"Tsk." The commander gritted his teeth.

    "Sir?" The Tier 4 agent frowned. "Did they escape?"

    "Yeah." The commander looked at the hole in the floor. "The hole itself looked fresh, so there should be people who were stationed outside the mall. I wanted to chase after them, but the situation didn''t look so good for us."@@@@

    "Why is that? We can just send out our team. With their current strength, we can overwhelm them."

    "That''s the problem."

    "Sir?" The agent frowned, looking at the concerned expression of his commander.

    "Two of us have been struck down and required medical attention. I don''t know what has happened, but there might be some strong, hidden members. If we pursue them here, we might end up falling into their traps."

    "What?" The Tier 4 agent sucked a cold breath. "Are they alright?"

    "Probably. For now, we should go back. Inform them that the enemies have escaped and ask the police to track them down. We''ll have to reassemble the squad before we can move again."

    "Understood."

    Both of them returned to the hostage area, where they saw their injured comrades.

    However, the commander didn''t find Clovis among them.

    "Sir!" One of the agents came to him.

    "What''s going on? Report everything to me in detail. If I''m not wrong, the cheeky little guy should have been here..."

    "Yes, sir." The agent started telling him about the entire scheme, especially how a Tier 1 human could defeat a Tier 3 terrorist.

    ...

    A moment ago.

    After seeing the terrorist captain leave, the Tier 3 agents felt relieved that they didn''t have to fight him.

    However, the moment they saw the commander appearing, Clovis immediately said, "I''ll go up to check on my friends. Please take care of this area."

    "Eh? What exactly happened?" Clovis tilted his head in confusion.

    "Did you really not know?" Kanaria bit her lips. She couldn''t help but recall what happened earlier.

    They had to hide themselves inside a store and fight back. One of the terrorists reached a good spot and shot at them, but it ended up hitting the glasses, causing its trajectory to change slightly.

    Still, the glasses hadn''t completely shattered. Out of reflex, Kanaria shot back, which ended up breaking the glasses completely. Her bullet''s trajectory should have changed, but the bullet miraculously hit another person who had just arrived.

    The coincidence was so unbelievable that she thought it was impossible. Yet, it happened again.

    In that instant, the only thing that came to her mind was the necklace that Clovis gave her.

    Just like the shorts that he gave at that time, the necklace should have a special ability. And it might be related to the coincidences that happened during the battle.

    "Mhmm..." Clovis scratched the back of his head. "Well, that can wait for later, right?"

    "Ah!" Kanaria almost forgot that Melody was here. Melody wasn''t supposed to know about the special item, but she soon noticed the ring on Melody''s finger. It was the exact ring that Clovis bought with the necklace. She couldn''t help but look at her finger closely while muttering, "This ring..."

    Clovis gave a wry smile. "Mhmm... The situation is a bit special, so I have no choice."

    "..." Kanaria fell silent. It turned out she was misunderstanding Clovis''s intention earlier. She thought that Clovis was rushing into their relationship and planning to propose to her right away.

    "Now that the battle is over, don''t you think we should go back? As much as I want to evacuate people here, we can just let the police do the rest." Clovis sighed. His body was quite hurt.

    Melody thought for a moment. "I think this is also a coincidence. Since you are injured, they will probably bring you to the hospital. I''m planning to show you something there."

    "Mhmm? Oh! Do you mean the reason why you kept rejecting my invitation?"

    "Yeah." Melody nodded.

    "Alright. In that way, let''s go back to the ground floor to see what they''re planning to do next. Also, we need to place this back..." Clovis pointed at the sword in his hand.

    "True. But it''s better to hand it to the police as evidence for now. They can do the rest."

    "Okay."

    It was truly a messy day for them. And everything was to capture this mule. He couldn''t help but wonder who the mule was.