Xiao Wu Breaks Through, Hogg Arrives

On the street east of Hyde Mall in District 13.

The marauders of the Black Shield Police Department listened to the fierce firefight on the next street, their expressions grim.

Firepower on that scale, along with the roars that rang out from time to time, told them this was no ordinary fight.

They wanted to rush over and help, but Commander Carmen's orders had been clear.

Stay where they were, surround Hyde Mall, and do not let so much as a mosquito escape.

So no matter how anxious they were, the marauders could only wait.

Just as they were wondering what kind of enemy they were facing,

Carmen's urgent voice came over the Enforcers' radios again.

"Squad east of Hyde Mall, listen up. The target has reached the east side of the mall. He's probably going to break through your position. Stop him."

Carmen had barely finished speaking when glass shattered on the mall's second floor.

A dark shape leaped down like a giant bat, landed, then surged toward the cordon at an inhuman speed.

"Fire!" the Enforcers ordered at once.

RAT-TAT-TAT!

Countless bullets swept toward the moving figure.

A dense curtain of fire engulfed the entire area.

The barrage tore the dark shape to shreds.

Smiles appeared on the marauders' faces.

They had seen this too many times before. Countless enemies had died under their crossfire.

Apart from the fully mechanized brutes of Marauder Prison, not even the modified monsters in Johnk Zoo could withstand firepower like this.

Let alone that little black thing.

Firepower was truth.

Except...

When they saw what the shredded shape actually was, confusion flashed across every face.

"What is that... a cloak?"

Unlike the ordinary marauders, some of the Enforcers had already realized something was wrong.

The Enforcer closest to the cloak felt his