"Didn't detect anyone else in the forest. Did Shadow rescue them and leave without joining Orochi Murasaki?"
Inside the special task force's room, the investigators stared at the detector readings on the large screen. There were seventeen detected targets in total.
Fourteen members of the Action Team plus three from the Chosen Group made exactly seventeen. If Shadow was hiding somewhere too, there should have been eighteen.
"We can only capture Orochi Murasaki first."
"Switch to the Action Team's livestream feed."
Every Action Team member carried camera equipment capable of livestreaming the battle at the scene.
This was not merely for records. Some ministers and even divine heirs wanted to watch the battle personally.
The moment the feed switched, the screen went black.
"What happened?"
"Was it blocked? Switch to another one."
The operator switched to another team member's feed and found that it was still a black screen.
Refusing to believe it, he switched feeds repeatedly. In the end, he discovered that every single Action Team livestream had gone dark.
The special task force leader's heart sank. "Something's wrong!"
Even if one or two devices malfunctioned, it was impossible for all of them to fail.
Could Orochi Murasaki have some sort of signal-jamming device?
Just then, the phone rang. The leader answered it. It was from the administrative building, asking what was happening; they had lost contact with the scene as well.
"Reporting to the minister, we have lost the footage too. We may need to request a satellite view from another country."
"A satellite view... By the time it comes through, it'll probably all be over."
The caller spoke coldly and immediately hung up.
Meanwhile, in the forest.
After the smoke dispersed, every Action Team member put on infrared goggles, allowing them to see Shangyuan Zi's location through