Near Hagun Academy stood a large, nationwide-scale shopping mall.
The shopping mall was located in the center of the city. Not only did it see a huge flow of people, but many foreign tourists also visited, making it extraordinarily lively at all times. It was especially bustling during holidays, when even students from Hagun Academy would flock there for recreation and entertainment.
A nationwide-scale shopping mall like this had naturally already closed for the night at this late hour, leaving the inside of the building shrouded in darkness.
However, at this very moment, it was not completely devoid of people.
"Bang—!"
With the sound of a gunshot, a person dressed in a security guard's uniform slowly collapsed in the plaza on the first floor of the shopping mall, staining the ground red and losing his life completely.
A closer look revealed security guards lying one after another in pools of blood around the plaza. It was not merely one person who had lost his life.
The ones responsible were a group of terrorists dressed in soldier-like combat uniforms, carrying firearms, and wearing sadistic smiles as they laughed uproariously, as though they were completely immersed in their game.
"What?"
"That's it?"
"How boring!"
A group of violent sadists laughed and made cynical remarks while treating none of their actions as important, chatting among themselves as they pleased.
Among this group of terrorists, one person sat on a bench in the plaza, witnessing everything that had happened with his own eyes.
He was a man with tattoos on his face, surrounded by soldiers carrying firearms as though they were guarding him. Even after witnessing the carnage before him, he continued to wear a smile.
The man wore a cloak-like coat resembling the robes of a religious believer. It was pitch-black from top