"Should we send people to track it?" The colonel turned to the Old Director. "We can follow the tunnel that thing used to escape..."
"No..." the Old Director said softly. Only then did the colonel realize that he did not seem to care about the escaped Anomaly at all. His attention was entirely focused on that absurdly powerful Hunter.
"Teacher," Song Yarong said worriedly as she turned around, "the latest test results show that Night Fiend's infection progression has increased by 6.5 percentage points. She is already extremely close to the danger threshold... and it still isn't slowing down... Damn it, it's 6.6 now!"
"Close to the danger threshold?" The colonel's eyelid twitched wildly. "Does that mean she's about to become completely Anomalized?!"
"Yes." The Old Director gave an affirmative answer.
"Then... then do we have any way to control her?"
"If she completely Anomalizes, all of Tianfu City will become a sea of flames," the Old Director said quietly. "Her threat level is equivalent to a nuclear weapon."
"A nuclear weapon? Tianfu City actually has a Hunter this dangerous?!" The colonel's eyes widened. "Why did we know absolutely nothing about this before?"
"Because your clearance isn't high enough," the Old Director said casually. "Night Fiend's file falls directly under Tianshu Tower's jurisdiction. Even I cannot disclose her file to you without Tianshu Tower's approval."
"...What do we do now?" The colonel frowned. After holding it in for a long time, that was all he managed to say.
"We should be grateful that her willpower is the strongest among all the Hunters I have encountered... No, among all the infected people I have encountered," the Old Director said. "She is enduring it. She is fighting herself... that self far stronger than she is... I believe in her. You should believe