Across the street from CCO, an ordinary-looking black sports car was parked.
Inside the car, the Black driver held a pair of binoculars in one hand, watching the situation in the distance, while speaking quietly into a phone with the other.
After a while, the people who had been hesitating outside CCO suddenly fled in panic, scattering in all directions as if they had seen something terrifying.
"Boss, it looks like CCO is completely unable to stop him!" the Black man said gravely as he watched the scene.
"Mm. According to the surveillance footage from today and yesterday, this was within expectations!" a hoarse voice came through the phone.
"I still can't see the limits of this man's abilities clearly, but... Yoston's police force does have some good equipment. Perhaps they can force him to reveal some of his limits. That's what you need to focus on observing!"
"Yes!"
The Black man nodded.
Three minutes later—
Dozens of police cars had CCO completely surrounded.
"Sheriff Max, do we have a plan?" a young policeman asked, looking at a middle-aged officer.
"No!"
Sheriff Max shook his head and said, "This criminal is highly unusual. We have no experience dealing with someone like him. Let's wait for reinforcements!"
"But..."
"No buts!" The middle-aged sheriff shook his head before continuing.
"If anyone's to blame, blame those damn bureaucrats! After yesterday's disastrous incident, they still didn't take it seriously at all. There are still many hostages inside the bank, so we can't act recklessly!"
Sheriff Max knew the truth behind what had happened yesterday. He knew that the criminal inside was very likely the same one who had appeared the day before!
He did not believe that the criminal inside was an extraterrestrial, but the dozens of policemen whose hands had been crippled