In Greenwood City, Nora huddled in a corner, faint violet shadows swirling around her as she evaded a sweeping silver blade of light.
An energy gun had grazed her shoulder, and blood soaked her tight black outfit, but her gaze remained sharp.
Then an eerie glow abruptly enveloped her graceful figure. She shrank into a ball of dim light and slid silently along the ground at incredible speed, disappearing into the Underground Tunnels.
Outside the tunnels, the Judgment Squad's shouts and footsteps rang out incessantly, followed closely by the death-knell hum of detection devices.
Nora dared not pause. Relying on her familiarity with Greenwood City's underground passages, she twisted and turned through the ventilation ducts before finally emerging from an abandoned drain outlet in West City.
Her face was slightly pale. Although only three members of the Judgment Squad had attacked her, their ambush had still left her wounded. Fortunately, her injuries were nothing serious.
"The city's sealing barrier actually broke. That commotion earlier-could it have been Li Wei?!"
Standing outside Greenwood City, she watched the Lockdown Barrier flicker atop the walls, clearly malfunctioning, and murmured to herself. Had it not suddenly failed, escaping Greenwood City would never have been this easy. She might even have met her end here.
"No, I can't hide in Greenwood City anymore. I have to find somewhere else."
As a mid-to-high-ranking member of the Eye of the Dead, she naturally had plenty of places to go. As long as the Fighting Association or the Guard Army did not intercept her, she could soon disappear again.
Yet as she looked at the walls before her, hesitation surfaced on her face, as though some difficult dilemma left her unable to choose.
She did not hesitate for long. Barely a few seconds later, she could not help