Sato Hayato returned to his hometown.
After he followed Fang Cheng to Machine City, the government had sealed off his old home.
The front door had originally been boarded up with crossed planks, but they had already been violently torn off. When he went inside, he found that the place had indeed been robbed and completely ransacked.
Sato Hayato walked around the empty house, unable to find any trace of the life he had once lived there. He could only leave with a sense of regret.
Then he went to the cemetery to bring his deceased parents up to date and share some things that were on his mind. In the blink of an eye, several hours had passed.
After night fell, the entire cemetery grew eerie and terrifying. Ghosts seemed to wander about in the distance.
Although Sato Hayato was now an Ace-level esper, he still found spirits and the like difficult to deal with, so he turned to leave.
Just as he stepped out of the cemetery, a woman came stumbling out of the darkness.
In her panic, she ran straight into Sato Hayato, but before she could reach him, a gentle force caught her.
Sato Hayato used Psychokinesis to steady her and asked, "Are you all right?"
The woman looked terrified and immediately hid behind Sato Hayato.
"Help! Please, help me!"
Sato Hayato was about to speak when he heard hurried footsteps approaching from ahead.
A middle-aged man burst out of the darkness. The moment he saw Sato Hayato and the woman hiding behind him, he froze for a moment, then smiled. "No wonder you turned me down. So you've got some pretty-boy waiting for you."
Sato Hayato frowned slightly and turned to ask, "Miss, do you know him?"
"No. I was just going home when he