The upper floors are in complete chaos, with wealthy merchants and a large security force gathered in the banquet hall, so the only option is to go down first.

John keeps trying to contact Oulos.

There's no response on the team channel.

Rumble —

John hears a loud explosion in the dim stairwell.

The whole building shakes, the windows are covered with cracks, and a strong burnt smell rises up through the stairwell.

The sound of gunfire and chaos gradually becomes clearer.

John hides Angelica, takes cover in a corner of the floor, and switches to surveillance view to find the source of the explosion just now.

A group of Owl Town members stormed the Bolago Club in armored vehicles.

The point where the battle started is even further than imagined.

John looks out through the broken glass:

Red and blue flashing lights and news drones circle the building, smoke and gunfire erupt from the edge of the West District, and the sound of sirens and a tense atmosphere pervades the city.

The Owl Town gang broke through the area blockade and charged straight into the club.

They fight their way inside, killing any Black Gold Gang and Jingke Heavy Industry soldiers they encounter, as well as any public figures recognized from the media who criticized the Eastern people.

"These Eastern people are crazy!"

John can't understand their actions, no matter how much he tries.

Are they trying to openly confront the wealthy? Even if the new boss is tough, surely not against all the bigwigs of Eden City, right?

This group of Owl Town members are equipped with extremely lethal prosthetic bodies.

They don't seem to have much sanity, their methods ruthless, appearing to be on the verge of a cyber psychosis and could lose control at any moment.

If they intended to charge in head-on, then why send in assassins?

The Raqi Group has even dispatched "Chuan."

The best outcome would undoubtedly be having Vito Russell and Jingke's executives die in a heavily guarded office, with the media capturing the unexpected incident live, threatening their competitors.

This high-profile, self-destructive approach is evidently contradictory.

But regardless, the gang warfare has resumed.

The road downstairs is becoming increasingly dangerous.

The Owl Town lunatics are pushing their assault upwards, and the elevators have stopped running, so they can only go upstairs level by level to hunt their targets.

They're aggressive, with numbers easily over a hundred.

That's effectively the strength of half a street group from the Owl Town gang.

John carries Angelica back to the banquet hall, hiding in a corridor storage room, using the cameras to observe the situation outside.

Guests attending the retirement party have already been injured.

Those high-tier members who purchased the emergency team packages will trigger remote rescue protocols upon being harmed; professional medical staff and combat teams will arrive at the accident scene within a stipulated timeframe to evacuate them.

Hovercars from the emergency teams are parked outside the open-air platform and floor-to-ceiling windows.

Holographic projections with warning signs are like stamps, dividing the remaining landing space.

The key figures of Eden City have already evacuated.

John doesn't spot Kuang Xin or Oulos through the cameras.

The injured dignitaries constantly board the hovercars to leave, and news vans along with police drones are already hovering outside the skyscrapers.

Footsteps echo in the hallway.

John swiftly switches the camera view.

An armed emergency team member is approaching.

Depending on the membership package, the quality of rescue varies, with high-tier hovercars even equipped with emergency organs and onboard bio-scanners, capable of visualizing personnel distribution across the entire floor.

John has never dealt with the [Emergency Team], his knowledge limited to brochures distributed to members.

It's rumored that if a client's chip is triggered, high compensation is provided for any delay or failure in the rescue.

John is likely considered an "obstruction to rescue."

He stands behind a thin door, holding a silenced handgun.

Through the camera, he observes:

The emergency team member wears a helmet, clad in leather uniforms, with VIP and a red cross logo on the bulletproof vest.

He approaches the door to the storage room, gun raised, treading carefully.

[Hey, rookie!]

A companion rushes over and calls out to him.

[The client is already picked up, just minor injuries, we should go.]

He doesn't leave immediately, even gesturing with a nod that someone is inside the door.

The companion silently shakes his head, his expression very serious, deliberately loud enough for the person inside the door to hear, he chastises:

[This is just a damn job; don't get involved in on-site fights or cause unnecessary trouble!]

After saying this, they leave with their guns holstered.

More hovercars take off and land near the open-air garden.

John breathes a sigh of relief, turns to check on Angelica's condition.

She shows no signs of waking up.

Gino had also undergone a "cleaning treatment" from Black Light; Ryan diagnosed him then with severe prosthetic and bodily damage, requiring professional surgery and rehabilitation.

Jingke Heavy Industry likely can't spare resources to pursue Angelica anymore.

The banquet level is crowded with substantial forces.

John navigates through camera views, finds a compartment, slips through a narrow service elevator, removes a cover, and climbs up the maintenance ladder within the elevator shaft to reach the upper floor.

There are obvious signs of battle here too.

With Black Light, John breezes through the keypad-secured interior gate, and steps directly into the elevator leading to the conference level.

The cabin still reeks of blood.

John doesn't need a scanner to see the bullet holes; when the elevator doors open, the luxurious hallway can't even offer a single decent light.

Countless bodies of Jingke soldiers lie scattered on the silent, carpeted floor.

The air carries a complex smell, each step making his feet feel sticky.

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