Gao Wu: After transforming into a soft girl, I became a calamity?

Not far behind Chen Qing, Wang Chen, dressed in the uniform of a trainee police officer, held a standard flashlight and vigilantly scanned the streets and alleys shrouded in rain.

His abilities are not strong; aside from allowing him to hear more distant and subtle sounds and perceive some vague emotional fluctuations, they are useless in direct conflict.

Among those who have awakened the same ability, even the highest recorded level is only Tier 3, which is quite low.

During this time, he would often inadvertently recall the scene in the classroom that day.

He watched helplessly as Li Hao arrogantly pressured Jiang Mian, while he himself retreated due to his incompetence, lacking even the courage to step forward and stop him.

Wang Chen will never forget the sense of powerlessness and shame he felt at that moment.

Afterwards, Jiang Mian comforted him by saying, "This has nothing to do with you," but she must have been very disappointed inside.

After that day, Jiang Mian took a long leave of absence, and he never saw her again.

Wang Chen's heart was filled with an indescribable emotion.

He loathed his own cowardice and wanted to make a change, but due to his limited abilities, he didn't know where to begin.

When he saw that the Public Security Bureau was expanding its recruitment, especially by opening up internship positions for some lower-ranking college students to make up for the shortage of manpower at the grassroots level, he signed up without hesitation.

His abilities were probably indeed useful in patrolling and guarding, so he was quickly admitted and assigned to the North District to train under Chen Qing.

The opponent's abilities are of the same type as mine, but at a higher level, with a wider variety of skills and greater versatility.

For example, Chen Qing can still gather information by listening to the "sounds" in the wind, but his perception is now completely disrupted by the wind.

Wang Chen could only concentrate, his gaze involuntarily drifting towards the deep, secluded alleyways around him.

"Sister Chen, there seems to be someone over there?"

He had just casually shone his camera into the alley, but he was surprised to find someone crouching in the corner. For a moment, he thought he was seeing things.

It was a person wearing a black raincoat, with the brim of the hat pulled low, hiding their entire face in shadow.

The moment she was touched by the light, she quickly retreated and disappeared into the depths of the alley. Under the cover of the rain, she vanished almost instantly.

"Oh?"

Chen Qing's eyes narrowed, and he instantly turned his gaze to the direction indicated by Wang Chen's flashlight, his right hand already subconsciously resting on the weapon at his waist.

"Who is it?"

Being suspicious in the middle of the night is most likely suspicious.

Just as she was about to venture deeper into the alley to investigate, she seemed to remember something and subconsciously glanced at the hospital not far away.

"Are you here for a medical checkup?"

Of course, this "seeing a doctor" is not meant literally.

Chen Qing clearly knew something about the secrets, but chose to keep it to himself for unknown reasons.

However... being able to evade the [Wind Whisper]'s perception suggests that the opponent is not simple.

"Strange...there was someone here just now."

Wang Chen approached the spot where Jiang Mian had just been. The silt in the puddles had settled at the bottom, and there seemed to be no footprints.

Chen Qing did not respond, but instead used his abilities to search for any remaining traces in the air.

After a moment, she frowned and said:

"Being able to hide from my abilities means you're probably an 'Awakened One'."

"That……"

"Continue patrolling. The situation in this area is complicated. You'll see in time. Don't delve too deeply into it for now."

Wang Chen glanced back at the empty alley. He was young, but not stupid. Of course, he could tell that Chen Qing seemed to be hiding something.

The matter that could keep a second-tier awakened being of Sequence 123 from talking about was not something a trainee sheriff could delve into.

……

Jiang Mian huddled in the alley, and seeing that they hadn't followed, she breathed a slight sigh of relief.

My deskmate has really made something of himself; he's even become a sheriff.

She wouldn't easily take action against these "acquaintances" unless absolutely necessary.

However, Chen Qing's attitude seems a bit strange.

It's true that her abilities are far beyond what's expected, but the other side doesn't know that. How could they possibly let go of this "suspicious person" so easily?

But the other party only hesitated for a moment before giving up, and inexplicably said, "I'm here for a medical consultation," and even advised Wang Chen not to investigate further...

Based on the information she just received, could Chen Qing know some inside story?

Let's make another bold guess: what if the North District Police Station knew what kind of place this was?

This is very unusual.

Although the police department mainly deals with ordinary people or awakened individuals—that is, "normal people"—according to normal procedures, those found to have abnormalities are usually transferred to the detention center.

However, in urgent situations, they also have the right to detain or even kill those with the disease.

If there are clusters of infected individuals, they are undoubtedly the biggest destabilizing factor.

Judging from the official stance, regardless of which official agency is involved, the correct approach is to arrest each individual found, and to arrest entire groups of individuals if they are discovered.

Chen Qing's reaction just now was as if he knew there was something wrong with this private hospital, and that he knew patients with illnesses came to "see a doctor," but he just didn't care.

Why?

Jiang Mian found a closed shop entrance, from which she could see the brightly lit hospital.

She pondered, weighing the pros and cons.

I originally thought this was just a secret channel for mutual assistance among patients, but now it seems that the water is much deeper than I imagined.

After much thought, she realized there were three worst-case scenarios.

The first is a trap, used to lure "wild" diseased individuals, who are then rounded up and captured after a certain period of time.

Secondly, there's the transaction; perhaps the so-called sole producer is actually the official entity?

Their purpose may be to get the patients to do things that are not respectable for them.

Third... is Jiang Mian's complete guess, which is to train a "certain wind special forces team," after all...

Each rampaging diseased person is a human bomb, which may have a miraculous effect in combating disasters.

Those who were caught and put into the detention center were discarded "materials" that could be uniformly allocated and used for other purposes.

I can't figure it out.

Jiang Mian shook her head, feeling increasingly terrified as she thought about it, and decided to give up for the time being, turning around and heading towards her home.

She'd rather be ripped off on the black market than needlessly increase the risk of being exposed.

With too little information, taking any rash action would be suicidal.

"I hope I'm just scaring myself..."

Jiang Mian felt that if she continued to be in this state of not knowing any information, she would eventually scare herself to death.

She didn't linger; her feet seemed to fly, and she moved swiftly through the night.

Soon, she returned to the front of her current apartment building.

Because it was late, almost all the windows were dark, and because there were no streetlights, it was extremely quiet.

Jiang Mian arrived at his front door and was about to take out his key to open it when he suddenly sensed an unfamiliar aura through the perception of [Gale].

Is someone inside?!