Chapter 156 (1/2)

Chapter of the week: 3/4 Translator: Reizenchuu Editor: Kenny Stryker

After school, I went to the crime scene to investigate the murderer.

”It's turning into quite the uproar here.”

I uttered to myself while watching the crime scene from a far place. I couldn't approach it too much because it was cramped with police officers and press corps. It wasn't a place where a normal high school student should enter in front of the public. Well, luckily, I wasn't a normal high school student.

”Well then, with what should I start”

I gazed at the crime scene while leaning against the wall near me. I ended up coming all the way here without coming up with any plan beforehand. The old man had his job to formally investigate the case, so we can't be together now. Well, the result won't change if he were with me anyway.

”I don't think I will find out anything by randomly searching around like this”

I activated myPresence Detectionskill just in case, but I didn't detect any unusual presence. The skill is normally used to get a rough grasp of the user's surroundings and not to find out the exact location of a person. The place is br.i.m.m.i.n.g with people right now, so it won't be very useful to find the criminal. The chance of the criminal still loitering around here is very low in the first place.

”I guess I have no choice but to create a new skill”

That was the only option I had left, however, I was still against it. Creating a new skill consumes too much magic and I can only use it once. I honestly don't want to waste my magic on something that lasts for only one use.

But this is the only option, it can't be helped. Let's do it

Making my resolve, I started preparing to create a new skill when suddenly

”Kyaaaaa!!!”

I heard a shriek coming from a nearby street. I promptly turned to the direction of the shriek and noticed a member of the press lifting a stepladder and looking down at someone falling on the ground. The stepladder was stained with a small amount of blood and everyone around the person holding it was taking a distance and directing at him their astonished gazes. Judging from the current situation, it looks like the reporter hit the other person with the stepladder.

But why out of the blue?

I wondered for a second before reaching an answer right away. The reporter is probably controlled by the murderer with skills.

”Hey! What on the Earth are you doing!?”

A police officer who noticed what happened approached the reporter who was lifting a stepladder and suddenly made his next move.

”Uwaaaa!!”

The reporter swung the stepladder on the police officer while screaming like a madman. The police officer who wasn't expecting him to act violently got hit by the stepladder resulting in a dull sound coming from his head. The officer moved his hand on top of his head and stepped back while his surroundings got noisier.

Once he hit the officer, the reporter stopped moving again like a robot who halted functioning. He definitely doesn't look normal. I mean, someone who hit people with a stepladder isn't normal in the first place; but this reporter's behavior was clearly strange. It felt like he was a marionette. I quickly observed the area to look for the criminal behind this and soon noticed someone acting suspiciously.

That guy, he's grinning.

In the middle of a situation that should make people lose their composure, there was a single man who watched over the reporter with a broad grin as if he were enjoying a show. My intuition immediately informed that he was different from everyone else in this area. At the same time, the reporter got finally seized by the cops.

”U-Uwaaa!!” ”Stop moving!!” ”Come help me here!”

The reporter started struggling to escape while the officers desperately restrained him. The man who was watching over them with a grin turned around and left the place.

This guy He's way too suspicious.

With that belief in mind, I followed him. He kept walking straight for a while until he suddenly turned to the right. The place walked inside was an empty street. I followed him by turning right too and found him taking a daunting pose while waiting for me.

”What's your problem? You've been following me for a while now.”

Apparently, he noticed that I was following him at some point and asked me while revealing a displeased face. He was a man with ruffled hair and slightly dirty clothes. He didn't seem to be the clean type. I kept quiet for a few seconds before replying to him.

”Um, I wasn't intending to follow anyone. Maybe it's just your imagination?”

Hearing my reply, the man gazed at me with doubting eyes.

So this is the skill holder murderer

I casted myAppraisalskill on him to check his stats.

- START OF STATS -

General Information Name: Shibata Michiru Age: 21 s.e.x: Male Race: Human Level: 5

Points Health Points: 480/480 Magic Points: 380/380

Skills Hypnosis

- END OF STATS -

My doubts got confirmed the moment I appraised this man, Shibata Michiru. He was hiding the unique skill,Hypnosis. I couldn't believe my eyes at first when I realized that the so called metahumans do actually exist. Wasn't the chance for someone appearing higher the one out of hundreds of millions?

Not only his skill surprised me, but even his level. The level of an individual doesn't increase unless experience points are acquired. As for the way to acquire them, one needs to kill monsters and living creatures. The fact that his level is 5, means that he killed a considerable number of people. Most of humans on Earth are level 1, so a large number of them must be killed in order for him to reach level 5.