034 THE MASKED AUCTION ROBBERY
In desperation, Dan rolled under a table, pulling out his phone.
Peeking through the table linen, he quickly captured the robbers' images and saved them into his favorites. After he caught all of them, he didn't need to risk exposing himself.
Instead, he went back into the darkness of the under table and tapped on one of the tagged profiles and pressed—Live View.
The feed lit up. His perspective snapped to the eyes of a robber, who was locked in combat with a guard.
"Holy crap… this is insane," Dan whispered, grinning despite himself.
The robber's hands charged with searing light, a lethal laser ….building for a kill shot.
Dan didn't think—he just pressed Acquire: ta.
The robber jolted, staggering as the psychic strike stole his focus. The beam fizzled into the ceiling. The guard, who was seconds from death, was spared.
Breathless, Dan switched to another target. His vision soared skyward—this one was flying, skimming the chandeliers with perfect control.
"Damn," Dan whispered, eyes wide. "Flying… that's so freaking cool."
Suddenly, one of the guests lunged at the flying robber in his live view, his arm morphing into a jagged spear of energy. He snapped his hand up, trying to summon a shield.
"Sorry, buddy—wrong day to ss with ," Dan muttered, fingers racing across his interface. Acquire: Strength. Acquire: Charm. Acquire: ta. Acquire: Command.
He triggered them in rapid succession.
The robber's shield fizzled—the chain of psychic Acquires from Dan's mining app disrupted his focus.
"ARGHHH!" He scread as an energy spear slamd into his chest, knocking him to the ground. Agony burned through his ribs, neutralizing him imdiately.
Gritting his teeth, Dan forced his live view to shift.
He jumped into the Live View of another robber. This one sprinted across the hall toward people he was familiar with-Dorin and Lander.
The man's mouth opened then unleashed a bone-rattling sonic cry. The wave hit the agents like a hamr, dropping them to their knees. They clutched their ears, opened their eyes wide, their bodies shuddering as if they were breaking apart from within.
Dan hesitated.
"Do I save them?" he wondered.
They were SIA agents who were already sniffing around him, digging into his file. If they died here, maybe his problems would die with them.
He wrestled with the thought for a heartbeat too long.
Then his instinct won.
They were a potential danger, but they never truly hard him in any way. In fact, Dorin was quite nice to him, except for her job forcing her to target him.
"Damn it…" he hissed, pressing the commands again. Acquire: Strength. Acquire: Charm. Acquire: ta. Acquire: Command.
The robber's scream cut off mid-note. He staggered, choking on silence. Lander snapped back, grabbed Dorin's hand, and dragged her away.
Before the man could recover, Dan flicked his focus elsewhere. He didn't bother following the agents. He'd done his part.
The rest was their problem.
Under the table, Dan let out a shaky laugh.
"A weak F-rank or not, I am holding my own in a fight between powerful villains and heroes
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