself for your own ability.” Yang Yuan turned her head back.

Su Dai Dai was still very conflicted, not knowing what name to choose, so she began to think hard.

Seeing this, the staff member smiled and interjected with a new topic, starting a conversation with Yang Yuan.

“Ms. Su’s ability is quite novel. This is the first time I’ve seen such pure spatial devouring and releasing.”

“I estimate that there won’t be any other ability like this in the world.”

Hearing this, Yang Yuan asked curiously: “Are there cases where awakened superpowers are exactly the same?”

“Generally speaking, it’s rare for completely identical cases to occur,” the staff member patiently explained to Yang Yuan.

“But cases of similar abilities have appeared many times.”

“For example, there are many people who have awakened the ability to control the concept of ‘water,’ but their methods and objects of control are all different.”

“Some can only control their own saliva, some can control the water in a sealed water bottle, and some can change the state of water.”

“A special spatial ability like Ms. Su’s has great potential to become a hero if it can be further developed and evolved in the future.”

After listening, Yang Yuan nodded thoughtfully, then looked at the still frowning and somewhat silly Su Dai Dai next to him, sighing in his heart.

‘Dai Dai’s personality is still not very suitable for being a hero…’

Just then, Su Dai Dai seemed to have finally decided on a name. She raised her head and said in a very serious tone.

“My superpower will be called [Yang Yuan].”

“Thump!” Yang Yuan clenched his fist and gently knocked it on Su Dai Dai’s head.

“Don’t steal other people’s names!”

“I’m sorry…”

In the end, it was Yang Yuan who did the work, coming up with a somewhat chuunibyou-like ability name for Su Dai Dai.

“Your ability appears in the palm of your hand, and its effect is a void-like black hole, so let’s just call it [Void Palm].”

“Oh… okay!”

After completing the registration, the two left the center and prepared to go to the hospital again.

They now had to not only take care of Lin Xin but also make amends for Su Dai Dai’s actions.

And the receptionist who had just attended to them was now, with a serious expression, sending the data file through the internal network to the headquarters server located in the capital.

File Title: [Qingtai City – Rare Spatial Ability User – Su Dai Dai].

File Remarks: [Ability form is void, potential level rated as extremely high, recommend upgrading to a level three observation target, continuous follow-up.]

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The two returned to the hospital and, looking through the small window on the door, found that Lin Xin had already woken up. Yang Yuan took a deep breath and pushed the door open.

Lin Xin, on the hospital bed, turned her head at the sound. When she saw Su Dai Dai following behind Yang Yuan, the color instantly drained from her face, her pupils filled with extreme fear.

“Su Dai Dai… what else do you want to do! Don’t come over here!”

Evidently, Lin Xin had not yet recovered from yesterday’s events. Su Dai Dai had become her psychological trauma.

According to Su Dai Dai’s previous statement, time and consciousness are suspended after being sucked into the void.

Lin Xin currently had no memory of being sucked in; her memory only stopped at the moment she was about to be devoured.

Seeing Lin Xin’s state, Yang Yuan knew he couldn’t provoke her any further. He pushed Su Dai Dai out the door, intending to face Lin Xin alone.

“You wait outside for me first.”

Su Dai Dai opened her mouth as if to say something, but in the end, she just nodded obediently and left the hospital room.

“Um… Sister Lin Xin, how are you recovering?”

“Not well.”

Lin Xin’s tone was very cold, and she huddled at the head of the bed, as far away from the door as possible.

“Sorry…”

“I don’t want to see her,” Lin Xin directly interrupted what Yang Yuan was about to say.

“I know you’ve come because you’re afraid I’ll press charges, afraid I’ll call the police.”

“Don’t worry, I don’t want to get involved in your messy affairs anymore. Right now, I just want to stay far away from you both.”

Seeing this, Yang Yuan knew that any explanation was now superfluous. He could only rely on practical actions to temporarily appease Lin Xin.

“I’m sorry, we will be responsible for all the medical expenses and compensation this time.”

After saying this, Yang Yuan prepared to turn and leave. He knew that Lin Xin needed a quiet environment right now.

“Yang Yuan,” Lin Xin called out to him as he reached the door.

“I think… I finally know why no girl in the orphanage has ever dared to pursue you.”

Yang Yuan remained silent, not responding. He understood the meaning behind Lin Xin’s words.

“That girl, Su Dai Dai, will sooner or later not even spare you.”

“You’d better be careful. This is my… as a friend, my final piece of advice to you.”

“Thank you.”

After expressing his gratitude, Yang Yuan opened the door and walked out. As soon as he was out, he saw Su Dai Dai with her ear pressed tightly against the door, a serious look of eavesdropping on her face.

Seeing Yang Yuan come out, Su Dai Dai immediately stopped her eavesdropping, tilted her head up to the ceiling, and began to whistle awkwardly.

“Stop pretending. Do you even know how to whistle?”

“Eh… hehe.”

Su Dai Dai’s comical appearance made Yang Yuan both amused and exasperated.

“Sister Lin Xin currently… probably won’t press charges against you.”

“But, we are the ones at fault. From now on, we have to come here every day to take care of her and visit her until she’s discharged from the hospital, understand?”

“Of course I understand!” Su Dai Dai immediately nodded like a chicken pecking at rice.

“I… I will work hard to make up for my mistakes!”

Yang Yuan breathed a sigh of relief. He thought again of the warning Lin Xin had just given him.

But looking at the girl who was currently showing him a fawning smile, the conviction in his heart was incomparably firm.

He would definitely be able to turn Su Dai Dai into a normal girl.

“As long as you know.” Yang Yuan reached out and ruffled Su Dai Dai’s hair.

But a question that had been lingering in his mind since last night couldn’t help but surface.

“But, I’m quite curious.”

Yang Yuan gently stroked her head while asking casually.

“The situation was too urgent last night. Thinking back now, why did you put that letter right on my pillow like that?”

“It feels… like you deliberately wanted me to find it.”

The smile on Su Xiaoyou’s face stiffened at that moment.

“Did… did I?”

“I… I simply forgot to take it! You know, A’Yuan, I can be very careless sometimes.”

Yang Yuan withdrew his hand from her head, cupped his chin, and fell into thought.

“But…”

“I’m hungry!”

Seeing that Yang Yuan was about to probe further, Su Xiaoyou quickly interrupted his thoughts with a loud voice.

She clutched her stomach, putting on a pitiful expression.

“A’Yuan, let’s go eat quickly. I’m starving to death.”

With Su Dai Dai’s commotion, she successfully diverted Yang Yuan’s attention from that question.

“Alright, alright, it’s getting late anyway.”

“Let’s go, time to eat.”

Su Xiaoyou followed behind him, looking at Yang Yuan’s completely unguarded back, the innocent and romantic smile on her face slowly, bit by bit, receding.

‘Careless? Forgot to take it? How is that possible.’

‘Of course I left that letter there on purpose.’

This plan had already formed in her mind the moment she saw the words “athletic field” and “confession” on the letter.

Su Dai Dai had always known that her ability had a backlash.

Not long ago, in order to test the limits of her ability, she had gone to the market to buy a live fish and tried to suck the still-flapping fish into the void.

The result proved that devouring a living being with life and a will to resist would cause immense erosion to her own body.

Only by letting Yang Yuan see her “sacrifice” would his tenderness and guilt become the strongest chain, locking him firmly by her side.

‘A’Yuan, to make you forever mine alone.’

‘Even if I have to use your kindness, even if I have to use myself as a pawn… I will not hesitate.’