As Fang Li listened to Kihara Gouta, he showed nothing on the surface, but inwardly, he found it somewhat amusing.
Is this guy trying to recruit me into the Hound Unit?
A Dark Department organization directly under Aureolus.
Recruit Fang Li into it?
If Fang Li agreed, Aureolus would probably wake up laughing.
And judging by Kihara Gouta's utterly cruel demeanor, Fang Li did not believe this man was the type to value talent.
Then why had Kihara Gouta suddenly said something like that?
For anyone who knew what the Kihara Clan was really like, there was no need to even guess.
Does he plan to use me as a lab rat and experiment on me however he pleases?
Other than that, Fang Li could not think of a second possibility.
Yet Kihara Gouta continued his persuasion.
"I'll take complete charge of developing your ability. We have all the resources and funding you could need. As long as you come over to my side, you can kill whatever you want."
Kihara Gouta spoke those cruel words in an utterly casual tone.
"You must be getting tired of killing scrap heaps and beasts all day long. If you come to me, I wouldn't mind giving you something more exciting."
The excitement he referred to could only mean killing people.
"This shouldn't require any consideration, should it?"
Kihara Gouta grinned viciously.
"In Academy City, you absolutely won't find anyone better than me at ability development."
That was true enough.
Kihara Gouta was Academy City's foremost authority on ability development.
To say nothing else, Accelerator's ability had been discovered and developed by Kihara Gouta.
It could be said that Kihara Gouta deserved at least half the credit for Accelerator becoming the strongest Esper.
If someone like him developed one's ability, countless people in