Xio, who had stayed in the factory building, opened the wooden cages. But the prisoners seemed dazed. Even with the doors open, none of them wanted to come out.
Just as Xio was about to urge them along, her spirituality suddenly warned her of danger.
Following that warning, she looked toward the MI9 member Raphael had gravely injured. He abruptly sat up. His sunglasses had flown off somewhere, and a third eye had appeared on his forehead.
That eye looked utterly cold, without the slightest trace of emotion.
A moment later, the people in the wooden cages all opened their eyes wide, as though they had seen something they would never forget for the rest of their lives.
"I'll kill him!"
The people in the cages seemed to have gone mad, their emotions instantly surging.
"I already gave you all my money! Why are you still beating me?"
"My wife ran off with someone else, and my son died! Why did things turn out like this?"
"Those damned gang members! I'll bite him to death!"
Something seemed to have struck a nerve in every one of them, igniting their emotions. A strange madness appeared on every face.
Xio hurried to shut the cage doors.
The moment their emotions had surged, she had realized something was wrong and started closing the doors.
Fortunately, she managed to shut them all before the prisoners went mad and charged out.
Just then, several thorny vines suddenly appeared at Xio's feet and wound toward her legs.
Xio leaped up, evading them for the moment. She looked at the MI9 member in surprise. She knew perfectly well that his name was Bolton and that he was an Interrogator. How could he have an ability that summoned vines?
Bolton had now risen to his feet. His face