Psychic Overlord

Kaizer no longer had the patience to wait. He had gleaned enough information for now and would work on acquiring more later, but he did not have the time to relaxedly play the role of a scared young master anymore.

A sharp light shone in his eyes while a blue outline formed around his arms, which held the bars. To the shock of the men who thought they had him under control, Kaizer easily bent the bars open and darted out from within, using Telekinesis on his body to accelerate himself.

He appeared before Lyle faster than the man himself could sufficiently react, throwing a punch towards his lower jaw, aiming to dislocate it. Lyle tried to bring his hands together to block, but screamed when both his forearms were bent like broken twigs, the weakened punch striking his jaw nonetheless.

The uppercut sent him flying in the air with blood spurting from his mouth and nose, the man himself crashing into a heap of boxes near the back of the warehouse, unable to get up anymore. Leo and Barnes were stunned by the sudden change, but reacted quite quickly as Kaizer turned to rush towards the pudgy man.

Kaizer remembered that this man possessed the ability to teleport, so he focused on accelerating by 'throwing' himself forward with his maximum psychic strength, almost seeming like a blur as his body's natural momentum coupled with the boost from telekinesis melded together to create a miracle.

Before he could move away, strike him hard!

Kaizer thought so and condensed his momentum into his right fist as he thrust it out, not backing it with psychic force as he rather focused on 'catching' himself and preventing his body from losing control due to the sudden acceleration. After all, this superior physical ability was not genuine, but created by clever use of telekinesis he saw in one of the psychic-focused shows he watched.

The punch whistled through the air and aimed for the face of the man before him, not bothering to target his torso as his paunch might be able to offset a portion of the force.

Barnes seemed shocked and fearful, raising his arms to protect his face in desperation. However, when Kaizer's fist connected with his flesh, the sound of broken bones didn't ensue, rather making a dull sound like he had punched the bark of a tree.

Suddenly Barnes grinned and lowered his arms, which were unscathed. "Heh, got you, brat!"

Kaizer was confused by the ongoings, but he quickly switched from telekinesis to telepathy, reading the next actions of the two men around him. The moment he did, his eyes widened as he suddenly leaped backwards, creating distance between himself and the fat man.

For right beside Barnes, Leo appeared as if a ghost, then swung a knife at the position where Kaizer previously stood, which would have pierced his lower back and disabled him for sure due to the pain.

"Heh, brat. Who told you my ability is to teleport? Don't go assuming things that might get you killed, haha!" Barnes laughed as he flexed his body, his tuxedo exploding to reveal a muscular body that was akin to a small mountain.

"Enough, Barnes. Take him down quickly and rescue Lyle, then torture him for information," Leo said coldly, his eyes flashing with malice.

Barnes knocked his fists together and jumped forward with a bear-like pounce. "Sure thing, captain!"

Kaizer maintained a casual boxing stance and glanced towards the exit of the warehouse. His objective was to take down these men and secure them so he could interrogate them at his leisure later on, but the sudden change in the situation meant that he might face significant difficulty taking them down.

This was troublesome because now he was forced to choose between saving Rina's life by escaping quickly to save her, which would inevitably let these guys escape and reveal his ability to the Esper world, or leaving Rina's fate to herself and eliminating these fellows using his full ability.

Kaizer did not have much time to deliberate and choose, because each second that passed was one where Rina could be gunned down or injured beyond saving. Kaizer closed his eyes and released a deep breath, realizing that he could no longer hold back in any way and would have to take risks since he wanted both outcomes!

Usually, he only used telekinesis or telepathy at once, never mixing both to conserve mental stamina. However, to deal with these two, Kaizer would have to remove this limiter and unleash power he himself was not sure he possessed!

His eyes opened and a powerful flash of blue light escaped. He immediately manifested a blue outline around his body and entered a boxer's stance, making a casual step-in despite the distance between the two parties.

His movement saw him dart forward like a fired arrow, arriving in front of Leo and ignoring Barnes, who was still in mid-air. Despite his high-speed movement, Leo did not look pressured, simply glancing at him with disdain as he stepped back, making space for someone.

Barnes!

The fellow, who was still pouncing in mid-air behind Kaizer, suddenly appeared in front of him now, grinning wildly as he unleashed a powerful punch forward. The size of Barnes' fist in his 'buffed' form was enough to shatter Kaizer's entire head in one blow, so the young man was not crazy enough to waste his advantages in direct combat like that.

Not to mention, after this operation, he now understood the powers the two possessed and when they were about to use them. Kaizer glanced upward and grasped a metal rod that formed part of the ceiling's support, bringing it down as he snapped the edges that were aged and rusted.

His eyebrows twitched as he felt a definite spike of pain in his head from overexertion, but he did not have time for that now. He pulled himself away from Barnes' punch, which had power but lacked speed or finesse, and charged towards Leo.

The captain of the team, who seemed in control, saw the beam falling towards his ally while Kaizer avoided Barnes and rushed towards him. Immediately, his face changed greatly because he could not understand how this boy had plotted out the best way to deal with them in such a short time, accounting for their weaknesses!

Leo could only grit his teeth and disappear on the spot, appearing beside the boxes where Lyle had collapsed, while roaring at Barnes.

"Idiot, look up!"

"Huh?" Barnes uttered with confusion as his punch had only just been launched out, craning his neck upward to see a falling beam growing larger in his vision, his eyes widening with shock and horror.

Before he could raise his other hand to try and catch the beam, it smashed into his head and knocked him to the ground, causing the entire warehouse to tremble. Blood spurted from his mouth and his head sported a large dent on it, something which would have been fatal if not for his slightly enhanced constitution in tandem with his strength. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

As it was, the formerly fat man was now out cold and pressed beneath the beam, likely unable to get up for a while.