Chapter 199: Ghosts From Another World

The abandoned factory where the superhuman orphans disappeared is located in a remote place somewhere in the suburbs.

No one usually comes here, only homeless people and some people who are not in the limelight will choose to stay here for a short time.

The orphans who ran away from the Red River Welfare House are obviously the latter. Knowing that Walter would come to make trouble, it is reasonable for them to choose to hide here temporarily.

What is unreasonable is that they disappeared inexplicably.

"Are you sure it is here?"

Standing in front of the warehouse of the abandoned factory, Kevin asked Titan Knight Robert again.

Robert looked around in front of the warehouse and finally nodded:

"Yes, they did disappear here."

"There are no new traces now?"

"No."

Robert answered honestly.

His ability can help him find all the traces that will exist. Before this, he also relied on his ability to find here.

However, when he came here, Robert could no longer see any trace of these children.

The orphans of the Red River Welfare House disappeared without a trace from this place before Robert found them.

"First, we will surround this place and investigate. Everyone else, go and protect the parents of the superhumans who have not been harmed."

Kevin, who also looked for a long time but could not figure out anything, arranged it this way for the time being.

The security personnel of the Water Group arranged according to Kevin's orders.

During this period, Kevin looked at Robert, who was still a little trembling, and suddenly asked:

"You look like you're afraid of me?"

"..."

Robert's smile froze, and cold sweat dripped down his face.

Kevin smiled at him:

"Am I that scary?"

"Yes...I'm sorry..."

"Why should I apologize? Am I not speaking to you in a very calm tone?"

Kevin's tone was still kind, even softer than usual, but the more so, the more nervous Robert became.

"Sir, I...I really didn't...I really didn't use my ability on you...No, I mean, I didn't think about exploring your secrets..."

Under Kevin's 'coercion', Robert's cold sweat became more and more, and in the end he even began to speak incoherently, saying everything he should and shouldn't say.

Robert was very afraid of Kevin.

Because his ability was to observe all the details, he had studied detective studies and psychology, and with his own abilities, he could see Kevin's thoughts from Kevin's micro-expressions.

It was for this reason that Robert realized that Kevin was really thinking about getting rid of him all the time.

Kevin may be very friendly, smiling at everyone and looking sunny and cheerful, but Robert can see from the details that Kevin doesn't like him.

He doesn't like Robert's ability, and he doesn't like Robert using this ability to explore himself.

Therefore, the more Robert shows that he knows a lot, the easier it is for him to be killed by Kevin.

Kevin is different from any group executives Robert has met before.

Those group executives, even Edgar, have never expressed the intention to kill Robert when facing him, knowing his ability.

At most, they showed their alienation from him, because Robert's "acting skills" that made them proud no longer existed.

But that was all, they knew Robert would know what they were thinking.

Robert also knew that they knew he knew what they were thinking.

Everyone knew that they were playing games within a framework of rules, Robert was responsible for giving them work, they paid Robert a salary, and gave him the power he should have, that's all.

But Kevin...

really wanted to kill him.

This made Robert feel terrified.

He lowered his head and didn't dare to look Kevin in the eye again.

Kevin didn't embarrass this poor man who might have started to grow a tumor in his head. He stretched out his hand and put it on Robert's shoulder and squeezed it a little, smiling and said:

"Don't worry, as long as you are honest, I won't kill you."

"Okay... okay..."

Robert answered in a trembling voice.

Kevin then withdrew his hand and continued to look at the factory ahead.

His thoughts were seen through by Robert, and he was actually doing it on purpose.

Kevin knew that his acting skills were probably not enough in front of Robert's ability, and there was no reason for the boss to perform when meeting with employees.

So Kevin has been consistent from the beginning till now, and has never thought about controlling his expression, let alone performing.

Kevin did have the idea of ​​getting rid of Robert.

Compared with the mind reader Metzmer and psychics like Kate, Robert, who can see through everything about a person just by the details, is more alarming.

Kevin can use the defensive magic pattern to prevent psychic abilities from invading his brain, but he cannot completely control every inch of muscle on his face to perform a perfect performance.

But Kevin has many secrets of his own.

Although in this world where he is already invincible, even if all are exposed, it seems nothing, but no one wants their secrets to be known by inexplicable guys, right?

Kevin is the same. It is different for him to take the initiative to tell his secrets and for others to find out his secrets. Therefore, the Titan Knight, who can be said to be the top detective in the black robe world, has become Kevin's least favorite existence.

If it weren't for what happened today, Kevin would probably not meet the Titan Knight.

But since they met, it is natural to let him know that if he peeped into his boss's secrets at will, he would lose his life.

Robert didn't dare to say more, let alone look at Kevin.

Kevin also set his eyes on the factory in front of him and began to think about how the group of superhuman orphans escaped from here.

Just as the Water Group blocked this place, Kevin and Robert were observing, and a small blue light suddenly appeared on the open space in front of them.

Kevin caught the light spot the moment it appeared. When Kevin's attention was focused on it, it had become as big as a basketball.

And after a few seconds, the blue light spot stretched into a transparent human figure.

To be honest, when the blue light spot turned into a human figure, Kevin almost thought it was Dr. Manhattan from the DC universe who came here.

Kevin was relieved when he saw the blue human figure.

It was not Dr. Manhattan, but one of the orphans who ran away from the Red River Welfare House, Ghost.

The original body of Ghost is a black girl.

She did not awaken her abilities when she was a child. One day during her growth, she suddenly awakened her abilities and became the ghost she is now.

As a ghost, she could not touch anything, and other things could not touch her either.

She became a complete ghost just like her abilities.

According to the nurse at the welfare home, this revenge action was initiated by the ghost in front of them, so if they could catch her here, it would be equivalent to catching the leader of this special revenge team.

The premise is that they can catch her.

The appearance of the ghost made the surrounding employees of the Water Group completely alert.

They surrounded the ghost and pointed their guns at her.

The ghost looked around with a dull expression, her eyes were blank, and she muttered to herself:

"...What happened? Didn't I run away?"

"Obviously you didn't, Miss."

Kevin said to the ghost, and signaled the surrounding Water employees to put down their guns.

For a ghost who can't be attacked by any physical attack, guns are the most useless things.

Perhaps noticing Kevin's actions, the ghost realized that the man in front of him was the leader of these people.

She took a deep breath and asked Kevin in a deep voice:

"What do you want to do? Do you want to catch me?"

"To be honest, I do, but unfortunately we don't have the means to control spirits yet, so in this world, you are free and you can go wherever you want, Miss Ghost."

Kevin did not try to attack the ghost.

Perhaps the attack with magic patterns attached can work on ghosts, but there is no point in doing so.

The ghost itself does not have any attack power. Instead of threatening with words, it is better to use a soft tactic to make the ghost stay.

Kevin spoke politely to the little girl in front of him who might not even be sixteen years old, and then continued:

"But my personal suggestion is that you'd better stay in the Red River Welfare House, so that we may still be able to help you."

"Help me?"

Tears flowed strangely from Ghost's eyes, and she yelled at Kevin like she was venting:

"You stopped us from taking revenge and killed my friends! Is this what you call helping me?!"

Kevin: "?"

"I won't listen to you, and I won't stay. I will find a way to get revenge!"

The flames of hatred burned in Ghost's eyes. She shouted angrily, and then she was about to drill into the ground, trying to get out of the encirclement.

Kevin immediately stopped her:

"Wait a minute!! What did you say just now about killing your friends? I didn't give such an order at all!"

Kevin said, and looked at the security director beside him.

He almost thought that his men were deceiving their superiors, first getting rid of this group of superhuman orphans, and then reporting to him false news that they were lost, in order to cover up something.

Walter's security chief was sweating profusely when Kevin looked at him. He quickly replied:

"Sir, we...we really didn't find any trace of them, let alone kill them! She's lying!"

"What?" Hearing the security chief's words, the ghost who was about to escape also stopped and turned to the security chief angrily:

"It's obviously you! You and the Homelanders! Killed my friends!! You don't even want to admit it?!"

"Wait...wait a minute!"

What the ghost said made Kevin confused for a moment, and then he had a ridiculous guess in an instant.

He confirmed with the ghost again:

"Are you talking about the Homelanders?"

"Of course!"

"That's impossible. Homelander has been working on the set all this time and hasn't been out doing any heroic activities at all!"

Before that, Homelander had gone to Africa to eliminate a super villain.

But since that incident, Homelander has not acted arbitrarily because Kevin doesn't allow it.

So, what Ghost said, that Homelander killed her friends, is impossible.

Unless...

The one who killed Ghost's friends was not Homelander in Kevin's world.

"Don't try to lie to me!!"

But Ghost obviously wouldn't believe Kevin's words.

Homelander killed her friends, she saw it with her own eyes, and even Homelander's heat vision passed through her body. If she wasn't Ghost, she would probably end up like her friends now.

Ghost obviously believed what she saw and heard, and Kevin's mind was spinning rapidly.

If the ghost in front of him was not the ghost of his black robe world, but from world line A, it meant that her parents had been killed by her.

But in this world, Ghost's parents were protected by the Vought Group because they acted quickly and they are still alive.

So this point can be used to convince her.

"Your parents!" Kevin said calmly: "I can ask your parents to come and see you."

"? What nonsense are you talking about? My father... I have killed him... with my own hands...!!"

"He is not dead! If you don't believe it, you can go with me to see him. Anyway, you are a ghost. If you feel something is wrong, you can leave at any time!

"How about it, do you want to believe me?"

Kevin invited the ghost.

The ghost looked at Kevin in silence, and she thought for a long time.

Finally, under Kevin's gaze, she left the soil with half of her body already buried in the soil.

"…For now, I will trust you once."

The ghost said.