RE: Perverted Sugar Daddy System-Chapter 282: Curious Minds

Craaaack!!

It was still morning when Giggs and I began heading for where we suspected Grace was being kept, but by this time, the sun was already high in the sky.

The bustle of the day had just begun, and the sky was bright until suddenly, it wasn’t.

What came first was thunder, a sound cracking through the heavens and sending a chill through everyone in Detroit. But there was one problem.

Where is the lightning?

Several more thunderous cracks echoed through the bright, sunny sky, but still no lightning flashed. As more and more people began noticing this oddity, thick, dark clouds started gathering, filling the sky with abnormal speed.

"The weather is rather strange," Giggs said from the front seat, slowing the car like the other drivers around us.

"It seems a storm is coming. Should we find shelter?"

"No. Keep going."

Leaning against the door, I looked out the window and into the sky. Though there was a bit of doubt, I was mostly sure that the phenomenon occurring above was closely connected to me.

More than three minutes passed with clouds steadily gathering. The sky looked like it was harbouring a monster ready to fall and crush the city. The ominous feeling was strengthened by the darkness that had swallowed the light.

"Giggs, help me look up. I feel like the clouds are slowly descending."

Making sure he wasn’t going to crash into anyone, Giggs spared the sky a glance for a few seconds before answering.

"I think you’re right, Sir."

Craaack!!

Craaaack!!

Without warning, lightning began flashing within the clouds, erupting violently. Rain started falling, the pellets striking with so much force that each drop looked like it would leave a numbing sting on the skin.

A strong wind suddenly began blowing, and on the streets, several people could be seen struggling to keep their footing.

"Sir, at least let us stop for a while. The roads will soon become dangerous."

"Okay."

While Giggs searched for a place to park, I kept my gaze on the sky. My eyes narrowed as the clouds lit up with a dense blue glow, lightning streaking through them unceasingly.

There’s something within the clouds.

Echo!!

4 km!!

I had never used the technique to cover this much distance before, but aside from a slight headache, a 3D model of the world within a four-kilometre radius appeared in my mind.

Normally, my attention was focused on things connected to the earth in this model, but this time I focused on a dark grey cloud. Other than discovering that the clouds were heavily tinted with nature energy, I also found two bodies embedded in the center of the cloud, enveloped in lightning. A sweep of my inventory confirmed what I already suspected, it was the bodies of Mike and Bettany.

A fusion? I wondered.

That wasn’t all I found. Expanding my attention beyond the clouds, I picked up on several different energy consciousnesses, if I could call them that.

These observations revealed to me that I wasn’t the only one in Detroit with special abilities. There were others with the power to see beyond the limits of normal sight. And while I took some pride in the fact that none of them could see past the clouds’ veil, my mind trembled at the few who did pierce through.

It was a particularly bittersweet feeling when I realised that none of these consciousnesses originated from Detroit. Based on my calculations, they came from outside Michigan, Cleveland and Pittsburgh being the most likely sources.

Gulping, I hoped my calculations were wrong. Because if they were right, what I was detecting was a scouting technique or something of the sort that could comfortably extend beyond ten kilometres.

"Don’t take us out of the rain."

Giggs was taken aback by my order, but he nodded, reversing away from the underground parking garage he had almost driven us into. He climbed the pavement and parked the car close to a building.

Anxious about what was happening in the sky, I repeatedly used my technique to monitor any changes. On the sixth scan, there was a shift.

Crack!!

A thick bolt of lightning flashed in the sky, shaking the world. While others thought it was just the storm growing stronger, I shivered because I realised that the lightning bolt had been a retaliation from the skies.

A powerful consciousness had originated from Detroit, pierced through the clouds, and thoroughly scanned the corpses being held up in the storm.

The retaliation had been pointless, though. The consciousness left only after satisfying its curiosity, completely untouched.

I tried to track it, but it stretched far beyond my range.

Focusing back on the sky after its departure, I hoped whatever process was going on would be hastily finished. I didn’t want to witness another disturbing scene.

Thankfully, my prayer was answered.

At some point, the blue flashes in the clouds became too intense. Their light broke through the darkness and shone down on the world. Sadly, I found that Echo could no longer peer into them.

This phenomenon lasted for about a minute. Then, silence returned to the skies.

The rain, which had been falling with force, slowed and died. The clouds scattered apart.

"Sir, this isn’t normal, is it?" Giggs looked back at me, having joined me earlier in watching the sky.

"No, it isn’t."

It didn’t take long for the first sunrays to break through, and the calamitous winds to settle.

The street was a mess, loose items had been thrown everywhere. I closed my eyes in meditation for several seconds, then instructed Giggs:

"Let’s go."

My nonchalance about what had just happened made Giggs frown. I could tell he suspected I had something to do with it, but he said nothing.

"System, open shop."

At my command, the blue screen appeared. I scrolled through a catalogue of items.

[You have purchased Blood Drinker – 200000 PSDP]

[Blood Drinker: This red katana consumes the blood of your enemies to deliver gruesome blood strikes, and most importantly, infinitely sharpens its edge.]