Converging Dual Lines-Thanks to the Generous Reader "Dreaming Night Wanderer" for Becoming an Alliance Master

At the start of the year, with January nearly half over, a frigid monsoon blew in from the Arctic. But the dropping temperatures did nothing to diminish Manhattan's prosperity,

only adding a layer of winter's unique tranquility and chill to its streets.

However, that chill

was utterly shattered at this moment!

The cordoned-off perimeter, the steadily arriving vehicles, the crowd of clients being evacuated from the building, and, most conspicuously, those suited enforcement officers—

This sudden upheaval instantly stirred a restless clamor, breaking the district's bustling calm

and making it obvious at a glance that something serious had happened here!

"This is the help you mentioned?"

Still walking step by step to Veronica's side, Fang Ran looked at the spectacle, which could only be described as exaggerated, and turned toward her while hiding what he had just been thinking.

"Just finding an excuse to make them shut down for a few days."

Her smile was captivating, yet the content was something she absolutely could not say aloud. She turned her gaze toward Fang Ran, as though she had seen through what he was thinking.

But she did not bring up that subject. Veronica merely smiled at him with feigned innocence.

"That way, you won't have to worry about Arcane Energy anymore, right?"

I don't think this is an issue of Arcane Energy anymore.

He had originally worried that using his abilities too openly might alert the enemy, but Fang Ran looked at the securities building before him, which dozens of people had mobilized to cordon off and seize.

Forget startling the grass—they had practically fired a cannon straight into it.

So the concert earlier was actually buying time to prepare all this?

Only now did he finally understand the meaning behind her lethal strike and sharpening the blade. To his