For most people in Gawad, a few missing children were no big deal.
In this city "where outstanding people and fertile land abound," missing-person cases were somewhat too shabby to make it onto the stage.
This one murdered and robbed, that one made and sold drugs, and others formed criminal organizations.
Then in the middle of all that, someone had mixed in a child kidnapper.
The ranks just did not match. It was like seating a child trafficker at the same table as a pimp.
Besides, people disappeared here every few days, only to be found dead in some gutter after a while. The residents had long since grown accustomed to it.
Except for the Unity Society.
Because of their ideals, every member was important if they wished to pursue their ultimate ideal world. Everyone ought to be protected, and life stood above all else.
That was why they had taken it so seriously, dispatching nearly everyone to search.
After asking around a little, Jia Xiu learned that the society's division of labor was exceptionally clear. Those without combat ability searched within the manor grounds, while those with some combat capability headed to the Wasteland farther out than the suburbs, as well as the city itself, searching in organized groups by assigned areas.
He did not know about their other aspects, but so far, this society with its bizarre ideals had displayed fairly solid organizational ability.
As for the results—
They could only be called passable.
Getting a large group of people moving had always been difficult, and the difficulty doubled as the number of people increased.
Everyone had their own thoughts.
Jia Xiu could clearly see that some people here were genuinely anxious as they searched for the missing children.
More of them, however, were slacking off.
The kind