Chapter 12
Chen Nan was unaware that she had developed supernatural abilities in the middle of the night and was unable to control them.
When she left home on time in the morning and entered the third canteen with her master, she only felt that everyone's gaze towards her seemed a little kinder than before.
After all, she wasn't stupid. In the past two days, everyone at the Superpower Institute had lost their previous enthusiasm for her, and everyone was intentionally or unintentionally avoiding them. When she and her master went to the training room and the back mountain of the Superpower Institute to train, almost no one took the initiative to talk to them. Chen Nan wasn't stupid; she had already noticed this long ago.
Seeing everyone's enthusiastic looks and noticing that some people seemed about to greet them but were then stopped, Chen Nan felt a bit confused. So, as she sat down, she asked directly, "Master, what happened?"
If there's anything you don't understand, just ask your mentor. Chen Nan learns very quickly; she asks immediately whenever she senses something is wrong.
"You must have lightning powers. Come with me to the testing room again later."
Tang Ke pushed two peeled boiled eggs in front of Chen Nan, and then began to talk about how her supernatural abilities seemed unstable yesterday, directly affecting the voltage in the vicinity.
"Is it really that exaggerated? Do I really have lightning powers?"
What could be more surprising and joyful than an ordinary person suddenly becoming a superhuman?
Although she had known for a long time that she had become a superhuman, and although she had long accepted the premise that ordinary people in this world could become superhumans, Chen Nan never expected that she would actually have superpowers.
It felt like someone suddenly inheriting millions of dollars worth of property from frugal parents, a property whose owner was someone she had never known before. She was already surprised and delighted, and she was overjoyed while signing the inheritance papers. But at that moment, her joy and excitement were still manageable, not yet overly exaggerated. It was only when she finally saw the house that she would likely experience that genuine, heartfelt excitement and joy—that ultimate happiness and exhilaration.
Anyway, that's how Chen Nan feels right now. At this moment, her pride, joy, and excitement have reached another peak.
Looking down at her hands, Chen Nan, who already had a general understanding of the superpowers in this world, couldn't contain her joy and pride at the thought that she actually possessed lightning abilities.
"Master, what exactly is my special ability? Can it protect me? Does it have a shape? Can it—"
As Chen Nan murmured, she suddenly felt a sharp pain in her palm, and then something that looked like a lightning bolt or a small snake suddenly emerged from her right palm.
The lightning bolt was clearly very thin and small, but in the blink of an eye, that transparent bolt of lightning suddenly lengthened. Then it rushed to Chen Nan's diagonal rear and wrapped around the wrist of a boy behind her.
"Ah!!!" The boy was holding a cell phone, seemingly taking pictures of Chen Nan secretly.
Upon feeling the attack from Chen Nan's hand, he screamed and immediately threw his phone away.
The next second, a green, vine-like thing suddenly emerged from the other person's palm.
"Master!"
This was the first time Chen Nan had truly witnessed so-called superpowers, and she even had a panicked feeling that she couldn't control them. After being suddenly turned around by the force of her hand, Chen Nan subconsciously called out to her cheap master beside her.
But Tang Ke, who was peeling an egg, completely ignored her cries. He simply leaned back slightly, thus avoiding the small, snake-like transparent sparkles on Chen Nan's palm.
Just as he dodged, Chen Nan was pulled forward by the power in her hand, causing her to lean forward. The lightning snake in her hand also stretched and spun, tightly intertwining with the green vines emitted from the hand of the ability user diagonally opposite her.
With a sizzling sound, a pungent burning smell filled the air, along with a faint odor of burnt human flesh.
Some of the people around them quietly walked away with their plates.
Some people stopped walking and getting food, and everyone looked over at the scene.
"you--"
Unexpectedly, he was bullied by a little girl in front of everyone, and the vine ability user immediately sprang up and charged over again.
As he suddenly sprang to life, two straight vines, resembling bows and arrows, simultaneously appeared on his scalded right hand and his right hand, which had remained motionless until now.
"This person—"
Everyone on the scene immediately perked up, and countless superhumans showed excitement and eagerness, though there were also some worried looks on their faces.
But just as Chen Nan, who had just gained supernatural powers, was still looking at her hands and the things she had just burned on the ground in disbelief, a golden disc suddenly appeared three centimeters from her head. Everyone heard a clang and saw the two straight, sword-like green vines slam heavily onto the golden disc.
The plate made a loud thud when it was smashed, but it didn't move at all. The plant-type ability user, who had raised his hands in an attack stance, suddenly froze, then clenched his fists and took two heavy steps back.
"Alright, Cao Tian, delete the secretly filmed videos from your phone, and I'll pretend I never saw them." Tang Ke, who had been silent until now, finally spoke up.
He bent down slightly and helped Chen Nan, who had been pulled up onto the restaurant chair by his supernatural power, to her feet.
Looking at the golden plate that appeared briefly in mid-air and then immediately disappeared, he realized that the pattern on the plate seemed to be the totem of the Tang family of the Empire.
Thinking of Tang Ke's identity, and that unbelievable rumor outside.
After taking a deep breath, the plant-type ability user named Cao Tian immediately turned around with a smile and picked up his phone.
"I'm sorry, Captain Tang, I didn't mean to take the picture. It's just that we haven't had any lightning ability users here for several years. I've never even actually seen one. I was a little curious and couldn't help taking a picture. I'll delete the video now and promise I won't do it again. I'm so sorry."
Cao Tian, whose hair was dyed yellow, smiled ingratiatingly. Low snickers and jeers came from all around, but the yellow-haired man didn't seem to care and continued to smile.
"Yeah, it's okay, just delete it."
Tang Ke straightened Chen Nan, who had been leaning to one side, without saying much to her.
Chen Nan was still in shock at her superpower. She kept looking at her palms and then at the charred-looking thing that had suddenly appeared on the ground. She still felt a sense of disbelief.
This feeling was strange; at this moment, Chen Nan felt as if her core materialistic values had completely collapsed.
She knew she was now a superhuman. She had seen many similar reports in the original owner's memories, and she had even watched some related reports and videos online when she was catching up on the knowledge and situation of this world.
But nothing is as shocking as the sight of a foreign object actually appearing in your own palm.
At this moment, Chen Nan even had a feeling that she was no longer human.
"Don't overthink it, just listen to the teacher when the time comes."
Chen Nan kept looking at her hands, thinking about the less than thirty-second fight that had just happened at the restaurant. By the time she came to her senses, she was already somewhere else.
Listening to her master's words and looking at the sign for the ability testing room at the Superpower Institute, Chen Nan immediately understood what the other party meant and her current situation. She nodded and followed the several people in white coats into the testing room.
She's been to this place several times recently and knows it's where people test and research superpowers.
Chen Nan then put aside her absent-mindedness and began to act step by step according to the instructions of the staff next to her.
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