The appearance of the Dark Department had been an inevitable outcome under the current circumstances.
Just as Fang Li had said, if Scorpius truly gained control of all the Armed Unskilled Groups in Academy City and their respective territories, it would be an outcome many people did not want to see.
The General Council's directors feared that this group would one day threaten their positions.
The Security Guards and Disciplinary Committee Members feared that the group would use its growing power to run rampant throughout Academy City.
Even institutions planning to conduct shady research in secret feared that Scorpius would reach too far, increasing the risk of certain information that should not be exposed being discovered, ultimately making their work impossible to continue.
After all, as had been said before, snakes had their paths and rats had their burrows. The intelligence-gathering capabilities of the countless Armed Unskilled Groups active throughout every street and alley would certainly surpass those of the Security Guards and Disciplinary Committee Members.
Especially when it came to matters that could not see the light of day, people would stay guarded around Security Guards and Disciplinary Committee Members, yet let down their defenses around thugs and delinquents.
Thus, Scorpius's expansion had made many people regard it as a thorn in their side.
Yet removing it was nearly impossible.
Not because Scorpius was particularly powerful, but because there were simply too many of them. If they all rioted together, no matter how they were suppressed, they could never be fully put down.
As a result, everyone naturally turned their attention to Scorpius's leader—Fang Li.
The Dark Department being dispatched had only been a matter of time.
That was why, after estimating that the time was about right, Fang Li had wandered through the streets and alleys every night,