The Legacy System

Kirigaya Kaito and the ladies already were aware of the presence of the people in their surroundings, as they had been on high alert all this time.

But the fact that Eric was able to sense their presence too and was able to pinpoint their place, and direction precisely was clearly shocking.

The guys on the shadows were already the cream of the crop of the division that Uncle Satoru directed, and they clearly had a certain level of strength, abilities, and skills, including their stealth.

While Kirigaya Kaito and the ladies were able to sense them due to their strength, and sharp senses, Eric was a long way from them.

How was he able to do something like that? It must have been just a lucky guess on his part, taking all the conditions into consideration.

At least this was what the leader of the team thought, as he didn't believe that Eric was able to sense his presence and location.

With that thought in mind, he decided to test Eric's senses, as he quickly moved from where he was to another location, without causing even the slightest distortion of the surroundings.

Still, he was stunned by Eric, who said,

"I don't think this is a time to play around Leader, the time is of the essence right now. I am sure that Old Man has already instructed you in my regard."

The leader didn't know what to say as he was really shocked at that moment, Eric had truly sensed his presence, and could clearly do it instantly.

The truth was that just like Eric said he had already been instructed by the higher-ups on how to behave with him, and not to anger him.

He had to treat Eric as a high importance guest of his department, and his attitude towards him should be the same as towards Uncle Satoru, with the only difference of not obeying his orders.

Even now they already had taken the instruction about what Eric said, but he couldn't resist his curiosity and try to test Eric.

Just what kind of a person was this kid to have attracted the attention of that Old Man who always talked in superlatives about him?

It was only now that he started to understand that Eric was even more mysterious than he thought, and he felt like he had only seen just a tip of the iceberg.

But now he couldn't lose time with what he was doing, as he had to follow the orders, and canceling his stealth, he got in front of Eric and said while bowing lightly,

"I am sorry for my rudeness Mister Eric! I am the leader of the team, Captain Kato, I am truly sorry for my actions, as it was my foolish idea to try and test you, I truly ask for your apology!"

While Eric was satisfied with the guy's attitude, and apology, Kirigaya Kaito and the three ladies were stupefied by what they heard.

Who hadn't heard about the famous Captain Kato in their circle, and environment? It was said that he was one of the strongest ability users in Japan, and he was classified as an S ranker.

While Kirigaya Kaito and the ladies were strong, they were at most AA rankers and were still far away from reaching his level.

This guy worked for that mysterious division that everyone had only heard rumors about, and was a direct disciple of the Old Man in charge of it.

Still, Eric didn't seem to be impressed hearing Captain Kato's name, as he said in a calm and clear voice,

"Apology accepted Captain Kato, now if you please!"

For some reason, Captain Kato didn't feel this was weird, and as a matter of fact, he liked the fact that Eric didn't seem to care about his fame or strength.

He felt that Eric was a truly special young man, he couldn't wait to see what he would become in the future.

With that closed, he turned towards Kirigaya Kaito and the Ladies as he said,

"Please follow me, I will make sure nothing happens to you!"

The four people were a bit startled and surprised at everything happening around them, but they were able to quickly recompose themselves, and follow behind him.

They didn't doubt his words, because everyone in their environment knew that the word of this guy was its worth in gold, and he was extremely loyal to its Master.

This whole situation was really messed up, and truly confusing but there was nothing they could do at the moment. They couldn't stay with the rotten apples back in the clan.

One day they might return and clean their name, and also all the worms, lizards, and snakes that had already taken over the clan. Of course, all that was left from the government's cleansing.

On the other hand, Eric got out of the forest and headed towards his Fragrance Hall, at the moment there was a bid of doubt inside his mind.

What happened to Kirigaya Endo!? Even if Kirigaya Kaito had let go of his little brother, surely the government and the Council wouldn't let go of him.

Yet there was no trace of him dying in the surroundings, as he intentionally took the route that he found his tracks.

What was even weirder was that at a point he seemed to have been together with a big group of people, and then any possible trace of him had disappeared.

It was almost impossible for him to have disappeared himself, being injured and all that, so most probably he had either been kidnapped from that group, or he already knew them.

Either way, this wasn't good news, as it was a loose end. There was one thing that Eric didn't like at all, and that was loose ends.

Loose ends are always just a seed of trouble for the future, and his future already looked extremely troublesome, he couldn't let it become even more.

This was the reason that he was disappointed and angry in some way at Kirigaya, because he should be clearly aware of all this, and yet his soft heart had prevailed over him.

Taking a deep breath, and sighing a bit, he was about to continue on his way, when he could clearly feel a lot of strong presences surround him.

He knew that Captain Kato had already left a few tails behind him, to protect, and keep an eye on him, but those guys were just babies in front of the people running towards him.

He didn't have time to lose, as he jumped towards the tails that Captain Kato had left behind for him, grabbing them by whatever he could, despite their surprise, as he used his 'Escape Talisman'.

No matter who the guys approaching him were they weren't there with good intentions, as he could feel their killing intent through his death laws.

This was the way that he was able to feel even the presence of Old Five, or Captain Kato, he could feel their life source inside their body.

Slowly he was even learning how to distinct that life source, and also how to determine one's power looking at his life source but he was still at the beginning of his road.

The moment he used the 'Escape Talisman' some kind of weird gate opened from the hand that he crushed the small bead, and pulled him and everything he was touching inside.

The people that came in his sensing area could only see a light spread at that moment, and then a sense of space emptiness where Eric and the other three disappeared.

The moment they sensed that happen, they accelerated their pace even more, but they were unable to catch on to Eric and the other three disappearance.

They were 10 guys each dressed totally in black, with different masks over their faces, but at the moment they could only feel regret and anger for missing this opportunity.

Not only had Eric disappeared right in front of their eyes, but he had also done this without leaving even the tiniest trace behind.

Still, they would give up so easily, as the guy with a goblin mask, who seemed to be the leader gave strict instructions to search the place in a 3-kilometer radius.

Meanwhile, 50 kilometers away from the spot where Eric and the trio left behind from Captain Kato disappeared, a view similar to that of a moment earlier was created, as they were thrown out.

This was the first time Eric used one of these Escape Talismans, after giving one to Kirigaya Kaito earlier in the day to escape from the Wedding Hall.

While the teleportation seemed really easy, he wasn't able to make sense of where he was while he was using it, as the surroundings were revolving around him.

He could feel a big urge to vomit at that moment, as his whole being was clearly agitated from the rapid displacement and his journey through the void.

The other three were the same as him, or even in a worse shape than him, because they were already surprised when they felt Eric turn back and grab onto them, and even more when they entered that weird light.

It took more than 10 to 15 minutes for them to finally be able to relax and recollect themselves, and finally, make sense of what happened.

Even though they were shocked and surprised they were able to sense the people that had closed on their location.

They were trained killers themselves, and could easily detect their killing intent, and malicious intentions.

One could say that Eric had saved their lives, but now there was a more urgent thing, just how far were they from their pursuers?

What if they could sense them here, and come follow them, but their worries were put to rest from Eric,

"Don't worry we are safe now! We are far away from them, and they won't easily find us!"

His words clearly relieved the worried trio, but he pretended to not care about it, as he took his Smartphone, turned it off, and took a burner phone from a pocket, and dialed Uncle Satoru's number…