a gloomy night

At this moment, Lei Ting, Tang Xiuxiu, and Jiang Yun were on a street outside the community where the target lived.

Since Liu Wang's ability wasn't needed for this case, he, who was the top performer of the investigation team, rarely got a chance to be excused from the mission.

This street usually had few people, and tonight, with the rain, there was no one at all. They could directly carry out the arrest here without worrying about being seen.

To add, after Qian Daosheng arrived as an "assistant", Lin Yuexiang announced the division of labor between him and Qian Daosheng, the newly appointed vice-captain, to the other team members.

In short, if there were supernatural events in the future, Qian Daosheng would be in charge of leading the team, and Lin Yuexiang would stay at the firm to prevent things like the "raid on the stronghold" from happening again.

As for when there were no supernatural events, they had to stagger their time when going out to ensure that there was always a "Hengzong" member staying at the branch.

At the moment, on the street, Lei Ting, who was in charge of taking the lead, held an umbrella and hid in an alley, waiting for the target to appear.

As for why Lei Ting was taking the lead? He also asked this question, and the answer he got was, "To train him".

Before this, they had roughly speculated the target's realm. The target was in the "Quiet" realm, one realm lower than Lei Ting's. This was judged by the police based on the proficiency and strength of the target's ability use.

Regarding the ability the target had, Qian Daosheng also had a speculation that he thought was highly likely.

"Magnetic manipulation"!

By manipulating magnetism, the target suspect could easily damage the surveillance cameras and also control the metal through magnetism, thus unlocking the door without a key.

They could rest assured that Lei Ting took the lead also considering his ability. Electricity was related to magnetism. So theoretically, he should have a fairly high immunity when facing magnetic abilities.

Even if the theory didn't hold, there was Jiang Yun. With her "Soaring" ability, she could take down a "Loose Practitioner" in an instant, ensuring that no accidents would happen. At the same time, Qian Daosheng, the "Hengzong" member, was observing the situation in real-time from a distance. If an accident occurred, he could appear instantly through "Spatial Jump".

After Lei Ting knew that the target this time was another superpower user of the electromagnetic type, he was speechless and directly complained, "Are electromagnetic abilities really that common?"

Then he received the answer, "Electromagnetic abilities are indeed not that rare", with the reason that this type of ability was easy to awaken, so there were a lot of them. The investigation team was willing to target him because his first ability had direct lethal power, and he was young, much stronger than those who awakened their abilities in middle age.

In the sky, the dark clouds gathered, blocking the yellow moon, making this small path, which rarely had passers-by and whose streetlights hadn't been repaired for a long time, even darker.

As time passed, the dark clouds completely covered the sky. Above their heads, there were faint rumbles of thunder.

"Boom!" A bolt of lightning flashed, and a few seconds later, the thunderclap sounded.

Lei Ting raised his head again, but this time, his expression was no longer one of joy.

"Hey, a little light rain would be fine. With this momentum, it's going to be a torrential rain!" Lei Ting complained with some worry.

It was much more difficult to arrest the criminal in the rain than on a sunny day. Although it was helpful for the exertion of his ability, if it rained too heavily, he wouldn't be able to see the person clearly. If he couldn't hit the target, no matter how favorable the environment was, it wouldn't be of any use.

"The target is here!" Suddenly, Jiang Yun's voice sounded in Lei Ting's mind, pulling him out of his inner world.

He carefully stuck out half of his head and looked into the distance.

On the dimly lit street, there was no one. But if he squinted and looked carefully, he could vaguely see a figure in the distance.

Retracting his head, Lei Ting stretched his shoulders and legs, and started a temporary warm-up.

Just then, he suddenly felt a numbness in his body, and he froze in place.

"What's wrong?" Jiang Yun noticed Lei Ting's abnormality, and the questioning words reached his ears. About two seconds later, Lei Ting regained his senses and shook his head, replying in a very low voice,

"I'm okay."

Jiang Yun glanced at him, stopped asking, and continued to focus on the target suspect who was getting closer.

Hey, really at this moment? Lei Ting murmured in his heart and looked up at the sky again.

He had experienced this numbness in his whole body three times before. The first time was at his university graduation ceremony; the second time was when he was kidnapped by terrorists in that abandoned factory building; the third time was on the rooftop of the community.

That's right, these were the three times he was struck by lightning.

Now, he was experiencing this feeling for the fourth time. Coupled with the current weather, it was obvious what would happen next.

However, Lei Ting didn't plan to report the real situation and then withdraw. There was no special reason. He simply wasn't afraid of being struck by lightning now. Even if he was knocked unconscious, Jiang Yun would have his back, and there was no problem with safety. Besides, he had a new idea, a special idea to subdue the target suspect.

...

In the community, Jiang Wei, a nearly forty-year-old bachelor, walked out of the unit building full of anticipation.

He carried a large travel backpack on his back and was going to a gold store that he had scouted in advance to show off his skills.

He awakened his ability suddenly one day when he was still in his hometown. The initial manifestation was that metal objects would be inexplicably attracted to his body, including dangerous items like kitchen knives and iron nails, which made him suffer a lot.

This made him think that he had some strange disease. But neither Western medicine nor traditional Chinese medicine could do anything about his situation.

Since seeking medical help was fruitless, he even dared not go out. He had basically thrown away all the small metal objects in his home and could only order takeout with the remaining savings.

Until several months later, when his savings were used up, he had no choice but to go out to find a job. Then he was surprised to find that this "strange disease" had healed automatically.

At that time, he was glad that he had finally gotten rid of this terrifying disease and could start a new life.

Then, a few months passed. One day, he, who was used to reading online novels after work, read a novel about superpowers.

In that novel, a character's ability was to manipulate magnetism, which reminded him of his experience half a year ago.

With the mentality that it wouldn't cost him anything to try, he learned the methods in the novel and tried to mobilize his ability with his mind to attract the scissors on the nearby table.

And he succeeded.

In fact, after discovering that he had superpowers, Jiang Wei continued to be a good citizen for a while. At that time, he could still support himself and didn't dare and had no need to take risks for money. Until two weeks ago, on the construction site where he worked, the construction contractor suddenly "disappeared", taking the project's final payment and the wages of all the workers on the site, including the foreman, for several months.

Without wages, he couldn't even afford to eat, and he was pushed to a desperate situation. Having no other choice, to survive, he imitated the character in the novel. He used his ability to unlock the door, damaged the surveillance cameras, broke into the empty house of a wealthy family in his hometown, and stole several thousand yuan in cash. He didn't touch any of the valuable things like jewelry.

He was very lucky. Although the family found that their house had been burgled and reported it to the police, after investigation, they found nothing. In addition, the amount they were stolen was not much, so they finally withdrew the case, and the case was left unresolved.

The success of the first theft made him think that as long as he didn't leave any traces, the police couldn't find him.

Since it was so easy to make a lot of money, why stay on the construction site and work hard to earn a few hundred yuan? So he left his hometown and came to the big city of Shanglu, planning to pull off a big heist. He successfully robbed a gold store early yesterday morning.

The success of the second crime greatly increased his confidence, so he started the third crime today.

At the moment, he was immersed in the joy of getting rich soon and had no idea that he had been targeted.