Although Bradley dearly hoped the Night Watchers would gather and come looking for him, letting him draw their attention, the Soul Mystic's presence was indeed a problem.
Bradley frowned slightly. Extraordinaries with the Soul Mystic identity were the bane of almost every ghost wraith, and he was no exception. His own existence leaned toward that of a ghost wraith as well.
The Beyonder Characteristic of the Living Dead lay between life and death, allowing them to hide between the tangible and intangible, either alive or dead.
Quite a few Extraordinary identities excelled at concealment, such as Assassins, Hunters, and Night Watchers.
But the concealment ability of the Living Dead differed from that of Assassins and other Extraordinaries. Assassins suppressed their presence and hid themselves, while Night Watchers used the darkness of night as cover. The Living Dead's ability was more direct: it put them in a state where their bodies did not exist, like someone who had died and left only an undetectable soul behind.
Put simply, it could be called becoming a ghost. No physical object could touch him, even something imbued with spirituality power.
But this rule applied only to those at the same level. When he faced Clint, for instance, Clint's cane, imbued with spirituality power, had passed straight through his body without affecting him at all.
If an Extraordinary was far stronger than him, however, their spirituality power could still hurt him.
Soul Mystics were highly unusual Extraordinaries. Their methods specifically targeted souls, and even becoming a ghost could not fully conceal his location or protect his body.
Fortunately, this Soul Mystic had appeared a little late. He had already finished almost everything he needed to do, and being exposed now would no longer affect his plan.
After seventeen years of careful preparations, how humiliating would