Chapter 36: Counter-Espionage
Kaizer didn't need to look around to see that the area around this stele was filled with people, especially family and friends with morose expressions. More than seven mothers had long broken down and were crying at the foot of the stele, wondering why their darling children, who had just been causing trouble a few days ago, were now gone.
Even more painful were the wives with children who dumbly stared at the name of the male teachers who died, wondering how they were going to continue. A teaching job at the cushy Summit Hill University was something that afforded them a comfortable lifestyle in Alpha City, but with the breadwinner gone...
Kaizer felt a coldness in his heart. He didn't blame himself for the outcome even though the attack was launched because of him, because he wasn't the type of person to take unnecessary burdens onto himself.
The reason he felt cold was because glimpsing the other side of the attack, he could begin to understand the darkness of the esper world. Those three espers did not have any hesitation nor moroseness about the effects of the attack they launched, only caring about Kaizer.
Carla, who attacked him the first time, did not care that he was a harmless young man seeking love and only thought of how to devour him without leaving any bones behind to satisfy her craving.
Granted, these were undoubtedly Dark Espers so they didn't represent the entirety of the esper world. The 'Light' Espers should be much better, and hopefully, the faction his father could find for him and Rina would be more... ethical... than those he had encountered so far.
Hm?
Kaizer almost frowned but withheld his expression. He detected a strange presence within the range of his psychic domain, watching the proceedings going on here with near hawkish eyes. The presence had not been there when he arrived but came just now when he was here, so its target was obvious.
The method of concealment was also very inconspicuous, acting as a mourner at another grave while depositing flowers and talking to himself, but the words were gibberish from what Kaizer could tell. What had not changed though, were those pair of brown eyes that had locked onto his side profile without moving an inch.