Chapter 230 - 228: Online Game Player

"Sir, your family member is inside. I'll take my leave now."

Inside the police station, a humble voice spoke. With a casual wave from Fang Can, the chief tactfully and quietly departed.

Through the glass, Fang Can's gaze fell upon the young woman inside the office.

The afternoon sun slanted through the gaps in the blinds, weaving a dappled golden net over the girl's curled-up form.

Specks of dried, brown blood clung to the plain white scarf of her sailor uniform.

The girl was huddled in a small ball, hugging her knees. Her small leather shoes were pressed against the metal leg of the desk, and the fair arms peeking from her cuffs were wrapped around her bent legs.

Her slender right hand tightly clutched a bloodstained box cutter, her body curled up and shivering uncontrollably.

Raising a hand, Fang Can knocked lightly on the wooden door with his knuckles. He then gently turned the handle and entered the room. Only then did he get a clear look at the girl's face.

Her porcelain-white skin seemed to glow like fine white glaze in the light. When she blinked, her long eyelashes fluttered like butterfly wings. Her features were exquisite and flawless; "peerless beauty" was the only way to describe her.

'This... something's not right,' Fang Can muttered to himself.

'There's something seriously off about her looks. She could rival Jiang and Liu, and is only slightly inferior in terms of aura.'

'Setting aside how someone with her looks could get bullied, the other issue is that I've somehow never slept with a woman who looks like this in the New Country.'

This wasn't just Fang Can being crude. His 100-person harem was genuinely composed of the top one hundred beauties in the nation, scouted and delivered by Ji Donglai.

'With this girl's looks, it's illogical that she wouldn't have been selected. Not to mention, she should have been "invested" in long ago.'

'But whatever. The shady business behind it has nothing to do with me. Why am I overthinking this?'

"You're 'FadingSolitude,' right? I'm here to pick you up."

Fang Can tried to keep his tone gentle as he looked at the girl in the sailor uniform. "I'm a superpower user, too. Just come with me. You can ask me if you have any questions."

"B-but... I killed someone, and I skipped class," the girl said fearfully. "The school rules say you go to jail for skipping class without a reason."

"Those are just laws for ordinary people," Fang Can explained. "You're a superpower user now. In the New Country, as long as you don't attack your own kind, you can do almost anything."

Seeing the title [Fang Can · 1st Promotion] floating above the white-haired young man's head, the girl suppressed her surprise.

'I can't believe I ran into a character from the CG intro.'

The girl wasn't a native of the New Country. This body wasn't hers either; it was just a game character she created based on her real appearance after entering the game.

The Interstellar Federation she belonged to spanned several star systems. Not long ago, she had received a closed beta invitation from the government for the holographic online game, [Two Realms Hegemony].

As a beta tester, not only could she enter the game early, but she also had the opportunity to enter the "Superpower World" instance.

Compared to the Martial Artists who would be scattered across the Martial Dao world during the open beta, this instance granted her almost double the online time.

Meeting Fang Can's gaze, the girl affirmed in her heart, 'Not bad. His looks are on par with my own.'

But what surprised the girl most was that this man was a character from the opening CG.

She still remembered the brief story intro when she entered the game: the man, clad in battle armor and radiating a terrifying Evil Qi, faced off against countless enemies floating in the sky.

Observing the young man's current calm and non-hostile expression, the girl guessed that scene was probably from a future game version.

'This world is seriously warped, though. There are no consequences for killing. Good thing I'm a superpower user too.'

Perhaps because the girl had been silent for too long, Fang Can spoke up. "Let's leave this place first. I'll take you to meet the other superpower users in our family."

Looking at the young man, who seemed even younger than her, a dialogue panel appeared before the girl.

Option 1: Where are my parents? Why didn't they come to get me?

Option 2: The other superpower users... are my family?

Option 3: [Freestyle]

The dialogue panel in front of the girl generated the most logical conversation choices based on her character's background and past experiences.

The game company, as described by the Federation, had stated that this online game was completely different from previous ones. With a 99.9% realism level, it could be treated as a completely real world.

Therefore, acting out of character could easily arouse suspicion.

To avoid alerting these NPCs to anything unusual, it was best to follow the dialogue options at the beginning.

Looking at the three options, the girl mulled it over for a moment before choosing the second one. After all, what was the point of the first option? It was better to just advance the plot.

The girl asked timidly, "The other superpower users... are my family?"

"More or less. Things like the bullying you went through won't happen again. Now that you're a superpower user, you'll be the one bullying others."

As he spoke, Fang Can extended his right hand, palm open, toward the girl. "You can give me the box cutter now, right? Or are we just going to stand here and have an awkward chat?"

The girl didn't say a word. With a flick of her hand, the bloodstained box cutter vanished into her storage backpack.

Watching the box cutter disappear, Fang Can nodded. "A spatial ability user? A very practical power."

"N-no, it's not a spatial ability. My power is [Mental Bomb]."

The girl explained in a small voice, "I can destroy someone's memories through touch."

Hearing her explanation, even though he knew superpower users had a wide variety of abilities, Fang Can was still surprised by such a bizarre power.

Although he didn't know the upper limits of her ability, Fang Can wasn't worried.

With his current intuition, he was fully confident he could sense it before it took effect and turn her into a bloody pulp.

He held out his right hand again, completely unfazed. "Mental Bomb, huh? Got it. Just come with me. I'll take you for a look around the superpower user headquarters in Akia."

'He knows my ability, but he's not scared of me?' The girl looked at the slender, jade-like hand before her and, after a moment's hesitation, gently took it.

The hand was warm and smooth in her grasp, like the finest jade. She could feel the delicate skin of his palm, and the subtle sensation exploded through her nerve endings like a spark, making her heart flutter.

Suppressing the ripple in her heart, the girl cursed internally, 'Has this game's tactile feedback system gone insane? It's just a handshake. Does it really need to send this kind of signal to my brain?'

Resisting the urge to squeeze and savor the feeling, the girl felt a pull that lifted her from the office chair.

"Let's go. I'll take you to see the headquarters. Come to think of it, I've never been to the Dragon Group either."

As Fang Can spoke, he pointed a finger at the sky. Before the girl's eyes, the entire police station was lifted into the air. Propelled by a force field, the two of them flew off in the direction of Akia.