Chapter 349: A money-making Esper
Lieutenant Spencer led the way for the rest of them, while Sakura chattered away, clearly trying to keep the atmosphere between Gunther and Kellen civil. Kellen didn’t mind.
Gunther, as far as he was concerned, could do with a bit of violence in his life. He did throw a garbage can at Kellen, and he hadn’t gotten him back for that. Plus, it wouldn’t hurt to give him a few more reasons to hate Guides. If Kellen gave him enough to hate, they might really believe him. Forget Casper, Kellen wanted to be the reason that his undercover mission was successful.
Truly. If Gunther was cursing his name the whole time, that was only going to benefit everyone, Gunther and Casper specifically.
"Alright, we’re here." Lieutenant Spencer said, stopping at a door that looked the same amongst all the other doors in this hallway. Sakura came to a stop outside of it, glancing back at Kellen before she nodded.
"Alright, I’ll knock and see-" The door was flung open and a disheveled, messy hair Carlos was on the other side. His eyes weren’t brown, like they normally were, but the eerie sickly purple that they were when he used his powers. Gunther made a quiet noise behind him as Carlos reached for Kellen, yanking him forward by the collar of his uniform, his face awash with anger.
"Are you a fucking idiot? Going toe to toe with them? I can’t believe someone like you saved me!" Carlos yelled. Honestly, it was kind of refreshing to get treated like this after so long. Everyone had been tiptoeing around him ever since he shot up to an A Class, but Carlos? He would never disappoint.
Kellen could tell that all of the other Espers around them tensed, even Gunther, but Kellen just placed his hands on top of the ones that were holding him up, smiling softly.
"Carlos, I-" Carlos’ scar on his neck was bright red, something that Kellen had noticed happened when he was worked up. It was a small detail that he remembered about the man, but it suited him well right now. Carlos was super pissed.
"Don’t you fucking dare! Sakura told me about why you wanted to visit, and I could shake you to death! Don’t mess with them! You have already seen what they did to me, and then they attacked your Dad and you didn’t back down? Are you fucking insane? Did becoming a higher Class knock a few screws loose? You aren’t fucking invincible, Kellen!" There. That was the true concern. Carlos was worried for him.