News of the mission's completion reached Chen Jing's ears very quickly. A support team soon arrived and surrounded both the place where Lu Xin had captured the young man in black holding the hourglass and the grocery store where the young man had first been found hiding.
The residents in the surrounding area who had been affected by the Kid also obediently hid in their homes one by one amid the shouts from the loudspeakers.
Normally, after being affected by the Kid to such an extent, ordinary people should have been completely unable to control themselves. However, the Kid, now a Mental Lord, seemed to have gained a significant increase in her control over mental power—or, more precisely, over the negative influence she herself exerted.
She could slightly adjust the influence she had on the people around her.
Thus, at this moment, she reduced the influence of their fanatical urge to protect her. This prevented her mental power from completely occupying their minds and allowed them to regain a certain degree of reason. That way, they could hear the support team shouting around them, seek safety, and hide in their homes. Of course, she could do nothing about the impression that had been deeply imprinted in their minds.
Even if the Kid wanted to, she could not completely erase her own shadow from their minds.
Lu Xin, the city's rival in love, would have a hard time getting away now.
"Lone Soldier, was the capture successful?"
A Jeep drove over from a street corner in the distance, and Chen Jing stepped out of the driver's seat.
"Yep, all done."
Lu Xin, who had been happily sitting on a small stool outside the grocery store with the Kid and chatting away, hurriedly stood up. Pointing at the grocery store, he