Chapter 170

The people behind the operation were cautious. By the time Mailash finally had enough personnel to begin searching the surrounding area, those responsible had already vanished—no one knew for how long.

They were like rodents on the prairie, always wary of predators—poking their heads out cautiously, only to instantly disappear into their burrows at the first sign of trouble.

After contact with their handlers was lost, the so-called “agitators” stirring the crowd silently went quiet and slipped away from the protest. Those hotheaded demonstrators who had rushed in on impulse also began to withdraw hesitantly.