Chapter 230: 249. Murderer
Following the guide, Xu Zhi passed through gaps between tents and streams of soldiers until she reached a tent closer to the center of the encampment.
This was probably the largest tent. Xu Zhi had no idea how it had been built. It looked less like a tent and more like a simple house. Though the weather in the lower district was overcast, the room inside was surprisingly well-lit once she entered.
When the door opened, the people inside more or less turned to look. Seeing that the newcomer was a completely unfamiliar young girl—and one in a wheelchair, no less—quite a few of them showed puzzled expressions. Yet no one asked anything. The uniformed personnel were gathered around a round table, at the center of which a scene was playing. It looked like a live feed.
The footage showed a group of heavily armed soldiers assaulting a location. Figures in slightly different uniforms occasionally flashed across the screen, though they carried no guns. Xu Zhi guessed those differently dressed soldiers might be Transcendents.
Deploying so many troops against a serial killer was certainly cautious.
The female officer who had first contacted Xu Zhi pointed to a spot behind the round table. There were quite a few people seated there as well, and they appeared to hold lower status than those at the table. Xu Zhi was pushed beside them, taking an inconspicuous position.
The room was quiet most of the time, aside from the occasional discussion among those at the round table as the operation progressed.
Xu Zhi could sense that although everyone seemed focused on the live assault footage, covertly appraising gazes still fell upon her.
Were they trying to see whether she reacted to what was happening on the broadcast?
Xu Zhi did