Psychic Overlord

"Hoh? You are quite brave, boy. Do you even know who you are talking to?" the old man asked, his smile lessening somewhat as his beard sparked with a hint of flame.

Kaizer simply eyed the old man with a distant look. "Blaze, am I right? The so-called strongest esper in our city."

The fellow paused, and the bodyguards accompanying him were also surprised.

"Oh? Kid, you are quite well-informed. I guess that should be the case since you managed to cook up such a believable story for my men the other time." Blaze recovered his demeanor and seemed even more authoritative.

Kaizer was nonplussed, glancing at his watch with a hint of impatience. "Is that all you came here to speak about? If not, I still have an important schedule to attend to."

Blaze tensed as his smile thinned. "Brat, you seem to think you're some hotshot just because your daddy has some money? Or is it because you successfully hid your esper awakening for a few years from us?"

Kaizer paused and shook his head. It seemed that the conclusion the officials had come to after the campus attack was that he was, in fact, the killer of Carla but had been an esper in hiding all this while, rather than a newly awakened fellow.

From their point of view, this did make sense. After all, the only way Kaizer could hide his esper ability in front of Officer James's probing last time could only be achieved by a seasoned esper. Not to mention that while there might be some espers who awaken with great power, it was hard for them to rationalize that Kaizer could kill a dangerous D-rank esper like Carla in one hit.

Kaizer could sense the thoughts of the bodyguards, but Blaze in front of him seemed to have received some form of training. While it was not as strong as what Anir wove around Rina's mind, it was still a sturdy barrier of searing flame akin to a firewall that closed off his mindscape from casual probing.