Enforcer Manual
Chapter 362 - : The City is Full of Crises_1

Chapter 362: 362 Chapter: The City is Full of Crises_1

Faced with this sudden emergency, the experienced Law Enforcer Lu Xiang immediately reacted, rushing the injured Obena Lionheart to the nearest prosthetic hospital for emergency treatment.

Thanks to the proactive care of the Prosthetic Doctors, Obena’s condition soon stabilized.

Even the Prosthetic Doctors couldn’t determine the origin of the wound, but they knew that if the injury had gone just a bit further forward and reached Obena’s brain, his chances of survival would have been slim.

All one-star rescuers awaited in the hospital.

No one knew how Obena had sustained his injury; the attack came without any warning. By the time they noticed the wound, blood had already covered the table, and even the victim himself hadn’t realized when he had been attacked.

"How is Director Obena doing?"

As soon as Lu Xiang stepped out, the one-star rescuers crowded around the door surged forward. The sudden event had not only deprived them of their mainstay but also made each of them fear for their own safety.

"The Prosthetic Doctors say his condition has stabilized, but he will need some time to recover,"

Lu Xiang said, "Fortunately, Lionheart Military Industry had designed a backup chip for Director Obena, which prevented him from falling into a state of unconsciousness... Someone has stolen his chip."

"Stolen!?"

The one-star rescuers gasped in shock.

After all, Director Obena was a four-star rescuer, and most of them could never aspire to reach that rank in their lifetimes.

Yet such a powerful rescuer had his brain chip stolen right in the rescuers’ meeting room, under everyone’s watchful eyes, and those who witnessed it all didn’t even see a shadow of the assailant!

"That’s why I warned him, it’s related to the case I’ve been investigating,"

She didn’t have a bad impression of these one-star rescuers. They were all relatively young, most of them her contemporaries, and they treated her kindly.

"What case?"

The one-star rescuers perked up with interest. They didn’t have experience working in grassroots departments, and everything in District 17 piqued their curiosity.

"A few months ago, a person named Chai Ke suffered a similar attack, but he wasn’t as lucky as Director Obena. He was pierced through the heart and died instantly. Since then, similar cases have been happening frequently in District 17."

"I know, I’ve heard about the exploits of ’Enthusiastic Citizen’!"

One of the one-star rescuers lit up, saying.

She had another minor goal in coming to District 17, which was to personally greet the renowned "Enthusiastic Citizen," so she had been keeping track of all news related to him, "But since his last interview, ’Enthusiastic Citizen’ has disappeared for quite some time."

"That’s because he’s been secretly investigating clues related to the Void, in fact, he realized the existence of the Void earlier than anyone else."

Lu Xiang heard footsteps from inside the ward; Obena seemed to be at the door of the ward but didn’t seem to want to come out.

He must be eavesdropping on their conversation, so she deliberately raised her voice to ensure that Obena behind the door could hear, "The last time I saw him was a month ago. He proposed a theory about the Void that explained the process by which Chai Ke and Director Obena were attacked."

"Can you tell us?"

The one-star rescuers gazed at her with eyes wide and breaths held, waiting for Lu Xiang to continue.

"He refers to it as the ’Void Overlap Theory.’"

"Void Overlap Theory?"

"He believes that the Void and our reality overlap. Take this prosthetic hospital, for example. Besides what we can see, there’s a parallel underworld overlapping with the prosthetics, and in that unseen world reside many unknown entities."

"However, those beings of the Void not only can see into our world but can also affect us from their side. If they attack us from their realm, we on this end would get injured, and the moment of injury is the ’intersection point’ of what ’Enthusiastic Citizen’ calls the Void Overlap Theory, where he believes the Void and reality intersect."

The one-star rescuers listened intently.

A moment later, someone cautiously raised their hand and asked, "Does that mean Director Obena, just now, was actually attacked by those Void entities?"

"According to ’Enthusiastic Citizen’s theory, yes. Last time I saw him, he was looking for a way to enter the Void, and since then, there has been no further contact."

Lu Xiang paused for a while before continuing, "Obena must have misunderstood me just now. I only intended to remind him of his current predicament. According to our limited knowledge of the Void, victims often have some kind of connection with the United Government. I think this incident involving an artificial intelligence anomaly is not as straightforward as it appears on the surface."

Hiding behind the door, Director Obena couldn’t bear to listen any longer.

The overlapping theories of the Void?

Entities that traverse the Void?

Everything Lu Xiang had said really sounded like the wild fantasies plucked straight from science fiction novels, and the reason he refused to accept such an explanation was that he simply couldn’t fathom how to deal with an enemy that didn’t exist in the real world.

He would rather believe that all of this was a trick orchestrated by Lu Xiang.

He must have missed something, he believed that if he could just recall every detail from the meeting, he would discover the real reason.

With that thought, Director Obena turned and walked into the restroom of the sickbay.

Washing his face could help him wake up a bit.

Standing in front of the sink, the automatic faucet started to work, and he cupped water to bury his face in it. The cold sensation helped to diminish the grogginess somewhat; for a four-star rescuer, the wound on his head was hardly significant.

Now, he had to find the lost chip before the company found out.

The diagnosis of the prosthetic doctor wasn’t entirely correct, the reason he retained consciousness despite losing a chip wasn’t because Lionheart Military Industry had installed a backup chip in him, but because the one that was stolen wasn’t the one that maintained the normal operation of his system.

Obena Lionheart.

Think carefully, what detail did you miss during that meeting?

He questioned himself in his mind.

However, his internal questioning was quickly forced to a halt.

The moment he looked up, he saw eyes.

Many, many eyes, dense and numerous, covering the entire wall behind him.

The pristine white wall had been stained red, filled with flesh buds tainted with mental pollution, and unrecognizable chunks of flesh were piled up in the bathtub.

Filaments like blood vessels crawled across the mirror at a visible rate.

Director Obena watched the mirror, and he realized the mirror was also watching him.

"Boom—!"

A loud explosion interrupted the conversation between Lu Xiang and the one-star rescuers. The Shell Launcher blasted a huge hole in the wall, and Director Obena, clad in a hospital gown, nearly frantic, burst out of the sickbay.

He hadn’t taken the time to change clothes, and he hadn’t even bothered to put on his shoes. His eyes conveyed the anger that came from extreme terror, as he launched attacks aimlessly along the corridor, completely succumbing to a state of neurological disarray.

"Director Obena!"

"Director, are you alright?"

"This is the prosthetic hospital!"

...

The cries of the medical staff and the calls of the one-star rescuers finally pulled Director Obena back to reality.

"Attack... attack..."

He was about to voice the words, but he forcefully suppressed them.

He saw the confused looks in the one-star rescuers’ eyes, looking at the Shell Launcher aimed behind him.

Behind him was the restroom with a hole blasted in it, a complete mess.

Heaps of broken rubble, fractured metal frames, and scorch marks were everywhere, but the eyes that plastered the wall had vanished without a trace.

Everything had returned to the way it was, as if everything he had just seen was nothing but a hallucination.

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