Chapter 22: Settling Old Scores
Wh... W-What was that just now?
Shin Fujita's thoughts reeled in shock as a bead of sweat rolled down his forehead.
He couldn't move, frozen in place. It was as if he had witnessed something truly incomprehensible.
Perhaps his mind was rejecting reality that Klaus had just sent one of his bodyguards flying with a single punch. It was understandable. After all, how many people could casually launch a grown man into the air with raw strength alone? Even professional boxers, with their insane striking power, couldn't pull off something like that.
By all logic, such a thing should have been impossible.
Of course, things were different for Ascendants and those who had installed cybernetic implants. But Shin refused to entertain the idea that Klaus was an Awakened.
There was simply no way.
Trash like him couldn't suddenly transform into a lion overnight.
If awakening was that easy, then everyone would have abilities.
The only plausible conclusion was that Klaus had somehow scraped together enough eddies to buy an implant. Yeah... that had to be it. There was no other explanation.
As I thought, there's no way. An orphan like him couldn't have become a king.