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The Outliers - Evolution to the World's Strongest

In a world where, unbeknownst to most of Earth's population, people with special powers exist, known as Meta-Humans. Such people belong to one of two opposing organizations. The first, known as Harmony, aims to coexist with regular society and protect them from superhuman or supernatural threats while remaining in the shadows. The second, known as Eden, aims to overthrow regular human society and establish a world where the super-powered reign supreme. These two opposing sides have been fighting for centuries, with countless conflicts scattered throughout history. The power balance between the two had remained even for a long time, and in order to tip the scales in their favor, Harmony began a certain project...the creation of nine orbs made using pure, natural power, known as Meta-Orbs. These orbs can grant a person unimaginable power, but right as the creation of these objects is completed, a conflict results in all nine Meta-Orbs being scattered throughout the world...and anyone who comes across them will gain immense power, even normal humans, therefore giving rise to the world's first unnatural Meta-Humans. And so, this ensues a vicious scramble between Eden and Harmony, as both sides look to find the people that come across the Meta-Orbs and take them into custody. These artificially-induced unnatural Meta-Humans are labeled as 'Outliers', and in the span of a few days, all of them have their lives irreversibly changed. Whether this change is for the better or worse, remains to be seen...

Aimdaqs · Fantasy
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285 Chs

Chapter 220 - Caught Off-Guard

Point-of-View: Alexis Tucker

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H-huh? Huh? HUH!? Did that really just happen!? Did he really just do that!? That...that was so not cool of him, damn it! I...I was planning on doing that on the way back after we explore the town! He totally just stole my thunder!

W-well, if I'm being honest, there was a possibility that I might have chickened out, since the thought of it really flustered me, but still! No way, did he predict what I was upto and preemptively struck first?

No, come on, that doesn't make any sense. There's no way he would have known...so, then, did he plan it too? No, can't be, I sprung this on him out of the blue at the last minute, so he couldn't have planned it beforehand. I-I guess there's only one way to find out...

"H-hey, um, what exactly prompted you to do that?" I muttered, unable to look him in the eye.