Supers

Aiden turned back to Hellen and continued recounting the rest of what he thought,

"If hiding turns out to be one of the conditions it has to fulfill, doesn't that mean if we manage to see it, its progress will reset. In such cases will its target on me reset too? Or will it stay locked on me? If it does reset, what if it targets me again?"

Hellen gestured Elias to sit as she replied to Aiden,

"That's a lot of questions, calm down. Normally, when the conditions reset, the target resets too. Which means the ghost will no longer be locked on you. But yea, I can't tell if it will target you again, so we'll have to see that later if we do manage to see it in the first place."

"Also, Elias here used me as an experiment to see how the ghost acts, since he didn't believe me when I said it was just helping me."

Hellen gave a sharp look to Elias but commented no further. When it was clear that Aiden was done telling everything to her, she prompted Elias to speak up.

"Murders have been happening in the town. I figured I should tell you before it gets worse since you seem to have the same special license which my dad has. Maybeeeee there's something special about you? Multiple murders have already been committed, I want to invite you to look at them before you confront the ghost in Aiden's house so you have more advantage against it.

"It's only 3 in the afternoon right now, I can take you to one of the sites of murder before the sun sets. With today's information which I gave to Aiden, we've already deduced a few things ourselves. Please, can I take you there first?"

Aiden knew it was only logical that they should gather clues first, but listening to Elias, it seems that the ghost can target multiple people. What if his sister is already locked on? What if she is unknowingly accepting help? Wouldn't it be better to confront the ghost first in that case? Maybeee with the help of aunt Hellen they could finish the ghost once and for all?

When he conveyed his concerns to Hellen, she instead looked at Elias and said, "Do you have any information at hand? It would be easier for me to decide the further course of action."

"I'll ask for it from the head of the police department of the town. Could you wait for a few minutes?"

"Sure."

She then turned to Aiden and instructed. 

"Now, for the last point, the incomplete information. Like I've already talked and about to do, ghosts can indeed be confronted. And they can indeed die, but not in the literal sense. You see, the abilities which these ghosts have, they can be destroyed. You need to crush a ghost's heart to destroy their ability. Once their ability is destroyed, they are nothing but normal immortals."

"Immortals? So it is indeed true that ghosts can't die?"

"Yea, any wound you inflict on them regenerates no matter what body part it may be. The regeneration speed of different ghosts is different according to the Bureau's statistics, but still, you can't damage it and retreat to plan for the next step. The ghost would have most likely already healed by then. The heart regenerates too, but it is sufficient to just crush it once to snuff out their ability. The body of the ghost is then bound and transported to the Bureau."

Elias stood to the side as he texted the local administration while he listened to their talks. Hellen hadn't said anything against it so he absorbed the information being exchanged.

"I see." Aiden muttered with a look of contemplation before he suddenly asked, "Wait, that point about specters being thought about as ghosts for people who confront it, I can accept it because the Bureau has instructed so. But you didn't answer my question of why people are given incomplete information. Wouldn't it be better if they knew ghosts could be confronted?"

"That defeats the point of it being information which would help them escape." Elias butted in as he kept his phone to the side, likely having conveyed the situation over to them and waiting for their response.

"I found this file under a folder which explained what to do in emergencies and keep yourself and people under you safe. It was hidden very deeply in my father's office laptop. I don't know why he didn't take it with him while going on an emergency task but I am thankful he didn't.

"If this information is meant to keep people safe in terms of emergencies, it would be foolish to include how to fight a ghost when you could instead effectively run away which has lesser danger and more chances of surviving for everyone. Am I right madam Hellen?"

Hellen had walked over to her phone in the meantime and began typing something as she kept listening to Elias. When he asked for her input, she glanced at him and approved, nodding her head before giving her opinion.

"It's true. But that's not the whole reason. Say, what if even humanity has people who possess abilities?"

Both of them looked shocked about the fact, Aiden less so. She didn't know if it was because Aiden had more emotional maturity and mental fortitude or if it was some other thing but she enjoyed the look on their faces nonetheless. Both of them were quite, unable to gauge the intent behind her question, prompting her to answer it herself,

"If humans who possess abilities are similar to ghosts, by giving away a method to combat ghosts, aren't they shooting themselves in the foot?"

Elias was immediately agitated upon hearing the reasoning.

"The Bureau would rather sacrifice the common people than simply show a vulnerable side of people who possess abilities? Do they want us not to oppose them? Is the Bureau made of such people?"

Aiden wasn't surprised by Elias' response, instead he even saw it coming. Hellen gave Elias a once over as she re-evaluated and adjusted her perception of him. She calmly replied to him, "Again, I don't know what's going on at the Bureau, I am not a part of them. I am only telling you what I know. Another thing to note, these people are called supers."

Elias could only ball his fist at the side before he heaved a sigh. 

I am powerless to do anything about it right now, but I swear I'll change it.

Meanwhile Aiden had a different thought budding in his head. 

That female murderer's name was Marsha right? Could it be that only she was an ability user while that man wasn't? Aunt Hellen just said even common people could go against these people - supers. Maybe they both were supers, maybe not, who knows.

Ding

The sound of notification cut through the uncomfortable silence as Elias picked it up to check what it was. After reading through it, he passed it to Hellen.

"Here, the information has come."