162 Kidnapping The Leaf II

Typically, after executing the Flash Step ability, Emir would immediately materialize at his intended destination.

But this time, the Temporal Perception ability remained active.

Now, for the very first time since he had unlocked this ability, he found himself able to witness his own flight through the street.

If the world around him hadn't been suspended in time, he would have appeared to onlookers as if he were hovering just above the ground, moving forward with a deliberate, almost ghostly motion.

'Sorry Arthur, your girl will be ruffed up a bit...'

Within moments of this thought, he found himself floating right in front of Aria.

In one fluid motion, he stretched out his tensed right arm, swooping her off the ground and using his momentum to spin around—a maneuver meant to cushion the impact of his sudden move, a force that would outright kill her due to her fragile frame.