Lynn grimly surveyed the blood-soaked scene around him. Anyone could see the anger their Steward was suppressing, and every Plague Doctor around him was too frightened to breathe loudly or move.
"Have you investigated what happened?" Lynn rasped. "Did they really notice nothing when that Night Doctor slipped in?!"
One of the Senior Plague Doctors, drenched in sweat, immediately dropped to one knee and lowered his head, trembling. "R-reporting to the Steward, we've reconstructed what happened from the testimony of the critically injured squad member. According to him, that Night Doctor did disguise himself as one of our personnel and enter the Rest Area through the front entrance, but... but..."
"What kind of joke is this?!"
Lynn furiously kicked over a nearby chair, frightening the surrounding Plague Doctors into utter silence.
Then he pointed at the Tail Worm device by the entrance and bellowed in rage:
"Are you telling me those bio-armored monitoring devices at the entrance are all useless?! Huh?!"
The Plague Doctor Captain went pale with fear. Head lowered and sweat pouring down, he hurriedly said, "Steward, that isn't what I meant, but... but when that Night Doctor infiltrated this place, none of the Tail Worm detectors reacted at all! If we'd actually received a warning, there's no way we would have known nothing about his movements!"
"I suspect that Night Doctor had already mastered some method of evading detection. Otherwise, how could he have slipped into our ranks without a sound? We've installed bio-armored devices like these at every junction!"
After saying that, the Plague Doctor squeezed his eyes shut, trembling, and remained on his knees without daring to move.
He was terrified that their Steward would vent his anger on him and execute him on the spot.
But Lynn had no intention of executing him on