Chapter 6: The Ragged Ghost (4)
When the man blocked my path in the alleyway for the first time, the first thought that popped into my head was: I’m in trouble.
The man, who I initially thought was a drug addict, turned out to be a vampire.
Or perhaps a ghoul, the kind rarely seen even in this underworld, appeared in droves.
But such details hardly mattered.
What truly mattered was this:
How on earth did he manage to find me, someone who usually left no trace, jumping across rooftops?
“As far as I know, there shouldn’t be any working CCTVs around here... Magic? Or some other method I didn’t consider?”
If my psychic ability had been exposed, it would’ve been the worst-case scenario.
Nighthaven was a hellish city filled with monsters and powerful beings.
A lone kid wandering its streets using psychic powers?
It would immediately attract waves of attention from battle-hardened veterans, pestering me to reveal my secrets.
With a desperate hope that wasn’t the case, I scanned my surroundings, my eyes rolling beneath the cloth that concealed me.
