The Abandoned Factory in the Southern District.
Li Qing led Gu Ning, Gu Yu, and the others as they explored the area.
The factory had been abandoned for a long time. Hardly anyone came here anymore, and weeds grew everywhere.
"Places like this must be those Lawbreaker organizations' favorite hideouts," Gu Yu said as she surveyed their surroundings, faintly sensing an unsettling atmosphere.
"Why?" the Ponytailed Girl, another member of the team, asked curiously.
Both she and another boy were on a mission of this level for the first time. It was also their first time working alongside top students from the academy like Gu Yu and Gu Ning.
Naturally, they were brimming with excitement and curiosity.
Gu Yu said, "Because hardly anyone comes here, nobody manages it, and it doesn't cost anything. It's the perfect place for a Lawbreaker organization's base."
"That doesn't make sense. Doesn't the local Esper Bureau look into these places? They might have trouble finding people hiding elsewhere, but somewhere this obvious should be easy for them to investigate, right?" the Ponytailed Girl asked curiously.
If the Blood Society had blended into a bustling downtown area, it would have been understandable if the Esper Bureau couldn't find them right away.
But regardless of whether the Blood Society was actually here, a place like this was an obvious target.
Surely the Esper Bureau couldn't fail to investigate somewhere like this?
An obvious location like this should have been investigated by the Esper Bureau itself.
Instead, places that were difficult to investigate or easily overlooked should have been left to their team.
"Maybe they're short-staffed. A city is huge, after all. One Esper Bureau can't possibly cover everything thoroughly," Gu Ning said.
Everyone had a limited amount of energy.
It was impossible for a single Esper Bureau