There Was More to Come

There Was More to Come

In the time it took them to pass each other, the middle-aged woman had already cleared everything off the desk. She engaged the Black Shoulder Badge agents who had arrived afterward, while Xu Huo retreated to the edge of the fight and occasionally lent a hand.

The Black Shoulder Badge agents reacted quickly. Two waves of reinforcements arrived in rapid succession after the signal went out. Though the middle-aged woman had been exposed, she didn't leave District 011 right away. Instead, she chose to keep the Black Shoulder Badge agents tied up in a fight.

The commotion soon drew over several Black Shoulder Badge captains, including a pair of robots accompanying Ran Ying.

The Black Shoulder Badge agents had brought out interference devices designed to counter items. These could disable some items and restricted both sides, but the agents had a battle plan and handled the situation with ease. The middle-aged woman, by contrast, seemed hampered at every turn.

Before long, however, several players appeared from different directions. They successively destroyed two interference devices, opening a gap in the encirclement. Together with the middle-aged woman, they headed toward the courthouse.

Xu Huo slipped away from the Black Shoulder Badge team, shed his disguise, and entered the crowd with a new face. Moving along with the jostling throng, he watched the courthouse from a distance.

The trial must have been halted when he escaped the building. Now, the entire structure was filled with something like black smoke. From the Black Shoulder Badge agents' reports, it seemed that visibility inside and outside the smoke didn't connect. Lower-ranking agents had been ordered not to enter the building, and word had also spread that prisoners had escaped.

Xu Huo was certain the other side had obtained the Ticket. But