Tavern.
Every face was clouded with worry.
Kendra looked at Jino and said, "The situation is terrible. Those Dark Knights have occupied every major city."
"One of them, called the Killing Machine, has thrown Detroit into chaos with a swarm of Nano Alfreds."
As Kendra spoke, she took out her phone and played the footage.
On the phone screen, a group of Alfreds dressed in suits wandered throughout the city.
More terrifyingly, their arms twisted and transformed, exposing the savage electronic circuitry within.
As they repeated, "What can I do for you?" they mercilessly slaughtered the civilians around them.
"A nano-terrorist." Jino narrowed his eyes and gave his assessment.
The moment he had awakened, he had tried to contact Singer, but failed.
That meant Singer might have been imprisoned as well, unable to draw upon the power of technology.
Jino rubbed his chin as he listened to Kendra continue.
"A Dark Knight called Red Death created a Speed Force storm in Central City. Wherever the storm passed, no one survived more than a few seconds."
The phone continued playing the next clip.
In a city filled with yellow sand and black-red lightning, every pedestrian's face visibly aged at a rapid pace before they turned into withered skeletons.
Kendra sighed. "More cities will fall tonight. Every time the Dark Knights conquer a place, they build those Human Towers."
"They are human conduits for dark energy."
"The Human Towers grow larger every second."
"So." Jino raised a brow. "They intend to use these Human Towers to spread dark energy and corrupt our multiverse, right?"
"Exactly. That is their plan."
"And we need to hurry. The Dark Knights have never stopped searching for us."
As he listened to Kendra's account, Jino gradually understood what had happened.
"I think I understand."
The young man