Chapter 1006

“Regarding the investigation into the Deputy Mayor assassination, major progress has now been made. Under the leadership of the emergency task force chief, Detective River Ward, and through meticulous investigation by the case team, this case has been officially solved.

Investigation results indicate the killers were a gang of criminals suffering from severe cyberpsychosis. The group displayed a pathological imitation fixation on the legendary figure Morgan Blackhand, mistakenly believing that assassinating public figures would earn them fame. Under the combined effects of severe body modification–induced mental derangement and distorted motives, they ultimately caused this tragedy.”

As the news broadcast played, the screen displayed a set of corpse photos—and without exception, every body had a jet-black mechanical arm. And just like that, the once-shocking Deputy Mayor assassination case was, at least on the official level, given its full stop.