Empathy
[It has its disadvantages] A famele voice was heard in Kanaru's mind.
[I'll only say it once... get out of my head] Kanaru said.
[Finding someone who can use Mental Out apart from me at that level surprised me a lot, and even more when I felt the coverage of your psychic waves. When you use that ability, you must have a device to simplify it, otherwise everyone who can follow those waves will know about you]
[…] Kanaru didn't reply. He left the alley and looked for buildings. When he found the tallest building, it disappeared in a flash of black.
[But you know... I can't see your memories...]
Kanaru reappeared on top of a skyscraper.
[…You have multiple layers of protection inside. If I'm not careful, those barriers could hurt me. Some barriers are unpleasantly familiar to me, but they are also different and weaker. Ummm… how did you move so fast?...]
Kanaru focused his vision on different points of the city as if looking for something.
[…Very well! I'm curious about you, about how you are and maybe we'll become friends. At least from your voice (mental) I know you are a man. Wait... there is a considerably stronger mental barrier as final protection, that's...]
[Location: District 7… 52 kilometers north. It seems to be an educational center] Kanaru muttered.
[…That's my own mental barrier!] The female voice exclaimed.
Kanaru disappeared in a black flash.
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Kanaru reappeared in the middle of a room surrounded by stuffed dolls and children's decorations.
The place was dark, but he noticed 2 beds. One of the beds was empty, but on the other was a blonde woman with long straight hair. She was dressed in a child's pajamas that wasn't enough to hide the proportions of her body.
"The downside of following my mental waves is that I can also follow yours." Kanaru said. He continued speaking after seeing her surprised face.
"Do you have any last words, Shokuhou Misaki - 'Mental Out'?" Kanaru said. He raised his right palm into an electron ball.
The whole room lit up showing a scared woman.
"That's… wait, wait! You can't attack me here! We're at Tokiwadai Middle School, lots of peop-" Misaki spoke, but was interrupted halfway by Kanaru.
"No one will come here. I have isolated the sound of this room, nor will you be able to call anyone using your ability without me noticing." Kanaru said in a neutral tone.
'I must do something quick...' Misaki realized her precarious situation.
She took a remote control that was under her pillow and before Kanaru reacted she pressed a button.
But…
*BIRIBIRIBIRI*
Black rays protected his mind from such an attack.
'I didn't think I would have an electrical barrier like Misaka, he must be as good as her at least in that field to avoid my mental attack. But why does he have so many abilities?' Misaki lamented and looked for other options.
"A concentrated mental attack? This time I have activated my barriers externally, the only reason you entered my head before was because of my negligence. That will never happen again." Kanaru said. He noted that she was waiting for an opportunity to do something.
'Does she still plan to attack me?' Kanaru thought a little puzzled.
Soon after, he accelerated the concentration of electrons, alerting Misaki to the limit.
"Please wait! I still can't die!" Misaki exclaimed scared.
"What?" Kanaru was surprised.
He didn't see a gaze like most of his victims, what he saw was a gaze similar to Lyn's before she was killed. A gaze of longing for something or someone.
"You... do you know the dark side of this city?" Kanaru wanted to confirm his doubts.
"How..." Misaki began to tremble.
"..." Kanaru gave a deep sigh.
He stopped his own attack and the whole room was left in gloom.
"Farewell." Kanaru said in a soft tone.
He disappeared from the place in a black flash.
From start to finish, not even 5 minutes passed.
"But who is that guy?" Misaki lay down on her bed confused.
'Electricity, teleportation, sound control, my own ability and all those barriers in his mind...'
She was unable to sleep that night.