Chapter 164: Public Security Bureau Ability Squad! Mo Da's S-Class?

December 16th, 8:23 PM.

Jin Ning City, downtown district, Muxi Café.

The downtown area at night was bustling, and even the Muxi Café — which sold high-end coffee with a minimum per-person spend of over a thousand yuan — was nearly full.

"Captain, the people from Mo Da haven't arrived yet?"

At one of the café's seats, a young woman lay sprawled across the table, sipping her coffee out of boredom.

Around her sat three other young men.

These four were the ability-user squad assigned by the Jin Ning City Public Security Bureau to liaise with Xu Jingming.

Even the lowest-ranked among them was mid-tier Third Order.

"Don't rush — we agreed on 8:30, and it isn't time yet."

Among the four, the most solidly built captain glanced at the time on his phone and said calmly.

"Honestly, it's Mo Da that stepped in, and yet here we are waiting on them."

The young woman muttered, dissatisfied.

After the state issued the kill order against the Tianming Sect, public security bureaus across the country sprang into action.

As the finest ability-user squad in the Jin Ning City Public Security Bureau, they were not about to be outdone.

In just two days, they had already picked up some traces of the Tianming Sect within Jin Ning City.

But the moment they reported the intel upward, the reinforcements from the bureau never came.

Instead, they received word that the Modu Ability University would be joining in.

"Nothing for it — the Jin Ning City Public Security Bureau just can't spare anyone else."

The other young man, the one with long hair, spread his hands helplessly.

Their group was, in effect, the strongest squad the Jin Ning City Public Security Bureau still had sitting idle.

If they wanted more support, they'd have to pull personnel from other cities' bureaus.

But such a big piece of credit — the Jin Ning City Public Security Bureau wasn't willing to share it with other units.

So they submitted the lead to Modu Ability University and asked for help.

After all, Modu Ability University didn't belong to the public security system, so even if they took a share of the credit, it wouldn't really matter.

Of course,

For a squad like theirs, having the credit split naturally rubbed them the wrong way.

"Speaking of which, Captain — do you know who Mo Da is sending this time?"

The other young man — a lean, bespectacled fellow who looked less like an ability user and more like a business elite — asked curiously.

"The director gave me a rough rundown."

The captain nodded slightly. "The other party's name is Xu Jingming, nineteen this year, a freshman who just enrolled at Mo Da this year..."

"A freshman? Has Mo Da lost their minds? Sending someone like that to work with us — isn't that a death wish?"

The long-haired young man and the others immediately goggled at the news, and the young woman who'd spoken earlier knitted her brows:

"The director's office didn't mix things up when they handed the intel to Mo Da, did they? This isn't some ordinary mission — how could they let a freshman in on it?"

As students from Modu Ability University, a top-tier institution, they naturally had no issue with them.

But a mere freshman simply couldn't be expected to coordinate on an operation.

"Let me finish first."

The captain frowned, and the others around him immediately fell silent; only then did he continue:

"Xu Jingming is no ordinary freshman — he possesses an S-class ability.

And his level has reached lower-tier Third Order; his actual combat power should be around peak Third Order."

The terrifying combat prowess Xu Jingming had displayed during the study trip.

Although it hadn't been deliberately concealed, it had only circulated among the three top-tier universities.

The information available to the outside world about Xu Jingming was naturally lagging behind.

"Mo Da's S-class? Lower-tier Third Order?"

"Holy crap? He's only a freshman and already that fierce?"

The squad members who had been complaining moments ago were instantly taken aback, their attitudes doing a complete one-eighty.

"So — when you meet him later, all of you better be on your best behavior."

The captain instructed seriously.

Although this mission would have been safest with a Fourth Order powerhouse from Mo Da handling it.

Peak Third Order was still a pretty solid combat strength.

After all, within the entire ability-user squad, only he himself was at peak Third Order.

"Understood."

The others nodded quickly.

Come on — a nineteen-year-old at lower-tier Third Order, and with an S-class ability to boot.

Anyone with half a brain knew someone like that couldn't be slighted.

"Oh, by the way — what does he look like? It'd be awkward if we didn't recognize him later."

The only woman among the four asked curiously.

"Don't worry, you won't miss him — Xu Jingming's features are very distinctive.

He's about one-ninety tall, and, well, pretty good-looking too."

The captain said with a smile.

He'd only looked up Xu Jingming's information online yesterday and had just glanced at a photo.

had already roughly memorized the other's distinguishing features.

"Height one-ninety, and pretty good-looking too? Captain, I think I already see him."

The young woman stared blankly at the coffee shop entrance, and the remaining three hurriedly looked over as well.

Sure enough, they saw a young man dressed entirely in black walk in.

This young man was tall and slender, with a resolute face and clear, spirited eyes.

A faint dangerous aura emanated from his entire body, and even a casual sweep of his gaze seemed to carry a heart-palpitating pressure.

"That's him! Let's go."

The captain's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly stood up to lead his team over to greet him.

"Hello, hello, are you Xu Jingming? I'm Cai Ju, the one from Jin Ning City's Public Security Bureau responsible for coordinating with you."

As the squad's representative, Captain Cai Ju amiably extended his right hand toward Xu Jingming.

"Sorry for the long wait."

Xu Jingming smiled and extended his hand, giving a brief shake.

Originally, he wouldn't have arrived this late.

It was just that meeting his older cousin and the others for a meal in the afternoon had taken extra time, so he had rebooked his high-speed rail ticket to seven o'clock.

Fortunately, it wasn't yet eight-thirty, so it didn't really count as late.

"No, no, we just got here too. Let's go, we'll head to the private room."

Led by Captain Cai Ju, the group of five entered the private room that had been reserved long ago.

The private rooms at Muxi Coffee Shop were decorated slightly worse than the Qingyaju Xu Jingming often went to at Mo University, but they were still pretty good.

The moment they entered the private room, Captain Cai Ju enthusiastically began introducing:

"Student Xu, this mission to locate and annihilate a branch of the Tianming Sect requires you to cooperate with our squad.

Let me first introduce you..."

Under Captain Cai Ju's introductions, Xu Jingming got to know the remaining three as well.

The young man wearing gold-rimmed glasses was named Sun Yan, who possessed a Grade-B Psychic-type ability, at the Upper Tier of Third Order.

The long-haired young man was named Xiang Shan, who possessed a Grade-B Support-type ability, at the Middle Tier of Third Order.

The only young woman among the four was named Zhang Tong, who possessed a Grade-B Fire-type ability, at the Upper Tier of Third Order.

And as captain, Cai Ju possessed a Grade-B Enhancement-type ability, at the Peak of Third Order.

Note that the Peak of Third Order was already not far from breaking through to Fourth Order, and his strength was far more formidable than an ordinary Upper Tier of Third Order.

All four of them were around twenty-five or twenty-six years old — one could say they were young and accomplished.