"Don't try to be a hero! This is Earth. If you show your true self in public, it'll cause big trouble!"
I quickly grabbed Cyra as she was about to spread her wings and chase the kidnappers.
"So you're just gonna let it be? Doesn't great power mean great responsibility? How can you stand this?"
Cyra clearly didn't agree with me. But she couldn't break free from my grip, so she just got anxious.
I didn't expect her to be so kind-hearted in some ways. I smiled and explained:
"Don't worry! When they were grabbing the kid, I put a light element magic mark on their van. As long as they don't go too far, we can find them anytime by following the mark's aura."
We were in the city, and it was rush hour. Shine Metropolitan's traffic was super complicated. The light element mark only worked within 1000 meters, but the van probably couldn't leave quickly. We could fly after them later. This way, we could save the kid without revealing who we are!
We didn't waste time. After we turned invisible and flew up, we found the van just 200 meters away, at a street corner.
But the van wasn't looking good. For some reason, it had crashed into a power pole. There was a long, clear tire mark behind it.
"What the heck? How can they be so bad at driving and still try to kidnap someone?"
Cyra looked surprised. She landed first in some bushes by the road.
When we came out again, we saw the street was full of curious onlookers. The van driver and the kidnappers - two foreigners - had been tied up by the road.
Foreigners again! I thought it was strange, but I didn't sense much dark element aura from them. They probably weren't vampires.
Most people were looking at the kidnapped girl. She was surrounded by some kind old ladies asking her questions.
Wait, was I seeing things? When I got closer, I sensed a tiny bit of light element aura from the girl. It was so little I could almost ignore it. If I wasn't so sensitive as an angel, I'd think she was just a normal person.
"I don't know exactly what happened. I just saw the van run a red light. There was a boy hanging onto the back, yelling that something was wrong with the car! Maybe that's why the driver couldn't control it. The van ended up hitting a power pole and stopping. Then people went to check and found they had kidnapped a little girl. That boy is a hero!"
After some bystander explained, Cyra and I finally understood what happened.
The kidnapped girl was crying. She confirmed it was a kidnapping, but she couldn't give clear info about her parents. Everyone was yelling to call the police. It was really chaotic.
But some people were focused on something else - the boy who acted heroically. Some were even holding up phones to take pictures, trying to see the hero's face.
"Who's so awesome that they were faster than us?"
Cyra and I looked at each other, very curious. It took a few minutes to push through the crowd. We were shocked to find Raydwin in the middle, scratching his head awkwardly.
"What are you doing here?"
We were actually going to look for him, but we didn't expect to meet like this. Cyra ran up and grabbed Raydwin, asking in a low voice.
"Uh, I was actually looking for you. But when I was waiting at a red light, I heard a little girl crying for help from a van next to me. So I knocked on the window to ask what was wrong. Then they ran the red light to escape. I had to hold onto the van to stop them from running. I didn't expect them to crash into a power pole... That's what happened!"
Raydwin was clearly very excited, his face full of emotion. He was still amazed at his own "heroic act".
To other people, it looked like he was dragged by the van. But we knew the van stopped because of Raydwin's incredible strength.
Honestly, I didn't expect the little bit of Battle Qi Adrian gave him to be so powerful.
"Too bad one guy got away. He was just too fast, not like a normal person. I couldn't catch up!"
Surrounded by admiration, Raydwin got a bit carried away. He talked about the one thing that wasn't perfect.
With his enhanced body, it's not too strange for him to stop the car. But I'm more concerned that one of the kidnappers was even faster, so fast that even Raydwin couldn't catch him!
"Wait, you said you were looking for me? How did you know where I was? Were you following me?"
But Cyra wasn't focused on this. She suddenly grabbed Raydwin's collar and asked angrily.
This action scared the people around us. But since we clearly knew each other, they just tried to calm us down.
"You're famous now! A fan saw you on the street by chance. But you weren't wearing makeup, so he wasn't sure. He posted in the fan group."
Raydwin looked wronged and took out his phone, explaining proudly: "Other people might not recognize you right away, but I can tell it's you with one look."
"Tch, it's none of your business where I go. This is private stuff, you know? You can't just post it... Wait a minute!"
This explanation made sense. Cyra's face looked better. She was about to let go, but then she noticed something wrong. She grabbed Raydwin's phone and started looking through it.
"How come I have a fan group and I never knew? What kind of group is this..."
"What's going on? You're the group owner? And your posts... your intentions are too obvious!"
Now things were bad. Even though he tried to stop her, Raydwin had stirred up trouble again. As they kept arguing, I was about to go stop them. But then I saw a familiar black car driving up.
The middle-aged woman who was pushed down earlier, who seemed to be the girl's mom, rushed out of the black car. She ran into the crowd and hugged the crying girl. After asking what happened and saying thanks, she quickly took the girl to the car.
The little girl and that black car were clearly connected. Obviously, there were more people in the car than just the woman and the driver. Through the open door, I could clearly see the girl talking to someone in the car. But because the view was blocked and it was far away, I couldn't see clearly.
Soon the police came. In the end, the police decided to take everyone involved back to the station to sort things out.
Of course, Raydwin had to go too as an important witness. Cyra and I had special identities, so we didn't go with him. We just promised to pick him up at the police station later.
But Cyra didn't plan to keep this promise from the start. The fan group thing made her want to avoid Raydwin, so she wouldn't go meet him.
"That jerk! We had an agreement when I started staying at his place. I even pay rent. The only condition was he couldn't reveal who I am or have bad intentions. I didn't expect him to agree so easily but then do something else behind my back, making a fan group! He has no integrity at all!"
She still wasn't over it. Even though Raydwin had gone with the police, Cyra kept complaining to me about all his "bad deeds".