Red moon illusion

The man replied without turning around, "You haven't found out about it yet? Did I overestimate you guys? Nevermind. I only know two conditions of the ghost. One needs to see and react verbally to the illusion it creates. There is one more, which I have no idea of. As for side eff—"

"Wait, so the red moon was its illusion right?"

"What else? This ghost has a domain. I don't want to explain all the basic things now, ask other humans what a domain is. It overlapped the image of the real moon with its red moon. Why do you think the moon appeared so big and low in the sky? Its domain can only extend till so far. 

"As for the side effects, this ghost stays in empty houses during the day and moves to hunt people in another house at midnight. It might be related to the side effects I believe, maybe sunlight damages it? Maybe any light damages it? I don't know what it is, but I hope you succeed. 

The man began walking, limping considerably less than before.

"The betrayer probably wouldn't meddle with the humans again after killing the mayor and hacking the administration so that migration never takes place. You can focus on dealing with the ghost, the betrayer plans to run away after killing me, and also why he wants the weapon, to take it with him."

Aiden's pupils dilated as he heard him. Frankly, this whole set of information was a big bomb to him. Before he could ask anything more, he watched as the man disappeared right before his eyes. 

A super indeed.

"Big bro." He heard Mimi call out to him. Her voice had the same cheerful tone to it, as if the earlier aura didn't affect her in the slightest. 

Did he only direct that at me?

As much as Aiden's rational mind tried to reject how someone couldn't have a killing intent, dangerous aura, and the likes, he would have to accept it. He knew the world didn't work according to the world view he had formed, there might be much more weird and mind blowing things existing in the world.

He picked up Mimi at her insistence as she resumed eating her pack of potato chips. While she focused on her chips, he organized the information he had just received.

Supers use aether — a type of energy — as a fuel to use their abilities.

The only reason I might not have felt it when I used it against the ghost might be because I was too focused on the ghost and had to deal with the intense headache too.

You need aether to use abilities, and anything which employs abilities. Like the equipment, which was a short sword.

All abilities have conditions and side effects. 

I don't seem to follow this concrete universal rule. Is it too unusual? But even the vampire, who didn't think too highly of humanity, said it was a rule for all the abilities. Maybe this ability is different? Or is it that I am different?

Aiden only speculated, neither confirming nor denying due to lack of solid evidence. Everyone harbored the desire of being different. Everyone wanted to be unique, to not be categorized with the common masses. 

Aiden recognised the feeling of exhilaration which welled up in his heart when he theorized about him being different but he immediately squashed it. Unless he had proper facts to confirm the statement, unnecessary thoughts would only cause him an error in judgment further down the path.

Equipment uses 1 liter blood as a condition to use its ability — sharpness — and drains some from the user as soon as it is stabbed into the target as a side effect.

The master of that man is trapped in a way that she would be unable to escape as long as the ghost lives. I can assume she will be freed as soon as it dies.

Before the Bureau's team, another team was completely wiped out. And instead of one as informed by the Bureau, 5 survived.

Something clicked in Aiden as he suddenly recollected the talks about those two murderers. 

They talked about encountering a group! About how it made their task easier. Indeed, it would've been easier to murder with fewer people.

Considering those two, plus the victim, that's three. So these three, plus Evander and an unknown guy survived. But taking into account how the Bureau only said one person made it alive, maybe the unknown person didn't manage to reach the Bureau? These two after murdering would've likely fled somewhere so they weren't counted either.

But instantly after, his eyes widened, recalling how Bureau didn't know about the conditions of the ghost but Evander did. Maybe the unknown guy managed to reach the Bureau but Evander didn't. But then, if Evander knows about the conditions and nature of the ghost — about how powerful it is — why not that unknown guy?

Aiden kept aside this question for later and moved on.

The ghost has insane physical toughness. And I now know two of its conditions. And also where the ghost lives, hinting at its side effect.

The betrayer vampire has killed the mayor and was the one who hacked into the administration office.

Fearing that he might not remember all of it, Aiden noted it all down on his phone. Before he could put the phone back into his pocket, a message popped up.

Aunt Hellen? Oh yea, it might be about Mimi.

He opened the message, and indeed, it was about Mimi. There was no such person in the records of the town. Hellen expressed concern over the matter but Aiden politely brushed it off after taking a look at the little girl in his hand.

Evidence first. I won't do anything against you if you don't make a move against me. 

Aiden normally wouldn't have let something like this affect him. Putting initiative into the opposition's hands wasn't like him, but emotions make one act different from what their rationale would suggest.

"Big bro! Game!"

Mimi excitedly pointed to a direction. There was a shop which was selling 100 packets of potato chips as a reward for its lottery system. 

Quite the perfect gift.