The Top Omega Hunter Wants a Quiet Life [BL]-Chapter 115: Ch : Lynn’s invitation- Part 4

I was used to getting all the looks from other people, but the current attention was too much for me.

I did not know whether the world had become bolder or whether they had forgotten their fear of me, but the reporters immediately surrounded me even before I stepped out of the car.

"Sir Ace, you are here. There are a few questions we need to ask you. Would you mind speaking to us?"

The reporters shoved each other out of the way to get to me, and it would have been amusing had it not been concerning.

At this rate, someone was going to get hurt, and it would be my fault.

So I coughed to get their attention, and all the reporters turned to look at me immediately.

"Get out of my way. You are blocking my way."

I simply told them, but my voice also carried some weight. Everyone gulped as they looked at me before they hesitantly gave me the way.

Not that it was their choice.

Humans were creatures weak to force, and as soon as a stronger person commanded them to do something, it was in their nature to fold and follow. These reporters were the same.

I quickly took advantage of the time they were confused and hesitant to walk past them and head toward the burnt building.

Lynn followed me not long after, and he gave me an amused look as he looked back at the confused reporters.

"You did not even need my help to deal with the reporters. And here I was, ready to be your knight in shining armor and make you be in my debt."

The alpha joked around, and I felt a snort escape my mouth.

"I don’t think there will ever come a day I would need your help that desperately... at least, I hope there never comes a day like that. Anyway, we should focus on the task at hand. I can feel some kind of... disturbance in the air."

Now that I said those words aloud, there really was something weird I could feel in the air. The heaviness in the air did not feel natural.

A few other hunters with suitable abilities were also lurking around, trying to find out what happened. But no one seemed to have cracked the case just yet.

"Hunter Lynn, are you here for the case as well? Would you like a report of what we were able to find out so far? And that is... no way? I-is that Ace?"

Someone questioned as they walked over to Lynn to try and win his favor. But their eyes widened as soon as they noticed my presence as well.

Instead of waving off the situation, Lynn just gave the person in front of him a huge smile before he introduced me to them.

"Of course! Do you know anyone else that dashing and daring? I have THE Ace here in the flesh. But keep your distance, or he might bite."

Lynn joked around, but the hunters and detectives who were there looked too star-struck to take his warning seriously.

I had a feeling that I was not going to get any rest for some time now.

"Ace? That Ace?"

"So the announcement was not false?"

"What about the association? Didn’t they tell us that there was a cause behind this?"

"Of course, the association lied. Anyway, they got their just desserts with what recently happened—"

Instead of working, people began to gossip about me and the association. Not that I expected anything else.

"I’ll go and check out the other side. Keep me posted if you find anything."

I told Lynn before I walked over to the burned building and entered it.

A few people made a motion to stop me but decided to give up in the end. They realized that there was no argument they could make that would stop me from going inside.

Once inside, I decided to look around the building. But there seemed to be no visible traces at first.

That left me with no choice but to use my system to do the work.

"Alright, it’s time to start working."

[Ability activated – Undercover has started to use its power. The user is cautioned to be careful and keep an eye on the power usage.]

Undercover was a powerful ability... rather, it was one of the ultimate abilities one could hope to get.

It allowed the user to see clips of the past to figure out what happened at a place. But there was a huge downfall if one chose to use this ability – the power that one had to use.

Even I, with my seemingly infinite power, could only maintain it for about 5 minutes at a time before running out.

That made this ability impractical to use anywhere that was not safe. Especially in a dungeon. That would be a death sentence if I ever did that.

For now, I was safe, and I doubted that anything would happen. So I used my power, and the image of the past superimposed on the present, giving the world a retro filter-like effect.

I ignored the scene and focused on what was happening. I had to filter out a lot of stuff.

The world moved around me as if it was moving at a 10x movie speed, and I needed it to be this fast if I wanted to find out anything. Thankfully, my brain kept up with the fast-paced action in front of me, and I watched as someone gave Rose something.

It was nothing out of the ordinary, but something about that moment struck me as odd.

But trying to follow the man or Rose did not result in much until I reached the next day. And then, the world went dark.

"What the heck is this distortion? Why is it so strong? I need to resist—"

[Warning: Skill has malfunctioned. User is advised to break contact right now and get themselves to safety. The system can no longer maintain user safety under Undercover.]

The system warned me too late, and even if I tried to break free of the power trying to grab hold of me, I was not able to.

I was ultimately dragged toward the power, and it swallowed me.

For the first time in a while, my heart skipped a beat as I felt my consciousness fading in the back of my mind. I was going to lose myself at this rate.

’Kyle, you need to come back, alright. Don’t give in to this feeling.’

Theo’s words echoed in my mind, and I fought to drag myself out of the mess I had found myself in.

The world kept trying to drag me down, but I was not going to allow that. I had someone waiting for me to come back. 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

"I need... to fight. I cannot be exhausted just by using this much power. I need to make it back somehow."

I reminded myself as the power dragging me down slowly died down and finally let me out. I gasped as I emerged from the bubble, and when I opened my eyes, I felt weird.

[New skill – Possession has been unlocked. Can only be used while using Undercover. User can now merge their consciousness with the target for 5 minutes.]