Without Evan needing to give the order, Gary shouted and led the sailors in drawing their muskets and rushing forward, surrounding Lion Head and all his men.
Though most of them appeared unaware of the inside story, they were accomplices at the very least and could not simply be let off. Even the crew aboard the merchant ship were ordered ashore for inspection.
"Hands on your heads! Crouch down!"
Evan knew the matter had become too serious for him to handle alone, so he immediately sent sailors to notify Gell.
Evan himself walked up to Lion Head and studied him for a moment, the aura of an Extraordinary person faintly released from his body. "Talk. Who are you people? What exactly are you trying to accomplish with this?"
Lion Head's body stiffened. Intimidated by Evan's extraordinary pressure, he felt as though a massive predator in the mountains had fixed its gaze on him. He did not dare move a muscle, and the last traces of resistance in his heart melted away like ice and snow.
"D-Don't kill me! I was only following orders...!"
Before long, a huge crowd came rushing over from within the island.
It was not only Gell, who had received the notification. Led by Vice Admiral Snyder, the highest-ranking commander of the Third Fleet here, with the two hawkish major generals from the First and Second Fleets accompanying him, every senior naval officer on the island had actually arrived!
In fact.
Aside from personnel on duty and ship captains, most of the senior officers attending the Celebration Day were staying together at the hotel. When Gell reported the situation to Vice Admiral Snyder, the other officers were present as well. The moment they heard that someone was planning a bombing attack during Celebration Day, none of