The turmoil came swiftly and subsided just as quickly.
In just three short days, all the graduates summoned back by the Academy vanished from public view as though they had evaporated into thin air, and nothing more was heard of them.
Some people curiously inquired about their whereabouts. Without exception, they were all arrested by the Light Group.
In the Light Group's words, at such a critical moment, only the Demon Domain's spies would be interested in investigating those people's whereabouts.
Although most of those arrested were innocent, the Light Group was very busy now, too busy to sift out the innocent among them.
"It wasn't us who harmed them. It was their own curiosity."
"If the Human Race wins, they'll naturally all be released."
"If the Human Race loses, they'll die whether we release them or not."
"At such a critical juncture, better to arrest the wrong people than let anyone slip through."
That was Yu Mo's assessment of the matter, after which he continued methodically attending to other affairs.
This time, even the Black Market headquarters in Ink City closed completely, no longer open to outsiders.
The people who normally managed the Black Market all changed into logistics uniforms and drove trucks back and forth between the Human Race's heartland and the Four Great Passes.
Fifty percent of the supplies they transported were donated by the Black Market free of charge.
Perhaps even now, the Black Market had no grand sense of duty to the Human Race and knew nothing of protecting the lights of countless homes, but they had always understood one principle.
Without the lips, the teeth would grow cold.
If the Human Race perished, the Black Market would fall as well.
Even just to survive themselves, they had to fight this battle, and fight with