Contact Again

The roads of Jiangbei City were bustling with traffic, and many ordinary people strode hastily along the streets on their way to work.

Due to the previous Level One Alert issued in Jiangbei City, which put it into a state of wartime preparedness, all ordinary citizens had been forbidden from going outside.

After three days of careful investigation confirmed that no vampires had taken the opportunity to infiltrate Jiangbei City, the lives of ordinary people began to return to normal.

With the threat to their lives gone, on the first day the alert was lifted, they all hurried to their jobs, needing to work hard to ensure their own survival.

The work that had piled up for three days clearly couldn’t be finished during normal working hours; overtime tonight was a must.

“Teacher Bai, do you think Su Ran will choose to enroll in our Beizhou Academy?”

Perhaps because the view outside the window was just an endless, repeating crowd of people, Feng Wei no longer kept his gaze outside.

Seeing that it was almost the appointed time, Feng Wei turned to make small talk with Bai Yun, who was sitting beside him.

“Personally, I hope she will join. Besides, it was she who contacted you to find out the specific details about Eve, which is why I’m sitting here, isn’t it?”

Bai Yun made no effort to hide her white hair, which resembled that of an elderly woman; it was the most direct physical manifestation of having burned away all her life force.

Nie Ping had told her that there might be potions capable of replenishing life force, but finding one would not be an easy task.

She now had only a few months left at most.

If not for the request Su Ran made when she called, she might not have appeared here at all.

As Eve’s last remaining connection in this world, Bai Yun still hoped that Su Ran could properly enroll in Beizhou Academy.

After graduating, she could find a position that wasn’t too dangerous and live out her life in peace and safety.

“Calling at nearly twelve o’clock at night… I almost thought the letter I delivered had been lost.”

Feng Wei glanced at his watch; the hands had just reached the time he had arranged with Su Ran.

With the ring of a bell, the coffee shop’s door was pushed open, and a lone, long-haired girl walked in.

The girl’s appearance was clearly the result of meticulous grooming.

Her long, glossy hair was draped smoothly over her shoulders, and the purple-black dress was tailored to fit her slender figure.

Her mere appearance in the coffee shop was enough to draw everyone’s gaze, making her the center of attention.

If there was anything regrettable about her, it was her hollow eyes, dim and without light, which gave off a deathly stillness, as if she no longer wished to live.

Pinned to her chest was a withered white flower.

The girl entered the coffee shop without a word, simply standing quietly in place.

Seeing the girl enter and then stand motionless, a few men in the coffee shop were suddenly struck with other ideas.

“Little sister, how about having a cup of coffee with your uncle? I have some delicious milk here!”

A middle-aged man with a stubbly beard reached out, wanting to pull the girl into his arms and personally experience her smooth skin.

The girl said nothing, merely standing her ground.

The uncle’s response was the long barrel of a crystal-carved blunderbuss, already pressed against his face, just short of the trigger being pulled.

The appearance of the crystal blunderbuss threw the people in the coffee shop into a panic; some even dove under their tables, trembling.

Upon seeing the crystal blunderbuss, Bai Yun shot to her feet, her eyes fixed on Su Ran.

Feng Wei had already stood up the moment Su Ran appeared, preparing to warn her.

He never imagined that some scumbag would show up nearby to harass a woman.

“You’ve got to be kidding me!”

As it turned out, Feng Wei had already been preparing to greet her.

The instant the blunderbuss appeared, Feng Wei even mobilized his magic essence, sending the man beside Su Ran flying with a single kick, leaving him on the ground to properly reflect on his actions.

“Wait, Miss Su Ran, calm down! Calm down! Put the weapon away first. As for the bastard who harassed you, I’ll send him where he belongs.”

When he first saw Su Ran conjure the weapon out of thin air, Feng Wei thought she had reached Sequence Five in just three days.

But upon closer inspection, the weapon in Su Ran’s hand was different from one condensed directly from magic essence.

The body of the blunderbuss was made of ice crystals, yet it had no trace of magic essence fluctuation.

It seemed more like Su Ran had communicated with magic essence, using it as an intermediary to shape the ice crystals into her desired form.

Su Ran’s vacant eyes sized up Feng Wei, confirming his identity. Finally, she nodded, and the ice crystal blunderbuss in her hand dissipated into points of light.

“You go sit over there first. That is Eve’s teacher, Bai Yun. She was also the leader of the team that went to Changhong City.”

Hearing Feng Wei mention Eve’s name, Su Ran’s eyes cleared slightly.

Following the direction of Feng Wei’s finger, she saw a white-haired woman stand up and nod toward her.

At that moment, the sound of police sirens could be heard from the coffee shop entrance. Evidently, a customer inside had called them.

“Alright, let Feng Wei handle the police. Let’s go upstairs.”

The gentle Bai Yun walked over and took Su Ran’s hand, leading her upstairs, leaving Feng Wei alone below to explain to the police.

‘I know you might be furious with that scumbag, and you’ve only just grasped your powers as a superhuman, but there are clear regulations in the city: superhumans are forbidden from using their abilities to attack ordinary people.’

Bai Yun led Su Ran by the hand as she walked, speaking of what had just happened.

From the notes Feng Wei had retrieved from Eve, Su Ran’s legs had lost their ability to move freely due to an accumulation of magic essence.

As for why the instruments hadn’t detected Su Ran’s superhuman talent, it was presumed to be because the magic essence had been dormant in her body.

Such omissions were common, as humanity’s research into magic essence was still in its early stages.

Since Su Ran had already become a superhuman, Bai Yun decided to take this opportunity to explain things to her properly, lest she act as she just had.

“Thank you.”

Bai Yun’s explanation was very detailed, giving Su Ran a much better understanding of superhumans. She finally spoke to Bai Yun, offering her thanks.

Just then, Feng Wei, who had been downstairs dealing with the police, came up.

“It’s handled. With the testimony from the other customers, I’ve had the police take that harassing scumbag away to squat in a cell for a few days. As for Miss Su Ran, it’s been classified as a startled reaction to being harassed.”

‘It’s a good thing she didn’t fire. If a magic essence attack had occurred, it would have been difficult to handle. A trip to the police station would have been unavoidable.’

Feng Wei, disregarding his image, collapsed into a seat in front of the two ladies, poured himself a cup of coffee, and downed it in one gulp.

“Alright, now that everyone’s here and the other matters are settled, it’s time we get down to business.”

After quenching his thirst, Feng Wei got straight to the point, turning the topic back to the reason the three of them were here today.