"The silence is gone..."
Feeling the sunlight on his face, Luo En instinctively raised a hand to block it.
The sky seemed to brighten again.
Is it an illusion...?
Luo En did not relax his guard. He opened his shoulder bag, rubbed the Orange Cat's head, and asked softly,
"Lachi, did you find anything?"
In this situation, animals are more sensitive than humans, and Lachi is also a unique Beyonder, so perhaps it could detect some abnormalities.
"Meow~"
The Orange Cat poked its head out of the bag, perked up its ears, its whiskers brushing the edge of the bag, and its nose twitching twice in the wind as it scanned around before shrinking back in.
No abnormalities, huh...? Seeing that Lachi had no special reaction, Luo En's brows furrowed slightly.
He still highly trusted the Assassin cat's perception.
In terms of sensing malice, Lachi was clearly superior to him.
It was just that having just experienced an incident, his nerves couldn't relax at all.
Looking at the calm, normal streets around him, Luo En lowered the hand that had been gripping his gun.
Am I being overly cautious?
...
Behind Chanis Gate.
Klein, who had collapsed on the ground, slowly opened his eyes. He used all his strength to dig into the floor tiles, his elbows trembling as he propped up his upper body, allowing himself to sit up, looking around with a slightly bewildered expression.
"I'm still alive..."
Klein instinctively lowered his head, unbuttoned his clothes, and checked his body, finding that he was fine except for some minor scrapes.
Looking at the empty basement, Klein sighed.
It seemed the "Blazing Sun" charm hadn't successfully killed the opponent.
Fortunately, the person who attacked him had already left.
"That person didn't kill me?"
Klein was a bit puzzled. That person didn't seem like someone who would let an enemy go.
It could be seen from his arrogant lack of defense, letting himself be hit. Such an arrogant fellow would actually let him go.
"Strange?"
Looking at the messy traces around, Klein had a guess.
Could it be that he was in a hurry to leave, so he forgot to finish me off?
Then I'm really lucky!
However, before he could celebrate, he discovered a serious situation.
Chanis Gate was destroyed!
Oh no! Sealed Artifacts!
Klein suddenly realized that there were a large number of dangerous Sealed Artifacts behind Chanis Gate. With such a major incident occurring, it was impossible for those seals not to have problems.
Once those Sealed Artifacts broke through their seals, the consequences would be unimaginable.
He quickly stood up, enduring the discomfort, and activated his Spirit Vision.
Indeed, the seals behind the Door were gone.
Originally, this place should have been filled with countless fine lines, sometimes clustered together, sometimes extending, dense and without gaps.
The first time he came behind Chanis Gate, Klein had noticed this point, and his impression of it was quite deep.
But now, those fine lines were gone.
This indicated that the core of Chanis Gate, Saint Selena's ashes, had been taken.
He quickly ran over to check the state of the Sealed Artifacts.
Please, nothing bad must happen... Klein prayed to the Goddess in his heart.
Fortunately, the Goddess seemed to have answered his prayer, and the most dangerous situation he had feared did not occur.
Those Sealed Artifacts were all unusually quiet, showing no signs of losing control at all.
Klein was also somewhat astonished and disbelieving about this situation.
He activated his Spirit Vision, scanned around, and after confirming there were no abnormalities, he breathed a sigh of relief.
Is the effect of the seal still lingering?
Never mind, whatever the case, it's good that nothing happened, it's good that nothing happened...
After a moment of thought, he performed a simple divination, and after confirming there were no abnormalities, he decided to go back to the first floor to check.
Chanis Gate had been invaded, so the first floor was probably in chaos.
Since the main door had been forcibly breached, Klein had no trouble returning to the ground floor.
He activated his Spirit Vision, carefully observing the surroundings, fearing that the attacker hadn't left and was waiting to ambush him.
Arriving at the entrance, he first poked half his body out, and after confirming there were no abnormalities, he slowly revealed his entire body.
When he arrived in the hall, he found Rosanne and Madame Orianna lying on the ground.
Clearly, they had been attacked.
Klein rushed forward to check their condition.
He reached out to check their pulses, finding their carotid arteries beating regularly beneath the skin, and then activated his Spirit Vision to examine their spiritual bodies.
They just fainted, huh...? Seeing that they were fine, Klein breathed a sigh of relief.
For such a major incident to occur with no casualties was truly a blessing in disguise.
Wait!
Just as Klein was about to relax, he suddenly realized an even more serious problem.
He already had a report against him, and now such an incident had occurred. If the people from the Church came to investigate...
"How am I going to explain this?!"
...
Circus.
Thanks to Meihua 5's excellent efficiency, the Nighthawks and Machinery Hivemind arrived belatedly after all the issues were resolved.
At this moment, Meigao Ousi, Lan'erwusi, and several members of the Circus team were nowhere to be seen. Apart from a few Punishers lying on the ground, there was no one else at the scene.
"How are the Punishers doing?" Frey asked the captain of the Machinery Hivemind team beside him.
"They seem to have been affected by some kind of impact and fainted, but there's no danger to their lives," the captain of the Machinery Hivemind team replied truthfully.
Then he seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, saying with a tone of relief,
"The Punisher who came to notify us earlier told us that there was a team of extremely dangerous wild Beyonders and a high-level evil god attempting to descend."
"We were all startled when we heard that," the captain of the Machinery Hivemind showed a helpless smile.
"If what he said was true, according to the situation at the time, we wouldn't have been able to stop it at all."
"A false alarm?" Frey said.
"It shouldn't be," the captain of the Machinery Hivemind shook his head slightly and analyzed,
"We did some checks on the surrounding environment."
"Indeed, some Beyonder-related items were found in the Circus tents around."
"Moreover, judging from the various traces left at the scene, the Punisher's account seems to be not entirely wrong."
As he spoke, he pointed to the bloodstains on the ground.
As a mythical creature, even if it hadn't fully manifested, the blood of an evil god's offspring was still incredibly rich in spirituality.
"So, it seems someone intervened to resolve this incident," Frey analyzed, sensing the chaotic spirituality around him.
"Yes, and a high Sequence at that," the captain of the Machinery Hivemind nodded.
"Tingen hasn't been peaceful lately," the two exchanged glances, sighing simultaneously.
"Captain, how are you all doing?"
Just as Frey and the captain of the Machinery Hivemind were discussing the case, the Punisher who had reported the situation earlier also rushed over. When he saw his teammates already placed on stretchers, he panicked for a moment.
"Don't worry, your teammates are fine."
"They just fainted."
Frey stepped forward and gently patted the other's shoulder, comforting him a few words.
"By the way, what about the woman possessed by the evil god and that team of wild Beyonders? How are they? Were they dealt with?" The Punisher remembered something, his voice tinged with fear.
"Unclear," Frey shook his head and said truthfully,
"By the time we arrived, everything was already over. The specific situation still requires further investigation."
Thinking of this, Frey felt a strange sense of relief.
Currently, the Nighthawks combat personnel who arrived at the scene were just him, Xijia, and Luo Yao. Even if they had arrived earlier, they probably couldn't have done anything, and might have even died in vain.
But this was unavoidable. The Nighthawks were severely understaffed now, and Leonard was off duty today. Besides the three of them, there really weren't any other operational personnel.
Oh, and Klein. He almost forgot about him.
Frey remembered his teammate who was temporarily detained behind Chanis Gate.
Speaking of which, after the three of us came out, there isn't even a single combatant left in Blackthorn Security Company besides Klein...
Wait!
Not a single combatant...
Could it be...
Frey's pupils widened slightly.
Captain Dunn Smith and Miss Daily, the two highest Sequence individuals, suddenly left under tense circumstances. Ke Enli was severely injured in a previous mission and had to rest at home. Old Neil was also taken away for investigation by the Church for attempting to perform a black magic ritual, and even Klein was in a semi-detained state due to a report.
Everything that had happened recently was simply too coincidental.
No, that's not right. This doesn't seem like a coincidence.
This is clearly someone trying to weaken the Nighthawks' combat strength.
'If that's truly the case.'
"Oh no, headquarters is in danger!" Frey looked at his two teammates around him, his expression urgent.
"We might have fallen into a trap. Let's go back quickly."
...
A few blocks away, Klein, who was already panting, stopped.
Due to the strenuous exercise, some of his wounds had already torn open.
He gasped for breath, leaning against a nearby wall and slowly sitting down.
He ran away.
That's right, he ran away.
After confirming that Blackthorn Security Company was temporarily out of danger, he chose to flee.
If he could, he wouldn't want to do this, but the situation was already very clear.
Chanis Gate had been invaded, and its sealing core had been stolen.
Although no casualties occurred, this was undoubtedly a major mystical incident.
No, precisely because there were no deaths, it made the incident seem even more suspicious.
"Although I successfully injured the opponent with the charm, but..."
But Klein couldn't explain the origin of the "Blazing Sun" charm at all, and with such a major incident occurring, the Church's investigation would certainly not be perfunctory.
He himself had already been reported, and Frey had only temporarily suppressed it. Now that such a major incident had occurred, even if Dunn and the others wanted to help him, it would be useless.
As long as the people from the Church were willing to investigate, everything about the Fool and the Crossing would definitely be discovered.
If he didn't want to lose his freedom for a lifetime, or be studied as a living Sealed Artifact.
Fleeing seemed to be the only option.
In this situation, even if the Captain was willing to believe me, it would be useless. I can't explain the "Blazing Sun" charm, plus the previous report letter, this is almost an unsolvable situation... Klein's face was filled with despair.
After a short rest, Klein stood up and ran towards the outskirts of Tingen City.
Although his escape was hurried, he wasn't without a plan. After confirming that his situation was almost hopeless, he urgently contacted the only person who might be able and willing to help him at the moment.
That teacher, Mr. Azik, who was suspected to be a high-Sequence Beyonder.