But that was precisely the problem—since she was hiding among the crowd, how was Sun Hang supposed to pick her out?
If he rushed in recklessly and the crowd panicked, causing a stampede, then given the upper ranks of the Federation and their shameless habit of shifting blame, the responsibility would most likely end up on Sun Hang's head...
It was an open scheme. The Puppet Master knew perfectly well that even if Sun Hang knew she was hiding in the crowd, he would not dare make a move—using ordinary civilians as her shield was despicable, but effective.
A true anomaly would not care about civilian casualties. Unfortunately, Sun Hang was not a true anomaly, but an unlucky bastard playing the role of one in a trial.
And an unlucky bastard bound by both morality and the rules of the trial, at that.
The three anomalous corpses struggled back to their feet and lunged at Sun Hang again. At the alley on the left, fully armed Peacekeepers were already charging in with their shields raised—
No, those people were not Peacekeepers at all. The Tianshu Tower insignia was emblazoned on their shields... They were clearly elite operatives from Tianshu Tower's Anomaly Purge Department!
If he did not leave now, he might truly lose his chance to escape!
But if he did not deal with that Puppet Master, getting away probably would not be so easy either...
A bold idea suddenly came to Sun Hang.
He recalled how, in that supermarket in Tianfu City, he had accidentally glimpsed the memories of that neighborhood committee official... Perhaps he could use the same method to find the Puppet Master hiding in the crowd?
Only...
Sun Hang turned to look at the onlookers in the mall. Although quite a few timid people had fled