Iron Ring District, Xiaoshi Street.
Below an apartment building, shattered glass littered the roadside.
A blue-and-white Patrol Bureau vehicle sat parked on one side of the road, its red and blue lights flashing. Bright yellow caution tape had been swiftly put up, cordoning off a large pharmacy on the first floor of the apartment building.
A crowd of curious onlookers stood by the road, pointing and discussing.
Looking over, one could see that one of the pharmacy's display windows had been completely shattered. Several metal cabinets had toppled at an angle, and a large number of medicines were scattered across the floor.
A corpse in a white lab coat lay half-slumped by the window, eyes wide open and blankly fixed on the sky. Half of the white coat had been soaked red with blood.
There were three other corpses in similarly gruesome states, sprawled in various positions, some even collapsed directly at the checkout counter. Blood pooled across the surrounding floor.
The patrol officers entering the scene conducted their investigation one after another, first ruling out any danger before documenting the scene.
Only after orders were given—
did the fully prepared cleaners finally step forward and hurry inside.
"Move, move, move! Stop dragging your feet! This place has to be cleaned up before midnight tonight."
Fatty Cui's cursing voice rang out again.
The cleaners working with their heads lowered wore numb expressions as they expertly carried away bodies and scrubbed the floors.
"That bastard Fatty Cui can only order people like us around."
"Ugh, just keep working. Having a job like this isn't so bad."
"This counts as not bad? I'm thinking of changing jobs."
"Change jobs? What qualifications do you have? Do you really think it's that easy to find a job in Prism Ring City? Plenty of companies