Kay faced off against a corrupt cop from his past. They stood in a narrow alley, both aiming pistols at each other.“Who are you working for?” Kay asked the middle-aged man in the wide-brimmed hat.“You don’t need to know, Liavin. Just like I don’t care who you’re working for,” the man smirked, a cigarette dangling from his lips.Both men grinned, pulling their triggers almost simultaneously. The corrupt cop spat out his cigarette, getting serious now.Meanwhile, in front of Dr. Emma’s clinic, Malvinn was wrapping up a bloody fight with the thugs chasing them. Bodies littered the ground, many bearing sword slashes. The remaining gang members scattered, running for their lives.Kay’s sharp vision gave him an edge. When they both fired, he moved just an inch to the right, dodging the cop’s bullet while his own hit the man’s right arm. The cop fired again, but Kay climbed the alley wall, using pipes and balconies to evade him.Reaching a rooftop, Kay fired a barrage of shots at the inspe

“It’s me,” Malvinn whispered in Lindy’s ear.She finally felt relaxed and could breathe normally again. “Why did you grab me and drag me into an alley?” Lindy asked.“Stay here and don’t move. Keep hidden until I’m done with my work,” Malvinn ordered.Before Lindy could argue, Malvinn snatched several packages from her hands and leapt up to a balcony one floor above.“Whoa, he’s so fast!” Lindy muttered, amazed, but she stayed hidden where she couldn’t be seen by passersby. She sat on the steps behind someone’s house.The wind howled through the alley, swirling garbage everywhere. A crumpled newspaper got caught on Lindy’s foot. She tried to brush it off but froze when her eyes caught sight of a page with her picture on it.Above the blurry and unclear image of her, the headline read, “Missing Girl.”Lindy wasn’t surprised to see her face in the paper or that people were looking for her. But she wasn’t too worried since the photo was too vague to easily identify her. Just as she was a

Lindy was hiding in her room—or more precisely, in the corner of her closet. She was terrified of being alone in the Rogue Brothers’ apartment. Just a few minutes ago, she got a call from the police station, and now she had no idea what to do.She clutched the gun she’d taken from Kay’s room tightly, pointing it at the door as if someone might burst in at any second. Her ears and eyes were on high alert, ready to pull the trigger if anyone dared approach her.Meanwhile, Inspector Robert had dragged Kay and Malvinn down to the station. Early that morning, as both of them were about to head out for their usual jobs, a group of police officers ambushed them in two separate locations. Without giving any explanations, they cuffed the brothers and brought them in.Inspector Robert called Kay’s apartment and informed Lindy that the Rogue Brothers wouldn’t be coming back anytime soon. He didn’t go into detail but simply said they were being detained.“Dammit!” Lindy hissed under her breath. “

"They're Marco's men, aren't they? What happened here?" Kay muttered.Malvinn just frowned, looking at the mangled bodies carelessly dumped in the alley."What's up with these brutal slashes? It's like they were hacked apart with a sword—"Kay's words trailed off as realization dawned about the bodies and the weapon."So that's why Inspector Robert suspects us? These are the same kind of victims the cops found in District 6."Elsewhere, in District 3, a girl in a red hood stood on a rooftop, laughing at Marco. She grumbled about her beloved cloak being damaged by Marco's gunfire."Marco, the gang leader of Districts 4 through 6. You're old, but your aim's as sharp as they say."Marco looked at her with disgust. He’d assumed she was an innocent kid, but it turned out she was a grown woman with a small frame—and a sadistic streak.Underneath her red hood, she hid sharp steel wires she used to mutilate his men."Thanks for the compliment, Red Kid!" Marco sneered. "Never thought anyone wo

Despite his severe injuries and bleeding arms, Malvinn stood up again, gripping his sword tightly, searching for the red-hooded girl. Kay grew increasingly worried about Malvinn’s condition, but he couldn’t stop him.“I’m fine,” Malvinn said flatly. “She didn’t hit any nerves. It seems she really aimed to kill me.”“Don’t overdo it, Malvinn. Please. If you keep this up, you’ll die young. Are you planning to leave me alone in this broken country?” Kay lamented.Ignoring Kay’s words, Malvinn continued running through the alleys, tracking the red-hooded girl.Marco and his men approached Kay. “What’s going on?”“As usual. Malvinn can’t feel pain. You know we’re all failed products of the Scard project. Scard soldiers were deliberately made to lack pain receptors. Even when gravely injured, we wouldn’t notice until it’s too late.”Daniel Lim squinted, resonating with what Kay described.Daniel, Malvinn, Kay, and the numerous tattooed rogues living in the Nameless District were all former