Why the attackers struck, no one knew.
But as they finally left, they all, without exception, carried a girl in their arms.
This led everyone to the same thought, a piece of news they'd heard earlier: someone was auctioning off 'girls' as 'goods'.
The very idea sent shivers down the spine of the locals in Cherry City.
Yet for the parents who arrived from other cities as quickly as possible, it was different.
They gathered together.
They had been discussing.
They had been rational.
But when they heard that someone had rescued their own daughter, the familial affection buried within them erupted completely.
They became reckless.
They pulled out weapons from their vehicles.
They stormed towards the locations where their daughters might be.
Their weapons, mostly purchased after the disappearance of their daughters.
Even the most peaceful person couldn't help but buy a small self-defense pistol after such an event, just like its name: self-defense.
