Chapter 169 Back On Track

The glow continued to grow brighter and brighter until it encompassed the entire underpass, covering the trio in white light that almost blinded them. While Kuroe and Satoshi flinched impulsively at the sight of the light, Kuroe just smiled, assuring them that everything is fine and that there was nothing to worry about. Satoshi and Kuroe thought that the light has reached its most brilliant peak but they were wrong. The glow just continued getting more dazzling.

Fwoop~!

Something unknown resounded, sort of like energy being sucked in and sucked out at the same time. Simultaneously, the light dissipated. One moment, it was unbearably to look at, the next moment it was gone as if nothing had happened at all.

When the light completely dissipated from Sassu's hand, Kuroe and Satoshi blinked a couple more times before their eyes adjusted to normality once again. They could've sworn that the light would blind them but it didn't. Instead, they felt something warm envelop them, like the warm sun on a chilly morning.

"There, done," Sassu forcefully chirped. Nevertheless, she couldn't hide the exhaustion in her voice.

First, Satoshi stared at his hand, wondering if some sort of change happened to them. He scanned his palms and then the back of his hands but nothing really changed despite the conspicuous bright light that seemed powerful enough to do something. But then again, he did feel newfound energy welling from within his body, like a wild snake ready to pounce on its prey. He couldn't quite wrap his finger around it so he decided to ask Sassu what she had just done.

Sassu was in no condition to answer his questions, however, since she immediately collapsed to the ground. Her breathing became ragged, and a mild fever attacked her out of nowhere. Staggering, she tried to steady herself but as expected, she fell on her face, as if in a daze. "Sassu, what happened to you?" Satoshi worriedly asked.

"Oh, so you can tell it was me, hehe~" She cheerfully said. "Well, I didn't do that much, just transferred some of my life force to you so you could recover the energy you lost. You really used up a lot of your energy, huh. But that's fine, at least you didn't die or anything because of it. Although, there was a good chance that you'd have died if I didn't transfer my life force onto you."

"I only got your energy back to its stable state. I hope that it would boost your system enough to recover the rest. I can't really share any more of my energy with you or I'll die. But I tried to give you every ounce of energy at my disposal. Sheesh~ I think Cherry might reprimand me on this one. Just don't tell on me, okay?"

Kuroe and Satoshi somewhat understood what she said so they nodded along. The energy that Satoshi felt had spread all throughout his body already. And in that instant, he once again gained his connection with his familiars. A sigh of relief left his lips, and he sincerely thanked Sassu who did all she could to help him without asking anything in return. "Um, thank you, Sassu, I owe you one." Satoshi bowed towards her.

"No need to be so formal. We're friends, aren't we? Besides, you look a lot better when you're not drooping your shoulders and frowning and all." Sassu weakly smiled. "Cheer up, Satoshi, don't sweat it out."

"Thanks,"

"Right, up you go, we're bringing you straight to the hospital," Kuroe said, lifting Sassu with her psychokinetic abilities.

"Take care, Sassu, and thank you so much. Later, Kuroe." Satoshi greeted as the two headed to the direction of Ironblood Agency, which was the same way to the hospital, of course.

As for Satoshi, he continued making his way to Heimdall Agency once again, this time with renewed confidence. Just a moment ago, he thought that his superpowers wouldn't reappear in a long time and that he was back to being an Unawakened person. Fear and doubt filled his mind as he tried to ignore the problem of a superhero losing his superpowers. And more than that, he feared for his life, since he knows that he could easily be killed if the news about his superpower disappearing is made public. Fortunately, those thoughts could remain as thoughts in Satoshi's head, all thanks to Sassu.

"No, this is not enough," Satoshi said to himself, clenching his fists. "I should be able to fight off villains even without depending on my superpower. I should get stronger, a lot stronger."

[Satoshi, I just detected your connection with your familiars, and it seems like they've completed their hibernation stage as well. Congratulations, Satoshi, you were able to overcome this situation in such a short amount of time.] Dex said in his mind.

"Thanks," Satoshi muttered.

[There's one more thing to be concerned about however,]

"What do you mean?"

[Right now, all your familiars, including me, have evolved greatly and we have become so powerful. You can feel the fear in our hearts as we try to understand our newfound power. These powers are all granted by you, Satoshi, after you've given us enough energy to summon a whole army of familiars.]

"Wait, what?!"

[That's right. While you have gained more control of your power, we lost a part of our control as well. So, Satoshi, you have to be careful every time you use us from now on. Always control us at one hundred percent, otherwise something bad is bound to happen. Please keep that in mind, Satoshi, please.]

"So... all of you are stronger now, right? Isn't that a good thing?"

[Yes, and no... um, it's kind of a double-edged sword, Satoshi. But I digress, if you perceive this as a good thing, Satoshi, then we'll try to think that it is. Right now, we'll try to get to know our new skills, and try to limit using us in the meantime.]

"No worries, I'm just glad you're still there, Dex, and the others," Satoshi said in his mind, addressing each and every familiar. "For a moment, I thought I lost all of you."