A particularly strong gust of wind blew, causing a huge billboard to shift and crash onto a nearby empty lawn, crushing many flowers and grass.
The orange starlight gathering on Jinhuan's fingertips suddenly dispersed, leaving the child innocent. She had been ready to save the child, but now she saved her energy.
However, the man's action had killed many flowers and grass, and the sounds of their wailing echoed in her ears.
This is humanity, the most double-standard humanity. In their eyes, flowers and grass are not as important as humans. As long as humans are safe, the death of these plants is inconsequential.
"Ah!" The female ghost on the man's shoulder let out a shrill cry before being engulfed by a golden light, unnoticed by anyone.
Jinhuan stirred her coffee with a teaspoon.
The man remained unscathed. Truly a thousand-year-old disaster.
On the other side of the street, a girl in a floral dress tightened her grip on a jade gourd.
Proudly, she turned to the man beside her and said, "Senior, how was it? Wasn't I amazing?"
However, the man was staring intently through the coffee shop window at the beautiful woman inside, his brows furrowed deeply.
The girl followed the man's gaze and, noticing Jinhuan, disdainfully muttered, "Senior, can't you take your eyes off her? She's a capable person, but she doesn't bother to save lives. She's really heartless!"
"She's an orange-level ability user, not to be underestimated."
"Hmph, what's an orange level? Our techniques can easily handle them. Just a measly orange level."
If Jinhuan had heard this, she would have probably laughed to death. Her energy system level was different from the ability users in this world. Her ability, corresponding to red energy, was at full level from birth, with each seal only needing to be unlocked one by one, but unlocking it would bring it to full level.
"Hey, Senior, where are you going?"
"She saw death and did nothing. She violated the regulations of the Special Abilities Alliance and needs to be punished." As a law enforcement team member, he couldn't stand such heartless ability users.
The mall's security personnel rushed out to move the billboard away, and Jinhuan raised her hand, providing some energy to the dying flowers and grass. For those already dead, there was nothing she could do. But for those still alive, she gave them an offering.
The innocent and undeveloped plants gently swayed their branches and leaves towards the direction where Jinhuan was, expressing their gratitude.
Jinhuan smiled contentedly.
Suddenly, a man sat down abruptly across from her. She continued to drink her coffee, not giving him a second glance. Soon after, a girl wearing a floral dress also rudely sat down in front of her.
"Bad woman!"
The sudden reprimand made Jinhuan look up at the girl, wondering if the "bad woman" was referring to her.
The man had noticed her beauty earlier, but hadn't expected her to be this beautiful. He sat in a daze for a while before turning away from her, presenting his credentials as a member of the Special Abilities Alliance.
"You've violated the regulations of the Special Abilities Alliance and are fined ten thousand crystal stones."
"I am not a member of your association, so your regulations don't apply to me."
She chuckled lightly, but there was a trace of coldness in her eyes.
"Impossible, all ability users need to hold a certificate to legally utilize their superpowers."
The man looked surprised and his expression turned grim.
Encountering such two unpleasant individuals was really unfortunate. Jinhuan stood up, but the man blocked her way. "Now come with me to register with the Alliance."
Jinhuan completely ignored him.
The man's face turned even colder and he was about to take action, with the girl behind him ready to attack.
The orange starlight shone.
For a moment, the entire coffee shop fell into silence. The serving staff, with a smile still on their faces, the coffee creating ripples as they moved, the aunt feeding her grandson, the soda machine at the bar, the bustling street outside—all frozen in time.
The world stood still, the pendulum stopped.
Jinhuan looked at the handsome man, her face devoid of any expression, and delivered a resounding slap.