A'yu's analysis and arrangements earned Lin Yu's wholehearted agreement.
"Sister Yu, you're right. What we need to do now is regroup as quickly as possible!"
Although A'yu was a member of the Marauders, that didn't mean she wouldn't save people.
If saving people offered more benefits than killing them... then why not save them?
Besides, the Marauders had many different types of members. Although A'yu had just criticized the Order's hypocrisy, she was actually one of the gentler types among the Marauders—she would kill for profit, but she also valued loyalty and friendship.
After A'yu and Lin Yu left the Heresy Tribunal again, they had Raymond's information and immediately noticed the abnormalities within Lilai City.
Although it was currently during the nighttime curfew... the entire Lilai City was unnaturally, excessively quiet!
In particular, the streets that should have been filled with the City Defense Knight Order, Church, and tribunal members conducting a "carpet search"—brandishing torches and radiating a murderous aura, as if some terrifying Great Purge were about to break out—were completely silent.
A'yu wasn't very polite either. After sensing the strange, abnormal atmosphere, she immediately found a nearby residence, raised [Grace], and smashed the door lock with the butt of her gun. Then she kicked the door open with a bang, looking exactly like a fierce bandit robbing a home.
The family of three whose home she had broken into were lying on the bed—the child and mother together, while the father had collapsed on the kitchen floor. This indeed confirmed what Raymond had said...
"This really isn't normal. Although they're merely asleep, they definitely didn't fall asleep voluntarily. Not only is the father lying in an extremely wild position, but even after I kicked the door down, he still didn't wake up!"
As A'yu spoke, she crouched down