At noon in Phantom City's bustling market district, crowds flowed through the streets. A group of burly men in black suddenly barged in, drawing immediate attention!
"City-Guard Squad enforcement! Everyone uninvolved, get out of the way!"
The burly men shoved through the crowd, acting arrogant and overbearing.
Seeing this, the old man selling meat buns along the street did not even have time to collect his customers' money. He covered his steamer, pushed his cart, and turned into a nearby alley.
"You stinking old man, where do you think you're running?!"
One of the burly men rushed over and delivered a flying kick to the old man's bony back.
"Ahh!!" The poor old man's aged body was sent flying three meters before he crashed hard onto the concrete road and lay motionless.
His cart overturned as well, scattering steaming white meat buns all over the ground. The burly men walked over and mercilessly crushed them beneath their feet...
"You crippled bastard, this is what you get for refusing to obey the City Lord's arrangements!!"
Across the street, a young man with disabled legs had his stall overturned as well. Members of the City-Guard Squad surrounded him and beat him wildly with clubs. The young man gritted his teeth and covered his head, not daring to make a sound... blood flowed through his fingers!
The onlooking citizens were furious but dared not speak. Some mothers covered their children's eyes, refusing to let them see such a bloody scene.
The City-Guard Squad's atrocities continued!
"You old hag, who allowed you to set up a stall here?!"
Several burly men walked up to an old woman's stall.
"It was specially permitted... by the former City Lord..."
The old woman suffered from an eye disease and could not see clearly. Even as she spoke,