novelraw Chapter 289: Fun and Madness!
Chapter 289: Fun and Madness!
The collapse of Scott Jovi, the candidate for the House of Representatives, was like a pre-arranged signal.
Instantly, it triggered even greater chaos!
Among the crowd in the square, the countless cult members hidden within launched their strongest attacks against the nearest Security Bureau agents!
Various energy attacks exploded across the square!
Countless screams of agony followed...
"Ah!"
"Hel...p..."
"Run! Now!!"
...
The cries for help from many people were drowned out before they could even be fully voiced, swallowed by the massive commotion of the battle raging in the square.For these ordinary Federation citizens, being caught in the crossfire of a battle between powerful superhumans was more like a desperate disaster...
Loren, blending in with the panicked Federation citizens fleeing in all directions across the square, wore a convincingly terrified expression on his face. He quietly followed the bulk of the crowd, withdrawing towards the square's exit!
From the high-rise buildings flanking the square, the Security Bureau agents lying in ambush all rushed down into the square!
These newly arrived agents quickly split into two groups!
One group was responsible for evacuating the crowd from the square, while the other group was tasked with surrounding and suppressing the cult members who had launched the assault!
Perhaps this public speech by the Liberal Party had finally crossed a line for certain conspirators.
The cultists who initiated the attack showed no restraint whatsoever!
Countless wide-area attacks were unleashed from their hands, hurled madly towards the directions where crowds were gathered!
As if they intended to ensure that every citizen who attended this public speech would remain here forever...
The fanaticism of the cult organization members resulted in heavy casualties among the civilians gathered in the square!
Even Loren, facing these attacks with their vast areas of effect, could only silently dodge them.
Still unwilling to reveal his identity for the time being, he appeared somewhat disheveled.
He even clumsily evaded some less dangerous spell attacks, pretending to be an ordinary person stumbling to safety.
Perhaps due to the effect of "Fortune," the section of the crowd Loren was hiding within had not yet been struck by a particularly lethal wide-area attack.
Even when several large-scale energy attacks headed in this direction, they were, at the opportune moment, intercepted by the high-ranking Security Bureau agents.
And so, Loren stumbled along with the panicked crowd, following the clear path the Security Bureau agents had carved out, running towards the square's exit...
This somewhat open route was a safe passage forged through the combined efforts of dozens of high-ranking Security Bureau agents.
The cult members near this route had already been eliminated by these agents working together...
In Loren's spiritual perception, those five Legendary agents hidden among the populace had also quietly begun their respective operations.
Four of these Legendary agents were high above the square, in the sky, intercepting the Legendary powerhouses from the cult organization's side...
The cult organization's side had brought four Legendary powerhouses at once!
It seemed the Liberal Party's desire to "bring the Radiant Flow Star Domain back under Federation control" had truly made these cult organizations feel threatened...
The remaining Legendary agent was acting like a firefighter on the square itself.
Whenever the cult organization members on the square gained the upper hand in their battles against the Security Bureau, he would appear there at just the right moment, wave his hand, and unleash a massive area of lightning, turning all those cult members into charred corpses!
By this time, Loren, mixed within the crowd, was almost at the edge of the square.
Sensing this scene covertly, Loren's brow subconsciously furrowed. He had a feeling that Legendary agent wielding lightning was holding back...
He smelled the familiar scent of conspiracy!!
That Legendary agent seemed to be allowing the cult organization members to slaughter many of the Federation citizens in the square...
A Legendary powerhouse, facing a large number of superhumans below the Legendary tier, why would he take on the role of a mere firefighter?
Under normal circumstances, this should be a one-sided massacre.
"Master, it seems he is intentionally keeping the civilian casualties within a certain number..." Raven's voice suddenly sounded.
"I noticed that too," Loren responded in his mind.
Trying to use the number of civilian casualties from this incident to manipulate Federation public opinion? Or perhaps... Loren silently speculated.
"Master, what if... the cultists on the square were intentionally let in by them..."
Raven offered a conjecture tinged with conspiracy theory, an utterly horrifying conjecture...
"Just to let the entire Federation witness today's tragedy, thereby using public opinion to force the Federation to strengthen its control over the Radiant Flow Star Domain..."
"And in the eyes of everyone else, the Security Bureau and the Liberal Party in this incident would play the roles of victim and hero."
Loren fell silent, unusually offering no evaluation.
His intuition told him this possibility was very high...
After all, he hadn't seen the figure of that Agent Vic among those five Legendary agents...
As the person in charge of the Security Bureau in the Radiant Flow Star Domain, and a Legendary powerhouse to boot, his absence was conspicuous.
This indicated some degree of internal division within the Security Bureau.
Somehow, Loren suddenly recalled those vulgar articles Agent Vic had shared with him, a sarcastic smile curling at the corner of his mouth.
"Agent Vic, even an idealist like you can only manage to not participate in this? Heh..."
Thinking of this.
Loren, still mixed within the fleeing crowd, suddenly and bizarrely came to a halt.
At this moment, Loren was only a few steps away from the edge of the square.
He straightened his body, which he had been pretending to stumble with.
Loren quietly pulled out that Federation Coin he had used many times from his chest pocket and tossed it into the air.
"Is Raven's conjecture correct? If yes, heads!"
Loren murmured in a low, chilling tone.
The coin fell!
Heads!
Raven's conjecture was correct! This public speech was a complete and utter conspiracy from start to finish!
The speech wasn't important; the massive casualties were the real objective!
Loren calmly put the coin in his hand away.
Then, he asked a question to Raven in his mind:
"Ready to raise some hell, Raven?"
Loren's tone betrayed no emotion, only indifference.
"Master, I'm surprised. Why? We're only a few steps away from leaving this square..."
"You don't seem to sympathize with those Federation citizens either. Why stay?"
Loren glanced at the square's edge, just a few steps away, and a profoundly disdainful smile appeared on his lips.
"Raven, remember this."
"No one gets to play games with our fate..."
"And besides me, no one gets to play games with the fates of others either!"
"That pleasure belongs to me alone. They've overstepped..."
A somewhat crazed smile spread across Loren's face!
At that very moment,
Loren's spiritual power began to quietly grow once more...