Phoenix's eyes lit up, and she turned around naturally. She nestled into Chen Xiao's arms, stood on tiptoe, and planted a deep kiss on his lips. The two immediately embraced passionately. But after their lips parted, Phoenix quickly pulled away, chuckling softly, "Alright. Don't push your luck, okay? Although we... we've only met three times. I don't want you to think I'm a frivolous woman."
Chen Xiao looked into Phoenix's eyes and saw that her gaze was already misty, but she was trying her best to control herself. He nodded, his expression solemn: "I understand."
With a ding, the elevator arrived at the first floor. When the elevator doors opened, Chen Xiao saw four men standing in the doorway. All four men were dressed in black suits—not the attire of bodyguards or drivers. It was clear that the suits worn by these four men were genuine designer brands.
But the problem is...
In this world, some people possess exceptional charisma. Even when it comes to clothing, they can make ordinary clothes look like designer brands.
But some people... even when wearing world-famous brands, still look like they're wearing cheap, low-quality clothes.
Without a doubt, the four men in front of them belong to the latter category.
One tall, one short, one fat, and one thin—four men in black suits stood in a row at the elevator entrance, staring intently at Chen Xiao inside.
Chen Xiao was taken aback, suddenly seeing four strangers staring at him, and was somewhat surprised. But then Phoenix beside him smiled and said, "Chen Xiao. These are my four friends."
friend?
Before Chen Xiao could speak, the tallest man immediately said, "We wouldn't dare call ourselves friends. We're just Miss Phoenix's assistants."
After he finished speaking, the four of them bowed at the same time, just like welcoming a mafia boss in a movie, and shouted in unison, "Hello, Miss Phoenix!"
Their movements were synchronized and uniform.
Chen Xiao also noticed that each of the four men was wearing an earpiece. Although they didn't have monocle lenses, they were clearly miniature detectors—were these four people also superhumans?
As he thought this, he couldn't help but glance at Phoenix. Phoenix was incredibly clever and immediately guessed Chen Xiao's thoughts. She smiled slightly and whispered, "These four gentlemen are quite famous in the world of superpowers."
Chen Xiao firmly believes in one thing: people with strange appearances often have extraordinary abilities—don't you see, in fantasy or martial arts novels, those who look very strange all have extraordinary skills!
Ke Zhen'e, the Flying Bat, is blind.
Tieguai Li was a cripple.
Duan Yanqing, the leader of the Four Evils, was a man with a full-body disability. Yet these four men before him, with their sleazy demeanor, were dressed in high-end designer suits from world-renowned brands. Phoenix had even claimed they were famous figures in the world of supernatural abilities—Chen Xiao dared not judge a book by its cover. He immediately felt a surge of respect and smiled politely, saying, "Greetings, gentlemen."
Although Chen Xiao greeted them politely, the four men snorted, holding their heads high and not even glancing at Chen Xiao, displaying an extremely arrogant demeanor. However, they turned to Phoenix with a cautious, obsequious smile: "Miss, the car and equipment are ready. Shall we set off now?"
Phoenix gave Chen Xiao an apologetic look, then nodded.
The car was parked outside the hotel; it was a conspicuous, extended black luxury sedan. After getting in, the shortest man in a suit among the four took the initiative to drive, while the other three sat in the back with Chen Xiao and Fenghuang.
As soon as she got on the train, Phoenix immediately pulled out a suitcase from under the cabinet in the carriage, took out an exquisite box from it, smiled and handed it to Chen Xiao, squinted her eyes and said softly, "This is a gift for you, and I put a lot of thought into preparing it."
Chen Xiao took it and opened it, only to find that it was a... miniature detector?
However, its design differs from ordinary detectors. Ordinary detectors, besides the headset, have only one single lens. Their appearance is somewhat odd: these days, very few people wear monocles.
The detector was connected to a pair of very stylish glasses next to the headset. The dark-colored frames were understated yet exquisite, clearly not ordinary.
"Your original detector was a counterfeit. Its database was incomplete. A genuine, standard detector, however, is linked to a service organization's database—the most comprehensive and up-to-date database among all the world's major superpower organizations. It stores all known information on superpowered individuals. When you encounter an enemy, the detector can directly access this database, allowing you to immediately grasp their intelligence. The counterfeit detector lacks this function. While it can detect an opponent's abilities, it cannot detect those with shielding devices. But your detector, by recognizing basic features like appearance and height, can automatically search the database for superpowered individuals matching those characteristics, displaying their abilities and detailed information as indicated in the database."
Phoenix explained with a smile, "Besides, you still have to go to school, work, and go out. Wearing a single lens is too conspicuous. So I made an improvement, making it look like normal glasses. The left lens is a screen for displaying data. And when you're not using it, it looks just like wearing ordinary glasses. As long as you don't activate the detector function, it's no different from ordinary non-prescription glasses, and at the same time..."
As she spoke, Phoenix reached out and gently pressed a certain part of the headset on her glasses. In a flash, both lenses turned jet black.
"Look, it can also be adjusted to be used as sunglasses at any time. Furthermore, the detector has more functions than the counterfeit version. For example, it has X-ray vision capabilities, night vision, and so on..."
Phoenix smiled smugly at Chen Xiao. Chen Xiao looked at the item in his hand, thought for a moment, and, seeing Phoenix's expectant gaze, did not refuse: "Thank you."
Phoenix smiled sweetly, then suddenly put on a stern face: "You...you're not allowed to use your X-ray vision to look at girls!" She then leaned close to Chen Xiao's ear and gently bit it: "And you're not allowed to use it to look at me either!"
Chen Xiao's heart skipped a beat. Looking at Phoenix's flushed cheeks, he couldn't help but feel a little distracted.
The extended luxury car drove along the streets of K City and then quickly entered an underground tunnel in K City. This underground tunnel was the oldest and also the longest underground tunnel in K City.
After the car entered the underground tunnel, Phoenix sat up straight, glanced at the three men in suits beside her, and said, "Get ready, we're almost there."
The three men immediately rummaged through the cabinet under the carriage and pulled out several leather suitcases. After opening them, Chen Xiao was stunned: inside the suitcases were firearms!
It's not an ordinary firearm, but an electromagnetic gun specifically designed to deal with superhumans!
When we were halfway through the underground tunnel, there was a very narrow gap on the side. The short driver in front suddenly turned the steering wheel sharply, and the car went straight through!
The gap was very narrow, but the extended car managed to squeeze through it. There were two loud thuds as the sides of the car inevitably collided and rubbed against the walls on either side.
"Where is this?" Chen Xiao asked.
Phoenix smiled and explained, "And you call yourself a resident of K City? Don't you know the history of this tunnel? This gap leads all the way to an air-raid shelter. Originally, this air-raid shelter was built decades ago during the war. Later, when K City was building the tunnel, they made good use of this underground air-raid shelter system. The tunnel passing through here also saved a lot of costs. I painstakingly found this information in the government's municipal construction archives."
Underground air-raid shelter?
Chen Xiao's eyes lit up!
That Yaksha... since he has a weakness for sunlight, wouldn't this kind of underground air-raid shelter be the best place for him to hide during the day?
The car stopped quickly after turning onto the side road. After the group got out, Chen Xiao was faced with a dark underground passage, about four or five meters wide, deep and dark without any light, and he had no idea where it led.
"This is the main part of the underground air-raid shelter. According to the intelligence I received, Yaksha hid here during the day while he was in K City." Phoenix looked inside, then at Chen Xiao: "Are you ready? Consider this a practical training exercise."
Chen Xiao wasn't really interested in being enemies with the Yaksha, and he didn't even feel that practical combat training was necessary. However, he couldn't bear to refuse Phoenix's request.
Phoenix, however, seemed to possess a keen mind, quickly guessing Chen Xiao's thoughts. She sighed and said softly, "Chen Xiao, I know your personality is actually one of indifference to worldly affairs, but... given your current situation, even if you don't want to make enemies, others may not be willing to let you go. And I... I can't be by your side all the time, so I can only try my best to help you improve your strength as quickly as possible... I'm doing this for your own good, do you understand?"
"Others won't let me go?"
“Yes.” Phoenix lowered her voice: “Your ability… especially the ability to devour, is a thorn in the side of many ability users in the world, and something many organizations covet. Sigh, Chen Xiao, you don’t realize how dangerous your situation is. Last time you went to Home Island, I was really worried that the Service Society would detain you and not let you leave… Fortunately, the Service Society is an established organization after all. Even if their higher-ups had such thoughts, they wouldn’t dare to openly do something that violates the organization’s rules. But that doesn’t mean they don’t want to! Do you understand? Also, there are so many ability organizations of all sizes in the world, not every organization is as law-abiding as the Service Society.”