ALL NOVEL 13: Bang—!
“Hello, here’s your cappuccino and latte.”
The waitress brought over the coffees, along with a small piece of mousse cake.
“I think we only ordered coffee, not this,” Yuan Xiaoning said.
“This is complimentary,” the waitress smiled. “Happy May Day holiday to you.”
Yuan Xiaoning looked around and saw that indeed, every customer’s table had a small cake.
“Today is really a lucky day,” she heard the couple at the next table say.
“Yes, we have this good fortune on our first date.”
She took a spoonful. It was sweet and delicious.
“Um, Bai Ling,” Yuan Xiaoning said softly, “Shouldn’t we…”
“There’s no need.”
Bai Ling cut her off coldly: “In the coming years, attacks by spiritual awakeners will become more and more frequent. Countless ordinary people will be caught up in them. You’d better get used to it early.”
“…” Yuan Xiaoning closed her little mouth, feeling wronged.
Although she knew Bai Ling was right, but…
Beep beep beep beep
A clear timing sound suddenly rang out in the coffee shop. Everyone looked up to find the source.
They finally traced it to the umbrella stand by the door.
“The gentleman who came in for takeout earlier left his umbrella here,” the manager behind the counter said. “Xiao He, take it outside and see if he’s gone far.”
The waitress who had delivered the cake walked over.
Alarm bells went off in Yuan Xiaoning’s mind. She stood up, about to shout: “Don’t—”
Bang—!!
Before the words left her mouth, the umbrella turned into a bomb and exploded violently. Flames and shrapnel engulfed the entire café.
Time seemed to slow down. The coffee in customers’ cups rose crookedly through the air, like girls’ small hands stretching out, trying to stop the disaster.
Yuan Xiaoning could feel her connection to them, like in a virtual game in an anime, controlling them with her mind.
But there was far too little water, and it was already too late…
“Sigh.”
She seemed to hear a sigh beside her ear, and then… all the flames and shrapnel were blocked in midair outside the door. Even the shockwave of the explosion itself didn’t enter, hitting an invisible air wall at the entrance with a bang.
Bai Ling had intervened after all.
“Ah!”
“Get down! Quick, get down!”
“Call the police!”
“120, call 120 first!”
The sudden explosion threw the café into chaos. Most people crouched down, as if taking shelter from an earthquake or typhoon. A few were stunned with fright, sitting frozen in their chairs and shaking.
The waitress also screamed and ran to hide behind the counter.
If anyone had calmly looked closely, they would have seen that actually no one was injured. An invisible air wall like the Wall of Sighs firmly blocked the doorway.
“Thank you,” Yuan Xiaoning sat down and said to Bai Ling.
“What are you thanking me for? I didn’t act because of you,” Bai Ling said coldly.
After a pause, she spoke again: “I just thought he was right.”
Yuan Xiaoning followed her gaze. The couple at the next table were hiding under their table, the boy hugging and comforting his frightened girlfriend.
“What did he say?”
“First date, for good luck,” Bai Ling put down her coffee. “Bloodshed wouldn’t be auspicious.”
“Mm-hmm,” Yuan Xiaoning nodded happily. “Whatever you say.”
An obedient good girl, all about compliance.
Seeing her like this, Bai Ling felt a bit uncomfortable. To be honest, in that instant, even she didn’t know why she had intervened.
Was it because she didn’t want to see the blonde girl’s tearful, sad face?
Hmm, taking a crying girl on a revenge mission would look really embarrassing. Let’s just say that was the reason.
“Let’s go,” Bai Ling called to her. “Time to catch some rats.”
The man’s actions of coming in to buy coffee and deliberately leaving his umbrella were crystal clear in her perception.
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On the rooftop of a small building on the outskirts of Tianhai Plaza, an ordinary-looking man in casual clothes sat behind the railing, gazing towards the café in the distance.
The explosion just now had caused a noticeable tremor even for people on this street. Sitting on the rooftop, he listened to the clamorous gossip of people below.
Although it was just a coffee shop explosion, this blast was destined to shake heaven and earth.
The man closed his eyes, tilted his head back, and took a deep breath.
He had awakened his ability some time ago—the power to create and control small sparks. After unremitting practice, he could remotely control them within a radius of fifty meters. Combined with some dangerous items, or directly targeting electronic devices, it could have very powerful effects.
But someone had told him, you’re just a relatively weak branch of the elemental foundation fire system, with little potential. It was like when he was in school and the teacher said he had no aptitude for studying, he should learn a trade early.
As he was lost in memories, he suddenly heard a girl’s voice—
“So it’s you, Explosion Maniac Lei Sen, wanting to do something big.”
Lei Sen’s eyes snapped open. He saw a frail-looking white-haired girl, with a very pretty busty blonde hiding behind her, holding a small piece of mousse cake.
This person was his mission target.
“Weren’t you already…”
Bai Ling waved her hand. An invisible giant force struck Lei Sen, lifting him into the air.
With this, even the most arrogant fool would understand—the mission target was absurdly strong.
“I have no grudge against you,” Lei Sen tried to negotiate. “It’s just that someone wanted to… Aah!!!”
Two of his fingers were broken by an invisible force.
Bai Ling crossed her arms, looking at him: “You have three sentences to explain.”
Madwoman! This is definitely a madwoman!
The fingers are closely connected to the heart. Lei Sen was in so much pain that cold sweat poured down. His face was full of terror: “I’ll tell you everything. Can I have a way out?”
“You have two sentences left,” the white-haired girl said calmly.
Since arriving here, her expression hadn’t changed. Her crimson eyes were terrifyingly creepy, impossible to look at directly.
“I took the job from a middleman. We all call him Brother Luo!”
“Where is he?”
“A bar, in Linjiang District of Tianhai City, 114 Queen’s Boulevard, first floor.”
Having blurted out all the information in one breath, Lei Sen was panting heavily. At the same time, he looked at Bai Ling with a pleading gaze.
“That’s all I know. I can even lead the way, take you to find him.”
But the restraints on his body didn’t loosen at all. Bai Ling’s expression didn’t change in the slightest.
“You know, I once heard a theory,” the white-haired girl said softly. “The conflict between old and new orders is inevitable. Even without you, Tianhai Tower would have been blown up by someone else.”
Lei Sen didn’t understand her words. Just as he was about to plead again, he suddenly found that force gripping his throat, unable to make a sound.
“I agree with this view, but I’m just a bit curious. If it weren’t for you, how much time would the collapse of Tianhai Tower have been delayed?”
After saying this, Bai Ling turned around and covered the eyes of Yuan Xiaoning, who was watching the scene. The blonde girl didn’t know what was happening and made an “Mm em?” sound.
Bang—!
Lei Sen’s head exploded like his umbrella.