"You bastard! Kill me," the man shouted. "Kill me if you dare."
"Ssh! Did no one ever teach you to keep quiet while someone is reading close by, old man?" Alex asked and ignored the old man while reading the Spirit Search book.
'Hmm, it's a little more complicated than I had assumed,' he thought. 'So I'm not really searching through one's memories, more so forcing them to recall stuff and see what they recalled, huh?'
He had some idea of how this technique worked, but reading the explanation directly from the source made it much clearer.
"Hmm, I can't upgrade this or even do anything with it, can I?" he thought. "Spiritual energy has an entirely different way in which it functions."
He continued reading for a little longer before he closed the book. "Alright then, let's give this a try," he said and walked toward the old man.