They Called Her Useless… So They Sent Her to Watch a Monster

“Have a seat, Miss Cai.”
A woman around thirty years old, wearing glasses, sat in the principal’s office chair.

Cai Xiaowei slowly sat down and examined the woman who was reviewing documents.
Her long hair hung behind her back.
Her face was reasonably well-maintained, still retaining her charm.

“Principal, let’s get down to the specifics of the mission.”
Cai Xiaowei reminded the woman.

“Calling me Principal doesn’t feel quite right.
We’re both colleagues at Longya.
My name is Zhao Zhien.
If you don’t mind, you can call me Sister Zhao.”
Zhao Zhien said.

“Alright, Sister Zhao.
To be honest, even without this mission, I was going to come to your school to study.”
Cai Xiaowei told the truth.

“Is that so?
I didn’t expect you to still be a student.”
Zhao Zhien had always thought Cai Xiaowei was someone brought from headquarters by Long Fei last time.

“Yes.
My mother, Su Ling, should have spoken with you about it.”

“I see.
So you’re Su Ling’s daughter.
That’s wonderful.
Your mother and I are actually good friends.”
Zhao Zhien was very grateful to Su Ling.
Many of Longyan No.1 High School’s facilities had been funded by her.

“Take a look at this first.”
Shifting the topic, Zhao Zhien handed over a document.

“Li Mo, heiress of the Li Group.

Her coming to Longyan this time must have a purpose.
As national special personnel, we need to monitor her at all times, because we cannot guarantee whether she might do something that threatens national or social stability.”

Cai Xiaowei listened in a daze.
It seemed there was still a lot she didn’t understand.

“If there’s anything you don’t understand, ask it all at once.”
Zhao Zhien complained inwardly.
No wonder the director had told her to take good care of Cai Xiaowei.
It was because she herself couldn’t be bothered to explain.

“Alright, then.

In the end, Cai Xiaowei sorted through the information and finally understood.

Ability users generally manifest their abilities from birth.
These people often have great potential and can easily develop their abilities to intermediate or high levels.

Post-awakened ability users also exist, but they are generally low-level and have little room for growth.

As for ability strength, the higher the level of an ability user, the higher their immunity to the disruptive abilities of other ability users.
Their own ability usage rate will also be higher.

At the same time, there are those who have broken through the high-level ability user threshold.
Their power is on an entirely different level from high-level users.
How terrifying that power is cannot be described.

The five great ancient ability families correspond to the five surnames: Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth.

They are the families that serve the Qilin, which appears once every hundred years.
The Qilin is the leader of China’s ability user world for each generation.
Accompanying the Qilin are the incarnations of the twelve Chinese zodiac guardians.
They are the Qilin’s partners and assistants.

Li Mo has close dealings with the Qilin.
She might be one of the twelve zodiac guardians.

“If the Qilin is the leader of the ability user world, why do we need to monitor them?”
Cai Xiaowei asked naively.

“Longya and the other ability user organization, Longdao, were established by the state.
We are directly under the state’s command.
Any activity that might threaten national or social stability, we must nip in the bud.
“Even if that involves the five great ancient ability families, the twelve zodiac guardians, or the Qilin.”

Zhao Zhien drank some water, her mouth dry.

“Got it.
I just need to monitor Li Mo.
If she does anything suspicious, I report it to the organization, right?”
Cai Xiaowei thought it was acceptable.
It didn’t seem very dangerous.

“Don’t be too naive.
Li Mo might have broken through the high-level ability user threshold.
If she discovers your secret, I can’t guarantee whether she would eliminate you to keep you quiet.
And even the director couldn’t save you then, because the director is no match for her either.”
Zhao Zhien guessed what Cai Xiaowei was thinking.

“If it’s so dangerous, why pick me?”
Cai Xiaowei was speechless.
Lin Fei had said she liked Cai Xiaowei the most, yet she gave her such a dangerous mission.

“First, you are the only high-level ability user in our branch other than the director.
You are least affected by Li Mo’s abilities.
Second, your ability is not offensive.
It won’t make Li Mo feel threatened.
Third, your ability is very good for escaping.”
Zhao Zhien stated the opinions of both Lin Fei and herself.

“You… all of you…
Although you say I’m the only high-level ability user besides Director Lin, which sounds impressive,
your second and third points make it sound like I’m useless and can only run away.
And the enemy might not even bother with me?
Huh?
Tell me, is that what you were thinking?”
Cai Xiaowei was very angry.
‘Some high-level ability user I am.’

“If you want to think of it that way, I won’t deny it.”
Zhao Zhien said calmly.

“You look down on people too much.
I’m not taking this mission.”
The more Cai Xiaowei thought about it, the angrier she became.
This was basically saying she was worthless.

“The director has already accepted the mission for you and reported it to headquarters.
You have no way out.”
Zhao Zhien laughed at the somewhat cute expression on Cai Xiaowei’s face when she was angry.

“How could you do this?
I’m going to go argue with her.”
Cai Xiaowei turned to leave.

“Is that really true?
This is the first time I’ve heard of someone wanting to go argue with the director!”
Zhao Zhien looked at Cai Xiaowei in surprise.

Hearing this, Cai Xiaowei remembered how terrifying Lin Fei could be.

“School starts next week.
I’ve already handled your enrollment paperwork.
You and Li Mo will be in the same class.”
Zhao Zhien called out to Cai Xiaowei’s retreating figure.

Cai Xiaowei felt like she had been toyed with by Lin Fei and the others all along.
They never asked for her opinion.
They forced her into things.
The same thing had happened when she joined Longya.
Now they were subtly implying that her ability was useless.

Cai Xiaowei took a deep breath.

She decided to develop her ability properly.
She would never let herself be pushed around again.

“Moon Master, the teleportation array on the border that was activated the day before yesterday has been reactivated.

Many knights came through, but no priests.”
In a dimly lit wooden cabin, a person knelt on one knee and reported to a figure draped in a robe, whose gender was indistinguishable.

“Heh, ten years have passed.
Why do these people still come?
Hmph, since they’ve come, we absolutely won’t let them leave this time.
Notify the scouts in every region to monitor their movements at all times.
It’s time to settle accounts with them.”
The robed figure’s voice was very low and cold, like the sound made by rusty machinery.