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Chapter 26 Memory Erasure?
"Bed number one's hysteria has flared up again!"
"Or should we just erase the memory?"
"No, the Bureau of Paranormal Affairs still needs his information; we need to stabilize him."
The group hurriedly ran past Jiang Xingni, and suddenly a scream erupted from the ward where their target's bed number one was located.
Pei Zhaoye and Jiang Xingni subconsciously looked towards the ward.
From Jiang Xingni's perspective, she could clearly see the pale blue light spots surrounding the ward, just like the light spots Pei Zhaoye had just used when he used his special ability.
It doesn't obstruct the view; it's more like a spot of sunlight reflecting off the air, only now it's much clearer.
"I'm not crazy! I'm not crazy! I'm not crazy—!!!" a male voice screamed, and then Jiang Xing glanced at the group of people around him and silently quickened their pace.
"It's quite lively." Jiang Xingni didn't know what else to say, so she could only offer this assessment.
Pei Zhaoye seemed to be used to it, shrugging slightly and not caring much about Jiang Xingni's evaluation.
"Any ability users from the surrounding area who are injured in battle will be sent to the nearest special hospital." Pei Zhaoye looked at Jiang Xingni, then slowly smiled and called her by her affectionate nickname—even though he himself had given her that nickname. "Xingxing, you'll have to get used to it. People in this line of work have to go to the hospital eventually."
"I remember... the victim was in bed number thirteen..." Pei Zhaoye led Jiang Xingni to the ward with practiced ease.
Jiang Xingni keenly perceived the implication he made in the conversation.
"You mean, the 'superhumans' who were injured in battle?" She followed behind Pei Zhaoye, emphasizing the word "superhuman." "The victims were also superhumans."
Pei Zhaoye led her into the ward and nodded: "Yes, this time the victim was also a superhuman, but it was a completely undeserved disaster."
The black-haired woman lay on the hospital bed, her brows furrowed, her eyes darting nervously beneath her eyelids.
"Zheng Pingwen," Pei Zhaoye said. "A person with supernatural abilities, who was on vacation, opened her phone and a clip of a shadow puppet show popped up, and that's how she got influenced."
It was indeed an undeserved disaster.
Who would have thought that something unusual could happen while on vacation?
"They gave her a sedative injection, otherwise, when she was conscious, she would just keep muttering about shadow puppetry and want to take out a knife to peel off her own skin."
Jiang Xing frowned slightly. She took a few steps closer and stared intently at the golden spots of light on her body.
If what Pei Zhaoye said is true, then her connection with the wordless book should not be strong. However, from Jiang Xingni's perspective, she could clearly see that the light spots on her body related to the wordless book were dazzlingly bright.
"What did you see?" Pei Zhaoye keenly realized something. He narrowed his eyes, his gaze shifting back and forth between Jiang Xingni and Zheng Pingwen.
Although they hadn't known each other for long, his intuition told him that Jiang Xingni wasn't the kind of person who would make baseless accusations.
This means that Jiang Xingni definitely saw something, something that Pei Zhaoye couldn't see.
The boy pouted, still somewhat curious—what exactly was the world like through Jiang Xingni's eyes? Wouldn't it be boring to find out the truth?
"She has a connection to the wordless book, not directly, but definitely a significant one," Jiang Xingni replied succinctly.
She had initially thought that even if Pei Zhaoye trusted her—Jiang Xingni genuinely doubted how much of that trust was genuine—he would still raise a question. After all, Zheng Pingwen was also influenced by the wordless book, so it wasn't surprising that he had an indirect connection with it.
But Pei Zhaoye didn't say anything. He nodded and then opened his laptop: "Then I'll start investigating the surveillance footage now."
He quickly assigned himself tasks.
"...The main characters seem to be quite reliable." Jiang Xingni said to the system in a daze.
System: [Of course, he's the main character after all.]
As soon as it finished speaking, it realized that something seemed off about what Jiang Xingni had just said.
The system was silent for a few seconds, then cautiously asked with a hint of curiosity: "Star, what kind of teammates did you used to have?"
The impression that he was unreliable has stayed with me to this day, and I still misunderstand the main characters because of it.
Jiang Xingni's response was a deep sigh.
He didn't say a word, but a long sigh said it all. The system strangely understood the emotions Jiang Xingni wanted to express.
"I think I understand now," the system said dryly. "It seems I'm increasingly able to understand humans."
Jiang Xingni couldn't help but chuckle.
Then her gaze remained fixed on Zheng Wenping.
Pei Zhaoye sat on a chair by the hospital bed, solemnly reviewing the surveillance footage.
Jiang Xingni took a deep breath and immersed himself in the world he saw through his superpower.
Most people with superpowers—including the main characters—are born with their abilities, possessing them from a young age, and they grow up with their abilities.
It's like their third hand; no one feels that their hands don't belong to them, or that using their hands is cheating.
However, this was not the case for Jiang Xingni.
She had only acquired her superpowers a few days ago, so she couldn't act as naturally as someone born with them.
They haven't known each other for very long, so Jiang Xingni can still cover things up a bit, but as time goes on, he'll eventually be exposed.
Jiang Xingni has to use this time to adapt to all of this.
"I've grown a third eye," Jiang Xingni tried to convince herself, but the moment those words echoed in her mind, she realized she couldn't do it at all.
She ignored the subtle feeling in her heart and focused on the golden light in front of her.
It's not a direct connection, but rather an indirect one; for some reason, the connection is strengthening...
Jiang Xingni's expression changed.
She suddenly opened her eyes—or rather, she had been opening her eyes all along, but was just snapping out of her previous state.
The girl nudged Pei Zhaoye beside her, her tone calm: "Can you see anyone walking this way?"
Pei Zhaoye didn't understand, but nodded very quickly and then pulled up the current surveillance footage.
Just as Jiang Xingni said, in the surveillance footage, a girl who looked somewhat familiar was approaching in this direction.
Jiang Xingni's intuition kicked in, and he frantically called the police.
Although Pei Zhaoye wasn't as perceptive as Jiang Xingni, he still realized something was amiss.
"...This is Zheng Pingwen's daughter?" Pei Zhaoye recognized her, and then the scenery in front of them suddenly changed the next second.