[...The succession of bizarre scenes plunged the exhibition hall into utter chaos. Screams and sobs rose one after another. Amid the dust and confusion, the crowd surged madly toward the exits around the hall, desperate to escape the venue. Some were injured in the pushing and pulling, while a few unfortunate souls were trampled by the crowd, remaining in the exhibition hall forever...]
[...As the crowds gradually dispersed, the few figures remaining began to stand out...]
[...Apart from a handful of visitors too frightened to move, two or three hundred people remained, ignoring the chaos and sitting calmly in their seats amid the endless screams...]
[Their gazes swept over everyone else present, but most of their attention remained focused on the stone coffin...]
Once the tide went out, it became perfectly clear who had been swimming naked. If not all, then ninety-nine percent of those remaining were vampires in disguise.
"Two or three hundred of them..."
Mu You was somewhat surprised by the number.
Nearly everyone here was a high-ranking vampire of an earlier generation than the fifth. Even after last night's bloody battle, so many remained...
It seemed that the people attending today belonged to more than just the Regent and the Revolutionaries. The other clans and high-ranking vampires living on their own had also come to join the excitement.
Tonight's exhibition had practically drawn in all the most elite vampires in the entire city.
Mu You could guess that the others were vampires, and naturally, they all knew one another's identities too.
Now they stared at one another warily. The reason no one had tried to seize the coffin yet was that the third-generation vampire's death had been rather suspicious.
With their hearing, all the vampires present should have heard the voice from the coffin. This meant there