Posi Port, Seaside Café.
Through the glass windows, the pristine white beach and the deep blue sea were clearly visible, a sight that lifted the spirits.
That was one of the reasons the café did such brisk business.
Sulu sat in a corner, quietly drinking his coffee.
Before long, his eyes shifted as he saw a white man walk in.
He looked just under forty, stood around six feet tall, and had a square face and blue eyes. He had a distinctive, steady air about him, like a reef rising from the sea, unshaken by any storm!
Kira Gales!
Sulu silently matched him to the information he had received.
Since the man was very likely a Tier Two or even Tier Three Extraordinary, Sulu didn't rashly use his Inspiration. He simply observed him from an ordinary person's perspective.
This famous explorer, adventurer, and Mystic Scholar already has the ability of a Medium. If I probe him recklessly, he might notice!
He knows Catherine's mentor... They might belong to the same organization. What would happen if I showed him that Ouroboros insignia? No... If he's highly wary, that won't work at all. It might even backfire...
Then... theft? Or even capturing him and forcing him to answer, whether alive or as a spirit after death? That's the worst-case option!
Sulu felt a headache coming on. He couldn't exactly walk right up to the man and ask to become his apprentice, could he?
Besides, the man had just finished an expedition and was stopping briefly with the research vessel for a vacation. Sulu would have to abandon any plans that took too long.
He ate his breakfast at a leisurely pace, deliberately killing time as he watched Kira Gales leave.
*According to the information that detective gave me, Kira's routine is very