Carefully listening and taking notes of Seth instructions Alex understood why he was unable to use Dev technique.
"Before that, show me what you are capable of," Seth disrupted his thinking process, and brought him back to the present.
Steve, who was standing beside him walked forward. "Don't mind me if I do." as he activated his ability .
The atmosphere around Steve changed, transforming into a slightly suffocating environment; nevertheless, it was bearable.
Alex understood the process, guessing Steve had used spirituality to strengthen his body. As a Berserker, his ability might have been related to enhancing physical capabilities.
Seth nodded and gestured for Alex to display what he was capable of.
Acknowledging this, Alex started to walk towards Seth, stopping in front, and then glancing toward the table while grabbing a fish.
He repeated Seth's instructions, focusing on the back of his head, trying to sense the amygdala.
In his previous world, the amygdala is often associated with emotions like empathy, sympathy, and mostly fear.
Not delving into useless thoughts, he commanded the amygdala to start the generation of spirituality—a warm, soothing feeling started to spread at the back of his head. Not wasting any more time, he guided that feeling toward his hand; surprisingly, it was effortless, as if he had used this countless times before, almost like an instinctive reaction.
The next step was even easier, projecting the spirituality outside of the body and enveloping the target Object in his hand.
His spirituality circulated in the fish Covering every part after tainting each part it started to return back in his body travelling back in his head and settled down.
The moment it did , a split headache greeted him, foreign memories related to fish life displayed. From its birth to its death.
She was swimming underwater, then engulfed by a large school of fish, joining the raid. She sensed food, so shejumped out of the water with her companion, landing onto a boat.
But instead of a treat, her doom greeted the poor fish.
—splash!
Alex face,holding a gun, and —Bang!
The surge of memories stopped, the familiar vision of the office returned. ALEX understood more about his ability, but instead of delving deeper, he breathed heavily while taking some steps back.
"What happened, Alex?"
"Are you okay?"
Both Seth and Steve questioned.
"There—There is a swarm of fish below our boat," Alex answered, taking another several steps back trying to recover from dizziness and gain equilibrium.
"What's your ability?" Seth asked. How can Alex know something like this? Is he able to see the unseen and beyond the physical objects, like the boat's structure?
No, Alex knew about the swarm of fish after he activated his ability, which allowed him to see or sense their unseen presence.
Does that mean Alex is following some type of enlightenment pathway that is privy to observe hidden things? Does that mean his Enlightenment pathway is like a spectator or seer?
Before Seth could entertain his thoughts any further Alex grabbed the door, gaining his balance, and said, "It's like..when I activate my ability, I can gain knowledge related to any object I touch."
"like the last moment of her death?"
"Her?" Steve interrupted. "You can even know the gender of fish"
Steve's words cast an immovable silence in the room, palpable awkwardness spread around, like a stone wall had been constructed between them. Nobody spoke for some breaths; all of them joined in an unsettling quietness.
Alex ignored him, massaging his head, "Excuse me, I need some rest."
Before anyone could interrupt him, he walked out of the room as if his clothes were on fire.
In reality, Seth and Steve's questions were more fiery than he anticipated. At this moment, he did not want to answer so many questions, so he let both of them think whatever they wanted.
Furthermore.
He would not let anyone discover his ability, which allowed him to know every piece of information about any object he touched, even its memories. He can know all the locations the fish has traveled, how it came into existence, and how it died; the only requirement is that the target has to be a lifeless object, even a dead body will work.
This is his ability, the power to know anything he wants, the gift of Reverse Divination. It's overpowered.
Superficially, anyone will think of Reverse Divination as not that powerful, but Alex begs to differ. Just imagine if even a button of your shirt came into Alex's hand, he would be able to know when you bought it, for how much, and from where. Now, if he can get personal goggles, he can practically know each moment of your life.
Finally, if he gains a dead body of an overpowered persona existence that has many secrets, a figure like Dev, doesn't that mean he'll have…
No, no, let's not think about it. It's not like he could gain that chance anytime soon.
Back to the ability. If Reverse Divination is less, he can also use Raser's Divination to help determine future possibilities related to any living being.
Although he can't use both of them as each has restrictions and is under cooldown.
More importantly, his amygdala can't endure that much strain of generating spirituality.
Thud… he closed the door and then checked the lock after determining he was alone, walking to a bed, he started to think about his Seer eyes and Dev's techniques.
That was another reason he wanted to run away from both Steve and Seth.
Another reason he was eager.
Yes, he was excited.
Who wouldn't be? As an author , Alex knew about various supernatural abilities, and like oil on the fire, the games he used to play in earth further fueling his desire to witness these fantasy abilities with his own eyes.
Isn't that like a dream come true?
He wanted to test every ability he has, but that can't be done in front of anyone. It would risk exposing his secret that he possessed more than one ability, like three.
Third one is his Seer eyes.
First, manipulate some spirituality to activate his seer eyes. The surroundings transform like heat vision is activated and then turn back to normal.
But why stopped here, the real reason, the most important thing is remaining. Again manipulating the spirituality to his hand and coating it around his fist, practicing Dev's technique—guess what, he was successful.
"Booyah!"
He jumped out of bed, punching the air, celebrating his success.
"I can – I can gain Dev support. I'll ask him to detach Raser..."
But his celebration is premature. When he stopped the transfer of spirituality, in the next blink, the accumulated spirituality in his hand dissipated in the air like mist.
Failed.
His vision turned blurry.
When his eyes landed beside him on the bed,
He saw a figure of a lady drenched in blood, seated, smiling menacingly. It was the same lady that had been banging on the door. With blood spilling and a chilling smile, she said, "Turn the boat around, it's dangerous."
Like responding to her command, the entire boat shook, followed by a thunderous strike from the sky.
Boom, boom, boom!
The sound of explosions echoed as if the boat is under attack.