Loop City was the Old World's largest logistics company, supplying materials to multiple Source Plague Zones. This time, Loop City announced a twenty-four-hour suspension of operations, and rumors even spread that a New Moon had risen. Naturally, it attracted the attention of quite a few Source Plague Zones.
Even the most conservative Cancer Palace took action.
The Lord who ruled over the entire Cancer Palace dispatched one of her personal "Tumor Servants" to investigate.
These so-called Tumor Servants were selected directly from new recruits of the Knight Order. They were exceptionally skilled at investigation, concealment, and moving with extreme speed. After undergoing rigorous internal selection, they became special attendants who directly served the Lord.
They obeyed the Lord's commands directly and were responsible for monitoring every organization within Cancer Palace, including the Tumor Knights, as well as external forces connected to Cancer Palace. Any intelligence was reported at once, making them astonishingly efficient.
This incident was somewhat bizarre. As far as Cancer Palace was concerned, the rise of a New Moon was impossible. Yet the matter happened to involve the important Loop City. Combined with the fact that Duke's Guild had stayed in Loop City some time ago,
the Lord personally named one of the Tumor Servants to investigate.
This person's "Back Tumor Wings" were quite strange. They were not located on his back, but on both sides of his shoulders. When the wings spread, two sheets of flesh membrane rose from either shoulder.
Besides allowing him to fly, the two sheets of flesh membrane had another important function: they could attach themselves to his face and perform a "perfect disguise." They could even completely alter the aura of his illness, making it impossible for outsiders to detect the nature of his cancer. Thus, he was also known as the