Urban Superpowers / The Female Lead Is the Strongest in the Entire Story / Play the pig to eat the tiger
When Qin Nianwan first parachuted into the Supernatural Research Bureau, everyone else thought: She's lazy and good-for-nothing, and the director even set up an easy department just for her. She's the biggest example of someone getting in through connections, and the biggest good-for-nothing of all!
Qin Nianwan, newly appointed head of the Cleanup Department: Yep, yep, yep. I'm definitely a good-for-nothing who can't do a thing. (Sincere)
But after weathering countless trials, everyone finally understood:
If the sky is about to fall, the Cleanup Department will hold it up.
But if the sky has already fallen, Qin Nianwan, head of the Cleanup Department, can patch the hole.
Everyone else: Director Qin, we'll follow your lead! We'll do whatever you tell us! Lead us in saving the world!
Qin Nianwan: I was just planning to slack off and enjoy my retirement, and now I'm suddenly tasked with saving the world in a crisis? Please, no! I'm really just a good-for-nothing who can throw a few punches. Stay away from me, aaah!
Reader's Guide:
1. From beginning to end, the female lead is the strongest fighter in the story.
2. Her character growth is in leadership, management, and bringing people together.
3. It's satisfying, but not pure wish fulfillment.
4. An ensemble story, with both joy and sorrow.
5. Modern alternate universe. The entire setting is fictional and has no real-world implications.
6. The female lead's one true love is carbohydrates. (Absolutely certain)
7. For detailed worldbuilding, see the author's note in Chapter One.
8. If you feel uncomfortable while reading, please stop. Readers are welcome to discuss the plot and characters, but please be respectful and don't make snide personal remarks about the author. QAQ Please, I beg you.
Content warnings:
1. At first, the other characters don't know the female lead's true abilities, so there are scenes where they underestimate or provoke her (but she won't suffer any serious harm). This isn't pure wish fulfillment.
2. The female lead is completely indifferent to romance. There is no romance for her, and no supporting character has romantic feelings for her. Her strongest bonds are the camaraderie she shares with her companions.
3. However, the supporting characters do have romantic and other relationships, including family bonds and friendships. These storylines don't take up much space and are all there to advance the main plot.
4. This is not an all-female cast. The female lead's department has seven members: four women and three men. The overall ratio of women to men is about six to four. Most of the standout scenes, key roles, and positions of power go to women, but this is an ensemble story with many characters, so the ratio is only an estimate. Please don't read if that bothers you.
5. This is the author's first ensemble story, so some characters may not be written as well as they deserve. Apologies in advance. Cruel words can chill even a summer day, while kind words can warm the coldest winter. Please be kind in your comments, and let's all get along~
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Official Blurb:
There are three kinds of people in this world: ordinary people, naturally gifted superhumans, and superhumans whose abilities emerge later in life.
The world is still ruled by ordinary people, but in recent years, the number of naturally gifted superhumans has surged for unknown reasons, bringing an end to the peace that once prevailed.
In the nation of Huaxia, the Supernatural Research Bureau is responsible for handling and managing matters related to superhumans. Now, it must shoulder this burden.
Every job at the Bureau is both exhausting and dangerous. As the number of violent incidents caused by naturally gifted superhumans rises, everyone is working themselves to the bone, except for...
The people in charge of cleaning up after incidents.
They don't have to face off against extremely dangerous enemies, go out and gather information, or discipline a pack of unruly troublemakers.
All they need to do is clean up the scene and eliminate lingering dangers after the Field Operations Department completes its mission.
The other departments are all green with envy over such an easy job.
And yet the people in the Cleanup Department seem not only completely unremarkable, but practically a collection of the old, weak, sick, and disabled.
That's right:
A good-for-nothing department head of unknown origins who loves taking it easy.
A sniper who's blind in one eye.
A fool born into a family of superhumans who can't learn the family's secret art.
A frail, sickly amateur boxer who insists on learning a hard-hitting style.
A pretty boy with a useless ability.
A person reduced to a torso, with all four limbs gone.
An old man with one foot already in the grave.
Anyone looking at this lineup would think it was a ramshackle outfit that would collapse on its own without even needing a gust of wind or rain.
The other departments, swamped with work: Damn it, I hate people who do nothing but live comfortably thanks to their connections!
Qin Nianwan, head of the Cleanup Department: Ha! If you could have this kind of good fortune, would you want it?
Cleaning up after incidents doesn't mean cleaning up after the Field Operations Department has finished its work. It means cleaning up after the things that couldn't be finished.
So when the situation worsens, the other people, who had no idea what was going on, are shocked to discover that the useless freeloaders in the Cleanup Department are all more capable than the last!
Everyone else at the Bureau: The situation is constantly changing. As a new era dawns, what should we do, and which side should we take?
Qin Nianwan: This noodle dish (slurp, slurp, slurp), how can it be (slurp, slurp, slurp) so delicious? (Slurp, slurp, slurp.)
Everyone else: Director Qin, say something! Which side are you choosing: ordinary people, naturally gifted superhumans, or superhumans whose abilities emerged later in life?
Qin Nianwan: (Keeps slurping.) I choose carbohydrates. Carbs make people happy.
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Several years later.
The world outside is engulfed in war, while the office, supposedly the safest place in the world, is unnaturally quiet.
Qin Nianwan looks troubled. "Director Bai, I'm only good at fighting. I really can't be a leader, so I'm sorry, but I can't take your place."
Qin Nianwan is good at fighting, but she seems forever unable to understand the human heart.
She knows all too well that people can be knocked down, but the human heart cannot.
"Qin Nianwan," the elderly woman says gravely, her hair already gone gray. "This is your destiny. It's a path you have to walk."
"And you're meant to become more than just the director."
"I believe you'll make a fine leader."
Theme: Do good deeds, and don't worry about what lies ahead.
Hahahaha, this pun makes me laugh to death
Ah? Everyone in his department is suspected to have been kidnapped. Isn't he stupid to ask who showed off his secrets?
It's like playing house... The enemy attacks with deadly force, but we keep our hand and plan to turn the enemy into a friend in the future... This is the first time I see such an aggrieved character in a story about the protagonist's strength ceiling. It doesn't feel like playing a pig and eating a tiger at all 💔
Ah ah ah, it looks good, Xiao Qin is so awesome, I want to hug you too
It's not necessarily a purely enjoyable article, but it can't be totally enjoyable, right? The protagonist crushes everyone with force, but is plotted by someone (Director Bai) at every turn. He still abides by a lot of rules and puts a lot of shackles on himself. When a teammate is humiliated (He Guo shows off as a monkey), he just curses and blows up a door to increase the workload of the other party; when the enemy wants to beat his teammate to death, he will injure and knock him out, and then he will be brought into the bureau, which is referred to as turning hostility into friendship, turning the enemy into a friend; during the battle, he has to save the life of the traitorous smelly man who bullied his teammates and give him a chance. Returning to the game for treatment; escorting the captives and someone hijacking the car. At this time, the protagonist's force value is not reflected at all. If something happens on the other side, he will just let the person run away; why is it unhappy, because the protagonist seems to be as fierce as a tiger in one operation, but in fact it is only 250. No lessons are given to the enemy, and there is no feedback from the enemy crying in tears. How can there be a sense of satisfaction? The evil-doing enemy was defeated, and the final punishment was to gain an iron rice bowl after reeducation through labor and become colleagues with the protagonist. I have never seen anyone so cowardly and frustrated.
This is no ordinary frustration. This bitch made his sister blind, and was a "traitor". He used his teammates to block the knife. If he hadn't been too useless and had succeeded in betraying him, would such a person have survived? The hypotension was cured, and I died speechless 💔
I'd say it sounds harsh, this is the treatment of war criminals.
As expected, it is the sword that belongs to our Xiao Qin!
Ah ah ah, it's so beautiful, why so few people watch it?
Xiao Qin is about to fight (sharpening his knife to the pig and sheep)