June 21, in the dead of night, the 79th floor of the Superhero Association building.
Ke Youqing removed his mask, placed his hands on the sink countertop, and hung his head low, breathing deeply.
Qing Ya's mask fell to the floor, emitting a metallic humming sound.
From the shadows of his forehead, he raised his eyes, and the mirror reflected a tired, gloomy face, his bloodshot eyes staring at the mirror's surface.
A crow stood on his shoulder, cawing: "He got away, they all got away, you caught no one, you're really useless..."
Hours earlier, an unidentified hacker had breached the official records database, searching for him and his family's records. Ke Youqing, using a pre-set counter-surveillance alarm, located the hacker's address at the first instance and dispatched a top-tier police squad and two B-level superheroes from the local Association branch to search.
