"Eighty karma points for one, sixty-five for the other—more than what I received from indirectly saving Fang Mengzhu last time."
"It's normal for direct rescues to yield more than indirect ones, but these points also indicate that without my intervention, these two would likely have died."
"It seems the rumors about organ trafficking in Tongwa City are indeed true."
Su Xin pondered this silently.
"According to that person, this organ trafficking organization must have a vast network, capable of gathering detailed information about tourists and identifying suitable targets."
"Since I saved this couple today, the organization will definitely target others."
After some thought, Su Xin decided not to worry too much and to continue roaming the streets as he did the previous day, intervening to help those in danger if he encountered them, and otherwise ignoring it.
Saving a person earns him dozens of karma points, which accumulate much faster than donations, and much faster at that.
From a purely beneficial perspective, the existence of such incidents isn't bad for Su Xin.
No one kills, how could he save anyone?
Su Xin continued wandering the streets.
Meanwhile,
Elsewhere, the five individuals injured by Su Xin reported the teleporting, black-robed figure to their superiors. Since all five gave the same story and had indeed suffered injuries on their backs, their superiors took the matter seriously.
After a few rounds of reports, the news reached the other side of White Mountain Star.
At this moment,
The other side of White Mountain Star was at noon.
In a luxurious and spacious office, a middle-aged man with meticulously combed hair reclined in a boss chair, holding a phone, his expression arrogantly giving orders:
"Try to find out the other party's identity as much as possible, but don't alert them. Tell your subordinates to keep quiet and not to disclose the other party's existence."
"Additionally, I will send someone over. When the time comes, make sure to cooperate with their work. I will also notify the authorities so they will cooperate."
"Yes, Mr. Mei!"
In a mansion in Tongwa City, a middle-aged man with a neatly groomed beard sat in his study, holding a phone. Even separated by thousands of miles from the person on the other end, his demeanor was subconsciously lowered, nodding and bowing in response.
After hanging up, when he sat upright, a natural aura of authority emanated from him.
He picked up the internal phone on the desk, giving a calm order: "Deal with those five people, do it discreetly, and don't make too much of a commotion."
"Yes!"
He hung up again.
The middle-aged man leaned back in the boss chair, pondering how to investigate the identity of the black-robed figure.
"The other party can teleport, wrapped tightly from head to toe, evidently trying to hide their identity. Unless we could devise a plan to lure them out and ambush them with guns, it's impossible to see their true face."
"But we're not allowed to alert the other party..."
"So devising an assassination is not feasible."
"The only option is to find a way to make them reveal more clues."
"Then, we must ensure they appear more often and take more actions, thus eventually revealing a flaw."
"From the way they saved that couple, it seems this is a newly awakened Superpower User, eager to be a chivalrous urban hero, fighting darkness and saving the innocent."
With this thought, he picked up the phone and dialed:
"Wen Jialun, starting tonight, double the demand for 'meat chickens', and also send a few people to capture that saved couple, forcibly if necessary, even breaking into the hotel. If met with resistance, then use guns and kill them."
'Meat chickens' is the Black Wolf Gang's slang for live captives that need to be caught.
His subordinate Wen Jialun immediately responded:
"Got it, Boss!"
…
The Black Wolf Gang acted quickly.
Meanwhile, after Su Xin rescued a young couple from some petty thugs, he was still on the streets looking for targets when the Black Wolf Gang had already deployed more manpower for their operation.
Of course, he had no idea that this was the Black Wolf Gang's leader's way of provoking him—going out of his way to capture more every time he rescues someone, determined to capture those he saved.
The only impression Su Xin had was that the law and order in Tongwa City was indeed much worse than in Lening City.
Sure enough.
It wasn't long before he saw a white van suddenly stop by two unsuspecting tourists on a walk. Three strong men rushed out, knocked out the pair before they could flee, and stuffed them into the van, which sped away.
The entire process took less than thirty seconds.
Not far away, another group of five people, originally strolling beneath the beautiful moonlight, noticed the scene, their faces turning pale as they quickly turned and left.
When they turned, they saw Su Xin walking alone, dressed mysteriously and oddly, casting curious and cautious glances at him but not engaging.
They passed by each other.
Su Xin continued his leisurely walk.
There was nothing he could do; he couldn't catch up to those in the vehicle and couldn't rescue the pair, having no choice but to watch them leave.
He had to find the next target.
Until around 12:30 a.m., Su Xin managed to save two tourists robbed of their wallets.
Seeing that it was quite late, he began to teleport back home, fortunately having meticulously selected each landing point, encountering no surprises on the return.
He arrived home smoothly.
Su Xin changed out of his gear, stored it in the wardrobe, washed the Finger Tiger, and placed it in the toolbox.
Ten minutes later, he lay in the bathtub, mentally opening his personal panel.
[Name: Su Xin]
[Superpowers: Concealment Prayer LV2, Unyielding Dead LV2.]
[Karma Points: 621.]
That night,
he earned a total of two hundred karma points.
The initial couple alone contributed one hundred and forty-five points, clearly illustrating that saving lives yields much more than other acts of kindness.
Meanwhile, Tongwa City's chaos had truly opened his eyes, as merely roaming randomly led him to witness no fewer than five criminal incidents.
This doesn't even include those who, seeing him alone, plotted against him but whom he managed to evade.
Of course, despite the rampant crime, tourists from all over the world continued to visit Wanghai Country in droves year after year because the number of missing persons relative to total tourists is minimal.
Most who have visited scoff at claims about Wanghai Country's high crime rate online, believing the country to be perfectly safe, and mocking those who say otherwise as mere gossip mongers.
It is for this reason that Wanghai Country's government often turns a blind eye to these matters, as they scarcely affect the country's image or tourism business.
Putting aside the matters of Tongwa City,
Su Xin began contemplating his next move.
"I've been taking action for two consecutive days now, and at least twenty people have seen my teleportation. If there are other Superpower Users in this world, the authorities will not dismiss these accounts but will start investigating."
"Conversely, if there are no other Superpower Users and no corresponding agency, the reaction will undoubtedly be slower."
"So, next, I should take a break for a few days, lay low, and observe if any special events occur during this period."