Hand Of God

Chapter 6 Is she a nice person?

Sitting on the ground without any regard for her appearance, Serena took a while to recover, slowly lifting her head to look at Adam.

Her eyes were a mix of fear, shock, confusion, and unwillingness to accept defeat, but in the end, her purple irises dimmed.

Just now, for the first time in her life, she had sensed the breath of death.

She knew she had underestimated him; all her previous confidence and joy had vanished into bitterness.

There was no arguing; at this point, she wouldn't make excuses like she had been careless. Defeat was defeat.

She blamed herself for not being strong enough, feeling she had let down her family's efforts and expectations.

Without much to say, she stood up with a slight tremble and spoke briefly:

"I lost, you've earned your spot."

After saying that, she turned away, dejected, planning to walk off the stage by herself.

Seeing her like this, Diana spoke up lightly:

"Alright, you misunderstood earlier. I didn't intend to give Adam a spot without assessment; I just wanted to keep him for now."

"Your superpower rating is impressive, and the type of variant is something I've never seen before. Stay for now; I'll see about getting an additional spot without assessment. I'm sure they won't refuse."

Though she wasn't fond of Serena's shrewdness and aggressiveness, the girl's superpower rating was indeed good, and it would be a pity to let her go. Plus, she bore some responsibility for how things started.

After speaking, she cast a puzzled look at Adam, who was playing with the ice crystals in his hand.

"Why didn't you mention you had such a powerful superpower before?"

"Ah? Hahaha." Adam laughed awkwardly, helplessly saying, "No, no, it's actually your superpower that's powerful."

Diana gave a puzzled look and didn't intend to ask more, as if Adam really was the online friend she thought he was, then speaking in riddles was a kind of signature trait.

Turning to face the many candidates below, she announced loudly, "Alright, it's over. Everyone except those with spots without assessment, please leave quickly."

Diana began to oversee the exit, and the others who had spots without assessment also returned to the stage, standing beside Adam.

However, their looks towards Adam had changed; the previous disdain had transformed into admiration and confusion.

Serena stood quietly at the edge, not speaking, her dejected appearance indicating she had taken quite a hit.

Adam looked at the setting sun in the distance, with no intention of making small talk with those around him.

He wasn't a talkative person, and this world was unfamiliar to him, with people he didn't know. Unless he wanted to replicate others' superpowers, he had little to communicate about.

Thinking this, he took out his phone from his pocket, looking at the only contact on it.

After a moment of contemplation, he typed out a message and sent it.

"I passed the SAAT and unexpectedly got a spot without assessment, emmmm... Also, some things happened, and my superpower has a new variant."

Diana, in the distance, was talking with other SAAT officials when she suddenly felt her phone vibrate.

She picked it up and glanced at it, unable to help but raise her eyebrows.

So it seemed, she could confirm Adam was Wanderer!

[Icecream: I knew you could do it! Great! What's the new variant like?]

Diana was already aware that the person she had been chatting with was Adam, and that his so-called variant was an ice-themed superpower.

However, she wasn't planning on revealing her identity to Adam just yet; she feared that her status and the stark contrast between her online and real-life personas might scare him away.

So for now, she could only continue to pretend as if she knew nothing.

She herself didn't know why she was being so cautious, but instinctively, that's what she did.

Perhaps she didn't want to lose a friend who could communicate with her on a normal level.

The SAAT official, observing Diana chatting and then suddenly starting to play with her phone, had a look of disapproval.

Even though it was just polite conversation, she should at least put up a front, right?!

[Wanderer: An ice attribute variant, I think it's pretty powerful. I had a sparring match with someone and I won.]

Adam quickly replied to the message.

Online, they had never asked each other's real names, communicating using their screen names instead. Adam went by Wanderer, and Diana was known as Icecream.

Seeing the message, Diana knew these things already; it was just that Adam was still in the dark.

Thinking about it, Diana suddenly had a brilliant idea.

Since she was worried that her usual demeanor didn't match her online persona, why not take this opportunity to ask Adam about his impression of her?

Without further ado!

With this thought, Diana became more and more perfunctory in her communication with the SAAT officials. Meanwhile, she started messaging Adam:

[Icecream: That's great, the assessor who tested you has a good eye, knowing to give you a spot without assessment.]

[Icecream: What do you think of your assessor? Is she a nice person?]

After typing these words, Diana let out a long breath, feeling unaccountably nervous, as if she was secretly doing something.

The short, plump SAAT official, used to throwing his weight around and being flattered by his subordinates, was not accustomed to being ignored like this.

But he really didn't dare to act superior with Diana, a person of high status. He had to continue speaking, even if it meant accepting her behavior...

Moreover, he really didn't understand what was going on with this important figure, why she was so changeable while playing with her phone.

Could it be that something significant had happened? If that was the case, then her being distracted by her phone was understandable.

Soon, Adam's message came back, and Diana looked at it with anticipation.

[Wanderer: She must be very powerful. Does being a superhuman with a high superpower rating also have the effect of preserving youth? The assessor doesn't look her age; she looks quite young.]

Diana: ?????

Diana: !!!!

CRACK!

A loud noise followed by a burst of cold air, with a surge of energy fluctuations surrounding Diana. The hot summer evening air dropped instantly, from over twenty degrees Celsius to below zero, and some ice crystals began to form in the air.

Adam's words hit a nerve, and Diana couldn't control her emotions for a moment, her composure shattered.

She had wanted to ask about his impression of her, but in his eyes, she was an old woman???

Her superpower outburst was similar to Adam's earlier, the only difference being that, after long training, her instinctive control over her superpower far exceeded Adam's.

Otherwise, it wouldn't just be a drop in temperature around her; with Diana's strength, it was possible to freeze a hundred miles.

Her momentary lack of control wasn't a big deal, but it terrified the SAAT official beside her.

What's going on?

Did I say something wrong just now?

What happened?!

The official, full of bureaucratic speak, knew that Diana probably didn't want to listen to him and had already been speeding up his speech.

But he didn't expect that after just a few sentences, she would act like this?

His slightly plump body shivered in the cold wind, not knowing what to do now.

"What's... what's wrong?"

Hearing someone speak, Diana looked up sharply, her eyes bursting with an unusually fierce aura, staring at the person harshly and saying:

"I'm fine!"

"You continue, hurry up!"

On the test stage, Adam and the other five also noticed the situation and turned their heads, curiously looking over.

Adam, however, had no interest in such gossip; he wasn't someone who particularly enjoyed being in the limelight.

He just didn't understand why, after chatting nicely with his female online friend, she suddenly ignored him?

Women are so inexplicable.