However, Shaja's attempt failed. Before he could even touch the door, an invisible barrier sent him reeling. Whether the rebound was real or not, its force left him dizzy, as if his consciousness had briefly slipped away. By the time he regained his footing and came to, the person in his hands was gone. He looked back and saw Xu Huo standing behind the mayor, one hand resting on his shoulder in a clear threat.
"He's just an unconscious man!" Shaja's voice was urgent. "You don't need to target him. I was the one who acted dishonorably. If you want to do something, take it out on me!"
Xu Huo looked at him steadily. "Is he really the mayor of Central City?"
Shaja composed himself before replying. "Yes. He once turned the tide during the city war. Later, his power went out of control and damaged his brain, leaving him to live like this. Everyone in Central City's leadership knows what happened, but he'll always be our mayor."
Xu Huo reserved judgment on their decision to leave this Super Evolver, who was practically a living corpse, here. Judging by the old man's condition, though, the people of Central City had taken good care of him.
After waiting a moment, Xu Huo added, "It looks like Central City really doesn't have any B-class players."
Otherwise, one of them would have appeared by now.
They could have achieved something similar by luring the players into the metal office building from earlier, or into the mayor's room. And for players in District 026, mental interference was overwhelmingly powerful. Most had probably never encountered it, let alone learned how to counter it.
Shaja hadn't thought he could fool Xu Huo. A Super Evolver's awareness of his surroundings was on an entirely different level from