Late at night in Banzhen City.
After martial law was declared, the streets had fallen completely silent.
Aside from patrolling security officers, ordinary citizens stayed shut inside their homes, afraid of getting themselves into trouble.
Outside the Public Security Headquarters, several people preparing to take over patrol duty were chatting idly.
"They even replaced the superintendent? Was the incident really that serious?"
"I heard from the Intelligence Department that something major happened. A lot of people died."
"Honestly, the new superintendent is really irritating! He's never even done public security work before, has he? All he knows is how to give random orders."
"What can we do? He's Lord Divine Child's trusted aide... Hm? Is there someone over there?"
As they spoke, they suddenly saw a hat-wearing figure approaching the headquarters entrance with both hands in his pockets.
With martial law currently in effect, this behavior was already against the law.
"Hey! You over there—what?!"
Before they could finish shouting, the security officers saw the man pull his hands from his pockets, several obvious bombs clenched in his palms.
"Explosives!"
"Get inside, now!!"
The security officers were horrified and hurriedly ducked into the headquarters.
The next instant, a series of booming explosions rang out from the street, shattering the glass doors at the headquarters entrance.
Alarms immediately blared. Every security officer on duty inside rushed to collect weapons and equipment. Some called in reports and requested reinforcements.
Yet when they charged outside, they discovered that the person who had thrown the explosives had already vanished. Moreover, the explosions had all occurred in the street. The criminal had not thrown any bombs into the headquarters.
"Search! The criminal must still be nearby. Don't let him get away!"
Anyone bold enough to throw bombs at the headquarters entrance was no ordinary criminal.