In the study of Suotuo City's City Lord's Mansion, Han Zhang stood by the window, watching the streets outside gradually return to order.
Most of the traces left by last night's chaos had already been cleared away. Overturned stalls had been set back up, and craftsmen were repairing the shattered stone pavement.
City Defense Army patrols still moved back and forth through the streets, but compared to the state of extreme tension from the night before, they had relaxed considerably.
On the final day of the Lantern Festival, the crowds on the streets were thinner than they had been during the previous two days, though quite a few merchants were still wrapping up their business.
The deputy commander pushed open the door, a thin document in hand. "City Lord, we checked. We found nothing."
Han Zhang turned around, took the document, opened it, and gave it a quick glance.
It recorded the results of the City Defense Army's searches through inns and taverns across the city the previous night. The young man who had killed the Star Luo Empire Dark Guards had not registered at any inn.
The City Defense Army had questioned people throughout the city using the physical descriptions provided by witnesses, but no one recognized the man and woman, nor did anyone know where they had come from or where they were headed.
The two of them seemed to have appeared out of nowhere by the riverbank during the Lantern Festival, then silently left Suotuo City after killing the Dark Guards.
"What about the city gates?" Han Zhang asked.
"We checked there too." The deputy commander shook his head. "Too many people entered the city yesterday. During the Lantern Festival, traffic in and out of the city is several times greater than usual. The soldiers stationed at