Chapter 505 – Ghosty's Insight

Chapter 505 – Ghosty's Insight

One month had passed since Nick finalized the merger with Solace, creating Sky Dream.

For the past month, Nick had been showing Hera how he ran Dark Dream up to this point.

Naturally, since Hera was already a very experienced Chief Zephyx Extractor, she learned things very quickly.

There were a couple of things that Nick learned from her as well, but most of the time, Hera was learning from Nick.

Solace had it a bit easier when it was established since they had received a lot of funding back then.

Even more, the city had wanted another Manufacturer since there hadn't been a lot of competition back then, and Solace came at just the right time.

Then, they got the Bright Candle, and their status as a Manufacturer was essentially unassailable.

Everyone needed light, and getting a good source of that wasn't easy.

Dark Dream, in comparison, had it much harder.

The battle with Cycle.

The assassination attempt by the Spartans.

The entire issue with Anatomy.

Another thing to note was that Solace immediately stationed several of their Extractors in Dark Dream as soon as the merger was signed.

Technically, Dark Dream wasn't powerful enough to own so many Adults, and Solace rectified that by stationing several Veterans and even one of their Experts here.

The policy regarding not having enough power to contain a certain number of powerful Specters was a good one in Nick's opinion, and he didn't plan on changing it.

Specters breaking out was a rare phenomenon, and when it happened, they were almost always contained again without being able to leave the building itself.

In less than a month, Nick would officially become Crimson City's Liaison.

But before then, there was something else that Nick needed to do.

He needed to talk to someone.

Just yesterday, an Agent from Aegis had arrived to tell Nick why he was here in Crimson City.

The Agent said that he had talked to Ghosty and that Ghosty agreed to leave Crimson City.

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Then, he would leave and work in Aegis' central research unit inside their headquarters, directly under the Technician.

The Technician had been eying Ghosty for a while already.

Even the Left Arm had known about him.

One day after the Agent had arrived, Nick left Dark Dream and traveled to Ghosty's Lab.

"Welcome, Mr. Nick," the receptionist spoke politely.

"I need to talk to Ghosty," Nick said.

"Of course. He has already told me about your meeting," she said with a smile.

Nick didn't comment.

He had not told Ghosty that he wanted to meet him.

Apparently, Ghosty had expected Nick to arrive.

Ghosty listened to Nick as he continued speaking.

"You're not someone that I view as humanity's enemy. You might play the game like everyone else, but you are not contributing to the game's existence. You seem more like a spectator that's along for the ride."

"Additionally, your inventions have proven to be invaluable to Crimson City. You have done a lot of good, and I didn't want such a person to die."

"Even if that person knows of my deepest secret."

"Because of that, I wanted you to leave Crimson City. I don't want you to be a danger to me anymore," Nick explained.

Ghosty looked at Nick with interest.

Nick wasn't able to guess what Ghosty was thinking.

"You're staying in Crimson City?" Ghosty asked.

"I'm going to be Crimson City's Liaison," Nick answered.

Ghosty raised an eyebrow with interest, and Nick proceeded to tell him about the position of Liaison, why he was the first one taking it up, and why the position was created in the first place.

"You must have left quite an impression on the Left Arm if she was willing to create a completely new position just to give you an opportunity to prove yourself," Ghosty commented.

Then, he leaned back in his chair. "Now, I really want to know what kind of significant contribution you have made to Aegis."

Nick didn't say anything.

Ghosty stood up, went to one of his cupboards, and retrieved a couple of herbs.

He put some water into his mug, and with a flash of Zephyx, the water was already boiling.

The next moment, Ghosty put the herbs into the water and put the mug to the side.

Nick could tell that this was not one of Ghosty's abilities.

The amount of Zephyx he had just felt in the atmosphere was far too high.

Making a bit of water boil with an ability would barely use any Zephyx, which meant that Ghosty must have used Zephyx Manipulation to warm it.

Sure enough, Ghosty was a very experienced person.

Creating this much heat was more difficult than creating a bit of light.

His skills in Zephyx Manipulation might even be higher than the old Governor's.

Nick wasn't sure if Ghosty just casually made himself a drink or if he wanted to intimidate Nick.

"You already got the manual," Ghosty commented.

"I joined Aegis," Nick said.

Ghosty chuckled. "That's what you say, but words do not always reflect reality. I prefer to see things with my own eyes."

Nick watched as herbs inside the water levitated out of the water, and once more, Nick could feel a lot of Zephyx in the atmosphere.

Ghosty had probably needed decades of practice just to accomplish these two things.

Funnily enough, these two abilities, with their current power, probably didn't have a lot of combat potential. Using these two methods to actually injure a Specialist would take more Zephyx than even a Hero had.

Yet, Ghosty had still trained a lot just to attain them.

'Because he doesn't need to be even better in combat,' Nick thought. 'He's most likely already very powerful, and no one in Crimson City is willing to attack him because of his frightening intellect.'

"Now," Ghosty said as he drank from his tea. "Why are you really here?"

Nick looked at Ghosty.