What?! My anime figurines have all come true!

Chen Xiao, who was in complete shock, was unaware of how dangerous the distance between the two was.

By the time he realized what was happening, it was too late.

"It was you who gave us life, it was you who gave us consciousness, it was you who allowed us to exist in this world!"

At this point, Shiina Mahiru looked at Chen Xiao's face so close to hers, and her emotions, which were already swayed by feelings, instantly overwhelmed her rationality, making her unable to suppress her admiration any longer.

"Ah Xiao—"

Shiina Mahiru gradually narrowed her eyes.

"We were born because of you!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Shiina Mahiru closed her eyes and went to meet her.

"you--!"

Chen Xiao was shocked by Shiina Mahiru's heartfelt confession. He was about to say something when the girl standing right in front of him cut him off!

...Was that a kiss?!

No! This isn't a simple kiss!

Who sticks their tongue in during a kiss?!

So this is...

French kiss!

At the same time, the display case for figurines in the bedroom suddenly began to shake violently, much like an incompetent wife.

"I didn't expect that Ms. Shiina was only pretending to be reserved, but couldn't help but sneak away whenever she had the chance... What a blunder."

Alice, who had initially felt a little smug, could no longer laugh.

Fortunately, there are many people who are even more famous than her.

boo——

A few minutes later, with a soft sound, Shiina Mahiru, her lips pursed and her face flushed, pulled away, not even having time to wipe the drool from the corner of her mouth, and hurriedly left the living room.

"My time's up! I'm heading back now! Enjoy your meal..."

Chen Xiao, who was left covering his mouth, sat alone at the dining table.

At this moment, he felt as if his heart was filled with something, and even the sweet and sour pork ribs he loved couldn't fill the sweet feeling in his heart.

However, just as he was smiling as he put the sweet and sour pork ribs into his rice bowl, an advertisement for [Shenzhou Nova Academy] started playing on the TV in the living room, pulling him back to reality.

That is the future of extraordinary urban stories.

In the semi-military New Star Academy, it was impossible for the dormitory to leave Chen Xiao a wall to display his figurines, let alone the equipment for making them.

At the same time, he couldn't guarantee that he would come back here every weekend to see the figurine girls, nor could he make new figurines.

As time goes by, I might forget about Alice and the others, or even forget about them altogether.

After all, the powerful figures in the figures cannot materialize yet, and it is unknown how to extend the materialization time (blue bar). Moreover, since I have not awakened any superpowers, I have no way to protect them.

If one gives up entering the academy, others will see it as tantamount to cutting oneself off from the 'future'.

You can't have your cake and eat it too.

At this moment, Chen Xiao faced a choice.

A dining table laden with girlish delights (food) and a college promotional advertisement playing on television.

quite a while--

Chen Xiao took out his phone, looking dazed.

drop……

The finger landed on the telephone keys, making a crisp, piercing sound.

The time it took to press each button seemed to stretch out infinitely in Chen Xiao's eyes. He had expected to think about many things, or even have his mind racing.

But none of those were there.

Some of them had expressions that gradually changed as the number was entered.

Finally, press the dial button.

beep--

Once the decision is made, there should be no room for regret.

"Dad, it's me... No, no, it's nothing, I'm perfectly fine here, there's just something I need to discuss with you..."

Chen Xiao said with a firm gaze.

"I'm not going to Shenzhou Nova Academy."

Chapter Five: Crimes Committed by Superpowers

Let's go back to the present.

Chen Xiao, who had taken a nap in the bedroom, was woken up by Shiina Mahiru and sauntered over to the living room for dinner.

"Wow……"

Faced with this table of delicious-looking food, he immediately perked up and subconsciously swallowed.

Just being served by two master chefs, Shiina Mahiru and Asuna, has almost spoiled my palate. If Food Wars! figures are made into physical objects in the future, I'm afraid eating anything else outside will taste like chewing wax.

"Come on, Xiao~ have a taste."

Shiina Mahiru picked up a piece of fried shrimp and brought it to Chen Xiao's mouth, her eyes filled with his image.

"what……"

Faced with the girl's offer of food, Chen Xiao naturally couldn't resist and opened his mouth to eat the fried shrimp.

Oh no, I'm really being spoiled rotten...

After feeding him several times, Shiina Mahiru decided to stop and turned on the TV for Chen Xiao as well.

[Breaking News] Shanghai Central Hospital received another comatose patient of unknown cause at 4:30 pm today. This is the fifteenth strange case this month.

It is understood that the patients who fell into a coma were all young people aged 20-25 living alone. They were found unconscious by their neighbors and taken to the hospital. In addition, there were no signs of a struggle in the patients' homes, and no property was stolen.

"Regarding the recent series of bizarre cases of young people falling into comas in our city, the police and hospitals have ruled out the possibility of contracting diseases or viruses, and initially suspect that it may be related to the frequent supernatural crimes that have occurred in recent years."

The female reporter on television spoke with a serious expression.

"We would like to remind all citizens, especially young people living alone, to be sure to lock doors and windows at night, and to call the police immediately if you notice any unusual physical symptoms..."

"There are more and more news stories like this lately..."

Watching the news report on TV, Shiina Mahiru sighed with worry.

When ordinary people encounter an attack from a superhuman, their success rate in resisting is no less than that of defeating a Siberian tiger with a sliding tackle.

Chen Xiao nodded upon hearing this.

“In the past, when the authorities did their best to cover it up, exposing the existence of superpowers to the public was extremely risky, so some people may never show their special abilities in their entire lives.”

Otherwise, I wouldn't have realized until I went to university that this world wasn't an ordinary urban setting, but a damn extraordinary urban setting!

My Dao heart has shattered three times! Three times!

"Now that governments around the world have proactively made the existence of supernatural forces public, it's as if they've removed the sword of Damocles from their heads..."

This is not entirely bad for China.

Firstly, when the existence of superpowers was first officially announced, those who suddenly appeared and filmed videos demonstrating superpowers, aside from the official personnel who were mixed in and trying to guide a positive influence, were mostly honest and law-abiding ordinary people.

Everyone has just kept their secrets to themselves for too long.

This created a temporary vacuum in the crime rate across the entire country. After all, if you wanted to cause trouble during this time, you had to consider whether the person standing up for you was some kind of expert.

Don't spend years practicing Sanda (Chinese kickboxing), only to have your opponent throw a fireball at you the moment you start fighting.

LOL, there's no stopping it. (Despair)

In stark contrast to China, across the ocean in the Arabachi Federation, a superhero program launched by several giant corporations has caused the Federation's already high crime rate to double several times over.

The main problem is that some big company boss has lost his mind and actually recruited superheroes based on the superhero comic book setting, even dividing them into heroes and anti-heroes.

The former, at least on the surface, is still considered to be great, glorious, and righteous.

But the latter is simply a case of a villain being whitewashed, similar to the trope of 'murderers and arsonists being recruited by the government'.

And yet, some people think this kind of thing is cool...

On another note, ever since the federal giant corporation created the anti-hero category, various superpower crimes have begun to appear in China, making it hard not to suspect something fishy is going on.

After all, Xida University in Chen Xiao's previous life was just like this!

"Why is this..."

After listening to Chen Xiao's introduction to this world, West University (Alabacia Federation), Shiina Mahiru felt utterly disgusted.

But she's also cute when she's angry~

Seeing the 'angel's' indignant expression, Chen Xiao's lips twitched, but in the end, he didn't reveal the deeper darkness.

Although there isn't a particular corpse collector or a returning deep-sea diver in this world to grant everyone spiritual vision, those capable of circumventing the Great Firewall to see the world have had their filters shattered by the explosive increase in superpowered crime videos within the Federation in recent years—the kind of thing that no amount of childhood magazines can compensate for.

After all, most ordinary Chinese people make videos to have fun, while those videos from next door are like the bottom rungs of a chaotic, polluted city...

There are no humans left! (Sad)

"Compared to the formulaic reports in the news, the discussions on the internet are much more detailed, especially regarding the attackers' motives..."

Chen Xiao placed his phone on the table and opened the comment section of the trending topic about crime incidents in Shanghai.

Most of the highly upvoted comments were wishes for the patient's recovery, as well as expressions of anger and concern about the possibility of superpowered crimes in the future.

Of course, there are also some human-like accounts that post sarcastic or sarcastic comments.

Among the popular comments were some lengthy deductions by cyber detectives, who deduced the attackers' target group based on information from the dozen or so victims.

"This is outrageous! Those who have fallen into a coma... are all students who will be admitted to the New Star Academy this year!"

Shiina Mahiru's eyes widened.

"This is not a simple crime...this is clearly a premeditated attack!"

"Yes, although we don't know what conspiracy is behind it, the attackers' actions are a huge provocation to the Chinese government. I believe that overconfident guy will soon be beaten to his knees by iron fists."

After all, the authorities need to make an example of someone to deter others.

And sure enough, someone has already jumped out to be the chicken.

"Then... Xiao won't be in danger, right? After all, you live alone and your age is right."

Suddenly remembering something, Shiina Mahiru turned around, gently hugged Chen Xiao's arm, and asked with a worried tone.

"Hahahaha... How could that be! I'm not even 'going to school' anymore, what does the New Star Academy have to do with a nobody like me?"

At this moment, Chen Xiao, laughing heartily, resembled an old general on a theatrical stage.

…………

In the heart of Shanghai, at the Bureau of Abnormal Events, the Superpower Crime Countermeasures Team.

Although the formal organizations with positions related to superpowers have not been established for long, their members are basically elites selected from various departments, and there are also superpowered individuals who are like 'temporary workers' among them.

The adjustment period was shorter than expected; the department was officially operational almost immediately after its establishment.

So even in such a small department, the atmosphere of the meetings was much better than the chaotic and disorganized meetings of the Federation superheroes.

"The public opinion on the internet has become quite serious in the past few days. The director has ordered our team to apprehend the criminal within a week and give the people of China an explanation."

Liu Yaowen, the head of the countermeasures team, who was sitting in the main seat, spoke first.

"I have a question, team leader. We don't know any information about the enemy at all. How are we going to capture the criminal?"

Team member Li Rongbin raised his hand and asked a question in return.

“The residences of those dozen or so victims are not connected, so where to begin the investigation is a big problem.”

Another team member, Lin Feng, chimed in.

“I understand all of this. With the team’s current capabilities, it is indeed difficult to find information about the criminals, even with the personnel and technical support provided by the Shanghai Armed Police Brigade.”