They had already gotten the Shark Gang's core address from Hera of the Three-Legged Sea Dog, so Xia Nan and his group's plan went very smoothly.
Especially with the help of the soldiers sent by the baron. At this point in time, facing official enforcers from the Governor's Residence, the thugs in the Saltwater District were not so blind as to get in their way.
They encountered no obstruction along the way. After leaving the Baron's Mansion, they rushed to the Shark Gang's base at almost top speed.
Even the entrances and exits of several nearby streets and alleys had been surrounded by the soldiers.
As for the result... it was just as Xia Nan had predicted:
—The place was deserted.
As if they had long since prepared to evacuate, everything inside the base had been packed up cleanly. Not even a single copper coin had been left behind.
By the time Xia Nan and the others arrived, the two-story building was already a complete mess. They could not find anything useful at all, let alone any clue that could point them toward the current location of the "Shark Gang" members.
"But at least this proves even more that this gang is suspicious."
After all, if they had merely kidnapped some random passerby, a gang like the Shark Gang, which had Professionals holding down the fort, would never have made such a huge commotion like this, so decisively abandoning even their own lair.
Such behavior was absolutely abnormal!
It was hard not to connect the Shark Gang's unusual actions with the disappearance of the Baron's Daughter yesterday.
Xia Nan stood among the scattered junk covering the floor and walked slowly, his attention highly focused. His perception spread out as he carefully searched for anything suspicious among it all.
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