Bang—!
"!"
Luo Mio's expression changed instantly upon hearing the sound.
When the final sound rang out, the people leisurely strolling through the park immediately panicked and fled in every direction.
That was right. The sound that sent everyone scattering was gunfire.
Why was there gunfire...?
Not long after, a group of terrorists dressed like hardened bandits and carrying firearms entered Luo Mio's field of vision.
Luo Mio watched the suspected terrorists with a grave expression.
"Void..." Luo Mio murmured to Void beside him.
"Mm."
Void nodded, and the space around them began to shift irregularly.
Then, Luo Mio and the others vanished amid the panicked crowd.
Hidden within space, Luo Mio silently observed the terrorists.
The terrorists had seized hostages who had failed to escape in time.
But after watching for only a short while, Luo Mio frowned, having noticed something suspicious.
Though they were clearly terrorists, their eyes held only cold indifference, like soldiers carrying out orders...
"...!"
Luo Mio's eyes narrowed slightly.
Soldiers...
Come to think of it... these "terrorists" had been behaving suspiciously from the start.
Although their appearance and attire were no different from ordinary Mercenaries or bandits,
their actions were entirely different.
As if they had rehearsed in advance, every person moved with precise regularity and never made an unnecessary movement.
Orderly, disciplined... they were practically no different from real soldiers.
The only difference was their cold, emotionless eyes.
"...Hm?"
Hidden in space, Luo Mio saw something strange.
They had taken hostages, yet they did not treat them with the roughness and threats one would expect from terrorists. Instead, they looked at them coldly, as though they were merely props.
"...!!!"
Luo Mio, Kazari Rinna, and Charlotte, who had been observing them, suddenly felt an aura that they could not hope to match in